Hey there. Another open thread for non-personal stuff. No Trolls, MRAs, etc.
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Open Thread for Non-Personal Stuff: Feb 2016 You Can Do It Edition
We Hunted The MammothBucking the Backlash
We Hunted The MammothHey there. Another open thread for non-personal stuff. No Trolls, MRAs, etc.
Linking to this comment because it got buried in the last thread:
https://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2016/02/19/correct-spelling-is-misandry-a-memeday-open-thread/comment-page-3/#comment-685998
Argument at breakfast the other day:
“Daddy is not a butterfly”
“Yes he is”
“No he’s not”
“Yes he is!”
And so on
Uggggh. I’m trying to motivate myself to work on my projects so I can finally open up my Etsy store, and I’m bored and thus should be working on that, but I can’t bring myself to do it because Minecraft is so tempting and I haven’t eaten yet and I’m tired and I have dishes to do and I don’t know what to doooooo.
Ugh.
PhDad
That’s cute
PI
I’ll motivate ya!
You can do it! Yes you can! Rah rah!
How was that?
Where did you find that bunny picture? It is adorable.
Some of Trump’s South Carolina supporters:
Somewhere, an 80s teen flick is missing its villains.
I’ve been lurking here for over a year. I keep saying I’m going to introduce myself next open thread, but then I chicken out. So I’m going to do it this time! No need for a welcome package, I peeked at other people’s. Hi everyone! (She/Her pronouns please!)
PI
I’m also procrastinating on projects!
Thank you, that was lovely.
If nothing else, the dishes are done for the moment, and I have dinner planned out for tomorrow (slow cooker roasted chicken and potatoes, with a side of fried cabbage). So, at least I got something done today.
I’m also going to attempt to make a sigil or two for myself using a new method I learned, and that might motivate me to finish the three or four Etsy projects I have planned and have lying around/haven’t started. : P
Though, because they’re all digital downloads, I can just make a template and copypasta. Which should make the rest of the projects significantly easier once I finish the first one.
@LindsayIrene: Wow, that’s a scarily apt description.
Well, I can’t say I’m surprised. Jeb Bush is suspending his campaign.
@guy – did you mean your comment on Vocaloid? I really liked the background & technical info you detailed. I use Miku as an example in a course I teach – Fame & Celebrity – towards the end, where we discuss new forms of celebrity. It was nice to get some more in-depth stuff.
@LindsayIrene – Jebus, check out those good ol’ boys …!!
@PhDad – where did the initial claim of butterfly-ness come from?
@PI – you are nevertheless more organised and motivated than me today 🙂
Are you serious? Those are real people?? I thought for sure The Billionaires had popped up to do another prank.
(The Billionaires seem to have petered out, more’s the pity, since I’d love to see what they’d do with Trump.)
Note: There is such a sport as rabbit show jumping, about which you can find articles on line. There are also hunter/jumper classes for miniature horses. They do it on leashes.
@Mish
Yep, that’s the one. However, I would advise you to fact-check any of my information before teaching it in class; I’m a listener rather than a creator and as such I am mostly relaying things I’ve picked up from creators chatting and/or looking over background information. It’s more like a sports fan talking about sports than a scholarly source.
@guy, thanks. Don’t worry, you made it clear that your comments were not peer-review standard – plus, I fact-check everything I use in class as a matter of course. I wouldn’t last long if I didn’t 🙂
That is one very athletic bunny!
Oh, I should also add that there are some pre-Miku Japanese Vocaloids with personifications, notably Meiko, but I don’t know much about the background there. Hatsune Miku was definitely the one to make the live concerts popular, but I’m not really sure what was going on before that, though I suspect one of the reasons they went with a non-professional voice provider is that the professionals wanted contracts guaranteeing they wouldn’t be competing for concert ticket sales against their own voice.
Definitely weren’t pushing the character angle as hard; Meiko doesn’t even have a full name.
@LindsayIrene
As a South Carolinian, I can say that’s a pretty accurate representation.
Most conservatives have a pretty negative opinion of George W. Bush. It’s undeniable at this point that the Bush administration made a long series of bad decisions in Iraq (like splitting people into different ethnic groups, etc.). So it’s no surprise that Jeb isn’t popular.
Welcome, Katie’sKittens! Feel free to procrastinate on projects here all you want.
Tovius, I found the pic on Pinterest, I this But I just did a reverse image search on it and found this video:
It was a rainy day at work (elementary school)…
Kid: My dog is sad.
Me: Why?
Kid: He hates water.
Ah, that video’s great. I love that one of the bunny owners explains to the interviewer that her bunny is really into “carrots and hay.”
And in less happy news: 7 people killed in another mass shooting, this one in Kalamazoo Michigan. A guy drove around for hours apparently shooing people at random. The apparent shooter, a 43-year-old man, is in custody. No indication of motive.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/02/21/reports-gunman-kills-least-6-michigan/80694468/
When the fuck is somebody going to do something about these frustrated middle aged male dipshits and their damned lethal penis obsessions?!
…don’t answer me, I know. The 30th of February, that’s when. Brb, smashing my head into the wall.
Just another lone gunman with no links to any other groups and no motive and it’s definitely not terrorism?
Sigh.
A heartbreaking WTF-it-is-2016-and-this-shit-is-still-happening account of how nothing happens even when you do everything right and report harassment (in a ‘con) exactly the way you’ve been instructed to do.
https://www.facebook.com/markdoesstuff/posts/1055796457774855
TW for racism, homophobia and sexism.