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  1. On 10/8/2022 at 9:48 PM, Whirl said:

    There's this short story by aroace writer Merc Fenn Wolfmoor that I absolutely love and, as someone with a complicated relationship to their own humanity, relate to very much. The main character, Tesla is ace and also heavily implied to be aro! 

    It's called How to Become a Robot in 12 Easy Steps and you can read it here: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-to-become-a-robot-in-12-easy-steps/ 

    But!! Massive TW for discussion and depictions of depression and thoughts of self-harm and suicide.  It left me pretty shaken and emotionally drained at some points, so, if you do read it, remember to practice self care!

    damn i have asd and this hit a bit hard ngl

    Spoiler
    1. Pretend you are not a robot. This is hard, and you have been working at it for twenty-three years. You are like Data, except in reverse.
    2. (There are missing protocols in your head. You don’t know why you were born biologically or why there are pieces missing, and you do not really understand how human interaction functions. Sometimes you can fake it. Sometimes people even believe you when you do. You never believe yourself.)
    3. Memorize enough data about social cues and run facial muscle pattern recognition so you know what to say and when to say it.

     

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  2. On 10/13/2022 at 11:12 PM, Whirl said:

    That just reminded me of a similar experience I had in elementary school. All the other kids kept insisting that me and my best friend were a couple. And I absolutely hated that. Once, I got so fed up with the teasing that I just made up a crush right on the spot. I shouted "I don't like x, I like y!" in front of the whole classroom. Right after I realized with horror that I'd just announced I had a crush in front of everyone. Crap, crap, crap

    hehe reminds me of an experience i had

    i remember going a new school and i was shipped with a boy that i didn't even want to be friends with platonically for the (one) year i was there

    they shipped us in a joking way and i was like "ew wtf" the whole time

    like they'd be like "oooooh [A User] and [classmate] are such a couple!" and i always interject like "omg what the fuck" but it was always the other boys doing that (not the girls, they were actually mediocre people)

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  3. 14 hours ago, Acecream said:

    yah that's not that easy with my name as there is no good sounding masculine or neutral variation haha and my name doesn't have that much different letters so you can't really create new names out of it

    I'm tending towards meo right now. talked to a friend who knows me since many years about their opinion which one fits me most haha. well, we'll see

    thank you all

    totally get it

    np tho

  4. 3 hours ago, roboticanary said:

    I would be really interested in that, looking at the wiki for flags of extinct states there's a few which look absolutely bangin

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_extinct_states

    Soviet republic of Naissar has pirate communism and a level of artistic skill barely above mine, its terrible but also kind of brilliant. Republic of Formosa has a cat, which makes it perfect in all ways.

    on the other hand every george cross is a flag of a country that doesn't exist any more, so honestly your shop would do pretty well with that.

     

    i like this one

    Flag of w:Republic of Zamboanga (independent 1899-1903)

    if u put together all the signs it looks like scissors  but im loving the 2 sword action

    17 hours ago, sevan said:

    thats lowkey kind of eerie ngl

    ikr?

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  5. On 10/8/2022 at 9:55 PM, Whirl said:

    No but WOY is literally so good for stylized and fluid poses! And also gesture! And also just understanding shape language! Argh it's so good asdjjskkja

    Besides, realism is over rated!!

    exactly! i struggle SO much with realism and i like the cartoon hands

    i agree with you on all points!

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  6. according to my research, countless hours wasting away at the TV, it goes like this.

    1. they were either

    a) childhood besties

    b) literal strangers

    c) enemies

    d) anything else

    2. One person (A) crushes on the other, for no reason at all. the feelings come outta nowhere. they start liking shit about them that they liked in a platonic way now turned romantic/sexual(?)

    3. Person A makes a confession, person B is midway thru realizing their own feelings

    4. Person B or A asks the other person out, B confesses their version of feelings for A

    5. They start dating i guess lol

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  7. not me using cartoons for hand drawing practice

    like literally my art teacher wants real hands but for the practice (which has taken up like 6+ pages 😅) im just straight up watching WOY and stealing hand positions

    just realized i have to submit this madness in to her

    oh well, fuck it

    IM NOT AFRAID TO USE MY FAV CHARACTER'S HANDS FOR DRAWING PURPOSES AND I WONT STOP-

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