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[odd garnet]

I wanna post my sketch here...

[limpid sphinx]

do it

[pearl moth]

I read the announcement for it but didn't see where it says to submit an entry unless I missing something.. 🤔

[misty acorn]

you missed something then

(there is a google drive link)

[limpid sphinx]

yeah you missed

[misty acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/good-morning-do-it-gif-24435329

[pearl moth]

Oh you put it in the Google drive? Didn't know that. Thank you

Sorry I kinda new here

[slow gyro]

Im still undecided what to upload to the contest

Ima send the options so you can help me choose

[plush vale]

can I see

[slow gyro]

Not gonna lie, spriting shark is fun

[plush vale]

knew he'd be a good addition

[slow gyro]

||Personally my favorites are the Dino, the lava shark and sharknado||

[plush vale]

I like first but know theres been a lotta sharpedo tyranturms, albeit maybe some other ones think the same

[slow gyro]

Lmao yea you’re right, I didn’t search before doing it lol

[plush vale]

don't forget to submit this togallery

suppose that one predates contest

[heady moat]

Same question here, I keep waffling on which one to submit. Any thoughts?

[primal iron]

Hero help me with mine I can't make a shark-horse that doesn,t look dumb!

[slow gyro]

Ping me in the thread and I’ll give you feedback in a while, im about to go out for a coffee

[plush vale]

double down on it looking dumb then 😛

[primal iron]

I just have a sketch so far I'll ping you in #1082525028677058672 when I get home later tonight haha

[primal iron]

I might do a silly one, but I feel like there's potential for something really cool/badass I just haven't nailed it yet haah

[limpid sphinx]

i want to see it 👁️👄👁️

[primal iron]

haha ok i'll try to remember to tag you too when I post it

[crude cedar]

Same here but we already know who is the best

[limpid sphinx]

team karp

[crude cedar]

Is carvanha allowed?

Oh yes I missed that announcement

[heady moat]

Yep, it's a family contest!

[limpid sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/family-toretto-dominic-gif-23895685

[plucky crest]

WAIT IT ENDS TOMORROW???

I thought it was in 2 days

Ah fuck

[plush vale]

always been thursday then 2 days judging for saturay

[limpid sphinx]

(birthday contest seeing that)

[plush vale]

for the mini ones which need the quick turnaround (except the tyrantrum one, rip tyrunt icon we hardly knew ye)

[limpid sphinx]

well, birthday contest """should""" be faster than the actual minis since is less judges lmao but this probably gonna delayed all the future contests too, cuz the birthday one deserves be on pfp for at least more than 2 days

[plush vale]

or they just have one minicontest one get shortchanged like what happened with tyrunt

watch it be sharpedo another one I wanted in

[subtle moss]

or they just delay the birthday results to come out after Sharpedo's

[plush vale]

sure but that could still mena it eats into time sharpedo is the pfp

[slow gyro]

Im still waiting to know what ||Katten|| thinks about my ||Rad Wooper||

[modern kernel]

which one of these guys should i submit

[plucky crest]

I say aggron

[modern kernel]

i like the aggron design better but i think the steelix might be better made

[limpid sphinx]

i like both so much that idk

[modern kernel]

i need to stop making multiple fusions for a contest

i can never decide

[plush vale]

feel like aggron one could get docked for seaweed tehcnically bein from neither

though it'd be fine in anormal contest

[modern kernel]

i have a version without that

[plush vale]

flipside is that feels like striking and undersea, aged etc:/

[plush vale]

chagnign the star to be carvanah symbol may help with the superhero issue

def somethin ya want corecct for technical ocused contest

[modern kernel]

i liked the algae idea but it might just make it hard to read

[plush vale]

feel like it works but just might not make it ideal for this type of contest

[fading lodge]

... man, I ain't winning the contest. 😞

[misty acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/first-time-meme-first-time-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs-gif-24656975

[modern kernel]

me neither, the guy who made the sharpedo basking shark is

if not, robbed

[misty acorn]

basking?

[modern kernel]

the sharpedo wailord i think it was

[eager raven]

I mostly started participating in these to try and push my spriting abilities, and I think they've helped me experiment and improve a good bit

I doubt I'll ever win one though lol

[modern kernel]

me too and now i can‘t stop

i want top 10 once

then maybe i can stop lol

[misty acorn]

Getting top 10 is already an insane archivement these days, yeah

you definetly won't win a contest with this guy anymore

[modern kernel]

is that what u won with?

[eager raven]

IF spriters too powerful, pls nerf

[modern kernel]

i could still see that winning tbh

[misty acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/peter-griffin-family-guy-perhaps-maybe-gif-16249623

[modern kernel]

little guy

[misty acorn]

never. It's not even a custom base, which is definetly a requirement now

[modern kernel]

oh ok then maybe not

i like that tho, i think just reusing stuff from original sprites is a bit boring

to make at least

[plush vale]

I man part of it's also the mini contests staff judging, and prize that goes along with em and hype of new mons

[fading lodge]

Yeah, this guy would not cut it these days. barely cut it when it won

[modern kernel]

lmao i‘d vote for him

not a thought behind those eyes

[limpid sphinx]

good ingredient for pokemon sleep

[cloud solstice]

pokemon sleep paralysis demon

[torn moat]

he's cute except for carrying a dismembered tail

[modern kernel]

i think i gotta make another sharpedo fusion for the contest

i‘m not happy with either

[undone crag]

tbh I don't think I'm going to win so I'll stick with mine, it's already my second after I ended up making my first try an alt since a standard mon didn't seem to be working.

[errant yarrow]

I think your file format is wrong

[arctic garnet]

It's incredible!

[modern kernel]

thanks, but idk how i feel about it lol

i feel like i can do better

[undone crag]

I don't believe it is? Mine is 101.437 by Fire_Mutt, electrode is #101 in the dex

[errant yarrow]

it looks like it somehow was uploaded as a google doc rather than an image. At least for me it isnt displaying properly

numbers are fine

[modern kernel]

for me its right

[undone crag]

Huh that is super weird, I didn't make that. Deleted it just now anyways, I see the original in there still.

[errant yarrow]

huh thats weird, 3 arent displaying for me

[undone crag]

I see some other google docs in here too, @lofty cove has a dupe for example

[errant yarrow]

oh yeah

I see your image

it is way below that doc

that is really strange

[undone crag]

The original image was still there but it looks like a LOT of google docs were made for whatever reason. If it was me then it's a mistake so just got rid of it anyways.

I'm more confused why there are multiple google doc dupes

[arctic garnet]

You can always do better. Don't let that fact belittle your current accomplishments, friend.

[modern kernel]

wise

i just thought i should make a cofragigus sharpedo thats like a shark skeleton

until i remembered that sharks dont have skeletons

spriting is giving me brain rot confirmed

WAIT DO THEY

[sinful pendant]

Wait, really?

I think they do, its just cartilige

[modern kernel]

hold up maybe i'm dumb

[torn moat]

cartilage skel

[modern kernel]

theyre fish right?

ohhh they dont have bones

[plush vale]

they are fish but yeah they dont have bones they're cartilage

[arctic garnet]

A giant megalodon jaw at my university museum suggests that they do, or did

[sinful pendant]

But...fish have bones, right?

[plush vale]

as a result they also dont have blood in the same sense as no bone marrow

most fish do yes

[crimson rover]

there's a trevenant contest?

