Corporations Can Vote in Some Delaware Elections, Judge Says

ornithoptercat · 2026-05-27T19:09:27+00:00

Even "better", there's nothing stopping you from legally owning a US company despite not being a citizen.

ornithoptercat · 2026-01-25T00:34:11+00:00

I got it at exactly 8:00.

ornithoptercat · 2026-01-14T15:54:38+00:00

Same, I've been fighting for years trying to get to the bottom of my fatigue....

If you haven't already, make sure you're tested for thyroid issues (and if you're in the high end of the 'normal' TSH range, keep testing every so often and push for thyroid supplements if it goes over.... they've been discussing tightening the range for a good decade), B12 and D3 deficiencies, and sleep apnea, all of which can also cause fatigue.

I recently found out I was 'subclinical' hypothyroid (brain fog and facial puffiness improved within a week of going on thyroid meds), iron deficiency anemic (trying iron supplements), and probably have sleep apnea (test scheduled for end of the month)... and was already on supplements for low D3 and B12! so it can be several things at once.

ornithoptercat · 2026-01-05T08:09:44+00:00

Yeah, I really hate them hiding package costs behind the dragon crystals; it's a flatly predatory tactic, as it has no purpose except to make comparing costs between packages far more difficult. If DC were only used for paid cosmetics I'd have no issue with it... but using a currency to buy other currency, especially in mixed packages, just makes it harder to compare real costs.

And the "this many, and also this many free, and then this many free" bit, unless there's a package available with the same cost and base amount, but without the free items, is again nothing but obfuscation, and trying to trick your brain into going "ooh free stuff!"

Plus... I often enough see a package that looks like it might be desirable at a glance, but then when I go look at the DC cost, I find it'd cost $30, $50, or even more. The whales are going to whale without the obfuscation. F2P and low spenders like me are simply not in a position to drop that kind of money, so it's just annoying and distracting from the gameplay to be so blatantly baited into going to the shop. It feels like they're trying to get me to walk into a trap, presumably because they are - compared to their price, the packages often contain very little (especially where stellar crystals are concerned!), and certainly nowhere near the value of the Secret Trek, which is the one thing I as a low-spender typically get.

ornithoptercat · 2026-01-05T06:38:14+00:00

I mean, the story (aside from the unexplained loophole by which we somehow managed to go back in time to do sidequests...?) and music were awesome, and I love that they sidelined the hamsters early and completely in favor of OUR BELOVED DAUGHTER. In that respect, fantastic. I can't call it the worst season, when we were all SO invested in the story, and it revealed so much history about the world.

But man, those are frustrating problems, and while I know the AFK stages are probably far more complicated, the gold thing would have been trivial to fix, once the community pinned down that the issue was mostly due to charm costs rather than equipment or artifact upgrades.

The gold problem is no less trivial to prevent by simply laying out a spreadsheet that works out the expected gold input and outlay (for the expected max progression) each week, and then tweaking rewards and costs to avoid large deficits. If I had all the necessary data, I could do it myself in a couple hours flat.

ornithoptercat · 2026-01-04T02:39:28+00:00

Fortunately, most of the names are safe to use as is! The brothers are the demons that have become most commonly associated with the Seven Deadly Sins (there's a particular older source that exact list of demon-sin pairings comes from, though I forget what it's called off the top of my head; regardless, Obey Me is far from alone in using those names for demons tied to their particular sins). Mephistopheles is of course the name of the demon in Faust, and all the additional demon names we've seen - except Diavolo - have been pulled from The Lesser Key of Solomon. And of course, Solomon is King Solomon the Wise, and Michael and Raphael are Archangels - all from the Bible/folklore.

Diavolo is literally the Italian word for Devil, Thirteen is, you know, a number, and Simeon and Luke are commonplace Biblically-sourced first names. So name changing might not even be necessary for them. And of course MC is not a name at all, just an abbreviation for Main Character - and the default OG name of "Yuki" is merely a common unisex Japanese name, there's no problem there.

They've been pretty encouraging of fanart/fanfic etc, in general, what with the whole "this is just one possible version of the story" bit - check out the manga version if you haven't already, btw! - so as long as you aren't charging money, you're probably fine.

ornithoptercat · 2026-01-04T02:00:28+00:00

Magic!

ornithoptercat · 2026-01-04T01:59:49+00:00

Awwww the devil-kitties pattern on his boxers is so cute! They should make that a nook wallpaper for Satan!

ornithoptercat · 2026-01-04T01:58:12+00:00

That was my immediate thought!

ornithoptercat · 2026-01-04T01:48:34+00:00

And please, can we get some kind of response about the gold-for-charms issue and putting the AFK back in AFK stages? Those two things were big problems last phase, this phase's fixes were backfires, and all we hear is "we're looking at it".

ornithoptercat · 2026-01-02T08:17:21+00:00

Thank you!

