💭general2

[winter pier]

Btw if you buy the switch fit game lemme know how it is

[vast sparrow]

Right now I'm on the bugging my partner to be a sugar daddy essentially so I'll let you know XD

[winter pier]

LMAOOOO

[vast sparrow]

all my spare money is going to coral island im not gonna lie...

[vale pond]

I'm hoping someone buys it for me for my birthday this month. Because I'm in the same situation, sugar daddy and house wife for a cat. 😅

[opaque moat]

I am very fortunate that my job managed to become 100% remote 😅

[vast sparrow]

I'm super close to getting a payout from twitch though 😄

not that I stream for that but it's just exciting for me haha

[opaque moat]

Means I moved halfway across the country to be in lockdown away from my mother >.>

[vast sparrow]

Aw no 😦

[winter pier]

Ooo congrats!

Lmao I get no viewers 🤣🤷‍♀️

[vast sparrow]

I've gotten a consistent 5-7 viewers now days so I feel super accomplished 😄

honestly I just do it because I enjoy hanging out with people 😛

so it doesn't bother me how I do haha

anyone play stardew know how long it takes to get sap from the tree taps?

[winter pier]

Mmm nope sorry

[vast sparrow]

dang

[vale pond]

I've thought about trying to sell my art. But idk.

[vast sparrow]

oooh I always love art is there anything you've done in fanart?

[vale pond]

Nope. I've been on a couple year break from painting 😅

[vast sparrow]

well if you ever do something lemme peek XD

I've gotten into digital art but I'm a bit eh

[vale pond]

Gotta start somewhere. Did you do your profile pic?

[vast sparrow]

no I paid for it uhm

I dunno where to post what I do here XD

[vale pond]

Arts and crafts?

I dunno

[vast sparrow]

ay found it

[vast sparrow]

But yes league I play a lot of it haha

[opaque moat]

Throws my cosplay of my old main at you

[vast sparrow]

:o

[opaque moat]

And by old main I mean like... back before her rework lol

[vast sparrow]

Dude I play nothing but veigar lulu

[opaque moat]

Lulu was my first mastery 7 lol

[vast sparrow]

I did start on malz recently because low elo there is only so much go in you can tell someone before they do

[opaque moat]

I'm a weird Top/Support/ADC main mix these days

[vast sparrow]

I don't support unless it's duo

[opaque moat]

but waaaaay back in the day I was a Ziggs/Ahri/Anivia mid laner

I don't ADC unless I know my support 😂

[vast sparrow]

I think

There was a bird in the shed

Where I sleep

There is seed and a feather wtf

[vale pond]

It had a party without you.

[vast sparrow]

I don't own a bird though

[vale pond]

Creepy then.

[vast sparrow]

Yes haha

I have so many mastery 7 supports

[opaque moat]

https://imgur.com/Pr27amy - If you can ignore the fact that I'm out of place and miss a bunch of CS...

Caitlyn/Jinx/Kai'sa are my go-to pew pews

Aphelios as well but he gets people raging if you kill too much or not 'enough'

[vast sparrow]

I play mf sivir adc but that's it for them 😂

[opaque moat]

I can't get on with Sivir's spellshield lol so I can't play her for toffee

[vast sparrow]

Are you oce or?

[opaque moat]

I'll play MF if I feel that we need a more... static caster ADC or Kai'sa is banned. Ashe is for slow, boring safe lanes and they make me zzzz

Nah I'm on EUW lol I'm a Brit

[vast sparrow]

Nods

[opaque moat]

OCE is 500ms territory for me 😂

[vast sparrow]

Oh I get you I always get sad we can't play cross servers but like

I get it I do

[opaque moat]

I played on NA for a bit and it was fine as Top/Support but anything else or anything with skillshots (my boy Gnar 👊 ) are a no-no off of my home server

[vast sparrow]

Yes I hate playing with ping

[opaque moat]

17ms where I am here lol

it's very tasty 😂

[vast sparrow]

It's too hot to be in my room now until like another 4-5 hours

I get 30 but aus net is crap

So

[opaque moat]

Be Australia
Invent Wifi
Have absolute dogcrap internet infrastructure. 😂

[vast sparrow]

Yer I live out in a tiny shed with my parents no one where I was originally wanted to rent to a young female with two dogs and it wasn't the real-estate fault they all loved me so

Back in with the folks

Originally I was going to move to New Zealand but the borders closed :p so I'm stuck till they open haha

[vale pond]

New Zealand would be awesome.

[vast sparrow]

I'm so excited it's where my partner is 🙂 I've been sending them boxes of my stuff and they told me their room smells like me and they're refusing to open any windows hahaha

[vale pond]

Awee

That's cute.

[vast sparrow]

We've been dating four years ^-^

[vale pond]

That's one year longer than me and my partner.

Congrats

☺️

[vast sparrow]

Thanks :3 it's easy to remember because its sometime around december XD

[vale pond]

October here

[vast sparrow]

I have my first plane ticket somewhere safe when I met him 😛

[vale pond]

Awww

[vast sparrow]

I took him on his first ever date we went ice skating he's really good at it

I am not I ran into the like safety rail somehow ripped off my finger nail

[vale pond]

Omg

[vast sparrow]

SUPER DUPER romantic 🤣

I didn't even fall over

[vale pond]

Lmao sounds like it.

[vast sparrow]

yer I'm a tad of a clutz o.o

[vale pond]

Haha, me too. Ripped my big toe nail off years ago.

🤢

[vast sparrow]

But he's been very accepting of me and everything and I wouldn't change it for the world everything going on is really difficult and I'm glad to have him even if he's currently four hours away on a plane

Oh boy that hurts my toe aches in sympathy haha

[vale pond]

It sounds like a very sweet relationship.

[vast sparrow]

it is :p he's still a moron though hahaha

[vale pond]

Most guys are 😒

No offense to anyone

[vast sparrow]

OH OH everyone here might enjoy this once I had a guy legit come up to me and told me

"I know you're on your period I can tell because my mother was a cop."

he was being serious

[vale pond]

What

[vast sparrow]

he went on about it for like an hour

[fresh garden]

What

[vast sparrow]

and uh I wasn't

the dude is nuts

[vale pond]

Omg

[vast sparrow]

I laugh about it now but like

WHO DOES THAT

🤣

[vale pond]

What the heck 😆

[vast sparrow]

my mother wanted me to go into the field but I just didn't want to

I'm better at figuring these things out

dude was a moron

[fresh garden]

I once had one of my brothers friends who from what I could tell was married but separated ask really innaprotely to cheat on his wife I was like dude what

https://tenor.com/view/bunnies-what-confused-meh-gif-13712192

[vale pond]

What the heck.

[vast sparrow]

yer people in general are just weird

I've read some really crazy stuff that women have done too and honestly I'm just like dude

people

why

[vale pond]

I knew a guy who thought women didn't fart or poop.

[vast sparrow]

...

no

really?

[vale pond]

Like legit.

[vast sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/awkward-shocked-shookt-omg-dog-gif-13210431

[naive vault]

...

[vast sparrow]

what did he thin they did

like

[fresh garden]

Then I had another guy who got block by the wizard101 company he was a streamer ask really inappropriate stuff my friends didnt believe me bc he used to be a streamer so screenshotted it

[vale pond]

No clue.

[fresh garden]

Some dudes are cray cray

[vale pond]

People can be pretty creepy.

[vast sparrow]

I'm sorry you've had that happen normally I can brush off inappropriate comments but they just get to you sometimes

[vale pond]

Yeah.

[naive vault]

https://tenor.com/view/lena-luthor-sigh-frustrated-ugh-nose-pinch-gif-12663327

some. people.

like seriously man, just...be civilized but i suppose that's too hard to ask?

[fresh garden]

The guy knew I was in a relationship with my fiance a trans female yet he still wouldn't let up guy was desperate got mad when I called him that lol

[vale pond]

I guess it is. For some.

[fresh garden]

He wanted to call and have me apologize

[vale pond]

I once had a guy I knew as a friend rub himself on my knee while playing Pokemon go. ( Too shy to speak up then)

[vast sparrow]

D:

if I was there I would of kicked him in the nads

[fresh garden]

Eww

[vast sparrow]

I have a lot of females hit on me in my streams and I live for it 😛

[vale pond]

Really?

[fresh garden]

Are they as cringe as some guys?

[vast sparrow]

yer my partner is fine with it but they all know I'm taken

sometimes

we shy away from those

[vale pond]

I feel like compliments from women to other women can be the most uplifting.

