Lounge but Australian

[night hound]

Some people literally thought "Oh, I'll submit this photo and say that it's a worm looking at this landscape view"

[acoustic lark]

That's really cool that this server holds contests

[night hound]

like dudes.

[foggy steppe]

yeah same lmfao

the jury pick i won was leading lines

my submission wasnt a leading line

[coral crescent]

That's cause someone said that in contest questions

Wasn't it you Augie

[foggy steppe]

yeah that was really bad lmao

[acoustic lark]

here's my question, what if the worm was in my pocket and i was on a plane?

[foggy steppe]

tbf id never heard of worms eye view either

[acoustic lark]

A worm took this photo

[foggy steppe]

just as "extreme low angle"

[acoustic lark]

y'all have no proof otherwise

[coral crescent]

I did but that was just for media class

Had to learn all the shot times

[foggy steppe]

fluffy clouds there

[coral crescent]

I was the one teaching the class most of the time anyway

[acoustic lark]

they were so pretty

[coral crescent]

I still wanna get a really good shot using the Orton effect

Don't have one yet

[foggy steppe]

get a car and its easy

[night hound]

Angie, are you of legal age to drink?

[foggy steppe]

important question

[night hound]

Or ar eyou going to be in the kiddy corner with Olive?

[foggy steppe]

how many of us are legal to drink

[acoustic lark]

i have to sit in the kiddy corner :(

[foggy steppe]

not olive and small augie

[acoustic lark]

i'm 17

[coral crescent]

I'm taller than most of you stop calling me a child

most

[night hound]

Aaaaaaalmost

[foggy steppe]

by that logic ill keep calling you a child

[acoustic lark]

so close yet so far

[foggy steppe]

gonna be 18 by next sunday?

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

i mean, 8 months but sure

[foggy steppe]

shame

[acoustic lark]

i wish

[coral crescent]

Now now guys we can't promote underage drinking

[fleet edge]

There's so many people with A names on here

[coral crescent]

Unless we go to Europe

Flex

[foggy steppe]

technically small augie can drink but the others cant

coz augie is there

[coral crescent]

How many of us begin with A?

[foggy steppe]

are you an a name too

[coral crescent]

Iona, me, Augie and who else

[foggy steppe]

angie and augie 2

[coral crescent]

Robin is Robyn

[foggy steppe]

feck

[acoustic lark]

happy midnight

[coral crescent]

11:30 here for me

[acoustic lark]

friggin alice springs

[foggy steppe]

at least 5 a names

[night hound]

I'm a grrrrr

[acoustic lark]

i hate australian timezones

[foggy steppe]

youre augie enough to be considered

[coral crescent]

Grenda

[foggy steppe]

a name either irl or online

[coral crescent]

[foggy steppe]

grenade

[coral crescent]

I wanna see how some of you try to pronounce my name

It's always funny when white people do it

[foggy steppe]

isnt it in your watermark

[coral crescent]

It is

[foggy steppe]

i never read it but i think i saw it

[acoustic lark]

also in the bio

[night hound]

Thank goodness I'm not white

[coral crescent]

Website link

[acoustic lark]

aaryan?

[coral crescent]

Mhm

[acoustic lark]

do you roll the r?

[coral crescent]

Smth like ah-ree-yen

I've been called so many different names honestly I don't mind

[foggy steppe]

eh im not getting that right

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

i'm a nickname giver. a friend told me he liked rice, his name is now rice

[foggy steppe]

what is this cursed image in your folio

[acoustic lark]

ah the majestic bin chicken

[coral crescent]

Well we're all Asian, you cant call us all rice

[foggy steppe]

post that in gloves off lmfao

[coral crescent]

Man it was my first bird shit gimme slack

[foggy steppe]

i go either by my irl name or my chinese name

[acoustic lark]

you will be boba

[coral crescent]

That was with the 18-55 as well

[foggy steppe]

oh god lmao

[coral crescent]

I will take that

[coral crescent]

I don't think it's that bad other than the crap masking and editing job

The pose crop and everything else look fine to me

[foggy steppe]

yeah

im just talking about the edit lmfao

[fleet edge]

Iona is Asian too!?

[coral crescent]

I was moving sliders hoping something would work

[foggy steppe]

i am fully chinese

[coral crescent]

I'm 99% sure I told you this a while ago

[acoustic lark]

that's my motto

[coral crescent]

I'm still doing that but I just know what the sliders mean now

(I'm kidding I know how to edit now)

[acoustic lark]

editing is something i really need to learn :(

[foggy steppe]

idk how to edit with lightroom

[coral crescent]

It's the one thing I've had to master cause I don't have much stuff to shoot in Alice

[foggy steppe]

the camera photo i posted on the other hand was like 35 layers in photoshop lmfao

[coral crescent]

Most of my time is spent just practicing editing

[coral crescent]

Which one?

[coral crescent]

Ah

[foggy steppe]

its fun if you do it with photoshop

[coral crescent]

San did something similar a while ago

[foggy steppe]

yeah

[acoustic lark]

I just edit photos on my phone

[foggy steppe]

sans ones were fun

[coral crescent]

Aren't you a student?

[foggy steppe]

most schools dont have them before you say it

[coral crescent]

School usually gives LR

Really???

