it's nearly 12 already at least I got a decent amount of sleep
FormerRei@mobile
It's 4:39 for me Err, am
Anno
>>399638 hey you were wanting me for something earlier
sk 🖤
Oh, yeah how much do you get outta that transcription thing, hourly? roughly
Anno
depends on what the content is really worst case scenario i get like 12 bucks an hour best case i get like 30-35 average about 18-20 >>399643 maybe there's something in your country you can apply for in person with that or translation >>399644 what system
sk 🖤
12 is still more than double what I have right now
sk 🖤
how often do I gotta do these things to not get booted out the system? Aren't you working through some company or whatever?
Anno
Cute Robot Lesbians
Anno
>>399644 ive got my own personal clients at this point there's a company called rev.com you can apply with which is where i started like four years ago their pay is shit and only paying about half what the standard service should pay
sk 🖤
Not exactly useful unless I intend to do this long term, huh?
Anno
well rev is a freelance place you can do work basically whenever and however infrequently you'd like i havent done work there in almost two years and my account's still open like i said the pay is shit but if you look at it like needing to make an extra 50 bucks or something rather than a work hour investment it can be helpful i would think that norway has some transcription services somewhere, it's an important industry
sk 🖤
There might be, but I don't exactly have a lot of qualifications yknow
Anno
you can type more than 75 wpm and you've got a good command of multiple languages and you're attentive to details and punctuation and stuff those are qualifications that are harder to find than youd think
sk 🖤
I might look into it at least I dunno if there's anything like that in the area though, maybe it doesn't need to be
Anno
you should apply at rev regardless of if you intend to use it it takes like a few minutes and there's no commitment to actually doing anything it takes time to hear back from them. i complain about that company a lot but tbh i've had times when i had bills and no way to make money before the bills were due and just doled out the time to make a couple hundred bucks to save my ass >>399653 it'd give you exposure anyway you may want to look at other clerical options too there are a lot of people that actually can't use computers like, yeah they can use a computer, but to actually organize information on one and have a digital workspace is overwhelming to some people for people like us it's just second nature because we're always organizing our own shit
sk 🖤
Yeah, I'm gonna send in a thing worst case scenario I don't get an account
Anno
the biggest thing i'd say now is that, after spending this last year doing the work you do, it seems like youve built some work ethic the // being willing to endure the grind is enough to get you some places
sk 🖤
I gotta find something at least I've got a metting at what used to be the unemployment office, but is now more than just that, on Tuesday, and I think they could set me up with some other stuff but idunoo
Anno
how much do you need to make
sk 🖤
I need an extra $750 a month I can get there by just not spending money, technically
Anno
>>399657 i don't quite understand how you can get there by not spending money if you're making under half of 12 dollars an hour i'm having difficulty wrapping my head around the situation sorry
sk 🖤
Huh? I've got roughly $5.7 an hour Though I thought it was less, I wonder if the currency rates have changed since last time I checked >>399660 I work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week
Anno
you're able to make 750+ a month on that? and what about transportation and food costs
if you're looking at just getting a little extra per month to cover your personal expenses then yeah, transcription and other freelance projects might be an option, just to have some spending cash here and there i thought you were needing to specifically transition to a new career path
sk 🖤
Well, supposed to anyway
sk 🖤
>>399660 I live with my dad still I can technically cover what he went down with what I make, if I basically don't spend money
FormerRei@mobile
Fuck It's after 5 Going to bed Yasumi
sk 🖤
But no i'm just looking at what my options are I really would rather not get to or stay on the level where I look at a bottle of soda while shopping and consider whether I can afford this luxury
Anno
it's pretty hard to do non-hourly wage stuff sometimes it's one thing to just arrive, clock in, clock out to sit and take on a job without being forced to and then spend two hours with it or something and see 25 bucks from it is really unmotivating but if you don't think about it and just do it it's not bad i might spend a day just transcribing files -- nothing else workwise, and nine or ten hours out of the day doing it and it can actually be somewhat enjoyable that way but if i'm consciously thinking about the dollar value then it feels like a big chore
rev's rates are half of what i charge my clients too, and the audio quality is worse there, and transcription is harder when you're starting out so i wouldn't want to go through that if i were you, but that is an option the plus side is you'd get access to their forums and get to see the ludicrous shit i see every day
sk 🖤
One of the major annoyances at work is exactly being aware of how little I'm paid each hour
sk 🖤
On non-financial matters
I've found myself sitting around without music a lot more lately, and it's odd
Anno
>>399667 look at this shit dude http://kratomguides.com/super-green-indo-kratom-differs-green-malay-green-maeng-da/ the actual article itself look at the fuckin bland points, generic phrasing, look at the fuckin stock images look how fucking lazy of an article this is but this kind of shit is all over the web not even anything to do with kratom but just lazy shit writing like this is just everywhere
there's gotta be some entry for you into article writing if you wanted you could do this way better it's such a formulaic thing now do a few google searches and make some bland bullet points and there's an article
sk 🖤
Are they selling Kratom or indica?
sk 🖤
I think I could write articles about things, but I'd need to be interested to make anything good I've been mentally drafting some stuff lately, since one of the twitter people I sometimes talk to is planning on starting up some thing >>399671 Ï mean I could probably put out something halfway decent
Anno
>>399670 if you got paid 15 bucks per 250 word article then you wouldn't need it to be good you'd just do an hour's worth of moving information into a readable format and then publishing it and go and you'd just pick article topics from a list it's so fuckin generic but it's work
Anno
how does my cat make so much fucking noise when grooming herself she's just licking her fur but it sounds like a bag of wet sponges being plopped around
Anno
>>399669 they're not selling anything i dont think it's just kratom guides but then there's ad space in there for kratom sellers maybe they do i dunno, but that's not really what i was worried about
Anno
speakin of the krates this red borneo actually tastes really good like, the green vein stuff before was a little bit bitter and tasted like a veggie protein shake or something which was tolerable but this stuff actually really tastes good
sk 🖤
I really wanna try kratom
Anno
it's not really that exciting i'm using it as a mood stabilizer, the same way i had done with valerian root before and to help a little bit with some really bad bone pain ive started having if there's a high to be had, i haven't experienced it. it just helps me feel normal
Anno
oh yeah, and appetite it rouses my appetite and helps me eat without tearing my digestive system apart
Anno
>>399675 you might be able to save some money by switching to pipe tobacco instead of cigarettes idk about norway's prices, but here cigarettes are expensive af and it's a lot cheaper (and more enjoyable) to use a pipe and pipe tobacco like probably 80% cheaper
sk 🖤
I'm probably just gonna quit smoking outright after this pack I've got like 10 cigs left, and then I think I'm done
The IOC has agreed to allow North and South Korea to march under a Unification flag and for a joint womens hockey team to compete. 12 Northern and 23 Southern players will form the roster, but only 22 can be eligible to play each game of which at least 3 must be North Koreans. 10 other Northern atheltes were granted late
Anno
* entry exemptions for other events.
