Fauve Aeon

I don’t think anyone was trying to convince you that something is funny if you do not find it so but surely you do realize that there is a world of humor that some find hilarious that leaves others blinking and thinking ‘wut’ too? Many styles in fact. I do not *like* insult comedy and it does not make me laugh but I absolutely understand/comprehend why other people find it funny and more importantly, I do not dig my heels in like a pig in a poke and keep repeating ‘not funny, not funny’. We all like different things, we all perceive things differently according to our personal (and often cultural) histories... so why not just come to an understanding about it and let people have their Jesus Toast? sheesh. Another reason some of us find Jesus Toast funny is the odd propensity for otherwise very skeptical people to superstitiously believe things like Jesus Toast are some kind of sign or portent. Also your interpretation of humor is very dismissive and a groaner is not a failed joke per se but actually a comedic device to bond the audience together in their reaction so that following jokes get a better aggregate crowd reception. In short, there are lots of other perspectives in every given situation and you seem to consistently wear blinders and just repeat yourself as a pattern in your posts rather than seeking understanding. I think that might be why you seem to be in a perpetual state of confusion when it comes to other people. Not everyone thinks like you, far from it if posts here are some indication... so not everyone will be correctly understood if you continue to only interpret them through your single lens. If your goal is understanding others somewhat in general conversation, maybe broaden your focus?

Who is surprised by this? No one 😉 (Edit: I’m the same way so I’d be in the same boat, that’s the joke - spot it, ya got it...and I do.)

Which ever one I’m in at the moment, because I’m happy doing whatever it is I’m doing there. Nine times out of 10 that is second life. But that’s today… for me they are a medium, not a means to an end in themselves. So it’s what I can do there, not what it is that is important to me. Some days that changes and I want something that a virtual world was not even designed to do. That’s also why I’m not really upset when someone calls a virtual world either a game or a platform… I called them all a medium.

Ba-da-bing...you finish but...something is juuuust a tiny bit off causing you to touch and tweak everything a little bit...endlessly into the night. I wish my new doll heads were here, I’m ready to paint!

Also yes to champagne cruises

Otter bagels. That should be an ice cream sandwich followup to otter pops. Long overdue.

Can’t bee helped. Every time I see that word this starts to play. The peeve? My own earworms 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

Pork roast. Half-loin roasts were back at the grocery so I spiced one end with basil pesto, the other with cumin, red chile and garlic and made an unseasonal red/green Christmas roast. Quizzing the other half on which side he liked best. The jury is still out. ...also made a bleu cheese and Brussels sprouts slaw. It holds its own with the pork. Blanching the halved sprouts before slicing them finer makes it slightly less belligerent but keeps the crunch.

The birthday for this year is in the planning stages, there will likely be bears...not too terribly long to wait, it’s June 19 - July 10.

I don’t deal too well with getting my buttons pushed right off the bat so you don’t really get a good impression of me if you start that way. Not saying it’s a bad way but I react to these topics very differently in conversation with people I’ve gotten to know so I can’t think I’m the only one like that. Not a criticism, just an observation. And I’m also chagrined to say that many people either cannot or will not hold that first polite conversation without straying into either complaining, comparing, judging or other tiresome behaviors right off the bat which tells me something about them for sure. It’s not that I hold myself in some queenly reserve, more like ‘if you cannot at least do the pleasantries, how are you recommending yourself as a person who might be good to talk to about deeper things as a potential friend’?

I saw a flounced status but not any significant period between posts or changed to deflounced status. Altogether an unsatisfying flounce . No very large ‘I’m leaving’ speech, no filled out bûtt hurt form, no ‘airing of the grievances’ (with or without bullet point formatting...and no taking the inventory of others. 4/10 Tay-tays equals a nope.

Anything under the sun but those 4 things. I consider it a sort of trial of someone’s rudimentary social skills...can they hold a decent and interesting initial conversation without relying on one of these to poke the buttons of others...and will they?

But if people don’t flounce and then lurk (which is what actually happens), we can’t laugh at them for it, chide endlessly them when they inevitably return (which they often do) and that just rains on my parade.

I am revisiting several hobbies and topics within hobbies that I just didn’t do much anymore for a variety of reasons...and lo and behold, one area is holding a competition so I’m entering! I collect resin ball jointed dolls and have had fun customizing some in the past, painting them, making costumes etc. The biggest and oldest Japanese maker of these dolls is Volks and they are holding their doll painting and clothing design competition this year, the ‘Dollfie World Cup’. I bought my entry heads yesterday, busted out my pastels and paints and the teeny tiny brushes and I have a few blank dolls I will practice on meanwhile. Very therapeutic to return to this, I’d forgotten how much I really enjoy these dolls. My self-care of just allowing myself to have fun creatively.

Also this.

I think you unless you’re on a personal friendship basis with people it’s good to stick to the “three things you don’t discuss “rule and add a fourth. politics religion money health of course everyone is free to do as they like, but those topics avoided equals four things you absolutely will not get in a fight with someone about, which is really very nice! Highly underrated-rated pleasant-ness can occur freely in conversations just by leaving these alone. Many people with different views about these big 4 can find a lot of common ground otherwise and I like testing that out. Once you get to know someone of course are bets are off between friends but until, this.

When I make a new account, it’s not going to be disclosed but I’m not going to carry over any old account biz on it either. I think that’s the creepy part. But I also think the alt hunting is creepy unless someone is using an alt to bug, harass or otherwise get around your ‘nope the first time’ limit. I’ve seen that actually work a grand total of once only and the alt was made because the person really did learn a hard life lesson and made a big (and lasting) change.

Recipe: https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a20877685/balsamic-grilled-mushrooms-recipe/ both of us have hobbit-levels of mushroom love😉