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ambyandony · 4 months

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(Flashbangs you) Fugo wake up. I just saw a really cool frog on Wikipedia. Look.

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textfromthelookout · 3 months

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Did you hear of the news?

I have. :(

Everyone else has their tributes so, here, a summary of my experience with Dragon Ball.

I was in fourth grade art class. A kid had the February 2005 issue of Shonen Jump, back when Shonen Jump was still physically printed here. I recognized Atem on the front cover because the Blockbuster around the corner from our house had DVDs (I think they were DVDs and not VHSs then since I distinctly remember it having a menu and special features) of some of the later episodes of Duelist Kingdom and my brother and I watched them on repeat. So I was like oh, hey, what's this? They make books of that stuff? I don't remember the conversation but the kid ended up giving me that issue, and I took it home with me.

There were a LOT of significant, groundwork things happening in that issue, now that I think about it. We were just beginning to see Sanji truly in action against Pearl. The Dark Tournament was in it's early stages still with Roto fucking around and finding out against Kurama. Sakura shears off her hair in a move that rearranged sexualities the world over. The reason Atem was on the cover was because Yu-Gi-Oh Millennium World was just debuting its first and second chapter. Bleach wasn't even serialized yet. And Dragon Ball, of course, was also there, about a hundred and fifty chapters ahead of everybody else.

Keep in mind that this was my first experience with manga, period. So my very first experience with Dragon Ball opened on this:

and ended on this:

Yeah. Truth be told, at the time Yu Yu Hakusho piqued my interest more than Dragon Ball (a guy fighting with plants? how creative!) but I never did forget these chapters. I thought the art style was so different from the others.

At some point after this, probably between several months and a year and a half, the TV happened to be on one evening when Toonami was airing Dragon Ball Z. Oh hey, I said, I recognize that art, I know those characters. So I hung around and watched some of episode 281. Two things about watching that episode stick with absolute crystal clarity in my mind to this day. Firstly: Buu choking Vegeta out with his arm freaked me the FUCK out as a child. I could not tell you why I had a fear reaction to it but hey, there you go. The second is this:

Specifically I remember 'You died once. If anything happens to you now, you won't exist anymore. There'll be nothing I can do to bring you back.' Not precisely word for word over the years, but Schemmel's tone of voice on this particular lineread. If I had to guess I'd say it was because at that point in my life, uh, death was kinda permanent? So wait, what do you mean died ONCE. Doesn't that apply to everyone?

This still wasn't enough to get me super invested in it though, it just didn't seem like something that would appeal to me that much. So a couple years go by, I don't think about it all that much, and then of course, TFS hits the scene and drops DBZ Abridged. So you know. As a shithead middle schooler with a shithead sense of humor I thought it was the best damn thing since sliced bread. (My biggest character flaw is that I still think a lot of Season 1 is genuinely funny)

And that was really the extent of my interaction with the franchise for the next several years. Say what you will about DBZA but they did manage to put it all together such that someone who had a nonexistent concept of what the original context was could grok it with not a lot of effort. Some time in high school, I think I was around 15, I decided to bite the bullet and read all the manga, as much to increase the funny factor of DBZA as sheerly for the sake of being able to say I had. Stick it to the other weebs, y'know. Now they can't say I didn't know anything about good anime. This was unfortunately at a time when all that was available online were dirty poor-quality scans and questionable translations, but read it I did. I went 'yep, that sure is about what I expected', and proceeded to get on with my life. GT came and went, I looked up and saw Battle of Gods coming out and went 'oh hey that's still a thing huh', kinda was peripherally aware of all the divisiveness of Super as it was happening, didn't really pay it much attention, just stuck to DBZA and quite a lot of wiki-ing.

And then, this time of year about three years ago now, in the middle of conversation with @prophecydungeon, Dragon Ball somehow came up. Something to do with 'Even though I'm not hugely into DBZ's story or whatever Toriyama does have some great character designs' (yes I was referring to Vegeta and Future Trunks at the time, no i will not stop being predictable, yes i am a parody of myself). They eventually brought up the DBS Broly movie and said, and i quote: 'that was a solid 1.5h of unbelievably fun and wacky animation'. Having seen the Gogeta vs Broly part of it on twitter and been like 'damn that animation's kinda off the hook actually, good for them good for them', my response was to be like. Oh word? I've got a spare hour and a half to kill, sure, fuck it, why not, time to watch DBS Broly.

I think that movie was precision crafted to hit me in the hyperfixation, if we're being honest. Opening on a solid 20 minutes of Lore and Worldbuilding and then having most of the rest of the runtime being mindless slobberknocker fun by way of some of the hardest animation flexes ever? I was done for.