Densha Koitoko
half of my group believes there's some kind of homosexual conspiracy in hollywood
sk 🖤
Guess I'll watch the Godzilla anime movie
sk 🖤
I assume that should be "the newest Godzilla anime movie" but I'm not entirely sure if there is an older one
Densha Koitoko
just one more week with these
Anno
the knuckles thing has really become a normie meme fast it's fucking everywhere i can't get away from it
Anno
yeah it sucks
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
I wonder why is it even so popular shouldn't it get old quite fast?
Anno
Because it is dumb.
Kirara 🚗
racism is always popular unfortunately
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
I don't think that is particularly racist per se
Anno
>>399709 yeah it seems like it shouldn't be as popular as it videos are moderately funny at best everything else is forgettaho
Kirara 🚗
>>399712 the entire meme is making fun of Ugandans
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
>>399714 YEah but this does come up with is "comedy" racist
Kirara 🚗
it's not comedy though it's literally just using a deformed avatar of knuckles and spamming lines from a Ugandan movie with a sound board
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
>>399713 Yeah it is like 2 min vid of it, and 30 secs are funny and then it gets old
okay but using a deformed avatar for this is what makes it racist especially considering knuckles has always been portrayed as being a stupid tribal guy
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
Well not that I really care I doubt any ugandian would mind it that much or even uses that particular "game"
sk 🖤
An extremely liberal response to racism, actually
Talesof !NuKeSlvmWE
I wasn't even aware of the idea of knuckles being tribal relating to it at all. Hurray for being white and clueless.
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
Besides you might think something is racist towards X, but if X themselves doesn't come out shouting about it why should anyone care about your opinion? If the supposedly insulted or offended party doesn't care, why should you knight them?
sk 🖤
A lot of bigotry, most even, directly contributes to the target feeling deserving of it
"He's not being dense" Said SK about the literal densest /moe/
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
>liberalism is for racism SK 2018
Kirara 🚗
liberals are generally pretty racist
but ton is just being dense here not seeing tribal aesthetics isn't racist
Talesof !NuKeSlvmWE
Like I remember the tribal stuff for Knuckles' character but I didn't make the connection between the two
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
Fuck if I know shit about knuckles I prolly have seen more deformed versions of him the past week than actual depictions during my entire lifetime
Kirara 🚗
yeah there's literally a knuckles tribe and a bunch of the games have tikal who is a member along with knuckles and tikal has very overt tribal aesthetics
Talesof !NuKeSlvmWE
And all of them are dead. Except the knucks man
All you need to know about knuckles is he takes his job very seriously about protecting big gems and fails at it repeatedly.
Anno
and he doesn't chuckle
Kirara 🚗
the deformed knuckles thing isn't really funny but making it "Ugandan" just makes it racist
Kirara 🚗
(which is why the meme is most popular in conservative circles and appears frequently at conservative protests)
sk 🖤
there have been PROTESTS already where it shows up?
Talesof !NuKeSlvmWE
>conservative protests There we are that's why problems exist.
Kirara 🚗
>>399740 yeah, there was recently an anti-abortion protest where people had signs with that meme on them
sk 🖤
Wow what a fucking dork you gotta be to show up at an abortion thing with e meme
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
rather showing up with internet meme at any where rl
Talesof !NuKeSlvmWE
what a fuckin dork you gotta be to show up at an abortion thing*
Kirara 🚗
racism is bad
Kirara 🚗
in other news metal gear survive is so bad
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
Though some harmless internet meme on a most likely short lived vr internet chatboard game is pretty much just that I just hope it dies off as quickly as other normie memes >>399747 and surprised were?
Anno
what are some other normie memes i'm curious
Talesof !NuKeSlvmWE
Were you guys aware that Sachiko is fucking cute
Anno
i heard she has a cute penis from some fellas around town but i hadn't heard more than that
Kirara 🚗
>>399749 there's one where some cowboys shout at the sky and there's dabbing and nae nae I don't know too many of them
Anno
oh i fuckin saw that it's so dumb it's not even clever
Anno
we should have a normie day on /moe/ where we all roleplay as normies for a day
TN !PcAPtAiNJoKirara 🚗
happiness might be a normie meme
Talesof !NuKeSlvmWE
What even is a normie
Anno
>>399756 life, liberty, and the pursuit of a penis were his actual words transcribers weren't very good back then
Well that causes me mixed feelings as always but I know that's probably a good thing for parties involved.
Anno
kirara do you record your client interviews back in the early days of my transcribing junior clinicians would send in stuff like that to get transcribed and i did a few of them it was kind of creepy to peer in on others' mental health visits
Kirara 🚗
>>399766 yeah, all the intakes and therapy sessions get audio and visual recorded at the clinic im at
Anno
>>399712 >I don't think that is particularly racist per se wow
Anno
for all intensive purposes, i'm not a racist per say. i have many black friends. my mom even started dating a black guy, which i was weary about at first, but i found out that he likes anime so it's okay
Talesof !NuKeSlvmWE
What a coincidence My mom also dated a black man and starting spouting the n-word.
