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I don't even typically buy official merch. Just not a huge spender.
What's the largest audience you've spoken in front of? |
At a conference I think. Probably 70-80 people. And it was in English, and twice.
Something positive that happened to you last week? |
I booked tickets for an artist I have always wanted to see and I had some more poetry success <3
How many times a day do you eat? |
You mean you're not supposed to eat chocolate 24/7? 😱
2 meals usually. a snack in the evening. If I have any, some chocolate at some point 🤤 I'll just go with 4. What often do you check PC in a day? |
Once in the morning, so I can see the likes I got, and once in the evening to complete my usual FG spamming :D
What do you do against procrastinating? |
Nothing. If I'm not motivated to do something I don't get stuff done no matter how much encouragement I try to muster up. If I have the energy to do something then I'll do it. Procrastination really is just a myth created by people with too much power who really love to tell people how useless they are if they aren't productive. <_<
How good are you at swimming? |
I guess I know the basics and how to float but I have zero stamina and my posture isn't that good either. :/
You're going on a long mountain trek of several days. Who do you go with? |
My parents are too old.
My siblings wouldn't be interested. Who the heck am I supposed to ask? =o 😭 Spoiler:
What's your favorite carnival ride? |
I like the tilt-a-whirl.
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Squee and try to hug it!!!
Did you watch anything today? |
A few videos on Youtube: a gameplay of League of Legends, a reaction on the Oscars, a moral analysis of Will Smith's slap. Probably a few other videos but I'm too lazy to check my history XD
When was the last time you used a pen? |
Not that long ago. I bought one a while ago to write some notes down at work. I know there's these (are these even called) ball pens that you can get everywhere for basically nothing. In fact we have tons and tons of those lying around, as well. But it's something different when you're using one of these ink pens (although the one in question also has a ball tip).
When was the last time you went on the dance floor? |
I don't think I ever have. I don't dance =p
I'm also too much of a shut-in to go out to places that have a dance floor in the first place xD Are you a completionist when you play a game? |
Most of the time I don't care about achievements, above all if they imply hours of traveling from place to place to find collectibles that have no purpose other than make you waste your time.
I have completed only two games in my life, achievements included (Dark Souls 3 + another one I won't disclose). How many games have you completed to 100%? |
Backloggery says 49, though it's probably more than that if you consider ROM Hacks and other things I don't list on there.
What's your comfort game? |
hmmm.... not sure if I have a single game. RPG's are great when I'm feeling down.
Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 & FNV are all strong contenders. The Witcher 2 & 3 as well. There's a couple dozen ARPG's too... xD What is your favorite thing to do when bored? |
I contemplate on what to do in my boredom for excessive amounts of time.
What's a generally popular opinion you disagree with? |
Too many.
Ever since I heard about Jason Brennan's work, I now firmly believe democracy is bad. Spoiler:
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it just won't work out so easily. People do have their own opinion and they often times benefit their owner. Whether or not every opinion is that way, however, is still up for debate. What is true, is that there is always a sort of group opinion, a ruling code of moral, that is seen as the predominant believe system of a society. It's what people consider good. However, even that may not even be the opinion of the majority of people who live their life day by day. But rather it's usually a reflection of the believes of what the ruling class considers as good (aka traits they see in themselves). In our modern times this is what neoliberalism represents. It's the believe of the individual as the be all end all. It works on the assumption that people only make rational decisions and only do what maximizes profit for themselves. The ideal human being perfected as the businessman/entrepeneur/rational actor. This has little to do with democracy as every alternative has this very much in common. There's always a ruling class. Be those kings, emperors, priests, scientists, etc. Once you have someone in a position where they have some sort of hierarchical advantage the glorification of that position will begin. For all we know science my not even be the ultimate answer. Much like religion in the past, science is nowadays just the best answer we got. And yes, being our best shot right now, we would need to use it to the full extend just to get better answers. And yes, we aren't using it to that extend and probably never will be. But that, too, doesn't mean democracy is bad. Look at what you did, making me randomly write this weird stuff. <_< |
Like, professionally? no.
I take pictures when on vacation, if that counts =p At home I rarely take any. I don't do it as a hobby, more like if I happen to have my camera on me and see something I wanna take a picture of I will. How often do you use a search engine to look something up? |
too much, and it's often very random things. my last search was "do all colleges have fire drill protocols".
Do you like lots of seasoning on food? |
Garlic, pepper, and salt. The only three I need~ (I may go crazy on the first one, so I need someone to watch me while I cook lol)
Would you rather Bluetooth devices or wired stuff? |
Only Bluetooth device I use is my scanner for work.
So I guess I'll go with wired stuff. Do you like any nuts? (peanuts, cashews, almonds, etc.) |
Cashews
Dinosaurs or Dragons? |
Dinosaurs. The fact that they existed fills me with wonder.
