Being sleepy and taking it easy
>>79926049>I'm quite please with the drawings I've done for the cards. Unfortunately only one has reached its recipient so far, but she seemed to enjoy it.that's nice. I'm sure the others will like them as well>I think I've got a very long way to go, still.but stiill, your drawings are so nice! I couldn't draw like that!>>79926073>Quesadillas are basically tortillas(think of a flat bread) with meat and cheese inside that you cook. It's really nice to eat.how are they different from any other flatbread dish?>>79926584what would be ur favourite animal?>>79926766>that's part of it yeah. if i became a banker my job would be similar to my current job. but instead of talking to the average person I would dealing with businesses and companies who want a loan, credit cards, bank account, etc. and getting paid more of coursedo u get paid a lot rn?>yes! i worked at a local place and not a chain so i learned how to make it from scratch. thin crust pizza, normal ones, deep dish, so on and so forth. it's easy once you get the hang of it. haven't made one in a while though. what toppings do you like on yours?i'm a simple man. I enjoy cheese with ham and or peperoni. What about u?>>79926841>Several hours of JP immersion every day instead of an hour or so every few days.how well can u speak it rn?>Get good at drawing people and find some project to use those skills on.have u already started drawing? How well can u draw?>Tell more people irl to kill themselves.that's rather mean... R u surrounded by mean ppl irl?>>79927760r u sad because u don't have the said dynamic?
>>79938026Soon I shall sleep(as I too am sleepy), but before that I will give you a nice hello. Hello o/ (:>>79938035>how are they different from any other flatbread dish?They're not too different, although the spices we used for it make it really savory. Gotta love it, but it's waaay too filling and I felt really fat after all of that.For lurker-chan(I figure that'd be better than "stalker anon"), a not-so-jelly jellyfish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyxozoaThese are a group of parasitic cnidarians, the group that has jellyfish and corals in it. However, these myxozoans have become microscopic parasites. They also reproduce via something more akin to spores, which is a huge divergence from the basal animal life cycle and of course that of cnidarians. This isn't the first time cnidarians have done extremely weird things though, but those posts will have to wait for whenever I wake up B^).
Reading Serge Lang and watching youtube lectures and takin it easy
>>79938404hello animal anon! How r u?>They're not too different, although the spices we used for it make it really savory. Gotta love it, but it's waaay too filling and I felt really fat after all of that.wut sort of spices did u use?>>79938541what sort of books does Serge Lang write? What sort of lectures r u watching?
>>79938633>what sort of books does Serge Lang write?very high quality math books from the nineteen seventies>What sort of lectures r u watching?lectures on the chapters
>>79938655r u studying math out of obligation or just because ur interested?
I am once again summoning the lurker anon to post their short profile on every poster in the thread
>>79938710It's fun desu
>>79938752Same.Lurk chan I know you're there. I still want my questions from before answered >>79928088
Making a compilation of fanart where Randal is romatically paired with men twice his age.>>79938035>what would be ur favourite animal?Eye really love rats, various fishes, various bugs and millipedes.
I woke up far too late again. I think I'll go back to bed in a few hours and try to fix my sleep a little. With the power of melatonin you can do anything.>>79938035>I'm sure the others will like them as wellHopefully. They've been sent off for printing and I should be able to mail them off on Monday. I'm really pleased with how the last one turned out.>your drawings are so nice! I couldn't draw like that!Neither could I a while ago. Not to say I'm good now, but you naturally get better if you do it enough like anything else.>>79938752Don't do that!
>>79938770what have u learned so far?>>79938935we used 2 have a lab rat as a pet. Though i'm not a fan of bugs. Or anything with an exoskeleton for that matter... they creep me out!>>79938942>Hopefully. They've been sent off for printing and I should be able to mail them off on Monday. I'm really pleased with how the last one turned out.Have u ever considered becoming an actual artist and making money from commissions?>Neither could I a while ago. Not to say I'm good now, but you naturally get better if you do it enough like anything else.I think u're pretty good if u only started drawing recently>I woke up far too late again. I think I'll go back to bed in a few hours and try to fix my sleep a little. With the power of melatonin you can do anything.i'm feeling a little sleepy as well...
>>79939074>Have u ever considered becoming an actual artist and making money from commissions?I wouldn't want to do that. I draw for fun and doing it as a job would suck a lot of the fun out of it. Plus it's very unstable work.>I think u're pretty good if u only started drawing recentlyDepends if you think 10 years ago is recent...
>>79938942>Don't do that!Why, I wanna know how much data she has mined about me too
>>79939074>what have u learned so far?That calculus would have been mind numbingly easy if I had taken a single minute to approach math as an expressions of language and not just some symbolic logic puzzle, a paragraph of mathematical proof can say more than the accompanying figure
i don't really like this year so far. i think we should veto and go onto the next. people asking me "what did you do over the holiday break?" at work is liable to make me break myself. the routine normies do talking about how great of a time they had with family and friends really is a bit much sometimes.>>79938770>It's fun desuwhat's fun about math?!
>>79939653We're almost 1% of the way through the year already, so it'll be over before you know it.That does sound pretty miserable though. It's easy to say stuff without realising how much it can hurt someone. I'm sure I've done that, and been on the receiving end, a bunch of times.I wanted to reach out more over Christmas but I was worried I would be bothering you.
>>79938026waking up at noon and taking it easyfrom 7 am to noon in the span of a day, that must be a new record for meat least i can bounce back to 7 am pretty easily still, so i'll try that for tomorrow's lunchhad a pretty long and cool dream today, which can be summed up into>got to be a super soldier in a dystopian futuristic scenario>killed some dudes, chatted with friends, helped some others
>>79939298>I wouldn't want to do that. I draw for fun and doing it as a job would suck a lot of the fun out of it. Plus it's very unstable work.u could do it as a side gig>Depends if you think 10 years ago is recent...I thought that u meant a more recent time when u said "a while ago"...>>79939544is that what u've been learning then? How 2 understand maths as a language rather than a symbolic logic puzzle?>>79939653don't worry, the holiday season is coming 2 an end. The questions should cease soon and u'll be able 2 enjoy the year as usual. It is a shame ur fren couldn't do anything with u... Did they get back 2 u at least?>>79939908u should really fix ur sleeping schedule... Latley i've been sleeping pretty normally which is suprising 4 me. wut r ur plans 4 2day then, junas?>got to be a super soldier in a dystopian futuristic scenariohow futuristic was it?
Personally, Randal's brother Luther reminds me of my maternal uncle. He's in his early 40's but just as young in terms of appearence and mind as my uni peers who are in their 20's. I've started interacting with him more recently and well, he's a really awesome guy, I love anyone who can understand me and he's exactly that. He and his family have cats too.>>79939074Understandable, I don't really like centipedes myself but millipedes are much more moe and smooth, they're pretty polite too, as seen here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We2xW_Hv-sY
>>79940042>u should really fix ur sleeping schedule...i haven't been able to maintain one since i was 13 years old and mom could no longer force me to sleepi'm not fixing it for too long until i start at my job, lolbut i'll try sleeping earlier today for tomorrow's lunch, i like the mornings too>sleeping pretty normallyhow so?>plans 4 2daydoing laundry in like an hour or so, i've been procrastinating on that for a while and now i no longer have clean clothes, lolluckily all it takes is one round in the washing machine and they're good as newafter that i just go back to minecrap for the rest of the day, maybe pop up back here in 4changaming addiction really making me distance myself from this place>how futuristici'd say 50-100 years in the futurewe had power suits that could grant us some pretty fucking good resistance to damage, super strength, they could also go invisible and prob a lot of other stuff i no longer rememberbut i do remember being shown an ad for that by my "evil boss" who said>the power should be concentrated all on the suit, not on the soldier
>>79938752>>79938870I think they're gone. It's joever.
>>79940085how close r u with ur uncle?>Understandable, I don't really like centipedes myself but millipedes are much more moe and smooth, they're pretty polite too, as seen here:is there a difference aside from the number of legs they got?>>79940096>how so?well i don't go 2 bed at like 5 am anymore and I wake up at reasonable times 2. 2day i woke up at like 11 am>doing laundry in like an hour or so, i've been procrastinating on that for a while and now i no longer have clean clothes, lolsamemy laundry is in the washing machine rn>gaming addiction really making me distance myself from this placewut r u gaming? Moar factorio?>the power should be concentrated all on the suit, not on the soldierwut does that mean?
>>79940209they're just shy!
>>79940209im still here. just working so i cant do a long response yet. break time soon though, woohoo
>>79940042>u could do it as a side gigOnce something becomes an obligation it loses a lot of its charm.
>>79939858>We're almost 1% of the way through the year already, so it'll be over before you know it.i was kind of isolating, anyway. i just spent a lot of time walking around taking photos the last week and some change. i kind of shattered a few days ago. just going to spoiler since people are sick of when i post non-genki things at this point.>>79940042>don't worry, the holiday season is coming 2 an end. The questions should cease soon and u'll be able 2 enjoy the year as usual.i'm not really sure what to do with the rest of the year. i'm kind of waiting for a few years to pass anyway and then i don't know what to do next or where to go. i don't think i'll be staying where i am at this rate.>It is a shame ur fren couldn't do anything with u... Did they get back 2 u at least?no.. it sounds really stupid, but i've had a deep anxious unease in my stomach that makes me think they're not really doing good right now. call it a sixth sense or something, but it's been swirling for the last two weeks easily... it's a feeling that comes in from my dreams. i wish i could be there for them at least, and while i miss them so much, i'm meant to keep away at times like this i think.
being sick and laying in bed and watching youtube slop and taking it easy
>took it too easy>got up late>everything's on fire at work>it's not my fault>went back to sleep>>79940826Same. I managed to find the same AI generated short in both English and Japanese.The content farm goes deep.>>79938035>how well can u speak it rn?Not well. I don't talk much, just consume. I can understand 80% with subtitles, about half without.>have u already started drawing? How well can u draw?Yes. Pretty good I think, at least for how often/consistently I do it.>that's rather mean... R u surrounded by mean ppl irl?Yeah. Or people who just need to get reality checked when they get too rowdy.>r u sad because u don't have the said dynamic?Yeah. Just a little. It always hurts a bit to see what you've always wanted.
>>79938026To filter threads like this, use 4chanX. Once installed, click on the wrench on the upper right corner. You are now on the "Main" section of the settings, navigate to the "Filter" section right next to it on the upper left.From there, type the following into a free row:/taking it easy/i;op:only;boards:r9kCongratulations! Now you won't have to see these awful threads anymore.
>>79940750>i just spent a lot of time walking around taking photos the last week and some changeMay I see them?>spoilerDon't feel like you need to be upbeat all the time or be someone you're in order to post here. You can say whatever you want as long as you feel comfortable sharing it with others.
>>799409604chanX is pointless bloat. Just use the native extension that's been on the site for at least a decade at this point.