[vast sparrow]

I had one girl constantly try to talk about being like horny on stream for x league characters and was like yer now you're riled up too

that was real creepy

[vale pond]

Dang

[vast sparrow]

I went nope just you sweetie moving on

They really can 😛

I have a few gay kids who call me Daddy XD

I helped them out when they were going through a rough spot

[vale pond]

xD

[vast sparrow]

and honestly it makes me laugh so hard

[vale pond]

That's cute.

[vast sparrow]

yer

[fresh garden]

Aww

[vale pond]

I had a gruncle ( gay uncle not related)

[fresh garden]

Ugh coming out to my parents was hell

[vast sparrow]

Well it helps I can be myself on stream or with my friends and people seem to enjoy it

[fresh garden]

So glad you were there for them

[vale pond]

I can't imagine what that's like

[vast sparrow]

I still haven't come out to my parents and honestly I really don't want to...

I know they'd still love me but my dads not well

and I just don't wanna put him through it

.<

[fresh garden]

Like we get along now but they threatened to kick me out so I moved out

[vale pond]

That must be hard.

Man. It makes me sad when people aren't accepted.

[vast sparrow]

I hope you had someone there for you coming out is hard sometimes you get stuck in crappy situations and they suck being alone through it all is worse

[fresh garden]

They're more accepting now especially with my sister dating a trans women to but like I live in a super conservative area and cant move so it sucks

[vast sparrow]

I feel that small country town where my first boyfriend broke up with me and everyone thought he was gay

I mean I might of helped it along a little as a vindictive heart broken teenager but like

OOF

the first person I came out to as being bi they just said ew

and dropped my hand...

[vale pond]

Omg

Really?

[vast sparrow]

yes really

[vale pond]

That's terrible

[vast sparrow]

he apologized eventually but like damage done you know?

[vale pond]

Yeah.

Broken trust is hard to fix.

[fresh garden]

I didnt feel any attracted until like 24 I dated bc it was expected but man it's weird looking back

[vast sparrow]

nods

My current partner lets me date women if I want to he's great :3

[vale pond]

Thats super supportive

[vast sparrow]

but I mentally can't do that to someone when I'm moving countries no way 😛

he really is

but I also know if we were to do like a poly relationship my mother would uh be not happy

my older brother was in a kind of thing like that and I had to hear all about it nothing being positive which probably reinforced my I'll stay in my closet to my parents haha

the brothers I'm close to know my friends do so it's enough for me

[vale pond]

That would be hard.

[vast sparrow]

sometimes honestly

but my dad and I had like coffee one day and he told me he'd still love me even if I did date girls and

[vale pond]

Awe that's a good moment.

[vast sparrow]

that gets me through it because I knew they'd still love me but I just know they wouldn't be able to deal with my life choices and that's still hard because

it's you're parent

anyway

[vale pond]

Yeah

[vast sparrow]

Helping people online makes me feel better 😛

I had a boy come up and tell me he got drinks thrown on him honestly I don't understand why people pick on other people

like it helps no one

[vale pond]

Being able to talk to people other than my boyfriend and mom for two years is nice.

Awe, that's terrible. People are such jerks.

[vast sparrow]

the worlds full of all sorts 😛

[vale pond]

Yeahhhh

[vast sparrow]

its windy so it looks like it'd be a nice temperature outside but nope

hot and sticky

[fresh garden]

So what do you stream? Like game wise I'm assuming twitch?

[vale pond]

How hot is it there?

[fresh garden]

Its nighttime here and snowy

[vale pond]

I miss snow.

Had to turn on the AC

[vast sparrow]

Oh I love snow! 31c or 87f

[fresh garden]

I'm weird I got the fan going my friends call me a homesick eskimo

[vast sparrow]

real humid too

[fresh garden]

Wow

Too hot for me

[vast sparrow]

It's too hot for me haha

I mostly just stream league at the moment due to just not having time for things but otherwise I stream art, stardew and some other indie games 😛

[fresh garden]

Ooh nice

[vast sparrow]

usually play a small indie game in between long ques

yes to twitch

I've started doing book of demons and my viewers have spawned multiple bosses on top of me -_-

[fresh garden]

Idk what that is but I'm sorry

[vast sparrow]

It's uhm like the paperverse of diablo

[fresh garden]

I recently started pokemon radical red after watching a nuzlocke took forever to get it to work T.T . Nice I've played diablo a bit

[vast sparrow]

so you have an adventure go through a roguelike dungeon and your viewers can interact with it by helping or hindering you

I love pokemon but I don't know which one to play right now haha

[vale pond]

Did you see the new one?

[vast sparrow]

anyway the viewers can spawn monsters bosses special bosses it all changes they can stun you freeze you do so many different things it's pretty fun keeps chat active 🙂

[fresh garden]

Radical red is made to be really hard but it's free 🤷‍♀️

[vast sparrow]

I saw a picture of the new one but like

I really hated pokemon uh

sun and moon

the one with expansions

I was just mad so mad I refused to play XD

[vale pond]

Sword and shield

[fresh garden]

I'm excited I'll be playing both

[vast sparrow]

OH sun and moon were before

thank you

look my memory is bad haha

[vale pond]

Np

[fresh garden]

Arceus looks more polished

[vast sparrow]

played the crap out of pokemon go

[vale pond]

I like the open world concept

[vast sparrow]

lets go eevee

[vale pond]

I didn't get into let's go.

[vast sparrow]

and yes it does look good I looked at the art then though I'll wait a bit haha

[fresh garden]

I played platinum as one of my first games I have such fond memories so I'm gonna get one to play again

[vale pond]

My bf named his eevee brivee after me.

[vast sparrow]

I just really loved those old games so it was a real nostalgia grab for me

THATS ADORABLE

[vale pond]

Yeah

☺️

I miss the feel of old pokemon

Like soul silver

Love lugia.

[vast sparrow]

oh I loved soul silver heart gold

I really enjoyed pokemon omega ruby

I just really loved the like pageants and contests 😛

[vale pond]

I didn't do them tbh 😅

Like once or twice was it.

[vast sparrow]

oh I was hardcore into it that and I got really into breeding I wasn't into the battling too much

I bred perfect pokemon to give to my friends 😛

I just really liked the idea of like taking care of all the little pokemon

[vale pond]

I would have loved a breeder friend. I had pokerus in soul silver.

[vast sparrow]

😮

I'm gonna go for a nap but I'll catch all you lovely people later have a great rest of your days mornings whatever part of day you're at hehe

[vale pond]

Night

[fresh garden]

Night

[winter lotus]

Okay, I'm a newbie when it comes to discord... can anyone explain why some people's names are different colors??? I've seen red (they might be the mods), pink, and green, I have no idea what it means. 😩

[mossy latch]

Roles can have select colors
If you press on their profile you can see which color comes from which tole

[winter lotus]

THANK YOU

[mossy latch]

Np ^^

[static dune]

Ehm... Hello!

[solid fjord]

Hi!

[static dune]

I'm not so good on doscord, for me is a jungle so ... Ehr

[fringe river]

where is your confusion

[static dune]

I will practicing 😂

So MANY channels

[solid fjord]

no worries, anything you need to know.. please ask

[static dune]

I'm a recent pledger but never say hi or anything

[fringe river]

well you said hi now so HIIIIIII

[static dune]

HIII 🤩

[pulsar plume]

hihi!!

[static dune]

Woh I have one, a little ot

[solid fjord]

sure what is it 😊

[static dune]

I saw an art channel, down... I'm an artist so I was wandering if I could show something

Not for followers or something, just to chat

[fierce viper]

sure!

#🎨arts-and-crafts

[static dune]

Yes I was talking about this 🤩

So I'll post something there, nothing special

As reguards other channels... I'll try not to be shy

[fierce viper]

go on! we'd like to see your art!

[static dune]

Yes we would!!

[winter pier]

My bbrain doesn't like this dkfjfnf

IF ITS EXIT ONLY WHY DO I HAVE TO STAND HERE DLFMFNNFJF

[mossy latch]

nb mbghvjghvbh n

who designed that

[winter pier]

covid😭😭

People without appointments are lining up at the normal entry area dkfjfjf

[mossy latch]

omfg that just

hurts

[vast sparrow]

Morning everyone ~ or afternoon/night o.o

morning for me haha

[median cloak]

this looks like a door at a lowcost/no cost clinic in my city OwO

[winter pier]

Thats my government service building for licences and other id 🙃🙃😭

[crisp creek]

Hi guys! Okay i really hope this post/comment is okay its just really been bothering me for a while and i just want yo be included 😬😬😬😬 i felt this might be an ok place to ask since everyone seem so nice and we all come from different places in life.