[modern kernel]

theyre not bones idk the english word

[plush vale]

no it's a dif kinda event

[modern kernel]

cartilage ig

[arctic garnet]

Cartilage

[plush vale]

its the same stuff as your nose

[torn moat]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondrichthyes

[modern kernel]

so is it a skeleton if its not made of bones

[sinful pendant]

TIL fish are made of squishy bones

[arctic garnet]

It does have bones -cartilage doesn't fossilize well and we have shark fossils- but it is MOSTLY cartilage

[modern kernel]

i'm glad i didn't try to become a paleontologist cause my career would be over rn

i like my sharks boneless

[modern kernel]

wait they dont have blood??

[arctic garnet]

Cartilage is also prominent in infant skeletons, calcifying into bone as they grow.

[modern kernel]

so technically newborns are fish

[arctic garnet]

Well they are very aquatic for a time

and sharks absolutely have blood, it just isn't structured like human blood

[modern kernel]

sharks have blood u lied to me 😦

i thought i was losing my mind

[arctic garnet]

Horseshoe crabs have bright blue blood and it doesn't come from bone marrow because they have an exoskeleton; it's still fricking blood!

[plush vale]

I said in the same sense

blood comes from bone marrow so the nature of theirs is kinda dif

[arctic garnet]

Human blood comes from bone marrow

[modern kernel]

i took my final exam in school in biology and got a pretty good grade yet i don't know shit about fish apparently

the more u know

[arctic garnet]

fish are like fungus... weird

[modern kernel]

wtf does that even mean

[arctic garnet]

Fungus are not plant or animal lol

[plush vale]

fungus do not fit neatly into categorization

[torn moat]

fish and fungi are completely different levels of weird ok

[arctic garnet]

That is true

[modern kernel]

yeah but fish are animals

or am i actually going insane rn

[strange obsidian]

Not food

[torn moat]

(but also if you get into cladistics... yeah almost every vertebrate is technically a fish)

[plush vale]

I was echoing a marine biologist my fish loving brother ahd asked on the dif "blood" think though it appears sharks make red blood cells in some other place including something known as leydigs organ

[amber sluice]

Fish is a shape, not an animal type, and Fungi are independent and refuse to be categorized

[modern kernel]

why is fish a shape

what

[ashen sapphire]

we're more closely related to trout than trout are to sharks, that's why

[arctic garnet]

fish is more of a term to describe a body plan, like vertebrate.

[amber sluice]

Uh so, the animals that most people would call fish are so genetically diverse that there are some more closely related to us than to another "fish"

[modern kernel]

oh yeah i know that

[plush vale]

dinosaur is kinda nonsensical too in that it's land based lizard stuff without legs that go out to the side, thus dimetrodon doesn't qualify

[amber sluice]

So fish is a body plan/shape

Well yeah dimetrodon is a synapsid not even an Archosaur innit

[ashen sapphire]

all dinosaurs were diapsids and dimetrodon was a synapsid and more closely related to our ancestors than the ancestors of modern reptiles

[amber sluice]

Or is it diapsid. I forget. Ha no ibwas right thankye

[modern kernel]

dimetrodon was closer related to mammals tho right

[plush vale]

because a lotta or classification was done by oldwealthy men discussion groups and such, and there was some working from the other end of the what we think of in the classification process, sorta in a what method ='s x result

[ashen sapphire]

gotta love 3 people jumping in with the "dimetrodon is a fuckign synapsid"

[plush vale]

oh right and spinosaurus defies this cause we found out about how much it swims after the fact

[modern kernel]

for me thats like a classification not a shape, thats why "fish is a shape" sounds weird to me lol

thats more of a language thing i think

[amber sluice]

A lot of it was we started classifying things before we had a good grasp of genealogical phylogeny so we used morphology and it turns out certain shapes and features repeat or developed independently because they happen to work

[ashen sapphire]

fish is totally a shape

[plush vale]

tree is also a thing plants do rather than a evoutionary family

[ashen sapphire]

tada

[modern kernel]

thats sounds like i could do body mods to be in the shape of a fish and then i would be a fish cause its a shape

[modern kernel]

factual

[torn moat]

just like lizard man

[plush vale]

carcinization is also silly, and it's not just that eveyrthing evolves into crabs but that multiple times nature has has stuff evolve intoa nd out of being crabs

[amber sluice]

Like how pterosaurs and bats both have similar skin stretchy wings but ones a reptile and ones a mammal, or a living example is vultures in the America's versus those in europe/africa/asia

[modern kernel]

idk what we're talking about anymore

[amber sluice]

American vultures are descended from a common ancestor with herons, cranes, and shorebirds, while old world vultures are descended from common ancestors with hawks and eagles

[ashen sapphire]

also snakes are more closely related to monitor lizards than monitor lizards are to geckos. all snakes are lizards.

[modern kernel]

do not mention spinosaurus or the next time u see it its gonna look entirely different once again

in a few years its gonna be a worm with teeth and a little sail

[modern kernel]

i love monitor lizards

[ashen sapphire]

oh man I totally want to see that

[torn moat]

all you gotta do is ignore fish, turtles, and crocodilians in order to like cladistics!

[ashen sapphire]

give me worm spino

[amber sluice]

New world vultures are fishing birds that learned to scavemge, and old world vultures are predatory birds that switched from active hunting to scavenging and they adapted a lot of similar traits so we call them both vultures even though they're genetically completely different

Don't mind me infodumping about vultures lol

[modern kernel]

honestly would go hard

[ashen sapphire]

that is actually pretty cool

condors are from the shorebird lineage?

[amber sluice]

I believe so, yeah, unless they're an exception to the general rule

You can see the resemblance and difference if you look at the eyes in particular

American vultures have those wide round confused looking eyes, while the other vultures have that severe, cool kid expression eagles and hawks have

[modern kernel]

why do u know so much about vultures

[amber sluice]

https://tenor.com/view/marge-i-just-think-theyre-neat-the-simpsons-neat-potato-gif-8549864

[ashen sapphire]

ahh hang on I just looked into that because I was curious and apparently the shorebird thing was recently refuted by multi-locus dna studies

the two groups of vultures are still distinct lineages though

[amber sluice]

Oh shit really?

[ashen sapphire]

yeah

[amber sluice]

You gotta link? I would like to add this information to my collection

[lunar comet]

i can't find this lil guy in spritework or sprite-gallery but HEY PUT YA NAME ON YO WORK

[ashen sapphire]

new world vultures are separate on the order level

[ashen sapphire]

https://web.archive.org/web/20150224020622/http://pgl.soe.ucsc.edu/jarvis14.pdf

[rapid knot]

Are vulture and buzzard two different words for the same bird?

[ashen sapphire]

yeah

[silver solar]

It’s complicated

[ashen sapphire]

also apparently ospreys and secretary birds are closest to the new world vultures

that's neat

[modern kernel]

really? the birds we call buzzard here are definitely not vultures

might be a language thing again tho

[silver solar]

Buzzard is used as a synonym for vulture a lot. But it’s also the “old world” for hawks

Buteo genus

[modern kernel]

here they're smaller hawks

[ashen sapphire]

that may be regional then

here people say buzzard mostly to refer to turkey vultures

[rapid knot]

I know a weird fact involving buzzards

[silver solar]

I dont know why buzzard became a term for vultures

[modern kernel]

why is everyone here so knowledgable about birds lmao

impressive tbh

[silver solar]

I have animal special interest and good google skills

[amber sluice]

Birds are dinosaurs and dinosaurs are cool

[modern kernel]

i love dinosaurs but i never got into birds

i like the shoebill stork

[amber sluice]

And yeah uh...special interest. I just like vultures. They get a bad rap but they're really impressive visually and contribute a lot to the environment

[silver solar]

Common buzzard is Buteo buteo btw

[rapid knot]

In parts of america, a folk tale became popular saying that there was a buzzard with a bell on it that flew about as an omen of disaster. If you heard the belled buzzard's ringing, it was a sign a calamity would befall you.
Some people thought that it would be funny, then, to capture a wild buzzard, tie a bell on its neck, and release it.

