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GirlVersusGame

@Tjuz Here's to many more messages and thousands of words for as long as we don't get sick of each other!

  • Do you know this saying? To be careful for what one wishes for. It's still not Christmas so all I've been doing is reading and writing. I hope you are enjoying your Christmas and maybe whenever I do post this you'll have finished it before next Christmas (next year)

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These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.

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seinfeldfanatic

@Werehog i didnt eat much of the pie since i made it for the rest of my family members last week.

i tried one slice of the pie. it wasnt too bad just a little salty because of the peanuts even though theyre supposed to be the unsalted kind

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Werehog

@seinfeldfanatic Hey, at least you got to try some! My family are proper vultures. If you don't act fast, food can and will disappear on you. Sounds like it went down well, at any rate!

@kyleforrester87 Bibble might look like trouble, but the best, most adorable kind! Any wider plans for your new Polaroid camera, or are you just gonna have fun with it as and when?

Th3solution wrote:

Yeah, I’d be interested to read what gaming related Christmas loot people got.

Aside from some generic "gamer socks" and a couple of Sonic-related stocking fillers, my haul this year was light on gaming stuff (and light in general, which I was happy with). Like you, I did get a little bit of money, some of which I'm gonna set aside to help with 2026's big releases.

MightyDemon82 wrote:

My wife gifted me TMNT the IDW collection volume 4

My brother recently moved house, and has ended up turning a spare room into a bit of a library. He was a big TMNT fan as a kid, so I got him The Last Ronin hardback. Figured it would blend in with his largely serious-looking book collection whilst acting as a reminder that cool stuff is still cool. Must be a bit of a Turtles Christmas because, thanks to an entirely unrelated suggestion from my partner, I ended up watching the 1990 live-action movie on Christmas Day!

"If I let not knowing anything stop me from doing something, I'd never do everything!"

MightyDemon82

@Werehog I haven't seen that since I was a kid, maybe i'll watch it. Loved the animated show and that film. It wasn't until I started getting into comics in my 20's that I discovered that the animated show was based on a more mature comic series. So now in my 40's I'm catching up with those in collected editions. The Last Ronin is one I'm very much looking forward to reading.

MightyDemon82

JohnnyShoulder

@MightyDemon82 Enjoy! I read that not long ago and thought it was excellent.

Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

PSN: JohnnyShoulder

MightyDemon82

@JohnnyShoulder I'm looking forward to it. My wife is back to work for 3 days tomorrow, so after I get the chores out the way in the morning I can throw myself into my hobbies😃.

MightyDemon82

kyleforrester87

@Werehog Well, I didn’t really know I wanted one but I have been enjoying it a lot over the past few days. It’s quite hard to get decent photos, especially outdoor scenes. I’ve had quite a few wasted frames but some have come out that I am happy with. The main issue is a single shot costs almost £2 and when I am only getting a keeper every 1 in 4 it has the potential to be frustrating. I say the potential because it isn’t actually bothering me, at least yet, and I’m enjoying taking my time and being sure before I pull the trigger. And then when it does work out okay I am spending a lot of time looking at and appreciating the result. I am also uploading them to ChatGPT (boo, hiss, etc) to get feedback on how and why they have come out the way they have. So, learning quite a lot from it in the short time I’ve had it. Yes, I can see myself enjoying it, although I will undoubtably set a monthly budget

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Metonymy

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the Push Square community!!

“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” -C.S. Lewis

Werehog

@MightyDemon82 @JohnnyShoulder Yeah, I'll admit, I had a quick flick through The Last Ronin before I gifted it to my brother, and regretted not cheekily reading it for myself first. Looked amazing!

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@kyleforrester87 Those photographs are fantastic! It's amazing how the Polaroid aesthetic (coupled with the timeless subject matter) immediately makes them look like shots from the 1960s / 1970s. Got yourself your very own time machine, right there!

Shame about the cost factor, though. I remember reading a (semi-serious) criticism in a Life is Strange review which said that the prolific Polaroid photography throughout the game was "immersion breaking" because Max was supposed to be a student and couldn't possibly afford to be wasting so many frames. Alas, when things get niche, they get expensive, especially in the art world. I'm sure you'll find your groove and hey, if ChatGPT helps... well, isn't that what it's supposed to do? What it was designed to do? I mean, it's not like you're asking it to take the shots for you!

Thanks for sharing those early results! Please do share more, if and when you're able!

"If I let not knowing anything stop me from doing something, I'd never do everything!"

GirlVersusGame

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Ravix

@GirlVersusGame I was just coming on to say Happy New Year to everyone and all that stuff, as i've not been online a lot and I know I haven't replied to lots of people. But I saw you made a long post and I skimmed some of it (apologies I could probably never read it all) and saying happy new year now would feel a bit vapid.

Anyway, it made me want to say something, or kind of check in with you, but honestly I don't even know what to say. I know some of your story from our general chats, even just from the music and how it relates with words left unspoken, but some of this kind of puts into even greater perspective my initial reaction when you were talking about the consensual relationship now, when it is so similar to the other stuff, the stuff I will never get my head around how people have the capacity to do that to others. Maybe I shouldn't check in, as I already know you competently deal with stuff your way.

