#tinder problems

[thebestpartofwakingup]

I don’t care if Artemy/Daniil is problematic I care that it is literally the most boring ass “witch in the alps looking for her neighbor’s lost cat” ass option of like. ANY shipping between ANY characters in that cast

[ladyofcrowsandcoffee]

lets playyyyyy swipe swipe blorbo!!!!! show me the baaaabes, i know theres new peeps

There's a couple new peeps including some I haven't post about before.

Upfirst we have Caelia. Her favorite color is pink. She's a hexblade warlock who accidentally made a pact. Her go to coffee order is a brown sugar latte with sweetened foam. She collects crystals and plants (she presses the plants to preserve them.

Next we have Orchid. She's my drow who was raised by tiefling parents with multiple adopted siblings. She loves the stars. She is a soldier who is trying to adjust back to civilian life. Has tattoos covering her body. Her favorite food is chocolate chip muffins. She's a bit shy at first but won't shut up once she's comfortable with you.

Finally we have my twin tavs Vallas and Cadell

Vallas has very big and pathetic brown eyes when he's not controlling his face. He's a nature domain cleric who loves being a florist. He can grow a beard and is super proud of it given it's rare for elves/half elves. He's going grey early. He's a very soft/gentle for someone of his build. His left arm is a mage hand illusion or a very detailed prostheticthic from elbow down.

Cadell is the more wild of the two twins as he's a rogue who started his own locksmith business. His tattoos are infused with magic. While he acts like a player it's really more of an act to hide he's very romantic at heart. He raises hawks and other orphaned birds. He can also grow a beard but gets bored of it so shaves it off randomly. He has partial heterochromia around the iris via a brown ring

[russell-crowe]

so pathetically in love with rhod that im happy to have the time again to just be thinking about my silly guy. making art of him. gifs. writing. i’ve experienced some of the best weeks of my life with the storms and bruce, yet i finally feel emotionally complete again just sitting at home and doing the online parasocial equivalent of holding his hand. :) <3 i love him

[babymorte]

just when i think im ready for human interaction again some dubass on tumblr proves why im not

[iamthetruenhaz]

So...

A mini research project I, yours truly, a lvl 0 researcher, proposed to my team, that we applied for a grant for, has been approved.

Now the caveat for this project is that it is essentially sophisticated analysis (like, visiting Europe's top electron microscopy facility sophisticated) of something we have to have produced in our main project. AND WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR THAT because I've just completed the very first step and I have a LOOOOOOOOOT of work to do to get anything looking functional.

And we, and by we I mean yours truly, just HAVE to have made it possible by about the half of next year.

What have I done.

This. Is. Nerd. Hell.

[kiwipineappleparasol]

oh Yeah I forgot I never Posted the rest of my Thoughts on the TTYD remake ... Whoops! These things happen I suppose. Since it’s almost OG TTYD’s NA release again, might as well post them now ! Spoilers below for the whole game and post game!

THE EXCESS EXPRESS IS SOOO PRETTY WITH THE NEW LIGHTING !!! I had to take so many screenshots. Especially at sunset or at night. And the MUSIC… The evening atmosphere in general is just soooo good. I would keep trying to get images of my partners sitting at the dining tables to little success.

I remember getting a taste of all the new poses before the remake came out with some comparison images but it's still so cool to me

I had Vivian out when I inspected the stains on the dining car floor and . Actually I'll just put the clip here . Beldam SUCKS (we knew this it's just being reiterated)

the Ghost T sequence looks awesome. The light of Heaven…. Of course I read his diary, and holy shit the glitching effects and stuff wasn't what I expected at all (can’t remember if they were in the og) but it really adds to the DEATH CURSE .

my mother asked why they'd bother to tie up Doopliss because he did nothing wrong . This is true Doopliss has never done anything wrong in his (after)life (joking statement)

Riverside station is soooo pretty….. Unclear how the sun is supposed to be going through the mountains like that though. Not like it matters when it looks so Cool and Wavy.

The inside of the station looks less run down than it did from my memory and moreso just old and abandoned, in a way that I like. It just feels so …empty in a good way.

When you're supposed to hit the Smorgs with your hammer, if you have any partner other than Goombella out and use the Partner Hint, she will tell you as much -- but if you have Flurrie out, Flurrie will instead tell you that, and that she can blow them away! Such a neat touch. They really thought of everything.

the scene of TEC shutting down … It just has such Drama to it. I didn't get to that part in my last playthrough so I can't compare it mentally but I liked it.

Slight Detour: to defeat Bonetail and save a kid’s dad ! Gotta wait for Frankly anyways right

Anyways! back on track . I forgot to write many notes for the last two chapters Unfortunately. Here’s what I got:

AWESOME SHOOTING TO THE MOON CUTSCENE

if you have Vivian out during the cutscene entering the X Naut fortress she's like "not this place again…" I love how she actually references being there before

LORD CRUMP'S STUPID EVIL LAUGH POSE is so good . I love all the new poses so much and I don't think he had it in the original? But idk . He literally only has it for like. Two seconds. But either they thought it was so important and I respect it.

he sucks up the audience with his .. um. his. why is the vacuum coming out from between Magnus Von Grapple's legs.

The scene of the Thousand Year Door opening was so sick I had to watch it multiple times . The crystal stars look so awesome here, and the presence the door has … The way it cracks and opens to this swirling darkness… Awesome.

We get to finally give Beldam a taste of her medicine, or as Vivian said "it's her turn to get punished" … Sad to see Doopliss get duped in this nonsense. In the tattle log it said Beldam specifically sought him out … Definitely after he ran by them crying after Chapter 4 . Beldam loves targeting people she thinks are weak! How likeable. She is directly called abusive by Goombella in Doopliss' tattle -- not that it isn't obvious but you know, happy to see it called what it is.

There's another puzzle moment where you could use either Koops or Yoshi Kid -- you're expected to use Koops but if you have Yoshi Kid out he'll say as much. So cool. I loooove accounting for multiple solutions.

when Grodus said the world is mine. Well. I had to laugh. Someone show him Miku. Also when he got INCINERATED BY THE SHADOW QUEEN. That moment has always been so funny to me. He's so fucking stupid did he think the demon would actually listen to him. That's what he gets for trying to kill Lord Crump off LMAO. also for what he did to TEC I Guess 🙄

THE HANDS CRAWLING ACROSS THE LAND . LETS GO

The epilogue of Goombella visiting everyone has always been sweet, showing that while direct interactions between everyone weren't really shown, they did become friends -- but they all had their own lives before this. So they take their new inspirations they gained on their adventure with Mario to continue on new paths and all.

PAUSE! welcome to my STORY CRITIQUE SECTION! (Yes, I can criticize my favorite video game of all time. These problems were in the original however so it's not a remake thing.)

Listen we love Goombella threatening Beldam to never hurt Vivian again but Vivian deserved an ending outside of her life with her sisters. Yes, it's in character for her to want a happy ending with them but c'mon. Noone deserves to stick around Beldam. If you asked me I would have changed her ending with her reconciling with Marilyn and Doopliss but not Beldam because those two were also victims of Beldam -- and Doopliss literally replaced her as the scapegoat lmao. They have so much to talk about. I think that's my one critique with Vivian's storyline. Grubba never showed his face again; Beldam didn't have to either.

I can absolutely believe that Grodus ditched the full on evil act though. I mean. He's just a head now. And now he has to have his minions carry him everywhere. Plus getting incinerated at the apex of his World Conquest Plan probably killed off his motivation. He's so pathetic now. Definitely still a bad person but what is he going to do about it. Beldam however suffered no such consequences aside from … I guess getting beat up in the Palace of Shadow once? Which is unfortunate and she doesn't deserve any forgiveness from… Literally anyone. So I don't see why she would ditch being an Asshole -- especially considering unlike Grodus, the shadow queen actually respects Beldam. Beldam should feel more robbed because this was her victory that Mario & Co took from her. But I guess they just wanted to give everyone a happy ending -- I just don't think any ending with Beldam in it is happy for anyone involved.