[foggy steppe]

yeah

[coral crescent]

All the schools I've been to have given it

[foggy steppe]

if there isnt a specific photography class or media class

[acoustic lark]

idk if i have access, maybe on a school computer but i'll check

[coral crescent]

There wasn't at my old school and I still had it

[foggy steppe]

yeah def not at my old one

[coral crescent]

Tbf I've only been to private schools

[foggy steppe]

well

[acoustic lark]

we have photography classes but i said drama > photography

[foggy steppe]

no shit

[coral crescent]

[foggy steppe]

drama was fun

[coral crescent]

Drama teachers are the best

[acoustic lark]

they are :)

[coral crescent]

One time I had to act as a certain Austrian painter and he was just laughing

The teacher

Also I have to say, Alice Springs is very fkin wild

Schooling wise

[foggy steppe]

honestly hsc was fun

i miss hsc

[acoustic lark]

im sorry what

[coral crescent]

I'm savouring it

I've loved every second so far

[foggy steppe]

was so much easier than everything ive done since

[acoustic lark]

hsc is in fact not fun, ESPECIALLY drama major work

[coral crescent]

Volleyball at recess is something I'll never be able to do again in uni

So I'm making the most of it

[foggy steppe]

well choosing subjects without major works is part of the strategy

[night hound]

HOLY SHIT
I'mm just sitting here on the chair reading rando things and then all of a sudden, there's this noise next to me and I look over, kinda freaked out, and it's fucking real Augie moving in her sleep NEXT TO ME

[foggy steppe]

yeah thats uh one of the things youll definitely be able to do in uni

[acoustic lark]

yes but drama > any essay writing based subject any day

[coral crescent]

Atar is more of a how well you play the system rather than how smart you are

[night hound]

I didn't realise she was sleeping on the couch next to me

[foggy steppe]

how do you not notice a whole person

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

wait im confused, do you and other augie live together?

[foggy steppe]

its how good you are at academic learning

[night hound]

Real Augie is me kid

[coral crescent]

Fauxgie is Augies mum

[acoustic lark]

i'm actually so confused

[night hound]

And I don't know - it's kinda dark in teh living room and she's under the blankie

[coral crescent]

We call fauxgie Augie because we knew her as Augie for way longer

[foggy steppe]

augie is @gentle wind
augies mum is @night hound

[coral crescent]

And tbh I cbf calling her fauxgie all the time

[acoustic lark]

so what's augie's mom's name

[foggy steppe]

they both are called augie in our books

[acoustic lark]

wait sorry that could be personal nvm

[coral crescent]

A mystery so far

[night hound]

Grrrrrrr

[acoustic lark]

greta

grehilda

greg

[coral crescent]

Gremlin?

[acoustic lark]

grindelwald

[foggy steppe]

graffe

[coral crescent]

Grista

[acoustic lark]

gresha

[night hound]

keep going

[coral crescent]

German

[acoustic lark]

grandma?!

[foggy steppe]

gronk

[night hound]

lol

[acoustic lark]

pull the lever gronk!

[coral crescent]

Grjormingamder the world serpent

[night hound]

Just call me Graugie

ol

lol

[foggy steppe]

one step away from greg

[acoustic lark]

graugie lmao

[coral crescent]

Grace is a good guess

[night hound]

It is indeed

[coral crescent]

Call me whatever you want

[foggy steppe]

i forgot that was a real name

[acoustic lark]

me too

[night hound]

Now you all know :)

[acoustic lark]

wha

[coral crescent]

That really was a good guess

[night hound]

Bingo

[coral crescent]

Delete all the chats now

[acoustic lark]

so that's one mystery solved

[acoustic lark]

no, it's binko

[coral crescent]

They must never know outside of here

[foggy steppe]

impressive guessing

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

can't they read this chat?

[coral crescent]

yes

[night hound]

Just tell lthem my name is Graugie

[coral crescent]

quick hide the names

[night hound]

I don't mind if people know

It doesn't really matter :)

[coral crescent]

It'll go down as one of the unsolved mysteries alongside what is really in sans beard

Or the times when Reqy was a zoom shooter

Dark times that must not be named

[night hound]

Oh what??

[coral crescent]

[foggy steppe]

reqys shot zoom?

[coral crescent]

Dark times

Dark Dark times

[foggy steppe]

that guy is an extremist

[acoustic lark]

is this a derogatory term

[coral crescent]

Long before time had a name, Reqy shot with zooms

[acoustic lark]

audible gasp

[coral crescent]

props if you know the reference

[night hound]

Reqy HATES zooms

[coral crescent]

It was my actual childhood

[acoustic lark]

lmfao is that a ninjago reference

[coral crescent]

Long before time had a name, the first Spinjitzu master created Ninjago using 4 golden weapons

[acoustic lark]

tbh all i can think of is "long ago, the four nations lived in harmony... but then everything changed when the fire nation attacked"

[acoustic lark]

what's wrong with zooms?

[night hound]

You ask him :D

[coral crescent]

The scythe of quakes, the nunchucks of lightning, the shurikins of ice and the sword of fire

[foggy steppe]

everything - reqy

[coral crescent]

All the mods hate zooms and are Fuji shooters (mostly)

[acoustic lark]

why?

[coral crescent]

It's a running joke to hate zooms

Same with the whole canon hate

[acoustic lark]

so if i zoom on a canon i become an enemy of the state

perfect.

[coral crescent]

We're all enemies of the state don't worry

[acoustic lark]

😈

[foggy steppe]

primes are really hard to like sometimes

[coral crescent]

SHIT I LEFT THEM ON DELIVERED FOR 40 MINUTES

Guys I'm dead I won't be able to make it to the meet

[acoustic lark]

ohno rip olive

you had a good run, buddy

I think it might officially be bedtime, so nighty night lovelies :D

[night hound]

Night night :)

[timber spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/cute-cat-cat-tongue-out-sleepy-kitten-gif-17788790

[coral crescent]

Update: I'm still alive

[coral crescent]

Don't suffocate

[foggy steppe]

amazing

[static ruin]

Yes, but I've infiltrated the state

[fleet edge]

Omg it's a theatre kid

[quaint comet]

good morning gays and not gays

[fleet edge]

Morning!

Omg I just learnt I'm dating a theatre kid

[timber spruce]

morning ya gay ass love birbs

https://tenor.com/view/pat-cat-pat-pat-gif-25250101

[coral crescent]

New Sal pfp

[timber spruce]

Sal with juice box!