[silver solar]

Assholes

[rapid knot]

Panic ensued

[modern kernel]

who does that

[silver solar]

I dont even care about the panic, that’s inherently asshole behavior to the wildlife

[modern kernel]

how did they capture one aren't they fast af

[rapid knot]

People in colonial america, apparently

[silver solar]

Turkey vultures are kinda chill

[modern kernel]

oh right vultures

[silver solar]

Otherwise, uh, ask falconers?

[rapid knot]

https://tenor.com/view/flying-mandibuzz-vulture-camera-pan-pokemon-gif-27404672

[amber sluice]

Traps. Some Native Americans had a method to collect feathers from live eagles , and presumably it could work for any carnivorous bird

[silver solar]

Red tailed hawk is a commonly used buzzard for falconry

I think legally apprentices have to use one of like 3 species as their first bird

[amber sluice]

My favorite bird of prey is either a kestrel or, if you count them, oriental dwarf kingfisher

[silver solar]

I love the windfucker

I also love that thats a name for it

[amber sluice]

YES THE TRIVIA YOU KNOW IT

The glorious WINDFUCK, beautiful plumage

[silver solar]

Kingfishers are neat but they’re built so oddly

Probably because of the whole, fish thing

[ashen sapphire]

my main animal special interest is snakes

[silver solar]

Also they dont count as birds of prey

[amber sluice]

The oriental dwarf ones in particular are gorgeously colored and I love the divebomb my face into food strategy

[ashen sapphire]

but birds rule too

[silver solar]

How do you feel about glass lizards?

Aka, not snakes

[ashen sapphire]

I like how falcons, despite being birds of prey, are more closely related to parrots than any other bird of prey

also they are cute but I prefer snakes

[silver solar]

Convergence baby!

[modern kernel]

i love glass lizards

[arctic garnet]

Oh, and to add to the confusion there is the forest made entirely of a single tree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)

[silver solar]

I wish we had any lizard in my area

[ashen sapphire]

my wife and I have a pet boa imperator

[modern kernel]

arent those huge

[silver solar]

I’m hoping to get a sorority/fraternity of garters

And a western hoggie

Eh, boa constrictors are mostly manageable

Might need a spotter to handle safely eventually

Big snakes its just a common safety thing because while they probably dont want to hurt you, they aint too smart

[modern kernel]

i found out about borneo monitor lizards a couple days ago and theyre my new favorite animal now

i wish they weren't so rare and illegal to own

[silver solar]

Well not everything does well in captivity

And we gotta put conservation over pet trade

[modern kernel]

yeah i wouldn't really want one probably, i think theyre better off in the wild

but theyre so cool

[amber sluice]

Caiman lizards aren't too different and they got cute colors. But they're very care intense

Well, visually different, I mean

[silver solar]

Definitely wouldn’t suggest for a first lizard

[amber sluice]

Yeah no if you're starting get a leopard gecko, they're the best I swear like, objectively

[silver solar]

Technically hoggies arent suggested for first snakes either. But that’s because they can be picky

[modern kernel]

i dont think i could have a pet lizards cause i have a bad insect phobia lol

[silver solar]

Eh, there’s also beardies and blue tongues

[modern kernel]

maybe a snake if its something that only eats mice

[silver solar]

Most snakes only get mice or rats in captivity

[amber sluice]

Bearides and blue tongues are great but they've got a bit more specific needs than leos

[silver solar]

Part of what i like about garters is they can get variety

[amber sluice]

Leo's are so hardy its absurd

[modern kernel]

maybe a snake then

[silver solar]

Yes but the animals are durable enough to handle an adjustment period

[modern kernel]

i'd probably feel bad holding exotic stuff like that as a pet tho

aside from the fear that i'd be caring for it wrong

its like

ur so cool u should be free

[amber sluice]

I'd say for ease for newbies those three I'd rank Leo over bearded and beardie over blue tongue, but each step gets more rewarding

[silver solar]

Eh, the species we’re discussing are easy enough to provide great care for in captivity, and they breed in captivity very easily

[amber sluice]

Beardies are smarter than leos, and blue tongues are super social and cute, but each of them just has a bit more specific/difficult to meet requirements

Space being a big one, cause leos are small

[silver solar]

With exotics the general rule is, how easily can the average person meet the animals captive needs, how well do they breed in captivity

[amber sluice]

But yeah I'm bot saying the other two aren't good for beginners but that leopard Geckos are so stupid easy that if you're starting I don't think you can have an easier start

[silver solar]

Something like an anaconda? Generally a red flag as a pet unless you know the person has a massive dedicated space for it with a good water feature

A leo? They’re super easy to provide a proper enclosure for

[silver solar]

Eh, i prefer more handleable animals

Leos you gotta be very careful when socializing because they’re pretty small and fast as babies

[modern kernel]

i would never in a million years get an anaconda that thing would swallow me whole

[amber sluice]

I mean leos are perfectly handleable, but they are smol so you gotta be attentive

[silver solar]

Beardies get bigger faster so they’re a bit more durable for handling

And blue tongues are known for being chill

[amber sluice]

One of those you let them take the lead and just keep em from getting into trouble. Not great as shoulder lizards like beardies or blue tongues

[silver solar]

Exotics in captivity is a pretty fair trade off for the animal as long as the two things I mentioned are there

[modern kernel]

i see why ur a salazzle apologist now

it all makes sense

[silver solar]

They get to live a safe life free from predators and major weather, no need to worry about their next meal. And we get to have a cool animal

Its like if you just lived in your house forever with food delivery and humans weren’t social animals

[amber sluice]

But also understanding you (personally) can't provide the proper care is mad respect. If I had to rescue an animal I'd do my best but try to get someone who could, bur I won't seek out ro keep an animal I'm not confident I can take good care of.

And lol I love my lizards, yes

Like I'd love to have a parrot, but I definitely couldn't give it proper space and enrichment and socialization so alas I just make cute faces at pictures

[silver solar]

No one can

Thats why they’re generally considered bad pets. We just can’t provide enough enrichment in captivity.

Or fulfil their social needs

[amber sluice]

It's possible but it's really, really hard. Like the easiest way to meet their social needs is to have more birds so they can have a flock, and that kind of stacks until unless you've got a dedicated aviary it's impractical

[silver solar]

Basically its not really feasible for the average person

And yet people see them as the default pet bird

When chickens and pigeons are right there

[modern kernel]

yeah logicially that makes sense, but i cant know for sure if the animal would rather be free or if it even has a concept of the situation theyre in and what being free is lol

like who am i to keep you in captivity

[silver solar]

They don’t usually have the concept of freedom

[modern kernel]

what gives me the right

[silver solar]

They like to explore

[amber sluice]

Yeah, you either need a ton of material setup or to dedicate your life to that animal, like having a toddler for 80 years

[modern kernel]

i dont want kids either so that checks out

[silver solar]

But again, its like if you didn’t need any social interaction and stayed in your house forever, with food delivered

[modern kernel]

i wouldnt like that tho

so how can i know that an animal would

[silver solar]

As a human, you have a concept of freedom and the wider world

[modern kernel]

a more sophisticated person or biologist probably could

but i'm not them

[silver solar]

But a life that that would be amazing for a non social animal

Especially one who was born and raised in captivity

Social animals, things get complicated

But most reptiles arent social

[amber sluice]

