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a bit hostile...

and that's like, a nice thing to do. its not the only thing, it won't fix the world, but its nice. I won't say I'm truly good at it but I'd like to try

but there's also something about us that can recognize and lament that. something that can still bring beautiful kindness and joy into the world. I don't think its like a sophisticated ideology, but I guess I realized that you can make things that are just like, an expression of joy and happiness

"friendly" was kind of just a silly thing I started saying because it made me smile. but it caught on with my friends so I started to think about it more seriously. basically the world is kind of dog shit. it was dog shit before any of us existed. there's something about us that's dog shit...

this site loves to kill and murder pixel art gifs

friendly wanderer

During lunch I decided to do a Sunny Funny chalk drawing outside the library and security got called on me

I drew these a while ago but never posted

can't control / can't reach

you have to become more friendly

I always remember his lets play of cat planet really fondly. I'm glad he's still around and still playing your games.

I have also technically been at it for years but spent most of that time falling off... But I really want to lock in too! I made better progress last year but I'm still not seeing the kind of improvement I want, so I think its time to reassess my approach a bit. Thanks again for the advice!

I have put off mining/anki because Wanikani is already an SRS, but it's problem is it teaches vocab to reinforce kanji memorization, not for commonality/usefulness. And I bought lifetime years ago so I feel inclined to stick with it, but I definitely need to do more immersion

Thanks so much for the tips! I have done a bit of immersion but struggled a bit. Audio can feel like a blanket of white noise and text is a little better but not recognizing kanji can be frustrating bc I cant "read it aloud" in my head. Even worse for images where I can't copy and search

when in the penultimate episode dr friendly diagnosed tonys love language as gift giving that felt like such a validation of tonys coping mechanisms and was the kind of personal healing i needed .. i was surprised tony didnt feel seen because i sure did

i ADORE in the lovepranos when tony loveprano and his jolly associates are always asking other heartalians “what part of the love you from?” and they get a shared cultural identity moment .. i just wish he didnt use his culture as a cudgel to beat down less privileged ethnicities 😨

2026 we're going to embrace 'friendly'

Out of curiosity can I ask how you studied starting out? I've been doing wanikani and a bit of bunpro but fell off the latter recently cos it's hard to keep up with both. I've definitely noticed progress in the amount of kanji/words I recognize but my overall comprehension is pretty terrible.

Just a heads up, in my rush to acquire hot sauce miku I fucked up my shipping address and had to email you a correction. Sorry for the confusion while you're trying to rush these out

Jester #GUMI

a three panel sketch of the character sinkdog (originally by daleport996) laying on a cluttered, filthy counter. she's surrounded by dirty dishes, and her basin is full of dishes and dirty dishwater, which trickles out as she sits up on her elbows, looking exhausted. in the next panel she is throwing a dish and leaning forward, causing her contents to come crashing out of her onto the floor. in the third panel she's standing, tethered to the counter by a drainpipe, looking at the shattered mess of dirty dishes and dishwater spattered on the floor. the remnants of her basin pour down her legs. the sink in a disabled household is a constant source of stress and yuckiness and i wanted to make some sinkdog fanart with that bit of pain in it. we don't usually see her all gross and dirty and miserable. someone on tumblr talked about how sinkdog is kinda cathartic because you scoop all the yucky parts out of the girl to make her into an object of cleanliness (and how it's ironic because she's kink art) and it had me thinking about how sinks are also yucky. feeling like even if you scrape yourself hollow, girlhood can still feel dirty. inescapable. plus the torment that you'll never be really done doing dishes because more dirty dishes are produced daily haha

one must imagine sisyphus

The last three I mentioned are rhythm and are worth checking out. Stray Children is the sequel to the game that inspired undertale. Angeline Era is a playful but challenging action game. Demon School is a tactics/strategy game with a persona like setting

unfortunately not what I'm interested in so I don't have specific suggestions, but if you give the occasional shot on something short but satisfying you might be surprised at what you like

I guess I've spent like half my life tuning into indie games so it sounds crazy to me people are tuned out, but I promise if you take the time to start following smaller creators and are open to new and different experiences, you will find cool video games.

And there are so many less popular or niche ones you didn't mention. Unbeatable, Rift of the Necrodancer, and Rhythm Doctor are hree insane rhythm games that all came our near the end of the year. Stray Children, Angeline Era, Demon School. Im actually overwhelmed daily with games to play

call me a tall glass of nothing the way I'm empty inside

flier

come at meaning sideways like evening rays across the windowsil, like reading tarot or drawing constilations, all it ever meant is what you brought to it