OK BACK TO SHAMELESS GUSHING!

THE CREDIT SEQUENCE ANIMATIONS ARE SO CUTE!!! THEY MADE THE CREDITS SEQUENCE ALL ANIMATED IN THE REMAKE FOR ME!! IT IS SO . FUCKING GOOD. AND ALL THE IMAGES IN THE BACKGROUND ARE ACTUALLY UNIQUE FROM RHE GAMEPLAY??? THEY HAVE MULTIPLE PARTNERS AND UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES AND HUHHH?? THEY MADE THIS SO COOL??? I need to rewatch it because there's so many segments I love . A complete and total upgrade from the original and so much more in line with the charm from the Original Paper Mario's credit sequence . We loveeee you people who made the remake credit sequence you did this for meeee

THE REDONE PAPER MARIO 64 THEME WHEN YOU TALK TO BOW !!! I love it I listened to it in the music player a bunch … Also her and Bootlers new poses are great.

The Prince Mush fight is actually a perfect extra hard boss that takes advantage of the unique battle mechanics and I absolutely love it. Like, adding an optional boss to the remake that has to be defeated by superguarding is such a great way to put a mechanic not everyone will be using to the forefront, and that naturally makes this boss difficult until you master it. I know I failed several times, but I also had the unsimplifier badge on… Once I took that off I won without even needing to heal. Felt so cool.

The New secret fight in the Pit of Hundred Trials was also really neat ! I think I cheesed it a bit using Vivian's Veil, but the amount of damage he can rack up is crazy . Took out multiple of my partners, but I ultimately beat it the first time without even using my healing items. I still need to find out what trial stew does…

And with that, I had gotten every tattle, recipe, badge, and completed every trouble (my final trouble was removing the graffiti in the Pit of a Hundred trials, did that on the way to that secret fight you get after you had beat the pit once and some other requirements)

In Conclusion: I FUCKING LOVE TTYD !! still can’t believe this is real just reading back through my notes and looking at my screenshots, it feels like a dream. I’m so glad I got to experience this.

[dragonbo-ning]

how does anyone successfully go on dates with new people like I wouldn't want to cuddle that. I don't know where it's been

[misslunaqueen]

UGH online dating sucks 🤮

[seaglassdinosaur]

I love Thuggory he exists to be cool and hype up Hiccup, everyone goes ‘wow, Thuggory, he’s everything a Viking’s son should be, he’s strong, charismatic, and leaderly’ and he immediately turns around and says ‘OKAY EVERYONE, WE’RE LISTENING TO HICCUP NOW.’

[chemistfail]

I think I secretly hate good looking and successful 25 year olds with boring hobbies

[garbagebinne]

[vettely]

another update on that guy: we went on a second date and now i can't stop smiling :))))))))))

[notamobboss]

I think I'm going to shutter all my dating profiles for awhile. As much as I would enjoy dating and whatnot, it feels like I'm putting in a bunch of labor that I don't know how to do well and honestly not getting anything out of it. It feels degrading, which is not my kink, and I probably shouldn't be wasting energy or mental health on it right now.

Edit: It is done.

[fionafigs]

that fact i’m way more nervous for tonight even though it’s straight up a friend date not romantic is so funny

[soraandme]

Crónica de una soltera anunciada/ Chronicle of a Single Life Foretold

Creo haber escrito en una entrada anterior que, desde hace años, luego de una mala experiencia con un chico, no volví a tener ningún tipo de interacción romántica con alguien. Bueno, la cosa no mejoró desde esa vez, pero sí cambió un poco. Me refiero a que ahora sí estoy interesada en tener una pareja, pero (siempre hay un "pero") parece IMPOSIBLE.

Primer gran problema: voy a una facultad de Psicología, lo que significa que el 90% de la población son mujeres.

Segundo problema: en el otro 10% podemos encontrar una gran variedad, aunque ninguno de mi agrado. Me tomo unos minutitos para explayarme un poco: otakus, manexplaining a LAS PROFESORAS, mujeriegos aprovechando su condición de 10%, gays, con novias, etc.

