They are a lot of pressure. They are the same pressure I put on myself, so yeah. Not many people push themselves the way I do, so not many people would even want to live my lifestyle. Especially as it isn’t very rewarding in a material sense.
Not if you are old enough. The only nice part about being in my early 40s is that when I tell someone that, “yes, I’m that picky/shallow,” they seem to just accept it and move on. I’m old enough that when I tell someone “this is the bare minimum that I expect,” they accept that and move on.
The only strange part for me at this point is that the bare minimum I expect is that you a) are able to take care of your own needs, just as I do, b) are keeping up with your exercise routine, and will be willing to help both of us in pushing each other to better heights, and c) you aren’t vapid, and can actually hold a conversation. I’m not interested in being your professor/father/educator exclusively. I want to challenge you, just as much as you challenge me.
Literally every potential partner I have met cannot fulfill these, IMHO, pretty basic requirements. The only real benefit of being this shallow/picky is that now people finally respect my choices.
Just FYI. Thanksgiving is the original blatant Cultural Appropriation. Thanksgiving was one of 13 harvest feast that the Native Americans in the area would hold each year. That’s one of the reasons that Canada and The US celebrate it on different days.
We also stole most of their constitution, except the bit about “no law shall be passed that doesn’t directly benefit all the children of the next 7 generations.”
They had existed relatively stabley for 25,000 years, and we fucked it up, stole what we wanted, and trashed the rest.
Meanwhile I was thinking that it’s obvious that I handle a lot of other people’s money, as I knew exactly which was which, because I could instantly spot the differences on the prop bill.
I use windows. I just use The GIMP because NO One else makes a graphics program that acts like FDP. Fractal Design Painter acts like traditional medium, so it’s easier for traditional artists to wrap our heads around. I only suggest it to traditional artists that hate the interface of Adobe products
Look, I love The G.I.M.P. It allows me to recreate both 3D Studio Max, and Fractal Design: Painter into a single program. I have begged every single graphic artist and photographer in my life to switch. They all say it’s far too hard to set up and use. I wish I could help them fix this, but apparently modding anything other than a game is too complex for them. How the fuck do I manage to explain this to them‽