>>399804 both it helps with my pain, which seems to have gotten pretty severe in the past couple months, and it gives me an appetite and helps stabilize my mood so i don't lose my shit
>shock cavalry unit is noming on enemy archers >30 sec later after I gave them order to charge at enemy flank they are down 30 men dafug happened to it, that charge broke the enemy completely? maybe my own archers launched a volley at it or something
still one of the more amusing sights people in japanese armour operating an european galleon
sk 🖤
Can't say I understand why this movie's so loved
Maria
>>399823 When I tried Spirited Away as a kid I didn't get why people loved it either
Talesof !NuKeSlvmWE
It's a nice film
sk 🖤
It's a nice looking film with an interesting world and nothing to keep me interested
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
when you actually get siege weapons, the sieges become fun though unfair as fug especially combined with "My longbows outrange everything but +range longbows of your own on the walls"
Maria
I liked The Wind Rises
Anno
Knock out a random mf on the street? #8ball (100%) HELL YES
sk 🖤Densha Koitoko
nice
Kirara 🚗sk 🖤
hop fences jump over benches run
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
Hahaha I could just hit autoresolve and get it over with but I wanna make them bleed
I love this one Straight up tells the audience that shit's about to go south AND IT INVOLVES THEM TOO
sk 🖤
It's a weird panel
sk 🖤
I really respect the show for having an Ending, though Like there's a final conclusion to everything it's pretty good
Maria
ooooooooh this is a good one too
>>399840 It's funny how in the manga they're building up to a final battle and they're hyping it up and the next page is just ryo cut in half on the beach
sk 🖤
I think that's a good choice The author recognizing that the show already ended
Maria
>>399842 It didn't really need a final battle since there was no way he could have won anyway. It's more shocking to just show the outcome and it pushes the futility of it all
sk 🖤
It fits the overall feel of the story anyway
As the story progresses, a lot of things become a lot more clear, most importantly how completely irrelevant Akira is in it
Maria
>>399844 I really loved how like, you know you look at power rangers and you can ask "why not just send every monster at once instead of one at a time" And then they did it here by just sending a bunch of demons in at once and Akira can't do shit
>>399846 I thought it was like an army It probably works that way in at least one super sentai
sk 🖤
Don't the monsters appear by some sort of natural event in Power Rangers? I don't think it's like a group sending them out?
sk 🖤
I haven't seen much power rangers anyway... possibly none, so I dunno
Kirara 🚗
in power rangers, there's an evil queen that creates and sends monsters
sk 🖤
Huh
But yeah, it was pretty neat how they just sent in all the demons and it was abundantly clear how little of a difference Akira would ever make
sk 🖤
What the fuck was the deal with Xenon blowing up the office in the anime anyway? Seemingly came outta nowhere
Maria
>>399848 why doesn't she make like 10 monsters and send them all at once
sk 🖤
Maybe she's just impatient and goes for war of attrition since humans aren't gonna wipe her out anyway
Kirara 🚗
she rolls the gatcha as soon as she has enough for a single roll
So, I was connecting some dots and I found that one of the artists who did music on Nier's Unreleased tracks is someone I grab Comiket albums of. I somehow didn't notice it. Despite the very distinct voice and mood they bring out. But I guess I was on such a Nier high.
Anno
>>399633 (OP) Would you say this manga is worth reading? I have no idea what it's about.
Ko-Shi
...they don't have stuff on youtube, I guess. but it's Morrigan & Lily They did the Unreleased Emil They also had an album in C86 called Historias And one of the songs is called Automata's Dream I doubt this really has anything to do with Nier:A though.
>>399892 I wanted to read it in Japanese and I assumed my Japanese would get better but then my learning stalled because of exams and I didn't get around to it
baynge
hi moe
baynge
i just played terraria with my friends and it was fun and then we got bored the end
Anno
>>399896 How far in did you get? Did you beat the wall?
And with the least amount of first place votes in that section too
Yuu
>>399919 Yes, I am! My brain is busy turning over all of the stuff from the seminar too. I am the kind of person who needs to have stuff rolling around in my head for a day or two to really understand it.
>>399933 That's basically what I can hope for when it comes to her, really.
Yuu
>>399931 It wasn't really a pass/fail thing. All I had to do was exist. I'm good at doing that.
Anno
i like seminars and CEU things i'm doing a bunch of adwords certifications although that's not quite the same
Kirara 🚗
>>399930 Sorry, I don't know what I was going to say.
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
16 minutes in game time + reloads was tht so fun?
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
Also the retardosaurus bringer of end, alduin just got STUCK between those two pillars in the end and I just wabbajacked him to defeat in the end fucking... took like 30 dual cast 350% damage multiplier incinerations to kill him something like 60k raw damage some resistance.
Yuu
>>399937 I'm sure you were going to compliment my existing skills.
>>399942 I don't think so! My mind is kind of blank right now, though.
Yuu
It may be blank but I know what it was going to say!
Kirara 🚗
Just doesn't sound right to me.
baynge
last night at Enter Shikari my glasses fell into the mosh pit was interesting
baynge
they were my last backup pair i got lucky today with an optometrist appointment though so i have contacts on the way, and this sample pair should get me through until they get here
otherwise i'd be screwed! i can't function without my glasses
>>399965 Yeah, but you're also biased and don't know me well enough to read my mind! Just because my brain's foggy doesn't mean you can pull the wool over my eyes so easily.
Yuu
>>399966 What if I do know and you don't believe me?
Kirara 🚗
That sure would be a shame.
Yuu
Why is that a shame?
Kirara 🚗
It just seemed like you'd prefer I believe you, so I guess it'd be a shame if I didn't.
Yuu
That's true, yeah!
Kirara 🚗
So that's why I said it's a shame.
Yuu
Cleaning always makes dust and that always makes me snotty.
>>399976 >>399977 The current administration is moronic. I don't really feel like getting into a deep conversation right now. Inb4 every administration is moronic Because its never been this bad before
Kirara 🚗
>>399976 Sorry. I can't just believe you like that, especially when my brain's so foggy.
>>399979 Now's a time you should believe me then! Depend on me.
>>399978 I mean it shuts down like this literally every time. Then they pass like five stop-gap deals, screaming the whole time about how it is the other party's fault.
The Republicans did this every time with Obama, they stomped their feet and wouldn't let it pass and both parties screamed at each other. Now the shoe is on the other foot and the Democrats are doing it to Trump.
The only thing that surprises me is how the media can still act surprised with all the times we've seen this song and dance.