I don't think I actually have the mental capacity to read and deal with all of what you wrote, the attachments etc. I know I can barely even watch bad news now, let alone fully unredacted awful sh**, as it is just not healthy for me to do so and I must avoid doing it so I don't spiral and lose focus on the small amount of goodness seemingly still left in the world. But the fact you are still making these positive changes for others who may find themselves in those situations having been through it.. yeah. I did always feel the Batman tag fit you pretty well.

I hope you get time to relax a little, anyway watch some movies and do all the boring regular stuff soon, at least. Even if it is after you're back. And before then, hopefully you can keep contact with those you hold dear and who can support you over the holidays way better than my low effort comments ever can.

When is the actual Christmas that you celebrate? And does it get celebrated genuinely in your situation or is it just more of a show when you're in Z-land. I can't imagine the 'sharing love' message of it all kind of fits in with the other stuff that well. (And I know globally the entire message has been appropriated for marketing and consumerism anyway, but still. You know what I mean.) Or do you kind of wait until you are back with your friends/partner to celebrate more?

I know you asked the other day and I'm personally at the stage where if I need something I will probably get it anyway, so I'd rather just enjoy the other stuff at Christmas, the atmosphere etc. I do like gifting to others, but only if it means something or it is something they may not be thinking of getting themselves but might still need. But apart from that my Christmas is mostly now just festive lighting, jumpers, food and drink, atmosphere and that kind of thing. But oh god, not in a boring hipster way where people just have the same dead a** conversations that they have on empty modern tv shows. You know the clone people that have infiltrated society and media and they 'live, laugh, love' their way to the grave with their empty heads 🙈 this went off track quickly.

Yeah. Christmas!

@Tjuz hey, lad! I also wanted to reply to you, but again, i've almost completely fallen off this site over the holidays. I don't know if we could ever make a BG3 run work, I have definitely realised the DoS2 is indeed insanely big (it feels bigger than BG3 somehow, maybe i'm just playing it even slower than normal when I do have a sesssion) But these games feel like such a commitment I think only living with the person you intend playing co-op with would actually make it work in serious adult life with any form of actual ease for a game so massive and deep. So how about it, when do I/you move in 😛 haha. Anyway, hope you're enjoying the holidays in a very sensible and reserved way and not getting into too much trouble. Did you have a good old festive time?There was probably other stuff you mentioned in your two psots, especially about big faces, but yeah, i'm heading off so will just hit post. Many apologies 😅

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GirlVersusGame

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nessisonett

Woke up to see water all over the kitchen, the floor, the worktops, everywhere. Boiler’s clearly been leaking all night so I’ve had to shut it off. Now try getting anyone to fix it on bloody New Year‘s Day. Might have a cry, these last few weeks have been a disaster.

Plumbing’s just Lego innit. Water Lego.

Trans rights are human rights.

Werehog

@nessisonett Perhaps my most feared of all home-related faults. I'm real sorry you had to wake up to that, today of all days. I don't mean to sound patronising but wise move, allowing yourself a moment to cry. Always let that kinda emotional weight out whenever possible. I really hope you're able to get things fixed soon, and that 2026 starts making up for all the crap 2025 left you on its way out.

"If I let not knowing anything stop me from doing something, I'd never do everything!"

nessisonett

@Werehog 2026 very much beginning as it means to go on 😂

Plumbing’s just Lego innit. Water Lego.

Trans rights are human rights.

mookysam

@nessisonett Oh no, that's frightful. What an utter crap time of year to go without heating. 😟 I hope you can get it sorted soon. Think of it more as the last fart escaping from the arse-end of 2025, rather than setting the stage for the rest of 2026.
I had wondered if I'd woken to some sort of apocalypse, as my road was like a river most of the day, but no, just a burst mains pipe. I was a bit disappointed that the ducks and geese didn't start swimming up the road. Sadly the water company blocked the lake with hay bales. Brutes.


Happy new year to everyone. Wishing you all a wonderful year ahead.

Beast? How dare you.

nessisonett

@mookysam Thankfully it’s been a mild winter actually, I was only complaining about the lack of snow a few days back but not a bad thing now! Also, very nice to see Pat Butcher, that lifts the spirits 😂

Plumbing’s just Lego innit. Water Lego.

Trans rights are human rights.

Herculean

Happy new year everyone!

@nessisonett Not a happy start for sure. Hopefully that means you'll have good luck for the rest of the year. Take care!

Herculean

GirlVersusGame

@nessisonett Sorry to hear that, I'm going to take a giant leap and assume a boiler heats the hot water. Did the pipes freeze then expand and crack? I never even checked the weather for England, the coldest we had here would have been about -16 now it's back up to -10. Lots of snow too. It's a different kind of cold. I've been hit by English snowballs, they are softer. One in this cold might take you out. I don't think you'd like -16, I was in -25 before and my phone stopped working. They were using flame throwers again today to clear snow, it layers up overnight. I like the cold though.

@Werehog Happy Newyear 🎄
@Herculean Happy Newyear 🎄
@mookysam Happy Newyear 🎄

Whomever else I missed too.

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BearsEatBeets

Wasn't sure were to put this but could be something.

I'm not a big fan of the channel but occasionally catch some bits. It could be interesting if this turns into something but I'm keeping my expectations low.

BearsEatBeets

PSN: leejon5

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