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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Perrydotto (?) » Sat Oct 27, 2018 4:51 am

Looks really nice :awesomedash: Fighting evil by moonlight, Sailor Madeline!
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Post by Madeline (?) » Sat Oct 27, 2018 7:01 pm

You know it :twiright:

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Post by Mechanical Ape (?) » Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:27 pm

Can you guess what is being represented here?

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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Madeline (?) » Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:45 pm

I thought it might be Maria Renard :-I

it’s not

The explanation blew my mind. That’s great :-D

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Post by SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:09 pm

It's Bravestarr!

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Post by Vivianinatoga (?) » Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:56 pm

a pokey wolf? :-I
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Adiwan (?) » Mon Oct 29, 2018 1:33 pm

Random thought of today: Are vegan sweets healthy? Not a serious question but it came randomly up when I ate a 200 gram bag full of sour vegan jellies.
I like them because they have the right chewing consistency because they use starch instead of gelatine.
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Factory Factory (?) » Mon Oct 29, 2018 4:43 pm

I mean, as healthy as eating a solid mass of sugar can be!
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Post by Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:12 pm

Whatever you do, just don't eat a ton of the sugar-free gummies.
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Madeline (?) » Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:49 am

Nothing stops me from wanting to die or acting like an asshole to,push people away from me. Because I find pretty much every interpersonal encounter to be terrifying, because it’s only a matter of time before people decide they don’t want to deal with me anymore. Nobody can stand to stay around me for very long. They always go away in the end. I don’t blame them.

Nothing about this world has ever made sense to me. I’m sorry I failed yet again to live up to what people wanted out of me.

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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Bigdog (?) » Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:53 am

I'm sorry you feel that way, but that's not the metric by which you should judge yourself. None of us ultimately comes out ahead by playing that game. No, not even the people who currently appear to be succeeding. Everyone stumbles and falls. And if you saw someone else stumbling and falling, you'd have compassion for them, wouldn't you? So have compassion for yourself. You're worth it. :hug:

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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Princess Flufflebutt (?) » Thu Nov 01, 2018 4:41 am

Bigdog wrote:
Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:53 am
I'm sorry you feel that way, but that's not the metric by which you should judge yourself. None of us ultimately comes out ahead by playing that game. No, not even the people who currently appear to be succeeding. Everyone stumbles and falls. And if you saw someone else stumbling and falling, you'd have compassion for them, wouldn't you? So have compassion for yourself. You're worth it. :hug:
This, so much! You're a wonderful person, even if you stumble and fall (which happens to everyone anyway so)!
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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Sun Nov 04, 2018 11:14 pm

I've been watching random episodes of "Archer". It's a REALLY funny show.

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Post by Orange Fluffy Sheep (?) » Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:54 pm

I didn't like the style for Frisky Dingo and I still don't like it. Something about it is weirdly stiff.
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Madeline (?) » Tue Nov 06, 2018 4:29 pm

When I was posting about being a fraud, I kinda wasn’t wrong. I didn’t want to come off as hating the show or it’s fans, so I was posting in episode threads as if I’d seen them, which was a shitty and dishonest thing to do.

I’m sorry.

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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Perrydotto (?) » Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:19 pm

There is something between hating and loving something, you know? You don't owe anyone posts in the episode threads or attention. Not interacting with something is not disapproval. You don't have to pressure yourself to fit in.
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Madeline (?) » Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:12 pm

Perrydotto wrote:
Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:19 pm
There is something between hating and loving something, you know? You don't owe anyone posts in the episode threads or attention. Not interacting with something is not disapproval. You don't have to pressure yourself to fit in.
I know. I just have a problem with wanting to be liked so I try way too hard to be likable and inoffensive. :-I

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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Gloomy Rube (?) » Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:13 pm

Madeline you are liked by your friend, gloomy rube
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by ToastGhost (?) » Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:41 pm

There are 1,337 replies to this topic.

Time to mess it up! :maneiac:
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:27 pm

Madeline wrote:
Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:12 pm
I know. I just have a problem with wanting to be liked so I try way too hard to be likable and inoffensive. :-I
You will always be loved :hug:

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Post by PhoolCat (?) » Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:35 pm

The fact that you are loved proves that you are worthy of being loved.
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Madeline (?) » Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:46 pm

Gloomy Rube wrote:
Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:13 pm
Madeline you are liked by your friend, gloomy rube
Mr. Big wrote:
Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:27 pm

You will always be loved :hug:
PhoolCat wrote:
Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:35 pm
The fact that you are loved proves that you are worthy of being loved.
You are all the best :flutterunsmith:

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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Princess Flufflebutt (?) » Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:10 am

Madeline! You're to loveable not to love!
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Madeline (?) » Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:00 am

Princess Flufflebutt wrote:
Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:10 am
Madeline! You're to loveable not to love!
You’re also the best :hug:

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Post by Perrydotto (?) » Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:26 am

I'll join that line of good opinions because you are lovely :yay:
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Madeline (?) » Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:42 am

Perrydotto wrote:
Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:26 am
I'll join that line of good opinions because you are lovely :yay:
You are also lovely and the best :vogue: :hug:

Heck, everyone is awesome :-D

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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by ToastGhost (?) » Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:03 am

Madeline wrote:
Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:42 am
Heck, everyone is awesome :-D
This includes you. :3:

Also I'm not changing this avatar until Christmas ever. :maud:
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Madeline (?) » Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:23 am

ToastGhost wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:03 am
This includes you. :3:

Also I'm not changing this avatar until Christmas ever. :maud:
You too :3:

Also, why would you ever change that avatar, when it is clearly a superior avatar

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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Blarghalt (?) » Sat Nov 10, 2018 9:35 pm

You know there's sometimes the smell of burning metal if you turn on a heater after not using it for a long time?