The biggest key is making sure they have stuff to interact with and enough space to not feel confined - it's the enrichment bit, and that's why really social animals (who need a LOT) get difficult

[modern kernel]

maybe that lizard is neo and is waiting for their morphius to come and give them the red pill

[silver solar]

(Domestics can usually have their social needs met by a human companion)

Usually, dont try it with medium to large livestock

[modern kernel]

the red pill of freedom🇺🇸

[amber sluice]

But even dogs and cats benefit from additional outside enrichment. They might be fine with mostly a household, but they definitely benefit from a wider social circle including other dogs/cats

[silver solar]

Trust me, they aint got enough brain cells to rub together for that

The outside world is scary

Humans are a little more detached, most of us don’t have to worry about predators ever

[modern kernel]

who knows man maybe that lizard is a greek philosopher reincarnated and having an existential crisis in his terrarium

[silver solar]

Eh, 2 cats and enough toys is plenty for cats to be happy

[amber sluice]

My Geckos have two brain cells each and I love them, they are so stupid

I keep em safe and fed and I get to look at their dumb little faces every day, and I hope they appreciate it with their entire two brain cells

[torn moat]

most lizards are happiest when snug in a hide after a good munch, and then given the occasional chance to amble around their tank before pooping in the corner and going back to their hide

[silver solar]

People need to keep their damn cats inside tho. So theyre safe and not attacking the environment. (Catios and supervised time outside are different but not all cats are able to be safely supervised and not all will take to a harness)

[silver solar]

Snakes too

[torn moat]

yep

[amber sluice]

Theres something pure and stirring about an animal that is a fraction of your size, that you could very easily hurt on accident, that is incredibly stupid, but has learned to recognize that you are safe and bring food and good things and that you can see them be excited to see your giant face that by all rights should elicit absolute terror

[modern kernel]

ok i'm convinced that sounds like the dream

put me in a terrarium

[torn moat]

lmao relatable

[silver solar]

They ofc still need an ample sized enclosure

[amber sluice]

But yes hard agree, indoor cats. Supervised outdoor time or visits to other households. Outside is full of nasty. Predators, poisons, etc

[torn moat]

unfortunately we're social primates and if we don't see and talk to other humans every couple of days things get Weird in your head

[silver solar]

That exploring time is important

[silver solar]

Honestly, i think my social needs can be met online

I’m basing this off experience

I think, a lot of us may have experience if we live alone

[modern kernel]

i dont think so

[torn moat]

nope, you gotta See a real human person or things WILL get fucked up

[amber sluice]

People have some really weird variance in our social needs. It took me months of rhe covid lockdown before I started to notice like, being actively sad about not seeing people

[silver solar]

I’m not neurotypical tho

[torn moat]

me neither, but this isn't about being ND or NT I'm talking basic human genetics

[silver solar]

I felt fine during lockdown, just was getting antsy near the end

Felt like I wasn’t doing enough

[amber sluice]

I'm a huge interovert/hermit/shutin and it was rhe kicker moment when I went "oh shit if Im getting cabin fever it has gotta be real bad for everyone else"

[torn moat]

it has physiological effects that you won't consciously recognize but they're happening

[modern kernel]

honestly lockdown wouldve been like the best summer of my life if it didn't come with a pandemic

[amber sluice]

People do have variables in their tolerance and expectations, though, it's not perfectly universal

[silver solar]

The biggest change to me was getting out of shape

[torn moat]

this is true, but there will absolutely come a point where you will start being affected by isolation

[silver solar]

Couldnt walk to the bus stop without massive back pain

[modern kernel]

i got in shape in lockdown

cause i had so much time i just started working out at home

[silver solar]

Oh, also my sleep schedule

[modern kernel]

yeah that was fucked

[silver solar]

But my sleep schedule basically just changed to what my body likes instead of what society likes

Because different people have different internal clocks

[modern kernel]

thats what mine is right now

its 2am here rn and i'll probably be awake until 6 lol

[silver solar]

My body likes to go to bed around 2-3, wake up around 11-12

[amber sluice]

Some of us are wired to take first watch and sleep till noon

[silver solar]

Right now adhd hyperfocus is making me stay up too late tho

Yup

Different people are wired differently

Which would have been very helpful back when we had to worry about predators

It was also helpful before the invention of alarm clocks

[amber sluice]

It's simultaneously delightful and depressing as we learn more about the general diversity within humans, because it's really cool to understand more but also it makes you look at all the ways shit isn't built to actually work for everyone

[silver solar]

There was a whole job where people slept during the day and then just lived their life at night so they could knock on peoples windows to wake them up at whatever time in the morning

[amber sluice]

Also like, lighthouse keepers. When it was just a big frigging fire and someone had to keep it going all night so the ships didn't crash

Why does autocorrect not pick up on a random x in my words but decides to is ro

[silver solar]

Hopefully there was always at least 2 people

[modern kernel]

did u watch the lighthouse

very good

[silver solar]

One to keep an eye on the flame, one to fetch wood

Its too important of a fire to leave unattended

Although I suppose if there was two keepers, one for night and one for day, they could simply stockpile during the overlap

[amber sluice]

Yeah it'd really depend on how much emphasis the locals put on safety and redundancy. Like without osha they might just go "eh one is enough" and then just expect that nothing goes wrong ever

[odd garnet]

Yeah... I don't think I can make it

Haven't even started linearting due to having pose problems LOL
(Though I think I like this one now)

And I'm not at a place where I can sprite right now since this computer doesn't have any Pixel Programs AOSJAPSoJAOJASAPOJAPS

[lofty cove]

The duped docs version isn't owned by me

[modern kernel]

how long do ur sprites take😟

[odd garnet]

Usually a day to sketch and a day to sprite

If I don't get distracted

[modern kernel]

how

[odd garnet]

Well on weekdays, I'm not really able to sprite in the morning

Soooo

Yeah

[modern kernel]

fair

mine take like 4 hours max

maybe 5 if i mess a lot of stuff up and have to redo it

[odd garnet]

I'm doing original poses so I still have to lineart the sprite

[modern kernel]

yeah me too

[odd garnet]

Which takes more time

Ooooh

Nice

[midnight pumice]

And you have over 100 different roserades each with a different pose, your sprites are awesome, don't stress yourself for not making the contest deadline

[modern kernel]

how long do u spend on the sketch i wouldn‘t even know what else to do after like an hour lol

ig it‘s better to work slower tbf

ok ur sprites are much better than mine maybe i should work slower🙏🏻

[lunar comet]

my sprites usually only take about an hour or two, but that's not factoring in the feedback/revision phase

[modern kernel]

ur working with base sprites then i assume?

[lunar comet]

sometimes, sometimes i trace refs

i sketched my hitmontop/oricorio by hand

[modern kernel]

nice

doing everything custom is the most fun to me

[lunar comet]

same, for contests i always do a custom base

[modern kernel]

using base sprites is not fun at all to me

and tracing a reference is neutral

[silk plank]

i sketch out original poses for all of my sprites

[lunar comet]

eh i'm indifferent on what i start with, it's the end result that determines how much i like a sprite

[limpid sphinx]

me thinking that the annoucement was birthday results: 🤡

[silk plank]

i usually just use the game sprites as a reference for scale

[lunar comet]

this guy is still one of my personal faves and they use the base kabutops sprite

[modern kernel]

i did like 5 sprites using bases and i wouldnt care at all if they didn‘t exist where as my other ones am mostly pretty proud of

[lunar comet]

although to be fair it's pretty heavily edited

[modern kernel]

yeah almost everythings replaced there

theseus kabutops

[modern kernel]

i forgot to participate in that one

i was gonna make a froslass rayquaza

[plucky arch]

birthday contest is almost wrapped up

[arctic garnet]

That never happened for me. When lockdown began my wife and I looked at each other and went: "Shit... their recommendations are our lifestyle. Are we fucked up?"