When I was a kid I wanted to be a palaeontologist. I love dinosaurs, I had maybe twenty books about them. Although I prefered the animals from before the dinosaurs :) Have you ever tried skydiving? If not, do you want to try? |
No, and I never will.
You see... me and heights.... we don't get along that well 😉 Have you ever fallen asleep in class/a meeting/etc. ? |
I often slept through classes in grades 6-8. Ended up with multiple teacher parent meetings.
When was the last time you ate fast food? |
Last saturday. It was a pizza. The guy didn't seem to understand what I ordered, and I got the wrong pizza (it was still great, just not the one I wanted).
And I'll get a new pizza this saturday too :P Let's hope it's the right one this time -_- Do you still own anything from your childhood? |
Some clothing, video games, and some other random stuff I don't remember. Doesn't help that I tend to use stuff until it breaks. Though, it speaks for itself that so many things are still doing well despite being so old. Newer stuff on the other hand...
What's your favorite story of any media you like? |
Bone and Amulet in graphic novels!
Moon Knight so far in television! Are you awake? |
I am treading a fine line between being awake and being practically a zombie. I'll say yes since I typed this though :)
Do you answer the phone to unknown numbers? |
Nope, unless they leave a message.
Do you still use your phone to call people? |
I'm not sure what else I would call people with, but yes.
Short contact list though... parents, siblings and work 😅 Do you compliment people if they're doing a good job? |
I try to yes!!! I'm terrible at it though :(
Have you ever broken something in a shop? |
I only remember one time when I took a box of rapsberries, and the top just detached itself and the raspberries fell to the ground XD
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I have an external drive to occasionally put stuff on that I want to keep. No fancy cloud service or RAID structure or whatever. I also have acouple binders for all the paper stuff. But does that count as backing up?
Do you watch ads on Youtube or do you skip them? |
I skip them! ;)
Your happiest day so far? And why? :) |
The day I no longer had to go to school? =p
School is rough on people who don't really fit in >.> I guess that was more of a feeling of relief than happiness though. Guess I'll go with the day I obtained my Driver's license. Failed my first final driving exam, passed second time round =D I don't know the exact date atm though. Did anyone ever compliment you for doing a good job? =3 |
Yes, actually a lot during my PhD!
What is your ideal size for a house? |
Not too big to get lost but not too small either. Probably two rooms plus the usual stuff (bathroom, kitchen, etc.). I'm not particularly into cleaning stuff so having a smaller one at least makes that a lot easier. The important thing is that it is located far away from annoying people noises...
Can you whistle? |
I can. or at least I could. I haven't done it in quite a while...
Who knows if I still can at this point 😅 Have you ever helped a hurt animal? (or called an animal ambulance or something comparable for it) |
I remember a bird that crashed to the window in my first house. My mother helped it for a few days and then it left.
We also had hedgehogs in our garden twice, and the second time, we got baby hedgehogs and a mother. The mother died (probably due to the heat wave), there were 6-8 babies, we called the police and they took them to a refuge. Are you still able to do big additions, multiplications, divisions without a calculator/computer? |
I used to be able to, numbers were my strong point (I was always useless with letters and words). To answer the question... sadly my brain doesn't work very well anymore😔
Are you planning a holiday this year? |
I never plan holidays. Idk. I just don't really enjoy these types of things. Maybe it's because I'm a loner and doing stuff on my own is not only stressful but also ends up just me being stuck in my own head. ._.
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I have, but just small arcade rooms that were part of larger buildings! I love the atmosphere of them, they just always had this magical vibe as a kid with the sounds and neon lights and games everywhere! <3 Nowadays, I'd probably find them too noisy and germy but still fun to observe!
Have you ever had a day filled with crazy coincidences? |
It occurred to me, several times, but I don't have a specific story in mind. What I do remember is that I did something on day A for some reason, and this action had an unexpected (but positive) consequence on day B.
Were you lurking on PokéCommunity before joining in? |
No, I wanted to complete my Sword/Shield PokeDex and just googled for Pokemon forums.
Signed up on this one and started replying to various threads in the Trade Corner either the same day or the next one. Wanted to see what I could cobble together before making my own thread =p Once I finished that though... I lurked around the Trade Corner for like at least half a year before finally stepping out into the wider forums later on xD What did you join PC for originally? |
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Yep! It's not at all bad, too!
Do you have any happy memories of school? |
Drawing Pokemon in Primary School, all the memes we made while talking about the video games we played at the time (this was before the internet), also someone calling me a friend (can't really say I had many of them).
What's your favorite meal to cook? |
I'm quite good at cooking pasta dishes - my favourite is Bolognese! Lasagne is fun, too. If we count baking, then pretty much any cake!