Apparently I've waited so long that it not only did that, but it also set off the smoke alarm. :-I

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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Bigdog (?) » Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:24 am

Blarghalt wrote:
Sat Nov 10, 2018 9:35 pm
You know there's sometimes the smell of burning metal if you turn on a heater after not using it for a long time?

Apparently I've waited so long that it not only did that, but it also set off the smoke alarm. :-I
That happened to me this season too. I'd never had the smoke alarm go off either but apparently it's not unheard of.

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Post by Auxiliatrix (?) » Sun Nov 11, 2018 5:14 pm

This thread has a lot of love. It's great! :allears:
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Post by Aramek (?) » Sun Nov 11, 2018 5:26 pm

It's the dust!
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Post by ToastGhost (?) » Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:48 pm


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Post by Pocket (?) » Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:35 am

I wonder if anyone has tried recreating famous NES themes on a Commodore 64 with that dual-sound-chip mod. People always say they sound different, but I've never gotten a good handle on how different exactly, or how close you can make it with enough effort. In particular, the Shovel Knight soundtrack would be an easy one to attempt since you can buy the Famitracker source files and get the exact notation and a lot of the voice settings that way.
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Post by Pocket (?) » Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:49 pm

You ever just start playing out a scene in your head? For no particular reason, I started thinking about the huntsman from Snow White and imagined him in his room trying to get into character to deliver the box with the fake heart to the queen. He decides that the most convincing thing he can do is to pretend to be sad and guilt-ridden at what he had to do, so he starts method acting. He imagines himself in the forest, actually doing the deed, down to the slightest gruesome detail. That does the trick. Now sufficiently miserable, he picks up the box and slowly trudges to the queen's chambers. The queen is quite pleased, and comments that he has given her that which she most desires, and that a deed like that deserves a reward. But her smug tone sets off something inside him, and—

Moments later, he's kneeling over the queen's dead body. "Blimey," he says to himself. "I think I got a bit too into that."

That's... not how I was expecting it to play out. What the hell, my brain?
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Post by Perrydotto (?) » Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:27 am

scene thinking happens to me a bunch and I usually take what I liked and make stories out of it :v:
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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Mechanical Ape (?) » Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:38 pm

Like, pretty much every ponyskit I’ve ever posted is thinking of a concept and then letting the characters take it in some weird direction. :ohboy: :wink:

Some writers — by no means all, but some — work this way: you’ll hear anecdotes like the author intended to take the plot one way but the characters “insisted” on their own, different path.
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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:14 pm

Scene thinking is a regular occurrence for me. It makes writing easier, although they're sometimes not always usable for my stories

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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Madeline (?) » Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:47 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:
Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:38 pm
Like, pretty much every ponyskit I’ve ever posted is thinking of a concept and then letting the characters take it in some weird direction. :ohboy: :wink:

Some writers — by no means all, but some — work this way: you’ll hear anecdotes like the author intended to take the plot one way but the characters “insisted” on their own, different path.
This is me. :-I No matter how hard I try to stick to a plot outline, it always goes in a different direction than I intended once I start. The more I flush out the characters, the more they take over and move things in a different direction that I didn’t see coming.

Scene thinking is also the starting point for most of the stories I’ve written. Something will randomly pop into my head when I’m bored, or I’ll have a really vivid dream. I’ll build around it and see if I can use it for something. Even unusable ones have produced characters or basic setups for a story.

That’s also another reason to scoff at people who want to be “the idea guy.” Ideas are cheap. You want an idea? All you have to do is pay attention to the world around you, and even if it takes you a long time because you’re not in the habit of doing so, you’ll get an idea. Turning an idea into a tangible piece of work is the hard part.

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Re: ITT Post Your Random Thoughts

Post by Madeline (?) » Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:37 pm

I saw that Bill Maher piece on Stan Lee. Apart from the usual “nobody should care about what Bill Maher thinks about anything ever,” is he seriously convinced that people in the ‘70s only read Saul Bellow and watched serious dramas like Five Easy Pieces? Dude, most people were staying home and watching garbage like The Love Boat on TV. If they read books at all, they were reading the same kinds of big old airport bookstore novels they read today, like Clive Cussler or whatever. “Disco Duck” sold 2 million copies. The comics and cartoons of today are a step up over 90% of what was actually popular in the ‘70s. It was the decade of the Pet Rock and mood rings, for crying out loud.

Even when Maher isn’t being a bigoted asshole, he still finds a way to be smarmy and smug about something while also not comprehending it at the same time. If he thinks you can’t like both pop culture and “high” culture (which is a classist assumption in and of itself) he can come look at my bookcase and herniate himself being a smug old angry bigoted doofus man while I have my comics collections alphabetized alongside Kurt Vonnegut and James Baldwin and Alice Munro. People settled this stupid debate when film studies became a thing in the 1960s.

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