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Have you ever tried fencing with a harmonica in your mouth?
I have.
I don't intend to make a habit of it.
Yes, once.
Heh.
Okay. I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.
Discord GMing tonight.
We're cool. We're aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall cool.
Sure I spent the weekend to sick to prepare, and, yes, I have a player who it literally pushing at the boundaries of the rails every chance he gets (and also generally annoyed with the NPCs, because clearly he's the most powerful being on the planet and their plans matter little in the face of his own), and, yes, my ADD and dyslexia seem to be on in overdrive, and, yes, I slept poorly last night, and, yes, I am absolutely not in the mood.
But. I can do this. It's aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall cool. Dang it.
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Okay. I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.
Discord GMing tonight.
We're cool. We're aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall cool.
Sure I spent the weekend to sick to prepare, and, yes, I have a player who it literally pushing at the boundaries of the rails every chance he gets (and also generally annoyed with the NPCs, because clearly he's the most powerful being on the planet and their plans matter little in the face of his own), and, yes, my ADD and dyslexia seem to be on in overdrive, and, yes, I slept poorly last night, and, yes, I am absolutely not in the mood.
But. I can do this. It's aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall cool. Dang it.
Just picture CY fencing with a harmonica in his mouth. Naked. See? You'll be fine.
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Aaaargh!! The tax laws in this country are so Byzantine!
Turns out that it isn't legal for me to start a retirement fund for Impus Major until he's working and can fund it himself.
Er... exsqueeze me?
Yep. Tax law in the U.S.: You can only put in as much to your Roth IRA as you earn in income that year.
WTF?!?!?
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Aaaargh!! The tax laws in this country are so Byzantine!
Turns out that it isn't legal for me to start a retirement fund for Impus Major until he's working and can fund it himself.
Er... exsqueeze me?
Yep. Tax law in the U.S.: You can only put in as much to your Roth IRA as you earn in income that year.
WTF?!?!?
Can't have uppity not-rich people finding ways to make themselves rich, even just passably-not-starving-in-retirement-at-a-not-unreasonable-age "rich".
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EDIT: The best was a contact I know who's on the list, who sent me a private note of, "I see what you tried there, and you should know that the Reply Allers cannot be denied..."
Every time you try to idiot-proof something, the universe creates a better idiot.
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EDIT: The best was a contact I know who's on the list, who sent me a private note of, "I see what you tried there, and you should know that the Reply Allers cannot be denied..."Every time you try to idiot-proof something, the universecreatesalready created a better idiot waiting for you to discover the new depths ofdepravityidiocy always lurking in wait.
I helped!
EDIT: For the record, I'm not exempting myself.
EDIT 2: For I, too, am always lurking in waiting...
EDIT 3: Yes, I know that's non-standard phraseology, but it doesn't need to be standard to be correct.
EDIT 4: Yeah, this one is just for tradition.
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Just picture CY fencing with a harmonica in his mouth. Naked. See? You'll be fine.Okay. I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.
Discord GMing tonight.
We're cool. We're aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall cool.
Sure I spent the weekend to sick to prepare, and, yes, I have a player who it literally pushing at the boundaries of the rails every chance he gets (and also generally annoyed with the NPCs, because clearly he's the most powerful being on the planet and their plans matter little in the face of his own), and, yes, my ADD and dyslexia seem to be on in overdrive, and, yes, I slept poorly last night, and, yes, I am absolutely not in the mood.
But. I can do this. It's aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall cool. Dang it.
I'm going to be internet famous.
So! On to more depressing news: DBZA is over.
EDIT: for clarity, despite the glib introduction, this is serious, not a joke. These guys are sad and frustrated by this announcement. It's a hard one.
** spoiler omitted **
I remember when they made the announcement that it was on hiatus for Dragon Shortz.
My thing is: you made it to Buu. You can't crank one last saga out?
Nah. And it's really not fair to expect them to. If you watch them, you can see how hard this is on them, but they aren't willing to make dross, and anything they'd make out of it would be, plus (and more importantly) it only takes a single misstep in YouTube's current thing and their entire channel and livelihood is gone - as well as that of their employees.
Basically, they did well and they don't want to end it, but they need to - for their sanity, for their stability, and for their mental, emotional, and financial health.