>>400018 I like gets but only if people are competing If people are competing for it then it's exciting because you gotta time it just right There's a whole meta game to it
>>400020 Actually you're right That was a shit Get bang you should be ashamed
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
>>400019 can you really congratulate a get when you spam to get it?
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
Hmm weird that the town has walls but no defensives
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
Oh wow both sing and ghost fish this early? I don't think they were chapters 3 and 4
TN !PcAPtAiNJo
Hmm I wonder will the anime have that lawless town I hope it will that is about best storyline in the manga so far
What if you get sick? Or if you need to hide your face?
Yuu
I don't get sick, and I never need to hide my face.
Kirara 🚗
What a nice life you have!
Yuu
Well, I have a pretty good immune system and a nice face.
Anno
I'm not sick often enough to have considered getting masks.
Kirara 🚗
My immune system used to be really strong, but it ended up getting destroyed. I never used to get sick until Fish died /// Teacup died wow wow that's a scary thing to mistype My head is just not working tonight
since /// until teacup died and i became an alcoholic
Yuu
Yeah, be careful!
Anno
>>400110 Not to entirely presume but I think the way your sleep went to tatters probably had a considerable impact on that too. Sleep deprivation can be really damaging to the immune system.
Kirara 🚗
Yeah. The depression, the lack of sleep, the drinking. I really did a number on myself. I don't get sick as often since I stopped drinking, though.
It's making my eyes itch too. This is some really bad dust!
Anno
A billionare here in Toronto and his wife were likely murdered together in December. An investigative team working for the family is working on the assumption it was a contracted killing.
I don't have a mask and the only goggles I have are swimming goggles! I can't see well with them on because they aren't prescription!
Anno
>>400123 They were found hanging in one account, "in an upright seated position on the floor" in another. I'm a little confused why there's different accounts; the actual incident happened a month ago. But both accounts seem to conclude that they were strangled by leather belts. Initial police theories seemed to be a murder-suicide, but there's evidence of both their wrists being tied together, like with zip ties, which makes things look more like a second party.
Yuu
Sometimes with a high profile crime, the police will release incorrect or inconsistent statements to the public, to weed out false information coming in. People who actually know about the event will know those details are wrong.
Kirara 🚗
Unfortunately, that practice makes witnesses even more unreliable than they already are.
>>400125 You are so unprepared. I hope you never have to deal with trouble!
>>400130 I deal with trouble all the time! I deal with trouble constantly!
Kirara 🚗
>>400133 You've never had to deal with real trouble if you've never had to hide your face!
Yuu
Why would I need to hide my face? I guess if I really really needed to hide my face, though, I have a heavy coat that straps across one's face.
Kirara 🚗
There are a lot of reasons someone might need to hide their face.
Anno
I guess it's good to already have access to something that can hide your face before the occasion happens and you need to go out into public to get some.
But for me my face is hardly my most distinguishing feature.
Like someone could be looking for you or you could want to avoid being caught properly on camera.
Yuu
>>400140 Why would I not want to be seen on a camera?
Who would be looking for me that I want to hide from?
Kirara 🚗
People can track you or prove you were somewhere if they can identify you on camera. It helps protect against facial identification software, too, although there's some software that can manage a match with just the area around your eyes now.
How should I know? Maybe someone could want you gone or want information or something.
Yuu
>>400143 I've never been in a position to care if a camera sees me or not!
Kirara 🚗
Yeah, you've never really been in trouble!
Yuu
I deal with lots of trouble all the time!
Kirara 🚗
Oh yeah? Like what?
Yuu
You know, stuff!
Kirara 🚗
Bad traffic doesn't count.
Yuu
I just deal with trouble head on!
Kirara 🚗
Yeah, it's easy to do that when you've got banal normie troubles.
Yuu
When you're the strongest it doesn't matter who sees your face.
Kirara 🚗
How chuuni!
Yuu
It's true, though! I've never needed to hide my face!
Kirara 🚗
Because you've never been in big trouble!
Yuu
I'm sure I've been in big trouble before.
Kirara 🚗
No way. You've probably been shot at less than two times in your entire life.
Yuu
I've never been shot at. Why would anyone shoot at me?
Kirara 🚗
Why would anyone shoot at me?
Anno
Why would anyone shoot at me?
Yuu
I don't know, I think you should avoid people who might shoot at you.
Kirara 🚗
Sometimes you're avoiding them because they might shoot at you and that's when they shoot at you.
I still remember that line, dunno who said it though >liutenant, I think I am hearing that famous "screeching sound from above" >"company halt" >look of utter terror on his face >TAKE COVER someone had fucked up a few schedulding memoes apparently
FormerRei@mobile
Wow D&D was really really bad tonight DM is such a fucking jackass
FormerRei@mobile
Anyone else having errors when they try to go on mangaupdates?
It feels like I've got a bit of food stuck between two teeth and it's driving me crazy. I'm pretty sure it's just a bit of swollen gum but it's not letting up.
Something made a weird sound outside oh no it made it again it sounds like the Eva screaming in the second movie that's probably not a good thing
Maria
>>400303 are you talking about the ramiel scream cuz ackshually that was in the first rebuild
Yuu
And it sounds like all the dogs within a mile are barking so it's probably not just me. But I think I will not investigate this one, somethings you're better off not knowing.
>>400317 It feels like to me that I've just gotten better and better at it. Started pulling all nighters when I was in high school and that kind of messed up my circadian rhythms more and more until I ended up being able to sleep whenever.
And then I started getting older and that started shrinking back down. Nowadays I can do twenty-four to six before I start getting so tired I can't think straight.
Samu 😉 !KW2DbpWwls
haha I’m also pretty good at pulling an all nighter it’s a skill a terrible skill
Anno
It's nice to have when it's needed. But it's also terrible to have when you don't want it. And you get one of those nights where it's "oh I guess I'm getting shit for sleep tonight".
Samu 😉 !KW2DbpWwls
that is true
sk 🖤
Allnighters are easy The following day is the hard part
Anno
For a lot of people, especially those who've never or rarely left a proper sleeping cycle, they really aren't. They hit that seventeen or eighteen hours of being awake and their body is so drop-dead-tired that it's pretty much useless to keep them awake much longer.
sk 🖤
They can just chug coffee though, right?