So basically i really want to know what non binary is. Like i know the "definition" of not feeling like you are a girl or a boy or anything like that and that is where i get lost because - ive always had the opinion that non binary doesnt exist because you cant FEEL like a gender. Atleast not to me? Like you can have a Vag and still like cars and prefer to hang out with guys and just generally have all the same interests as a dude. Whats between your legs doesnt determine who you are and what you like. Ive never understood gendering hobbies or clothes or anything like that. We are all just people. Im a woman but i dont FEEL like a woman i just feel like a person. So there has to be something im missing. I really want to understand 😅
I hope i managed to ask this in a respectful way, i dont mean to talk down about anyone i just really want to understand.

[west flax]

Well, firstly, I think it's important to realize that non-binary genders have been recognized in many many cultures before Europeans colonized them so they aren't a new "invention"

[mossy latch]

Interests never meant gender also? LIke trans girls can still like cars, that's called genderization of stuff by society, not gender identity

[crisp creek]

Oh okay.. but what makes someone non binary then? If its not interests or thoughts?

[west flax]

The concept of 2 genders is a very european colonist idea

It's really hard to explain

[dawn orchid]

I don't think you can explain what it's like to be a woman anymore than you can explain what it's like to be a man, or non-binary, it just is, it's what is right for you

[west flax]

It's like trying to explain a color

[crisp creek]

Hmmmm so its just something you know? 🤔

[mossy latch]

It's something that is just...how you feel happy or what makes you feel dysphoric (search gender dysphoria for a better explanation on wikipedia)
Like for example, if someone feels comfortable
Gender euphoria, for example, can be seen by someone being happy for another person using their correct pronouns or for having a flat chest

[dawn orchid]

I mean yeah ? Just like you and I know we're women, some people know they're men, some people know they're non-binary

[mossy latch]

Like it's an identity, not a feeling
You can feel happy or sad or you can feel like your hand is burning
Identity is something much more deep and personal

Which is why there's no set "rules" of how to identify
Like each person has their own ways of presenting and enjoying their identity

[west flax]

Gender is also honestly much harder to figure out than sexuality for example

It's so extremely personal

And trying to fit it into boxes doesn't do it justicr

[dawn orchid]

that's honestly why I hate labels xD just do you, boo

[mossy latch]

Yeah
And like
Gender is extremely complicated and so is sex (because yes, biological sex is actually divided in like...5 different kinds that range from gene presentation to your visible biology i think?)

[west flax]

I think a good way to understand the concept is like a spectrum? Imagine a slider that's "masculine" one one side and "feminine" on the other side and barely anyone is stuck at the end of this slider for their entire life

It's not a perfect analogy but it works to understand it

[dawn orchid]

everyone's definition of womanhood, or manhood, or non binaryhood (???) is different, because it's just an individual thing, it's not a reflection of your interests or feelings, it's just you

[crisp creek]

That actually makes a lot of sense to me!

[mossy latch]

Also i think another example that can help is like
When you see a girl/boy and you like them
You know you like them
and someone else might not like them at all and it's not because they're wrong
You might both even like girls but like different kinds of girls based on whatever variants are up to your liking
And none of the two ways is the inherently "correct" way of liking them

Now imagine this as gender
You have an identity
You know you feel comfortable with said identity
someone else might not feel like that identity and that doesn't mean they're wrong
You might both even have similar identities but each present them in different ways
And none of those is the correct way of identify as such

I hope this makes sense bc im a beet sleepy awhbdaw

[west flax]

That's a good way of explaining it I think!

[dawn orchid]

I think the gist of it is, we're all individuals, and there is no wrong way to be human

[crisp creek]

I completely agree 😁

[dawn orchid]

and the rest is confetti 😄

[mossy latch]

Like expanding on that
Even binary identities are so varied
Like you can't just say "girl" is x and y
Because for example some trans girls dont want any kind of surgery or even hormones because that's just how they want to present their identity

[dawn orchid]

(if you get that ref I love you-)

[crisp creek]

My world is seriously expanding for every comment 🤯

[dawn orchid]

hahahaha yaayyy !

world expansion is awesome

[mossy latch]

It is so complex awjdnawd

[dawn orchid]

humans are terribly complicated creatures and even the best scientists out there barely know what goes on our body and minds xD

[west flax]

God this sounds familiar but i can't place it

[dawn orchid]

hehehehe

[tropic smelt]

Popping in to say being nonbinary is also suuuuper different for pretty much everyone that experiences it, for example my partner and I are both nonbinary and I could technically identify as genderfluid but I feel more at home with female pronouns, so I identify as a demigirl (almost a girl but not quite or not all the time)

But my partner is AMAB and has pretty much the same experience, which was a little hard for us to both comprehend at first

[mossy latch]

Im a transmasc non-binary and i dont go further on labels for myself
And i stick with male pronouns and all, but i feel more comfortable with an androgynous presentation for example

[west flax]

Yeah totally, not every identity is on that spectrum either!

I'm just. Girl but a little to the left. None gender left girl

You know

[dawn orchid]

I'm a birb

[mossy latch]

I mean im a mess and that's the most accurate label i have

[tropic smelt]

Yeah, demigirl never feels quite right for me bc it's such a weird term but it's the closest to what I got so I stick with it

[mossy latch]

yeah that's why i went from labeling as demiboy to just nb transmasc astro adwjkbadw

[tropic smelt]

mood

[dawn orchid]

I've honestly never struggled with identity nor had a doubt about being a girl, no matter if I'm covered in muck cleaning shit in horse stalls, or dressed to the nines with perfectly applied make up and dress

[mossy latch]

my entire gender and sexuality identities are an absolute mess

[dawn orchid]

oh my sexuality's a mess lemme tell you xD

I've left it at "you figure it out I'm done" 🤣

[crisp creek]

Im just gonna stick to identifying some kind of feminine person 😂🙏

[mossy latch]

kjbdkajbkb ultimate mood

[dawn orchid]

fair enough hahaha

[west flax]

Some kind of feminine person is a whole mood

[dawn orchid]

barely human some of the time

[crisp creek]

While we are on topic of things being weird/complicated. Does it have a word or definition if i prefer being with masculine people but only like romantically? I have NEVER looked at a man and wanted anything sexually. I dread sex. I just want to cuddle and hold hands and talk... i also enjoy the look of the female body but i could never even think of being with a female so i really dont understand. Ive just stuck with "straight with no sex drive" 🤦‍♀️

[dawn orchid]

yeah, asexual hehe

libido's different from romantic attraction

[crisp creek]

Oh! I thought for some reason asexual was not being interested in like anything

[tropic smelt]

could also be homosexual and biromantic, i identified with that but in reverse for a while lol til i realized i was mistaken

[crisp creek]

I really know nothing

[dawn orchid]

it's ok hehe

you can fall in love with someone and not want to climb em like tree

[hazy inlet]

Asexual means not being interested in sex. Aromantic means not being interested in romance
Sexuality isn't necessarily tied to libido, so it can get confusing; you can have a sex drive without being sexually attracted to people, and it makes defining your feelings a lot harder in my experience

[mossy latch]

Yeah its a bit complicated but im not sure if we can really discuss about that here since it's a bit more of the +18 kind of questions

[dawn orchid]

we do also have the lgbt channel xD

[crisp creek]

I tried to keep it pg but failed

[dawn orchid]

https://tenor.com/HbRj.gif

[hazy inlet]

You described heteroromantic asexuality pretty spot on, Yoshiko - you want romance and intimacy with the 'opposite' gender, but no sex

(I don't think there's anything inherently 18+ about mentioning sex in such abstract terms - nobody is discussing anything inappropriate)

[crisp creek]

Exactly! I only do the fun time to keep my boyfriend happy 😅😂 but then again its not like he forces anything i just feel bad for him

[hazy inlet]

(Talking about sex is PG13 maybe, but the minimum age for discord is 13 so...)

[dawn orchid]

as long as we're not describing the act I think we're ok ?

and don't be afraid to talk about it with your partner, it's an important thing to know about someone

[west flax]

Maybe that's something you could talk to him about

[hazy inlet]

Doing something you don't particularly care for because it makes your partner happy is pretty common. Anything about sex and consent gets complicated very fast, but if you're comfortable then it's probably okay? It's definitely a big discussion that you should have with any partner

[dawn orchid]

indeed

at the end of the day so long as both of you are on the same page and no one's forcing themselves I think it's ok

[crisp creek]

Ive tried and its hard. He has said its not a requirement and that he could never leave just because of it but at the same time i know how much it matters to him.