I mean, I did go do a job (I was 'essential'), but that was not human interaction I enjoyed much. I work better left alone.

[outer valve]

@lofty cove Just lyk u put a google doc and a png

[lofty cove]

#event-general message

[outer valve]

o

[lofty cove]

If you look to the side of it, it was uploaded by Torterrific 91

[limpid sphinx]

please

[undone crag]

Huh, I was able to delete mine but pretty sure I didn't make it (?)

[cloud pulsar]

what

[fringe mica]

booo i thought its the sharpedo contest ping

is it staff picked or votes

[plush vale]

staff picked like every mini contest

[fringe mica]

is the sharpedo contest gonna be picked by staff or democracy

is what im asking

[plush vale]

and I answered

[fringe mica]

so its staff picked now?

[plush vale]

always was, it's a mini contest

all the new mon ones are

[limpid sphinx]

you gonna see staff pick for at least more 4/5 contests lol

and i like it tbh

sfx meta was bothering me a little in the open votes

[plush vale]

well ya can ban sfx

there is still a bias towards eye catching though

[silk plank]

i feel a little guilty then lol

[limpid sphinx]

not really sometines sfx can be a really good thing

but sometimes can be just a meh

[plush vale]

thats why a lotta em have sfx alts

[grand tusk]

some pokemon have it

[limpid sphinx]

yea i like sfx a lot

[grand tusk]

so obviously those are ok

some work with a little

most are over the top

[limpid sphinx]

yea im talking more about overused

[grand tusk]

and people clap like seals rather then view things more critically

[limpid sphinx]

like deoxys contest or jirachi contest, as example

[plush vale]

https://tenor.com/view/spheal-pokemon-clapping-gif-25991342

[grand tusk]

remember, if you think majority should vote

look at how social media is

[plush vale]

clear example of why we don't need cosmog

[grand tusk]

and these people decide things

[buoyant ore]

But spheals are cute

[grand tusk]

[limpid sphinx]

well, at least here makes more sense

[grand tusk]

Jirachi is a sin now

poor Jirachi

[plush vale]

yeha but with clefable deoxys palkia jirachi we get so much space stuff as is

[limpid sphinx]

fr

[plush vale]

we don't need space skin eatin 2 slots

[limpid sphinx]

4

[rough talon]

ifothort birthjdat contest

Was a thing, and tha timin this server

[plush vale]

cosmoem and mog eat 2

other 2 are still decent additions

[limpid sphinx]

lunala and solgaleo

[silk plank]

noted

[grand tusk]

Finally, I can reuse the meme

[plush vale]

ik their names

[grand tusk]

Excuses to post this rules

[buoyant ore]

Noooo i love jirachi

[silk plank]

just a little question

[buoyant ore]

I too wish to sleep for 1000 years

[plush vale]

darkrai shows up holding a mankeys paw

[silk plank]

if you make a fusion for a mon before its out, when theres like a contest for it are you ever allowed to submit it there?

[limpid sphinx]

sorry, I didnt mean to say you didnt know, i was going to complete a sentence but i ended up getting lost in my reasoning in English lol

[plush vale]

no

[limpid sphinx]

no

[silk plank]

or are you supposed to make it after they're released?

oh i see

[limpid sphinx]

||(but you can always do and dont post here||

[plush vale]

in fact if you start it before they announce the contest part you still can't enter it

even after mon reveal

[silk plank]

its too late for that now

:(

[limpid sphinx]

F

[silk plank]

maybe i shouldve just kept quiet...

[limpid sphinx]

the proves ruined you

[buoyant ore]

You can remake the sprite and shouldnt be docked points if you show improvement tho

[limpid sphinx]

well yea

you can use the same concept but do a entire new sprite

this is valid

[cloud pulsar]

a poop too late to do an entry

[grim ether]

who give a shit. it goes hard

[grand tusk]

I do

I care

smh

[grand tusk]

this is you now

[civic mauve]

I just started mine a few hours ago, so it's not too late ^^

[slow gyro]

I finally uploaded my entry

[slow gyro]

I mean, i did my entry for the birthday contest less than 8 hours before the timer ended

[civic mauve]

I know someone who uploaded it after the contest deadline but before they closed the drive

[rough talon]

i feel so bad lately idk if i can even do pixel art for like months

it makes me feel so miserable in comparison to illustration

so sad, i have lots of fusion ideas

that i am NOT drawing because that would be a nightmare

[slow gyro]

Hey plupa, don’t worry, everyone has their bad days, it’s okay to take a rest and get some time for yourself

There’s literally no pressure

Just do what you think it’s better for you, and if you ever need help don’t hesitate on asking for it

Im a big fan of your sprites btw

They all look so unique

[limpid sphinx]

i submit my birthday one 7 minutes lefting lmao

[slow gyro]

I submitted mine with like 2 hours left 🤝

[indigo ice]

13 hours left. I think I should start sketching

oh my froslass contest entry was 10 minutes before it ended

[cloud pulsar]

it would be easy if it wasnt for the fact that is 2 am andi want to sleep

[steady pasture]

Imagine, Birthday contest result released. Server got a new icon.
1 day later Sharpedo (and Carvanha too i guess) contest results released. Contest icon discarded for newer icon

[woeful moth]

Ok remind me to try and do one fusion this weekend

[indigo ice]

someone did the idea i had in mind but way better than i couldve ever excetcuted it. back to the drawing board

(i am not at all mad at this they did it so well)

[cloud pulsar]

happens

[indigo ice]

happened last 2 contests as well but in those times i had already finished them when i realised

makes me realise how much ive been putting off this contest

[broken robin]

Anyone else notice that sharpedo bodies are like, really hard to make

[sick herald]

which icon would it be, or would it be a mix?

[limpid sphinx]

vote

[limpid sphinx]

which one :0

[cloud pulsar]

i was thinking " i should do larvesta/sharpedo to do something different"... then i saw that sharpedo is like just a shark head with no tail and it was so weird

[indigo ice]

ribbons luxray/sharpedo, we had design differences but again I just love how they've done it

unsure if they're entering for the contest but ! I've already got a new idea im sketching up

we are getting somewhere

[steady pasture]

No idea, would be interesting to see

[indigo ice]

praying when I get home I dont forget to finish this because when I go to bed it's all over

[limpid sphinx]

that one its look really solid

[indigo ice]

the fullbody sketch is looking pretty decent as well if I do say so myself it combines the Feels

[sick herald]

is this a gabite?

[indigo ice]

kangaskhan, face alone looks very gabitey though

but don't worry tryst the process

[sick herald]

if its a kangaskhan maybe make the face flatter?

that might help

tho it is in the art stage so maybe idk what im talking about

[indigo ice]

yeah this is more to get the design feel, its a valid point though so thank u!! in spriting stages I reference off the sprites themselves to keep the proportions right to each mon

plus she's got ear type things ij her final design so her head won't be as Bulbous

[silk plank]

i dont think u should flatten the face

its sharpedo

[quartz locust]

I have chosen a highlight for the contest. 🙂

I don't know who made it, but I hope they'll be happy. 😄

Also, let it not be said that I'm a stingy judge again. I had the second-highest total score, this time. 😛

[misty acorn]

Blaq mult stingy as hell tho

[sick herald]

bro just hates the world

[cloud solstice]

Blaquaza is generous but blaq is stingy

[steady pasture]

Only 2nd? Tsk

Took me awhile to realize who/what was Blaq mult

[quartz locust]

My evil doppelganger from about Michigan way. 🙂

[silk plank]

i mean if you add both of em you gave the most score out of anyone else

[arctic garnet]

Why blaq mult so harsh tho?

