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LaunchesKayaks ,
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Same, but then I realized there was a bamboozle and read it wrong 6 times after that. -_-

LaunchesKayaks ,
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I stopped using the site in 2014. Used to post regularly but got sick of all the porn. I stopped posting art online for a long time. Then I stopped drawing for a while. Now I'm trying to get back into it. Posted on the artshare community a while back and the feedback was nice.

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Mountain dew sucks. Nuggies are okay but only if they're dino shaped. Rn, I'm really digging fresh mozzarella with pesto.

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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So you're saying that I need to travel to where olives are made?

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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Olive oil is fine. It's just olives themselves I don't like. Idk if I just don't have access to good olives or what. I've tried so goddamn hard to like them. I've tried so many. I just don't like them. I also live in a poverty-stricken part of the US, which may explain the lack of quality food around.

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I'm not a super picky eater, tbh. I've been exploring a lot with food recently, even. I just don't like olives despite trying my best to. Olive oil is fine. But olives themselves are nasty to me.

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I'm totally fine with olive oil.

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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I know I've never had fresh olives. Nobody has forced me to eat them. My one friend and I argue (in a joke way) about things we have opposite opinions of lmao. We have different opinions on olives

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How are they prepared where you're from? Maybe I'd like them that way lol

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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Same tho.

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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Thank you for the recommendations! I might see if the super fancy grocery store by my work has those olives. If they don't, then I'll try to find a middle eastern grocer. I don't mind taking a minor road trip to find legit olives. I wanna know if I just don't like the ones I've been exposed to.

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My mini goldendoodle is a medium sized dog, but she uses her big girl voice when people are nearby. She's not even aggressive or trying to be threatening, she just barks like she's twice the size she is. She picked up the behavior from my parents' anxious great shepherd. I'm trying to get her to stop, but it's been hard.

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A huge chunk of my childhood was spent playing in the dirt and mud. I lived in bumfuck nowhere Pennsylvania, so that's all I had to do when the neighbor kids were busy.

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Yup. It's an.... Interesting place to live lol

LaunchesKayaks ,
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I use my grabby arm thing constantly because bending over kills my back. Sometimes I'll dual wield the things lol

LaunchesKayaks ,
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I dream every night. My dreams are vivid and weird as hell. Idk if it's the result of one of my medications or my epilepsy or what, but my dreams have always been strange. Most of them have some reoccurring elements such as:

Being trapped in an enclosed aquarium of cold, dark water with a hungry orca

Being chased by the Amish while my little sister (who does not know how to drive) drives the car through the woods. She crashes into a tree every time.

Being in the passenger or back seat of my car while it's moving and scrambling to get back to the driver's seat.

Being back in high school, but knowing that I'm not supposed to be there.

Getting a horse (something I've desperately wanted for years. Had them growing up and loved it)

Work

LaunchesKayaks ,
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Why not both?

LaunchesKayaks ,
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Worked in insurance for 9 months. Was treated like absolute shit, got paid way too little, and was told profits were what mattered, not the good of the patients. Came out of that job so broken and jaded.

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Okay, so it isn't animals, but tourists in my parents' town get stoked when they see how big the Monongahela River actually is. They think a nearby creek is the river and we're like, "that's a creek. Drive up the road a bit to see the river."

The same tourists also lose their minds if they see a train filled with coal go by.

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I mean, I grew up in the US by several sheep farms and I would take pics of the critters constantly because they're cute.

LaunchesKayaks ,
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Hopefully the shortage isn't still going on. There was a huge shortage a couple years ago and I couldn't get it anywhere. Had to resort to an enema to prep for my surgery.

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Don't get the lemon. It's way too strong of a flavor lmao

LaunchesKayaks ,
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Actually being there and staying involved is important. My biodad was a complete POS until last year. My mom was essentially a single mother my whole life because my biodad was never around. He was a really good father for the first two years of my life, then he just kinda stopped giving a shit. I recommend that you don't do that. He used to manipulate tf out of me emotionally and would make so many false promises. His mental health was fucked and he was an alcoholic for a long time.

I cut ties entirely with him and a few years after that, he reached out to my mom to see if we could talk. He had finally gotten his shit together. He's on his meds and doesn't drink like he used to. I don't see the man as a father, however. I see him as a friend. We text almost daily, but he knows that I don't consider him a father-figure and acknowledges it and all of his wrongdoings. He was only 21 years too late, but that's better than never.

He is part of the reason I have a very hard time trusting people. He had let me down countless times in my life and each time just broke me. I just couldn't not get my hopes up at his false promises. He was so good at sounding genuine. Now that he's sober and on his meds, I've learned that his truly genuine tone and words are far different than the ones he used when he was still a drunk.

Anyway, I highly recommend you don't do any of the shit my biodad did. Being hella bitter about your relationship with your father sucks.

LaunchesKayaks ,
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It's okay to ask for help.

LaunchesKayaks ,
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This immediately makes me think of how I feel when coming out of seizures. It's amazing art, but makes me a bit uncomfortable lmao

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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Lmao. I didn't before, but I totally should now.

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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Thank you! I don't have the pic anymore to add the shading, unfortunately. It was on a piece of paper that I had to put a password on for a client when I was in a rush. Any papers with passwords have to get shredded per company policy :(

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I expect to have to go back into the closet again. It is especially painful emotionally because I realized I'm gay only 4 years ago and haven't gotten to experience anything in regards to relationships with other women.

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Yo now I gotta watch this again

LaunchesKayaks ,
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I'm 26 and I don't expect to be able to retire. I just hope I can keep up in my field when I'm old. It's weird thinking of an old person fixing computers, though.

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I just started my career in IT, I only have about 3 years of experience in the field. The biggest issue with finding young people, imo, is wanting people with experience. Fresh outta college kids aren't going to have the knowledge and experience most entry level positions are looking for. I got incredibly lucky with my career, but I know people who were brilliant in college (I was not) who are currently working retail because it's so hard to get into entry level positions.

LaunchesKayaks ,
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Ah okay. I misunderstood a bit lol. I work at an MSP, so I learned that I don't know jack shit on day one. Every single work day I am met with something new and wacky to fix. The horrors persist, but so do I.

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It is. I don't plan on leaving the place any time soon.

LaunchesKayaks ,
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I pay for a Spotify family plan and my mom, sister, cousin, and I all use it daily. It's worth it imo.

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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I did zoom in super far lol. She was across the yard. Best current pic I have of her.

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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It's not a filter, just hella zoomed in lol

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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I mean her hair it is REALLY bad. My (now ex) groomer did a number on her. The pic is also way zoomed in lol

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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She had just gotten her fur shaved off, so she was in disbelief lmao. My groomer went way too fucking short and Rosie ended up with an ear infection from it, so I'm getting a new groomer. Rosie is gonna rock short fur forever, but not nearly bald like she is currently lol. Her head is the best part of her currently.

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Windows 11 sucks ass, but I really get tired of people saying you are forced to use an account. There are multiple ways to make a local account in 11 when doing initial setup. It just sucks that it makes most people think that they have to use an account

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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Coconut milk is fuckin great, too. But it doesn't quench ya like coconut water does

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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I had geese once. It was awful lol

LaunchesKayaks OP ,
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I did that last night to the one person. She was cool about it. Like, I'm cool with them coming over to look at the birds, but I want warning first.

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Waterfowl are absolutely disgusting lmao.

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