[dawn orchid]

are you uncomfortable in any way doing it ?

[mossy latch]

Im mainly saying it because if they told someone to not call estrogen hrt t-(full word) skittles, then i doubt this is allowed lol

[dawn orchid]

well that's more a matter of the word in and of itself being rather vulgar hehe

(even if it's hilarious and I'm totally never calling it anything else ever again)

[mossy latch]

(it is hilarious and i love it along with the Tea)

[dawn orchid]

(yes 🤣 )

[crisp creek]

Not really uncomfortable more like impatient i just want it to finish quickly so we can cuddle and watch movies. But its not like i feel bad when in the act or anything

[mossy latch]

Sounds like asexual to me

[dawn orchid]

up to you and him what you're comfortable with I think

[mossy latch]

like al ot awdbawd

[crisp creek]

What have i missed lol

[dawn orchid]

everything

everything

https://tenor.com/LnyQ.gif

[mossy latch]

y e s

[dawn orchid]

speaking of tea, I'm rather parched, gonna go make myself a cuppa xD

[mossy latch]

oo tasty

[dawn orchid]

I hope this was informative Yoshiko, and that we've answered your interrogations 🙂

[crisp creek]

I litterally only drink ice tea 😂

[mossy latch]

im going to make some red tea soon

[dawn orchid]

you heathen

[chilly umbra]

So, just some clarification, we're trying to keep this server at around a PG to PG-13 level. We do have quite a few younger users and we want to ensure that we're keeping them in mind. In general, our guidelines around this can be described as "don't say anything you wouldn't say in front of a 13 year old" in real life, if that makes sense.

[dawn orchid]

alright, would you consider the previous conversation within that purview then ?

[crisp creek]

You have broadened (spelling?) My mind so yes thank you 😂🙏

[dawn orchid]

cuz what is said in front of a 13 y old can vary wildly from country to country xD

[mossy latch]

I am biased because when my brother was 13 he was the one saying profanities lmao

[fossil breach]

And when I was 13 I didn't know legit anything because I was super sheltered

[hazy inlet]

I'm personally greatly in favor of being able to discuss sexuality and consent with young teenagers, since that kind of thing is important to talk about early, before any relationships start

[chilly umbra]

While I don't disagree with that, this is not the proper environment for it.

[mossy latch]

Yeah over here sexuality is like
Openly discussed even when they are 11

so as vix said really depends on location

[hazy inlet]

Understood, i'll be careful in the future

[dawn orchid]

we've tried using the reverse argument in another server I mod where we'd say "don't say anything you wouldn't say to your granny" and people were like "my granny cusses me out of the room" 🤣

[mossy latch]

I wouldn't say anything to my granny i would just ghost the server lmao

[dawn orchid]

people can be facetious at times...Even if none of you here strike me as such

In other news

I've obtained my tea

[crisp creek]

Me too :3

[dawn orchid]

https://tenor.com/YXZS.gif

[crisp creek]

My cat also says hello

[dawn orchid]

CAT

HELLO

SO SMOL

[crisp creek]

So is actually extremely fluffy!

[mossy latch]

TEENY FLOOF

[dawn orchid]

she's so tiny o:

how old is she ??

[west flax]

Oh my god I would die for her

[dawn orchid]

same

[west flax]

My child is sleepy

[crisp creek]

Hahaha she is around 6 years old 😄 ive had her since she was 4! I adopted her from a shelter :3

OMG SO CUTE

[west flax]

Yes, that's an ikea bag, don't ask. She's claimed it as her bed ahflalg

[dawn orchid]

aaww that's awesome ❤️

[west flax]

Omg really?? I would've guessed she's still small, she looks tiny!

[dawn orchid]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, you don't question cat's sleeping arrangements

[crisp creek]

I think it might be the angle 😂 2 sek.

[west flax]

This is very true

[crisp creek]

I have way too many pics of her 😂

[west flax]

Awwww she's so colorful omg

[dawn orchid]

no such thing

[west flax]

So cute 🥺

[dawn orchid]

THE BED IT RIGHT THERE

[crisp creek]

I have one of thouse cardboard things too!

[dawn orchid]

he loves them

to sleep on

he loves them to sleep on

the sofa's still his scratching post 🤣

[west flax]

Ikea bags are so comfy

I... Never realized my yellow wall matches the ikea bag

[dawn orchid]

xD

you think ikea bag is comfy ?

[crisp creek]

This is a cat spam chat now

[dawn orchid]

tried cluttered side of the desk that's not cleared when I've SPECIFICALLY CLEARED THE OTHER SIDE FOR HIM

yes

I'm not mad about that xD

[crisp creek]

Me neither 😂

[dawn orchid]

I'm just mad at the cat

[crisp creek]

WHY

[dawn orchid]

I made you room you daft cow

[crisp creek]

Hahahaha

[dawn orchid]

CUZ HE'S CHOOSING LITERALLY THE LEAST COMFORTABLE PLACE IMAGINABLE

[crisp creek]

I thought you meant my cat 😂😂😂

[dawn orchid]

nooooooooo D:

I would never

she's perfect

[crisp creek]

She is an annoying cu* nt though

[dawn orchid]

just why.

[west flax]

She's a gamer :)

[crisp creek]

Just not a very good one 😂😺

[crisp creek]

So cuuuuute

[static dune]

George says hi

[dawn orchid]

OH MY GOD I LOVE GEORGES

You Sir, are a lion.

[crisp creek]

Is he a maincoon? 😍

[static dune]

Yessss!!! He’s my love

[dawn orchid]

he's purrfect

[crisp creek]

Utterly purrrrrfect!

[west flax]

Ahhh I live Main coones 😭😭

I don't think my allergies would be able to handle one though

[crisp creek]

I thought my Luna was a main coon atfirst until i saw how utterly MASSIVE they are! So i figure shes probably a norwegian forrest cat instead or a mix 😂

[static dune]

Oh yeah! They get really big!!

[crisp creek]

BIG STRETCH! ❤

[static dune]

He’s like 16 pounds :))

Also I just want to say, I am so excited for this game to come out. If the devs added a maincoon pet I think it would break me

[west flax]

If any pet designers are looking 👀👀👀

[static dune]

Imagine a mythical maincoon

Dudeeeeee

[dawn orchid]

they're actually hypoallergenic to a degree iirc

[west flax]

Oh are they? That's neat

[static dune]

Yeah 🙂 we have a special brush for him too

[west flax]

My cat is the opposite of hypoallergenic

[dawn orchid]

I'm not entirely sure about maincoons, but I know siberian and norwegian forest cats are, and they're a similar sort of teddy bear

[static dune]

And we vacuum a lot

[west flax]

I've never met such an itchy cat before

But she still gets her daily kisses, it's worth it 😌

[dawn orchid]

aaaawwwww ❤️

[static dune]

@west flax Norwegian forest cat??

so cuteee

[west flax]

Mine?

[static dune]

Yeah! or is itr a different longhair?

it**

[crisp creek]

Mine is the floof

[static dune]

I must see the floof

[static dune]

AWWWWWWWW

[crisp creek]

Going ultra speeeeed

[static dune]

lmaooooo camera cannot read such speed

sooooo cuteeee omg

[crisp creek]

Hahaha but yeah i have no idea what she actually is since her previous owner didnt care much about her 😅 so shes just a majestic floof!

[static dune]

she's beautiful floof omg

my coworker was like: "why do you keep smiling so much at your phone" flips screen Me: "Cats."

[crisp creek]

Hahaha the answer to happiness! CATS

[dawn orchid]

HELLO COWORKER

I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A SWELL DAY

[static dune]

lmaoooo

[dawn orchid]

unless they're mean then I hope they break a nail

[static dune]

naw their super cool! after I backed, they wanted to as well.

I sent this game to my friend group and its making shockwaves rn

everyone is like whattttt

[dawn orchid]

niiiiiiiice !

then I hope their nails stay in tip top shape

[crisp creek]

The best wishes

[dawn orchid]

hey a broken nail's a pain in the bum

even if you don't have fancy nancy nails it can be really annoying

[static dune]

I've always wondered that, like have you ever chipped them right after?