In summation. I have been aware of Dragon Ball for a lot of my life, in that its presence was pervasive and enduring as I grew up. I may have been late to the game of actually wholeheartedly enjoying it, but enjoy it I do. Dragon Ball is the roots of a vast tree of anime, and in reading it I began to understand why that is. I respect it for that, and I love it for that. My current fixation may have shifted, but as far as time devoted to one individual thing goes... it took me a year and a half to watch my way through all of the anime and read all of the manga. ALL of it. So there's something good in there, I'd say.

#rip to a legend #text from the mod #tangentially related: i am not actually dead #it's just that between school and my job and the pirate brainrot #(the previous four months of which was feverishly consumed with a 16k word project)#i have had neither time nor impetus to make dragon ball funnies #there is also the fact that my stupid autism brain is still fuming over the website changes #that have fucked up the Aesthetique of the text posts and made them much more annoying to get in a usable form #thus adding steps to what was a simple and comfortable process #and aforementioned idiot dumb brain has not stopped pitching a bitch fit over the inconvenience.#i know it's a stupid hangup. believe me i am fully aware. but there is so little i can do about it #so i am sorry about my long absence. i really truly am.#especially to the asks that have been chillin in my inbox for all this time now #it's just that they're interesting questions that deserve me giving 100% of my brainpower to them ya feel #i want to devote appropriate attention to these little funnies and not phone it in or half ass it LOL

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yzafre · 8 months

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This post sponsored by the youtube vid title I saw referring to Aqua as "mom" my teeth are set on edge and I'm eying it suspiciously because I DON'T trust it. I've seen that "oh, she's the mom-friend and the only one with her life together, just going around picking up the boys' messes" opinion too many times, I am hissing warily.

That's way too simplified, stop reducing her depth, she's much more complicated and also even inside the mom-energy she admittedly has, it's like. Hm.

She does have some mom-energy (affectionate) but I think she also has mom-energy (derogatory). Y'know?

#kh #aqua #I've been in writers block for a month #so I'm just thinking about the characters #and consuming a lot of KH media #to try and get back in the right headspace #so some aqua thoughts because the sun is down and it's time for rambling #the thing is I want to acknowledge how strong and skilled she is #but I also want to poke at all the mess I glimpse under the surface too #except the girls in KH get side-lined enough I don't want to come off #like I'm dismissing or undermining her you know? but #I have very complicated feelings on Aqua #from certain angles I see 'just-graduated-high-school' me #so I'm always playing the 'is this projection or is this an accurate reading of the text' game #...it's somewhere in the middle probably #she looks very put together most of the time #but then there's those handful of scenes #where she suddenly says something and I'm snapping my head to the side like '???'#'oh we're re-contextualizing EVERYTHING you're doing now'

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nero-neptune · 11 months

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idk, i just think that (to a point) Everyone's a product of the media they consume. that's why certain media is called 'formative', esp if you watched it young. one thing you watched/read could’ve lead to an interest which could’ve gotten you to learn/participate in/avoid something you wouldn’t have otherwise. take away all the books you’ve read, movies you’ve watched, music you've listened to, etc etc- you’re likely a totally different person. which is neither good nor bad, that's just called being a person who lives on planet earth.

#if i went back in time to middle school and made it so twilight wasn't on hold and i finally read at the age of 11 #pretty sure i could've become a twilight fan (opening a whole new branch of who i could turn out to be)#or how i was This Close to becoming a directioner (and i probably would've been a whole new person due to that)#or how i only got into doctor who because i was recommended hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (my first real intro to scifi books)#and without that i probably wouldn't have stayed on tumblr (which i only made bc of my interest in animation (more media consumption lol))#bc it's the who in superwholock that cemented my desire to make an account #or if i hadn't thought the violin looked cool bc i saw it in a movie then i wouldn'tve joined orchestra in 6th grade #(and then discovered i hated orchestra so then i joined band. and then i was offered the choice of baritone or sax and i chose baritone)#and marching band (which i later joined) defined all 4 years of my high school #something that straight up would not have happened if i hadn't thought a violin player looked cool in a movie i saw as a kid #boom! butterfly effect!#so who am i without all these experiences bc of the media i consumed? idk. if they exist in an alternate timeline #without any of the things that make me Me #that's a stranger for all intents and purposes #rambles

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chloelouygo · 22 days

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I bought a linkin park cd today and my mum has already stolen it for her car-