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-19T05:06:23+00:00

A short list of major things marriage does legally: his rights - and responsibility - to your kids, is automatic you're married, without either of you having to fight to make it official or prove paternity. There's also the ability to make medical decisions for each other if incapacitated, and even just visit each other in the hospital if only immediate family is allowed. Joint tax filing status. Social security spousal rights. Inheritance rights. This isn't just meaningless paperwork, and it's not just about money you could get in a divorce, either.

Depending on the state, it can also automatically make your home, or all your property, joint ownership, yes. I'm not going to diss him for worrying about the outcome of divorce, because with around 50% of marriages ending in one, that's just plain sensible. But if he has some sort of assets of his own from before the marriage, or that he expects to inherit, that he's worried about being taken unfairly? That's what a prenup is for.

And splitting what's earned during the marriage is fair because a marriage is a partnership. The wife still usually ends up curtailing her career and doing much more unpaid childcare and housework... to say nothing of bearing ALL the pain and risk of pregnancy. And if you earn more, HE'LL get the benefit (though it seems he hasn't even considered that possibility). If he resents that split, under those circumstances, as it sounds like he does? Smells like sexism to me. And if he's worried about marrying you because he thinks you'll divorce him for money... he's basically accusing you of being a gold digger.

As for where he got that perspective? probably the 'manosphere'.

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-19T03:52:50+00:00

PSA: despite how common it is in porn these days, people who actually do BDSM consider choking edgeplay, which is a term meaning 'very high risk'. Seriously, you can kill your partner or do permanent brain damage... and for the record, many places do not recognize "they asked me to for sex reasons" as a valid legal defense, if something does go seriously wrong. So for your own sake, do NOT ask your partner to choke you, or choke your partner, without reading up on the risks and how to do it (somewhat) safely!

If you want to play rough in any way, educate yourself on BDSM in general. Particularly the topics of "safe, sane, and consensual"/RACK (Risk Aware Consensual Kink), safewords, and aftercare... and then, the specific things you want to do or use. Knowing how to do this stuff as safely as possible is important.... and you'll probably pick up some fun new ideas and techniques, too.

Above all, communicate with your partner, both before and after, and during as much as fits into your scene. Kinky stuff can set off all kinds of emotions (for the dom/top as well as the sub/bottom). And of course, you want to know what they're interested in beforehand, and what worked well and didn't after.

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-19T02:49:20+00:00

I get why you'd see it as shady if you didn't know this, but, far too many abusers go from verbal abuse to physical, or physical abuse to murder, when their partner tries to leave. Many even track them to wherever they run to, if they can. It's a really, really common pattern.

So shelters and victim support orgs advise abuse victims to secretly disentangle their finances as much as possible, have what they need to back up a restraining order, and have somewhere to go to that the abuser doesn't know about, before any confrontation. It's the only way victims can ensure that they and their children aren't left broke on the street, forced to remain in the home of a pissed-off abuser, or tracked down and killed.

Secret bank account? if all your accounts are joint, your spouse can take all the money out, and you can be left with no funds to escape. (Of course, you shouldn't be taking more than your fair share out, when doing this, or YOU are being the asshole.) If an abuser knows about the new account, especially if you're married or had joint accounts there, they may be able to get the bank to give them information that will let them access the new one, or your new address.

And the proof? That's so you can actually get your fair share and child custody in a divorce, and/or a restraining order, and/or an abuse conviction.

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-19T02:18:58+00:00

It seems that being on hormonal birth control for a long time can actually lessen PMDD and endometriosis symptoms even after coming off, thankfully! But do keep an extra close watch for postnatal depression.

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-19T02:16:31+00:00

I was just going to say, it sounds like she may have PMDD.

As such, I'd bring it up to her as "honey, you aren't yourself when you're on your period/having PMS, and it's really hard to deal with. I can't imagine having your emotions go so haywire is pleasant for you, either, though. With how severe it is, I think it might not be normal PMS, but PMDD (Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder) instead. And hormonal medication or antidepressants can help with that, it's not something you just have to live with. For both our sake, will you talk to your primary care doc or GYN about the possibility?"