They should've just left it at the "extended hiatus"
Every creative person picks up old projects years later.
Anyway, I'm still subscribed; I love everything they make. But they're gonna lose a LOT of followers, and a LOT of revenue, both on Patreon and through whatever advertising they get, etc.
When they said "we have to think about our livelihood" I thought to myself "ironic, considering you wouldn't have said livelihood if it weren't for exactly the thing you claim is threatening it."
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Have you ever tried fencing with a harmonica in your mouth?
No, but I have tried playing harmonica with a sword in my hand.
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So! On to more depressing news: DBZA is over.
EDIT: for clarity, despite the glib introduction, this is serious, not a joke. These guys are sad and frustrated by this announcement. It's a hard one.
** spoiler omitted **
I remember when they made the announcement that it was on hiatus for Dragon Shortz.
My thing is: you made it to Buu. You can't crank one last saga out?
Nah. And it's really not fair to expect them to. If you watch them, you can see how hard this is on them, but they aren't willing to make dross, and anything they'd make out of it would be, plus (and more importantly) it only takes a single misstep in YouTube's current thing and their entire channel and livelihood is gone - as well as that of their employees.
Basically, they did well and they don't want to end it, but they need to - for their sanity, for their stability, and for their mental, emotional, and financial health.
They should've just left it at the "extended hiatus"
Every creative person picks up old projects years later.
I'd agree if it wasn't for the legal issues. I can see why they would want to hang up their hat after the years of having to deal with those and the constant Sword of Damocles of the wrong YouTube copyright bot doing the wrong thing at just the wrong time becoming a more and more commonplace threat.
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Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
Actually recycling fashion is like when they turn old Levis into insulation for your house.
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Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
I'm guessing they don't expect super-rich people to ever wear the same outfit twice?
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I'd agree if it wasn't for the legal issues. I can see why they would want to hang up their hat after the years of having to deal with those and the constant Sword of Damocles of the wrong YouTube copyright bot doing the wrong thing at just the wrong time becoming a more and more commonplace threat.So! On to more depressing news: DBZA is over.
EDIT: for clarity, despite the glib introduction, this is serious, not a joke. These guys are sad and frustrated by this announcement. It's a hard one.
** spoiler omitted **
I remember when they made the announcement that it was on hiatus for Dragon Shortz.
My thing is: you made it to Buu. You can't crank one last saga out?
Nah. And it's really not fair to expect them to. If you watch them, you can see how hard this is on them, but they aren't willing to make dross, and anything they'd make out of it would be, plus (and more importantly) it only takes a single misstep in YouTube's current thing and their entire channel and livelihood is gone - as well as that of their employees.
Basically, they did well and they don't want to end it, but they need to - for their sanity, for their stability, and for their mental, emotional, and financial health.
They should've just left it at the "extended hiatus"
Every creative person picks up old projects years later.
Exactly what Orthos said.
I mean, they even addressed that very thing: they noted that many people would unsubscribe, drop Patreon, etc., and they explained that it was neither wrong for folks to do so, nor even something they have any right to request folk avoid.
The thing is, it's a difference between a steady-but-smaller paycheck for all involved with the option of working with other professional groups and/or on other projects and a lack of direct threat to their group's existence, and a higher immediate paycheck but with ever-increasing-risk of losing everything. They weighed their options and chose security over risk - and that's not a bad choice.
In addition to the risk, they are also experiencing burnout, and, even if they do come back to it years later, the series itself has been going for a looooooooong time, and it feels morally "iffy" at best to suggest that they're going to come back when they really don't have any creative drive or desire.
If they do end up coming back to it... yeah, sure, that's fine. No problem. But so long as they go, "Please wait..." they have a lingering emotional obligation to people who are, in fact, expecting something someday, and if there never is a payoff (for whatever reason) those people have a justified position to be angry - they gave money and continued to give money in expectation of something specific that never came.
This is the moral high-ground: they absolutely don't make as much money as they otherwise could have milked it, but they have the freedom to never come back or to revisit it later (if they're able) and no one is paying for expectations that may never come. Plus, those who've come to depend on them for work as a company should still be able to find and keep that work - probably at a reduced scale, but still have income, and that is fantastically important. Steady and secure versus high and risky.