#im cackling #i said she could borrow it but i wasnt expecting her to unwrap it on the same day i bought it and take it with for her evening exercise- 😅#to be fair i currently habe one of het LP cds in my car #sharing is caring (as long as it's linkin park CDs)-#she played lp on my way to my first day at school when i was 5 and i swear down they've been with me ever since #it was Crawling that pkayed when she dropped me off for ref-#ugh i fucking LOVE linkin park #i remember going to uni and having consumed a bottle of shitty wine i proceeded to burst into tears in the muddle of a club #because tyey pkayed Numb like 4 minths after chester's passing #and i was NOT READY #all my band posters have fallen off my walls pretty mych with the passage of time #bit I'll never not have a pucture of Chester within easy view #he's spent like 7 years next to my bathroom door lmao sprry my guy #if im ever brave enough to get a tattoo my first will for sure be lp related #either that or a star in each ankle for my beloved Dougie #dougie deserves a whole separe post tbh #I'd stick amd poke them myself but I've proven time and time again that i absolutely CANNOT draw stars lmaoo #i did stars on books at Christmas amd oof i fekt called out seeing how awful theh wer #npt simething to freehand #so ima gp sit dowm-#edit: clearly i cannot spell i am so sorru #I'm laughing at how autocorrect went '😬😬😬 yeahhhh i ain't getting involved in her dyslexia-' 😅#i can't spell at the best of times much less rn-

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talentforlying · 9 months

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the more i write up these summaries of the major players in constantine's life, the more tempting it is to make them a multi. the idea of an entire blog dedicated to writing people who just...fucking Hate john constantine is so funny to me.

#( ooc. ) OUT OF CIGS.#my attention span & school schedule could NOT take it but chas and ritchie and gary and map and zed and ellie....my beloveds #maybe a low activity iconless endeavor to pursue once i graduate #anyway sorry about my low activity lately this dossier has been SO distracting (in a good way!)#bouncing between comics to get all the juicy details is time-consuming but the organization itches my brain Just Right

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frogathy · 8 months

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childhood was spent thinking i’d go to hell and men would not love me if i swore so now to heal from that i am swearing as much as i fucking can until i come to my own fucking conclusion about how i feel regarding the usage of such crude vocabulary

#it needs to be my own decision and understanding that i do not want to swear #not because other people Told Me it’s not ladylike or im going to go to hell if i do it #if i end up deciding hey you know what i really dont like swearing then Boom i actually have a reason other than guilt and shame #because i will have been able to feel something Other than guilt and shame when swearing. if that makes sense #like instead of being consumed by guilt and shame every time i swear or think about swearing #i am able to come to it without bias and understand for myself (without guilt and shame) why it is wrong or harmful #(or rather IF it is wrong or harmful. ive not comr to my conclusion yet but you can see i still have preconceived notions about it)#and who knows maybe men wont love me after all and i will be unloved by God if i swear #then so be it because ive never known a single thing in my life without someone else telling me #i just want to figure it out and understand for myself without someone holding my hand because im too stupid to come to my own conclusion #my parents put me in a classical school so i could learn to think critically but then have removed every chance for me to think critically #because they are afraid i will make the wrong decision (even though supposedly i have learned critical thinking™)#and they didnt do that intentionally of course. and this sounds resentful but i truly dont mean it that way #i LOVE my parents and the fact that they wanted to put money into giving us good education rather than just nice possessions #they have wonderful hearts and the best of intentions. but no parent is perfect and every single one will affect their kids in some way #whether they meant to or not. or maybe they did something with good intention without realizing the harmful outcome #every day i realize that individuation is an actual thing and its not just a montage in a disney movie #froegis meep tag

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bmpmp3 · 2 months

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I NEEED to go back to making art that makes it ABUNDANTLY clear that theres something wrong with my brain BUT NOT in a cool or stylishly interesting way. i need to do it in a way that makes people say "hm." and walk away

