Violet! Wow! It's so cool to see you on here! You're the newest member,right? Is the rumor true that you're a gymnast?
...I hope the training for that is uh... humane.
Aaaanyway... thanks for keeping us all safe!
-@phansiteofficial
Oh hi! JOKER-senpai told me about you! Mishima-senpai, right? Thank you for your hard work on the phansite. :-)
Yes, I am the newest member! I need to try hard to keep up with everyone else.. thankfully JOKER and CROW-senpai are like my personal trainers, haha... one is so kind and the other is.. CROW-senpai. But both of them have taught me so much. I'm very grateful.
And yes, wow! I never thought a rumor like that would spread so quickly... you guys are impressive. I am a gymnast, yes. No one very big or impressive yet, but my dream is to become recognized one day... it's something personal, sorry. And ahha, don't worry! I'm perfectly fine. In fact I need to do even more. Thank you for the kind words, though, Mishima-senpai.
And of course. It feels.. a bit weird to hear that, since it hasn't been long since I joined but. I will try my best, I promise. I won't let anyone down. - VIOLET
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VERY IMPORTANT a dam in the Netherlands, the weerdsluis lock, is directly on a migratory path for spawning fish. They have a worker stationed there to open the door for the fish, but they can take a while to open it. So to keep the fish from getting preyed on by birds they installed a doorbell. Only, the fish don't have hands to ring the doorbell. If you go to their website, they have a LIVE CAMERA AND A DOORBELL that YOU RING FOR THE FISH when they're waiting, and then the dam worker opens the door for them! I can't express how obsessed I am with this. look at this shit. oh my god.
Please check on the fish doorbell once in a while :)
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My work boots are the most expensive shoes I’ve ever owned.
Also the most comfortable. I chose them after trying on several different brands and comparing lifespan vs usage vs comfort - I needed them for a physically demanding job, not the weekend hiking trails. I could have easily chosen cheaper boots that would have lasted long enough to be worth their low price, but I know the Sam Vimes Boot Theory and knew weaker, less comfortable boots would make my life harder in the long run.
So when the outside edge of the heel started wearing down after three years of heavy use I went to the shop I got them from and said “hey this is a common problem for me with how I walk but now it’s affecting my ankles and knees and I don’t wanna have to buy a new pair, is there a way to fix this?”
The salesman at this very fancy upscale boot store said “oh yeah, there’s a shoe repair place that can give you some heel guards - it’ll keep the rubber from wearing out.”
So at 8am this morning right after my 9hr shift ends I went to the shoe repair shop and it is the most hole-in-the-wall, is-this-a-real-business-or-a-mafia-front, am-I-gonna-get-shot tiny cinder block cube I’ve ever seen in my life. I grew up plenty poor and love me a good hole-in-the-wall business, but going from upscale store to this cash-only repair shop gave me whiplash. Wasn’t expecting this when a guy who wears three piece suits to sell boots said it’s the best place to go.
The skinny kid behind the counter looks somehow 16 and 25 at the same time, but when I tell him this place was recommended he smiles and says to hand over my boots. I hand him the vaguely warm foot-smelling boots, and stand in my socks in the 3’ square entryway surrounded by every color leather polish you could buy and watch as he turns my boots around in his hands, sizes up a crescent moon bits of plastic, and unceremoniously hammers tiny nails through them before handing them back.
The heels are perfectly level again. I can walk without almost rolling my ankles. They don’t clack loudly on the pavement or feel different. This is gonna fix my knee pain. It cost $10.
This kid had every tool he needed within arms reach, worked fast and smoothly, I was in and out the door in less than 8 minutes, and it only cost $10.
I didn’t think anything could cost only $10 anymore. I’m so used to hyperinflation prices I was spiritually thrown back to the 1400’s visiting the cobbler in town square. This kid might have been that cobbler and just decided to never die.
I’m still reeling from the whiplash, and gobsmacked at the price, and thrilled I didn’t have to go buy new, worse work boots (cuz I don’t have that kind of money for a second pair, I’m expecting these ones to last a decade) and it feels like I just experienced one of the rare little chunks of magic that floats around our world.
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truly connected people on a staggering level. If you engage with anime, even if you dont like dbz, chances are the anime you like got to you because of dbz's popularity. If you like jrpgs, even if you've never played dragon quest, the games you do love almost certainly became a thing because someone in the 80s loved dragon quest. 68 is way too young but genuinely what a towering legacy.
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Hhhsaha hiii crow its uh. Bren a while.
.let me try that agaujn.
Ahem. Hi,Crow. It's been a while! I'm sure you look just as good as you did last we spoke,if not better. I sense a certain...freedom about you that hadn't been so present before? Am I incorrect?
I like it. If there was something that inspired you to live more authentically and ...spread your wings (forgive my pun) I'm truly happy to hear it! That prospect would only endear me further.
I should cease my words before they get...embarrassing to say the least. I hope you're well.
-Crow liker♡
Ah, hello. Yes, of course I remember you.
Hah... thank you. Excuse me for saying it like this but... you are a strange person. Don't get me wrong... I appreciated your encouragement way back then. It's just a bit, how to say this... impossible to understand your fascination with me. I don't get it. You remind me a bit of our idiot leader. Sorry, that's too harsh even for me. - CROW
HEY..!!!??? : (((( - JOKER
go away cat freak. you are so nosy. Anyways. Anon, you are.... very perceptive. Only through written text in the internet can you glean all that? You aren't wrong though. Yes, i guess it has affected even my manner of typing. I couldn't bear to type the way I did before. Not anymore. I'm done pretending to be something I never was.
Thank you for the well wishes. I am... I think i found the place I truly belong to. I hope you do too, one day, anon. - CROW
:3c CROWWWW..!!!! that's so sweet... aweeeeee come here - JOKER
Ugh. Could you let me type in peace for once. Fucking hell with you. This is why I never talk here. I sincerely hope you get run over today. - CROW
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i think that sometimes the best thing that you can do is remind yourself that there are beaches. lakes, rivers, and ponds. there are forests. little woods and meadows. there are canyons. gullies and mountain cliffs. there are rainy days. dry spells and scorching blue skies. that the world turns. changes as much as it repeats. that feeling slow today won't stop tomorrow's high tide. won't make july's blackberries any less ripe
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