>>79940338I suppose that's truejust thought it might be nise 2 make some moneys while doing something u love>>79940750>i'm not really sure what to do with the rest of the year. i'm kind of waiting for a few years to pass anyway and then i don't know what to do next or where to go. i don't think i'll be staying where i am at this rate.where would u want 2 go?>i'm not really sure what to do with the rest of the year. i'm kind of waiting for a few years to pass anyway and then i don't know what to do next or where to go. i don't think i'll be staying where i am at this rate.what makes u think that?>>79940826>being sick and laying in bed and watching youtube slop and taking it easywut utube slop r u watching?make sure 2 drink plenty of liquids!>>79940845>Not well. I don't talk much, just consume. I can understand 80% with subtitles, about half without.how long have u been studying?>Yes. Pretty good I think, at least for how often/consistently I do it.have u ever thought about doing it professionally?>Yeah. Or people who just need to get reality checked when they get too rowdy.who's being rowdy 2 u?>Yeah. Just a little. It always hurts a bit to see what you've always wanted.This is why I avoid slice of life stuff...
>>79941065>how long have u been studying?Couple years. I'm pretty casual about it, not in a rush to get jouzu.>have u ever thought about doing it professionally?I already make a bunch of money doing something else. This is purely a for-fun endeavor.>who's being rowdy 2 u?A fat bitch on the train yesterday was having a melty because someone wanted to sit in the handicap seat she was using as a footrest.
>>79940997How is it pointless, there are so many useful features it adds
>>79941126Name five
Nah, fuck this I'm drunk. I would play Diddy Kong Racing all day long and get him all the plushes from a ufo catcher.>>79940269>how close r u with ur uncle?Pretty close. We live far away from each other but when he spends time with his family I usually tag along. Not because my own parents hate me, I just love all my relatives.>is there a difference aside from the number of legs they got?They don't have those weird antennas centipides have, millipedes are much smoother, their a solid color too. Their eyes are huge and pretty and their legs are short and cute when they move them when walking. And they overall look more polished and less like a Lovecraft creation. I luv them...
>>79940975>May I see them?maybe later, i have to get them off my phone and formatted and such. that's a bit of work right now, especially since it feels like i'm melted into my chair.>spoilerit feels like that in everything in life.>>79941065>where would u want 2 go?i really don't know. anywhere but here.>what makes u think that?it's lonely to be alone here.
>>799411331. Filters without which some boards are near unbrowsable2. Hide a thread with shift click3. Get full-sized images by hovering over them4. Notifies you when you've been (You)'ed5. Lets you easily check the archive for some post
>>79941488>2. Hide a thread with shift clickAnon-sama, I...
>>79941488You can do all of those but the last one with the native extension
>>79941503I don't think you can do it normally, or can you?>>79941518These mystical native extensions have escaped me so far
>>79941570>These mystical native extensions have escaped me so farTurning it off is necessary to use 4chanx.
late lunch break time!!>>79926814>feather star vidwow it's so beautiful! i've never seen anything like that before. i wonder what it feels like, i kind of want to poke it>Did I ever mention pacing back and forth in my room in these threads?yes! i don't know when but i remember reading it from here. although i have seen your posts in other threads before>>79927103>Gardevoiroh eiki...>I usually have one on my teamnice! is it your favorite psychic type? my favorite psychic is alakazam>I ended up breeding a shiny one with perfect IVswow that's pretty cool! are you good at competitive battling? i used to shiny hunt a lot and also did competitive battling in that one online battle sim during x/y. never did it in the games though>don't mail a letter bomb to his house...id rather send him snacks and tea instead!1/2
>>799416172/2>>79938035>do u get paid a lot rn? i make 18(dot)50 usd an hour. which isn't too bad for no degree! i think. i started off making 17 but i kept getting raises. i do a lot of overtime however >What about u? you know i don't think i've ever tried pizza with just cheese and ham. i like mine with a lot of veggies. pepperoni is okay too. i actually don't like eating pizza too much... just on occasion. but i do enjoy making it>>79938752that's a lot of anons! i also don't want to make ppl uncomfortable. ill be happy to post what i think i know if an anon asks about themselves. sorry in advance if i get details wrong>>79938870>sperg about Guya some morei don't want to annoy anons>How long have you lurked here?a pretty long while... im embarrassed to say. i remember when guya-kun didnt even have 'take it easy' in the op. ill likely go back to lurk mode soon enough>here for THAT incident? this could mean anything. but if you're talking about the drama from last year then yes. won't say further on it though, dead drama should stay dead>I want to know what you know about me too.okay, sure. who dis?>>79940277just a little bit yeah haha. im not used to interacting this much with you all. i usually make a post or two with like just one sentence 4chinz thinks im trying to post spam
>>79940845>I managed to find the same AI generated short in both English and Japanese.I sometimes try to avoid watching short form content because I just find myself getting bored too soon and skipping a lot of it. >>79941065>wut utube slop r u watching?Streamer stuff. Ludwig, DougDoug, channels like that.>make sure 2 drink plenty of liquids!i know... i need to do better :( just been popping cough drops
>>79941378I look forward to your pictures>it feels like that in everything in life.I understand, I think. Keeping up appearances can really difficult sometimes. Would you be able to take some time off to rebuild?>anywhere but here.But if you move you won't be able to see your friend anymore...>>79941617>nice! is it your favorite psychic type?I'd say so. That or Wobbuffet, but that tends to play a very different role on a team.>my favorite psychic is alakazamI never had anyone to trade with so I don't think I ever had one.Did you know that Uri Geller sued Nintendo over Kadabra in the 2000s because it has bent spoons. This got dismissed because it's ridiculous. Although it was based on him>are you good at competitive battling?No, I've never actually done it. I think I started breeding Pokemon with the intent to play competitively but I realised I didn't find it that interesting.I've been out of the loop for a while, but I don't think you need to do much breeding to get a competitive team now since there are items that raise IVs. But you can still breed for shinies, I assume.>id rather send him snacks and tea instead!I think those are the two things he likes most
>>79941884>Would you be able to take some time off to rebuild?i have a lot of time but nothing to really do is more the issue.. i think it's written pretty plainly over my face what i wanna be doing.>But if you move you won't be able to see your friend anymore...i guess we'll see how things are in a few years and i'll evaluate>>79941759i think my details are probably pretty short so i'm curious to hear what you've observed
>>79941077what level would u say are u rn?i was trying 2 learn german but i was pretty bad at itBeen learning for like 3 years maybe and i'm still not even a1 level>I already make a bunch of money doing something else. This is purely a for-fun endeavor.do u make lots of moneys?>A fat bitch on the train yesterday was having a melty because someone wanted to sit in the handicap seat she was using as a footrest.that was rather mean of her...>>79941283>Pretty close. We live far away from each other but when he spends time with his family I usually tag along. Not because my own parents hate me, I just love all my relatives.does he live in another city? My uncle lives in a different city as well. I used 2 live with him when i studied there>>79941378>i really don't know. anywhere but here.what's so wrong with the place that u're currently at?also i meant 2 ask about this instead>no.. it sounds really stupid, but i've had a deep anxious unease in my stomach that makes me think they're not really doing good right now. call it a sixth sense or something, but it's been swirling for the last two weeks easily... it's a feeling that comes in from my dreams. i wish i could be there for them at least, and while i miss them so much, i'm meant to keep away at times like this i think.what makes u think that?>>79941759>i make 18(dot)50 usd an hour. which isn't too bad for no degree! i think.it is!> i do a lot of overtime howeverhow many hours do u work?>you know i don't think i've ever tried pizza with just cheese and ham. i like mine with a lot of veggies. pepperoni is okay too. i actually don't like eating pizza too much... just on occasion. but i do enjoy making itI like making pizza as well. However i don't have 2 many ppl 2 share it with so i usually eat it by myself>Streamer stuff. Ludwig, DougDoug, channels like that.i'm watching pyroslopical rn>i know... i need to do better :( just been popping cough dropsgo get a tea rignt now!
>>79938026eating popcorn and taking it easy
>>79942025>what level would u say are u rn?I dunno N3? At least I tried reading an N3 teaching book and found a lot of it below my pay grade.>do u make lots of moneys?Relative to this board, yeah.>>79941776>cough drops>no watertf u doin
>>79941977>i think it's written pretty plainly over my face what i wanna be doing.I'm incredibly dense when it comes to reading people like that, but generally starting stuff is really difficult, even if it's something you truly want to do. Maybe think of some easy first steps to get you started.That or spend a few days in a national park without a computer.
>>79942025also meant for >>79941776>>79942116what kind of popcorn?>>79942145when do u think u'll be fluent?
>>79942452>what kind of popcorn?normal popcorn with salt in it
>>79942145>tf u doindestroying myself>>79942025>go get a tea rignt now!noooooooo
>>79942452>when do u think u'll be fluent?Prolly never. Need native speakers to talk to. Not that I don't have access to them, I just don't feel like meeting that many new people
>>79940269>i don't go 2 bed at like 5 am anymore and I wake up at reasonable times 2aye that's good to hear, anonone can only afford to break these two when they have no responsibilities to take care of>my laundry is in the washing machine rnnice, i just got back from the laundromatclean clothes here we go>wut r u gaming? Moar factorio?nah, minecraft on my friend's serveralthough by now it's basically me doing my thing and that's all>wut does that mean?back in the dream i immediately thought it was so you have really good equipment but a soldier would be vulnerable without itmakes it a perfect control method, if one wants to defect or otherwise turn against the company, the suits can be deactivated and the soldiers will be practically harmless>Captcha: D8SR8>d8 str8, date straight
>>79942479I like sweet popcorn personally>>79942521dew it!!!>>79942573u could try the japanese thread on /int/>>79942873>nah, minecraft on my friend's server>although by now it's basically me doing my thing and that's allwut have u built?
>>79943361>wut have u built?so far i found an open mountain and built a small base thereright now it has some create shit like a tree farm, a sweet roll assembly line, and some basic machinery for ore processing and shiti'm gonna build a windmill at the top for other stuff though, also built a small balcony with my bedroom and shit overlooking the dock and river below
>>79938633I'm doin' good and the spices were some taco seasoning(so I assume onion, garlic and some stuff I don't know of) and beef broth for the meat. Made it nice and juicy. I also woke up to find fudge drizzled popcorn in the kitchen. >>79938935>Eye really love rats, various fishes, various bugs and millipedes.Have a pink dragon millipede B^). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmoxytes_purpuroseaPeople keep them as pets too and it produces a less nasty chemical than other millipedes do as a deterrent, namely hydrogen cyanide. Other millipedes will produce nasty smell and tasting compounds to ward predators off, but this guy is in the nicer camp that just poisons you (:. To some people it'd smell like almonds too.>>79938942I managed to wake up late too, but I do go to bed later than usual. How're you doing?>>79939653It's only been a few days, no need to fret too much if it's not good yet. We're not even 1% through it.>>79941617I imagine they don't feel soft but not rough and of course strangely flexible. Also, I see. I guess I am easy to spot if I ever sperg out about animal stuff.
>>79943361>u could try the japanese thread on /int/One time someone from a /here/adjacent discord added me.>Would only message or call me when it was past midnight.>Would only talk about how he wants to kill himself for real this time>Would do this several times a week>If I don't pick up because I'm asleep he would spend 3 hours screaming into the void that I would backread when I woke up>One time he calls me when I have a girl over>Get annoyed and tell him to fucking do it already>Block him>He makes 3 different accounts to try and re add me because he missed me
Now for the other replies because 4chan thinks you're a spammer if you try to reply to too many people )^:.>>79940826Sounds very cozy (:>>79940845Also very cozy (:Another critter too, the "wrinkly bag" or saccorhytus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SaccorhytusI can't help but wonder, after recently looking at loriciferans if it might not be a not too distant relative. Similar body shape for both, both ecdysozoans and with seemingly one opening for the mouth. Even the wiki posits that they could be related to the scalidophorans(or a larval form of one), which is full of the closest living relatives of the loriciferans by molecular(DNA) studies from what I read. So it looks like I got beat to the punch on that idea.
>>79943494oooh r u playing with a modpack?wut sort of mods have u got installed?>>79943544all these flatbread dishes look very similar to me! I don't know what to call it when I make a generic wrap. Is it a kebab or a burito?>>79943556u might have better luck at the /int/ general because i saw a bunch of euro ppl there. Plus ppl on int tend to be more... normal... than ppl on r9k...
>>79944016Well, if you wrap it up then I'd just call it a burrito. I guess you could call it a kebab too, never had kebabs or anything like that. Burritos usually have stuff like beans and lettuce in them too, although I am too much of a carnivore for that. Cheese, meat and bread only. Flesh is wonderful and so are the products of animals (:.
>>79944041i h8 beans personally so i probably wouldn't like a traditional burrito thenwut have u been up 2?
>>79944735I was doing some investigating on the oil pit squid stuff. It seems I was right to assume that they used an open sludge pit(meaning it wasn't enclosed in a building or maybe with concrete but was a pit dug and then set with liner). However, it seems like they didn't even use liner because they had a whole environmental report about finding VOC(volatile organic compounds) and TCE(trichloroethane in the paper but TCE is used more commonly for trichloroethylene which would make more sense) in the soil that had to be remedied.How about you, fren? Also pic related is some art drawn in inspiration for the oil pit squids. However, the descriptions from the paper and such compare them to mutated nightcrawlers which lines up really well with my theory for it...
>>79943544>How're you doing?I'm surviving. I'm not sure if I should go to bed soon or stay up for 12 more hours in an attempt to correct my sleep.
>>79944016playing a custom pack that he put togethermostly quality of life or decoration mods, he wants to keep it semi-vanilla, lolpicrel is the balcony-room i built
>>79945516Sleep is for the weak, but there's no shame in just relaxing and getting some rest. I gotta read some paper that's put forward a proposal that annoys me(and conflicts with a theory of mine) later so no sleep for me anytime soon.>>79945517Very cozy room. I'm never good with decorating stuff. Always so lifeless, my worlds.
finally home. now i can take it easy>>79941884what's your favorite pokemon in general?>I never had anyone to trade withi would just ask if someone could trade with me on reddit >Uri Gelleri've heard about that. pretty lame thing to do. but i guess he was trying to see if he could make a quick buck>No, I've never actually done it.if you ever do get an interest for it but don't feel like breeding a bunch of times, tryhttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/it's fun! you don't need an account and you can battle on older gens if you don't like the new gimmicks newer ones have>I've been out of the loop for a whilesame here. well, sort of. i stopped playing the games after sun and moon. but i still kept up with the new pokemon or mechanics that the new games brought. i still played the old games though.i've been thinking about getting into the newer stuff again. pokemon legends arceus looks like it could be fun so maybe ill pick it up sometime soon. idk! do you still play pokemon?i tried finding some cool wobuffet art for you. i didn't find much unfortunately... i do like this one though >>79943544i like your cool animal trivias! i don't think i would even know about some of the things you've showcased if it wasn't for your posts. i spent my lunch break looking at other feather stars and sea urchins on google images lol1/2
>>79945661Glad you love my trivia B^), and you should also see the Christmas tree worms( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirobranchus_giganteus ). They're a kind of filter feeding polychaete(the group tube worms also belong to) and they love living in coral reefs. You might've seen them in some video or movie, they very quickly slip back into their holes whenever they feel anything coming towards them in order to protect themselves. They're fast too, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW3vDVrs4OQ
>>799456612/2>>79941977>my details are probably pretty shortmayumi, i...>you move around a lot>you own a body pilloe>you work (worked?) for a finance firm doing IT related work>you dropped out of school in your teens to seek out what you wanted to do in life but you didn't get serious until you were 20(?)>you managed to get ahead in life in a way you wanted but in doing so you had to leave a lot of friend groups behind, making for a lot of loneliness>... you're scared of spiders...i think...okay those last three im not sure 100% about haha. i also think you used to post remilia but im not positive. im unsure when your birthday is or what your age is. i always assumed you were somewhere in your late 20s or early 30s. i think you're a very kind person and very wise too! i hope you have better days ahead of you, this year will be a great, just wait and see!>>79942025>how many hours do u work?i have consistently doing 10 or 12 hour days lately. so 50-60 hours a week! the job drains my social battery but i wouldn't say it's a hard job, luckily. when you used to work, how many hours would you put in?>I like making pizza as well. However i don't have 2 many ppl 2 share it with so i usually eat it by myself i have a similar in experience, but with tea. everyone around me prefers coffee. do you make pizza often or do you order pizza more than you make it?
>>79942241>I'm incredibly dense when it comes to reading people like that, but generally starting stuff is really difficult, even if it's something you truly want to do. Maybe think of some easy first steps to get you started.i want to go out and eat food with my fren again, like old times.>>79942025>what's so wrong with the place that u're currently at?there's a thick miasma of maladious memories here already.>what makes u think that?the short answer would be that i'm kooky, the more colourful answer is that it's an overall feeling i can't shake in my dreams, and when i stare at the ceiling at night. i-i know..
>>79945755>full of spelling errors and missing wordsguess im more tired than i thought>>79945731they're so quick! i genuinely blinked and i missed them retracting lol. i know i have seen these somewhere before, i didn't think they were real though. they have such a cute name and i want to poke these too. i don't think i would be fast enough
>>79945833They're waaay slower coming out of their tubes. Tube worms are kind of like that too deep down in the abyss. The key if you want to poke them is to be slow, sudden movements spook 'em but if you're slow they won't notice you getting close until you poke 'em. Also>>79945755>"dropped out of school in your teens"Mayumi is my dropout pal (:, I dropped out in middle school.Have a carnivorous sponge. Unlike their otherwise filter feeding counter parts, these guys feed with hook-like spicules on their surface. Small zooplankton will get hooked onto them, like velcro, when the water current pushes them across. Later the sponge encloses the little guy to digest them(iirc). One of my favorite artists made a pretty picture before with a lady having a harp sponge head too.
I'm getting a little sleepy now. I'm sure a quick snooze can't hurt.>>79945661>what's your favorite pokemon in general?Farfetch'd but its evolution in SS looks kind of stupid. But if I'm being honest it's Gardevoir.What's yours? Is it Alakazam as well?>i guess he was trying to see if he could make a quick buckHe sued a bunch of people if I'm remembering right. I think once people realised he wasn't actually psychic the money started to dry up.>pokemonshowdownI've known about this for a while. I should check it out sometime. I think I like the idea of raising Pokemon for battling more than actually battling. I think it's because I end up getting quite attached to my team by the end of a playthrough and feel bad using anyone else.>i stopped playing the games after sun and moonI played a bit of Sun and Moon but didn't get very far. I should give it another go before I write it off completely. I also need to finish the postgame of BW and do a playthrough of BW2 at some point. Then maybe I'll try SS. I also try to watch all the movies each year but I usually give up because most are incredibly boringThank you for the nice wobuffet.>>79945762>i want to go out and eat food with my fren again, like old times.Ah, I see. I suppose you just have to sit tight until they're free again. Just remember that they won't be busy forever and they probably really want to see you again too!
>>79945833>>79945893Forgot to give a link, I can post the sponge lady too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondrocladia_lyraand a video on them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC3tAtXdaik
The writers did a good job with this new character. I'm feeling good about the Winter season of Take It Easy.
>>79945954WTF how many of you are just lurking!?
>>79946003Thousands of hungry eyes watch from the shadows. Never assume you're alone, anon. You never are.
>>79945755i'm flattered that someone could remember anything about me. maybe i really do exist. thank you.>>79945908what if i'm wrong this time?>>79945954>>79946003>>79946020what did you lurkers enjoy in last season?
>>79946051>what did you lurkers enjoy in last season?One of those was me the whole time! I don't know how to quantify the other seasons, but I guess if we mean the seasons of the year then I'm really not sure for Fall. Also, hope you're doin' well Mayumi
>>79946051>what if i'm wrong this time?There's a time and a place for what ifs and hypothetical worst case scenarios, but it's not now. You're worrying far too much and upsetting yourself. I know not doing that is much easier said than done and the uncertainty can be debilitating but I'm sure your friend still wants to go out and have meals with you once things calm down!
>>79946305time comes.
>>79946338Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Or just a thing?
>>79942025>does he live in another city?Nowadays we live in the same city just faraway and both busy. I did come over for his birthday this year and it was great His parents always pour some free booze when I visit them too hehe>>79943544>pink dragon millipedeWhat a majestic dragon. Here's another majestic creature, an arapaima.>>79945908>picrelLUBBY CHUDDER LUBBY CHUDDER LUBBY CHUDDER
My neck was hurting for the last couple hours but I didn't want to get up and get my painkillers from the bathroom but then I looked over to grab my mug for a sippy and saw that I moved the bottle to my desk, probably several weeks ago. yay.
>>79946428The arapaima is such a wonderful critter. They remind me of the alligator gar since they're airbreathers but arapaima are more dangerous from what I understand.>LUBBY CHUDDER LUBBY CHUDDER LUBBY CHUDDERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztnKRs3nE4II hope you were referencing this or else it'll be awkward for me.>>79946454Do you often get a lot of neck pain? Fasting helped me get over mine, but I think it might've been a mix of tension headaches and swelling from damage I was doing to my spine.
>>79946454You should be killed for being a decayfag
>>79946526Aligator gars are awesome too. Live animals with a snoot.Yeah, that's the one. I can't look at Reshiram in any context without thinking of that Justin guy ever since I came across his "music" some years ago.
>>79946526Not too too often, but it's annoying when it happens so I got some meds handy. Mostly when I sleep in a way my body disagrees with.>>79946556My sister should be killed for having barely functional autism.
>>79946556>decayDonkey Kong?
>>79946631They're pretty darn big sometimes too, but they get a bad wrap because of their appearance. Fierce but not so harmless. You're more likely to get seriously hurt from them trying to get away from you than them biting you since they prefer fish they can gobble down. Smaller gar are also like that, but I've caught spotted gar and have to remove the hooks from them. Their bite strength is really weak, you can hold open their mouths with no issue.Jewfish on the other hand... They earn their name and are mean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ia376QKMHMYou can hear him say "nigger" at 56 seconds in too.We almost wiped them out here in Florida because they bite so readily and grouper always tastes great. They're protected now though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_goliath_grouper>>79946639I see, I see. Also is decay the route where you murder your sister in that game instead of fucking her? Fasting is also good for your youth and helps you age slower, just only ever do it once a week at most.
>>79946677>Also is decay the route where you murder your sister in that game instead of fucking her?hell yeah it is>Fasting is also good for your youth and helps you age slower, just only ever do it once a week at most.Well I only had half my takeout today and some baclava. Does that count?
>>79946707>hell yeah it isTempted to say "based" because it'd piss people off B^)>Well I only had half my takeout today and some baclava. Does that count?Nah, you gotta go a good amount of time without any food. 24 hours is a good amount of time, it triggers the body to go through autophagy(basically your body freaks out and starts cleaning up broken stuff in your body and making dysfunctional cells kill themselves). Calorie restriction will just make you burn some fat(but probably just glycogen) which is also not bad, but it doesn't offer the same cancer reduction or slowed aging effect that fasting does because it's not a sudden lack of all food intake, just a slight reduction. Have an acorn worm too.
>>79946733that looks like a penis
>>79946677Hmmm Florida. I always wanted to live in Florida just to see if I would fit with the locals.Look at this catman.
>>79946738Yeah, acorn worms tend to look like that. At least they're not taxonomically named "penis" though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapulida>a combination of a greek fertility god with a massive, permanent erection and the latin suffix for 'little' or 'lesser'(as it's the dimunitive)They're funnily enough VERY distantly related to acorn worms. Acorn worms are more closely related to us while priapulids are more closely related to bugs.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_worm>>79946756Unfortunately not too many people here are as crazy as the headlines make them out to be )^:. I never fit in here, not being myself anyhow. I learned to suppress a lot of my mannerisms to get along and talk to people but they're all not so different from most Americans here. This state is so overwhelmingly immigrated to from the rest of the country, especially by people who retire.Do you like hot or cold weather also? This place is quite warm and that cat man... Kind of looks like a mouseman, honestly. I'm used to cats having ears on the top of the head and not the sides.
>>79946767I've heard it's in the Bible Belt and being a devouted christian I thought I would fit in.>Do you like hot or cold weather also?Neither, they both annoy me lol. But I do like summer more than winter I guess.>Kind of looks like a mouseman, honestly. I'm used to cats having ears on the top of the head and not the sides.Well, there's always the other one if this one isn't your cuppa tea. I just like Nyon (that's the blue one's name) more because he's russian and I'm always for representation of my country and people in western media Sonic movie 3 had it too but it was so hilariously stereotypical I wasn't even mad
>>79946767And speaking of micemen, Ranfren have them too, a whole 5 man assemble of child-sized ratmen.
>>79946837Nah, Florida's not in the bible belt. We're a... Very odd state, the cities are plenty more degenerate, especially with their nightlife, but the suburbs are far more like more traditional America. This place is very heterogenous, as the interior of the state where less people have immigrated is still very southern and holds the old accent, while the coast(where I live), tends to give you a more normal American accent. Here https://voca.ro/1nKNewTU5Pdi>devouted ChristianYou confuse me so much sometimes and I can't help but wonder if you're fuckin' with me or not.>Neither, they both annoy me lol. But I do like summer more than winter I guess.I think I like the cold more but I also dislike the sun and can't handle the cold anymore B^). It's really bright here in Summer, you'll notice pretty quickly. Hurts my eyes.>Well, there's always the other one if this one isn't your cuppa tea.That's a lot better, yeah. Sneaky. >liking the stereotypesI can relate, I love the Floridaman stereotypes B^).>>79946850Nice. Reminded me of this strangely enough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXQwx1EolD8
i am ruled by my bodily passions
>>79946901If you can conquer the animalistic urges within you then you are the master of yourself and your destiny.
>>79946882Haha voice reveal>you're fucking with me or notNo, I wouldn't joke about something like that. I was baptized according to eastern orthodox traditions and my parents have a lot of icons in our house but they've always been pretty relaxed/not caring about faith. I wasn't forced to pray or go to church, becoming more cautious about my faith was a personal decision and it helped a lot when mental health was at the lowest.>That's a lot betterWhat's even better is that he's canonically american so I call them "The Cold War duo" Although recently I've decided I want Nyen to be serbian pretending to be an american cause it's funnier ask me about it>clipThe Jerma, yes. One of the few streamers I actually watch (besides Vinesauce)
>>79946914>If you can conquer the animalistic urges within youbut how
>>79946935I've uploaded rants to some of the threads back in Summer if I remember correctly, although I don't think many people cared about random sperg shit B^).Also, I see. I haven't had many good experiences with the churches and Christian institutions where I live and I certainly can't call myself religious. I do however see the good in Christianity and its morality, but it isn't something for me. Your love of yaoi stuff just left me not expecting you to be devout, as most Christians would certainly be repulsed by it or upset by it, even if it's just fictional and not pornographic or at least what you post here isn't.>"The Cold War duo"I see, I imagine the shippers like the angle of "forbidden love" in that. If he was Albanian pretending to be American that'd make a lot of sense too, wouldn't it? I've heard Albanians tend to love America.>The Jerma, yes. One of the few streamers I actually watch (besides Vinesauce)The sus man himself and the mushroom. Tomato is a streamer who I watch the vods of. Just watched his recent Dokapon Kingdom vod, the third stream of it in their campaign.Also, I have a caterpillar who wants to give you a hug B^). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster_moth>>79946961Resisting your urges each time they come up. The more you do it without being punished the better you ought to get at it. Other ways of building up willpower would also apply. If it's habitual stuff you want to get over then forming more helpful habits will help, especially if you do them when you would otherwise want to do the more detrimental one(s).
>>79946981>Your love of yaoi stuff just left me not expecting you to be devoutTrust me, there's plenty of christian furries that have been around for years. Oren Otter is the one that comes to mind.>"forbidden love"In the fandom shipping them is consideres questionable because they're describe as brothers by Howdie but personally I don't see anything wrong with it. Considering there's an actual incest ship already>If he was Albanian pretending to be American that'd make a lot of sense too, wouldn't it? I've heard Albanians tend to love America.No idea, I don't know much about albanians. I watch this youtube guy named Living in Europe Ironically and he has a video about serbians and why they love russians.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sV5Yzstri0
I'm just gonna guess everyone in the thread is trans
>>79947236True. Although I rarely tend to think about them. I never want to think about the nazi furries either.>In the fandom shipping them is consideres questionable because they're describe as brothersThat has never stopped them before and it never will B^).>that thumbnailI... Well he knows how to be really provocative. I'll watch that video after I finish this stream from the guy who runs a kiwi farm. Joshua is so far very upset.Did you know that there are tarantulas who form mutualistic relationships with frogs? The working theory is that the frogs protect them from parasites(or maybe it was parasitioids, the lethal equivalent of a parasite.) and the tarantulas kind of protect them and they get to live in the burrow with with them. They also get a snack if a parasite shows up.>>79947268All dudes, sorry to disappoint you.
>>79947329my face when this is literally us
>>79947329Understandable. My point is, religion shouldn't come in the way when it comes to enjoying things, especially if they make you happy.>kiwi farm streamOh they guy who was gonna sponsor Chris chan to a bronycon but then Chris was arrested and didn't go to a bronycon. Hah yeah, I remember that.>spider and frogImma save this image cause I like it a lot.>>79947268Crawfish comic >>>>>>> Haus of decline.
>>79947339But who would be the frog and who would be the tarantula? I don't think it can apply since we're both guys and the tarantula is almost certainly a female. I do love the cute little frog though, I claim to be the frog. Speaking of frogs, baby greenhouse frogs are adorable and so tiny. They skip the tadpole stage entirely and they lay their eggs in the ground, no water needed. Pic related is a baby one. They don't get much bigger, they make cute little chirps too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_frog
>>79947377Yeah, also Christianity is about redemption and such too. Pobody's nerfect and as long as you can overcome your sinful vices then you can be forgiven and all of that -- so long as you do in fact have sinful vices.>Oh they guy who was gonna sponsor Chris chan to a bronycon but then Chris was arrested and didn't go to a bronycon. Hah yeah, I remember that.Yup B^), you know both JustinRPG and Null it seems. Glad you love the image, hope you like the little frog one I posted after it. Here's a cute picture a drawfag made for me on this board ages ago with an african dwarf frog.
>>79947380https://youtu.be/6QR-cx80Sys
I'm thinking about that image where Sonic and he says "Alone of friday night? You're pathetic" and I want that image but with Randal but nobody ever concieved something so great and I'm gonna have to draw it myself dammit.>>79947400Cute frogger doodle. I like their rectangle eyes.
>>79947459You can find this kind of stuff on YouTube? Also, I see. That would definitely make the dynamic work more so. Although I have to say that I far prefer being the bigger party. It's what I'm used to; towering over people.For more cool frogs, we have the crab eating frog whose tadpoles can survive in salinities higher than that of seawater and to whom the adults can make temporary excursions into seawater. The mechanism they use for this is actually similar to what sharks do, they use urea being accumulated in their tissues to change the water activity in them. Water activity is basically the preference for water to accumulate in one substance over another, the lower value medium attracts more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab-eating_frogThis was also probably how the giant saltwater temnospondyl(s) of the past managed to live in their marine environments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trematosauroidea>>79947496Are you a good artist, anon? Also, I'm glad you like it, I love it too. It's my favorite frog doodle. You should see cuttlefish eyes too. They have really useful properties. Cuttlefish lack color vision but their eyes act kind of like a prism, so that certain colors are shifted over to different parts of the eye. This allows them to see what color something is(and camouflage themselves) without actually being able to see colors directly.
>>79947513>Are you a good artist, anon?I guess, somewhat. I've been scribbling scribbles for 10+ years at this point but I've never been to an art school so that's subjective. Here's something recent I made.Bri'sh fish, innit?
>>79947600>a long history of drawingNot helping the fujo allegations B^)Bri'ish fish? Hmm... I tend to like Swedish fish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_FishIt is nice, although I imagine trying to get the perspective right on the guy lying on the table is difficult and not something you're used to doing. I can appreciate a good mad scientist piece too, plenty of people have compared me to one over the years B^).Have a cute little worm, a velvet worm. Don't tickle them too much, they sneeze when they're scared. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWc6JRfHnVEhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnychophoraSome species give live birth, take care of their young and also some are social. They're the closest living relatives of hallucigenia too, the weird-o from the Cambrian that has had so many interpretations over the years but in the last 10 years very definitive evidence has come forward to place them as either a stem-onychophoran or within the clade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucigenia
>>79947631Everyone is a fujo at heart if you think about. Especially ancient romans.Ooh, worm. I remember having a conversation with some anon who wanted to be Randal's human pet and he also wanted to be velvet worm.Also, on live birth, me and my dad had an argument last night about sharks and how they reproduce and my dad thinks sharks are mammals. But well considering he also thinks that mammoths are still alive probably says something.
A couple months ago I got on the bus to get a ride home and an old woman I sat next to told me I look like her underage grandson and even showed me a photo of him. I mean I do have a babyface I guess but I still think about it sometimes.
>>79947668I would love that little thing. That severely photoshopped, autistic rabbit, would sit proudly outside my front door to scare off evil spirits and solicitors(a kind of evil spirit).>spoiler textROMAN RVLES is a very gay thing, but also there is a weird thing with fujo women and gay bottoms maybe having fairly similar brains. Gay men have more feminized brains and fujos tend to be autistic women and autism is correlated with masculine development. Autistic girls(pre-pubescent iirc) have facial masculine scores in the middle between neurotypical girls and neurotypical boys whilst autistic boys went off the scale from the study I read.>I remember having a conversation with some anon who wanted to be Randal's human pet and he also wanted to be velvet worm.wew, I did show a fujo that velvet worm picture actually and she drew this in response(it was her drawthread and all). I wouldn't be surprised if it was her. She was really into vocaloid though.You should tell him about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odCtCote9U0They'd be a better candidate for being mammal-like than sharks, as there are quite a few shark species out there that still lay eggs. These tsetse flies also produce a kind of "milk" for their young, which is a defining trait for mammals. Flamingos produce a kind of milk in their throats to feed their young too iirc. It's red, like blood too.>>79947702I've surprised people with my age too. It's a good thing to have, being youthful looking B^).
>>79947710I would want something like picrel personally.Thing is, I usually think that to most of the people Ia) don't existb) am invisiblec) a shadow on the walld) all of the aboveTo me the fact that my presence actually goes noticed is a novielty on it's own.
>>79947736Those are some cute and nice fumos. I imagine you could probably make your own too. I'm actually in the camp that prefers to be like, usually. I do sometimes just vanish from social stuff(like these threads even) for good portions of time. Attention often makes me uncomfortable. Also a picture of a flamingo unhelpfully oozing milk on another flamingo. People thought the other flamingo pierced its brain, but it's just its milk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo#Life_cycle>"Both the male and the female feed their chicks with a kind of crop milk, produced in glands lining the whole of the upper digestive tract (not just the crop). The hormone prolactin stimulates production. Crop milk contains both fat and protein, as with mammalian milk, but unlike mammalian milk, it contains no carbohydrates."
>>79947753I have some plans for self-made plushies but idk when I'll make them, no motivation so far.Pigeon milk from Animal Crossing is real.Also gotta go to the grocery store now, cya pleasure talking to you.
>>79947766If you do make 'em, feel free to post 'em here. Have fun at the grocery store and it was nice talkin' to you too.>Pigeon milk from Animal Crossing is real.Oh yeah and it convergently evolved too I believe. Have a giant mushroom and stay safe.
>>79944877wut got u so interested in oil pit squid?>How about you, fren? Also pic related is some art drawn in inspiration for the oil pit squids. However, the descriptions from the paper and such compare them to mutated nightcrawlers which lines up really well with my theory for it...I was errr... sleeping mostly. I've done a lot of sleeping yesterday>>79945517nice decorationswe used those too. I lobe building roads in minecraft>>79945755>i have consistently doing 10 or 12 hour days lately. so 50-60 hours a week! the job drains my social battery but i wouldn't say it's a hard job, luckily.you are so hardworking!>when you used to work, how many hours would you put in?I used 2 work norwegian hours, so it wasn't much. Only like 7 i think. I'm pretty sure they don't even allow overtimes there>i have a similar in experience, but with tea. everyone around me prefers coffee. do you make pizza often or do you order pizza more than you make it?I definitely make it more often. Can't really afford 2 order much at the moment... Also I used 2 make pizza once a week, but i kinda stopped around the holiday seasonwhat about u?Is there anything else u enjoy making often?>>79945762what makes them maladious? I thought they were mostly pleasant...>>79946428>Nowadays we live in the same city just faraway and both busy. I did come over for his birthday this year and it was great what was his birthday like?>His parents always pour some free booze when I visit them too heheu mean ur grandparents, right?>>79946901what sort of passions?>>79947702I wish I had a baby face. I am really afraid of aging
>>79948166>wut got u so interested in oil pit squid?I heard about them a while back before I was looking into fairy shrimp for selective breeding. One of the selective breeding extreme scenarios I had in mind was living in tar and then my brain made the connection that maybe the oil pit squid could've been a kind of fairy shrimp that had adapted to live in the ones at the factory. It'd explain why they were gone by the time the pit was cleaned(as they have short lives and rely on their vernal pools to dry up in many cases). By cleaning them too they likely got rid of any eggs that could've hatched to spawn a new generation of them.>I was errr... sleeping mostly. I've done a lot of sleeping yesterdaySleep is good for you, it's necessary for repairing a lot of our body and handling waste too.Here's an example I've posted before in a prior thread of some pale fairy shrimp. You can imagine how the antennae might be confused for tentacles, especially when they swim backwards like a shrimp to escape a predator.
>>79948166>>79948248Also of course, with much more elongated antennae too. But the cerci(the things on their tail) could be confused for 'em too. That pic is of some that get to be about half the size of what the oil pit squids were reported as.
>>79948248>I heard about them a while back before I was looking into fairy shrimp for selective breeding. One of the selective breeding extreme scenarios I had in mind was living in tar and then my brain made the connection that maybe the oil pit squid could've been a kind of fairy shrimp that had adapted to live in the ones at the factory. It'd explain why they were gone by the time the pit was cleaned(as they have short lives and rely on their vernal pools to dry up in many cases). By cleaning them too they likely got rid of any eggs that could've hatched to spawn a new generation of them.so ur saying that squids have evolved from shrimp?>Sleep is good for you, it's necessary for repairing a lot of our body and handling waste too.yeah but sometimes i do it too much> You can imagine how the antennae might be confused for tentacles, especially when they swim backwards like a shrimp to escape a predator.idki kinda disagree. They don't look like tenticles 2 me
>>79948794Nope, just that a bunch of guys in inland Indiana really only parsed something that kind of seemed squidlike in their sludge pit B^). Squids more than likely came from a more snail-like ancestor, but nectocaris is odd too.>yeah but sometimes i do it too muchBetter than too little, especially if you get cool dreams>i kinda disagree. They don't look like tenticles 2 meYou're making him sad ):, look at him. That bein' said, I must now go off to dreamland myself. The sleepy comes full circle. The vicious cycle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrBJDvPZf2g
>>79948166>I am really afraid of agingJust stay off booze and cigarettes. And out of the sun.
>>79948844yeah snails sound more likely 2 me as well>Better than too little, especially if you get cool dreamsyeah that's truethough my last dreams were pretty weird >You're making him sad ):, look at him. That bein' said, I must now go off to dreamland myself. The sleepy comes full circle. The vicious cycle. [YouTube] the vicious cycle (embed)why is he not happy with being a normal shrimp?It's shrimple!>>79949039that's a shamebooze can b fun sometimes...and cigs r a great social tool
>>79949441>cigs r a great social toolIn my life I've met about 3 people my age that smoke.Do you smoke? You should stop because it's a filthy habit that costs a fortune.
>>79949534>Do you smoke? You should stop because it's a filthy habit that costs a fortune.very rarely. Like once or twice every yearwhat about u? Have u ever smoked?
>>79949584>Have u ever smoked?No, and it's too late for me to start so I can't even benefit from an early death. Just gross teeth and fingernails.
>>79949609why would it be too late?not that you should do it but i'm curious why u would think that.
>>79950028If I'm lucky I might die 70s if I started now. Just seems rather pointless at that point.
>>79950028Woah! Biiiig boobs........
>>79950089smoking is pretty pointless in my experience, but it does help u 2 break the ice. But i think we should talk about something else... Wut r u gonna do today?>>79950095she does have big breasts...
>>79950250>in my experience, but it does help u 2 break the iceThis is the first time I've heard it described like that. Do you not have indoor smoking laws there? Usually in the UK smokers have to leave everyone for ten minutes to get their fix.>Wut r u gonna do today?I've been lying in bed for the last 40 minutes slipping in and out of consciousness as I try to get some sleep but I don't feel very rested. If I decide to wake up properly later I should try to get some work done, since I've put that off for what feels like weeks.
>>79946378i think that maybe i misinterpreted something and so now that time has come>>79948166>what makes them maladious? I thought they were mostly pleasant...i've had a lot of pleasant memories, but i've also had a few of unpleasant things recently that even here i don't want to say, nor do i have the courage to mail my fren about it right now either.
>>79950416what sort of work do u have 2 do?>This is the first time I've heard it described like that. Do you not have indoor smoking laws there? Usually in the UK smokers have to leave everyone for ten minutes to get their fix.we do. I meant like in smoking areas and outside of bars>>79950581>i've had a lot of pleasant memories, but i've also had a few of unpleasant things recently that even here i don't want to say, nor do i have the courage to mail my fren about it right now either.what r u afraid of?
>>79945893wtf is this animal you posted?
>>79948166>what was his birthday like?Well nothing special honestly. I came over, we had dinner, had drinks, said birthday wishes to him and I gifted a plushie I won at a crane machine. The funniest part was getting escorted to the bus stop because I was drunk by my equally drunk relatives. I also had a mental breakdown before that but I managed to get it together.>u mean ur grandparents, right?Nope, his dad is my grandfather's brother so he's technically a cousin? But my uncle calls me his nephew and I think it's easier this way.
>>79950581>i think that maybe i misinterpreted something and so now that time has comeAre you seeing your friend again?>>79950692>what sort of work do u have 2 do?Writing that draft article on AI transparency
>>79951058>Are you seeing your friend again?it doesn't appear that way, no
>>79950751i'm afraid of that as well. Do u think ur fren is the kind of person who would abandon u?>>79950784what was the mental breakdown about?>>79951058i seeu still have 2 do that then. How much have u done already? Do u have a lot left?
>>79951274>Do u think ur fren is the kind of person who would abandon u?definitely not. everyone else already has, but not them. i've hit the reply limit multiple times trying to vocalize more but i think i should've just kept it all bottled up from the start. they know how to open my lid when they find their hands free again.
Okay I'l only post moe anime girls because that's the manliest thing you can do on this board.>>79951274Uhh, something. I don't remember. I'm so used to the cycle of bottling my feelings -> keeping them in until it starts to physically hurt -> releasing them and continuing life as normal.
>>79951540I wouldn't abandon u. If u need someone 2 talk 2 we could always talk in private.>>79951549how are u feeling right now?
now i'm really gonna take as easy as i can by chilling and napping for a bit
I need to finish my degree and find a job before it's too late..
I'm running out of puns with Randal to make (read the file name to witness my creativity).>>79951817Pretty good, it feels good to let negativity out of the system.
>>79953570what sort of degree?>>79953896is that u in the middle?>Pretty good, it feels good to let negativity out of the system.are there any sources of negativity that r affecting u rn?
>>79954248statistics
>>79945893>>79945925>be slow, sudden movements spook 'emneat. like a chinese finger trap, patience over rashness>middle schooldang, sorry to hear that. i didn't know that... this is going in my notes now muahahaha>spongethis one creeps me out a little haha. i forget how alien like deep sea creatures can be. although it creeps me out, the sponge lady art gives me a feeling of calmness. very strange, i can't explain it! what's the name of the artist? do you have any other pieces you like from them?>>79945908i actually like all 3 farfetch'd. i want to pet their heads>spoilerim squinting at you right now eiki. although it is a strong pokemon. and elegant looking toowhile i do like alakazam a lot it's not my favorite. my favorite is torchic! it's so cute. i like that whole evolution line a lot. pachirisu and larvitar are also in my top three>I end up getting quite attached to my teami know this feeling all too well. it's what used to stop me from starting a new game because i didn't want my team to be gone forever>I played a bit of Sun and Moon but didn't get very fardidn't like it? i wasn't a fan>BWbw was my first pokemon game! did you like it? which games were your first?>Then maybe I'll try SSill get to ss eventually. but scarlet/violet put me off, they look so bad i find the pokemon anime generally boring too. only a few of the movies hold my interest >>79946051>maybe i really do exist. thank you. of course you do! i hope you've had a nice day today >>79948166>you are so hardworking! thank you!>norwayyou used to work in a factory right? was it tough?>Also I used 2 make pizza once a week, but i kinda stopped around the holiday seasonwhy?>what about u?i haven't made a pizza since last yearhttps://youtu.be/fRs0OqV4uSc?feature=sharedlolnot since spring 2024, its been a while>anything elsenot really! i think cooking in general is fun but there isn't a dish i make oftendo you make other things?
>>79954761>thank you!Have u always been this hardworking?>you used to work in a factory right? was it tough?In Norgay i used 2 work in a textile washing place. It wasn't too bad and I could keep up pretty well. But I also tried working in an ice cream factory back at home and that was way more trickier. I had 2 work for longer hours under more intense conditions. I quit after 3 days...>why?I had lots of asignments coming up and I wanted 2 finish them. Also we usually eat different food during the holidays so i didn't want 2 take up any space in the fridge with the pizza... I also experimented by making different dishes 2>i haven't made a pizza since last yeary not?>not really! i think cooking in general is fun but there isn't a dish i make often>do you make other things?recently I made sum menchi katsu and tomato soup. I also had a kebab fever a bit earlierI made a kebab 2day actually!You should try 2 experiment a little 2 if u enjoy cooking. Find a dish that looks cool and try 2 make it
>>79954506how long have u been studying statistics?r u studying 2 become a data scientist?
>>79949441Knightoconus is actually one ancient snail that is thought to be a stem cephalopod(the group squids, octopuses and nautiluses all belong to). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KnightoconusThe main idea is that the monoplacophorans were the initial state, based on some shell morphology -- however, we have found something that seems to be monoplacophorans in the modern day but they don't actually have a close genetic relationship to squids or anything and instead are more closely related to chitons. It's either the case that these are descended from the original monoplacophorans and the consensus about them is wrong or that these monoplacophorans of the modern day are just convergently evolved to be like the old ones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoplacophora#Phylogenetic_position>why is he not happy with being a normal shrimp?>It's shrimple!If only life could be so shrimple...>>79953570Don't forget to take it ez too.>>79953896Can't bottle up all of those negative emotions. Gotta find some outlet for it all.>>79954761Yup! A lot of animals are like that, sometimes it's about how fast something approaches that scares a critter. Also, no need to feel or say sorry over it. It was probably for the best for me.>this one creeps me out a little haha. I imagine xenophyophores might creep you out too, they're giant test forming amoeba in the deep sea. One giant cell lives inside those shells, squished inside it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophyophorea>i can't explain it! what's the name of the artist?Tanaka Suguru, he's on xitter actually. Here's a link to a recent thing he made https://x.com/t_su_gu_ru/status/1875135237912735987He also shares a love for ocean life B^).>do you have any other pieces you like from them?Oh yeah, here. This one is actually my desktop background.
>>79951088>it doesn't appear that way, noHopefully you'll see them again sooner than you think>>79951274>How much have u done already? Do u have a lot left?I did a few pages of it before I got distracted with assessments/proctoring/Christmas. I think I'm going to have to rewrite basically all of it but I can probably reuse most of the research I've done already.I'll have more fun with it now because I can write my own thoughts with this one, rather than contorting them to say what my supervisor wants.
>>79954761>i actually like all 3 farfetch'd. i want to pet their headsI'm not too fond of the SS designs, but the beta evolution for GSC looks really cool. It's a shame we never got it.>im squinting at you right now eiki. although it is a strong pokemon. and elegant looking tooExactly! All I'll say is there are definitely much worse pokemon I could have answered with. Much better ones, too, but that's besides the point.>my favorite is torchic! it's so cute.I don't think I've ever picked Torchic in my Emerald playthroughs but maybe I should next time. My sister's favourite is Mudkip.Pachirisu is cute too. I remember Dawn having one.>it's what used to stop me from starting a new game because i didn't want my team to be gone foreverI think that's perfectly rational. I only do that now you can transfer saves and Pokemon relatively easily so you don't lose them. I would be devastated if I lost my old teams. Remind me to backup my copy of X they're all hiding on when I'm visiting home.>didn't like it? i wasn't a fanI found it incredibly slow. I've heard better things about USM. I feel like I should play it because the character designs were so good. GF really dropped the ball after that.>bw was my first pokemon game! did you like it? which games were your first?I liked it a lot and I'm excited to play BW2 since I've heard really good things about it. Platinum was my first game and the soundtrack instantly takes me back about 15 years.>ill get to ss eventually. but scarlet/violet put me off, they look so badThat's my thinking as well. The rights to Pokemon should be forcibly taken away from GF and given to a more responsible guardian like Monolith Soft or one of Nintendo's EPD teams.>only a few of the movies hold my interestWhich ones? 5, 8, and 21 are the movies I look forward to each year.
I didn't take it fucking easy enough. Yotsuba's gotten too easy. I saw a whole 5 new words across 3 chapters. I could probably speed read the two volumes I have tonight.It's time to move on but I don't wanna :(
>>79956658At least you're advancing your Japanese learning, even if you're not takin' it easy. You can take some time to just relax. Be like the sargassum fish, he just sits back and relaxes. Then he eats any tiny critters who unwittingly relax near him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargassum_fish
>>79956680Damn the thread's dead as hell. No one's taking it easy.Maybe that means we need to take it even easier.
>>79957001I'm already taking it easy B^). Everyone else is sleeping it seems, although it may be best to let the thread die since we're near the image limit.
i got too invested in a manga and almost forgot to reply before bed>>79954888>Have u always been this hardworking?i guess so, i like to think im pretty responsible.but i don't want to pat myself on the back too hard. i generally like my job and i get along with my coworkers. so the 12 hours go by quick. luckily i don't get too many rude clients my way but when i do it does ruin my day>It wasn't too bad and I could keep up pretty wellwhat made you move on from the job?>I quit after 3 days...i remember you saying this before. im glad you didn't stay in that harsh work environment. it must have been stressful for you!>Also we usually eat different food during the holidayswhat did you have?>y not?i guess i just haven't craved it. the only other person who eats my cooking is my dad and he hasn't requested it either>recently I made sum menchi katsu and tomato soup...I made a kebab 2day actually!hey that's great! i've never had a kebab before. and i hadn't heard of menchi katsu until now. i've made regular katsu before. and tomato soup too>You should try 2 experiment a little 2 if u enjoy cooking. Find a dish that looks cool and try 2 make iti try to! sometimes i just feel intimidated by a dish. i also enjoy the cooking part more than the eating, so i try to make just enough so i don't waste food. do you ever encounter that issue?>>79955087>xenophyophoresthey're so big! the pictures made me think they were smaller than they are until i started reading the article. i don't feel creeped out by these per se but their size is a bit unnerving>Tanaka Sugurusomething tells me they like red haha. that's very nice art, haunting but beautiful. how'd you come across his art? >my desktop background.eyeball lady>>79956658>It's time to move on but I don't wannayou gotta so that you can improov1/2
>>79957554I just got some quads in another thread, feels good B^).>they're so big! the pictures made me think they were smaller than they are until i started reading the article. i don't feel creeped out by these per se but their size is a bit unnervingNaked xenophyophores have been seen too, being about 2 inches across. Pelomyxa are another giant amoeba out there too, I'd love to keep them in a culture at some point. I even had thoughts about trying to make nitrate based animals -- that is animals and protists that utilize nitrates in place of oxygen in the water. There are already bacteria that utilize nitrates in place of oxygen where we would use it and nitrates are powerful oxidizers. We use nitrates in gunpowder and solid rocket fuels(potassium nitrate + sugar).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelomyxahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DenitrificationPic related is some pelomyxa from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnYxeUgCMsQ>something tells me they like red haha. that's very nice art, haunting but beautiful. how'd you come across his art?I agree, I've even wanted to make some stuff inspired by his work B^). I came across it on this board actually.>eyeball ladyShe's always watching (:.
>>799575542/2>>79955694>beta evolution for GSC looks really cool. It's a shame we never got it.for sure!! we totally got robbed out of so many cool looking designs, that one being one of them. i also wish we would have gotten beta kingdra and the jiangshi panda>I don't think I've ever picked Torchic in my Emerald playthroughs but maybe I should next time.blaziken rules, it's really strong. all three hoenn starters are so good, i've used them all before. emerald is one of those games that i revisit all the time! i wish i owned an original cartridge of it and a gba to play it on. they're crazy expensive to get though and they were before my time so i couldn't get one when they were new>I only do that now you can transfer saves and Pokemon relatively easilysame here. the cloud system is a life saver >I found it incredibly slow. cutscene after cutscene after cutscene, am i right? and all the hand holding. it dies down as the game progresses but it's still too excessive for my tastes>GF really dropped the ball after thateveryday i hope they pick it up again. or that they just go ahead and transfer it to another team like you said. but that would be too good to be true>Platinum was my first gameit was my third. platinum's pretty good too, it's a comfy game. favorite track?>Which ones?1, 5, 6, 11, 13, 20more than i thought when i list it out like this! i don't think i've seen 21 at all yet. we both like the latios/latias one>>79957814>quads in another threadcheck 'em>I even had thoughts about trying to make nitrate based animalswould it be hard to do that? and then maintain them?>vidokay now im a bit more creeped out. just a little bit, it grew on me as the video went on. i do think it's amazing that an amoeba that big exists to begin with>I've even wanted to make some stuff inspired by his work B^)you should!
Have to get a job so not taking it too easy>rip neet arcIt was over before it even begun.. hope you laid back anons are having a good year so far
>>79958026B^)>would it be hard to do that? and then maintain them?Maintaining them would actually be the easier part, making it happen is harder. Mitochondria as far as I'm aware lack any ability to utilize nitrates or nitrites in place of oxygen for their respiration. So the starting point would be to give the mitochondria of all of the animals and presumably some microbes the genes necessary to use it.From there you can gradually lower the oxygen content of the air and water and raise the nitrate content. The reason I'm so interested in it is actually because nitrates have immense solubilities in water where as atmospheric oxygen is actually quite low. One way that the nitrates could be replenished in a closed system too is with electric sparks splitting nitrogen and oxygen in the air into nitrogen dioxide and other nitrogen/oxygen mixes which then end up in the water and lead into a process where they become either nitric acid or nitrates.I haven't looked into it, but I imagine pelomyxa have endosymbionts that can denitrify and thus use nitrates in place of oxygen as well. This is all one dream project out of a whole bunch though, others involve radiation or electricity to be the basis of the food chain as well as chemosynthetic ones. Far too many ideas and no way to really manifest them )^:.>>79958062It's been fairly alright so far. What was your NEET arc like and what kind of job are you lookin' for?
>>79958082>What was your NEET arc likeIt was amazing honestly!! I've been a wagie so long i forgot how relaxing it is to live like this, but don't have neetbux sadly>what kind of job are you lookin' for?Part time anything i suppose, which isn't so bad! Beats the 40 hour si used to work. As for what I'll do idunno don't wanna work at restaurants anymore.. was thinking doordash for quick money
>>79958203rip, gotta work on investing in some stuff so you can get the passive income to NEET off of. That or get a hobby you can make money off of while having fun. You never work a day in your life if you love your job, after all.Door dash would worry me, people tend to be awful. Restaurants don't seem to be great either but at least you're out in public and not going to some random person's home -- especially at night that would make me worry. What about a pizza delivery man?