I feel like you put in all the work and it would be like a troll to just scratch it right after

[crisp creek]

I miss fancy nails :( dumb covid

[dawn orchid]

I keep my nails super short, cuz I hate the feeling of them too long, but I've partially ripped a nail once and fuuuuuck that hurts

like even rn they're less than a mm long and they feel too long 🤣

[winter lotus]

The thought gives me full body cringe

[static dune]

I just got the chills man

[dawn orchid]

yeah I got more than that 😂 was my right thumb too cuz OF COURSE IT WAS

[static dune]

D:

that sounds awful and painful

[winter lotus]

I had acrylics for prom, and played volley ball a few days later, ripped half my natural pinky nail off

[dawn orchid]

it was.

oh noooooooooooooooooooooo ><

[winter lotus]

I have weak natural nails, ill never get false nails again 😔

[static dune]

I feel like getting your nails done is lowkey torture

sounds scary

and if you break or chip one

I see the nail places and the tools be looking scary

[crisp creek]

Its not that bad in my opinion! The filing can hurt a bit if the person doing it isnt that trained

[static dune]

Fair enough! Covid has shut down most places by me tho 😦 so my friends cant go anymore

[crisp creek]

The worst thing is actually getting them removed later - your natural nail gets used to the extra support so just after removing it they are almost as soft as skin and its GROSS 😂

[dawn orchid]

I've never had my nails done tbh xD

I do a lot of manual labour, they just get in the way

[static dune]

Wait SKIN? soft...thats weird...like the nails change underneath?

[static dune]

Like what??

[dawn orchid]

handle horses a lot and work in a stable, also knit, crochet, embroider etc. heh

[crisp creek]

Yeah they get really soft. But harden back to normal after a few days. I wish i had pictures from the last time i got removed it just looks weird 😂

[terse tartan]

please, if they overfile your nails when applying gel or acrylic don't go back to that place

[static dune]

That's way cool!! Better than me coding all day 🙂

[terse tartan]

a bit is ok so they last, but it shouldn't hurt for days

[dawn orchid]

hey I can't handle technology for shit xD to each their own heheh

[crisp creek]

Yeah i know i should probably find a better place but they are just so cheap! Like 200 DKK for a full set of nails when a "normal" shop takes 800 DKK

[static dune]

it confuses me everyday lolol

@crisp creek Are you guys not from US?

DKK is Danish currency no?? I just thought it said 200 USD for a sec

[crisp creek]

No im from denmark 🇩🇰

[static dune]

That's so cool!!

[silent umbra]

oo hei from norway

[crisp creek]

200 DKK is roughly 28$

[crisp creek]

HEJSA!

[static dune]

I don't know a lot about Denmark or Norway, but I've always wanted to visit! I've only been to mexico and canada here in the cont US

I feel like we have the same weather!

because where I live in the US, its always cold most of the time lol

except 2 months in summer

[crisp creek]

Ive often thought about moving to US because of the nice weather! But then i remember.. we have no natural disasters, no dangerous animals, almost no crime and i can generally just be more relaxed even if i have to endure rain ever 5 min. 😇

[static dune]

The state really makes it!!

like wisconsin or minnesota would be an easier/safier tansition than like texas or cali I feel like

I was in texas before the pandemic

[crisp creek]

BUT I WANNA BE A CALI GIRL

[static dune]

its rough

[static dune]

WHOLE FOODS OMG

[crisp creek]

I want sun lol 😂😂😂

The only thing we are missing here is sun. As a woman in denmark i can wear whatever i want and be comfortable (no cat calls) EXCEPT I CANT WEAR TUBE TOPS AND SHORTS IN 10 DEGREE WEATHER WITH RAIN 😫😫

[static dune]

If that's 10 C there's girls where I live that longboard with shorts lol

maybe US is just too wild

[crisp creek]

HOW and yes 10 c

[static dune]

Thats roughly 50 F?

Oh yeah

That's shorts weather here

[crisp creek]

HOW

i need 30 degrees to feel good 😂😂

[static dune]

It was -26 F last week lol

[crisp creek]

Jesus christ!

[static dune]

my heat was on 70 and it did nothing

[crisp creek]

What state do you live in??

[static dune]

Wisconsin!

[crisp creek]

I have no sense of geography 😂😂 i just know from the news that texas is freezing so i thought texas 🤣

What time is it there?? Im not keeping anyone up am i? Its like 4 a clock here

[static dune]

Naw!! It’s 9 AM here!!

Yeah the whole Texas thing could’ve been really bad too

Also Texas is like the farthest south and Wisconsin is kind of close to the Canadian border to the north

So like the weather here is very....cold

During winter ofc

[crisp creek]

I think its impressive how much things can freeze when no one has been prepared 😅 the walls in our houses is like extremely thick due to insulation so we keep the heat pretty well... inside atleast 😂

[static dune]

The insulation for the houses farther up north tends to be quite nice. Like a lot never freezes! Texas is a whole other story

Houses are cheaper so people think there’s no difference

There for sure is lol

And cheaper down south I mean

A lot of houses there don’t have basements either

[crisp creek]

Houses here are pretty expensive. Thats another thing! We have a pretty good security net with free healthcare and money from the state if you are unemployed or a student over the age of 18 and all that bit DAMN things are expensive because of it. In Denmark a 3 mil. (DKK) house is pretty meh. In california 3 mil can buy a 3 story mansion. Also i would get twice the salary if i worked in america but i would also have to save up a lot more since everything costs money there.

[static dune]

Yeah, I am always jealous of that healthcare, not gonna lie. The price comparison is pretty insane.

Here you can only be on your parents insurance until 26

then it's gg / find your own

I've been off it awhile, but insurance is wild here. Such a weird industry

😬 Jaiks, thats wild

Yeah like I got a concussion playing rugby and I didn't want an ambulance called because it's like 1-2k usd

[crisp creek]

I do really enjoy not having to pay for ambulances, hospital care, treatment and all that. I cant even imagine not being able to get help if you need it 😬

DAMB

[static dune]

so I just had someone drive me lol

[crisp creek]

DAMN*

[static dune]

and I waited in line lol

It's not so bad. It's just a weird system.

I see other models that make way more sense fiscally

[crisp creek]

But damn having to worry about affording being sick 😵

[static dune]

Yeah, I try and stay positive 🙂 I know it will be better for the next generation here

[static dune]

I think most Americans do not even notice it like that. I didn't at first when I looked.

but enough about healthcare lmao

how are you all spending your day/night??

[crisp creek]

Im waiting on my bf so we can go grocery shopping lol

Hbu?

[static dune]

Just work! And then I have to do the same actually lol

my gf is coming later today so we can also get her computer built

[crisp creek]

Uhhh cool! What specs? 🤩

[static dune]

It's a ryzen 3700x, 16GB ram, 2080 ti, I tb ssd!!

One of those shiny motherboards with all the lights, she'll be happy 🙂

just getting the RGB setup will be...fun

lol

[crisp creek]

Hahahaha 😂

Yey RGB!

[low crag]

are you water cooling?

[static dune]

For her set up no, should I consider that??

there's still room in the budget

[low crag]

I just bought my first PC with water cooling in it so if you have the time an patience, maybe? hehe

It's potentially another light

[static dune]

Is that just a watercooled heatsink for just the CPU? or do you have one of those wild GPU water coolers as well?

[low crag]

no just for the CPU

[static dune]

still thoo

what specs you rocking?

[low crag]

Ryzen 7 last gen, 3070, 32g ram

it was a pre built job

[static dune]

Damnnn

That's awesome!

are you mining rn with that bad boy?

[low crag]

I couldn't get a hold of a 3000 series just in a box so I updated my entire set up

Only drops in Destiny 2

[static dune]

I was gonna say, if you learn some basic GPU mining, you could get some moneys while you sleep. I also use my rig to heat up my room when mining too lol

[low crag]

hahaha

[cinder solar]

Bitcoin is play money. 😛

[low crag]

I'm good with just gaming

and streaming

[static dune]

Ahhh what do you stream?

[low crag]

Lately since Destiny 2 has dropped some content that, and Minecraft Sky Factory 4 some times to take a break

[static dune]

to an extent, for sure. the concept of a decentralized way to pay is unique, however.

@low crag what do you main in ds2?

[low crag]

Warlock

he's purple, shiny eyes, and dreeaaammmy lol

[static dune]

We should play sometime! I main hunter!

My light may be lower thooo

[low crag]

oh i'm not very high on the food chain i just like to play

[static dune]

My next update for my pc is still waiting my brother to make me a new keyboard he promised for Christmas two years ago 😂

[low crag]

make you a keyboard? ooo

[static dune]

Oh me either, but it's nice to have people to do nightfalls with, then we can get those drops!

[cinder solar]

I used to play Destiny 2, but I burned out on the grind.

