You aren't safe studying at school.
You aren't safe having lunch at the office.
You aren't safe watching musicians at a concert.
You aren't safe playing your bracket.
Thanks for that, America.
This is the face of someone who said she'd go to therapy since 2012 but instead, found excuses to deprioritize her mental health for seven years. "Don't have time, I'm on the career grind!" No more. Today I went to my first legit therapist appointment and I'm proud of myself. 🎉
It’s so infuriating seeing people defend themselves against accusations by showcasing that the victim was nice to them. Do y’all really think humans are that 2-dimensional? That as soon as an assault/harassment occurs, a light switch goes off and suddenly the victim hates them?
I got evacuated outside with my hands up. I’m with other people. I don’t think the shooter’s been found that I know of. I saw blood drops on the stairs I walk up everusay. I’m shaking. This is surreal. I hope my colleagues are okay.
As many of you know, I've been training to do a pull up for years using assistance bands. I've never been fit in my life. Today I upgraded to an even thinner band before realizing it hardly did much. SO, I tried a real pull-up.. AND FUCKING DID IT. CHEESED SO HARD IN A CORNER. 😭
Me dating at 17: oh cool he likes asian girls
Me dating at 28: why have you mainly dated asian women? Is your preference REALLY just a preference tho? do you fetishize/exoticize us? and as a side note: can you discuss privilege and intersectionality in a productive manner?
Tweeted about this once and got yelled at by a bunch of guys screaming “preferences” meanwhile lots of Asian women empathized. Someone once told me gamers aren’t ready to have discussions about race yet. Inclined to agree, guess we tackle gender first.
re: some responses to a friend's post, it seems that the fetishization of asian women is a conversation that smash, esports, or gaming is not ready to have
just really, REALLY try to put yourself in someone's shoes, and look at the entire context of the world around you
It's a drop in the ocean compared to actual rollback, but it's neat thinking about how many eyes have glimpsed the homepage design this week (between Twitter, Reddit, Kotaku, Engadget, PCGamer, Dot Esports).
Gamers and Smashers have said "I'm sorry this happened," so many times these past weeks that it nearly sounds robotic, though I have faith that many truly mean it. The sheer volume of stories coming out illustrates the burden and mistreatment people have had to carry. Awful.
I am behind another building with colleagues. There are helicopters. There are lots of police nearby. I don’t know if the shooter has been found. If you hear they’ve been found, tell me. I’m safe for now, but don’t feel safe until they’ve been found.
With everything that is happening in Smash right now, can I please just state that I'm fucking thrilled that my weekly therapy appointment is in thirty minutes? Like, shit.
Only the Swedes and Aiden/Zhu could somehow spontaneously get me to go clubbing and then stay out until 5AM... 🇸🇪🇺🇸 🇯🇵
However, nightclub in Tokyo: Achievement acquired! ☑️
Officially hopping on the bandwagon. Thank you SO much
@NintendoAmerica
for inviting & hosting me as VIP for this year's
#SmashBros
Invitational. Last time was one of the best experiences of my life. ❤️ Follow my Instagram for on-site updates ➝
#E32018
The Smash community and honestly everyone (myself included) could use a lesson on what oppression, prejudice, and discrimination mean and how they interact with one another. It’s certainly a lot more complicated than “treating one group poorly because of a characteristic.”
These two kids just won 3 million dollars from Fortnite's world cup. My grassroots Smash brain can't comprehend this. Hell, my tech-industry brain can't either. 😱
Today is my last day at Google. While I’m beyond ecstatic about my next chapter (you’ll find out soon), I’d like to honor how much Google has nurtured my UX career over the last eight years. That’s a long time!
Lyft driver just gave me a pro-tip: He said especially for women, he recommends not putting your home address but something nearby. Honestly a great idea, once my driver hit on me and as I stepped out to enter my building, it dawned on me that he now knew exactly where I lived.
Thanks for taking the time to reach out. I can’t know how sincere this is and it adds to my emotional labor this week, but I appreciate the acknowledgment about my work from years ago (which I truly believe traumatized me, so huge props to the people speaking out this week).