#sowwy ive been kinda going through it in my fine arts major rn can u tell HJKSDHKFd #ive been feeling like. scared. and paralyzed by marketability and branding.#i cant stop thinking about how other people will see my art. but not like in a good way #when i was younger i thought about it in a good way. like hee hee hoo hoo the act of looking connected us hee hee #but rn i keep thinking about it in like this wretched like consumer product mindset? ouhhghhhhh el problema es el capitalismo #and like maybe this works for some people. to think like this. to make art like this. its what my professors push me towards #not intentionally. they dont say it out loud at least. im not sure if they know or not some of the irony #my professors are nice and pretty smart and talented and i like em. but sometimes i wonder like. the push for us as students to make like #marketable 'avant garde'? stuff thats safe but pretending to be weird and out there #i dont mean to sound pretentious. in general i play it too safe myself (spent too much time as an edgy 10 year old with my #parents freaking out over my shoulder because they think the fact that i drew an anime character frowning means something serious LOL)#but i dunno man. my least interesting art with the least amount of care thought or effort always gets so much more attention in school #nowhere else oddly. online? people like my more passionate but seemingly frivolous art (oc art etc. not frivolous to me but yknow how it is #same with irl artists and other industry people outside my school. whats going on in my school LOL #i know from experience i cant push myself into a supposedly marketable brand. if i try to make something sell it will not.#i dont know why. maybe theres an invisible essence buyers can tell when i didnt care jkfsldjdfrds #but my teachers LOOOOVE the stuff i put no passion in its so bizarre orz but i gotta relearn how to ignore half of their advice #i used to be better at it. but i also only used to ignore like a quarter of their advice. maybe i need to amp up how much im ignoring #that sounds mean. they have plenty of good advice. but also plenty of advice thats clouded by their own biases #and i gotta relearn how to sort out this stuff again. i forget every few months for some reason #you know i always think ouuhhhhh i act so neurotypical ouhhhhhhhhh im outgoing i talk to strangers all the time i seem confident #im so masked IM SO MASKED but then i go a couple weeks where every conversation i have has people looking at me like #i have two heads and neither of them are speaking their language. and then i descend into madness like this HJKLDSHJDS #i'll be fine i'll figure it out. i need to stop trying to get a good grade in being a 'cutting edge' conventional artist <3 #i need to just. draw my cartoon characters in peace 😔😔😔

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becca-alexa · 3 months

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this may just be nitpicking but i feel like the quality of the feedback i've been getting from professors is just... not helpful whatsoever

#becca.txt #this is coming from someone who's been in art school and art-adjacent schools for over a decade #never have i gotten such shit feedback quality as i am in graduate school #i got better quality feedback in community college #i don't care what your PERSONAL OPINION is - give me a critique on my technique and the quality of my work #if you don't like the color i picked that sucks to suck - don't dock my grade for that #it's absolutey ridiculous #this semester especially has been so frustrating and also all-consuming #i barely have time to breathe #and i LOVE being in school but this is the first time i'm like christ i wish this shit was over #that's how bad this semester is #this has NEVER happened to me #wish me luck guys things are getting rough out here

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cyberspacebear · 8 months

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i want to make my little clip videos so bad but i am busy all the goddamn time. there need to be 11 extra hours in every day

#haven't touched obs in ages #i have some things in the works that i really like but their progress has been absolutely decapitated by the new school year #all my spare time is consumed by the paintings i have to finish too #or just being too drained to do things #shitpost #delete later

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kimmkitsuragi · 6 months

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i should spend more time studying german 😑😑😑

#ughhhh in the beginning i was really studying and writing things all the time #but these last weeks my life has been consumed by this application thing and my silly rpg game 😑#so i really should spend more time studying #i will have the a1 certificate exam in like 2-3 weeks i think 😑#but i still have the other applications to work for + a competition + article thing aughh #this isnt even anything btw like im just not build for all this #i would probably give up on all of these stuff if i had school/work rn #and it's crazy like. baby just grow up and learn how to do stuff 😑 how will i live i wonder #sometimes im like. even IF i can get into one of these programs; can i like. do it in the first place. lol #but then i feel like im underestimating myself #but then im like. im a loser tho. anyway #🗒#the epic highs and lows of learning a language

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homuncvlus · 9 months

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I'm re-reading all the bungo stray dogs light novels again because my bsd brainrot is back and killing me relentlessly causing me to consume all available media in an extremely short amount of time (help me it's all I've been thinking since last week — who am I kidding, it's not like it ever left???????). Fucking guess which one i just finished.... ding, ding, ding... correct! BEAST. it's just as painful as the first time. Asagiri has no business hurting me like that. OW AND OW AGAIN, MY GOD.....

KILL ME I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THEY CANT ALL BE HAPPY CAN THEY

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pxrxmoore · 11 months

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out of the depths of fuckin nowhere while running a fever last night my torchwood obsession was re-awakened within me. and also apparently livejournal still exists and people still post there???????

