Nice, feel good music. Is that a trope? Cause if it’s so, it’s one I dig.

Labi Siffre - Bless the Telephone
Warwick & Crew - That’s What Friends are For
Kimya Dawson - You Love Me (It’s a soft sweet.)
Ella Fitzgerald - Get Ready

I also like despondent music, which I guess is the other side of the coin.

Nina Simone - You’d be So Nice to Come Home To (Sounds like a funeral march)
Mitski - Nobody
Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had a Heart
Liam Finn & Eliza Jane - On Your Side

#1 thing is can you sing it though. Idk if any of this is right.

This is life.

This is a great jam.

Ooo, hahaha! I gotcha! a) Thank you! I am black and white by nature, and I think at certain points we have to fight our nature and when it comes to interacting with other humans this for sure is something we can find compromise with. Also, having an opinion that never shifts of grows is pretty freakin’ rough. Oh, I just meant it was outta nowhere only on account of me just making a dumb joke =P! Thank you though =)

Set em, let em be known. Evaluate offenders: ignorance, disrespect, necessity? I think they can be “soft” which I guess is sort of against the idea. I think in life we need to be flexible though. I guess this is all to say - it’s good to know yourself and your needs. You are absolutely welcome to leave spaces that oppress you. Not all oppression spheres can be ignored, and instead must be handled. Not all boundary breakers are oppressive, sometimes things must be met regardless of feelings. Sometimes people break things because they forget (a simple example is dead-naming which I think can happen with people accidentally - it’s sort of an extreme example but it’s what came to mind). Sometimes you need to meet people half-way because that’s just life. You can find a way to honor other people’s boundaries while honoring your own. Thanks for asking, although it felt like it was sort of out of left field =P!

It’s good to have boundaries =)

That’s because it’s fucking amazing tho foreals =X!

Not pictured are 500 sea lions hanging out below =)

Oh, you got it too!

Pulled a Saltburn =)

Thank god! I know a lot of gamers still hug their consoles, but I haven’t had one since ninety dickety two, and I figured at least I could watch the pretty game if I couldn’t play it. Because I am not about to grab a console for one game =P!

Thank you by the by! It was super sweet to pass this along =)

***Oooo, looks like Nausicaa-ZoE!

Get out! I was thinking lately that I wish they would (re)release all of their games again so I can finally play the damn game with the bird-dog. A long time ago, a friend showed me a trailer for that game before it came out. I missed it, and maybe with them releasing a new game they might consider putting the old ones up for funding? I don’t care how awful the controls or the ai is, their games blow my mind, just like you said =)! Thanks for the heads up! I wonder if it’ll end up being an Playstation exclusive, or if they’ll open the channels up a bit more?

I think in general people’s attention spans wax and wane. I will say I think there’s a series of things you can do that can help put on a presentation, even if you’re “bad” at it. I think practice makes perfect. You don’t have to be a parrot, but you should be familiar with whatever you want to present. The Sims had it right when the little person talks in front of the mirror to be more charismatic. I mean, you don’t have to do that, but a kind person forgives a sea of “umms” and most people are not kind. I got some great advice a hundred years back to basically write your speech, hit it until it sounds natural, and then put it in an outline. Have cheater notes so to speak, where you can lead yourself conversationally. Use that, then when you have a handle of that knock it down to just bullet points. By that point you’ll pretty much own your presentation, which gives you an air of authority, which is the entire point of a presenter typically. It’s how I cheat the system, and I’ve given presentations on a large and small scale before (not often, but have done so in the past). I absolutely dreaded it at first and even dropped out of school because I didn’t want to take a speech class (no lie). The wonderful human mentioned above helped guide me to the finish line, and I am so terribly thankful for that. Time, talking to every kind of human under the sun made pretty much everything better. That’s why I said the last bit on the bottom.

I am not a quick person, I wish I were. Witty people kill me, because they’re so quick. It takes time for me to mull things over in my head, to respond. Even medicated, it’s just an uphill battle unfortunately. I can’t play the crowd, and I wish I could. Pretty much the only way I have learned to “cheat the system” is to approach situations where I need to be authoritative like above. But likewise you’ve gotta say the “right” things. By that I mean if you’re going to ask for audience participation, you’ve got to do so in a fun and succinct way. People don’t tend to like cringey introspective questions unless it’s done in a fun and stupid way. Of course this whole damn thing is cause of comic. I just always try to impart this knowledge I’ve gotten because most people will have to give a presentation at some point and this advice I got saved my life. So I try to keep the spirit alive by passing it on =)

Ooo, last one of the night. I am excited because of the past “this movie is pretty bad and kind of goes nowhere but I still love it” kind of horror movies I’ve watched The Black Phone is one of them. I don’t really know what kind of setup they’re going for here, as I think the first one was based off a short story and I am not sure if there’s a corresponding short for this one. Likewise the last one ended in a perfectly cliche kind of way that makes you feel all warm and tingly. I’ll still give it a go though, when it’s out. Just probably not rushing to see this. Shrugs.