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

Is that a good omg or a bad omg

[fleet edge]

💅

[coral crescent]

This now has the 2nd most of any forum here

Black and white cult are still in lead

[acoustic lark]

We must beat them

[willow rivet]

I can change the thread to be called Sydney meat if you guys want more activity

[fleet edge]

Lounge but Australian

[fleet edge]

Peak talkative

[coral crescent]

This is a better name

Most active forum

[fleet edge]

What's with Australians and being zoom lovers

[fleet edge]

Smh canon users

Absolute worst

[coral crescent]

[night hound]

WTF IS THIS MONSTROSITY? Vegemite tim tams??

[acoustic lark]

Have you guys seen Vegemite chicken from coles?

And Vegemite brownies?

The world is going insane

[night hound]

I can see it working with chicken (I hate vegemite), but brownies? Eeek.

[foggy steppe]

Actually, really good

Those timtams look fucked tho

[acoustic lark]

I was tempted to try it ngl

[foggy steppe]

Vegemite works well with savoury stuff

[acoustic lark]

Who doesn’t like a little extra salt?

[foggy steppe]

It's like mostly msg lmao

[acoustic lark]

Now this one is the one I was confused by

Does it have Vegemite in it or is it just sponsored?

[foggy steppe]

That one looks fucking terrible

[acoustic lark]

I’m happy to make them and bring them on Sunday

Anyone down for some Vegemite brownies?

[static ruin]

I already exceed healthy levels of salt playing Dota

[willow rivet]

Dota tastes like my favorite lamp

[coral crescent]

[coral crescent]

that sounds good

oh shit wait vegemite???

I thought you meant timtams

oh fuck no

I'd never want a vegemite brownie

[static ruin]

Some people just want to watch the world burn

[fleet edge]

It's basically just beef stock

[willow rivet]

[fleet edge]

Clearly you're not a happy little Vegemite

[coral crescent]

Vegemite is the 8th deadly sin

[fleet edge]

Smh

[fleet edge]

Fairly certain that's illegal

I'm coming to confiscate your citizenship

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

I'm game

I'll eat anything once

[coral crescent]

[foggy steppe]

Yeah but don't use a litre of it

[coral crescent]

I just got a scam call and when the guy go "sir sir I'm not trying to sell you anything" I just told him I identified as a fridge and that he was being rude

God scam calls are the funniest thing

[fleet edge]

I got a interview offer

It's not the best job

But work is work

[coral crescent]

Government job?

[fleet edge]

Ye

[acoustic lark]

My mother and I are walking around a waterfront and she saw this guy taking a photo of a boat with a Nikon, and she says “we should ask him”, I’m telling her no, asking to keep moving, but she talks to him, tells him I’m learning photography and asks him if I can hold his camera, so I did

I felt so bad

[acoustic lark]

Bet I’ll make em

[fleet edge]

How did you not throw yourself into the water in sheer embarrasment

[acoustic lark]

I really really wanted to

[fleet edge]

Kinda cute from your mum tho haha

It's a cute effort

But omg

[acoustic lark]

And then while I was holding this poor man’s camera, she found a toddler and let her feed my dog, so I had to stand right behind this man whose camera I just held, waiting for my mom to get a move on

It was a very stressful interaction and that water option wasn’t looking too bad

[coral crescent]

holy shit

I would genuinly go insane

I can handle awkward but thats another level

[static ruin]

On the upside, the guy is probably more annoyed at your mum than you, so you're fine 😆

Not sure how I'd react if I were asked to just let someone hold the camera.. old one, maybe, current one... Would be a polite f off lol

[coral crescent]

nah I just think "ah whatever that guy won't rememeber in the next hour anyway"

so no matter how awkward things are

[static ruin]

Yeah that's also true

[coral crescent]

No-one cares in an hour

[acoustic lark]

Bro it was terrible I wanted to cry

[coral crescent]

I get it

[acoustic lark]

This poor man

I will never stop thinking about that man

[coral crescent]

I had a dude come up to me and ask what lens I had, I let him try it on and shit

[static ruin]

It's one of the thoughts that got me used to being comfortable in public, it's true

[coral crescent]

well good thing he definetly does not remember what happened

In the nicest way possible he does not care about you

[acoustic lark]

Oh thank god

[coral crescent]

like if that happened to me I'd be annoyed for 5 minutes max

[acoustic lark]

On the plus side I saw a cool tree

[coral crescent]

It's really rooted in your memory

[acoustic lark]

Hilarious

But cool tree!

[coral crescent]

that picture is growing on me

[acoustic lark]

Just leave

(Get it? Like leaves, please dont actually leave)

[coral crescent]

You mean leaf

[acoustic lark]

I have a friend named Leif

[static ruin]

Sorry, it only just twigged

[coral crescent]

[coral crescent]

It finally snapped in your head didn't it

[acoustic lark]

That pun really left a bark

[fleet edge]

It would definitely be a no from me if someone asked about a R6ii

[fleet edge]

Gonna think about him right before you sleep for the rest of your life

[static ruin]

Yeah basically, 700d, it'd be like whatever, z6... Yeah no

[acoustic lark]

Exactly, same way I think about that one time I tried blood jelly and spit it out and I felt judged by the entire table but they all probably forgot about it

[coral crescent]

There was that one time I so hung up on maintaining proper spiking form I forgot to actually spike

It was funny and mildy embarrasing but everyone forgets it within an hour

[acoustic lark]

Doesn’t make it any less haunting for us though

[coral crescent]

ig but if you just realise everyones too busy worrying about themselves they don't have time to worry about you it just gets easier

[acoustic lark]

This is true

[foggy steppe]

Congrats!!

That's some good stuff

[fleet edge]

Btw

Anyone here play stellaris?