[static dune]

master tier DIY setup

[low crag]

indeed! I don't have a clan or anyone i run with

[static dune]

@low crag I could probably get you into mine so you can get weekly engrams

[low crag]

oh that grind when the new content dropped? I nearly stopped.

[static dune]

Yeah....

[low crag]

two battlegrounds and I was like "Um, all week? really?

[static dune]

I just kidn of....did it

Yea hes gonna 3d print me the base and assemble the whole thing after that, I even got to choose what klickity clack sound they gon make.

[low crag]

oooo klickity clack!

[static dune]

Custom switches? That's pretty cool

post pics when aquired pls

Ofcourse 😁
I probably need to remind him to make it and send it here

[low crag]

My Steam name is OhHai and my name on Destiny 2 is Acadion

I... think... lol

I'm working at home at the moment and my pc with all that info is downstairs

[static dune]

no worries, im in the same boat, I could shoot you a message later with my steam after work?

[low crag]

sure!

[static dune]

Sounds great man!

[low crag]

It'd be nice to be in a guild. the only invites I get are from... like.. lewdly named groups

"No, thank you 'Poopy Pants McGruber and Co', I'll stick to solo"

[static dune]

lmaooo

ours is kinda dead, but you get the rewards at least

[low crag]

yeah and being a part of a group is it's own reward cause someone will be on to talk to lol

[static dune]

Yeah! the community doesn't talk much on pc

[low crag]

is there a vocal chat with guild function or is that just in group?

I don't have voice chat on normally because I'm aware of who I might be grouped up with

[static dune]

It's just a guild chat channel I believe

[heavy field]

@eager oracle hi, I saw a similar situation with another backer. It worked when thay used the mobile app. Maybe you could try doing that?

[crisp creek]

Making popcorn 😍 hows work going?

[static dune]

@crisp creek stuck on a bit of coding atm, just took a small break for 30 minutes

watching mr. robot on my other monitor too

[crisp creek]

Cool! What do you code? Websites, apps, games?

[static dune]

Mainly Web Development (PHP, CSS, HTML) I also do a lot of python through tutoring part time in my other job

so like anything really, I just need to learn more languages

[bronze tusk]

Off topic from Gaming, but fruit swap reminded me that there is a thing called Plant Swap where you can swap plants with people! There’s groups on Facebook and I think that’s super neat

[twin abyss]

Rant incoming: So, I had an online ad today for ready to eat cookie dough. And they said free shipping on orders over $65. Which, I mean, cool, but who the $&?! would order $70 of cookie dough? And do I profile as someone who would order that much cookie dough? Is that a fat joke?

[plucky iron]

that's.......... probably enough cookie dough for a party or something

so the answer to "who would order that much dough" is probably "someone intending to share it with friends". can't tell about the ad choices though

[dawn orchid]

why order cookie dough at all though

heaven only knows how long it'll be in and out of refrigeration

it's so easy to make and you know exactly what goes into it

and definitely won't cost you 70 bloody bucks to make enough for an entire batallion

[fossil breach]

Was it doughp?

[twin abyss]

No idea. Sounds right.

[fossil breach]

You ask who would order $70 of cookie dough. I ask who would buy $20,000 of cookie dough

[ebon cipher]

See, if I had 20K USD to spare, I would buy it

[fossil breach]

If it was ice cream it would be the same for me. but I can just make my own edible cookie dough for less

[ebon cipher]

Wait, it's not? I thought it was cookie monster cookie dough ice cream

[fringe lance]

I just finished reading a 280000 word fanfic... ugh i'm crying. What am I supposed to do with my time now...

[magic estuary]

Ooh! What fandom?

[still island]

Wow! Thats a gargantuan effort, well done!

[fringe lance]

Stardew Valley

[fringe lance]

It took me 8 days to read. 5 Chapters a night...

[trail roost]

Ooooo

[still island]

Oh I love Stardew valley! (As do a lot of people here I'd assume) I actually found this game through a sdv blog. Whats the story about if you don't mind me asking? I love a good fanfic read

[fringe lance]

It's about OC Farmer (Named Charlie, Male) x Harvey. It starts as every farmer x npc fic but makes it more realistic and includes the ENTIRE town in it's story. The main characters being Charlie and Harvey but also Maru and Shane. They handle Shane's story and Maru's character really well. It has NSFW content but even that is handled well. It includes medical trauma, monster fighting (4 or so chapters dedicated to just this), relationship struggles and lots of fluff. Honestly a really good read.

Here is the fic https://archiveofourown.org/works/23249827/chapters/55672465

Becareful the tags include NSFW stuff

[fringe lance]

It's probably better if you read the summary and notes of chapter one which will give you a better insight.

[still island]

Oh this is exactly the kind of story I love, and with my fav bachelor. I'll give it a read, tysm!

[fringe lance]

Oooo, another Harvey fan in the wild.

You're in for a treat.

[still island]

Mhm! Don't get me wrong, all the bachelors are neat, but in any playthrough where I don't romance the ladies, Harvey is always my go to guy.

[fossil breach]

Oh no it is just edible cookie dough. No ice cream to be found

[ebon cipher]

Okay, rescinding my $20k USD idea then lol

[fossil breach]

Lol! Sorry for taking so long to see this I got distracted with supper and things.

[static dune]

I love Harvey oh mah goodness

[fringe lance]

I know right, the man always manages to melt my heart with his heart events.

[plucky iron]

He's not the kind of man I'd woo but I love him platonically, I wanna give him a hug

[static dune]

Hugs for everyone

[white cobalt]

Hi Coral Island fam... I could use some cheering up... I got rejected from my dream grad school on Monday. I wasn't supposed to hear anything until next month. Both the school and program I was going to pursue was full...

[kindred wharf]

hey it’s gonna be ok! it may not seem like it right now but you’re gonna find your way through this and go on to do great things. i’m sending love and support

[winter fern]

Right now @white cobalt there will be few things that can be said that will make you feel better. And it’s okay to be sad and disappointed, but just know that everything really does happen for a reason. While today you can’t see it, you will soon, and I promise you will be so thankful things happened this way. You got this, chin up, you were denied not because you lack anything. Just bad timing. Which means you’re talented and well deserving of a great spot at another school

[civic sparrow]

There will be plenty more opportunities for you in the future, with determination, self care and sweets, you will achieve your goals and dreams! We're rooting for you @white cobalt

[white cobalt]

Thank you @kindred wharf @winter fern and @civic sparrow 💜 😭

[static dune]

I know that was your dream grad school, but grad schools come a dime a dozen and I bet you'll find one that's actually even better :D good luck!!

[white cobalt]

Thank you. 💜 🥲

[vernal current]

Hello beautiful people ❤️ posted a new video today if anyone is interested ☺️

https://youtu.be/NH21gdksGPI

[sharp trail]

Anyways computers! Lol

[tropic smelt]

Computers!

[sharp trail]

I definitely think a desk top plus good chair is great
Unless that would break the bank

[pulsar plume]

Agreed. Gaming laptops are also... extremely overpriced.

And for the same money you could have a literal top of the line desktop

[sharp trail]

I have a bad back, so i NEEDED a really awesome gaming chair

And it was
A life saver

[tropic smelt]

That was my thought, I figured a gaming laptop would be way too much and break like in a year or so

[sharp trail]

Plus it's easier to upgrade a tower

[pulsar plume]

@sharp trail What kind of chair? I really don't have the money for one now, but if I can actually find a job... I really need a good chair since I also have a bad back

[tropic smelt]

Same here haha

[sharp trail]

This one!

It isn't perfect of course, but it leans well and also the lil cushion at the bottom can be plugged in for a massage option!

[tropic smelt]

I'll probably also ask my younger brother what he has, my parents bought him a whole gaming setup earlier this year chair included 😒 The 13 year old gets everything

And a massage option you say 👀

[sharp trail]

I was working from home for a while before I lost my job and that chair SAVED ME

[pulsar plume]

If you need help figuring out hardware on a budget, please let me know. My husband's favorite hobby is coming up with hypothetical builds on budgets for people. 😛

[sharp trail]

also like...side note: if you have a pet (especially a cat) do not get a case with a big fat button on the top for the power 🙃

[tropic smelt]

I definitely will! My partner is also super excited about building it for me haha

[little matrix]

PC part talk, helloooo I'm here haha

[tropic smelt]

And I'll keep that in mind, no cat yet but potentially one in the future lol

[sharp trail]

This is my life now after my kitten turned off my pc 3 times in a single day

[tropic smelt]

Oh man 😂 I'll double check the case I was looking at haha

I was looking at one of the smaller cubes because I also use my desk for crafting and am... tight on space, let's say

I'm messy lol

[sharp trail]

oh that's fair
be sure to check that your parts are for that type of case tho! Had a friend go for a micro build buy the wrong sized motherboard once

it was TRAGIC

[tropic smelt]

Oh no that would suuuck 😅 I'll definitely double check!