What was the most fun you had in a video game? |
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In terms of "fun", I think DOOM 2016 was the most fun game I've ever played, close to God of War 1 and 2 (the 3 was "meh" and I'm not interested in the 2018 game). When talking "fun" I love fast-paced games.
But if I look at my list of completed games on Steam, I can see that "fun" is not necessarily synonymous to "fast-paced" though. Skyrim, Oblivion, Dark Souls, Darksiders, Tales of Vesperia, wouldn't be called "fast-paced" ^^ What's the worst game you've ever played? |
Honestly not sure. I've played a lot of quirky or goofy games.
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Fox, Birds, Deer, Rabbits. In the woods so many typical woodland creatures.
Do you have any pets? |
Personally no, but I consider my aunt's cat, and my cousins' 3 dogs as my pets so I guess yea lol
Are you allergic to animal hair? |
I'm not. I actually don't seem to have any allergy, at least none that I'm aware of.
What's the hardest to raise pet you ever had to deal with? |
I've never had anything other than cats myself.
As a kid I had to help with taking care of my mom's horses though. A constant stream of chores, blegh. Are there any foods/drinks you thought would be gross/yucky before trying them, then tried them and actually ended up liking them? |
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I can't recall any. But I do remember drinking sugary soda stuff for a long time, then stopping. When I then got back to it it was way too sweet for my taste and I haven't bothered with it since. (And that was when I was a kid still)
Have you ever imagined yourself to be of the opposite/a different gender? |
Nope. Not something I put a ton of thought into. I'll pick the opposite gender character in games if I like the design.
What is your native language? |
Dutch
Are you fluent in any language that isn't your native language? |
English. I'd go as far to say that I'm more fluent in it than what's s'pose to be my native language lol
If you're fluent in 2 languages or more, how easy/hard is it for you to switch languages mid sentence? |
I wouldn't say I'm fluent anymore, but I used to speak three languages (now I don't speak anymore 🤔) and switching between languages is definitely something you can get used to. However I often had these blank moments when I was looking for a word in one language and found it in another language -_-
You are put into a long cryogenic sleep, and you wake up after 500 years. What is the first question you ask to the doctor who reanimated you? |
Why did you reanimate me from my peaceful slumber
What's your favorite shiny pokemon? |
Celebi has a cute shiny! :3
How do you make sure you don't forget things you want to do? |
I have several tricks:
- Use a post-it and paste it to my computer (usually for things I need to do as I wake up). - Make an alarm on my phone (for general things, when I'm not sure I'll have a computer). - Schedule a reminder email (for general things too, but when I know I'll be in front of my computer). - I used to write on my hand when I was younger, but of course, there is always someone who asks you what's written, it has become annoying. Have you ever bought a console / upgraded your computer for a specific game? |
Well my previous laptop couldn't handle TW2, and I wanted to make sure my next one would be a lot beefier to be able to handle more recent games.
I wouldn't say I had a specific game in mind, but it being able to run TW2 and TW3 smoothly when it came out was definitely a plus 😇 So... not a specific game, but I definitely went and got a beefier one to make sure I could run more recent games =3 Do you / will you watch Eurovision? |
I don't know what that is...but yes.
What phone apps do you make most use of? |
Foobar2000 for listening to music. I also occasionally use things like Firefox, Discord and GhostCommander. I'm so used to non-invasive stuff on my PC that I don't want to deal with all the ad-infested apps that they try to force onto you on mobile. <_<
Have you ever attended a wedding? |
Twice; my parents decided to do a church wedding when I was ~15 yo, and a few years ago, I attended a friend's marriage. In a few months, I will attend my brother's marriage.
What's sad is that I can't find anyone while all my friends talk about marrying their partner 😭 How do you see yourself in a year? |
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I purchased my first smartphone from a summer lawn mowing job.
What are you looking forward to? |
Nothing good, tbh. I'm still kinda contemplating my expiration date on the daily. Better then picturing decades full of monotonous work days for...what even? Idk about money. Doesn't make me happy. Work environment is as toxic as work can be simply by virtue of being work under the current system. So there's no way out, as even changing the workplace doesn't really change much in the grand scheme.
I guess, there's always this small glimmer of hope that maybe there is a way out that can lead to happiness? But I don't see it right now. Do you like ice cream sandwiches or do you prefer something else? |
Admittedly, if I can just get a cup of ice-cream or something like that, I'll go for it, but otherwise, ice cream sandwiches are nice! I've been having a bunch of different kinds over the years and they were fine~
How well do you think your Zodiac sign matches you? |
I've never understood those at all. I just can't get into how my month of birth is supposed to corollate with my personality. Unless these are just for fun, but I've seen people take it very seriously.