Though I do wish I was still a kid and even the following day wasn't a problem
Anno
Some people swear off coffee, for some it might not have the desired effect.
Also I'm going to go full "no true Scotsman" here and say I was talking about people that don't -that aren't reaching for outside assistance when I said they aren't easy for everyone.
sk 🖤
That's fair I guess it gets harder over time, too
sk 🖤
I love this shtick in american cop shows where the different departments are like, competing firms essentially "This is OUR case!"
Like dude I like NONE of you, but you'd be a hell of a lot smarter if you worked together instead of structurally being in competition with each other all the fuckin' time, only helping when legally required to
Samu 😉 !KW2DbpWwls
🙄
Anno
I'd look like too if I had some weird guy winking at me
Samu 😉 !KW2DbpWwls
Wowwww
Anno
I'd look like that*
Samu 🦀 !KW2DbpWwls
crab
Anno
Kani kani
Samu 🦀 !KW2DbpWwls
delicious
Maria
>>400331 >not letting the other departments handle it so you can eat donuts at the station smh they aren't living life correctly
Writing these essay questions out is going to be a challenge. I don't know what to do for two of them... But at least I can get past the initial question of >Introduce yourself and why you think you are good for this position
sk 🖤FormerRei@mobile
Ohio
FormerRei@mobile
Hey ToN, you see the Kentucky game last night?
Ko-Shi
I wonder how long it took to farm the candy corn for that bird
>>400389 are you caught up on super? i was just about to watch this week's
sk 🖤
I'm way behind I haven't watched anything since uh, 18 booted that magical love girl out the arena
Anno
that was a good episode
sk 🖤
It was a lot of fun
Anno
she was jealous af 18 is such a cool character
Anno
we're gettin to the big jiren fights now if you think you'll catch up any time soon i can wait
sk 🖤
I might watch some tomorrow But I wouldn't wait, cause I dunno how long it'll take
Anno
dude check this job listing out https://stlouis.craigslist.org/wri/d/writer-st-louis-guidebook/6452445633.html
sk 🖤
That's pretty cool You gonna try to get it?
Anno
nah st louis has a very rich underground culture and i'm not too much of a socialite i wouldn't be able to write anything useful for visitors
Anno
rich as in diverse, like a rich tapestry of culture not wealthy rich it's neat though, most of st louis is built around free entertainment there's free concerts, free art museums/zoos/events, jazz and blues festivals it's a cool city
sk 🖤
Well are tourist brochures ever really for that sort of crowd? They want people who come to drop money, so the underground scene isn't really that relevant I think
Anno
i think it's more about being a knowledge resource and having web/app traffic or something
Anno
There's usually more things of bagels in our breadbasket than actual things of bread. Yet we still persist in calling it the breadbasket.
Kirara 🚗Ko-Shi
Knock knock no one is home inside this chest nothing but bones
Ko-Shi
'naught' would be better
Gotta plan an escape
Anno
GOT TO ESCAPE FROM THE CITY
Ko-Shi
If I make this work, I really will escape this city
Kirara 🚗
What are you trying to do?
Ko-Shi
Getting a better job
Anno
Decided you're pretty dissatisfied with the transit work, eh.
Ko-Shi
The possibility of $49.8/hr not destroying my body factored well into that decision.
Anno
Yeah, can't knock that. What sort of job you looking at?
Ko-Shi
card designer
Anno
Like for one of your CHILDREN'S CARD GAMES?
Ko-Shi
No, Hallmark. Of course, one of my children's card games Wizards of the Coast is doing their Reality TV-show style internship hiring again. I want to make magic cards.
Kirara 🚗
Hallmark is a pretty hard gig to get.
Anno
>>400418 >doing their Reality TV-show style internship hiring again. Explain this concept as if someone had never heard of or seen it before. Because I haven't.
Ko-Shi
The Great Designer Search 3. As it has only been done twice before in all of Magic's lifetime. They send out this essay question list for you to answer. Then a quiz on some magic stuff, which is likely going to be very difficult to process game states.
Then they pick like 10 or so people. And Mark Rosewater gives you design prompts. You have like 2 days to make a card based on the prompt. After the 2 days, he shows all the designs made and talks about how he feels about them in an article. Then he eliminates one of them. Rinse, repeat until you're down to the last person. Although, I think during GDS2, the finalists were so good that BOTH got hired.
Kirara 🚗
Wow, good luck.
Anno
>>400421 That sounds pretty exciting. You think you've got the Magic knowwhat to get into the ten?
Ko-Shi
Yes. I definitely do. I've also made, tested, and prototyped my own card games and other people's card games. So I've got the ~indie experience~ >but did you ship shut up, self doubt I can do it. The hardest part is going to be the first two steps.
ToN
make a cute girl for me blue
Kirara 🚗
When do you get to take the essays?
Ko-Shi
I'm doing the essays now. Sorta. It's more like I'm trying to formulate them. But I have the essay questions. I need to give 250-350 word responses to 10 different questions. So I'm looking at 2.5k-3.5k words to throw out. I'm just outlining thoughts at this point. Some of these questions are hard to answer. They're very simple questions but they aren't easy when i think about them
Kirara 🚗
How long do you have?
Ko-Shi
... .............................................. holy shit Excuse me, I.. have a lot to write.
ToN
im enjoying the fact that pan is in the same building as me right now >>400429 get to work
>You may submit your answers at any time, but submissions received later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Sunday, January 21 will not be accepted.
I WAS GETTING DRESSED TO GO GET TACOS AND CELEBRATE MY FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY I JUST MARKED MYSELF AS GOING LIKE FIVE MINUTES AGO BECAUSE I'M FLAKY AND CAN'T COMMIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE
*AS YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE*
Anno
Oh no.
Kirara 🚗
I'm surprised you didn't check the deadline before I asked.
Ko-Shi
I mixed my deadlines up[
ToN
do you think eating an entire pizza yesterday would-no thats not it ive been like this since like friday but ive been flush with a mild headache for a few days
Ko-Shi
Shoutout to my good friend who is also participating that said to me >I thought the deadline was this weekend to which i replied >lol nah and neither of us went back to check (or he might have and just didn't tell me)
Kirara 🚗
It's time to let your passion burn and write out a couple thousand words.