Now, there are times when high value risky action is a good thing... but that's mostly a young person's game when they either have fewer responsibilities, or a safety net to fall back on, or both.
High risk/high reward/screw the people below me is the exact attitude that makes so many CEOs the modern day villains they're made out to be.
I think they could have done it. Could have continued. But they valued their moral, artistic, and personal integrity and the fate of their over-all livelihoods and that of those below them too much to continue pushing that ever-increasing risk; this, coupled with extremely low passion and drive (and a likely mediocre product as a result) just means its a good time to end it.
Well. It's never a good time to end it, but a better time to end it than drawn out painful and unfunny creations that make everyone unhappy, including the artist(s) .
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Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
Actually recycling fashion is like when they turn old Levis into insulation for your house.
Because gossip tabloids are useless parasites that have long since realized they have nothing of value to say and have therefore opted to go ham on being petty shirtheads, dangling keys before the easily distracted in lieu of seeking actual content.
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Because gossip tabloids are useless parasites that have long since realized they have nothing of value to say and have therefore opted to go ham on being petty shirtheads, dangling keys before the easily distracted in lieu of seeking actual content.Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
Actually recycling fashion is like when they turn old Levis into insulation for your house.
None of this would have happened if Biggie Smalls was still with us!
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Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
Actually recycling fashion is like when they turn old Levis into insulation for your house.
Almost my entire garage is done in denim insulation. I love the stuff!
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None of this would have happened if Biggie Smalls was still with us!Because gossip tabloids are useless parasites that have long since realized they have nothing of value to say and have therefore opted to go ham on being petty shirtheads, dangling keys before the easily distracted in lieu of seeking actual content.Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
Actually recycling fashion is like when they turn old Levis into insulation for your house.
Unfortunately, like most artists and musical performers, he's otherwise indisposed.
Okay. I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.
Discord GMing tonight.
We're cool. We're aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall cool.
Sure I spent the weekend to sick to prepare, and, yes, I have a player who it literally pushing at the boundaries of the rails every chance he gets (and also generally annoyed with the NPCs, because clearly he's the most powerful being on the planet and their plans matter little in the face of his own), and, yes, my ADD and dyslexia seem to be on in overdrive, and, yes, I slept poorly last night, and, yes, I am absolutely not in the mood.
But. I can do this. It's aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall cool. Dang it.
Almost done!
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Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
I'm guessing they don't expect super-rich people to ever wear the same outfit twice?
That sounds terribly annoying.
I admit, I'd probably have a larger wardrobe than I currently do, but there really isn't a reason to avoid wearing a comfortable set of clothes.
... of course, (should I ever somehow become famous) I'd be that awkward celebrity who'd never really dress "appropriately" - I might switch back to button up shirts, as I like those, but it'd still be all day jeans every day.
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Have you ever tried fencing with a harmonica in your mouth?No, but I have tried playing harmonica with a sword in my hand.
I bet I can. I am probably the most advanced Janet.
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...uh-oh. Got a reminder from DuoLingo. I...haven't logged in for a few months.
...I think the owl figured out I moved.
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...uh-oh. Got a reminder from DuoLingo. I...haven't logged in for a few months.
...I think the owl figured out I moved.
I'm GMing, and I have to wrap it up in half an hour so I can go on a "duo date" with my wife so we don't lose our streaks!
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I'm GMing, and I have to wrap it up in half an hour so I can go on a "duo date" with my wife so we don't lose our streaks!...uh-oh. Got a reminder from DuoLingo. I...haven't logged in for a few months.
...I think the owl figured out I moved.
NO HAY ESCAPATORIA.
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NO HAY ESCAPATORIA.I'm GMing, and I have to wrap it up in half an hour so I can go on a "duo date" with my wife so we don't lose our streaks!...uh-oh. Got a reminder from DuoLingo. I...haven't logged in for a few months.
...I think the owl figured out I moved.
私がしようとしていると思うあなたはかわいいです
(I'm just going to mention - I totally used Google Translate for that one. Yes, I'm trying to learn Japanese as well as Spanish, but I'm basically at baby level sight-words, and not even that at times.)
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LOL<
I downloaded the 'Harry Potter Wizards Unite" app last year.