#i cannot even describe to u the depths in which torchwood controlled my life at one point #i was like 13/14 and it consumed my every waking thought #i would incorporate it into any piece of work i had to do at school #me and my close friend bonded over it and became inseparable #we were Known in class to be fuckin weirdos about it SCREAM #our Teachers knew bc we would fuckin talk/write about it all the time #anyway at 2am last night i realised i still had every ep title of season 2 memorised in chronological order 👍#and when i googled it just now to see if it rly was that ingrained in me #the first suggestion that came up in chrome search bar was a link to fanfic on live journal 😭😭😭#and ppl posted on their like literally yesterday #help #send fuckin help im gonna fall back into this fandom so fucking hard again #brb finding all the old fics i have bookmarked and re-reading them #no don’t look at the 80+ tabs i have open of unread buddie fic that’s been there for months stop it don’t perceive me #bp

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storybook-souls · 2 years

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me being told for years to watch avatar the last airbender and not doing it until summer 2020 🤝 me being told for years to read the raven cycle and not doing it until now

#sometimes you're just saving something for when you really need it without even knowing that that's what you're doing!#anyway i'm in my raven cycle era now <3 #i really really love all of these characters but gansey and adam in particular have me in an absolute vice grip #i really was reading the first few chapters still in writer analysis mode...'man this is a really strong start she's doing #so well at establishing these characters and getting her reader engaged'#and then we got to the first adam perspective chapter and i immediately went 'hm wuh oh i LOVE this guy--'#haven't been that thoroughly and immediately sucked in by a character in a while. like genuinely maybe since sokka #and GANSEY is. well! guy of all time!#this book is Really good i'm Really enjoying it....#i read over 300 pages this weekend and only like 75 of those were the end of the devourers #(ALSO a phenomenal book by the way)#and that was like. that was me reading SLOWLY #i read the card reading scene at least twice and the tree scene twice and the garage scene like FOUR times--#and it was Really nice to be distracted at work today by thinking about a book rather than by having a breakdown....#raven boys has maybe singlehandedly cured my angst where i feel like i can't read or watch things that 'everyone else' did in high school #or when they were kids even in atla's case #because i've 'missed my window' or i'm 'late' or something #no actually. it's awesome that i didn't read or watch things in high school it means there's good things i get to consume NOW.#anyway that means next i'm reading homest--

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ite-its-jellyfish-love · 2 years

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Update:

// My deepest apologies for the unprecedented extended leave from this blog, especially after the announcement of a spinoff game, but some things have happened. I suppose an explanation of sorts is in order.

Last week, while we were trying to repair my broken laptop, I got locked out of my hard drive, and there is no way for me to unlock it.

Here's a list of casualties the incident:

The ren'py files for both Ite! It's Jellyfish Love! and jELLYFISH hATE!

Additionally, all the assets for the spinoff game are gone. Pretty much everything I've done for jELLYFISH hATE is gone

The original medibang files for all official art I've done for the game (luckily I've posted much of the art elsewhere so it won't be too much of an issue)

The twinery planning file I've done for the game

I won't be giving up on Ite! It's Jellyfish Love, as I believe that society (me) desperately needs an outlet to date/befriend/hang out with cute jellyfish, but this is quite a major setback. So, yeah.

(Also, I will be cancelling jELLYFISH hATE!. Unfortunately much of the plot of that game was made with improvisation and I do not have the heart to recreate that much content from memory. Perhaps I'll come back to it one day, maybe after Jellyfish Love is finished, but I wouldn't hope for it)

#I talked about it a lot on my personal blog but I totally forgot to say it here #that's my bad.#morale has been a little low on the game lately- especially with school starting to consume more and more of my time #game update #luckily I did do some preliminary game planning on paper so I don't have to worry about that #and all of my character design sheets are still intact :) (because they are also traditional)#I'm making slow progress on the game currently but... hmm... maybe I can use this as a chance to start making youtube videos for my process #haha :)#mun rambles

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zialldevine · 1 month

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I have this way of showing love to people/trying to connect with people, where I indulge myself in the media they enjoy. tv shows, music, books, movies. And only one person has ever really reciprocated that sentiment. Keeping tabs on my favorite artist, making jokes about tv shows I’m into, referencing characters I like. It feels so nice to be loved how I want to be loved.

#I watched up to season 10 of supernatural and all of Dr who (new who) for a high school crush #well all of Dr who that was out at the time #I’ve watched all 10 seasons of Friends for a friend #when I want to be friends with someone I put my all into it #idk why this is how I do it. it just makes sense to me somehow #like a non-invasive way of squeezing into someone’s life lol #I’ve enjoyed a lot of it #some of my friends have good taste #most of the music I listen to was influenced by my friends in one way or another #I watched a lot of good movies that I never would have picked out #I would recommend consuming your friends’ media interests #(I don’t like the word consuming but idk what else to use)#also books. I love reading book recommendations #I’ve read a lot of book recs and only ONCE did I not care for the book. I even read two books into the series to give it a good chance.#I couldn’t do it.#but at the other least 3 I remember have been really good #(within the past 4 years)

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