Tercer problema: aunque sonó bastante fatalista el punto anterior, todavía hay algunos buenos partidos, pero por alguna razón parece que tengo un cartel en la frente que dice “NO ACERCARSE PORQUE MUERDO”. Mis amigas, que me quieren mucho, siempre me dicen que es porque intimido… me gusta creer eso y no que tengo mal olor o algo así ajajaj. Saliendo de la facultad, en la calle tampoco se me acercan, hasta el punto que estoy empezando a creer que las historias de chicos pidiendo el Instagram de chicas en la calle son solo leyendas urbanas.

Cuarto problema: juro que es el último, no hago ningún hobbie, y los pocos que me interesan son cosas como TEJIDO, BORDADO, CERÁMICA… (aprovecho para contarles que me anoté a pilates para el mes que viene :3).

Pero como les dije, ahora sí tengo ganas de conocer a alguien. Entonces, una tarde hablando con una amiga, salió este tema e hice una apuesta: si no tengo una cita antes de mi cumpleaños (11 de agosto), la iba a invitar a cenar. Y yo podré ser una tonta, fea e inútil, PERO JAMÁS UNA PERDEDORA, así que terminé acudiendo al lugar donde van todos los tontos, feos e inútiles cuando quieren tener una cita: TINDER.

Por el momento todavía no tuve ninguna. De hecho, solo hablé con dos chicos. Uno de ellos me pareció muy lindo e interesante; hablamos un poco y me dio su Instagram. Espero por lo menos tener una cita con él, porque dejé de hablar y mirar otros perfiles… ya pensé en el nombre de nuestros hijos (broma) (…o no).

Voy a darle hasta el mes que viene a ver si pasa algo, porque tampoco quiero perder mi apuesta. Supongo que, faltando dos semanas, voy a darle “me gusta” a cualquier perfil y aceptar una cita con el primero que me invite jajaja.

I think I mentioned in a previous post that, for years, after a bad experience with a guy, I haven’t had any kind of romantic interaction with anyone. Well, things haven’t exactly improved since then, but they have changed a little.

What I mean is that now I am interested in having a partner — but (there’s always a but) it seems IMPOSSIBLE.

First big problem: I go to a Psychology faculty, which means 90% of the students are women.

Second problem: in the remaining 10%, you can find a wide variety… none of which are my type. Let me take a moment to elaborate: otakus, ones who mansplain to PROFESSORS, womanizers taking advantage of being the 10%, gay guys, taken guys, etc.

Third problem: even though that last point sounded a bit dramatic, there are a few decent options left — but for some reason, it’s like I have a sign on my forehead that says “DO NOT APPROACH, I BITE.” My friends, who love me very much, always tell me it’s because I’m intimidating... I like to believe that rather than thinking I smell bad or something lol. Outside of uni, no one approaches me either. I’m starting to think that those stories about guys asking girls for their Instagram on the street are just urban legends.

Fourth problem: I swear it’s the last one — I don’t do any hobbies, and the few things I am interested in are stuff like KNITTING, EMBROIDERY, CERAMICS... (btw, I signed up for Pilates next month :3).

But as I said, now I do want to meet someone. So, one afternoon I was talking to a friend, this topic came up, and I made a bet: if I don’t go on a date before my birthday (August 11), I have to take her out to dinner.

And I may be silly, ugly, and useless, BUT I AM NOT A LOSER — so I ended up going to the place where all the silly, ugly, and useless people go when they want a date: TINDER.

I haven’t had a date yet, by the way. I’ve only talked to two guys. One of them seemed really cute and interesting; we chatted a bit and he gave me his Instagram. I hope I at least get a date with him because I stopped swiping or talking to anyone else… I already picked out our kids’ names (just kidding) (...or not).

I’m giving it until next month to see if anything happens, because I really don’t want to lose the bet. If I’m two weeks away and nothing has happened, I’ll probably just swipe right on everyone and go out with the first one who asks me out hahaha.

[mielgf]

how does one refrain from wanting to tear their own skin off before a first date? asking for a friend