[foggy steppe]

i did once and got confused

[bright talon]

same here

[coral crescent]

If it rains while I'm in Syd I'm gonna be so gassed

It's raining a lot in Alice rn and I can't do any wildlife shoots

[fleet edge]

I wanna do more wildlife

Cute birbies

[static ruin]

Just a month and a bit...

[foggy steppe]

im doin wildlife in the morning

excited, been a while

[static ruin]

Does remind me, I need to go check a few locations for lyrebirds over the next month, would be interesting to find them making calls during mating season

Which is around now

[foggy steppe]

got my r10 for bird videos and 5d4 for photos

[fleet edge]

[foggy steppe]

shima enaga

[coral crescent]

I'm also hopefully doing a bird shoot tmr if it doesn't rain

Less owl shots and more dedication towards wrens, robins etc

Smaller birds

[foggy steppe]

idk what the fuck will be there tmr lol

all i know is im carrying way too much gear

[coral crescent]

[static ruin]

My current plans are to check out a few waterfalls, aka last weeks plans

[coral crescent]

There's a website to check what birds are in your area iirc

Someone put in resources and it's a really handy tool

[foggy steppe]

nah i should vaguely know haha

not that concerned, ill shoot any bird

[foggy steppe]

sounds fun!

[coral crescent]

A bird's a bird in the end ig

[coral crescent]

You got sick last week right?

[static ruin]

Yes

[coral crescent]

I'm fkin praying I don't get sick before Syd trip

[foggy steppe]

i just wanna try my birding video and get to use my nice lens again

[static ruin]

Has knocked me around a bit, still not 100% lol, but should be fine, not a difficult hike, more a casualish walk

[coral crescent]

As long as you don't slip you'll be fine

[coral crescent]

Video

[foggy steppe]

bringing a heavy tripod and r10 plus 150-600 for it

then a monopod and 5d4 plus 400 for photos

[coral crescent]

You're really going all in holy

Well better to be overprepared than underprepared

[static ruin]

Iona is that meme of that guy holding a bunch of cameras with big lenses

[foggy steppe]

cant wait to shoot a pigeon

[coral crescent]

If I can't go bird shooting tmr I'll just go practice volleyball or smth, rain is good and bad here in Alice

I think this is the most we've had in years

[static ruin]

From the sounds, more than Sydney as of recent

[coral crescent]

Todd river might actually be a river rn

[foggy steppe]

we had nice rain on wednesday

shame i was fucking helping someone move houses that one day

[coral crescent]

Sydneys just been windy iirc

[static ruin]

Yep

[coral crescent]

I hope it rains a little while I'm there

Nothing ridiculous but just enough

[foggy steppe]

hoping for rain on the evening of the photowalk

[coral crescent]

If not I'm taking a spray bottle with me everywhere

[foggy steppe]

rain in day is just shit for photos

[coral crescent]

That would be good

[foggy steppe]

you dont even have a macro lens

[coral crescent]

Water is water

[static ruin]

Current long term forecast is showing dry, but windy as heck next Sunday

[coral crescent]

In seriousness though my plan is to spray a phone booth or smth and get a decent shot like that

[static ruin]

But it's just that, long term forecast so probably will change

[foggy steppe]

spray a whole fucking phone booth?

bring a hose

[coral crescent]

Not the whole thing

[static ruin]

Big waves though, so coastal Sydney could be interesting if it happens

[coral crescent]

Just like a window panel

[foggy steppe]

oh lmao

any surfing to shoot?

[coral crescent]

I'll also bring like 3 water bottles to create reflections

Reflections are always nice

[static ruin]

That's why newtonian telescopes are superior

[foggy steppe]

reflex lenses

[coral crescent]

I just realised the last time I had coke was last time I went to Sydney

That was a year ago

[foggy steppe]

the last time i had coke was about 4 hours ago

[coral crescent]

Mountain dew or Boba

I don't like anything else

(Water always #1 tho ofc)

[foggy steppe]

water is nice

i like water and tea

and soft drinks and boba

honestly im not picky except hating coffee

[static ruin]

Oh speaking of wind above, apparently 40km/hr wind gusts up the mountains tomorrow... Suppose I'll just deal with it

[foggy steppe]

oh damn

take it easy lol

[static ruin]

Yeah may just move it to Sunday

[coral crescent]

Agreed on everything except the soft drink part

I can't stand coffee

[static ruin]

I'm picky and love coffee

[foggy steppe]

ill drink pretty much anything else

coffee is so bitter

[coral crescent]

I'll be happy with ice coffee

But regular coffee is a hard pass

[static ruin]

Heck I tried a black coffee at home recently, actually didn't mind it.. though I don't think I could do the same with instant

[coral crescent]

Black coffee looks incredibly bitter

[foggy steppe]

i use coffee a lot for baking tho

its so good

[coral crescent]

@static ruin you mind dealing with the issue in gallery comments

[fleet edge]

Aww man

Why is it soooooo cooooold

[night hound]

At Glebe market every Saturday, Olive.

[fleet edge]

Fuck okay

No way these are cheap

[night hound]

Yeah. I had to sit down to take it all in.

Tbh, the prices are not bad.

[coral crescent]

what the fuck

That's a lot of cameras jesus

Side note it's so cold here rn I can't feel my hands properly

[fleet edge]

Wish I wasn't unemployed rn

I would easily blow a grand there

[foggy steppe]

I was at a ren fair today

And there was a dude

With a fucking phase one lmao

[fleet edge]

Jesus fucking christ

[foggy steppe]

Huge ass camera lmao

[coral crescent]

Phase One? Holy shit aren't those things like absolutely huge

[foggy steppe]

Just a brick with a lens on it

He had a strobe too

[coral crescent]

Was he like hired out for the festival or what?