In my wildest dreams. I bet you when they made it edgey perhaps (I know for a period they made it edgey but I don’t know the specifics of it). I do like the idea that you can be real good gal friends without all the raucous sexual tension. Cause when I first came out (and being gay was as accepted as scratching yourself up with a brillo pad) gals were super dubious of my existence. As society became more accepting, I made a literal shitton of straight gal friends. To the point now where they are the majority of my inner circle. Not that I think either is particularly queer coded. Betty is just a tomboy and Veronica is just a flirtatious gal. Hahaha!

(God that sounded like I was joking at the end but I am just laughing because I really think it ends there, but things can change and I haven’t read this stuff since I was young so idk.)

Thank you for this, I haven’t seen one in a long time but I also don’t really go to comic shops or anything anymore. I used to when I was a baby geeklit. I love comics for what they are, I just don’t know if I connect with them in the same way I did as when I was younger. I think the need for financial gain has also altered the scene quite a bit, regardless of how talented people are. I think I was listening to an interview with Sophie Campbell one day and she said she doesn’t really read loosies anymore because their pacing always seems off. It’s kind of the same reason why I can’t stand Netflix shows, because it feels like they’re put together to create the largest amount of arousal and retention as plausible, while stringing an individual along (they’re also hella flashy, the camera changes every three seconds). Eh! I think there is a wholesome element of Better & Veronica (Or the Archie-universe as a whole) that is actually really needed when you’re younger/coming of age. Because everything feels so strange to you, and it’s nice to have something be simple, sweet an non-antagonistic.

I have seen people on here talk about how people creep on you from a young age if you’re perceived as desirable (I didn’t really want to point at any gender, but I know it happens a lot to gals). While I think people are more apt to talking about how unwanted advances of older individuals against young folks is bad, I actually think these things are still difficult subjects to approach. But I think a lot of media has subversive almost grooming like effects that can really subconsciously harm young minds. No one can really escape it, and equally there are elements of puberty that obviously make you sexual. But there’s also elements that make you almost asexual in nature. They two kind of butt up against each other. It’s a confusing space, and people tend to enjoy media as a pause from the confusions of life. So like I said, I am glad that these comics still exist. I am also glad they evolved, because they were written in a way that white-washed America (Leave it to Beaver) in way that people have worked to shift (Raisin in the Sun) to permit more equality in the country. For as much as people hate it (white supremacist) I think diversity is the spice of life, and in including it they found a way to reach a wider audience and stay afloat in a volatile market. If I come across one of these, I’ll grab one just to see how things have changed cause of you. Thank you =)!

p.s. - (I talk about the grooming stuff from my own experiences, but also from the stuff I’ve heard other folks say. On media, I clearly partake. I just think there are elements that are really harmful to people as a whole, let alone developing minds. There’s also some wonderful stuff though, that help expand the imagination or even educate individuals on good moral standards. So eh!)

I saw one other Polygon writer who found interesting indies trying to rally support to stay independent and financially well and I don’t think they reached what they wanted. It actually seems really hard to stay financially flushed without selling your soul or having a service that a lot of people truly want to use. It stinks. Of course, this is just my observations, I don’t actually know and you can always give your grant-writing skills some practice to get financial support.

I have a goofy secret, that I was never girly, girl about a lot of things. But the library I went to always had copies of Betty and Veronica laying around and I sure as hell read them all. I think it’s kind of funny you guys keep pulling all this bathing suit stuff up. Cause I think Veronica later wears a string bikini exclusively. But I can’t exactly remember, because that was years and years ago. I have always found the evolution of this property (which has lasted so long) has been interesting as societal views have changed. I don’t read it anymore, but I do know they added a gay character at one point and I saw some other stuff they changed too.

I am not sure why this exists, or how it’s going to be but I am fine with it existing cause…even if I wasn’t I can’t stop it so…eh! All things aside, I was talking with my gal recently about how I think Mike Judge is really good at making humanistic characters. Even if they’re absolutely whacko jacko, I think this might be the most humanistic adult cartoon I can think of to be honest. I was watching Common Side Effect, and his character on there was a guy you loved to hate. Which I didn’t really think would come of a corporate schlub. There’s also a lot of the heart of Americana in this show. For good or for bad. I don’t agree with all the politics, but it does make me laugh. I know a lot of queers who’d never watch this show, because it’s very traditionalist and white-centric. I actually really like it though. I’ll give this a go when it comes out, but I will say I still don’t get WHY it exists.

This is a goofabout but I swear a couple things here:

a) When presenting things, you have to be captivating by nature otherwise you will get this response in general.

b) I think we might have too much social stimulation as a whole, even extroverts, and it’s made everyone mad.

c) Hugs.

d) *SAD gets easier with more socializing (me thinks).