Anno
It feels like the universe arranges itself to make your life as much poetic irony as possible. This must be your Stand.
Ko-Shi
this whole time I was thinking "shit, I have to get this stuff done before Thursday or else it'll cut into both Global Game Jam AND my first day of non-training work which is Saturday night/Sunday morning" but I guess I don't have to worry about that anymore. whoops
ToN
im legally obligated to yell at ypu for posting foom so there but now enjoy your essays
Kirara 🚗
>>400445 I'm sure you can work it out. Will you need any help with proof reading or anything?
sk 🖤
The subs for The Wire keep using the hard R n-word
Ko-Shi
>>400447 Maybe. We will see when I get these words out.
Kirara 🚗
>>400449 Well, I'm probably going to bed sometime between 11 and 1, so let me know if I can help if I'm awake.
sk 🖤
It's an overalll good show though It's supposedly one of the more realistic cop shows out there, too, I think?
Anno
i am also around if you need proofreading or anything just holler i am in recruiting now so maybe i could be helpful
Ko-Shi
tHANKS human beings we shall see what happens
sk 🖤
Sometimes I like, open my jaw and in my ear there's this CRK sound And then it feels like I'm bleeding, but there's no blood I wonder what that's about
There's also like, a persistent itching in there, my left ear is fucked man
Kirara 🚗
>>400454 living is a team sport or rather surviving is
>>400455 I get that when I yawn sometimes. My dentist told me not to worry about it but it can be really painful sometimes.
sk 🖤
The Wire
Kirara 🚗
I've never watched it.
I've been watching Supernatural. It's really good.
Ko-Shi
>The top eight will then participate in five design challenges, from which we will chose the top three finalists who will travel to Wizards to compete in the Live Challenge. ah, so it's 8 not 10 but more importantly... I actually have to go there.
Kirara 🚗
Just Jimmy Neutron the live part.
Ko-ShiKirara 🚗
Where and when would the live thing be? Can you get those days off in advance?
YuuKirara 🚗sk 🖤Ko-Shi
Ah, I see. It was my fault. He was finished by Wednesday. And he messaged me on Friday to see how I was doing. What a thoughtful guy. >>400462 lol I don't know I probably won't be able to. I don't get proper vacation days until May... I'm going to have to see if I can stack overtime as saved hours rather than pay. That OTO system will have to be used very effectively
FormerRei@mobile
Good luck nerd
FormerRei@mobile
I actually thought the deadline was a while ago.
FormerRei@mobile
If you have any magic questions I can answer shoot me an email. Or post it here. Cause I m a bit more current than you. Although I have no idea what the essay questions are like.
FormerRei@mobile
Awoo~
ToN
is that a fucking furry
FormerRei@mobile
A little bit, the premise is that she's a sacred fox disguising herself as a human to go to highschool. But she sucks at transforming. Basically everyone under 20 or so sees her like that and everyone else sees her as a normal human. Oh and she looks completely human in pictures.
Ko-Shi
>>400469 These aren't questions that require much Magic knowledge. Just experience playing the game and a view from your design lens.
FormerRei@mobile
Okay, really by "knowledge" I meant keywords and mechanics.
Ko-Shi
Ah, then grab some interesting keyword mechanics from the last two sets. I barely followed Amonkhet and Kaladesh I'm going to need that for two questions Yeah, blocks sorry.
bayngeFormerRei@mobile
>>400475 Enrage Oh you meant blocks? Cause the last two sets are ixalan block.
FormerRei@mobile
Amonkhet had Afflict Which is Afflict N : when this creature is attacked and blocked the defending player loses N life
Ko-Shi
>You have the ability to change any one thing about Magic. What do you change and why? I WOULD SWAP "BLOCK" AND "SET" BECAUSE I KEEP DOING IT
The only thing that I'd really want to "return to" is the old school combat calculation where damage goes on the stack And can be reacted to.
FormerRei@mobile
Also planeswalkers ate legendary now.
FormerRei@mobile
*are
Yuu
!
FormerRei@mobile
>>400482 I'd actually be okay with that. There's a card in particular right now that would maybe Nvm
FormerRei@mobile
Well really that wouldn't change too much because damage is exclusively caused by things that go on the stack, or can be responded to. Triggered abilities, activated abilities, combat and spells.
Anyways it had externalize and embalm And brought back cycling Gonna copy and paste those in a sex *sec
FormerRei@mobile
702.127a: Embalm is an activated ability that functions while the card with embalm is in a graveyard. "Embalm [cost]" means "[Cost], Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of this card, except it's white, it has no mana cost, and it's a Zombie in addition to its other types. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."
FormerRei@mobile
702.128a: Eternalize is an activated ability that functions while the card with eternalize is in a graveyard. "Eternalize [cost]" means "[Cost], Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of this card, except it's black, it's 4/4, it has no mana cost, and it's a Zombie in addition to its other types. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."
FormerRei@mobile
There is also a card that does something very similar to eternalize but has a huge difference in how it affects the game. I honestly think looking at this card and contrasting it with eternalize would "really make you think"
bayngeFormerRei@mobile
Primarily in the context of standard. I can point out the difference if you want but I prefer to leave it as an exercise.
FormerRei@mobile
Kaladesh added a mechanic that is the closest we will (probably) ever get to a new color of mana being added.
>>400498 Contest to find new people to design magic the gathering cards.
FormerRei@mobile
The mechanic is called Energy, you (the player) get energy counters which you may expend to activate abilities of cards.
FormerRei@mobile
It also added vehicles 702.121a: Crew is an activated ability of Vehicle cards. "Crew N" means "Tap any number of untapped creatures you control with total power N or greater: This permanent becomes an artifact creature until end of turn."
So these cards hhave ppower aand ttoughness pprinted oon tthem But aren't ccreatures uuntil tthey aare ccrewed. There are aalso ccards wwith aalternate ccrew ccosts.
Ko-Shi
Okay, that's fine enough. I can pick from those if I need to. The favorite/least favorite questions are killing me right now.
FormerRei@mobile
Revolt is also a very interesting mechanic so I'd like to include that.
FormerRei@mobile
Mari *MaRo Considers it to be a failure though Revolt is an ability word, introduced in Aether Revolt, which signals that a spell or ability has different effects, additional effects, or may only be used if a permanent you controlled left the battlefield earlier in the same turn.