[foggy steppe]

Nah

There were loads of people with a1 etc

Only 1 with a phase one tho

[timber spruce]

Gimme some

[fleet edge]

Just showed @quaint comet how big 600 f4's were

I called it The RSI inducer

[static ruin]

lol

[quaint comet]

i already have an rsi inducer

its called my workplace

[timber spruce]

Lmao

[foggy steppe]

teleprimes suck

also my thing the saturday before photowalk ends at like lunchtime so off to birding after for me

[quaint comet]

its called my workplace

[static ruin]

Well if the long term forecast holds, the birds won't even need to flap their wings next Saturday to fly

Just mentioned in lounge, current long term forecast has another windy weekend, possibly with upwards of 60-70km/hr gusts Saturday evening and Sunday lol

[coral crescent]

Any sign of rain?

[static ruin]

Nope

[coral crescent]

Also apparently it's NT day and there's fireworks everywhere rn

[static ruin]

Couple hundred KM out west is the only area showing rain, but yeah forecast a week out is usually iffy

[coral crescent]

Looks like I'll bring a spray bottle everywhere then

I'm not even kidding

[static ruin]

I think the wind forecast will probably hold given what we've had recently, just more a case of how strong it will be

[coral crescent]

Might bring a few water bottles as well

Can't get enough reflection shots

[static ruin]

lol

[coral crescent]

Dunno about using them in the day but definitely will if it doesn't rain at night

[foggy steppe]

holy shit lmao

[night hound]

Ohhhhh shit I just realised that next week is the meet. Luckily, I wasn't scheduled to work that day, otherwise......

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

I cant wait for the day I understand your jibber jabber

[timber spruce]

lol

dw you will

[fleet edge]

At this rate, the Meetup is essentially going to be a comprehensive personal workshop for you lol

[timber spruce]

lmao

[acoustic lark]

I’m honoured

[foggy steppe]

Anyone shooting smash today

[night hound]

I was going to, real Augie is there. But I kinda wandered around Glebe too much yesterday with little sleep the night before so I'm thinking of not going now.

[foggy steppe]

Shame that

I'm heading out now to shoot it but I forgot my 85 prime so eh

24-70 it is

[static ruin]

Wasn't even aware it was a thing, apparently I need to up my nerd game

[coral crescent]

What's smash?

[foggy steppe]

Anime convention

[coral crescent]

Also how tf are you lot up so early

[coral crescent]

Ah fair

[foggy steppe]

I never understand teleprimes for event

Saw a dude with 300 prime for this

[static ruin]

I've already been out bush and come back home lol

[coral crescent]

Tf

I woke up 30m ago

[static ruin]

Was a short trail to check out a few waterfalls and give the backpack a test run, I was up around 5 hours ago

And apparently the flu last week hit me good, still effecting me when I exert myself lol, first time in quite a few years I've had one effect me this long

[coral crescent]

How was the wind?

[static ruin]

Calm today, that's why I went out

I'm assuming next Saturday is another write off for bush

[coral crescent]

Did you get a decent shot of the waterfall?

[static ruin]

I've had a quick look... It's meh, but I'll have a proper look later when I process the images

Was nice in person, composing it was more difficult

[coral crescent]

Waterfalls are annoying like that when it comes to composition

[gentle wind]

Did I see smash 👀

I’m cosplaying here today

[gentle wind]

photographers at cons are so fckn unreasonable with fear just so that they seem professional to cosplayers 💀

[foggy steppe]

Same ish

But mostly photoing

[foggy steppe]

Lmao I just go up and ask if they want a photo

[gentle wind]

yeah that’s the way to go

[fleet edge]

Social skills? In a online forum?

Impossible

[foggy steppe]

It does work better when you're a young person wearing dog ears rather than a middle aged dude

I'm out tho, 5000 iso photos with crowds and 1 second to pose the shot is impossible

Already bought $400 of art

[coral crescent]

Alhaitham?

[coral crescent]

Ah you're cosplaying as a 150-600?

[foggy steppe]

That'd be a fun cosplay

[gentle wind]

I was but I got changed into Izana from tokyo revengers now bf it was too painful HAHA

[coral crescent]

I need to watch tokyo revengers

[acoustic lark]

I saw 4 cosplayers walking around the CBD in demon slayer getups

[gentle wind]

Yeah we’re like everywhere this weekend lmfao

[fleet edge]

How.... smashing

[acoustic lark]

You at the ICC right now, Augie?

[gentle wind]

Yeah i am

[acoustic lark]

Yo we should totally meet up

[gentle wind]

Are you in the con? I’m walking around artist alley atm

[acoustic lark]

Nah I’m on my way to central but we can stop by darling harbour

My partner’s with me

[gentle wind]

Ah i’m gonna be in the con for a while lol

[acoustic lark]

How longs a while

[gentle wind]

Like until closing

which is 5

[acoustic lark]

(When’s that)

Oh that’s chill we’ll probs still be here

[gentle wind]

Okay! I’ll msg when I’m out

[acoustic lark]

Amazing!

[night hound]

Look at my baby meeting up people here.

proud tears

[night hound]

Try not to leave trails when you drag dead bodies down the shore, ok baby?

[acoustic lark]

It’s okay, I’ll make sure Augie behaves 😎

(I know some really great places to hide unmarked human-sized bags)

[night hound]

Don't care what she does, as long as she doesnt' get caught.

[coral crescent]

Not the first time I'm guessing?

[timber spruce]

Proud of yo mama

[acoustic lark]

Your child is elusive @night hound

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

I have never in my life seen this many cosplayers

[coral crescent]

well it is a convention

never been to one personally

[acoustic lark]

Why pay to go to the convention when you can just stand outside and see EVERYONE?

[foggy steppe]

You pay to go in so you can pay more for all the art

[coral crescent]

Isn't there tonnes of shit to buy as well?

