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@baronnarcveldt that is completely valid and also that last sentence really does sound like we're now negatively reviewing something very lewd oh no

@eightbitsamurai@elekk.xyz please accept these capybaras of sympathy, and also official license from my burger king crown dps wearing head that if you are running out of mana and there are any rdm, blm, or smn in the party, they are bad and should feel bad and you should tell them to feel bad for not remembering that mana shift is a thing (and also verraise/raise, in the case of rdm and smn) (which are the two classes i main.) (i may have Strong Feelings there.)

@BoringKate i can say from experience that those like, fabric grid drawer organizer things? fucking lifechanging. i have never felt more competent at life than i have after putting all of my socks and undies in one of those. well okay i got like a 4-pack of different sizes but you know what i mean. anyway the larger size slot i used for undies would probably be great for thigh-highs

@baronnarcveldt don't forget grape salad (grapes, walnuts, in a lightly sweetened mayo-like base) and broccoli salad (broccoli, shredded cheese, sometimes dried cranberries if you're feeling fancy, crumbled bacon, in a more tart mayo base).

which are two things i will genuinely throw elbows for because i am white enough to love them.

plus, of course, green fluff. https://www.thekitchenismyplayground.com/2015/03/green-fluff-pistachio-watergate-salad.html

@duncandahusky oh jeez, joint stuff always sucks, but as i see things drift by on the fediverse, https://www.askdoctorjo.com/ is a really good site if you're up to trying trigger points/stretches. if you can, get some ice or menthol spray on it, that should help. feel better soon!!

@Toromino that's why i suggested the other options, like film SLRs, to start with.

unfortunately there is very much a spectrum. you can look for point and shoot cameras, but honestly it's going to take about 100 dollars to get a point and shoot camera with significantly more functionality than your smartphone.

if you don't want any advice or input, you can also just tell me, instead of leaving me to wander on to my fed timeline and see you ragging on me : /

after glancing at topical current events for a moment, i must say, to be entirely honest,

jack black is probably one of the very few hollywood celebrities i would actually watch doing a let's play.

@Toromino oh right before i forget it again! https://www.format.com/magazine/news/photography/free-photography-course-study-at-harvard-online this i believe is still up and may be of use to you! there's also an analog/film course up i think? or at least remember hearing last?

but no matter what kind of camera you choose, you'll still learn some cool basics about processing your photos digitally (no matter what you took those photos with), as well as what all the buttons/terms are (most of which are applicable to non-digital slrs too), composition, etc. 📷 💖

of course now all the photography i do is smartphone only because When Yer Shoulder Is Shot Tae Fook, Gets A Bit Hard To Hold The Camera Innit

it's a little "uphill both ways in the snooowwwww" i know, but i do think that the photography course in HS where my parents told me that they would not let me use one of the DSLRs so i had to slum it on film..... ....was actually good for me in many respects. it helps to get to that mindset of "every single shot is using very limited resources, so BE CAREFUL" before jumping to digital and being able to just shotgun picture after picture.

@Toromino (well, okay, it was a sports photographer and he was surrounded by rioting football fans. still. vintage olympus SLRs make rather good makeshift weaponry.) (that was a very roundabout way to say 'they have some pretty good build quality' but you get the idea)

@Toromino this is a pretty overwhelming amount of shit i know, but i grew up with a lot of this in the background so it may as well be of use to someone lol!

my advice for vintage film SLRs - honestly Olympus was the brand of choice around here (before switch to digital). for one thing you can use a fucking OM-2 whatever like a goddamn weapon if you start swinging it around on its strap. about to get mugged? BLUDGEON THEM WITH YOUR OLYMPUS (my dad does know a photographer that actually did so)

@Toromino the other downside to film is that unlike digital photography, you just don't know what you have until you get the photos back. and, of course, you have to pay for photo processing. ...unless you want to build a darkroom, which is a whole 'nother pile of fuck l m a o

but honestly, if you're like "i'd like to get into this for about 500 dollars", leap in headfirst with a used DSLR. if you're like "i'd like to get into this around 50 dollars", scoop up a cheap old film SLR. :)

@Toromino the big downside to a film SLR is, well, it's film. you can't do the regular digital camera thing of "let's just shotgun the everloving hell out of this and one of 'em will come out okay". you have a set number of pictures you can take on each film roll.

however, since the lenses are largely* interchangeable with dslrs, and dslrs feel/act much the same way, it could be cool practice.

*sometimes you have to get an adapter or there's one fucken weirdo, but y'know

@Toromino honestly, if you'd like to test the waters to see how an SLR type camera works - a DSLR i keep talking about is same camera, it's just digital instead of film - you can probably find a basic film SLR secondhand for... pretty darn cheap.

don't be scared if you look those up on B&H or KEH (another large good camera seller) - those pro shops are selling the collector's pieces. you can probably scoop up a "granddad got this in the 70s, used it once, idk i guess we sell it?" for a song.