/ot/ - off-topic

omg baylee wants to make a kid art channel? how is that any different from her regular art?

>>195398
I'm pretty sure the only reason she'd make a new channel is so she can collect more ad revenue off of her retarded audience of man/womanchildren. I can't stand her shitty juvenile art, I fail to see why she is so popular.

This drawing doesn't look like Lilo at all, reminder Baylee has 800K subscribers. Smh

>>196614
I can't believe she still gets subscribers, her art is still the SAME she hasn't improved at all.
I wonder if Baylee knows her art is shit

>>196661
When you surround yourself with so many artist it's hard not to notice. I'm sure she knows, but she probably falls back on the 'well I have more subs so HA" train of thought.

Seriously. Literally every artist she collabs with is leagues ahead of her. It's almost pathetic.

>>196541
Noses bigger than their artistic future with this kind of artwork…

Wtf is that on John's crotch, at first I thought it was boner, but it looks like badly done wrinkle, in the end wrinkles are over the top…

And don't even get me started on those flowers and that hideous purple shadow…

>>196541
This is the most cliché illustration of homos that I've ever seen.

>>196541
Why do people spend so much time and effort on coloring/shading when they don't even bother learning basic anatomy? People seem to think if it's digitally painted then it's automatically amazing

>>196541
It's not the message, it's the…
content…

>>196541
The obe on the left looks like Justin Trudeau.

>>180659
>>180943
I don't know how anyone could think highly of California of all places, saying this as a non-yank. Vermont or Maine, maybe.

>>180996
You have to understand that most basic Japanese people are going to have really stereotyped views of America (and other countries) considering how non-diverse their own country is.

From my experience, I've heard the following:
America = Friendly people, tall, blue eyes, outgoing
California = Movie stars and beaches
Texas = Cowboys, ranches, cowboys again
Russia = Beautiful girls, snow, bears
Australia = Loud, rude, blonde/blue eyed

Farmers, I didn't see anything about housing in this thread. How did you guys secure short term housing?

I'm considering moving to Kyoto or Kobe. Im sure it's a lot in easier in bigger cities like Osaka or Tokyo.

Relevant:

>"…Europe and America evince a singular taste for the marvellous, and find a zest in self-depreciation. Our eighteenth-century ancestors imagined all perfections to be realised in China, thanks to the glowing descriptions then given of that country by the Jesuits. Twentieth-century Europe finds its moral and political Eldorado in distant Japan, a land of fabulous antiquity and incredible virtues. There is no lack of pleasant-mannered persons ready to guide trustful admirers in the right path. Official and semi-official Japanese, whether ambassadors and ministers-resident or peripatetic counts and barons, make it their business to spread a legend so pleasing to the national vanity, so useful as a diplomatic engine. Lectures are delivered, books are written in English, important periodicals are bought up, minute care is lavished on the concealment, the patching-up, and glossing-over of the deep gulf that nevertheless is fixed between East and West. The foreigner cannot refuse the bolus thus artfully forced down his throat. He is not suspicious by nature. How should he imagine that people who make such positive statements about their own country are merely exploiting his credulity? HE has reached a stage of culture where such mythopoeia has become impossible. On the other hand, to control information by consulting original sources lies beyond his capacity."

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2510/2510-h/2510-h.htm

>>180229

I was in Tokyo for awhile, extended stay at an air bnb owned by a super chill guy.
Yoyogi was pretty weeb and foreigner free from what I saw. The only time I came in contact with anyone who was Japanese was at the station by the place I lived inside.

Ugliest foreigner moment was two dudes and some girl being loud and rude on the train home. They were telling her she was gonna be raped by some Japanese dude if she wasn't careful and joking around about it.

Most weebs I ever saw in harajuku on a weekday. A lot of them dressed up like Lolita's pretty badly. But it seemed more foreigners were dressed up than Japanese girls. But there's tons who go to akihabara believing it's a huge weeb paradise but honestly there's tons of electronic stores. It's not that great unless you really hunt down some good places.

It's been a couple years since I lived there and honestly I didn't have any high expectations of it being an anime paradise. So I wasn't disappointed as some of my friends who have visited

>>195781
Don't tempt me, I've been getting ideas for rp that would have been so cool years ago but it's way too late. I like writing but I feel like my adult life is too busy for it anyway.

Role-playing on imvu

I used to RP Tokyo Mew Mew and Vampire Knight on Youtube before it got its huge makeover and channels still had hundreds of customisation options.

I met some really nice people through RP there and even had a few AMVs(cringe worthy, I know) made in honour of our friendships.

i used to roleplay on gaia, the keep, and cyber-chat. was never big on myspace rping though.