I was trying to learn how to play it while we walked through the mall at Christmas time.
Shortly after (I think becoming the slightest bit exasperated with me) my wife downloaded the app.
She loves it, and decided that we must play it together as often as our schedule allows. She calls these times our 'Harry Potter Dates'.
:)
I love my wife.
"I have spoken." ;)
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<--- Has a 1360 day streak on Duo
<--- Has a 1360 day streak on Duo
AWESOME!
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I'm GMing, and I have to wrap it up in half an hour so I can go on a "duo date" with my wife so we don't lose our streaks!...uh-oh. Got a reminder from DuoLingo. I...haven't logged in for a few months.
...I think the owl figured out I moved.
Duo what? Is that a swinger's website for risk adverse couples.
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I wouldn't have expected that to grind FaWtL to a halt.
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Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
Actually recycling fashion is like when they turn old Levis into insulation for your house.
Almost my entire garage is done in denim insulation. I love the stuff!
Sweet! It's certainly useless as clothing.
Duo what? Is that a swinger's website for risk adverse couples.I'm GMing, and I have to wrap it up in half an hour so I can go on a "duo date" with my wife so we don't lose our streaks!...uh-oh. Got a reminder from DuoLingo. I...haven't logged in for a few months.
...I think the owl figured out I moved.
Heh.
It’s actually a language learning app. I’m using it to learn Spanish and Japanese. I mean, I could use the help on English while we’re at it, but, eh. It’s quite fun over-all, though sometimes it presupposes I know things that I have to kind of guess at and Japanese is kicking my rear: I only half know what I’m doing half the time.
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I'm loving the sudden influx of Good Place swearing. Since I wasn't doing anything but dying from concussion and bronchial issues for the last couple weeks anyway, I binged it.
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Sweet! It's certainly useless as clothing.Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
Actually recycling fashion is like when they turn old Levis into insulation for your house.
Almost my entire garage is done in denim insulation. I love the stuff!
O_o
I'm afraid to ask what you wear? if not jeans?
At least sometimes?
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Sweet! It's certainly useless as clothing.Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
Actually recycling fashion is like when they turn old Levis into insulation for your house.
Almost my entire garage is done in denim insulation. I love the stuff!
O_o
I'm afraid to ask what you wear? if not jeans?
At least sometimes?
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Sweet! It's certainly useless as clothing.Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
Actually recycling fashion is like when they turn old Levis into insulation for your house.
Almost my entire garage is done in denim insulation. I love the stuff!
O_o
I'm afraid to ask what you wear? if not jeans?
At least sometimes?
Raggy...Old Man Wizard...surely you know that there are other materials that can make clothing besides denim?
I mean, CY lives in Wisconsin, it's February, so clearly this is cargo shorts weather.
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Denim cargo shorts weather!
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Denim cargo shorts weather!
Never.
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Sweet! It's certainly useless as clothing.Omfg. Pet peeve: why for fork's sake does every news source out there refer to celebrities "recycling" gowns when all they're doing is wearing them in public a second time?
Actually recycling fashion is like when they turn old Levis into insulation for your house.
Almost my entire garage is done in denim insulation. I love the stuff!
O_o
I'm afraid to ask what you wear? if not jeans?
At least sometimes?Raggy...Old Man Wizard...surely you know that there are other materials that can make clothing besides denim?
I mean, CY lives in Wisconsin, it's February, so clearly this is cargo shorts weather.
Yes.
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I wear cargo shorts or cargo pants, if it doesn't have 60 pockets I'm not comfortable.
And it has to be baggy.
A belt is the most essential item of clothing for me.
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Duo what? Is that a swinger's website for risk adverse couples.I'm GMing, and I have to wrap it up in half an hour so I can go on a "duo date" with my wife so we don't lose our streaks!...uh-oh. Got a reminder from DuoLingo. I...haven't logged in for a few months.
...I think the owl figured out I moved.
Heh.
It’s actually a language learning app. I’m using it to learn Spanish and Japanese. I mean, I could use the help on English while we’re at it, but, eh. It’s quite fun over-all, though sometimes it presupposes I know things that I have to kind of guess at and Japanese is kicking my rear: I only half know what I’m doing half the time.
My idea is better.