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Happy birthday, Hycrox. Wishing you a great year ahead.
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Happy Birthday, Alex. Wishing you a great year ahead.
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22 hours ago, Godot said:
4. I sometimes forget that Weavile and Mismagius are gen 4 and not 2.
Yeah, many of Sinnoh's evolutions to earlier pokemon hit it off so naturally that they hardly seem like they were not created at the same time as the originals. The list includes Yanmega, Tangrowth, Electivire, Mamoswine, Togekiss, Gliscor, and (cough) Magnezone.
nobody mention magmortar or rhyperior or lickilickyAnyway, I keep forgetting the timelines of many of the more insignificant/gimmick mons, like Corsola, Luvdisc or Delibird. And I quite forgot that Jirachi was Gen III, so used was I to associating it with its notoreity in Gen IV.
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Happy birthday, Inuki. Wishing you a great year ahead.
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Well, would you look at that, I actually found the time to finish this thing:
Ultimately decided on a bronze monochrome pencil/ink sketch, I felt it brought out the details and demeanour better than a medley of bright colours could. Lady Volcarona is finished. What next?
[spoiler/]
Until next time, then. Feel free to leave any remarks, criticisms, or suggestions, or any ideas you'd like me to consider!
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Happy birthday, Amine. Wishing you a great year ahead.
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I usually take 75-85%, the new custom ones that have become popular over here in southern plantations, as I had said. if you take it closer to 90% and above, it does get very bitter, naturally. I don't quite think that above 90% is good. It becomes a pure slab of cocoa, then, suitable for use as an ingredient in cooking or dishes, but not really chocolate for direct consumption. Chocolate does involve other ingredients, after all.
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2 hours ago, Tartar said:
Except for chocolate, which you quite clearly said appeal to you a great deal.
I don't eat or enjoy chocolate unless it's at least 70% cocoa. The darker and bitterer, the better. In fact, South Indian chocolatiers has recently started experimenting in locally produced fine chocolates on coffee plantations, and I've already become an inveterate snob. Fine dark chocolates, with hints of spices, coffee, or even sea salt.
2 hours ago, Odybld said:And sometimes we just wanna drink some tea. And tea it is.
And sometimes we just wanna have some sweets. And sweets it is.
And sometimes...
We fill the lower compartment with water until right below the valve. We put coffee into the metal filter and level it with the side of the spoon, having it fully filled but not compressed at all. We put the filter into the lower compartment and screw the upper compartment firmly on top. We put it on the stove, medium heat for electric stove, lowest possible for gas, we wait and watch. We let the top lid open. We watch as the coffee slowly starts pouring out of the center column, starting darker, becoming lighter, with some bubbles showing up. We lower the heat or take it off the stove entirely near the end, and we time the moment in which we pour it into the cup in the sweet spot after the sweetest part of the coffee flows out and before the latest, and worst part, comes. We stir with a spoon, no cream, milk or sugar. We drink. We enjoy everything from starting to make it till the last drops
We understand each other.
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Happy birthday, Lost. Wishing you a great year ahead.
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I do not drink tea. It is inferior.
Cakes, and in fact any sweet food, does not appeal to me. I have a low tolerance for sweets; they get cloying too quickly.
So you'd never find me imbibing/ingesting the above in any combination.
As for Coffee, I treat its enjoyment as an art. I believe that one does not merely drink it, like any mundane fluid. One experiences it. To consume something else at the same time is to me, nothing short of an insult. It's independent of any meal or snack.
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There are many of you here in the Reborn Community that I know, like, respect, and trust. I enjoy a unique association and relation with all of you, and have learned much from many. These words are insufficient and unable, I feel, to do justice to all the good people I have met with in this community; there are too many of you who have graced me with your company and friendship, and there is too much to say to each to even begin describing, or expressing gratitude for, our mutual friendships and trusts. I think our continued individual relationships will speak for themselves. We each know how much and in what way, we value each other, to the point where it almost feels redundant to mention these matters, be it today or on any other day. Cheers, and best wishes to all of you.
Nevertheless, I must make a few special mentions:
To @Xiri @Bazaro, @Etesian, @Tommy Wiseau, and @Commander: I am proud and happy to call you my best friends.
To @Caradius, @Zumi, Aika, @Godot, @Maelstrom, @Arkhi, Alb, @Vinny, @Wendel, @Hukuna the Undying, @TheDW66, @sardines, @Njab, @ZEL, @Odybld, @Noir, @Spineblade, @BlueMoonIceCream , @OraCLesofFire and many others: I deeply enjoy talking with you, and value our friendships.@Azeria, you are a scrub. Users of Hypnosis Crobat and Smeargle deserve no other epithets. I hope you miss your next Hydro Pump and get Toxic-stalled by a SubRoost Zapdos.