[foggy steppe]

I spent $500

So a fair bit

[acoustic lark]

I’m creepily standing at a tree in a fancy suit

Just at the bottom of the stairs

So yknow if you see me come say hi

[coral crescent]

[coral crescent]

Who're you cosplaying as

[acoustic lark]

I am unnamed background character in unspecified anime 3

[timber spruce]

I need to go to one of these conversations at least once

[coral crescent]

Popular cosplay character ngl

[acoustic lark]

I know, there’s so many of us

[timber spruce]

Lol

If i go there am 100% wear a Hawaiian shirt +shorts

[foggy steppe]

Think I photographed one of the people in front of you lol

[acoustic lark]

You left already?

[foggy steppe]

Me? I left hours ago

Too old for 8 hrs of anime stuff

[timber spruce]

Damn

[acoustic lark]

Coward /s

[night hound]

Did you find her?

[acoustic lark]

Nope :(((

Not answering dms either ;n;

[foggy steppe]

Esp when my cosplay was too damn warm

[night hound]

ok let me send a message

[acoustic lark]

Who wouldn’t wanna talk to a creepy person standing next to a tree????

[coral crescent]

Who did you go as

[foggy steppe]

A vtuber lmao

[night hound]

@gentle wind

[timber spruce]

Oi don't make me sell everything i own and come there >:(

[gentle wind]

i’m so sorry i wasn’t looking at my phone 💀

[acoustic lark]

Noooooo

DMs

[gentle wind]

i didn’t get any ;-;

[coral crescent]

The child was summoned

[timber spruce]

Lona as gura

[gentle wind]

hold on r u still in the spot that was in that photo?

[acoustic lark]

Yep

[foggy steppe]

Close but mio

[timber spruce]

Oh yea say hi to my sis for me

[timber spruce]

Nice do we get to see the pics of u

[foggy steppe]

Wow actual suit

Unfortunately not

[gentle wind]

i have like a giant red coat with a white wig on

[coral crescent]

suit

[timber spruce]

Are u dengi before turning to chainsaw man?

[acoustic lark]

I assume you’re not attack on titan or Spider-Man

[coral crescent]

I'm getting another suit tailored end of this year

[acoustic lark]

The red coats are coming! The red coats are coming!

[gentle wind]

i’m like on the stairs

[timber spruce]

Dang

[coral crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/your-name-kimi-no-na-wa-staircase-your-name-staircase-mitsuha-gif-20627901

These stairs???

[foggy steppe]

I need to go there

[coral crescent]

I am probably going there next year

[timber spruce]

I wanna go there

[coral crescent]

Heading to tokyo next year

I'll probably try go there

[foggy steppe]

I'll go there next year if I pass my uni entrance exams

Utokyo pls

[coral crescent]

PL tokyo meetup now?

[timber spruce]

If i go to Tokyo i will 100% gonna make my self lost for a month

[foggy steppe]

Hell yeah

How many of us speak japanese

[coral crescent]

Mines ass

I'm just learning from a freind and a little duolingo

[foggy steppe]

I'm pretty fluent at spoken but I can't read like at all

[coral crescent]

Oh wow, when'd you learn it?

[timber spruce]

I need to learn it sooner or later

[foggy steppe]

For the last decade lmao

[coral crescent]

School or what?

[gentle wind]

日本語を話せません

[foggy steppe]

School hobby and just talking to friends there

[coral crescent]

Si

[gentle wind]

anyways 2 person PL meetup lol (alongside our +1’s)

[foggy steppe]

日本語が書けない

[night hound]

Did you find each other!

[foggy steppe]

Wait I saw you there lmao

[coral crescent]

Translate about to carry me

[gentle wind]

[timber spruce]

[timber spruce]

That korapika cosplay looks rad!

[gentle wind]

Ya das me bestie!

[timber spruce]

Nice

[acoustic lark]

Thank you thank you

[coral crescent]

翻訳は最高です

[timber spruce]

Lel

Anyway get off of your phones and start doing IRL stuff!

[gentle wind]

かんじを読みません

私の日本語はごみ

です。

[timber spruce]

Ya nerds

[foggy steppe]

可能系で"が"を使え

[static ruin]

I did back at school, have since forgotten most of it after not using it for a decade

[gentle wind]

Too much kanji helllll nahhh

[static ruin]

I remember some of the basic structures of the language, that's about it

[night hound]

Go forth and take over the world. Just don’t forget to pay tributes to me.

[timber spruce]

Oke

[foggy steppe]

It's actually pretty good nowadays

[timber spruce]

Oh yeah

[gentle wind]

ふるいのオーギはめっちゃみじかいですよwwwwww

[timber spruce]

@night hound i need 7k usd if i want to visit there

[coral crescent]

私もそれを話せません笑

[coral crescent]

Suprisingly yeah

[night hound]

Shit, that’s hella expensive

[timber spruce]

Tho i might be able to upgrade my visit visa to a work visa and stay wwayy longer if i find a job

[timber spruce]

3k is just travel + visa cost

Other are mostly rent for the month or two i will stay there

Oh yeah

I may or may not need to put 10k for insurance and stuff as well

[static ruin]

Yeah I can see an easy $7k for a month, accommodation prices are a joke

[timber spruce]

Basically I'm fucked

Eu is not any better as well

Just 1.5k cheaper because travel cost

[coral crescent]

5k AUD for a 2 week trip to Japan from here

[timber spruce]

I mean for the another I'm spending

I can go there for two weeks

[foggy steppe]

Gotta stay in the minimum priced motels or in like penrith

[timber spruce]

Oorr

Wait no

I don't know anything in japan that i can crush at for a week

[coral crescent]

I gotta learn enough Japanese to make an introduction video

It's due at the end of my holidays

I'm going full cinematography on it

Gotta impress the host family

[static ruin]

Try to make puns in Japanese

[coral crescent]

holy shit that's a good idea

[static ruin]

That wasn't the reply I expected

[coral crescent]

My Japanese is gonna be crappy as so I'm just gonna give them subtitles

Whole vid is gonna have subtitles in Japanese

[foggy steppe]

Puns are integral to Japanese culture

[foggy steppe]

