Aether (moved) @Taylor@awoo.space

I saw two versions of standard-fat "blue" milk a few days ago for sale, where the only distinction was the price of the fucking bottle.

Standard blue: 3.99NZD
"Plant-based" bottle: 4.69NZD

I don't know if this is consumerism masquerading as environmentalism, or capitalism defiling environmentalism.

Or both.

Charging VR peripherals be like...

This is really good and is only further validating this identityfeeling...? Not, like, the destruction part, just the sense of presence, and all those creases and seams. @ -@

• By Mao/Stormdragonblue

Last nights dreams were... something...

The first one was about an Ace Attorney 4 (Apollo Justice) remake with fully-animated anime cutscenes. Or maybe just an Apollo Justice anime. It was full-on moody lighting in the courtroom as Apollo and some Godot-esque prosecutor stared each other down and the judge grumbled about court antics.

The second I was going to a bookstore looking for Terry Pratchett books. Instead I found a big hardcover coffee table book... about pronouns. A big collection of pronouns and their uses, paired with pretty photography.

This is me now... perhaps...

• Original sketch by Rawr/Arin.
• Coloured version by myself.

Last night I had an Outer Wilds themed dream. It gets into major spoilers~.

It was one of those "not sure if dream reality or a game even in the dream" dreams. I'm not sure if I was me (whatever I am) or the game's protagonist species either.
Regardless, I discovered that of the various locations the Giant's Deep probe was sent, one got sent into a black hole that went off to a new planet.

This planet was marshy, full of giant bouncy mushrooms and swampy areas. It was also inhabited... by mushroom-y feral dinosaur creatures, implied to be the descendants of the Nomai after millions of years. While they seemed intelligent, I'm not sure I could communicate with them. I petted some of their heads and explored around their village, which seemed like the Poncle Village from Okami with how it was haphazardly constructed from wood, sticks, and... mushrooms.

It seems that besides seeking out the Eye of the Universe, the Nomai also found this planet and tried to colonise it. Not sure how they evolved into dinosaurs though.

... also there was still, you know, The End to be concerned about. The last star exploded, the planet went pitch dark, and then I froze solid on the spot with the lack of heat left in the universe.

My last thoughts were a bit more game-y as I was just kinda "ah, okay".

What a way to end that dream.

Does that mean Christmas should be celebrated at a different time of year too to coincide with the pagan winter celebrations?

yeah sure why not~

Once again somewhat annoyed at capitalism and Americanocentrism making it that NZ mysteriously makes a big deal about Halloween.

It's spring.

I'm pretty sure Halloween was hardly a thing in the 90s. ... or I just didn't notice.

We really should be celebrating whatever the more appropriate pagan... celebration... would be.

... sqrrkraar?

Hierarchy of desired body parts:

• tail
• paws (feet, then hands, or both)
• wings
• snout
• digitgrade posture
• the rest of the fucking dragon

This is a current mood.
... well, swap paws and wings, honestly, in terms of hierarchy of body parts to gain, but still.
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*sqrrk*

I feel like you can specifically point to half life alyx coming out and NOT causing an industry sea change as the point where this became basically undeniable

~ MOONMANiBE

It really is unfortunate how inaccessible VR is due to costs, physical limitations, hardware availability, and existing games. Hell that last one is what people get consoles for: publishers rabbit on about how fancy the next PS/etc is, but people get consoles for their games.

It's unfortunate because I am a big advocate of VR... but the things I want it for are the immersive social experiences with friends. Such things are generally more light-weight "make your own fun" sorts of deals. Minecraft was the same in its early says. There wasn't much game-y elements to it, and I enjoyed the social and exploration parts to playing multiplayer with friends.

I don't think such things justify facing the hardware availability (speaking as someone that can't get Index hardware overseas) and costs. If you're already seeking out such experiences and willing to put time/money into it, the end-result experiences are worth everything emotionally.

But at the start? Well of course it's going to be a big hurdle for mass-appeal, and mass-appeal is what it takes to shake industries.

You are Taylor, a knight living in the kingdom of Larion. You have a steel longsword and a wooden shield. You are on a quest to defeat the evil dragon of Larion. You've heard he lives up at the north of the kingdom. You set on the path to defeat him and walk into a dark forest. As you enter the forest you see a large dragon and he looks at you with rage. "Who are you?" he roars. "I'm a knight of the kingdom of Larion."

You say "You're a knight? I thought you were a dragon."
"No, I'm a knight, but you're a dragon."
"I'm a dragon, not a knight.

You say "I think we're getting things confused, but I'm all for being the dragon if you want."
"Will you join me in destroying the kingdoms of man?"
"Sure why not? I haven't destroyed a kingdom yet.

AI Dungeon getting subject and speaker mixed up is usually frustrating but this one's kinda great.

Oh, duh, *that's* what's causing problems with loading toots in Awoo - the filter rule in ublock. Purged cache and updated the filter lists and it seems fine now.