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To be honest, with the way things are, I am not sure if I will celebrate pride in a public setting ever again. I wish I was joking. When I was younger, it was my favorite thing ever. I mean it was like a big gay paradise, and anything could happen. One of the last ones I went to just had cops shouting in the faces of everyone the entire time the parade passed through. I lived for a while in a place without any sort of pride. I think though, due to Trump being re-elected bigots have been emboldened. They see their prejudices as just and righteous and extremist are pretty unhinged nowadays. I’d absolutely hate if I lost someone I loved, or myself just because I wanted to go celebrate a protes-ival. I suppose that’s the whole point of their terrorism, but really I will let others go out and scream from the walls. I think my day in that scene has come and went, and I don’t mind because of the current state of things.

Also true story, there’s like 10 gay bars (well 10 lesbian bars, idk about gay bars) and two of them are for bipoc, so idk why people have to double down on their hatred. Lastly DC has long since been scrubbed of anyone but the wealthy so I bet you these are some Tate heads or some shit, because idk who else would be in the area and decide to smash up a gay bar.

I saw one other Polygon writer who found interesting indies trying to rally support to stay independent and financially well and I don’t think they reached what they wanted. It actually seems really hard to stay financially flushed without selling your soul or having a service that a lot of people truly want to use. It stinks. Of course, this is just my observations, I don’t actually know and you can always give your grant-writing skills some practice to get financial support.

Back at you =) <3!

I mean, I am all for failure as a whole. Cause it really is true what they say about the growth being in the action of failure. I also like tactics, but I like to have the space to think on the tactics I am enduring. I think it’s cool that a game introduced that in a very action-oriented way. There seems to be a lot of creativity in the creatures as well, which I like. I will say as I get older my reaction time has lessened even worse than I’d say it originally was. I never played shooters or anything, although I had friends go ham on them. I think perhaps it might be an incongruity with what I want out of a game with swords x boss battles. The game I think of when I think of big papa boss battles is Shadow of the Colossus. Cause it’s pretty much the only one I have ever played like that. I feel the game though, while exciting, is actually pretty slowly paced. Which makes it more accessible to me. Most “sword” games though, I want to play like a dumb-dumb. I wanna hack, slash, and feel all powerful. Smash everything in sight (Dynasty Warriors). I think the two clashing might also be making it difficult for me to pick it up.

But I guess the third thing is that pretty much any time I have grabbed a game that is hyper popular nowadays I don’t really seem to like it much. That might be an age thing too, idk. Might be a lot of things, but I generally think I might not be the audience for most AAA games. In fact, I know I am not =P!

I think of the lot of them the two that would be the most interesting to me would be Dark Souls and Elden Ring. I didn’t have an X-box and I left gaming for quite some time. So I didn’t even know about any of these games until I came back. I like the idea of sneaking around a castle slowly. I liked it in Ico at least. So I figured it might be like that. Idk too much about it though.

Yeah, this is how I feel sort of in general. I think as I get older. If I am not having fun, it doesn’t really seem worth the venture. No matter how pretty something is, or how good everyone says something is. I also think often a lot of these games aren’t really designed with a player like me in mind. Which is fine, cause I suppose I am a minority in gaming. I just figured if someone could make a Soulslike that mobile gamers could play (easy enough to adapt) they’d make a mint.

I love Yahtzee and have since a hundred years back when a friend introduced me to him via…Amnesia or something like that (then had me play his bomb ass adventure game - the first one I ever played). I am so thankful that he posted a video on this. Cause these modern games going hard on timing based hyper-tough combat have pretty much made the inaccessible to me. Everyone has gone gaga over these modern souls-like games. I just don’t think I have the brain for quick responsive reactions. That’s okay, cause not every game is made for everyone. I do however love bigguns, body horror and phantasms. I have seen the majestic and creepy things in games like Elden Ring, and would love to smash the hey out of them. I just don’t think there’s a chance I could ever “get gud” enough to play to the expected parameters of this type of game when I can’t even do quick time events right. First mil to the person who can bring Soulslikes to the common man! Until then, I’ll play my turn-based clicky games with a dumb smile.

I legit was thinking “I’d date him, but I wouldn’t marry him” kind of mindsets. Which I have run into, and have never loved. But I am love-bug by trade, and I pass-a-fist on it.

I can’t tell you how many times in my life I have heard people call transfolx “it” when their brain breaks and they have no idea how to talk like a civilized individual.

Cause they don’t. You can go to the most liberal spaces in America and sure you’ll have some folks be chill. Some folks be crazy pandering. But nothing is worse than seeing “normal ass” every day joe-schmoey ass people flashing an involuntary look of disgust when realizing they’re looking at a trans person. That’s not something they’re out here doing to intentionally hurt people, it’s just their biases shining through. It’s kinda like people clutching their purses near black folks or something, idk. I don’t care how kind people want to be, because honestly transgender people got it rough. I’ve had this talk in the past, and yeah you can be straight being trans - and be in a straight relationship - but most times unless you’re out here stealthing like a bomber you’re going to illicit some response from people. I said you could be any color in this WORLD, and if you’re straight at least you still have that connection with a majority of people. They get you, they understand you “get” the “grand road-map of life” and that you have some sort of orderly connection to them. I think a lot of trans folks throw people off of that. I don’t even think it’s coming from a malicious place all the times. I mean for sure some of the time (Kiwi Farms). But all of the time? No. Even kids, when you confront them with something against their expected gender norms can become uncomfortable. Not all of them. But it happens.

I do think that transgender people often have a hard time accepting themselves, so like yeah of course you’re gunna feel unaccepted as a whole. You can look back at how things were with gay folks and see a lot of similar issues (which to be honest still ripple through today because being a part of the majority is the easiest thing in this world I swear). Also I have heard a link between neurodivergence and gender queerity. I don’t really think I need to emphasize this, but being an individual who thinks in atypical ways in a relatively black and white world is equally tough. It’s easier to find support online when you’re talking intersectional adversity. A lot of the internet tells you you’ve got cancer, the world is on fire, and you’re going to die. It does not make for happy folks. Which I think can add another layer to this. Also gender dysphoria sucks. Inability to get the care you need sucks. Wondering if you’re doing the right thing, or if you’re just “making it all up in your head” sucks. I have seen people who’ve questioned their gender identity be re-routed by cis folks to ignore any sort of gender exploration. All I can think about there is I Saw the TV Glow. Either way, I can honestly say that outside of a singular trans person I have met (and really they had $$$, which I think helps a lot…but can’t buy you a personality) that pretty much every other trans person I have met has lived a fairly difficult life isolated from their family. I saw it with the older gals from yesteryear growing up. I have seen it with my generation. I am thankful to not see it as much with the youth of today. But I still don’t think it’s all roses. So yeah, I get why people would feel this way. Because if you’re trans - have brains and at least one other sense you can utilize to navigate this world you can see how vile people are to individuals who break societal gender norms.

They straight up killed people who did it where I grew up, and that’s why I’m not there anymore =P!

To keep the content from tumbling out? Apologies, I don’t totally get it, but I am trying to picture it here.

No worries, I am a fucking weirdo like - super cereal. I’m mixed, and I grew up in a predominantly black area without cable or anything. The TV was typically occupied by the adults so it was like a pretty hard thing to get a whack at. I was for sure alive, I just am really shit with a combination of cultural references and names in general. Big apologies on my behalf, cause you know - you can “google” everything but I also figured like - we could just you know - talk like people do hahaha! I think just looking everything kind of ruins the human experience in a way. I mean it’s fun, and fine. It’s something that I do a lot of. I just figured if you had something nifty to share I would readily take a look at it (and I am sure lots of others would too =)!)

I’ll just glance at his Youtube instead, cause I think makers are the bee’s knees and they’re pretty fun to have a watch over. Heads up on the glue gun, grab a “nice one” doesn’t have to be the best, but don’t grab bottom of the barrel. We did that cause we needed one for a mini project over here. At the time we had just moved and money was tight. We figured just grab the cheap one, it’ll be no problem. That thing was awful. It was labeled as “high heat” but that sucker melted glue at a glacial rate. I mean it was just painful. I think it probably needed a 10 on, 15 off rule or something because it ended up burning out too. If I grabbed another I’d go for like…idk - one that fluctuates temperatures, has a stand, and is way less of a fire hazard. I did think, man these things are nifty though while using them and understood while all the craft folks go bananas for them.

Big thanks, and super no worries.

When I opened the link I had a “woahohohohoho” kinda deep belly laugh so thank you for that. Hehehe! I never even thought of that. One time I did see a show where someone used beach trash to represent a dead seagull or something like that but it was a long time ago. I think it was a statement on well…beach trash. This kinda reminds me of that. It’s so awesome what human minds can come up with =P!

Holy jam, these are so cute and I think I might gather some cardboard and create a sensory deprivation chamber I once sat in many moons ago with something like this. I didn’t think about how you could use plastic screws to fortify cardboard builds you make. Thank you!

I love the artistry of the creations. I think it sort of reminds me of the difference between frugal minimalism and mindful minimalism. Thanks for the recommendation, I am going to have to take some ideas from this book.

On the low-low - I still use Youtube like…90% of the time. I don’t have a Google account anymore, but almost all of the content I love is on there. I have a Peertube account, but I haven’t really spent a majority of time on it. I’d watch it though, seriously.

I am making a mental note on this. I once lived in a place where getting dirt was so nearly impossible, and compost seemingly was the only way to produce more outside of just importing it. I have always found this kind of stuff so interesting. I plan on living in the middle of nowhere again at some point soon, and need to put this somewhere in the depths of my brain-bin for future reference. Thank you for not only sharing, but also providing awesome links. I am going to scour them. Cheers and keep being awesome =)!

Hey there, took a look at all of these resources. I had no clue that cutter existed, but it looks quite lovely. Once upon a life ago I used to use box cutters to hand cut a lot of precision things. I still take immense joy from doing so, and have pretty much been cannibalizing everything with an x-acto. I gotta share this guy and see if maybe it’ll be a good fit for our household now or later. On the shroomies, looks like you got a good grow with just the boiled cardboard. Gotta love fresh oyster mushrooms =)

Also I think I gotta make one of those finger-friendly cutters because it’s just to cute and tinker-y not to. Thanks again for the share!

I’ll take a look then, I just had never heard of the guy but figured you might have a video or something to show. Either way, thanks for the info =)

To be honest with you, I hate this fkin’ game! I never had it. I like the OG Donkey Kong, and Donkey Kong Jr. My sibby loved this game, although he only played it via roms back in the day. I had a group of friends who loved this game like crazy. I can’t even tell you much about it, because I suck at it so hard. I mean I am miserable at this game. I like the characters. The animations were out of this world. The soundtrack, super good. I still like that underwater song, and it’s what I think about when I think about this game. (Well in this order a) Fuck that giant baby b) Trixie (?) has flying hair - whee! c) Hornet boss. Pheh! d) Barrel smashing e) Crocks, I always think I am lined up to smash them but then get smashed by them f) That song was a banger tho)

Guess it’s called Bramble Blast . I just remembered the bramble part, this song is a banger =)!