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Does australia have an equivalent of the queen or is it just like a larger than average dingo or smth

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Is it possible to learn this power?

wow what an icon :femme2:

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Holy shit is that Troy Bolton with some shrimp from the barbie

Yeah, back when it aired on American tv, been awhile, but I do read the manga sometimes, still. Kinda miss it.

omg you're thriving

holy shit

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Is that Rin Okumura in your icon?

omg i love that show where they move pieces on a board with squares and also there were a lot of booze

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not you.........

outside of overwatch I'm not really playing any games atm, but I've been considering trying 'Kentucky Route Zero'. I don't know much about it other than that it's about a road trip and was influenced by the magical realism of Marquez's novels and Southern Gothic elements from Flannery O'Connor. I've only ever encountered magical realism in Murakami's books so idk what I could expect, but it sounds really imaginative and I do like road trips... otherwise I'm looking forward to 'The Last Night' which isn't out yet but the trailer looks really beautiful so far, pixel art + realistic weather/lighting looks so beautiful, much like minecraft w/ shaders. the creators sound very passionate about what they've done visually, they cite filmmakers like Alfred Hitchcock as inspirations, and you can see at like 3:22 they use a 'dolly zoom/Hitchcock shot' where the background seems to expand/zoom out to add to the storytelling.

actually I've never been all that interested in movies or photography so it's dumb luck that have any idea how a 'dolly zoom' works or what it even is. some time ago I saw a youtube video by a channel I really like, Every Frame a Painting, and he mentions the 'telephoto lens' and how it 'compresses the background' in one video, so I'd researched it then. I've also been considering buying 'Disco Elysium,' but I don't know much about it other than it is an rpg game with isometric graphics, similar to some cult classics like Planetscape Torment or the original Fallout 1/2.. apparently it's banned in Australia or something? idk what's going on there

how do you find books to read anyways? just recommendations from friends etc? I'm not familiar with novels published very recently. though last year I did read the 2018 novel 'Normal People' by Sally Rooney, a coming-of-age type story, following 2 ostensibly normal people (of course they are anything but normal) as they go from high school to university. Rooney herself says one of the major themes is people trying to navigate their social lives as older/traditional institutions become less relevant, and anyways it's quite popular so maybe you've already heard about it. one thing I did find memorable was when one of them reflects on typing/structuring lengthy emails to the other and how engrossing that kind of correspondence is, at the time it honestly reminded me of some of those older conversations we had

Rooney's political views on how society is structured is sprinkled throughout the book, but I'm not sure that I've ever cared for reading into the 'social commentary/critque' that you're typically supposed to analyze in literature. the writer has control over every minute detail of the fictional world, of course it could be tendentiously structured to express literally any viewpoint. that said, the scope of what is done in literary criticism is usually much larger than just analysing these kinds of 'social critiques' the author makes, I only got a small glimpse of it in uni and I'm just average at it I think. I do share your feeling in admiring people who excel at grasping thematic ideas, noticing allusions etc.. though I don't think my reading habits are particularly academic, I always experience novels for the sake of introspection. I always look forward to stuff that resonates with me and I'm always looking at when I like or dislike what I read, then asking why. I often muscle my way through books that bore me to no end, negative experiences are important to me, I think they're indispensable for living life fully.

ey thanks, I did originally plan on setting my avatar to some kind of style transfer image but I didn't think anything could compare to the unaltered version. I am still quite impressed at how well style transfer works, look at how flawlessly it imitates this acrylic drawing style I found on reddit

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I've logged in like twice this year ??????