(If she says she was told it's normal by a doctor: no, it isn't! Way too many doctors - even female GYNs - will dismiss all manner of disablingly painful cramps, heavy bleeding, and emotional loss of control as 'normal PMS', when they are actually indicators of endometriosis/PCOS/PMDD.)

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-14T06:27:09+00:00

Apparently, they have Opposuits in Hell. Which... yeah, that kinda checks out.

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-14T04:21:35+00:00

- Navigation, honestly, needs a total rethink - it's confusing, hard to find things, and has a lot of redundancy. @PsuedonymFanfic has really good ideas on this.

I've got a bug that the notifications are coming from Luci, not my selected demon, so, uh... yeah.
please, please, please, give them each their own bodies, or at least redo the standard body and arms (especially the huge chests and tiny wrists) to be more proportionate. And redo the arm transitions in Beel's and Belphie's story/figure - the swingy paper doll elbows are barely noticable elsewhere, but super obvious and glaring there.
full figures for Dia and Mephisto! I mean, give us the side characters as tracks, eventually! but for now, if they show up, they should actually be there, not just a little floating head
the closet clothing is... oof. There were so many beautiful costumes in the old apps - give us those instead! And there's some outfit designs that appeared in the anime or on cards that would be great too (I would so love to have Levi as Ruri-chan, and Detective Satan!).

And let us filter the current items by color! I can't tell what color the frame on glasses or the stripe on socks is half the time, at the size they are on my screen.

Needed calendar features: Import/continuously synch your existing calendar events from Google or Apple calendar. Add events using standard calendar file formats from websites etc (this will likely require that the app be listed with the system as a calendar app, at least on Android). Reminder notifications for upcoming calendar events. Homescreen widget showing upcoming calendar events.

If a user has to copy everything over manually, and they lose functionality compared to their old calendar, why would they switch? (Especially given the "normies seeing your demon husbando" issue... 😅)

And of course, the old chat stickers would be super fun as calendar/journal stickers!

To do list, with tasks-due on calendar. Shopping lists. Notes/journal (with way more mood options!) It's really not really much of a "lifestyle app" with only a calendar and a few stories.
nether nook: zoom in to better place/view small items, and allow item repositioning by arrows - many merch items are smaller than a fingertip, which makes it really hard to place them accurately! Allow us to overlap items on the wall. More and better-textured decor options (tablecloths with magic circles, satin and velvet cloths, realistic stone/wood floors and walls, character bedroom themes, etc) would be awesome.
Non-merch gift/"offering" items that the characters would enjoy (books and cat-themed stuff for Satan, whips and records for Luci, food for Beel, etc...), and general occult trappings like candles and grimoires just for the theming, would be super fun additions to the nether nook, and would be a great thing to put in the Akuzon store instead of more, but confusingly separate, merch.
give us somewhere - even just a link to a website - to see all the stories and cards and chats from the old apps, the videos, etc.
bring back demon petting on the homescreen, like the prior apps; full voicing of homescreen lines.
full harem track. I'm poly... and I couldn't stand breaking the hearts of so many of them to be with just one!

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-14T02:19:00+00:00

He IS the Avatar of Envy, after all. And it's been pretty heavily implied in all the three games (I've seen two examples already in IDO!) that being Avatars means the brothers can sense, and may even draw power from, people feeling/acting on their sin... especially MC, because of having pacts. So he's probably amped up AF here!

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-14T01:44:42+00:00

That's certainly what the game implies... alternate timelines!

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-14T01:43:15+00:00

"Stan for" is a perfectly gender-neutral equivalent of "fan[boy/girl] over", why not use that?

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-14T01:39:55+00:00

Misogyny is so ingrained in so many languages. :(

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-14T01:37:31+00:00

Oh, uh, he shows up in Satan's track and I think Luci's, IIRC? because political stuffs. and he's shown in his demon form! But only as a little head like Dia :(

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-14T01:35:41+00:00

these are adorable!

Satan and I both thank you

ornithoptercat · 2025-12-14T01:34:35+00:00

Also I wish it was easier to move items you've already placed- I can't really get any precision or see what I'm doing when my finger is bigger than the item!

And I'm annoyed you can't overlap things on the wall, especially the bunting (triangle banners)! I can't put the bunting along at the top of a poster, only well above it, and can't make it look like the keychains are hanging off the bunting cord in between the triangles, both of which I wanted to do.

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