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I guess I already replied to this one? it's the same as one only a few posts ago. The answer is yes, I used to be a serious competitive teambuilder and battler in my heyday of DPPt OU, and again in XY OU and UU. I usually hung around above top 50 in XY OU, and on accasion made it to top 20s during the laddering peaks, after the aegislash ban and during the sand phases.
If, as a bystander or free agent, you are faced with a choice of evils, would you elect to participate and aim for the lesser harm? Or would you refuse to intervene, wishing to avoid becoming part of the chain that is responsible for the consequence, whatever it is? For reference, assume this question to be similar to the Trolley Conundrum, in a way. Also assume an impartial and ubiased situation where you as the principal influence of events have no prior knowledge or vested interest in cause or in either consequence.
Simply put, would you step up and think it your duty to cause an evil to avert a bigger evil? Or would you refuse to participate, and let the original (and greater) evil occur?
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I'd advise against starting anything that might tax you, even if it is only the mental effort of learning, digesting or experimenting with a novel idea or entertainment. Rest, plenty of it and in good quality, accompanied by peace and mental and physical inertia is what is best for healing. Listen to whatever music soothes and relaxes you (preferably something mellow as opposed to something very frenetic), don't stare at a screen for too long, or try to make the brain work too much. Try to maximise the time spent sleeping and doing nothing in particular.
I find that a lot of people undervalue the importance of doing nothing, especially of doing nothing in the right way, and of the right quality. 'Emptiness' has a negative connotation in Western parlance, but it is to be understood as synonymous not with a want or lack, but with clarity, peace and contentment. Try some holistic emptiness, and sincerely do nothing. If you get bored, appreciate the boredom; it has its uses in paving the mind smooth and making it fertile for new ideas at a future date.
Get better soon, and take care, Ark. All the best.
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Been a while, hasn't it? Time is a desideratum, so this place has taken the back seat for a while, but I'm still scribbling stuff when I can.
For instance, I've started a little idea of people in pokemon-themed appearances. Here's a Volcarona WIP (Lineart):
Thanks to all of you who trouble to see my stuff. I'll hope to get this thread going again.
Until next time!
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When I played competitive seriously, in my heyday (during DPPt OU, and in XY OU) I usually hit top 20 fairly regularly on PS Main. I was a better teambuilder than active battler, though; my teams usually have a little bizarre, underrated or unusual elements in them.
Do you enjoy competition?
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Happy birthday, @Bazaro, best friend. Wishing you a great year ahead, and success in all your endeavours. Cheers.
Here is an eevee.
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No.
Are you of a romantic disposition? If so, how do you justify it?
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That's not strictly a yes/no question, but definitely a queen bee, in the literal as well as figurative sense.
A butterfly is a flitter; it has no ambition, no organisation, no commitment and no strength. It is weak, vacillating, dictated by whim and passion, and can't stick to any one path. It is a short-lived faery with no responsibility and consequently with no significance. It may be pretty to look at for a fleeting moment, but one doesn't take it seriously. Whereas a queen bee is a central power. It is the foundation of the colony, the vital force that commands and sustains the entire hive. It is consistent, committed and long-lived; it has a personality, a strength and above all, a vital responsibility. It may not match the butterfly in vibrance or beauty, but it is potent and does not need any advertising.
To me, this choice was not a difficult one to make. I do not accept a life devoid of self-respect. A butterfly commands no respect.
Do you prioritize being liked over being respected? Or, put another way, would you rather be liked and not really respected, or be willing to be disliked, but nevertheless respected? In both cases, you may assume that we are talking about public perceptions, and not about how one views oneself.
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Micky
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12 hours ago, ProjectIceman said:
Also every snake because Snake Charmers lol
Why not also add in every other half-baked stereotype you can think of? Maybe Medicham for the yogi, or Mega Alakazam for the hermit?
If only there was a rope Pokemon to represent the Great Rope Trick, or a software professional Pokemon to represent the Indian IT dude, then the collection of Indian stereotypes would be picture perfect.
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India: Every fire type, and everything that learns Rain Dance.
Also throw in a fair amount of Garbodor and Weezing.
Actually now that I think about it, India's biodiversity is enormously vast; at least 80% of all pokemon's creature/concept-origins can probably be found somewhere here.
Shame there's no Mango pokemon.
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Depends on where it's coming from and in what circumstances, but generally, if it is constructive, and if the views of the critique are substantive, then yes, I'm certainly open to hear it out. If it genuinely comes to light that the specified criticism brings up objectively superior or noteworthy points for consideration, I don't hesitate to adopt them even if they differ significantly from my original thought processes; but as a rule, once I've made up my mind and satisfied myself that all anticipated contingencies and consequences are as predicted or within tolerable ranges of acceptability, unsolicited criticism goes in through one ear and out the other. One can't, after all, bother oneself too much about what other people say.
