Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

their sex column hands out some spectacularly bad advice tbh that is kind of amusing to spectate

for example: no you shouldn't investigate your new kink of flashing other drivers

you don't need to get into kink ethics

it's called

you are piloting a large hunk of metal and high speeds and so are the people around you, so Do Not Intentionally Distract Them Or Yourself, that is a Bad Thing. Please Don't Do That. You Can't See To Drive With Your Shirt Pulled Up At Your Ears.

also if any of y'all glance at advice columns just to throw popcorn - may i commend the ABSOLUTE TURBOWEENIE that is the first letter writer's boyfriend, for everyone to go and mock https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/04/no-period-sex-advice-boyfriend-hates-menstruation.html

i think the answer to the first letter is honestly way too gentle

the answer is DTMFA

(many answers to relationship advice columns are DTMFA but in my defense, very many motherfucking assholes often need to be dumped)

okay

3am

i should be bed

tomorrow:

1. call dr, get advice

2. dedicate time to make Ultimate Playlist Of Extreme Gaming Power

3. test out in warframe or spla2n? finally play on big tv????

4. make some splatfest art ('not everybunny can be on best team' after all or 'do your best everybunny'/'happy splatfest everybunny' ) ???

5. try to not groan too loudly

6. get out of stardew/skyrim rut a bit

7. pet dog

8. dog good.

p.s. do not trust me for any actual warframe content, i named my octavia's rolly ball + turret combo

his name is Ollie the Rollie

"it's irresponsible and stupid to be sad about notre dame while these other tragedies -"

i can be sad for many things at once

i got depression, it's what i'm good at

the trail mix my mom got is going to help a lot

i've been stuck in one of those "pain -> nauseated because of pain -> don't want to eat -> don't eat much -> pain gets worse -> nauseated because of pain" cycles and that's helping immensely

might try pb n j in a sec here but yeah it's been hard trying to get enough calories but also not slingshot my blood sugar around yoyoing back and forth 6_9 protein's hard to eat when queasy

i know bruising and soreness is to be expected with any injection but it's been over a full week, my bruise is still here being incredibly colorful, it's still excruciatingly tender to the point where running my fingers lightly over it sets it off, there's still a lump of Something under the bruise, and my pain has fucking skyrocketed

to the point where i'm having real trouble eating on a regular schedule (which is A Bit Important For A Diabetic)

ok i'm putting it here so i remember

tomorrow if you see me on here, please gently harass me to call my dr about the aftermath of this trigger point injection

it's still a lovely little livestream and he's a lovely person but... "apple'tcha"

how to pronounce southern things:

1. how many syllables do you think this word has?

2. ok add 3 more

3. at least 3

just heard a british video games show person say "Appalachia" and part of my brain is turning inside out screaming a little

because you'll have those cheaper options for impulse buys, but if someone wants to make it one of their big con purchases, you can also get that working.

off-the-shelf will mean low customizability, BUT it means that you can serve the entry level market which is apparently not really being served at all right now. and with the flexibility of the base set, you'll get non-furry or not-quite-furry-yet interest too.

OK SCHEMING HAT OFF, idk there's yer bidnes idear somebody

and if you figure out the system for switching out details - like maybe velcro patches that can sit in the faux fur for beauty marks, scars, etc., horns, different bits to slide over the eye or do different eye colors like a Blythe doll's eye chips - then you get to upsell your upsell. because if someone's already spending 80 dollars for a foam head, why not add in another 20 for those cool horns?

the tiered and escalating pricing means you'll get a lot more traffic at cons >

have the 'base set' be the matching tail, handpaw gloves, and ears, for maybe idfk 50 or 60. keep it under a hundred.

that way it's an attractive impulse buy to not only furries, but also to people who want a more nekomimi look, are flirting with furry-ness, just want to be the best quality Slutty Cat on halloween, whatever

and THEN the foam heads are your upsell, made to match the base sets. that's where you can sympathetically talk about how involved the headpieces are, etc.

working your own intercompatibility means that you can change things on the fly. maybe also work at doing some parts that are removable and can slot in/out, like horns, or different eye styles that can be popped over top, or angry eyebrows lol.

use fabric scraps for these bits and bobs, and ALSO for doing higher-than-party-city-by-a-lot quality ear headbands.

then you hit up the con with the partial fursuit heads, headbands, paw mittens, and plush tails >

ok ok i think i've got it y'all, HERE'S the gameplan that #ZweitesichSuits shoulda followed but didn't:

create a business of off-the-shelf fursuits in flexible sizing with velcro, with the aim of being that partial fursuit entry level market

because it's off-the-shelf, you can work economies of scale, and do more like assembly line work instead of every item bespoke from ground up. i would say modular systems would be great here. e.g. head base can fit this snout, this jaw, these horns, etc >

not that i'm really completely for commercialization of fursuits - let's be honest, off the rack is a concept that does not mesh well with the concept of fursonas - but like

they went down that route and did it in the stupidest way possible

capitalism is bad, but it also drives me insane to see people supposedly dedicated to it fuck it up so thoroughly, like FUCKIN HELL THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE Y'ALL'S *THING* WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT.