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catholic/prayer/confess

catholic/bible/luke

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discreteideas 2 weeks ago

Luke is a great gospel, I think because he is writing with the benefit of some distance from the events. It's like a memoir from someone who thought in ww2 is very valuable, but actually a historian writing a few decades later can look at events more holistically - and perhaps see more clearly what specific details are most relevant.

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othala

3 weeks ago

I finally made a button. You can see it on the footer of every page, or here https://othala.goeshard.org/static/img/button/othala.png I like the button but I don't know if it matches the site. Oh well. Feel free to link to me with it if you want.

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discreteideas 3 weeks ago

That’s a very cool button. I’ll try and remember to add it next time I update my site

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othala

1 month ago

It's like a comic book cross over issue: https://goeshard.org/2026/07/17/othala-is-better-than-this-website/

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vihmu othala

1 month ago

Thanks for the follow! Your site is really impressive, I like your theme a lot :D

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othala

1 month ago

The importance of a good button on neocities can't be understated. I have multiple sites, some with buttons, some without buttons, and it's interesting to see which ones people link to. Sometimes I feel like the reason you get a link is because the person likes your button. It's one of those things that you CAN choose to not do, but you're choosing for your site to be less networked. TLDR, I need a button for othala.

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othala

1 month ago

me yesterday: why so many meme website me today: https://goeshard.org/2026/07/14/my-daughter-is-half-black/

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othala

1 month ago

I would like to see more Christian websites that shoot for a historical, literary, or academic vibe and use classical elevated language. Take me back to Lindisfarne Priory to look at texts by candle light or something. But more Christian websites seem to be going for... "memelord hackerman quit using 4chan because I found God" thing. I get that practically that's a very useful avenue. But just how I think sometimes.

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discreteideas 1 month ago

I definitely get that. Although I do sometimes struggle with the very difficult to read fonts people go for

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othala 1 month ago

For sure I think you have to use careful discretion to pick something between a realistic font from the middle ages, especially the type of stuff they used before the time of Charlemagne lol, and something people can actually read.

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discreteideas 1 month ago

Your comment inspired me and I have just worked out how to change my font to something a little more aesthetic

rainight 1 month ago

There's so much irony poisoning on the internet. I'd like to write a post about that one day.

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duvarki 1 month ago

I am not a big fan either, but I seem to have fallen into the corner of the internet where this is less so! I am a big mediaevalist, and I try to capture a bit more of an older atmosphere on my website, but I am limited by my technical skills to execute what I have in mind. I try to be sincere and unbothered in a world where all things must be buried in irony lest it be seen as "cringe", but it's difficult at times.

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othala 1 month ago

I admit that I have a very absurdist insincere side myself. I think the best way to deal with it if you have that problem is to carve yourself a place out where you don't do it. Then you can retreat back into if you need to but your "sacred" space wont be contaminated.

othala updated their site.

1 month ago

fiction/faithful-departed-i

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othala updated their site.

1 month ago

catholic/apologetics/call-no-man-father

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othala daliwali

1 month ago

you have good taste in hardcore music

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daliwali 1 month ago

thanks! there's a bunch of bands i've seen in small venues that aren't listed, it's def the scene i'm most familiar with. it started with listening to deftones "white pony" as a kid.

literaturegirl othala

1 month ago

Hi there; thanks for the follow. I've been reading through your writings on Catholicism and finding them very interesting — I am a final year full-time theology student and underwent RCIA last year, also, so it's always nice to read about someone else's similar experiences. Looking forward to reading more from you. Have you read anything by C.S. Lewis on Christianity yet?

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othala 1 month ago

Nice. No, I haven't read any of his work actually but I would like to. That's pretty exciting to study theology. I feel like I spent most of my life avoiding the subject so I'm extremely ignorant, like an elementary school student learning to add single digits. But it's been all positive changes in my mentality since I've started so I guess better late than never.