Omfggggg wow a friend and I are currently going through our old rp accounts but so much nostalgia, but yeah honestly I felt like back then it was more fun and people took it seriously, I remember torrenting ps and editing my pics and making gifs for my profile, I went from divs to minalimist to fleshing out my characters and stuff god I spent so much time on MySpace doing that
I used to rp ff/kh/re/street fight/kof and some ocs
Omg okay idk if anyone will remember this but did anyone ever knew of the underscorewhores_ on MySpace

>>196547
No woman wants to have sex with you because you are hideous, useless, and offer nothing of value to society.

Please do the world a favor and neck yourself. All you do is waste space and resources. Do it. Kill yourself. Do it quickly, you ugly faggot.

>>196559
Bless you for this image

>>196547
You know what's the funniest thing? These guys are demanding that women settle for the ugliest, most awkward, emotionally unstable, genetically inferior men while whining about how modern women are subverting natural law(insert lion graphic) and tainting our bloodlines with mixed babies(which has genetic benefits). Ever stop to think that we are protecting the future of the human race by not settling for you? Pick up a biology book, Elliot.

>>196547
bad post!

>>195569
Kind of ot but just wondering how good your mandarin was upon moving to china? Im interested in studying abroad this spring but am worried i won't be able to learn enough in time

>>195560
Thanks for validating my feelings anon (french speaker also). I've only ever spoken with native english speakers who learn Japanese and then claim it's such a hard language (you can really tell by their pronunciation and broken awkward structures) and I legitimately felt bad so I wouldn't disagree with them, but honestly it's no more tedious than french whatsoever.

When I was a toddler my older siblings used to watch a lot of anime. Eventually I was old enough to remember watching Pokemon and Yugioh with them and it just sort of became bonding time for the entire family. We'd all sit together every Saturday and watch those shows. I guess that sparked my interest in anime early on. It seems silly but anime kinda has a sentimental value because it was something my family enjoyed and we all bonded over it.

As I got older I explored anime more on my own. I suppose this where I actually began my weeb phase. I still watched it with family but since I was one of the youngest everyone else was busy so it'd normally be me and my younger sister or an older brother. In middle school I got sort of cringy and wrote god awful fanfics and drew terrible pictures. I met a couple of weeb girls then and went completely obsessed until I entered high school. In high school I still watched anime and read manga but kept it more under the table and focused on school. The weeb friends I had in middle school were still obsessed nonstop so I distanced myself from them and moved on.

A little later in high school I found jfashion and got into Lolita fashion and mori kei. I've always been into cute clothing so it just clicked. That peaked my interest way more than anything so I've been into it ever since. Nowadays I don't watch anime much. I'm really busy with uni and other things so I really only focus on my jfashion. I still watch it here and there but I'm just glad it gave me lots of time spent with family growing up more than anything.

I look back on middle school weeb days and yeah I sometimes miss it but not enough to want to relive those days. It's more of the nostalgia it gives me cause I was so carefree back then. Besides, if I were still hardcore weeb, I might not be living the life I want right now. One of the weebs I knew in middle school now a college dropout who sits in her parents' house drawing anime and posting on the internet all day.

>>195365
Agreed. Weeb is used so often it's not much of an insult unless you're the full blown stereotype. There's nothing wrong with liking anime or some other type of Japanese pop culture but to be an adult that does it at the level a lot of us did in middle school or perhaps worth is just no.

i was always a closet weeb thank god. i had super weeby friends who would cosplay to school and i remember actively cringing at the time so i was at least somewhat aware.

i don't really watch anime anymore unless its a film (and i occasionally rewatch cowboy bebop and samurai champloo). i would say the only thing i still do that mighttt be considered weeby is that i wanna go to japan so bad and i just signed up for japanese classes at my university. and i still play a lot of jrpgs.

I was a weeb from around 8-13. I had access to the internet at a really young age, found anime through sailor moon/tokyo mew mew, and joined the AMV community pretending to be a 16 year old. This was back when YouTube had just started so there weren't that many amv creators, and I befriended a lot of the bigger ones and actually gained a pretty decent following. Towards the end my laptop fried, and by the time I was able to go back to making AMVs all of the old creators had left or were focusing on newer animes that I had no interest in, so I ended up closing my channel and fell out of the loop with anime in general. I never cosplayed since I was so young (thank god) and my parents were poor anyway.

I go to the local anime convention every year now for the experience, plus I occasionally watch an anime a friend recommends. I'm really glad I wasn't allowed to go to cons when I was in my weeb phase though, minors at cons freak me out a little considering how creepy some people can be.

>>196389
first one is definitely more accurate to real life, but is that a de-shoop?

>>195702
Huh. Small world. How did you know Gawayno? I knew him for a few years back when he was a Touhoufag before hating the fandom because they didn't care about him. Last i spoke to him, he was unemployed after graduating with a bachelor's in game design living with his parents because he suffers from autism. His mother won't let him live on his own or move out due to his autism.