Are you more at ease in a large crowd than by yourself or in small groups? If so, do you like being the centre of attention in such large company, or just one among the many?
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Happy birthday, Kam. Wishing you a great year ahead.
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Yes, I'm throwing my hat into the ring, as well. I daresay we see a sufficient number of political threads in this place, of varying nature and topic, and to that extent I'm usually content to observe from the sidelines. But polity is a strange thing, underlining the fine difference between ludicrous and ridiculous, amusing and bemusing. Let's call this my take, a South Indian's perspective on geoeconomics/geopolitics. Naturally this sort of thing is my opinion, and any interactions are welcome.
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A week is a long time in politics, it is said. While it's true that a lot can change in a short while in day-to-day statecraft, political trends are a lot more permanent, lasting for years and even decades. For instance, the broad trend of liberalization and globalization had taken root in the 1980s, and has been growing more and more ever since. Until now. Globalization seems to be giving way to newly resprung trends of isolationism, protectionism and ultra-nationalism. Which is merely a euphemism for racism.
Now, this is nothing new, being itself a trend unabated for centuries; but it has now resurged as a new wave. Donald Trump rode to power on that wave. Britain is struggling to deal with the aftermath of that wave. Nexit and Frexit were narrowly avoided...for now. Italy, another member of the European Union, could go to elections soon. Will there be a Quitaly, I wonder?
Granted, France did not go the isolationist route, after all. Holland and Austria are other EU states that opted to stay with a centrist, pro-globalization structure as well. But even as Macron beat back the challenge of Le Pen, one ought to notice that this is the first time that the Eurosceptic (read: racist) Front Nationale made it to the second round of the Presidential elections, taking a third of the vote in Round II to boot. If it wins a significant number of seats in the parliamentary elections in June, the clamour of a Frexit agenda will be stronger still. A general dislike for immigrants and multiethnicity is certainly a common factor across the EU, and a breakup is a distinct possibility. The USA already has a President who wants to restrict immigration and bring back manufacturing. If the EU also turns protectionist, it will break up, and globalization would be dead in the West.
Globalization brought many benefits: the coming down of trade barriers, cross-border flows of capital and technology, easy location of industry across cheap labour segments, and even easier immigration or long term residency for skilled talent. Poverty reduction was unprecedented. Taiwan and South Korea became First World economies in a mere generation, while China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand saw rapid growth. Even India, which arrived somewhat later on the global scene, saw strong acceleration. With the ascendancy of Moon Jae-in in Korea and Xi Jinping's new Silk Road project aiming to recreate China's historic association (and dominance) in Asian geoeconomics, and even as the third year of the Modi administration in India draws near, a new agenda of globalization is likely to cement East and South Asia, though who will sit where at the table is still to be seen. The new trends, Eastern or Western, could last an indefinite while. It's anyone's guess if any protectionism will rise in Europe; sentiment favours it, and even centrist governments may be tempted to pander to it, whether the EU stays intact or no.
But where does India stand?
Well, more protectionism would mean a reduction in cross border foreign direct investment flows, especially in R&D, Pharma and Information Technology industries. India's Gross Domestic Product is closely intertwined with its trade; over half the GDP is solely due to the trade component. Exports would choke and wilt if such protectionism gains ground; the IT and Pharma sectors (which comprise a large chunk of 'invisibles') is already hit hard by the USA raising barriers. Domestic economy is also due to receive a few shocks, at least in the short term, due to the finalisation of the much-vaunted Goods and Services Tax (which, though an improvement from India's current web of archaic, cascading indirect taxes, is still likely to be hamstrung by exemptions and multiple rates thanks to populist pressure...but that's a different issue altogether) and the need for markets to absorb the new rates and tweaks. Despite optimistic statistics and strong macroeconomic estimates, India's economy isn't doing all that well. Job growth has been next to nil, bank credit growth miserable. The Index of Industrial Production has seen a shift in base year and a recomputation in formula to make it paint a rosier picture, but in effect it's stagnant. Capital Formation is the lowest in a decade. There's been some good news, but not enough. The current government made the most of the oil glut of a year or two ago, and sold the idea that their ascendancy immediately resulted in a better economic situation, but coincidence, let alone correlation, can't be treated as on par with causation. We're looking through a tinted lens, making a grey sky appear blue.
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I'm not sure if I'm supposed to recognise the theme, but insofar as I see it, the Hoenn protagonists are portrayed as chibis. I'm not a fan of the style, nor can I understand the thing's context as I do not know in what it is meant to represent. Therefore the only depth or reasoning I can see is merely something that you like and so put as your avatar. Which is fine, but I can at best give it a subjective 4/10.