[indigo ice]

does he only like sprites with a ton of sfx and overshading

[sick herald]

bizzarro blaq

[cyan gull]

https://tenor.com/view/superman-tas-dcau-cartoon-bizarro-gif-18447769

[cloud solstice]

@sage escarp your sprite name isn't correct you forgot the dex numbers

There's some weird files in the drive

[sage escarp]

For the Sharpedo mini contest?

[cloud solstice]

Yep

[sage escarp]

Just fixed it now 👍

[steady pasture]

Probably just the weighted score. Since their doc can only collect scores 0-5 (for some reason), they had to cheese it by making a new reviewer as the weight.
Don't want to give the VIP reviewers too much power, so they limited it to 0-2 bonus points (is what i'm assuming)

[slender thunder]

I can replace my current submission maybe

If i finish my sprite

[arctic garnet]

that makes sense

[thin dove]

oooh, are the birthday results in

[half rapids]

we so got 100% trevenant

and if we do they might let us add even more pokemon ngl

[cloud solstice]

Cresselia plz

[plucky arch]

i cant figure out the technical aspect so im begging kiwi

[half rapids]

oof dw weve waited this long we can wait a bit longer :)

[plucky arch]

turns out everyone whos a contest manager is, very busy

[half rapids]

time to add even more staff! :P

[acoustic rampart]

its still 5 hours before the Sharpedo entry closes right?

[plucky arch]

yep

[steady pasture]

So like... if Birthday results and Sharpedo results releases at roughly the same time... which gets server icon?

[half rapids]

neither

[plucky arch]

one of em gets it for like A Day

[indigo ice]

the grind is almost over

[steady pasture]

Which one gets it for like a day? If it's birthday results, screw those Staff's b-days amirite?
If it's the Sharpedo one, man, all those awesome sprites and their efforts... here, have a nickel

[plucky arch]

maybe we put the sharpedo winner in the poll for yall voting for the server pfp from the birthday contests

[indigo ice]

i pulled through. its 11:30pm and i pulled through

[dense jackal]

Implication that the birthday sprites are no-effort crap-fests 😛

[quartz locust]

Based on the entries to my one, I can assure you that there are some really stellar sprites for the birthday ones. 😄

[arctic garnet]

I would not insult Blaquaza like that.

[dense jackal]

Agreed. I'd hate to be the person implying these things (/lh)

[steady pasture]

Saw alot of amazing Blaziken and Rayquaza sprites for your category

[plucky arch]

btw a long requested feature will be included in these

[thick jolt]

finally they added murdering the sprite you dislike

[sick herald]

main sprite voting finally?

[limpid sphinx]

blaq mult its a tie breaker blaq?

[sick herald]

its blaqs alter ego, not nice blaq

[quartz locust]

https://tenor.com/view/bunny-what-emote-gif-23702501

[plucky arch]

its evil blaq

[thick harness]

blaq's alter ego, rayziken

[limpid sphinx]

oh no the rayziken no

but well........... results when

[sinful pendant]

Microtransactions added to contest voting?

[limpid sphinx]

maybe its crossprogression

[cyan gull]

The illusion of choice?

[sinful pendant]

Sprite contests are now open world

“See that mountain over there? You can make a sprite of it.”

[limpid sphinx]

what if u put 100 spriters into a island, where a kind of gas takes over and only the last one to survive is the winner?

we can call that like... contest royale?

its a brand new idea of my mind, ofc

[thick harness]

How often you thinking of running those? Like, one every two weeks?

[quartz locust]

That was my old username, until it was taken on a forum. 😂

[cyan gull]

Please don't vault our fusions

You guys should be flattered to be in the presence of THE Pory

I've gotten so many DMs because of my early supporter tag and because I have the Pory name on discord

[lunar comet]

sharpedo gets server icon, the three birthday staff all have to change their icons to the winners of b-day contest for a week

[steady pasture]

Aren't 2 of them inactive/on hiatus atm?

[lunar comet]

you can still see them at the top of the userlist

[steady pasture]

I have it closed always

[cyan gull]

It's OK, Blaquaza with a non default pic will go hard

[slender thunder]

I think my sharpedo is better than my carvanha probably?

[lunar comet]

uhhhhh i'd go with the carvanha actually, the face is a bit off on the sharpedo

feedback goes in your spritework thread or in #spriting-discussion though

[slender thunder]

mhm

its hard to get a sharpedo eye to fit on other mons :>

[acoustic rampart]

for the entry is it important that I use my actual username like "ravn_" or am I allowed to use "Ravn" instead

[lunar comet]

uhhh when in doubt i'd say go with the actual username

[acoustic rampart]

Yeah I guess it doesn't matter anyway

[civic mauve]

You should use your username so that the event managers can more easily ping you if you win ^^

[cyan gull]

Also I just noticed, but did Howls just get Sprite Manager?

[slow gyro]

Im super dumb, I didn’t tough of doing Typhlosion/Sharpedo for the contest

Sfx shark

[cyan gull]

Jirachi/Sharpedo

[slow gyro]

Im still happy with my sfx ghost shark

But I would also loved rocket shark

[steady pasture]

it's been a long time

[acoustic rampart]

I dont count on winning but I understand

[silk plank]

actually i made a sprite that resembles this wayy back

[cyan gull]

Could a sworn I saw their name blue just the other day

[steady pasture]

i just submitted a Gura sprite, i have no intention of winning after seeing so many amazing entries just on day 1

[cyan gull]

I submitted the joke one in the hopes of getting funny points

[lunar comet]

sharpedo/typhlosion but the flames are teeth

[cyan gull]

[plucky crest]

I'm def not gonna have time to finish my sprite before the end of the competition, but I'll finish my sharpedo one just because I love the mon so much

[slow gyro]

I love Typhlosion but I find doing Typhlosion’s bodies hard cause of the lack of cool poses

Most are too similar to main sprite

[silk plank]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/563192597003239464/1012008711679651970/supershark-export.gif

[cyan gull]

Hunchback of Notre Dame

[lunar comet]

fair tbh

[slow gyro]

Like, all bases are great, but they don’t look as menacing as I would like them to be

[lunar comet]

it's pretty much just hunched over and backflames going

just draw your own lol

[slow gyro]

Haven’t found a great reference image

[lunar comet]

i mean scratch draw it, typhlosion doesn't have that complex of a body shape compared to some pokemon

[cyan gull]

Sausage

[lunar comet]

l o n g

[civic mauve]

I believe taking the hiatus role makes your name gray. Pretty sure Howls has been a SM since before I joined the server ^^

[silk plank]

just draw a fucked up shark without tail fins

[cyan gull]

I want Daschbun in IF for all the bread fusions

[silk plank]

a round shark

[lunar comet]

honestly, genuinely, pick up pokemon art academy if you have a 3DS, it's super helpful

[cyan gull]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[thick harness]

If the pokémons is New pokemon snap that can be a good source of reference too; P sure typhlosion is in that

[civic mauve]

Was hoping Slurpuff would get in for this reason. Thinking it probably won't at this rate tho

[civic mauve]

Oh yeah, I think it is

[lunar comet]

do we have any food pokemon at all yet?