Send an English script or smth and have us translate it ez

[static ruin]

Reminds me of a video I made for Japanese class, me and my friends put a full sword fight in it

We were so bad at recording and actually well... working on it, the sword fight goes from afternoon into night, so you see it get dark within 30 seconds in the video

[coral crescent]

Oh that'd be helpful, I'd still like to learn the language just so I actually know what I'm saying

[foggy steppe]

Yeah do that lol

Japanese grammar is hard

[coral crescent]

Apparently it's easier just to skip a lot of grammar

Kron was talking about this with russian the other day

[gentle wind]

name です。age才です。schoolyear 年生です。やだやだやだ

[coral crescent]

Nah you gotta include hobbies, why you wanna go to japan, what you want to do there etc etc

So my plan is to make a cinematographic masterpiece

[foggy steppe]

There's rules of what you can and can't skip

[coral crescent]

I'll keep that in mind

[gentle wind]

たとえば
しゅみはblahblah. 日本に行きたいです。とてもかっこいいでみせがあります。

[timber spruce]

おっぱい。are best bies

[gentle wind]

おっぱいをボイングボイングをする

[timber spruce]

listening to this throw google translate is soo funny

[gentle wind]

probably wont translate well 💀💀

[timber spruce]

"boing boing boobs"

i really need to learn Japanese

[coral crescent]

彼らに「なんとか」なんて言うことはできない

[timber spruce]

お oh (idk what is this っ) ぱ pa い e?

[gentle wind]

っ basically makes the ぱ a held sound

[coral crescent]

Tsu

[timber spruce]

[coral crescent]

[gentle wind]

so the alternative of oppai vs opai

[timber spruce]

ah

[gentle wind]

you’d hold the p sound longer

[coral crescent]

What an example

[gentle wind]

works for any letters other than vowels and n

[gentle wind]

well it’s relevant

[timber spruce]

hey! this is actually a good way to learn

[coral crescent]

Love when oppai is an example

[timber spruce]

because you know i'm interested of saying おっぱい in japanes

[gentle wind]

you’d rather チンチン?

[timber spruce]

i learned english from the word fuck

[timber spruce]

チンチン?

[gentle wind]

wait did i spell it right

[coral crescent]

We learn from the word cunt here in aus

[coral crescent]

[gentle wind]

it is チンチンでっしょう？

[timber spruce]

but seriously tho throw arabic and english i learned throw bad worst first

チンチン sounds like chin chin right?

[coral crescent]

Why the でっしょう

[gentle wind]

it is chinchin right?

[coral crescent]

Yes

[gentle wind]

i don’t wanna google it just in case

[timber spruce]

で de っしshi ょうyou?

[gentle wind]

small U next to shi becomes sho

[coral crescent]

チ is chi and ン is N iirc

[gentle wind]

ya

[timber spruce]

ah

[coral crescent]

(I have no clue what I'm on about but duo lingo is teaching me smth)

[timber spruce]

okay how to say fuck in japanese

[gentle wind]

so でっしょう becomes Desshou

[coral crescent]

Kusou or smth like that

[gentle wind]

there aren’t rlly many swear words that are exact equivalents cause it’s such a respectful language lol

kuso is closest to shit

[timber spruce]

kuso

[coral crescent]

look man overwatch only teaches so much

[timber spruce]

how you right it in kanji?

[gentle wind]

even baka is considered a swear word

i think it’s just written as くそ

[coral crescent]

30% of my Japanese understanding is from Overwatch

[gentle wind]

くそくらえ = eat shit

[gentle wind]

that’s an…. interesting way to learn

[coral crescent]

If I ever need to say "I am a dragon" I know how to

[gentle wind]

私は龍です

🐉

[coral crescent]

I recognise those first 2 characters anywhere

[foggy steppe]

二人共はマジクソガキしかない

[gentle wind]

私は私は私は

[coral crescent]

The most basic of basic

[timber spruce]

私はくそ at photography :P

[gentle wind]

what’s photography in jap again

[coral crescent]

shouldn't there be a と somewhere there

[coral crescent]

fotography

[gentle wind]

おしゃしん？

[timber spruce]

idk i'm still learning the basics of dissing myself

[gentle wind]

しゃっしん？

[timber spruce]

お写真?

does that mean photo

[gentle wind]

fotogura-fi

idk i cant read the kanji

[timber spruce]

lol

i need to learn the easy alphabet

[coral crescent]

[gentle wind]

さしんじゅつ duhhhh

[foggy steppe]

さつえい

Is photography

[gentle wind]

oh god not gura

oh right right

[timber spruce]

gura is cute!

[coral crescent]

[coral crescent]

[gentle wind]

there were so many fckn gura cosplayers today

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

:P

[gentle wind]

i saw ATLEAST 5

[coral crescent]

Where'd I put my flamethrower again...

[timber spruce]

i actually enojy her streams! specially the karoke ones

[coral crescent]

[gentle wind]

i’ve never watched them tbh

i’m not rlly into vtubers

[coral crescent]

Neither

[timber spruce]

okay what does the easy alphabit called again?

[gentle wind]

hiragana is the first you should learn

then katakana

[timber spruce]

hiragana?

alright bet

[gentle wind]

ur ah

yeah

[coral crescent]

I think they're kinda weird, espescially with how they make their voice deeper or higher pitcher respectively

[gentle wind]

oh my god wtf

[coral crescent]

fk katakana

[gentle wind]

もモ

[foggy steppe]

Everyone does this tbf lmao

Depending on who you're talking to

[timber spruce]

katakana?

i've never heard of it

[gentle wind]

ソン
ツシ

[coral crescent]

I can make those

[fleet edge]

Gday cunts

[coral crescent]

[gentle wind]

Give them to @night hound !!!