FormerRei@mobile
This uncommon goes for like $8
FormerRei@mobile
Also I wpuld check the rules very closely because Kaladesh is the oldest of three blocks in standard. The newest is ixalan.
You know what'd be nice? If that new GuP movie got ripped
sk 🖤FormerRei@mobile
>>400515 You could buy it and rip it yourself. Shipping to nz from japan should be cheaper than shipping it to the US or Europe.
Maria
>>400517 I'm not even sure it's out of cinemas yet
FormerRei@mobile
Oh nvm
Yuu
The last GuP movie was good so I bet this one will be good too.
sk 🖤
Or Yuru Yuri
I just want another comfy show really
Maria
>>400520 It was so, so good I love that they had all the schools team up that was cute
>>400521 I'd like a Yuru Yuri season 4 but I'm not greedy enough to think that we need it Like we already got 3 seasons and 2 ovas, I can't complain too hard about that
There's probably 20 comfy anime you've just never seen
baynge
>>400521 there's plenty of new comfy shows usually a few every season you just have to watch them
Yuu
Yuru Camp has proven itself to be extremely comfy.
baynge
tiny ramen
sk 🖤
It's just not the same kind of comfy
FormerRei@mobile
It would be nice if the Char gag manga got an anime.
baynge
it would be nice if bang took a really big nap
FormerRei@mobile
I'd like to do that as well, but i probably couldn't fall asleep. And also that would mess up my sleep schedule that ive almost fixed.
sk 🖤
Maybe I'm just burned out on anime I remember when I watched a ton of shows every season, now I watch maybe one or two depending on the season
>>400530 You don't have to watch seasonal anime y'know These days I look at the seasonal charts and while it's not terrible, I just feel like my time would be better spent watching something I already know is good Why watch a 6/10 show when I could watch an 8/10
sk 🖤
Nah but I used to And now I'm mostly nostalgic for the old shows I loved
sk 🖤
I wanna get through the Ghibli movies too, some day But I watched Spirited Away, and since that's generally seen as in the top tier of them, I'm not too hopeful about the rest
FormerRei@mobile
Nah Most of them are just as good If not better
FormerRei@mobile
Mononoke Home is really good Naussica is really good Raputa is good Tomato no Totoro is decent Porco Rossi is pretty good *Rosso Oonto is pretty good *Ponyo WTF
sk 🖤
Mononoke was real good
FormerRei@mobile
Howl's Moving Castle is pretty good Kiki's Delivery Service is pretty good
sk 🖤
I guess there's not a whole ton I haven't seen
FormerRei@mobile
Don't think I've seen any of their others
sk 🖤
Wasn't there one with like, a gigantic mecha spider mountain, too? That one was alright
FormerRei@mobile
Probably Nausicaa
FormerRei@mobile
Anyways there's a bunch more The Cat Returns The Wind Rises Whisper of the Heart Grave of the Fireflies Pom Poko Arriety Earthsea My Neighbors the Yamadas ...
Maria
Wind Rises was pretty good
FormerRei@mobile
Although I cannot vouch fir the quality of all of those as I have not seen them.
Maria
I actually got gifted the DVD for Earthsea from a friend I didn't even finish it The art *The art in it is really good though
FormerRei@mobile
Also Reminder that Hideaki Anno was an animator for Nausicaa and was entrusted with several of the most difficult scenes by Miyazaki.
FormerRei@mobile
Ooh I thought of a good idea for a doujin to publish at comiket. It takes place in 2050 and is about an otaku who stabs a terminally ill Hideaki Anno to death. As revenge for the fourth rebuild movie never being finished. The murderer would be about 70.
sk 🖤
Mecha show by Hideaki Anno Character design by Ume-sensei
FormerRei@mobile
I don't think she'd fall for that.
FormerRei@mobile
She learned her lesson with Urobuchi.
Ko-Shi
guys i just want you all to know that I haven't hated myself, time, words, existence, or anything else this much in a long time
>>400563 Was that a joke or something someone seriously thought
FormerRei@mobile
Both
sk 🖤
Kill la Kill is more mecha than Madoka tbh
FormerRei@mobile
Are you sure?
Maria
Kill la Kill involves people becoming more powerful because of the clothes that they wear, their "suits"
>>400570 By this logic everyone is a mecha since we're all just brains piloting bodies In fact since the madoka souls are outside their bodies they're more like remote controlled robots
FormerRei@mobile
Okay But in madoka their souls are outside of their bodies piloting their inorganic shells.
sk 🖤
It also has actual mechs they use for a short period
FormerRei@mobile
>>400569 They actually have to touching or within a few mm of the soul gem.
Maria
It's like, technically you might be right but I'm gonna call you a dumbass anyway
FormerRei@mobile
It's not my argument. I'll find the thread within a few minutes.
Ko-ShiFormerRei@mobile
Can't find the thread on fireeden. I might have screencaps from it on my old laptop's back up.
FormerRei@mobile
The premise of the thread was that op's roommate who "only watches mecha anime" recently watched Madoka And that "we all know that Madoka isn't a mecha anime, but now tell me how it is a mecha anime" It was really funny
Kirara 🚗Anno
Do you want a genki girl to stalk you to your campsite and bring a basket full of things for hotpot?
I'm feeling a little under the weather. I hope it's not the flu.
Anno
Apparently the flu's been real bad this year. I haven't noticed in particular though.
Yuu
Yeah, the flu has been insane this year. I heard it was a combination of this year's strain being strong and this year's shot being weak. I believe a few places have declared flu emergencies.
Kirara 🚗
It's crazy stuff.
Anno
I've been sleeping a lot lately and my mother asked if I was feeling fluezy because of it. But I feel fine more -feel fine physically, more or less. It's probably just usual headfuckery messing with my will to be awake.
Kirara 🚗
I'm hoping I don't get sick. I don't know anyone with the flu, luckily. I don't think it's around here yet.
Ko-Shi
250-350 words doesn't sound like a lot. But for some of these questions, it really is. I am too used to being restricted by characters lol
Anno
It's an average amount of words for a twelve-point font, double spaced, on a generic word processor page. It doesn't really seem like a lot of words until you have to fill the page.