[thick harness]

Not really; closest is either Miltank or like... exeggcute

[cyan gull]

A lot of them are edible

[silk plank]

farfetchd

[lunar comet]

all pokemon are edible if you try hard enough

[cyan gull]

Most of the flying types should be edible

[civic mauve]

Maybe Farfetch'd? Or Miltank/Exeggcute. But none of those really work for generic food based fusions unfortunately

[silk plank]

my favorite is rhyperior 😊

[cyan gull]

I invite you to try Garbodor

You can try right now!

[civic mauve]

Every pokemon is edible. Some are just edible once

[thick harness]

Mergemay is what really proved to me that we need a food based-pokémon - one of the themes was "Sweet" and people really had to push what fusions made sense for that one lol

[cyan gull]

Like razorblade cookies

[lunar comet]

garbodor isn't that bad. muk is the one i'm afraid of

[silk plank]

u can get lucky with garbodor

[civic mauve]

Some folks use Sylveon for sweets, but yeah slurpuff would be better

[cyan gull]

Fun fact, my roommate is Jewish, and I have tested most cursed food options that would still be kosher

[silk plank]

what if its a garbodor full of leftovers

[lyric swallow]

Birthday contest results when?

[silk plank]

alcremie would go so much harder

[lunar comet]

[cyan gull]

Rice Krispies full of sawdust are kosher

But glue isn't

Do with that info what you will

[silk plank]

are you saying u fed ur roomate sawdust???

[cyan gull]

When passover comes around I'll test my luck

[silk plank]

dear god

[lunar comet]

what kind of sawdust

which wood

[cyan gull]

Good question

[cyan gull]

Man's walks out of the house @ 5am with wooden shoes in front of my room

[opal wadi]

Above time (05:00 -03) in your local time · Sep 21, 2023, 8:00 AM

[lunar comet]

ty bot

[cyan gull]

Thanks Yanmega, very cool

[silk plank]

would u guys eat trevenant cinnamon?

[cyan gull]

Wdym the time in my timezone in my timezone is -3

[cyan gull]

Yes.

I would Azumarill out of spite

[silk plank]

porygon 😋

[lunar comet]

wouldn't that be basically the same thing as ghost pepper

since. trevenant is a ghost type

[cyan gull]

Eat an USB drive, same nutritional value

[silk plank]

isnt pepper a fruit?

[lunar comet]

don't fruits come from trees

[silk plank]

cinnamon is tree bark

[sinful pendant]

Would Koffing be edible?

[lunar comet]

koffing would be like eating a bag of lays someone farted in

[silk plank]

like they just shred the trunk or something idk

[lunar comet]

(the bag itself)

[cyan gull]

Trees also come from fruits, funny how that works

[silk plank]

no

well yes

but not exclusively trees

🤓

[cyan gull]

Fun fact, many things we call fruits are not true fruits

[silk plank]

bananas are berries

[cyan gull]

True fruits need to be a true flower first

[lunar comet]

oh i've got a similar one

neither a tomato nor a cucumber is actually a vegetable, despite the fact that a tomato and a cucumber are the main characters of a show called veggietales

[cyan gull]

Strawberries aren't berries

[cyan gull]

Banana trees flower

[silk plank]

they are still berries

[cyan gull]

Yep

Since it's 1 big flower

[silk plank]

berries are a classification under fruit right?

[cyan gull]

And not individual

[cyan gull]

Sorta

Fruit is very specific

For example, cashews aren't a fruit, but the seed is a true fruit

It has to do with what part of the flower becomes what

[silk plank]

the cashew nut is the fruit?

[cyan gull]

Yep

[silk plank]

didnt know that actually cuz the nuts grow off of a weird fruit looking thing

do they taste good?

[cyan gull]

Which part?

The answer is yes to both

[silk plank]

ohh

[plucky crest]

Didnt expect to learn about fruits here but I'm enjoying it

[misty acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/sunmi-noir-queen-tomato-tomatoes-gif-13692853

[silk plank]

wait i thought u meant the cashew nut was the fruit and not the thingy its attached to

[cyan gull]

Yes, the nut IS the fruit

Also, peanuts are a legume

[plucky crest]

But both taste nice

[silk plank]

i think there was a miscommunication lol

anyway

never actually tried the cashew fruit flesh thing

doubt most have as well

[cyan gull]

We eat it regularly in Brazil

Cashew juice is good

[silk plank]

is it sweet?

[cyan gull]

Sorta watery in my opinion, but good

[silk plank]

what is it like

[cyan gull]

Yes

It's sweet and tart

[silk plank]

sour?

is it like an apple?

[cyan gull]

Nope lol

The flesh is way softer

[silk plank]

more tart, sweet or?

[cyan gull]

The flavor is more tart, but very suave

[silk plank]

i have an affinity towards more sour fruits

like mangosteen and mangos

love em

actually mangoes are not too sour but

whatever lol

[dense jackal]

A good rule to go by 99% of the time is, if it contains a seed/seeds, it's a fruit

[cyan gull]

They're hard to compare

[silk plank]

wdym by that

[civic mauve]

Strawberries are actually classified as an aggregate accessory fruit and are not considered berries. According to Wikipedia at least ^^

[cyan gull]

It's tart but not harsh

[silk plank]

ahh okay

maybe apples arent a very good benchmark for me i dislike em lmao

[cyan gull]

You want to know a stupid sweet fruit that's hard to eat?

Jackfruit

[silk plank]

i've only had em prepared so 🤷‍♂️

i do want to try the straight up fruit tho

[cyan gull]

It's sticky

Sticky enough that small animals get stuck and die

[silk plank]

protein 😊

[cyan gull]

Also, in Brazil, we have way more types of fruit than most other places

Like different types of bananas or oranges

[silk plank]

oranges?

actually wait ive seen em what am i talking about

LOL

[cyan gull]

Yes, the notion that there's only 1 type of the really common fruits bothers me lol

That being said, tangerines is where's at

[silk plank]

as a one piece fan ive never actually tried tangerines

🥲

[cyan gull]

Mandarins are also good

[silk plank]

theyre great yeah

[cyan gull]

Mandarins are a type of tangerine

[silk plank]

well damn i guess i have had tangerines then

🫡

[cyan gull]

Also, limes are amazing and are an unripe lemon

But there's also orange limes and those are good

[silk plank]

i thought they were a different ass fruit

seriously?

[cyan gull]

Nope

They're are a type of lemon

[silk plank]

i thought unripe lemons were different from limes

[cyan gull]

The yellow ones are Sicilian Lemons and the limes are typically Persian lemons

[cyan gull]

Yes and no

[silk plank]

well im not too far off at least

[cyan gull]

We don't cultivate them the same because we want different traits out of both

Lemons are full of water, while limes aren't quite ripe so they're more furm

Firm

Also, did you know that selective breeding of fruit has made most non-organically grown fruit unfit to fit zoo animals anymore?

We added way too much fructose (fruit sugar) in a lot of fruits

[main hare]

i made my sprite 80x80 by accident

[cyan gull]

Not a fruit, ignored

[vale jolt]

Theres a typo in this channels description thats so cool

[cyan gull]

There's a typo in the #spriting-guidelines

[main hare]

I got ratioed by an apple 😔

[cyan gull]

[main hare]

[vale jolt]

Do you like pears

[cyan gull]

They're okay, the texture is not for me

But the flavors' there

[vale jolt]

FOR REAL I can only eat pears that arent ripe

[cyan gull]

Acerola is amazing, have you guys had them?