You should see his personal portfolio, it's pretty bad kek.

>>196463
It's not a deshoop, it's the shoop that the photographer posted on their page. She took the top shoop and used it as the base for bottom shoop.

>>196475
Please post the portfolio

I know him because he hangs out in dunbarton all the time larping with his friends

>>196475
Another Mabifag here. I really, really want to see this portfolio. Please bless us with it.

Advice on starting yoga? Any good youtube videos you like for beginners? I have a mat already, but I'm not sure where to start (apart from taking a class, and I don't know if I can do that because muh anxiety.) Thanks guys.

>>196266
The downdog app is awesome. Yoga with Adrienne has great videos too.

dear fitness anons, i had two problems with exercise since when i was young: i get really irritable and mad after i exercise and when i get tired, i can't seem to rest for a very long time, restricting my ability to work out consecutive days. i had my blood done, nothing wrong. i recently became overweight but not by much (8-10 pounds). any advice?

>>196496
Not really, no, but I guess I could give it a try

But do you eat enough? As in a balanced diet? Do you sleep enough? Are your workouts on a beginner level?
You sure you get angry or just really motivated and energized?

>>196508

yes, yes and mostly no, i start out beginner level but increase it after a short while. and yeah, i know the difference between feeling irritable and feeling motivated.

>>196401
Tbh I absolutely love their vanilla-bourbon edt. It's incredibly powdery, sweet and has a hint of chocolate. Some people actually asked if someone is eating chocolate or vanilla cookies when I wore this in their proximity.

>>196431

which one is it? I love to use their Vanilla Body Lotion, is it similar to it? And is it long lasting?

>>196435
Sorry never tried the body lotion so I can't say if they are similar.
The lasting power isn't too great only a few hours but I don't mind frequent reapplying because it's dirt cheap. I just bought the 100ml flacon for 10€.

Does anyone has experience with Raghba Lattafa? It's dirt cheap and while some people say that it's a better vanilla fragance than Tobaco Vanilla by Tom Ford other say it's disgusting and way to sugary.

>>196474

The bottle looks similar to the body lotion, so I guess it's similar. I will def try this since I love the body lotion scent.

Thanks for the reply, anon!

>>194289
Your fear of wasps is logical because they are awful in every possible way. Try wearing an insect repellant during the months when they're most active, and remember a quick shake or shiver will make them get off if they land in or near you. Just don't kill them, cause they call for backup whilst dying. I've got nests of the bastards on my property and we get a plague of the fuckers come spring but repellant and a shake is all we've needed to avoid a sting or prolonged touching.

You can also build super simple traps for them for free. Cuts soda bottle in half, stick the neck inside the bottom half, tape it there and put some raw meat in the bottom part. They'll fly in but it's nearly impossible to get out, especially if you put some water in the bottom. Put the trap out away from where you will be and collect it when the suns been down for a while and the living ones are dormant.

>>194267
Not that anon, but so it doesn't go everywhere. Sometimes the fear can stem from people making fun of you for vomiting or being disgusted by it. At least that is how I feel. It's easier to dispose of and less obvious than if it's all over the floor.

>>194215
What did you do to get your phobia under control ?
Sometimes I feel like it's getting better and sometimes I'm falling back again.
I'm mostly afraid of throwing up in public because I don't know how people would react to it. Doesn't have to do with the throwing up part per se I'm fine feeling nauseous in my room but when there are people ot makes everything worse.
Because of that I normally only eat in the evening when I got nothing to do.
I need to get my stomach checked because there is definitely something going on there and it will definitely help if that is out of my way. But the phobia would still be there.
I mean did you see a therapist ? Does it help?

>>194267
As I said I'm afraid to throw up in public, I'll be fine at home. But having a bag makes me feel more secure. When having one with me I have a place to throw up in to (never had to use it so yeah I know my fear is irrational) so I don't make a mess. I would have to constantly check for places to vomit into other wise.

I HATE cars. My phobia is bad enough that I don't think I'll ever get a licence (and yes, I've been to therapy) and I hate being in a car with other people driving, especially if I don't know them.

I've never been in a car crash (have been in a motorcycle accident though) but ever since I was a baby, I had really bad car sickness to the point where I puke if I was just riding in a car for literally 5 minutes. I don't have car sickness anymore, thank god, but I think that's where the phobia comes from.

Used to have a terrible phobia of being prevented from seeing, like I'd feel panicky for the split-seconds when I was taking a shirt or dress off and it was over my head, or have to check a million times that nobody was hiding behind the shower curtain when I was in the bath. It's better now but I still get very jumpy if I have to close my eyes for any length of time.

I also have a distinct fear about falling, especially on stairs, so I watch my feet the whole time, and sometimes even when I'm walking on the street. This worries me because my mom developed such a severe phobia she was unable to cross the street because she couldn't step down off the curb.