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also i just remembered the RAVE GUN

it's just so perfect i can't even WORBDS

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: April 03, 2016, 07:47:09 pm »
Oh cripe, good luck. I really hope you'll be alright. :/

Shook, I still reflexively do the monitor thing too. I still felt that way when my folks dug up an old and embarrassing notebook of mine at the house I grew up in, too. Old habits die hard.

But yeah, anxiety blows. I've sorta been there, and I'm sorry that's a thing you're working around. Among other things, it got in the way of living the way I wanted to live, against the current of what I felt everyone else wanted me to do. They mostly just wanted me to be safe and successful, but I was letting that overwhelm my own feelings, and getting really confused and overwhelmed in the process. Same for expressing myself honestly, rather than through saying what folks wanted to hear, or through constant jokes and living ironically. For some folks, it can take effort to build up the courage and will and chutzpah to just be as you are. You can do it if you're diligent about it, and honest with yourself.

Or I've completely misinterpreted what you were saying, and am just projecting. That happens too. 9_9;
Definitely not a misinterpretation, in fact it's quite accurate, familial differences notwithstanding. I'm so caught up in what others think i am that i'm kind of unsure of what I think i am, and i'm scared of doing my own thang because i fear what horrible things others might think of me for doing so. Therefore, i frequently go with what others think might be good for me, and while it does sometimes work, in case of education, i've... Not wasted, but spent 3 years of my life on studies that i never finished due to a lack of interest (and motivation).

I'm also afraid of expressing myself negatively. If i accidentally offend people, it weighs heavily on my conscience for a LONG time, and actual non-constructive conflict between people in general (others vs others or other(s) vs me) gives me an extremely unpleasant feeling, and i can be digesting that for DAYS. Therefore, as you mentioned, i also tend to say what people want to hear, and i try to stay cheerful even if i may be silently shitting myself and/or feeling like absolute shite (although with that said, i generally AM pretty cheerful). The most noticable exception to that is when i'm angry, which is the one emotion that i'm really bad at hiding, but thankfully i don't have much to be genuinely angry about these days.

Oh well, i'll figure out something, eventually.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: April 03, 2016, 06:50:06 pm »
Thanks. I do have a safety net of sorts (my parents are willing to help me pay the tuition if i fail to earn enough dosh), but i'm kind of tired of always falling into whatever safety net i may have. I'm also tired of STILL being ruled so much by anxiety, even after group therapy (though it did help), but it's not like i can just decide to not be anxious or afraid any more. One of the most nerve wracking experiences i've had recently was to let my physiotherapist look through my sketchbook on his own. I am fully aware of how silly that may sound to most of you (it looks silly to ME when written down like that), but i was visibly trembling afterwards.

Also, i am extremely skittish about people looking at what's going on on my monitor, so for the most part when people (especially my confused moth of an older brother, who spends a disconcerting amount of time standing in the middle of the room while "contemplating") are looking, i bring forth a sufficiently non-descript screen that they're probably not going to take notice of and/or make comments to, and stay there until they go elsewhere. A crucial step towards living with my anxiety would be to let people look all they want, without reflexively pausing, minimizing or whatever. It feels really unpleasant, but i know i'll have to if i am to get anywhere. I also feel like i should probably tell my brother that the reason i am so goddamn jumpy about his floundering around is that my anxiety is fucking with my head. That, and i really don't care much for explaining everything on the screen, nor do i care for him backseat browsing when he has a computer literally two meters away that he could be browsing on.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: April 03, 2016, 06:14:56 pm »
Ach, can relate to that all too well. Memories flash back to the days where exceptionally large downloads could take an entire week to finish. :I

In other news, without even taking my constant bowel problems (that you're all tired of hearing about) into consideration, i'm getting increasingly stressed out by my inability to go look for a damn job. I get anxious just THINKING about going somewhere and asking about employment, and my online options are starting to be spent. I also get anxious about thinking of other ways to break out of this rut, i.e. actually devoting a certain amount of time to drawing, setting up livestreams, advertising commissions and my Patreon page, et cetera. It's this annoying wombo combo of feeling like i shouldn't, while also feeling like i want to. Kind of like a delicious forbidden fruit to a hungry man.

. .

Fuckin' internal conflicts. Won't ever get anywhere in this life if i can't even come to a consensus with myself.

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Note to self: Stay away from broccoli, cabbage and other similarly gassy foods as much as possible.