You arrive on an alien planet. What's the first thing you ask the locals? |
Got any Chocolate here? No? OK, I'm leaving again, bye!
Would you mind lowering your weapons? 😇 You encounter a new animal species. What do you do? |
Send my own animal to attack it. Test the type affinities with the moves of my own animals. Try to paralyse it, or put it to sleep. Then throw a ball at it.
Probably try to take good pictures of it so I can show it to a zoologist. If I can, try to come closer for better photos. Try to use the GPS or maybe leave a mark so I can know exactly where I saw it. If I can't get photos because it fled, look for tracks. If I can't get any proof I saw this animal, I'll probably just move on and think I was imagining things. Do you plan to play those forgotten games in your Steam library? |
I have way too many games in there and have a hard time these days to even enjoy a game that I like. Lots of them are from bundles, as well. They're just fillers that I never intended to play anyway. Some of them are probably good, though. Add to that that I prefer Nintendo/handheld stuff and it gets even harder.
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At this point I'd need a new computer for the more demanding ones. I could probably still play some of the less demanding ones, but I'm not in a particular hurry to go play Steam games again. The Switch is keeping me busy atm. Do I plan to? Sure, one day.... one day.... xD Have you ever gone anywhere on impulse? Like a last minute vacation somewhere? |
I've sometimes gone to a restaurant / shop on a whim, but I've never been to another city / region / country on a whim.
Have you ever been on a cruise boat? |
I've been on boats. But I've never been on anything bigger than a ferry.
How good are you at keeping secrets? |
Probably pretty good.
I always think before I talk, so the chances of me letting something slip are next to none. I can also be extremely stubborn so if someone were to continually ask me about something trying to get me to reveal a secret... sorry, but if I don't want to talk about something for whatever reason, it ain't happening =p Have you ever spread any rumors? |
Nope, and I don't even think I would know how.
How long do you take to plan your questions in this thread? |
Probably too long! Sometimes I have no idea and keep the tab open until I get an idea (or skip the thread), sometimes I think about a question during my day and write it somewhere so I can post it, and sometimes I get a question and need to rephrase it or change it because I fear I might upset the next user!
Are you curious about your IQ? |
I'm as average as can be. In fact, I didn't even hit triple digits. Then again, I think there might be different types of IQ tests? The one I did was all about math and patterns and stuff.
But as a result I'm always a little bit upset when people who have a (way) higher score than me call themselves stupid. :( What's the longest route you've ever walked/driven/flown/...? |
Guess I'll go with my 10,5 hour flight to the US.
That was so dang long to sit still in a plane =p Have you ever returned a present you got for your birthday? |
I don't think so, but at the same time, I think I haven't got a brithday present for like 10 years!
Have you ever bought a videogame, played less than one hour, and returned it because you already knew you wouldn't like it? |
I never return games. There have been instances of playing for a bit and not picking them up again, but I like keeping whatever I purchase.
Do you consider yourself to be empathetic? |
I have severe empathy problems due to a very messed up childhood. I've been working hard to get better in it, though. So I wanna say kinda yes but also it's still very hard at times. ^^"
What's an obscure thing you like? |
Dragon Quest is my favorite franchise, and it's obscure anywhere that isn't Japan.
Would you rather take a cruise or ride in a plane? |
I've actually been wanting to do a cruise sometime... so I'll go with that since i already know what airplane flights are like 😇
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I generally go in blind.
The main exception being Dark Souls, I was watching PewDiePie's series on this game before buying it. And if I'm lost I am perfectly fine using a guide. You earn 1 000 000€ tomorrow. What do you do? Quote:
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Put it in my bank account. Maybe I could donate some of it, as well? I've never been good with spending money, tbh.
What's a trick that helps you sleep? |
Sounds counter intuitive, but my trick is staying awake. I have to get tired eventually, and the suffering of fighting myself to sleep is just awful. Luckily I've never needed much sleep for function, but for others this may not be the best advice.
What is one trait you enjoy about yourself? |
Not sure if I'd say I enjoy it, but I consider patience one of my strongest points.
What do you value most in the people around you? |
Patience, humour, smartness I guess ^^
What do you consider is the best creation of mankind? (Except chocolate) |
Idk., the wheel maybe? Transportation would be severely limited without it. Sure, we could still ride on animals. But transporting stuff over a long distance is mostly only possible because someone thought a round object can be used to get something from A to B.
How far do you plan ahead in your decisions? |
I mostly live from day to day ^.^
Except for a handful of things that need to be settled way in advance, like vacation days or dentist checkup dates. What would be your dream vacation? |
Hmmm... I don't really dream about vacation. I haven't taken any day off since January :S
I'd say, just like my usual days, but without the work part ^^" What do you look for when you buy a new phone? |
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