AMA i made these possible

[Her]

i said i was gonna wait but i'm bored so give me attention/questions thanks

 

[Alex]

arent you glad harry started this trend

 

[Her]

arent you glad harry started this trend

i'm glad i convinced myself i enabled it

 

[jombii]

why did you enable it?

 

[Her]

why did you enable it?

me: takes the question serious bc i want Proper Questions to flood in

off topic has been through two phases since marz & i came on board - the transitional phase where we pushed the section towards where we wanted to go, and the settling phase, where we were comfortable with how things were and have been very content to let things happen & and watch you all have fun within the section. now we're kinda... looking to find new things to do, i guess. i for one feel a bit stagnated in terms of interacting with the community and having an interest in the place, so this is one aspect of me trying to rejuvenate not only the section itself, but my own interest in the community too.

 

[Phantom1]

Well, technically AMA was a Supporter thing....

 

[Palamon]

Since you actually want questions:

How's your 2017?

 

[Lunar]

How was your 2016?

 

[Nah]

Why do you want to become a teacher? You have probably explained this before in some place I can see, but hell if I remember.

why are you so fucking tall?

 

[Alex]

if you chose to move somewhere tomorrow where would it be

 

[Spiff]

why won't you guys change my name back lmao

 

[Sirfetch’d]

How is life without braces

 

[jombii]

what's your go-to song when you're sad?

 

[Her]

When are you going to make an AMA subsection here in OT, so that I can go view other threads?

if it proves that there is a substantial interest beyond the novelty of 'wow new prefix!', then that is certainly something we can look into :) i'm not really a fan of subforums in ot but i didn't expect such a flood of ama threads so..! it was born out of 'let's start playing around a bit' rather than giving any proper planning to the idea or treating it as an event, as events have proven themselves to be utterly inhospitable within off topic for some reason.

Best film in the Alien franchise?

the correct answer is of course aliens because i wasn't raised in the jungle

Favourite disco artist/group?

kylie minogue

What do you look for in your ideal first date (the date itself, not the person)?

i mean, i'm hardly experienced with this stuff - it's only this year that i've really opened up to the possibility of feeling comfortable around another person and not dreading the entire experience, as being physically present with someone who wants me or vice versa isn't something i can say i'm used to. so in terms of what i'd want out of a first date, something that is entirely grounded. i just want to relax and do something to test the waters, like going out to eat and/or seeing a movie. physical activities are a big no-no in the early days.

Well, technically AMA was a Supporter thing....

and like everything supporter-only it was cursed from the beginning!

Since you actually want questions:

How's your 2017?

lemme just copypaste one of my posts I made in the staff forums:

'I am having a good time, really. I've mentioned this in Discord over the last week, but it has been a really great week for me. I have officially returned to uni and I have pushed myself through a rewarding but ultimately stressful job to secure a great future for myself. Having my previous two jobs on my resume is going to set me up for many a year ahead and I am so happy with what I have accomplished, who I have helped in my position. It has reinforced my desire to get out there and impart as much knowledge and kindness as I can, not just about education, but what I have learned through life itself. I have achieved so much through my determination, my willingness to get up no matter how many times I am knocked down by the abysmal issues life has thrown at me. I go in on Tuesday to find out what classes I get and I will finally be able to return to the place I have missed for many years. I think this may be the first time I can say 'I have a future not governed by the present' and not feel like I am lying to myself or others. I only hope I can continue to feel the joy of self-improvement in the coming months, for I know returning to the place where I cracked will be tough. But I believe I can do it. Philippians 4:13!'

all of this is still true and only better! in the last couple of weeks i've sorted out the financial aspects of returning to university and the only thing left for me to do is continue practice writing essays and learning to annotate properly all over again. time is pretty much the only thing ahead of me for the moment.

i have also made significant inroads with developing healthy relationships with people i genuinely want to be with - i feel like everything in my life has lined up pretty well in the last two months and while there are tough months ahead, i am in a much better position than ever before.

How was your 2016?

better than 2015, considering any year is better than a year where i tried to off myself! i locked down those two aforementioned jobs, which have been a significant boon to my resume, which was the main goal of 2016. you can't exactly improve your own standing in life if you don't have the resources to allow mental downtime!

Why do you want to become a teacher? You have probably explained this before in some place I can see, but hell if I remember.

all in all, i consider it the best way for me to impart my knowledge and the most direct way for me to help other people. without getting all Very Special Episode of Adriana about it, education is in a more dire position than ever before, particularly in the city that i live in, where teachers are leaving in droves and their replacements don't have the drive or the empathy to be a teacher that we all once needed. i have the drive needed to weather the current educational climate and i most certainly have the empathy.
i want to go into teaching because i am the person the kids need - i am very intelligent, i am dedicated and i am arrogant enough to believe that my presence, my work, will help make make a difference in not only their own lives, but those who they come across. i am also aware of the fact that i have had a far harder life than many and have been through experiences no one should go through, but particularly things no child should ever go through. if the teachers of my youth paid attention to the level that you desperately want them to, i think some things could have been lessened or maybe not transpired at all. if they noticed me and not simply the high grades i constantly put out, who knows. if you're going to profess to be there for a child's intellectual growth, you better be there for their mental growth as well. i consider it an inextricable aspect of education - your job is to make build someone for the future, no ifs and buts. there's no reason for me to not be a pillar of support, no matter how small or insignificant it may be. if it comes to it, the big things as well. more often than not, it's being there for the little things that make the biggest difference.

when i saw this comic a few years ago and realised i wanted to live up to that standard, that's how i knew.

why are you so fucking tall?

it was ordained by olympus that i would have to replace atlas at some time in my life.

if you chose to move somewhere tomorrow where would it be

forgive the pragmatism, but in the heart of auckland city, as i don't even want to imagine the logistics of living in an area where i have no real assets or the semblance of control of what i can do to survive, lol. ask me again in five years!

why won't you guys change my name back lmao

honey if i was in on the joke i would have tired of it by now

I think Spoof should be the next OT mod. Waddya think?

No

How is life without braces

i am still somehow finding little rubber bands all around the house and i don't know how!!!! i didn't even think i was that lazy in disposing of them, but i suppose it's only natural when everything about your treatment is complicated, even with something as simple as those! don't miss wearing 7283727838 of them at a time!

what's your go-to song when you're sad?

i very rarely listen to sad music in general, mainly bc i'm a bit overly cynical when it comes to music and don't tend to find songs anywhere as deep as people tend do, since i primarily listen to music solely for a good time or to pass the time, not to contemplate. that being said, i do have a favourite in it's all over now, baby blue by joan baez. always a good reflection tune.

if i wanna cry, then cat's in the cradle gets right to the point like no other song for me. how did harry chapin know how to fuck me up so hard!!

 

[Spherical Ice]

have you seen wonder woman?

if yes, what did you think? if no, do you plan to?

 

[Her]

have you seen wonder woman?

if yes, what did you think? if no, do you plan to?

i don't really like the idea of financially supporting gal gadot so i'm on the fence about it

 

[LegendChu]

Is there anyone you can look up to?

Pika Pika :chu:

 

[Logan]

who would you rather out of

christos, marz and chase

 

[Spherical Ice]

i don't really like the idea of financially supporting gal gadot so i'm on the fence about it

I had the same problem but all my friends wanted to see it and i didnt feel like being That Guy

she's incidentally the worst part of the film imo

 

[moon]

Do you prefer to be indoors or outdoors?

What's the most prettiest name you know?