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literaturegirl 1 month ago

I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing to feel that way; I often feel that what I have learnt the most about during my degree is my need for humility, as my studies constantly remind me how little I know and how little I can know at all. As for Lewis, I would recommend beginning with A Grief Observed, as it is a short but profound work that reflects on a Christian perspective of navigating suffering.

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literaturegirl 1 month ago

The Screwtape Letters was also a joy to read for me, and The Four Loves is very insightful and relevant to daily life as a Christian. Mere Christianity is also a solid staple that many people use as a gateway into Lewis' works. I hope you're able to give him a read sometime; I think he's brilliant!

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rainight 1 month ago

@othala I too recommend C.S Lewis :)

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othala updated their site.

1 month ago

web/games/super-shirtless-guy-world

web/games

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mosesshtar othala

2 months ago

Hey thanks for giving me a follow! I love your site design, especially the background images. Stained glass is always so beautiful.

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othala 1 month ago

Thanks. It's more difficult than you realize to source a good background these days. You have to really dig to find something that isn't AI and then getting it to match the page is an effort as well.

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othala updated their site.

2 months ago

web/blogs/technology

web/blogs/shitpost

web/blogs/religion

web/blogs/politics

web/blogs/music

web/blogs/links

web/blogs

web/blogs/gamedev

catholic/prayer/michael-the-archangel

catholic/prayer/fatima

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othala

2 months ago

Part of me wants to add a cooking section to my site but then I would have to also have to learn how to take pictures. Food photography is almost its own art.

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duvarki 2 months ago

I've been thinking of doing almost the same thing! I hadn't actually considered how tricky it'd be to get a good picture of a dish, especially because I don't have a decent camera lying around. There's probably a ton that goes into such an image

othala 2 months ago

My guess is that properly plating the food and using the correct lighting would go a long way. And using photo filters you can probably get away with a phone camera. Real cameras are much harder to use correctly than software cameras. But yeah, you at least have to be ready for your photo to not come out how you expect.

duvarki 2 months ago

That is probably the case yea. I was thinking of perhaps taking the pictures outdoors, as I don't think I'll ever get good lighting inside. It could also be an opportunity to learn how to touch up photos in an editor to make them more presentable!

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othala updated their site.

2 months ago

catholic/mystery/sorrowful/scourging-at-the-pillar

catholic/mystery/sorrowful

catholic/mystery/sorrowful/crucifixion-and-death-of-jesus

catholic/mystery/sorrowful/crowning-with-thorns

catholic/mystery/sorrowful/carrying-of-the-cross

catholic/mystery/sorrowful/agony-in-the-garden

catholic/mystery/luminous/wedding-in-cana

catholic/mystery/luminous/transfiguration

catholic/mystery/luminous/proclomation-of-the-kingdom-of-god

catholic/mystery/luminous/institution-of-the-eucharist

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discreteideas 2 months ago

This is a nice resource. My priest recently gave me a similar booklet from the society of Mary

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othala

2 months ago

Not sure how many of you all knew but I used to be an image board admin for a small alt board. I took the board offline a long time ago for reasons but kept the archive of it up. I coded it from scratch and was pretty proud of the software but was never proud of the content. I finally took it completely offline and replaced it with a portal to my other sites: https://board.goeshard.org/

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punp 2 months ago

t r a n q u i l i t y a t l a s t

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othala updated their site.

2 months ago

catholic/prayer/apostles-creed

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duvarki othala

2 months ago

WOww the design is so neat! Great site, look forward to future updates!

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othala 2 months ago

Thanks. I wish I could say I had as much time to do page updates as I did when I started this. The time will come again, I'm sure. I'm glad you like the design. I sometimes feel like its rare for anything visually simple to be appreciated on neocities so it's nice to hear.

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duvarki 2 months ago

No problem! It's so cool to find someone else who is also interested in ancient Germanic culture, your library page (the Edda especially) has been very useful!

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othala

2 months ago

Been a while since I posted an update. Having a job changes things up. I wish I had got a special background and color for the prayer section but maybe I'll add that later.

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