Feelin' my outfit today. There's a high likelihood that this is because it's the only time I've tried to look presentable in months. New Y-3 pants back from Japan. 👌🏼
3.5 hrs post-shooting, I got an email from a reporter asking if I could talk & that he's on a "tight deadline."
Today, I got one saying they're glad I'm safe & that they're a creative engineer who wants to work at YT. Resume attached.
Both to my personal inbox. People, please.
Have you not noticed the trend in the recent allegations that show various victims staying friends with their abuser? This is NOT to fault them, but to show this shit can take years to process. I can tell you from personal experience that these interactions are not binary. Ugh.
Congratulations to
@SSBMagi
for breaking into Melee's Top 100, making her the 1st woman ever on
#SSBMRank
! This is a massive accomplishment, especially with all the talent out there. 🙌🏼 I've been out of the Smash loop, but have waited for this day for a while. Top 8 next? 😛
I’m pretty removed from the Smash community these days. Smash Sisters and friends are the only ties. This is great because now I don’t have to feign diplomacy anymore, and can actively unfollow/remove problematic Smashers from my life. Here we go! ✌🏼
#NoTimeForIgnorance
RT if you deprioritized all your hobbies to achieve the Asian American immigrant family dream of a landing stable career and upon achieving such, regressed back to enjoying your childhood hobbies you wish you’d done more of.
Brb, binging video games + anime + art. 💁🏻♀️
I’m home. In shock and processing it all. Not in the mental state to do interviews... Probably can’t respond to every message, but thank you everyone who reached out. Today was horrifying and surreal. Went from hearing gunshots to hiding in a matter of minutes. Thoughts later.
You know the state of America is messed up when you accidentally catch yourself thinking how you’re “lucky” that the weapon wasn’t more powerful, instead of wishing that the shooting never occurred.
Shootings feel subconsciously unavoidable and commonplace now. So f*cked.
I SENT MY FIRST V6 TONIGHT! Thanks to my friends for supporting, recording, and giving me advice in the form of Melee analogies. I'm grateful for all the cheering at the end of the clip. ☺️ Also stoked that I never have to climb this again. 😂
@MVG_Mew2King
Thank you for sharing your story and being so courageously vulnerable. We haven't spoken in years, but I remember some of our old conversations. I wish for your happiness from the sidelines.
In regards to
@Kayane
's tweets, I'd like to share a snippet of something I wrote about "earning" respect as a woman in the FGC. I wrote this in 2014 and am mildly irritated (but not shocked) that we still have to reiterate this in 2018.
Was lurking tweets about Slippi's impact, which I don't think is as obvious as we might believe (not every Smasher knew what rollback was either).
So, here's a thread on some thoughts regarding the possible benefits of having a smoother, streamlined, online Melee experience: 👇🏼
Host a Meeting: Starter Edition
Made this for my mentee and am sharing it in case it's useful. As an introvert raised in a non-American household, I've always disliked that critical social practices in the office aren't explicitly spelled out. Not all social cues are obvious! ✌🏼
In layman’s terms for the non-nerds:
✅ Rollback makes the game feel smoother, like you’re playing IRL on a CRT. You’ll also be able to play ppl at much further distances w/ varying smoothness too
✅ Finding matches is better designed and fast
✅ Less downloads
✅ Replay files
Melee community. Welcome to the era of rollback. After seven months of full-time work, the newest Dolphin build from Slippi brings you:
✅ Rollback netcode
✅ Integrated matchmaking
✅ Auto-updates
✅ Replays
Try it out now →
Thread. 👇🏼 This line of thinking is also why I deliberately tweet about makeup, frilly lolita dresses, and pink things. Being into feminine shit shouldn’t detract from my interest in tech, games, etc. Surprisingly, I’ve met a lot of women who seem biased in this way.
no, not all women present feminine, not all women like feminine stuff. but being feminine isn't bad & it's not contradictory to liking & being good at computers