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skep updated Skep's Place

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miela583 2 months ago

The "why" of working so hard on that billboard is to pay medical bills and afford enough fun things to soften the blow of never being able to retire- Source: am in marketing

skep 2 months ago

Sure, we're all slaves to capitalism after all, but if you're going to spend the time anyway, may as well make the effort worth it.

skep 2 months ago

For example, if the casino billboard came right out and said "We're your only shot at retirement", I'd respect that a hell of a lot more than trying to sell me on shrimp scampi.

miela583 2 months ago

My thought on how it went would be that, at some point someone had an interesting or fun idea, and they got their paycheck for that, but the sales rep who sold them the billboard got cold feet and yelled at the creatives team until they backed down to “shrimp scampi” so sales could get the safest commission possible.

skep 2 months ago

Hm. Well that's believable but harder to twist into a semi-inspiring blog post.

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emilynhoward 2 months ago

One of the things that psychedelics always make clear to me is that all of our built environment is the product of human thought, effort, and suffering. How much ANY of it inherently "means" is up for grabs. Understanding the world this way can either be maddeningly nihilistic or it can be humanizing, to know that our built environment is a material manifestation of our collective needs and foibles.

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skep 2 months ago

Exactly why I personally shoot for two parts empathy, two parts apathy, and a dash of pointing out all the wrong details.

hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

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hardmachine 2 months ago

The golden era has ended... I have a to-do list though.

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amivicky 2 months ago

I'm sure you'll be fine at your new place. A lot of the issues you're having sound like they're your work's issue, not yours. And soon enough you'll learn all the little nuances and not even realize it. Good luck!

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decadentdream 2 months ago

Starting a new job is always scary, but I hope things get easier for you! I'm sorry about you having to use an app for all that stuff.....honestly that's crazy they make you do that imo

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skep updated Skep's Place

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iamsteve updated i am steve

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plotprotectors updated PPC: The Lost Tales

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miela583 skep

3 months ago

Trusted media analyst Skep, finally played Sayonara Wild Hearts over here, and am glad I have a time delay on my posts so I don't just type joyous profanity. Thanks for the recs so I finally played it after.... 5 years sitting on my Switch!

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skep 3 months ago

The compulsion to type joyous profanity never really goes away, it just gets easier to cope with after a while. Glad you enjoyed. Don't forget to give the riddles a try.

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miela583 3 months ago

I will. I'm gonna leave it for a few days, but think I want to try to gold rank all of the levels, too.

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skep 3 months ago

Gold rank is pretty fair so long as you don't drop your combo and are decent about hitting the hearts. Anyway you inspired me to have another go through this morning, and now I've already hit my emotional limit for the day.

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skep updated Skep's Place

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no56 updated №56

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hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

3 months ago

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yourdevilfriends 3 months ago

Lovely rune as always. Let's all love «ugly» art.

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creature0354 3 months ago

a really fun read

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sephiria 3 months ago

I am putting this on a sticky note on my desk: "Okay, so it's ugly. How can I make it worse?"

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angeleyesprings 3 months ago

I agree with this article. I think people into art have a habit of being too hard on themselves. I think a lot of "ugly" or amatuer art is more soulful than stuff designed for an algorithm anyways. There's a freedom in accepting you aren't a professional and showing yourself to the world anyways...

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skep updated Skep's Place

3 months ago

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lukaszone kekkonen

3 months ago

Kekkonen valmistelee puhettaan edelleen seitsemän vuotta myöhemmin!

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lukaszone 3 months ago

Anteeksi jos häiritsin sinua, halusin vain kirjoittaa tänne.

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hardmachine

3 months ago

It only took a few minutes but I redid my 404 page to be more "authentic" to the Gameboy Camera error screens it was based on. I turned off autoplay but it still loops if you play it. https://hardmachine.neocities.org/not_found

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hardmachine 3 months ago

idk about yall but I personally think it's character building to be 6-8 years old and jumpscared by the "who are you running from?" screen with creepy music and an ugly vandalized portrait.

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amivicky 3 months ago

Well that’s terrifying lmao good job!

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yosaia 3 months ago

based reference

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hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

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hardmachine 3 months ago

That 404 was one of the first pages I made... (Also has autoplay to emulate the Gameboy Camera error experience, sorry)

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hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

3 months ago

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hardmachine 3 months ago

The rat did something sneaky...

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hardmachine 3 months ago

Translation: I moved a bunch of links I had and made a new sub-section.

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soloppsprang updated Soloppsprang

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hardmachine

3 months ago

I'm still not sure if I'll do much this year since I was told I'll be re-employed soon, but I set up my Artfight today; I mainly wanted to do it to draw art for friends + acquaintences + etc. https://artfight.net/~capywins

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