[timber spruce]

oh hey the smile latter ツ

ツ

[gentle wind]

Hi

[coral crescent]

bold of you to think I'd share

Actually made some today not even lying

[timber spruce]

Robin

[coral crescent]

Got the steaming just right and they were perfect

[timber spruce]

オハイオ! (this is what mornings spelled like right?)

or did i spell the state

[gentle wind]

Share more info make fauxgie jealous

[timber spruce]

idk which one is which

[gentle wind]

yeah that’s the state

[timber spruce]

FUCK

well it's the same shit

[gentle wind]

lmaooo

so katakana is used for foreign words

[coral crescent]

I only had like 10

got like 100 left

[gentle wind]

or like made up words

[timber spruce]

alright i already put too much effort in this language

[gentle wind]

haha

[timber spruce]

fuck it time to learn

was about to go for some European language but anime OwO language it is

[foggy steppe]

日本語は結構役に立つから勉強するのもいいよ

[timber spruce]

@gentle wind how stupid will it be if i went with compicated kanji first?

[timber spruce]

はい!

[gentle wind]

learn hiragana first

can’t learn kanji without hiragana

[coral crescent]

Fairly useful language yeah

[timber spruce]

watch me

[foggy steppe]

Hiragana then katakana and basic grammar and vocab, then follow jlpt n5 to 1 for kanji

[coral crescent]

God I have to cram all this one year

I'm gonna do it a month before my trip

[timber spruce]

alright so this not that deferent than arabic

at least kanji

i'm used to a lot of words have the same meaning but only applies in specific cases

[coral crescent]

I can't read Nepalese

I speak and understand it fluently but I can't read it for shit

[timber spruce]

i can't speak arabic

i understand fluently

and can read perfectly as well

writing is kinda hard becuas i've not used it for a long time

dude

it's so fucking hard

you can have a stack of lines and shit over a single latter

the same word can sound completely deferent based on what is under and on top of each latter

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

at least you can have around 100 deferent words for lion

:D

okay time to join some discord server full of UwU people to learn this

[acoustic lark]

I’ve thought about this a lot, and I feel like “Lounge but Australian” isn’t accurate. I believe it should be “Lounge but Australian + Sal”

[timber spruce]

Hey!

[acoustic lark]

Am I wrong?

[timber spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/falcon-out-line-but-right-gif-22029772

[timber spruce]

hey i wanna come there but you know

money is tight

and they won't accept the migration of an iraqi dude to there (probably)

[night hound]

Ok, I will make you an honorary Asstralian.

Oh oops, is that a typo

[coral crescent]

Augie I had momos/dumplings today

[night hound]

Bitch

[coral crescent]

got 100 more here

[night hound]

7bbu7885k 6 l766i 4b7v6g67v8ji p0;o9

Augie typed that

What did you do to Augie, Angie? How did she turn 3 again?

[coral crescent]

[night hound]

We actually have 2 momo food trucks here in Ashfield, 3-4 nepalese groceries, and 2-3 Nepalese restaurants. Pretty lucky, tbh.

[coral crescent]

Ah we probably know the owners ngl

Nepalese people know all nepalese people for some reason

It's weird

[acoustic lark]

Hey don’t blame me, she was like this when I got her, I sent back damaged goods

(She was awesome though, makes me super excited to meet the rest of youuuuuu)

[night hound]

Damn it, she broken again??

[acoustic lark]

(And she saw THE BIG GUNS in person (my tiny ass canon))

[night hound]

Defective

[coral crescent]

Once a vagina wrecker always a vagina wrecker

[night hound]

One vagina wrecker was enough, thank fucking god

[fleet edge]

I am ready to go full gremlin

[acoustic lark]

I’m HYPED

[quaint comet]

Hey what did real Augie dress as for the con today?? I think I know someone who was there as a journo, would be v funny if they interacted

[acoustic lark]

Wait I gotta know, do you guys do hugs?

[quaint comet]

happy to recieve, usually shyer to initiate :)

[acoustic lark]

This was their cosplay

[night hound]

Izana from Tokyo Revengers

[acoustic lark]

Wonderful!

[night hound]

This morning, though, was different.

[coral crescent]

Never watched tokyo revengers

[night hound]

She has 2 outfits a day for cons over the weekend

[quaint comet]

damn thats some dedication

[acoustic lark]

Most cosplayers that go both days have two different cosplays

[fleet edge]

^ me on Sunday

[night hound]

Yeah. So now she complains she needs a chiropractor from carrying shit all day. This is the first con, too, that she didn't bring her cameras

[fleet edge]

That's heresy

[quaint comet]

lol oh to be young again

[night hound]

She just wanted to experience the con without being asked to take photos all day

[fleet edge]

R u really a photographer if you don't lug your camera somewhere "just incase" you need it and you end up breaking you back all day only to never use it

[fleet edge]

Makes sense :P

[fleet edge]

I start off awkward because my family never did hugs

[coral crescent]

and I thought deadlifts were hard

[night hound]

We hug.

[coral crescent]

Turns out bringing camera's to cons was the real way to train back

[night hound]

I grew up with a family that didn't hug, though. Something I developed later in life.

[fleet edge]

I'd offer a piggy back ride but I'm probably the smallest, lightest person there

[acoustic lark]

So yes or no to hugs

[fleet edge]

Yes :3

[night hound]

Must be an Asian thing not hugging in the family

[coral crescent]

I can agree with that

never really did it my family

[quaint comet]

same my family were never very cuddly people

[acoustic lark]

Yayyyy

[coral crescent]

only on special occasions

[fleet edge]

Who needs hugs when you can get beat for failing a test instead

It's all about that heroic tragic backstory

[night hound]

Well, my brothers just hit me in the head when they see me. Even at adult age.

[coral crescent]

I don't have siblings

[night hound]

Augie is solo, too.

[coral crescent]

means I get more expensive shit so I ain't complaining

[quaint comet]

imagine not having siblings

[fleet edge]

I'll drag you to a wedding