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@Balinares Basically, in the early minutes I'd gotten up my hopes that they were going to acknowledge that even the best-tended and most magical friendships can fade or break up. And that it's a real thing and it's part of life and it's okay. And that felt so... comforting in the wake of things with Kristy and Jessie and everything that happened in Seattle, I kinda went all-in on that theme and the relief it could have brought.

And instead, I got "FRIENDSHIP IS PERFECT AND ETERNAL AND IF YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON IT WILL NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER DECAY, YOU JUST HAVE TO WANT IT BAD ENOUGH."

And it's good that we still have stuff that's that optimistic out there, it's a lesson I've had to relearn from Steven Universe—which I was also Unhello with for a while, but am back in after the beauty of the Season 6 trailer. But... damn, that turnaround hurt, and was exactly the lesson I did NOT need to see at that particular time, place, and mood.

I wanna see just ONE kids' show (besides Adventure Time, which admittedly did a great job) that admits you can't save everything and everyone. And is willing to tell me that _I_ can have failed to save my friendships, and that this doesn't mean I'm one of the bad guys or that _my_ magic up and died, in direct contradiction to everything in the Book Of Twilight.

*weary sigh*

Still gonna miss the show a bit, but... yeah. It's on an emotional track I can no longer ride. I feel like someone tore up my ticket.

and how "wild horses" by the rolling stones is playing over the cafe PA

fuck you, discord, that's not funny

@Balinares Aired this morning over here, all three final episodes. I only watched the last one, hoping that the bit in the blurb about Twilight "in the future" would imply we'd get to glimpse the technological future of Equestria in some real detail. Instead... I got the exact opposite of the friendship "lesson" I thought they were setting up and it kinda crushed my mood. Talk to me AFTER you've seen it if you still watch—I don't wanna spoil anything for anyone.

@SangriaSnake dey blep :p

<3 <3 <3

@Phorm Same boat, honestly. *hug* Maybe I'm at least in the cell next to yours—feel free to tap something out on the walls.

I should not have broken down and watched the MLP finale. That's all I really want to say.

@Thaminga i do not dog
i shall not dog
i will not dog
i have never dogged
i don't even know how to dog

(​❤️​)

@JulieSqveakaroo @Djinnanigans@dragon.style @Phorm Now I'm imagining this all as some kind of Mister [Rubber] Wizard/[Don't] Look Around You [Because You Can't See Through The Ball Hood Anyhow]-style TV science experiment, complete with wide-eyed assistant...

Hey, just in case any of you saw the Hard Rock Hotel construction site collapse on the news and were worried, Peg and I are OK. We do actually pass right by that corner regularly on the way to our favorite cafe, but we're nowhere near downtown today. Many thanks to those who have already asked after us, and best hopes to those with family missing...

@Thaminga @Oneironott Yeah, sometimes my own weird case of ADD just needs the equivalent of a radio jammer for my brain.

=(@).(@)=

Current life goal: get a big enough friends group in New Orleans to justify ordering one of these friggin' cakes: https://www.ladym.com/collections/cakes

Or to time my visit to Seattle just right for arranging a delivery, but WHO COULD I POSSIBLY TRUST with one of these things until I arrive...

@Oneironott @teez@snouts.online See, I *can't* work in total silence, it would drive me crazy! I usually either have some TV show playing in the background that I've seen a million times before and doesn't require a lot of attention, or an album I'm familiar with.

Back in college when I had an essay due the next morning, I'd just take my 5-CD changer (fuck I'm old) and play all 5 TMBG albums from start to finish while I worked, over and over, until I was done...

@hystericempress I keep getting tempted to head back to Twitter, but if I can start scraping together a decent social circle down here—or find somewhere online where I feel like I can actually talk TO instead of AT my old friends—that'll probably fend that urge off.

@hystericempress If it's any consolation, I get the same feels from this place and it's taken a LOT of work to adjust for the different population and mechanics leading to a lot more silence. *hug*

Your daily dose of cosmic perspective, imho one of the most important film shorts ever made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0

@Leucrotta I miss Dr. Demento. :(

@001zlnv Oh wow, thank you! This is basically the sort of stuff I follow instead of soap operas. :)

@hummingrain And I mean, it was my first-ever job that was remotely relevant to my useless liberal arts degrees. The best part of the job was eavesdropping on policy discussions—foreign governments threw some FASCINATING shitfits over Encarta's (generally well-researched and factual IMHO) versions of history, especially Korea and Japan.

The work we had to do to adapt when Nunavut became a full Canadian province was also pretty exciting by my warped and pedantic geo nerd standards. :D

@hummingrain My first impulse is to say it wasn't all it was cracked up to be... but honestly, Microsoft was surprisingly generous to its temp workers back then, and I had extremely low work ethics, so... it was pretty cushy, honestly. I have _stories_ about how badly I exploited that workplace. :D

(Among other things, I had 24h access, and would drive to Scarecrow Video back when they had super late-night hours, then to Redmond for all-night movie marathons on the projection screens. XD )