i’m not well versed on the causes, i imagine there’s a lot of factors at play. but do i have a friend who lived in DC for a few years, and talking to him about it was whacky.

i have a specific memory wherein he was just walking around outside while on the phone with me and there was gunfire in the background. i said something like “hey should you be outside right now?” and he, VERY CASUALLY replied “nah that’s a few blocks away, i’ll be fine.”

i don’t think we need one?

this too, it’s a lot like singing in that way. anyone can train their vocal control, but some folks just will have a much harder time with it for all sorts of reasons they can’t control. both sides of that “only some people can do it/anyone can do it” coin can be damaging for their own reasons.

i think it’s really important to talk about these things in a frank way, thank you for contributing to the discussion ^^

“innate talent” is a pervasive idea that undercuts years of work and practice. art is HARD and most people just don’t find the doing part to be fulfilling.

everyone wants to make a masterpiece, but no one is born with some kinda artist-gene that gives them the ability to do so as if by magic. outside of savants at least, but that’s a whole other thing lmao

FEEL that. i really want a chonky-ass 2000s laptop body with a modern brain

omfg blueglass BETTER play this at GDQ. i miss him so much.

depending on your search terms, they’re cheaper than ever!

i hit shuffle and got avatar & dynamo, atmosphere, and then tech n9ne lmao

oh hey i use that same image for my catch-all hiphop playlist!

i love it, but the folks i send it to seem not to enjoy aesop rock and danny brown in such close proximity 😕

this would’ve been 2013ish, and i THINK it had something to do with forcing it to run as either admin or another user.

i might be conflating this with memories of “jailbreaking” school computers, it all kinda blends together after enough concussions lmao

yeah, fuck, i remember the icon. that’s the one :/

iirc this isn’t possible with roblox anyway?

it for sure was like a decade ago. i have a specific formative memory of using a series of sock puppets to game my way into being the 1,000th unique player on a game i liked a lot.

i think you could only do 2 simultaneously, and it might’ve been win7 exclusive lmao

was there a recent issue? i DEFINITELY had a working roblox launcher back before i distro-swapped this last time. it MIGHT’VE been through lutris? i can’t remember specifically now :/

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also you can etch those lil white squares surprisingly easily with commercially available glass etching creams, my mom used to fuck around with em a lot in like the 90’s i think.

maybe a difference in the actual composition of the grease? i was writing on polished stainless pots at below freezing temps, but i was ALSO using new-old-stock refills bc the current standard size is it’s own proprietary can of worms lol

side note, mechanical grease pencils are literally some of the best goddamn marking tools ever invented by humans, and the fact that we’ve moved away from them as a standard in favor of sharpie-style disposible markers is APPALLING.

there’s myriad “industrial” markers you can buy, which are generally especially well suited to one specific inclement situation. low temp markers won’t freeze, but will often bleed and feather. oil-proof markers will write on a slippery surface, but will smear and take ages to dry proper (RIP lefties). paint markers can write on anything, but only as long as the surface doesn’t immediately destroy your nib and prevent future wicking.

grease pencils (quality ones at least) go down like a crayon, stick to ANYTHING, and generally won’t smear at all. obviously no one should be writing their thesis with one, but they can do pretty much everything we use permanent markers for. they’re also cheaper and produce far less waste.

as far as i can tell the biggest downside is there’s a smaller profit margin for the manufacturers.

found it

stonetoss is a neonazi shitbag 💖

read that as “immoral” and was still like “yeh”