15:50:37suntmci mean, pasting pictures directly into chat would also be nice, but I understand that that might be a limitation on server storage and bandwidth limits
15:50:55shinmera? you can send pictures already, that's what minty just did.
16:55:06suntmcyes. as painful to watch as i expected
16:57:07mintyoh man... shin what's that channel? the one with the thomas vids where the train is pushed into the meat dimension tube or some shit? i forgot the name of the channel and all the bookmarks for it were on my old phone
17:00:26shinmeraanon: select the theme before you hit connect
17:00:37mintyi just watched a robot police dog getting remote controlled around... 75k robot... to bust people for carrying 30$ worth of pot, or 100$ of unpaid parking tickets
20:10:38mintythey're adorable i will literally pay you
20:16:48gingeraleIf you mail me the yarn, sure.. I'll need some kind of a bag for all the yarn I have though.. Maybe I could just use one of the paper bags I've had food delivered in..
20:17:13mintyi have a ton of yard i used to use for doll hair...
20:33:43gingeraleOh wow. I was checking GOG and fourth installment of the Rean Schwarzer anime game Shin needs to continue is the top #1 seller. At 80 eur for the DDE.
20:33:51gingeraleThat series really has its fans, it seems.
20:34:18gingeraleThe standard edition is only sixth.
21:19:36shinmeraI keep going through phases of "what I do is really good" and then "what I do actually sucks shit and I'm ashamed I ever thought it was good"
21:19:50shinmeracurrently sitting solidly in the latter
21:23:33mintyyeah, well, my kid's standing here and HE says your art is cool so shut up
21:23:45shinmerayour kid's just a kid and doesn't know shit
21:24:45mintyhe retorts with "this year i turn 12 and i know shit"
21:24:55shinmeraHE DOESN'T KNOW THE PAIN AND SUFFERING I'VE GONE THROUGH
21:31:08minty"We've noticed your McEyeballs aren't showing you the 10 second ads we've upgraded to over the 8 second ads. If you wish to continue your Vision contract, we need you to download the updated ad software"
21:35:10shinmeraI do have to wonder though what sorts of marvelous new complexes and psychological problems being able to design your own body would bring.
21:35:26shinmerayou know, how people already go insane with plastic surgery now.
21:35:46shinmeraI know GitS touched on that in some small ways, but didn't really explore it.
21:35:58minty"do you have the money to fuck yourself up?"
21:36:16shinmeraThat's not what I'm talking about.
21:36:38shinmeraNot everything is about capitalism.
21:38:15mintyehhh... the technology will make it somewhat class-based. i doubt it will be affordable. but there's plenty of people who "work out there issues" with repeated surgery. look how many times michael jackson got his nose re-done. if you're really unhappy with yourself physically AND have the money you can just re-buy parts over n over instead of seeing a therapist
21:40:36mintythere's also women who keep increasing, slowly, the size of their fake breasts
21:40:52shinmeraAlso just thinking about the really fucked up shit people think is sexy in drawn porn, I actually dread what would happen if they actually got to build bodies IRL like that.
21:48:06shinmeraminty: apparently in asia a lot of women feel super uncomfortable about not having an upper eyelid, so they get surgery for that.
21:48:12mintyi've seen stories of guys who, because they started going bald, started trying to tell their wives' to get breast implants when it was never an issue before... like, PURELY trying to fuck up her self esteem because his is shit
21:49:16mintyi've seen reddit posts from dudes who were like "how do i talk my gf out of getting breast reduction surgery! she's set on getting it and says her back hurts but i started seeing her BECAUSE she has large breasts" and i want to scream
21:49:40mintylike holy shit dude i know nothing about her but she deserves better than you
21:49:42shinmerawell, reddit is an awful place for sure
21:50:30shinmeraThere's a thread in GBS on SA that I occasionally look into
21:53:34shinmeraI always just get depressed about it.
21:53:48shinmeraIdunno, I don't feel good about other people being horrible.
21:54:12mintyyeh, i get that... cuz it just means you're surrounded by garbage
21:55:57mintywhenever i delve into the wallows of human misery i always end on a positive story, or try to
21:56:47mintynot every story is an atrocious fuckheap
21:58:29mintylast time i delved i read about some garbage shit n then found a lovely story about two men who became roommates to save on rent during the pandemic
21:58:29shinmeraI'm just gonna sleep cause my hand still hurts like shit