Yuu
i really do not need the flu.
Ko-Shi
You know what I'd love? Having one more day. You know what I don't have? One more day. ahhh
Ko-Shi
Question 7 makes me want to quit altogether honestly >7. What Magic mechanic most deserves a second chance (aka which had the worst first introduction compared to its potential)? It has legitimately been too long for me since I last played to have a good opinion of this.
FormerRei@mobile
Storm
FormerRei@mobile
The real answer is ninjutsu though.
FormerRei@mobile
Or split second
FormerRei@mobile
Would it help you if I listed some that don't deserve a second chance?
Ko-Shi
I thought of Split Second but I really don't think it deserves a second chance
Ko-Shi
Dredge doesn't deserve a second chance
FormerRei@mobile
It got its second chance when golgari grave troll was unbanned in modern. It was banned again
Kirara 🚗
bushido
FormerRei@mobile
>>400601 That's actually what I meant when I said ninjutsu.
Did it? I mean, it's lame and boring, so I guess that's good.
FormerRei@mobile
>>400610 Infect Which is literally just wither + poison
Kirara 🚗
yeah, infect, that was it man i fucking hated that my friend had an infect deck and i always had to include cards to help deal with that shit because it's so easy to kill someone with it
Ko-Shi
Wither but worser
FormerRei@mobile
I'd like to see prowess go
Ko-Shi
>Regenerate isn't evergreen well shit, I hjust lost like 100 words
>>400624 yeah i // it wasn't around when i was playing i stopped after the end of the mirrodin block when phyrexia won
Ko-Shi
If Prowess is up there, then I have little problem using Battle Cry as my add but no clue what to removes this really hurts
FormerRei@mobile
No For your add Do frenzy
FormerRei@mobile
Wait no Remove prowess It's dumb
FormerRei@mobile
Actually though, transmute is really interesting And battalion
Ko-Shi
>>400629 Oh yeah, I KNEW there was an ability that did this. >>400633 TWO Sliver and GARBAGE ELEMENTAL
FormerRei@mobile
>>400632 Literally one card has it And technically it hasn't been printed yet
FormerRei@mobile
>>400632 Garbage elemental doesn't count, its silver bordered
Ko-Shi
As long as it is a card, it counts. Last GDS they had to design an un-set card
FormerRei@mobile
Okay then I guess I have to include unmechanical for what deserves a second chance
Ko-Shi
THIRD STRIKE DOES NOT DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE
FormerRei@mobile
Actually it's called last strike
FormerRei@mobile
Anyways, just a second deserves a second chance
FormerRei@mobile
The only mechanic that prevents you from activating mana abilities.
FormerRei@mobile
Well, most anyways
FormerRei@mobile
Oh wait Haunt
FormerRei@mobile
Or Cipher Cipher actually could've been better
Ko-Shi
Maybe I really should just stop
FormerRei@mobile
How much fo you have left?
FormerRei@mobile
It's due at 12pm pacific time So you still have six hours
Ko-Shi
Four questions are blank. Er, five, since Regenerate isn't evergreen And four others are only half done hmm, I'll keep going for now
FormerRei@mobile
Out of?
Kirara 🚗
>>400644 Don't bitch out here, man. You stop, you'll regret it. Worst that happens if you keep going is that you don't finish it in time. Trying and failing is better than failing because you quit. You can do this.
FormerRei@mobile
Honestly Hexproof is a good nominee for removal from evergreen
Ko-Shi
Well, let's try not to use all the time. words words words
FormerRei@mobile
I really hate this guy sometimes.
Kirara 🚗
Use as much time as you can if you need to. Maybe finish it quick and then go back and expand on everything for the res tof the time.
Ko-Shi
>>400653 that's what I'm thinking but it's really hard to spitfire some of these >>400652 >Haunt It had a good run
Also a few weeks ago my friends and I played shiritori but with ability words and keywords We had to stop because there aren't enough that start with e After that we just did back and fourth naming
Wow I just noticed a flaw in the rulings for mindslaver
If someone else uses a "take control of target player" effect on you, Err "during their next turn" as long as you activate your mindslaver before your next turn then you would have nullified their take control effect.
Ko-Shi
oh, Regenerate is an evergreen But it's an evergreen keyword "action", not "ability". But they don't specify here. They just say evergreen "mechanics" so either fits. This wiki separated them though
Or maybe he's like really chill or something I don't know
Kirara 🚗
He's just kind of stupid. He probably never thought anything of it.
Apparently he went to a doctor for the acne and they're just treating the acne now.
FormerRei@mobile
I'd assume he's short.
Kirara 🚗
That'd make sense, but he's like 6'1". Last time I saw him, at least.
A few months ago, someone told me he started growing taller again but I didn't believe it. But now he's suddenly hitting puberty at 21? The growing taller suddenly sounds feasible, but it's so bizarre. I can't really wrap my head around it.
My first idea was that he had some kind of partial puberty that got stopped somehow and then a second puberty was triggered by maybe steroids or something.
FormerRei@mobile
Probably some hormonal hyposensitivity.
FormerRei@mobile
Like androgen insensitivity
Kirara 🚗
I'm not sure. It's weird that the doctors haven't tried to figure out why he's suddenly getting all of this stuff.
FormerRei@mobile
Honestly I think his symptoms might be more common than the no puberty and no growthspurt type.
Kirara 🚗
I'm not sure. The circumstances seem pretty unusual. Such a late puberty is uncommon, and I think a partial puberty is pretty uncommon, too.
FormerRei@mobile
I consider it quite a bit less weird that he never thought about getting checked out though.
FormerRei@mobile
Cause he's not a midget Which is generally the thing that really bothers people with delayed onset puberty
bayngeKirara 🚗
I'm wondering if he has Kallmann syndrome or something. He's also got a poor sense of smell. But it's a genetic disorder so you'd think there'd be some awareness of it since people with it usually need to be treated throughout their lives. His mom is adopted, though.
>>400700 >His mom is adopted Mystery solved I guess
Kirara 🚗
He's really a weird kid.
But he's an asshole so I don't really mind if he ends up covered in acne. He makes like $30k every summer by scamming old people into buying bad security systems. 20k*