>>79958218>rip, gotta work on investing in some stuffI'm entirely too baka to get that ball rolling, thankfully my rent is cheap cos of government housing. Do you enjoy your job anon?>Door dash would worry me, people tend to be awful.I'm abit worried too but less risky than driving them around i suppose, would be so mad if I ended up murdered trying to make a few bucks grr. >pizza deliveryHmm maybe!! There's a couple pizza joints near me, gunna just take the first that calls me back tho I suppose. I.. just wanna be a neet longer tho fml
>>79958270Hopefully your housing is also cozy. No job here, I'm a NEET on NEETbux. Do wish I had some freedom to do things though, but my current life circumstances wouldn't allow that. Won't go into that though, would make things sad.>I'm abit worried too but less risky than driving them around i suppose, would be so mad if I ended up murdered trying to make a few bucks grr.True, or some wannabe serial killer.Where is your government housing at? In a city, or somewhere more rural? It may be possible to cut down on your power bill if you ever wanted to be crafty but I imagine you're not the kind of person who wants to mess with electronics.Have a siren (:, he's a kind of salamander with only two arms. They're a whole group actually, the sirens. Many species.
>>79958294>No job here, I'm a NEET on NEETbux. Do wish I had some freedom to do things thoughAhh okay yah I hear similar opinions pretty often I suppose. Nice not having to work but they severely limit how much you can make n stuff... blah. Hope it turns around how you want it anon! >Where is your government housing at?Its city! Like outskirts so it's more suburban. It's really cozy, only been leaving to get snacks baha. >cut down on your power bill if you ever wanted to be crafty I usually try to keep most stuff I'm not using off or idle, what are crafty solutions?>Have a siren (:Ooo cute actually!!! Idk what it is about them but they look happy ahaha
>>79958375So many things I'd love to do. All of it crazy B^).>Its city! Like outskirts so it's more suburban. It's really cozy, only been leaving to get snacks baha.I see, that makes things more difficult. If you lived somewhere more rural it'd be a lot more feasible to build something like a little dam from a stream. The electricity you could get from that is more than you might think. You could then have a pump system and a water tower for something like a power buff with some batteries. That way you can have things running all at once without needing to take power from the grid. In some places you can automatically sell power back to the grid for money. It's far less viable in suburbia though.>I usually try to keep most stuff I'm not using off or idle, what are crafty solutions?Like that above, but also there's the possibility to use liquid CO2 and a turbine or stirling engines. Essentially using heat differentials between the ground and the air/surface to get electricity. It's not super powerful but it's free energy once it's built and in times where the difference is larger you'll get more power(like summer and winter).That requires pipes underground though and just beneath the ground or on the roof of your house(paint it black too for extra heat B^).)>Ooo cute actually!!! Idk what it is about them but they look happy ahahaThey've got very cute little faces. I'd love to have them as pets. This little guy is a type of lungless salamander, a mushroomtongue species to be exact. He also looks very happy. Whilst sirens are native to the southeastern US, mushroomtongue salamanders are native to most of central America and go somewhat into South America.
>>79950250Woah! You save pics like this? MOAR booba awooga
>>79955087which one do you think is true?>>79955662>I'll have more fun with it now because I can write my own thoughts with this one, rather than contorting them to say what my supervisor wants.what r ur thoughts?>>79956658Time 2 pick up something harder then!>i guess so, i like to think im pretty responsible.with a work ethic like that you should do well in uni if u ever decide 2 start attending one!>what made you move on from the job?it was a contract job. The contract ended. I also had uni so I couldn't continue even if I wanted to.>i remember you saying this before. im glad you didn't stay in that harsh work environment. it must have been stressful for you!I maybe would've handled it better if the load wasn't so intense. But yeah, even the veteran workers said it was nonsensical.>what did you have?On christmas eve we had sum dumplings. There were duplings with 'taters and dumplings with shrooms. There were also some fish dishes but i didn't eat them. On Christmas day we ate turkey with extended family members.>i guess i just haven't craved it. the only other person who eats my cooking is my dad and he hasn't requested it eitherhave u cooked anything else recently?>hey that's great! i've never had a kebab before. r kebabs not a thing where u live?>and i hadn't heard of menchi katsu until now. i've made regular katsu before. and tomato soup toothe tomato soup turned out better than I expected. I really enjoyed eating it>i try to! sometimes i just feel intimidated by a dish. i also enjoy the cooking part more than the eating, so i try to make just enough so i don't waste food. that happens 2 me as well, but once the pieces start falling in together, the intimidation goes away>do you ever encounter that issue?I usually try 2 make it enough 4 multiple ppl so that others may try out what I make but I usually end up eating the whole thing by myself>>79958062ever thought of going bac 2 school?
>>79959098okay settle down, baka
I was able to wake up a little earlier today, so that's good.>>79958026>for sure!! we totally got robbed out of so many cool looking designs, that one being one of them. i also wish we would have gotten beta kingdra and the jiangshi pandaI don't know why GF doesn't just recycle them. They're so much better than whatever they're doing now. Maybe it's a pride thing.>they're crazy expensive to get though and they were before my time so i couldn't get one when they were newIt's obscene just how much used Pokemon games go for these days. They still sold millions of them! I thought my copy of Emerald was expensive when I got it in 2011 or so but they're asking for like 6x as much now.>cutscene after cutscene after cutscene, am i right? and all the hand holdingI just wanted to explore and catch some cool monsters but I don't think I ever got to the point of doing that for more than a few minutes at a time. I do remember playing it early because someone leaked the ROM, but the thrill of that wasn't enough to carry me very far into it.>but that would be too good to be trueGF still haven't been burned for putting out bad games. They will never improve until they face insolvency.>favorite track?They're all really good, especially the night tracks. It's too hard to pick a favourite. Maybe routes 209 or 228. Sunyshore and Canalave city too.>1, 5, 6, 11, 13, 20The ED of the first movie has a really lovely song, and the lullaby in 6 is good too. The Japanese ones, I mean. I've got a soft spot for all the movies with Dawn because I had a crush on her as a kid. 20 is good too, I forgot to put that down. I have vague memories of watching 11 with my grandma. 5 is good because it has a bunch of little flourishes that they generally didn't bother putting in the other movies.These posts are making me realise I like Pokemon more than I thought.
>>79958062Good luck with getting a job, anon. I find it's usually a lot harder than the job itself.>>79959469>what r ur thoughts?That algorithmic transparency is not possible and asking for it is just tilting at windmills.
>>79959469>which one do you think is true?Honestly I'm not entirely sure. I can't deny that the monoplacophorans of today have to have that more close relationship with the chitons, but I'm also not sure if the monoplacophorans of the past(the original ones, not these imposters or potential imposters) were the actual group that cephalopods evolved out from.I do think they're distinct, the extant monoplacophorans and the extinct ones. It seems too convenient that they were missing from the fossil record for nearly 400m years and then suddenly we find them again in modern times. Although the explanation of them being confined to the deep sea can help with explaining that(as deep sea fossils are extremely rare and most of the fossils that might've formed in the deep sea are very likely gone), it just can't explain all of it.I don't think we'll get a good answer to any of this without soft body preservations of early cephalopods and of the old monoplacophorans. If the old monoplacophorans turn out to be very anatomically similar to the modern ones then they're one continuous line, more than likely, which also means that cephalopods must have come from an entirely different mollusk lineage. Soft tissue preservations of cephalopods and other mollusks is very uncommon though. Squids, I remember, have an issue with the production of ammonia that greatly hampers the environment at which they can fossilize. I'm not too sure about all of the other groups, but ammonites are another mystery group. We have no soft bodied fossils of ammonites, only ever their shells. We do not know how many of the ammonites might have looked, to my knowledge at least. All of it is based on speculation from their shell morphology, isotope analyses and so on. I wouldn't be surprised if some fossils attributed to ammonites actually came from a weird group of what amounted to ancient, giant sea butterflies(that aren't true sea butterflies) and they just convergently evolved siphuncles.
>>79959520I'm very good at workingI'm very bad at job hunting
I feel like talking with someone about anything but I don't know what to say myself.
>>79960192Job hunting usually requires a very different skillset to the job. My resume is fine but I just come off as a complete autist to hiring managers which puts them off - even if that's what the job requires.>>79960286Do you have any obscure or esoteric interests that you'd like to share?
>>79959520>That algorithmic transparency is not possible and asking for it is just tilting at windmills.what is algorithmic transparency?>>79959658what sort of animal did squids evolve from then in ur opinion?
>>79960286we could talk about anything! Tell me about ur day.
<--- Autism creature.
>>79960317>Do you have any obscure or esoteric interests that you'd like to share?Do roller coasters count?>>79960550>we could talk about anything! Yay! Thanks.>Tell me about ur day.I should have slept but I couldn't and didn't...So my day hasn't really began yet. I spent the night going through videos of a woman translating Chinese stuff. How about you?
I love Super Mario Bros so much, perfect silly little video game series.
I ended up falling asleep for a couple of hours, sorry anons.>>79960542>what is algorithmic transparency?Some people think that the algorithms and model weights that AI systems use should be made available either publicly or to a regulator. While that sounds nice, because of how neural networks work, you're effectively asking for a long list of equations and parameters that don't mean anything. They basically just pull equations out of their ass and somehow arrive at the result you want. This makes it virtually impossible to work backwards from an output and explain how a model got there with the inputs.In other words, focusing on algorithmic transparency is a waste of time, and you'd be better of regulating how these models are trained and used.Understandably, this lack of transparency makes people uncomfortable but it raises the question of why we allow such low opacity in other areas of life. Hiring decisions are almost entirely opaque, yet there's only outrage when a robot make those decisions.>>79960841>Do roller coasters count?I'd say so. Do you know lots about certain parks or just lot in general?
Of course this happens when I'm out of the country...
>>79962104Time to refund those tickets
>>79962130I can only get about half of it refunded now and I've already booked my holiday off.I'll have to give this a serious think...
*tinktinktinktinktinktinktinktinktinktinktink*I hurt my back, Im gonna order a new latex mattress topper to help, so since I'm laying down for the next few days, what's a good anime or show to watch? Anything that makes you think? Books too, I'm reading A Psalm for the Wild Built
>>79960721do u like autistic boys?>>79960841>Yay! Thanks.no problem!>So my day hasn't really began yet. I spent the night going through videos of a woman translating Chinese stuff.what sort of stuff?>How about you?I snoozed a bit, then played sum warframe and ESO. Ate a kebab 2. Watched a stream as well.>>79961524what is ur fav mario game?>>79961800how's your paper going? Did u finish it yet?>>79962104>>79962168wut r u thinking of doing?>>79962273I am curently watching demon lord 2099it's a pretty unique anime
>>79962273I got a mattress topper a while ago and it helped a lot.>good anime or show to watch? Anything that makes you think?Maybe Legend of the Galactic Heroes and Evangelion if you remember it's a character study and don't get distracted by the set dressingMadoka is pretty good too if you enjoy working out what's going on in things. But I think a lot of anons will have watched most of those.>Books tooMoominland Midwinter is a nice exploration of loneliness. Nothing too heavy either.Yes, I do have the tastes of a 13 year old.>>79962402>how's your paper going? Did u finish it yet?No these take ages to write. It won't be done for a few more weeks at the earlier. I'm at the stage where my outputs need to be publishable.>>79962402>wut r u thinking of doing?My sister's booked some holiday off to see me, so it would be rude to pull out at the last second. Plus the cancellation fee is like 200 pounds. There will be more Touhou stuff for me here in the future. At least I hope.
>left last year>came back this year>this thread still existsHome.