[little matrix]

pc partpicker is a great resource for checking compatibility on parts/cases!!

[tropic smelt]

I have taken a note of that, thank you!

A gaming rig has been kind of a dream of mine since like... high school lol and I just kind of figured it would always be unattainable because I, alone, do not have the knowledge to build one 😂

[sinful palm]

I found researching to be one of the most fun parts tbh.

[sharp trail]

it is intimidating for sure
you just have to be sure you're careful and that you place everything where it is meant to go

[little matrix]

it definitely sounds a lot scarier than it is! i was impressed when i did my build how a lot of them come with decent manuals and of course there's ton of info online to help too!

[sinful palm]

Learning how your computer works and how ita built can also help with future remote careers

[sharp trail]

my dad may be an IT but I also am terribly unlucky with tech! if there is a weird bug, I will be the one to find it! But even then, I didn't find it terribly hard to begin the building process myself

[sinful palm]

I liked reading about parts. You really have to pay attention to labels online because one letter can make the difference.

Example: I accidentally bought the wrong processor thinking I had found what I wanted just about 20 USD cheaper.

Turns out:
Intel i7 10700KF Processor is not the same as Intel i7 10700K. I missed that extra letter when ordering and had to return it.

For those wondering:
KF = Same processor without onboard graphics.
K = Processor with onboard graphics
(I wanted onboard graphics as a redundancy measure)

[tropic smelt]

Oooh, thank you, I will jot that down as well

[sinful palm]

Ey you sound like me! I have terrible luck for computers. I've had errors that have stumped my entire IT social group and it's just like "Only meeeee...."

[sharp trail]

For real! I once C/P'd code given to the class by the professor into Visual Studios
Did everything everyone else did...pressed play.....
Computer blue screened

[sinful palm]

LOL

[pulsar plume]

I built mine myself! And it was my first time!

It's not hard, you just have to pay attention!

[sharp trail]

No one knows why or how that happened
but it did

I also once had Substance Painter break SO HARD that they had to replace the entire tower in that class room. No one knew what happened, I literally just tried to open it and it didn't work. No one was surprised it was me though

[tropic smelt]

Awesome, it's really reassuring to hear that it's not hard to do from all of you guys

[sinful palm]

Honestly its a lot of fun

[sharp trail]

oh yeah
it's just being sure you pay attention to what you're doing and don't lose the little screws

[little matrix]

I definitely encourage doing it yourself! You'll feel extremely accomplished and have an awesome device to play games on!

[sharp trail]

plus, when you need to upgrade it, you KNOW where everything is

[little matrix]

yup!! way less expensive to maintain!!

[sinful palm]

It's not as fun if your career depended on it (like when I did my upgrade) 😂 but when you can take your time and get the parts you want it is amazebeans

[pulsar plume]

It's 7 years on and I am still SO PROUD of myself for having built my own PC

[little matrix]

I don't like my job enough to invest in a PC for that- I just use the company issued laptop for my job lmao

[sharp trail]

I play MMOs so
Big boy tower is my baby

[pulsar plume]

like, the sheer pride you get, especially the first time you boot it up and the mobo makes the little beep from the beep-maker you installed, the fans whir on and everything comes to life it's like

I DID THAT

[sinful palm]

XD

[pulsar plume]

I still have days where I turn on my PC and I'm like "hehe, I made that"

[tropic smelt]

Aww now you guys have got me all excited to build a PC 😊 Definitely can't go with a laptop now, lol

[sinful palm]

I work remotely and rhe company doesn't provide PCs so personal pc for this context = company pc haha

I DID just apply to become Discord's next Community Manager though guys so please send me all the prayers, positive vibes, and wishluck you can

[sharp trail]

oh GOOD LUCK

[little matrix]

oh nice, good luck!!!

[pulsar plume]

Oh man, good luck!!

[tropic smelt]

good luck! fingers crossed!

[sharp trail]

but yeah! PCs are also so much stronger
There's nothing like the euphoria of going from playing a game on the lowest graphic settings and STILL having it lag out/glitch from being over worked to being able to pop it onto the highest graphics possible with no issues

[tropic smelt]

Yeah for sure, my laptop right now doesn't even have the minimum specs to run Photoshop let alone most games, so it's definitely a struggle currently haha

[little matrix]

yes!! when I got my most recent PC I had that experience with House Flipper lol- my poor personal laptop barely runs it 😦

[pulsar plume]

gosh I'd kill for a remote job in the tech/gaming industry. fingers crossed, Meepas!

[sharp trail]

I used to have to do dungeons with preset parties of friends cause by the end of it, my computer was so overworked it would just...stop loading the floors. So I would need to be TOLD where to go to avoid attacks

first time I went into that dungeon with the tower I was like "OH THAT IS WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE??"

[sinful palm]

I was so used to potato graphics on an Intel4000 chip that when I first got the GTX 970 I ran through every map chat on GW2 screaming globally about its beauty.

Pure Euphoria

[little matrix]

that's fair, I work from home but my company is too large to get away with not giving us a work computer hah, they already get enough from me lmao

[pulsar plume]

that was me with FFXIV. I went from a crappy older desktop to my new gaming-centered one and was like "OH SO THIS IS WHAT THE GAME IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE!"

[sharp trail]

loading up FFXIV on max after years of pure pixels? Euphoria. I didn't know it looked that good.

OH HEY LOL

[sinful palm]

[sharp trail]

what server you on LOL

[pulsar plume]

I'm too poor to pay my sub, but Leviathan and Exodus mostly at the moment when I do get to play

[sharp trail]

MY FRIEND IS ON LEVI
I'm on Lamia!

bless

(also can waddle over to #🎮other-games-chat if people wanna keep going on about pc building)

but yes
I did the end Stormblood dungeons without seeing the floor 😭 There was a corner before the final boss of Kugane Castle we called the Death Corner cause I just had to accept that I couldn't avoid the AOEs since they didn't show up with no floor

[pulsar plume]

oh god, how terrible! I'm sure when you re-did the fights it was like "eyyyyyyyy!|

[sharp trail]

after the new pc?
Max graphics, went in and saw everything
it was like a totally new game

oh yeah I saw how big the AOEs were like
oh no wonder no one could guide me out of those LOL

I used to have NPCs in cutscenes straight up not render right.
Alphinaud was in a T-pose in one. He moved out of it but his hands stayed so his arms stretched weird
During a very emotional scene in stormblood, an NPC was nothing but a floating bald head

I don't think you should play games SOLELY for the graphics
but it would be nice if the graphics....worked

[ebon cipher]

When Data Center hopping comes in, we should all meet in one and go on adventures together!

[haughty bloom]

Heyyy I have my commissions open,,, just wanted to put it here, my insta is Pastelivu and I do digital drawings mostly ! 👉👈

[chrome patrol]

I just followed you! Your work is amazing! ❤️

[haughty bloom]

Thank u!!!

[onyx jacinth]

This was me when I saw the Percy Jackson movies
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/96321504404340736/817275221362475048/image0.jpg

[plucky iron]

so many movies....

I can only think of a handful of exceptions where the movie was as good or arguably better than the book and most of those still had major deviations, they just pulled them off well

[torn hazel]

Oh god, same, they did them dirty 😭

[plucky iron]

I should probably go back and read those books at some point, I missed out on them as a kid

I'm going to pretend the movies don't exist though, I get the impression that's common practice

[onyx jacinth]

I haven't read anything from Rick Riordan in years. I finished the Percy Jackson series and nearly completed the Heroes of Olympus books. I started his series surrounding Eygptian mythology but I never got past the first book

[winter pier]

saaame

[digital dragon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAaxVuz0uKk

[charred canyon]

This video is really creative https://youtu.be/42OleX0HR4E

[sinful palm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/707605631993118771/817589077195882566/image0.png

[opaque moat]

😂

[fiery roost]

https://tenor.com/view/skeptical-futurama-fry-hmmm-i-got-my-eyes-on-you-gif-17101711

DoctorDDub has invaded my YouTube feed

[pure coral]

huh

I just watched their video lmao

[static dune]

Coral Island

[tranquil galleon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/684810471966244930/818560612664737811/unknown.png

[rose scroll]

https://tenor.com/view/keanu-reeves-whoa-matrix-bro-neo-gif-12028915

[lost jasper]

Accurate

[chilly hollow]

From what I’ve been told about code: that’s pretty much what happens

[rose scroll]

The next coding meme is "Something that shouldn't work but does" vs "Something that should work but doesn't" 😄

[fringe river]

that is so accurate it hurts, lol

[tranquil galleon]

@mossy cedar the store is https://www.mincingmockingbird.com/collections/journal

[mossy cedar]

thanks!

