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[Frumple]

I used to have a huge problem with the minus sign/line symbol - which is actually supposed to be another, longer line but that one never exists on any keyboards - but I'm pretty sure in over it now

Iirc standard(/american english academic standard) practice for typing is to just use double minus signs -- like, for example, this -- if you're trying to go for that thing. In writing it's the longer line, in typing people quickly learned ain't nobody got time for that shit so far as getting the full line going or dealing with autocorrupt screwing with the double. Quicker and less potentially confusing, it is.

[Kagus]

Or just type a few blank spaces with BBcode strikethrough    such as this    for a similar experience.

...well, okay, it only works here on the forum, but where else would you want to write stuff?

[scriver]

I used to have a huge problem with the minus sign/line symbol - which is actually supposed to be another, longer line but that one never exists on any keyboards - but I'm pretty sure in over it now

Iirc standard(/american english academic standard) practice for typing is to just use double minus signs -- like, for example, this -- if you're trying to go for that thing. In writing it's the longer line, in typing people quickly learned ain't nobody got time for that shit so far as getting the full line going or dealing with autocorrupt screwing with the double. Quicker and less potentially confusing, it is.

That's a good idea -- thanks!

Or just type a few blank spaces with BBcode strikethrough    such as this    for a similar experience.

...well, okay, it only works here on the forum, but where else would you want to write stuff?

Takes too long to do, though -- I might as well go fetch the actual symbol from the symbol repository!

I got back from the pub (not wanting to shamble home too late) and refrained from turning on the PS4 again because it seemed like GF was getting ready for bed.

That was two and a half hours ago.

I mean, I get what you are saying here and why it's not good, but you know. At least you didn't turn on a screen before bedtime, which I hear is supposed to be something good?

[hector13]

At least you’re not Herman Melville; that was an odd place to put a semi-colon.

[Yoink]

...You're considering giving up on your whole Kiwiland adventure just because you don't like Auckland?
Dude, nobody likes Auckland.

Admittedly that's the only New Zealand city I've been to so I can't tell you if the others are any better (or what the employment prospects are there) but the space in between the cities is certainly much nicer.

[Kagus]

Steam just recommended that I follow a curator: Cynical Brit Gaming.

[Yoink]

Speaking of- a bottle of something as mundane as Maker's Mark is gonna run me at least seventy dollars. There's nothing nice on the shelves for less than a hundred. Beer is eight and a half bucks a pop at the bars. Sure, Ameridollars are stronger than Kiwibucks, but those are really unkind numbers! I get your struggle now, Yoink.

Oh, it's hard alright.
At least here I've managed to find a couple of mildly shady liquor stores that sell things unexpectedly cheap, but it's still extremely pricy compared to the good ol' US of A. ...Or pretty much any first-world country (not that that term really means shit when you can be in one yet have garbage-tier internet and ludicrously expensive booze) apart from Norway, as far as I'm aware.

I hope you manage to get more out of your trip once those lazy bloody kiwis emerge from their holiday hibernation. Good luck!

Steam just recommended that I follow a curator: Cynical Brit Gaming.

He stayed the top curator on Steam for the longest time after, y'know.
Kinda touching, but still sad.

[Yoink]

Jeez, you're probably right, but I'd rather not think about it.
This place is great when I'm not feeling up to seeking out face-to-face interaction (read: all the time) and pretty much the only time I have meaningful conversations IRL is when I'm gacked. ...Or very drunk.

I don't want to consider whether it's one of the causes of my real-world social ineptitude. o_o

[hector13]

Maybe. I know the last two years of me having (well, encouraged) to say hello to customers whenever they get near me hasit significantly easier for me to interact with people, juxtaposed with the time when I was basically nocturnal nursing a fierce caffeine habit it made it challenging to even leave the house and barely interact with the minimum number of people in order to get my soda...

Interacting with meatspace people is generally a good thing.

[scriver]

I also don't like online socialising. I get increasingly anxious when I can't see people's faces and body language and I also think the wait time for responses doesn't help at all.

Similarly, I stopped logging onto Facebook years ago because of similar reasons.

I also think that like hector, my two years of working in a grocery store where I had to greet customers on a daily basis. Also that when you greet someone and you can see that they recognise you it's even nicer.

We need people. Digitalisation is the dearth of mental health. It's a trap. You escape I into it to avoid what hurts in the outside world but it only makes you worse.

[JoshuaFH]

I also don't like online socialising. I get increasingly anxious when I can't see people's faces and body language and I also think the wait time for responses doesn't help at all.

Similarly, I stopped logging onto Facebook years ago because of similar reasons.

I also think that like hector, my two years of working in a grocery store where I had to greet customers on a daily basis. Also that when you greet someone and you can see that they recognise you it's even nicer.

We need people. Digitalisation is the death of mental health. It's a trap. You escape I into it to avoid what hurts in the outside world but it only makes you worse.

I changed "Dearth" to "Death" I'm pretty sure that's what you meant. It was bothering me.
My job involves me standing in a fish bowl room, that is, my office has windows adjacent to a heavy traffic hallway. Part of my job is being kind to visitors and helping them when I can. Pretty much all my social interaction in life comes from talking to strangers and helping them with the same simple problems over and over. That and the small talk I partake in with coworkers. It's another reason I'm afraid to quit my job, cause I think I'll just go crazy of loneliness while I'm on the job search again; that little bit is enough to make me feel atleast temporarily energized and refreshed.

Meeting and talking to strangers outside of my work environment seems insane, it just horrifies me.

[CABL]

When I wear both my glasses and headphones, there's a pressure on my ears that is slightly painful. Ugh.

[Yoink]

This first band is absolutely shithouse. I can't believe I was actually stressing out about getting here in time to catch them. *laugh/cry* 

Now I guess I'll just stand awkwardly in the back of the room witnessing the musical equivalent of Senior's Day at the ol' local grocery store in the town I grew up in.


...The vocalist just told everyone to "stick around for the other bands". What a pisser.

[Imic]

I have had a vague story idea in my head for a very very, very long time, but I still cannot get my shit together and do something about it. I once wanted to make this story into a novel, but it’s become visually defined enough in my head that I instead now want to make a Comic of some form out of it, but A: I cannot draw for shit and B: I cannot get my life together and learn to draw for something worth a bit more than shit. I used to doodle a lot in school, and I even took on art classes in Secondary school, but I still cannot get a handle on taking Pen and applying it to mulched tree bark.
I don’t know where to take this from here, so here’s a picture of some Bread.

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[Kagus]

That is most definitely an image.