Drinking grape juice and taking it easyand honestly, i'm glad this thread still exist
>>79938026What do you do to take it easy? I feel like I haven't taken it easy since I was a kid
>>79962512>No these take ages to write. It won't be done for a few more weeks at the earlier. how many pages do u have 2 write?>I'm at the stage where my outputs need to be publishable.what sort of things would make it not publishable?>My sister's booked some holiday off to see me, so it would be rude to pull out at the last second. Plus the cancellation fee is like 200 pounds. There will be more Touhou stuff for me here in the future. At least I hope.what sort of holiday?>>79963440welcome back!where have u been?>>79963775I snooze a lot. I also try 2 remain carefreewhat's preventing u from taking it easy?>>79963663i had sum apple juice earlier
lurking after the image limit hit and taking it easy
>>79963440I will post in this thread until my dying breath>>79963793>how many pages do u have 2 write?As many as it takes. I'd guess in the ballpark of 15 or so.>what sort of things would make it not publishable?Research that isn't thorough enough, shoddy editing, and poorly made arguments.>what sort of holiday?The kind that lets her not go to work.
>>79963823im lurking too. i wonder how many of us there really is.>>79957554will u be rejoining our ranks or will u remain a permanent character lurker-chan? i have been enjoying ur posts so far since they are chatty.
>more lurkersWhy? What do you get out of just reading our autism? Participate damn it!
>>79964149not sure, i just don't really have anything to add to the thread at the moment and i'm trying to avoid simply... stopping postingi like this place but lately i've just been getting less and less things to talk about
>>79963823it's hard to follow conversations without images, and i'm also just lurking more right now.. sorry..
>>79964494i feel like it's hard to follow conversations in general, i often get lost in my ownbut that's fine anon, i want to say i'm just lurking as well but right now, neither of us are
>>79964519i don't really have anything to contribute right now anyway. i'm a broken record.
>>79964540then let me hear you loop once more, what's on your mind, anon?
>>79964149Another lurker here.>>79964420You VILL enjoy my invisible attention and you VILL like zet!
>>79964553that's a secret! that everyone already knows.
>>79964599well apparently i'm not everyone, so i don'ti tend not to keep track of the conversations in here, they're a bit too context heavy for me to follow and often times, it's a hassle for me to scroll back up to understand the context, you know?but if you don't want to say anything that's finewe can just lurk here, all is good
i'm about to watch sonic the hedghehog 3, i was supposed to watch in the year before but doesn't matter, i'm about to watch it now
>>79963896how do u plan 2 do research?>The kind that lets her not go to work.will she take paid leave or something?>>79963823>>79964564post moar!!!!!111!11!!1tell me about ur day>>79964484lurker-chan!tell me about the manga u've been reading
i hope everyone is having a good day!>>79958082>>79959501>>79959469ill get back to you properly once i'm home if there's still a thread up, busy day today >>79964149>will u be rejoining our ranks or will u remain a permanent character lurker-chan?for now i think im just a temporary character. ill likely stick around until my conversations fizzle out or until i annoy someone and then ill go back lurking like normal. idki do like everyone here. i just dont think im that good a conversationalist! and i think im kind of boring too haha so i dont have many interesting topics to talk about>>79964420you guys are my favorite slice of life anime
>>79964715there are 3 sonic movies now?
>>79964802YEAH, and please don't tell any spoilers, that goes to any of you, but man i'm already having a blast!
>>79964790>lurker-chanthat is not me, anonsorry>tell me about ur dayi just rested up all dayate some of my relatives' sunday cooking (pasta with tomato sauce and fried fish with olive oil on the side)my legs are all sore from yesterday and there's a blister on my left pinky toe>>79964801>i think im kind of boring too hahasame here, there's not much about me that i consider "entertaining"people don't seem to agree with me though, so i'm sure they won't agree with your take there either
>>79964420where am i supposed to lurk? the 33+ thread? don't be ridiculous.
>>79964869ah it's u junashello!blisters suck, were u walking a lot somewhere? How did u get it?when r u moving out of ur relatives home? IIRC u start ur job pretty soon>>79964891Don't just lurk! Participate a little! Tell us about our day! gimme ideas 4 future threads...
>>79964790>how do u plan 2 do research?In my field it's usually doctrinal, which just means going through statues and cases and commenting on them. Also citing other people that have written on the topic.With this one I'll probably have to read some compsci papers as well and try my best to explain them to non-experts.>will she take paid leave or something?Yes. Or sick leave>>79964801That's okay, take your time>>79964869>there's not much about me that i consider "entertaining"Half my posts are the most boring drivel you can read, so you're in good company.
>>79962402>do u like autistic boys?Yes but not too much.>what is ur fav mario game?Lots of mainline games but rpg series (Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario) have a bigger place in my heart, simply because I love a good interesting story. Odyssey was awesome though.Also, I wanted to talk about this for a while but I think Charles Martinet stepping down from his role as the main voice actor wasn't that bad of a move from Nintendo. I've seen so many people disliking the new guy, saying his Mario sounds too young but let's remember one thing that is important: Mario series is 40+ year old franchise and it had over a million retcons over the years. Mario may have been conceptualized as middle-aged when he was made and was thought to be so through out the 80's-90's but as for modern era he's either 26 (Smash Bros japanese profile) or 24-25 (Miyamoto's own words) so a young adult. When Kevin Afghani suceeded Martinet in 2023 he was 27 years old, so a young adult voicing young adult characters. May not be a bestest choice for Wario and Waluigi but for Mario brothers? He's perfect. Charles did a great job being THE voice of the series for years but he was getting old and it was bound to happen. And so far (in Brothership, Wonder and Jamboree) Afghani is doing a great job imo.>>79964838Shadow is in this movie.
>>79964923>were u walking a lot somewhere?yeah, went out for lunch with some uni colleagues, haven't seen them in monthsthat'd be the last time to see some of them before i moved, but i ran late and my sandals aren't very well adjusted for my feet, a part keeps rubbing against my pinky toesnext thing i know, blister>>79964926eh, if you were as boring as you say, you wouldn't be having as many talksgive yourself some credit, anon
>>79964972And speaking of which, Afghani is a miles better choice than Chris Pratt because I fucking hate Pratt as Mario. Charlie Day was a spot on for Luigi but Pratt? What were they thinking??? (AVGN reference).
Jill anon wishing you all an Happy New Year!I was stuck up in the mountains but now am home studying, hope you all took it easy.I finally posted my album so I can now focus on uni againI wanted to post the pics but image limit was reached once again....
>>79964923smoking a ciggy and taking it easy
>>79964801could it be that baka worked on the day of the Lord...?>>79964972would u main mario on smash brothers?>>79965010how was ur meet-up with ur uni frens?>>79965120Happy new years, Jill anon!how did the new years go? Did u drink lots of champagne?r u also gonna have exams next week?>>79965155have u done anything kewl 2day?
>>79964801>>you guys are my favorite slice of life animewhat was your favorite story arc of the 2024 season
>>79938026shut the fuck up. I hate you so fucking much.... just die... go away. disappear. you will never be nothing but an insect
>>79964923don't give this fucking loser any ideas for future threads. insignificant, disgusting parasite.
>>79965294>>79965273what's your beef
>>79965174it was pretty goodwe ate at a restaurant we haven't eaten in a long time, i got myself some angus beef with rice and beans, others got similar dishes toowe walked around the place for a while after and talked about things like career, the future, went to a book store and talked about some anime/manga we like tooi saw youjo senki's manga there too, was niceone of my colleagues got me to watch dandadan since the manga was there, i quite enjoyed itgot myself one more picture of us too, later i'll print them all and stick them in a mural>>79965273i hope you have a nice night, anonyou sound like you need itstay safe out there, ok?
>>79965319I don't have any "beef" I can do and say whatever I want, you cockroach.
>>79965358your family doesn't love you. how can you love something so repulsive.
>>79965445so what makes you want to come into this thread and say negative nancy things
>>79965465i'm sure your family loves you, so it's all goodit's important to get some love in your life, don't you think?
>>79965358sounds nicewhen are you gonna move out 4 ur work?
I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and I like to kiss my own butt.
>>79965541I wonder what it would feel like to violate your corpse...
>>79965512not sure, the final results come out next friday but i already know where i'm gonna placething is, it's up to them to decide when to call me uponce they do, i imagine i'll have a couple weeks to prepare before moving, but i'm expecting to move out by the next couple months
>>79965484because I hate you so badly... you make me sick
>>79965273>NOOOO! SOMEONE ELSE IS HAPPY?!>FUCK YOU, STOP HAVING ANY HAPPINESSCrab bucket moment>>79965646Start quoting the Hatred trailer. Be 3 edgy 5 u
>>79965644you're destined to fail and rot for the rest of your life you fucking pussy.
>>79965626you good?also are you actually bobby lemon? the same kid from this hood classic: https://files.catbox.moe/aj356j.mp4
>>79965656i hope you put your potential to good use, anon
>>79965646why do you hate so much
>>79965654i've never heard or seen that, moron. I hate fucking autistic retards that make connections out of similar things that they've seen. its fucking annoying.
>>79964972All evidence suggests that Martinet was forcibly retired rather than quitting on his own terms, and that upsets me a great deal.>>79965010>you wouldn't be having as many talksI have a captive audience>>79965120Please share the pictures next time
>>79965668yes. unfortunately.... Nice to meet you>>79965670
>>79965682>i've never heard or seen that, moron.Lurk moar, be over 18 to post here, etc.. Have a game trailer you'll love https://youtu.be/9PLumh-wttc?t=10
>>79965700i'd rather gouge my eyes out then look at this webpage daily. "lurk more" what a joke.
>>79965700oh this, I actually have seen this, but it has not interested me in the slightest. it's too gay and edgy
>>79965721Thanks for reconfirming that you're retarded, young and new to the site. I didn't ask though.>>79965732Ironic.
>>79965273https://youtu.be/KhYVJR2Ay98?feature=shared
>>79965700also i'm probably older than you... im 21. did I mention by definition i'm a pedophile?
>>79965738i'm not young, im not new.... and retards shouldn't call other people retards. that makes no sense...
>>79965739>videoLel
>>79965753because of course you are. can't wait for you to get v&!
>>79965739;D hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe
>>79965787go jerk off to fictional characters you fucking clown
>>79960542>what sort of animal did squids evolve from then in ur opinion?I think they did come from a snail-like ancestor, but the kind of monoplacophoran-like ancestor that's talked about is going to be something like how the lobopodians situation in the Cambrian is. The lobopodians all look very similar and were once thought to all be one clade, but it turns out that they are almost certainly from a bunch of different lineages and all converged on similar traits. I think the monoplacophorans may be like this and maybe the cephalopods came from one group.An example of that lobopodian stuff would be Hallucigenia( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucigenia ) which is very certainly most closely related to onychophorans, however other lobopodians are more similar to the anomalocarids and others are thought to maybe be related to the tardigrades. I mostly just think that it's all so murky, the fossil record for the cephalopods and early mollusks.>>79964801You're signing yourself up for more of my sperging with another reply B^)
>>79965817you dare make fun of my favourite sport! i'll have you know i've shot 4 blanks, 17 reds and 39 whites into my precious kasane teto body pillow. i'm the clown? bitch, YOU'RE the clown because you're not masculine enough to participate in such activities.
>>79965833cry yourself to sleep. and record it. wouldn't that be funny from an outside perspective!
>>79965832no one read what you have to say, because nobody cares.
Taking it easy and going to the post office