[tranquil galleon]

personally i want the Analog Memory Backup one for once i start working and keeping a daily log again

[mossy cedar]

i’m bad at keeping logs/journals

[tranquil galleon]

i can only do it when im already on a strict schedule enforced by an outside authority

the other one im conssidering is this

[mossy cedar]

oooo nice

[opaque moat]

Oh wow hey look knock knock it's my anxiety

[mossy cedar]

journals have such a nice aesthetic

[swift pond]

god that just makes me think of tma

[opaque moat]

Also my boss would love the 'Business bullshit' one but maybe not in the office 😂

https://notebooktherapy.com/ This is my go-to. Le boyf bought me some gorgeous ones for Christmas that I am yet to use

[mossy cedar]

man, now i feel inspired to use my mostly empty journal

[opaque moat]

Marvel at them

I'm also the kind of person with a desk tidy like this though

[chrome patrol]

teach me your ways. my desk is a hot mess with random items scattered everywhere

[opaque moat]

Self-discipline and having a spreadsheet for weekly tasks lmao

I'm an admin by birth and by job title so if it can't go into a spreadsheet I don't care.

Mondays are cleaning days, first Monday of the month is a full flat mop and kitchen (mine) and bathroom (le boyf) deep clean lol

I get stressed when things are where I expect them to be so when Le Boyf reorganised the spices in the kitchen cupboard I had to put my foot down (I'm the cook in the house and thus it stays where I say it stays)

[chrome patrol]

I... might have to go through a crash course copying your ways, lol

[opaque moat]

Heh it's taken many years of practise and a lot of... depression bubble messes to have cleaned up

[chrome patrol]

My boyfriend is the insanely organized one, but he doesn't like to touch my stuff cause he feels bad so like, anything that he uses (the kitchen, cause he's the cook, for example) is like IMMACULATELY organized. Meanwhile, all my stuff is just scattered everywhere for whenever it needs to be used lol.

[opaque moat]

Le Boyf's organisation makes 0 sense to me.

He likes things laid out neatly but there's not... feng shui? There's no sense to it? It's just in an order that only he can perceive.

[past spruce]

lol y’all are kinda like my husband and I. But despite being organized, he doesn’t remember where he puts away all the stuffs. Meanwhile, I’m not a tidy person, but I’m the one who remembers where every single little thing is... So I freak out when I can’t find something...

[opaque moat]

He ordered my spices by lid colour and I honestly nearly killed him.

I'm a hide-er of mess though

The top of my desk? Nice and clear and tidy

[chrome patrol]

"Where'd this thing go?" "You mean in the pile of mess?" "I KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS IN THIS MESS"

[opaque moat]

the drawer to my left? Nah fam. Don't look in there.

[opaque moat]

RIGHT?! That's exactly it. I'm only how I am now because we're in a tiny London flat.

[past spruce]

Right?? There’s a pattern to my chaos. 🤣

[pulsar plume]

ADHD removes your ability to have object permanence, so if it's not right near you or in plain sight, you WILL forget about it. Which... really makes staying tidy difficult for people like me. XD

[opaque moat]

I talk so much about the smallness of the flat I drew it at a 90 degree angle from my tablet at 5am

I can't make it in the Sims because then they can't actually use the house because it's too close together

[past spruce]

My loft used to be like this, just with a second story bedroom. I miss the time I don’t have so much... stuffs and space to keep the stuffs. 🤣

[opaque moat]

We're looking at moving up north somewhere as we can get a decent-sized semi detached 3 bedroom place for less than what we're paying now

and both of our jobs can be fully remote now

[past spruce]

Oooh so jealous 🥺

[opaque moat]

Yeah I'm so glad/lucky that I got out of retail Dec 2019 lol

... after 12 years 😂

[past spruce]

Bless you for staying that long. 😂

[pulsar plume]

I... got a new dual monitor stand for my desk and I'm.. in heaven

No longer a hunch back! I can use my desktop for my switch!

[tranquil galleon]

oh i love that one too. in a few paychecks (my next two are already rserved for transformers and roots of pacha) i might just buy myself the three i want

[tranquil galleon]

ohhhh, whatt do the bullet journals look like inside?

[opaque moat]

They're deep in drawers right now as they're too pretty to use (although I'll be turning one into a gaming one soon, starting with my Pokémon Sw/Sh Pokédex lmao

[tranquil galleon]

oh wait tlol i can justt tclick on a product listing

Dot Grid, oooooh

[opaque moat]

Yeahh I like a good dot grid

[tranquil galleon]

oh wow, usually when i sort price high to low i expect there to be some sttupid expensive stuff butt these are all p consistently priced

[opaque moat]

Yeah their stuff is really nice, too. Can take a while with shipping depending on where you are, mind you.

The burgundy book is canvas and lovely and mmmmm

Notebooks 🤤

[tranquil galleon]

im 😻 @ the black page one

ah, of course it's sold out >_<

[west flax]

And they say bromance is dead 😔

[slate plover]

But yeah I have things like complex regional pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, erythromelalgia and (we think) lupus

That's just a few of the main ones tho

[pallid remnant]

I can't imagine what that would be like

🥲

[slate plover]

Lots and lots of rest lol

[pallid remnant]

and stardew haha

[slate plover]

Yesss

I'm so happy I got it on the switch, I just got mtap on the switch too

Even though I own both on pc

I love pc but at the same time its so much easier for me to play on consoles

So I keep rebuying all my games that I can on ps5 or switch lol

I'm getting coral island on pc, switch and ps5

[pallid remnant]

SHEEEEESSSHHHH

I'm mainly a PC kind of guy, so I'll probs only get it for that

[slate plover]

Well if you ever wanna play multiplayer hmu, I can't play more than an hour or two at a time on pc though

I'm getting pc cause I wanna play early, ps5 for couch and achievements and switch for handheld

Sad switch has no achievements

Anyways gotta go to dog training!

[pallid remnant]

is stardew cross platform?

[winter lotus]

Sorry to pop in so suddenly... I just saw the Todo pfp and had to comment BROTHER

[pulsar plume]

Besuto Fureindo!

God I love that show

[tranquil galleon]

i don't think sdv can do cross-platform multiplayer

[rare cliff]

Can confirm. You can only play with same platform, and no cross-saving between your accounts

[winter lotus]

ME TOO. I haven't been so invested in an anime since Demon Slayer.

Nsksnjsne waiting for Mugen Train is killing me.

[tight wagon]

Its not quite finished. The boss may be changed, and we have plans to do engravings on the metal. But this is a custom shield I commissioned from a smith. We had to come up with a design from artwork and minis haha.

120 cm tall, 60 cm across at the arms. Its like a towershield

[lyric pewter]

WOW!!! Thats so cool!!

[pallid remnant]

AHHH MY BROTHSAAAAA

[tight wagon]

Ty ty :D he makes really cool stuff. At some point he is making metal roses for me too

[boreal mesa]

I'm putting this here because of the chat in #🐔coral-general, mostly, but here's a picture of my farm from Stardew Valley! As you can see, if my farm is not pretty/organised, I will literally perish.

(the slime hutch is gone, and the tree farm migrated from bottom right to bottom left, but otherwise, this is my farm)

[hazy wharf]

this is mine, its a little messy lol and im not sure why there are 2 greenhouses

or why there are 2 furnaces at each end because those are not there

[boreal mesa]

Well that upper greenhouse can't even exist, so it's obviously a glitch

[hazy wharf]

how did you take a screenshot of your farm? i just used a website

seems to be there on everyone elses farm as well so whatever

[boreal mesa]

Oh, it's in the game! Go to options, and scroll all the way down.

[hazy wharf]

ohh that takes your whole farm?

never tried that but it makes sense

[boreal mesa]

Yup. Make sure the zoom level's at 25% tho

[hazy wharf]

ohh those furnaces are something from the new update, wont say since i dont want to spoil if someone doesnt know

[rare cliff]

I could go to year 5 without putting a single pathway lmao I choose chaos 😭😭