>:I

I'm starting to see a pattern where i eat that kind of food one day, and then at some point during the next, my bowels go like "YOU HAVE MADE A MISTAKE" and go into cranky mode. Well, either that, or subconscious stress about dwindling money reserves and a lack of income is starting to get to me. :v

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I AM THE ONE WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE, I AM THE TRUE INHERITOR OF THIS WORLD AND ALL THAT IT CONTAINS, AND I AM THE ONE WHO WILL LOOK DOWN UPON A SELF-DESTRUCTING GLOBAL CIVILIZATION AND LAUGH AS THE FLAMES OF FOOLISHNESS CONSUME ALL REMAINING HUMAN LIFE

i'll miss the cake though

it'd be terrible to inherit a world without cake

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: April 01, 2016, 07:51:12 am »
Some of the pranks/jokes are actually very elaborate and well made (Toribash forums have made some pretty fun ones), and those i approve of. It's also kind of funny to see what silly things that might show up, but generally, i don't care enough to do anything myself. Go ham or go home is what i say, and since i can't be bothered to spend any noticable amount of time trying to think up a hamtastic thing, i'm just going to keep an eye out for extremely obvious pranks. :v

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o my

So today i peeped at Steam and found that the Doom 4 closed beta is now available. People have been bashing that game a lot, but i think it looks pretty damn cool, so i know what i'll be doing today. :v

Edit: wwwwwwwwelp, it's a competitive multiplayer only beta. SHOOK DISAPPROVES.

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Creative Projects / Re: Random Things you drew/shopped/made/etc.
« on: March 31, 2016, 07:32:16 pm »
Huh, that's kind of unusual, but hey, it clearly works. :v

also hi guise i drew some kind of comic about deer comfort radius

Spoiler: TALL (click to show/hide)

Suffice to say, i had fun with the last panel. :P

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: March 31, 2016, 06:04:41 pm »
FUK!!!!!!! I want to do this so badly but no time );

http://go.deviantart.com/journal/Twist-Fate-588761522

Told you I was young :P
Oh yeah, that. It actually looks pretty fun, but SHOOK IS TOO OLD. This makes me vaguely melancholic, but oh well, not like i can't try the idea for myself anyways. :v

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General Discussion / Re: [CHAT] Unoffical Bay12 Discord (Newly made)
« on: March 30, 2016, 05:35:50 pm »
In the unlikely case that Kevak forgot to actually provide any information about said IRC (which i might very subtly be implying that HE DID), here you go. I personally don't have a problem with also keeping a Discord channel around, though i still have to stay away from text chatting until further notice. :<

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: March 30, 2016, 11:31:37 am »
also i so badly want to believe that i could just hold a long-running fundraiser for myself where i stream and doodle things and then people would shower me with money but alas

That's what Patreon is all about.
i have a link squarely in my signature and literally one (VERY KIND AND AWESOME) patron

:v

Haven't really advertised it much, though. Problem is that i can't quite decide how to go about it. I don't want to lock any of my stuff behind a paywall, so basically i'd be entirely reliant on the goodwill of the people who actually want to support me. Still, i'd need to rack in like 600 dollars a month, which is QUITE A LOT OF GOODWILL. Still, i suppose i most certainly won't be getting anything if i don't DO anything.

Junk mailer.  ;P

Hey, you haven't tried it yet.
Well hey, someone's got to supply the junk mail. :v
Also yes, i haven't tried yet, so technically i don't know. Maybe??

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: March 30, 2016, 10:20:52 am »
Huh, i'll be darned. I'm reasonably good (but not like rock star quality) at figuring stuff out on the run, but alas, i don't have much confidence to back it up. :v
In any case, i applied for some thing where you go around and deliver adverts and stuff into peoples mail boxes, not sure what the english word for that is. Probably not very well paying at all, but at least it's very flexible, and it's better than nothing while i try to figure out other things. :P

also i so badly want to believe that i could just hold a long-running fundraiser for myself where i stream and doodle things and then people would shower me with money but alas

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: March 30, 2016, 08:08:00 am »
Basically meaning that i'm not eligible for it, mostly regarding missing qualifications/experience. Then there's also the usual "MUST THRIVE UNDER STRESS" criterion, which i absolutely do NOT. Don't know why "high pressure work environment" is considered a good thing these days. >:I

also augh my arms are hurting again this sucks

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: March 30, 2016, 08:04:13 am »
Bluargh, i've trawled through over 250 supposedly relevant job postings, only ONE of them does not instantly exclude me. Unfortunately, it starts at 7 in the morning, and neither my brain or my bowels handle such early mornings well at all, so that basically excludes me as well. Don't know how the hell i'm supposed to earn at least $2000 within three months at this rate. >.>

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