[main hare]

never seen some for sale tbh

only "oh this vitamin pack has acerola"

[cyan gull]

Also this is only proof we need Tropius in IF, one day we'll look back fondly at the fruit discussion, knowing it was necessary for Tropius to feel welcomed

[cyan gull]

Very hard to grow in non-turbo hot and humid climates

[main hare]

have you tried figs?

[cyan gull]

Figs are pretty cool

[civic mauve]

Not only are all commercially available bananas (in the US at least) all the same species, they all come from what's essentially the same plant. Seedless bananas are a genetic mutation, so you can only make more w/ offshoots from a plant that has that mutation

[main hare]

bananas are freaks :^)

also melons are pumpkins and therefore veggies

[vale jolt]

People that add noses to their smiley faces are not okay

[cyan gull]

They're not all the same species in Brazil

[civic mauve]

This can cause issues since they're all genetically identical which makes them more susceptible to illness and the like. In fact, the bananas that were sold before the 1950s were actually different from the ones sold now since the seedless variant was wiped out

Those were the ones that actually had slippery peels which is where that gag comes from

[cyan gull]

We have many types, all different in a way or another

To the point where I can list them out

[limpid sphinx]

this is really crazy to think

[civic mauve]

Makes sense. It's just the seedless ones that are all the same iirc

[cyan gull]

Oh no another Brazilian

[limpid sphinx]

noo shhh im swedish

[cyan gull]

Oh yeah yeah

And I'm American

🇺🇸

[limpid sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-sweden-olympics-sweden-flag-swedish-gif-25732619

[cyan gull]

But in the U.S. the only 2 bananas are essentially banana prata and banana da terra

[main hare]

True, i'm not okay

[cyan gull]

Except the banana prata here is artificially sweeter here

:^)

[limpid sphinx]

i have a banana tree in my house

3 tbh

[cyan gull]

I used to have one

They're really pretty when they blossom

I've had many coconut trees throughout my life

[vale jolt]

I hope one day you get better and rid those smiley faces from their cursed noses

[cyan gull]

Coconuts are a seed and not a fruit

And peanuts are a legume

[main hare]

👁️ 👃 👁️

coffee is fruit smoothie

[cyan gull]

Bean juice

[limpid sphinx]

@acoustic saddle are u okay?

[vale jolt]

Ill offer free counseling to everyone that adds noses to their smiley faces! (Disclaimer: i am probably not qualified?)

[cyan gull]

You're the type of person to steal a kid's nose and never give it back

[sick herald]

if u think about it, cheese is just milk somebody didnt wanna waste

and then blue cheese is taking that even further

[cyan gull]

Yogurt is a step furher

[main hare]

somebody saw the milk went solid and said "yeah ill eat that"

[limpid sphinx]

ok and birthday results is how much further?

[cyan gull]

Also DaTorre they don't have queijo minas or queijo coalho in the U.S.

It's a travesty

[limpid sphinx]

LOL

nem pra isso servemkkkkkk

[acoustic saddle]

https://tenor.com/view/nikocado-avocado-nikocado-avocado-car-car-rage-car-breakdown-hitting-seat-gif-17958855

[limpid sphinx]

se vc me falar q eles n tem queijo do reino fudeu

[limpid sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/nickavocado-isaacortega-discord-gif-19223716

[sick herald]

ei datorre, você já comeu doce de leite?

[acoustic saddle]

: ^)

[cyan gull]

Pior que não tem nem o queijo bola direito, mas tem outros bons pra compensar

[limpid sphinx]

sempre que posso

[cyan gull]

Não é possível

[tranquil fable]

Quem nunca

[limpid sphinx]

ele tá usando o tradutor, mlk é bom

[cyan gull]

Eu não aguento mais BR.

[limpid sphinx]

esses dias eu fiz

[cyan gull]

Fazer é mó molezinha

[tranquil fable]

Bah

[cyan gull]

Ah n

Bah n

[limpid sphinx]

foda é ficar mexendo no fogo aquela porra por sei la quanto tempo

[cyan gull]

Bah é coisa de ovelha

[cyan gull]

Como Todo bom doce

[limpid sphinx]

mas o cara é sulista tche

[tranquil fable]

:(

[sick herald]

quanto tempo leva para fazer

[limpid sphinx]

comer um churrrrasssssco beeeeem sargado

[tranquil fable]

Exatamente guri

Mas que barbaridade tchê

[cyan gull]

Eu... tenho uma confissão.

[limpid sphinx]

fiquei 2h mexendo a mistura de leite com açucar, mais ou menos uns 20% de açucar pra quantidade de leite

[cyan gull]

Eu sou Carioca

[limpid sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/regi-pokemon-regis-registeel-rejisuchiru-regirock-gif-27623530

os lendario do rj ae na trocaçao com a PM Rocket

[sick herald]

interessante, parece fácil de fazer. apenas o tempo parece longo. por que demora tanto para mexer o leite?

[limpid sphinx]

é o tempo até dar o ponto, praticamente o tempo até o leite "condensar" e depois ainda ficar mais solido/pastoso ainda

e olha que o ideal é umas 3/4h no fogo médio/baixo, eu com pressa fiz 2h no fogo alto msm botei umas luva de pano na mão e pronto

[sick herald]

então, basicamente, até que tenha a textura de leite estragado/condensado, mas não seja realmente ruim

[cyan gull]

Dá pra fazer na panela de pressão em banho maria dentro da lata

[limpid sphinx]

sim mas aí é usando o leite condensado

eu usei leite purin msm

[cyan gull]

O jeito correto, obviamente

[limpid sphinx]

tinha 5 caixa de leite pronta pra estregar tive que pesquisar o que fazer com tanto leite kkkkkkkkkkkk

nunca fiz tanto achocolatado e vitamina de banana na vida

[sick herald]

posso tentar fazer alguns nas férias escolares, se puder, caso contrário, parece que posso comprar alguns nas lojas

[limpid sphinx]

acho que não é tão dificil encontrar

[sick herald]

sim, custa apenas $ 6

[limpid sphinx]

você deveria experimentar brigadeiro, essa é a minha real dica

[sick herald]

eles parecem bem

[cyan gull]

Eles parecem bom*

[limpid sphinx]

fine line between good... and good lmao

[sick herald]

google translate cant translate lmao

[limpid sphinx]

bons* kdasjdkasdas

[cyan gull]

Oops

Lek, nem te conto

[limpid sphinx]

no português temos algumas regras realmente esquisitas, se você pesquisar sobre "o uso dos porque's" você ficaria maluco

[limpid sphinx]

pode contar eu deixo

[sick herald]

aprendi que muitos idiomas têm regras diferentes e é muito estranho quando você está tentando aprender um

[cyan gull]

Por causa da minha foto de perfil que é minha fusão, recebi uma DM de artista oferecendo desenhar meu "OC"

[cyan gull]

Vou te entupir de gíria carioca

Vai sair marmanjinho

[limpid sphinx]

misericordia

[limpid sphinx]

djkasdkjaskdas

dittozao todo melequento

[sick herald]

the translator's one of two weaknesses slang and language rules

[cyan gull]

Você é de qual estado?

[limpid sphinx]

n quero sofrer bullying

[cyan gull]

Beleza, paulista

[sick herald]

vou dormir agora, até mais

[limpid sphinx]

paraibano

[limpid sphinx]

good rest ma man, see u soon

[cyan gull]

Boa noite

[sick herald]

i can guess what that means lmao

[cyan gull]

Como já diziam os Raimundos

[cyan gull]

Can you now

Nem vou dizer, mas é referência a Roda Viva

[plucky arch]

il rest 2 heurs

[cyan gull]

Parles vous francais?

[plucky arch]

comme ci comme ça