Posts made by Auspice

@Ominous said in Cheap or Free Games!:

Have you successfully explored the entire galaxy in Elite: Dangerous?

@TheOnceler said in Arx Alts:

It's a confusing dynamic.

Edit: I'm reminded of the time I apped a Malkavian with disassociative identity disorder and after approval I shared his login with two of my friends and we'd all play him.

I've debated doing that before. Then leave notes that are cryptic clues as to what the character did.

Though with how common logging is on many games now it'd not be as fun to do the latter part....

I would've started watching the Witcher sooner if someone had told me how hilariously corny it was. Y'all buried the lede.

So I've been watching Schitt's Creek at the recommendation of a friend and omg. thank you Levys for a good depiction of bi characters.

@Darinelle said in Arx Alts:

300 FUCKING @MAILS?!

it took me far too long to realize there's no timeout on @mails.
Now I have to remind myself to go through and delete them sometimes.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (on top of my major depressive) + stress knowing I'll be unemployed come the 10th = even my 'no touchy' ass could really use a hug today.

I half wanna be anti-social af and half want someone to be here keeping me company. Ugh.

I finished the book and...

***=some thoughts to follow***

I am actually short 17 colors for this project. Bah!

Good thing floss is cheap.

2 boxes (and part of a 3rd) of floss and I don't have the one color of DMC I need.

brb flipping tables

@Tyche said in MSBBC: Jan - Jurassic Park:

It's a great novel and worth every penny.
Seriously buy it, don't steal it off some pirate site.

I share it for the sake of finances. Books are cheap, but the cost of a book is also (depending on if you buy used or new) a quarter or half a tank of gas. And I've been in places when that makes a difference.

I play Teagan and Ephrath. So anti-social and social-but-shy.

@Aria said in Good or New Movies Review:

@Auspice said in Good or New Movies Review:

I think one of the few cases in recent years where a company truly made strides as opposed to 'just slap a rainbow on it and make us some $$$' was Target. Because they took a holistic approach to inclusivity. You can find cards at a Target specifically for gay or lesbian relationships, not just 'eh, put some neutral cards out; those will work' type stuff. They acknowledged 'A wife may want a card for her wife' or 'People may want to wish both grooms congratulations' and saw it through.

I think, for a lot of people, that's the sort of thing they want to see. Sure, it's fun to have rainbow mouse ears if you go to Disney, but if that's all they have to offer, it sort of stings too to know that it wasn't worth the effort of putting any more thought into it than 'rainbow stuff = $$$'

As someone who spent years working in marketing organizations, the inclusivity of Target's advertisements was a big deal in the industry. Like, even though I worked at pharmaceutical and financial companies for ten years, it was pretty standard for Target to drop their Christmas toy catalog and find copies of it floating around my office within a few days, with every page that depicted people with physical disabilities, interracial relationships, a nod to their ethnicity, plus sized models, or families headed by same-sex couples with their pages turned down for people to look at -- and not just to steal ideas, but because they honestly enjoyed looking at the catalog.

Honestly, it's probably one of the most wholesome things I've ever seen in a business context because people wanted to improve our advertisements not just for the $$$, but because they were sincerely emotional every time one of their coworkers got all worked up and excited about seeing someone in that book that looked like them and their family. And if you do that enough, it stops feeling like a throwaway and starts looking like real life.

In the same vein, when Aerie/AE made their announcement that they would no longer photoshop their models... their catalogs looked twenty times better. Like, GASP, you could see belly rolls on girls sitting (damn near everyone's belly folds when they sit, it's anatomy, but teenage me thought differently due to models in advertising), you see girls covered in FRECKLES (fuck the people in the advertising industry who thought freckles were bad and began THAT trend), and even larger girls. I absolutely make Aerie/AE one of my stops when I need to shop for new stuff.

(The pants I am wearing rn are actually from them and they are black/red plaid and my favorite pants.)

@Testament said in This is 2020:

Which is seriously going to impact my mixology hobby.

I was looking at cross-stitch designs yesterday and saw a few that made me think of you, re: mixology.
If you or your girlfriend cross-stitch (or want to learn!) lemme know and I'll dig up the link again.

@Aria said in This is 2020:

Pet more dogs.
Use my fucking bullet journal.
Buy less, and also get rid of, crap I don't need.

These are all v worthy.
Also feel free to message me about journaling stuff. It is a thing I try to do also!

@Apos said in Arx Alts:

I'm Apostate on there

Happy New Year!

(Unless you're west of CST I guess.)

So, MSB: got any resolutions? Any goals for the new year? Any plans?

I don't really do the resolution thing, but I'd like to read more this year and develop a proper daily routine.