Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Tyranexx Yeah. Watching TV or reading books would sometimes make it seem like travel is a reasonable thing to have as a hobby, but it's really not. It's a very expensive thing to do, especially by air or sea. Arguably I travelled all over Japan while I lived there, but that was because Japan is comparatively small and has some of the best mass transit around. From what I have read, Europe has somewhat comparable systems within Europe, but again, that's still land locked... and the UK. Flying overseas is a massive expense!

I don't see why they don't just add it and tack on a massive stardust fee for regional Pokemon. Like, honestly, I'd have dropped 100k stardust on a Heracross. I got lucky that I met a person from Brazil who traded me one in person while I was in Japan. Even if it was a more expensive trade, lots of us would use the system. All of my closest friends are spread out between Japan, Michigan, New Mexico, Utah, California and Texas. None of those are a reasonable day trip. I could probably visit Cali or New Mexico over a few days but that ain't like visiting someone downtown.

@Tasuki I am so sorry for you. I never had a personal experience of putting a pet down, but it's still really sad to see your pet go.

@Tasuki My condolences. I realize it must've been tough having to process that.

@Tasuki I'm sorry to hear that mate. I'm also a guinea pig lover, they are amazing. It's really painful to let them go but it's for the best. I miss the ones that passed away, but they made me so happy and I'm grateful for that. Sorry that's there's nothing one can say to make things things better but at least there's always people to talk with.

@WoomyNNYes to think of it that would be so cool.

But my idea was to sit down and draw something surrealistic. In my case a crab that is creating and maintaining a desert hence the name of the painting "The sand populator"

@roy130390 @NintendoByNature @HotGoomba___Rebrand @TheFrenchiestFry

Thanks guys. Sadly though he passed away tonight. He was a fighter till the end. I spent the day with him petting him and holding him as well as fed him some of his favorite thing like spinach and apples. The way I see it he himself chose to go in his home in my arms. May he rest in piece.

@Tasuki That is sad
It is hard to let them go. But the way I see it when a pet of mine dies I always say "I gave it the BEST life possible.".

@Zuljaras ahhh, i get it

@Tasuki Jeez, sorry to hear about your guinea pig. It is really tough to lose a pet/loved one, for sure. I'm sure you gave the little guy a good life. My condolences go out to you too.

@Tasuki rip little man. Glad you were there with him.

@Eel Thanks, much appreciated.

@HotGoomba___Rebrand Yes, he does live. And with whom do I have the honor of communicating?

@Anti-Matter Nice drawing, love the coloring, as usual. And thanks for the welcome back.

@BruceCM @WoomyNNYes @NintendoByNature @1UP_MARIO @Link-Hero @MarioLover92
Thanks, you guys. Very kind of you all.

@Tyranexx Don't mind if I do. At first, the enormous comment back log seemed a bit overwhelming, but now that I dove in head first and took care of most of it, I'm already settling back in quite nicely, so you can expect to see/read a little bit more from me than the last couple of months...

@Tasuki sorry to hear about your pet. No matter what kind of pet it is, you get attached to them anyway, so it's never something you'd want to experience. All the best.

@Heavyarms55 Well, that's good to hear. A couple of months back, it sounded like you were more or less returning to some kind of personal hell, if you don't mind me saying so, but you seem quite a bit calmer and/or more accepting of the whole situation now. Far as anyone can estimate such a thing through anonymous online communication, that is.

I am now kinda curious as to what might be labeled as totally legal "edibles", though...

@ThanosReXXX In all honesty I am not really happy here. I am just well aware of how profoundly worse my situation could be. So I am trying to to restrict myself from too much whining.

And you should talk to a girl called Mary Jane about those edibles, she can explain better than I.

Ok Apple had an event today and no new iPad minis were announced.

iPad Air 4 it is.

@Eel I'm getting the Galaxy Tab S7 because of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and I get a free Controller with it, yay.

Oh that sounds like a great bundle.

Our internet is unstable at best, so I think I’ll be skipping game streaming for now.

@Heavyarms55 Ah, okay. Outer Orbital Cakes, then.
If we're gonna play word games, I'm in...

As for the rest: I kinda figured that would be it. Very mature of you, regardless. And probably the most sensible thing to do as well. Focus on the now, and keep in mind that when things blow over, you're probably still young enough to reconsider/explore the options of going back once again. You may never know what the future may bring.

And besides that, being with your own family, under forced circumstances or not, may also not be the worst thing in the world, seeing as you'll never have to wonder about the what if's of being half a world away when something bad happened to the one/the few of them that you actually do appreciate.

@ThanosReXXX
I'm the guy that had this disgusting profile picture

I have no idea why I changed my name.

@HotGoomba___Rebrand Mr Angry Toad/Potato head, is that you?
What's up with all the smoke & mirrors? No offense, but I'm afraid, I'm still none the wiser...

@HotGoomba___Rebrand I could change your name for you.

This service comes with a monkey paw wish-style consequence though.

@Eel nah, I'll wait, I'll suffer until January with this name.