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  1. MAJOR bands of mourning / secret history (original work I drew it)
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  2. It’s 3am…huzzah!!! I’m going to NYC, so uh I might not be here a for the next few days
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  4. Just so all of Sticky Wickys friends are aware her paternal and maternal guardians (also known as parents to most mortals) have banned her from the shard for a week. I do not know why, but it can relay messages to her. love yall
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  5. having finished Sunlit man recently, I'm starting to notice a pattern (minor all SP poilers) and furthermore (more minor SP spoilers
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  6. Hellooo! I finished my handmade mistcloak the other week and just threw together some stuff I have collected for Ren faire over the years. My Vin cosplay is about 80% complete, I plan to change out everything that has metal to just leather so I have to craft that myself, and I will be adding some bandages to kind of represent Vin more so in book 2. But overall I am super happy so far with how it looks! In action: https://imgur.com/gallery/ZS2n2cI
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  7. Guys guys guys guys GUYS Hadestown… On Broadway… It was unreal. The Eurydice and Hermes are leaving soon, and it was amazing to see them. And the Persephone was the original one from the concept album when it originally released in 2006. I sobbed through the entire thing AND OH MY SCUDDING CHASMS JORDAN FISHER AS ORPHEUS I LOVE HIM Guys theatre is art. Go see a show. It’s like interactive reading. With music. I saw it two days ago and I’m still emotionally…uh…
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  8. UPDATE: GUYS I FOUND AN AIRPORT BOOKSTORE AND (currently in Chicago for a layover) THERE WAS A COPY OF SUNLIT MAN AND COOL PENCILS …anyway I think I drew energy from the bookstore (maybe there was stormlight or something??) but I’m alive
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  9. Helloooo Yesterday, we apparently had to get more animals, because 6 chickens, some assorted fish, 4 cats, (1 pregnant) andalltheothersican'tremebermybrainhurtsowch- Aren't enough animals so now we have these: *cough* Anyway, Love Y'all ~ Stick
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  10. Guys 57 notifs? not today. maybe tomorrow. Not today guys, I just got back from the most chaotic school trip of my life.
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  11. UPDATE ON MISSION TRIP The trip has gone really well! I’ve been sharing the gospel with dozens of people, and while I haven’t seen anyone choose to put Jesus in charge of their lives, they have mostly been willing to listen. I’m running on much less sleep than normal, and have played roughly 15 hours of Dominion. (If any of y’all want to play later after this trip the board game is on Apple and Android for free with no ads) I have had a wonderful time, and have grown a lot more confident in sharing my faith, so I guess if any of y’all have questions about Christianity (specifically non denominational) I really like talking and listening! Anyway, Cash out, see y’all soon.
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  12. YOU GUYS GUYS WE GOT CHARTER BUSSES THIS TIME NOT RUSTY MUSTY CRUSTY OLD SCHOOL BUSSES ACTUAL REAL LIFE CHARTER BUSSES AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
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  13. I AM BACK!!! Mission trip is over. Oh my storming goodness did I need this. Everyone around me needed it too. I have soooo many stories, so if you want one, then simply ask! (Legitimately find my AMA or post a status on my profile). As I’m writing this, I have had a grand total of 1.5 hours of sleep over the past 24 hours. So i know I ain’t gonna be the most coherent. But here is what’s going on. @Spark of Hope @The Aspiring Archivist @Weaver of Lights @TheRavenHasLanded (and anyone else I forgot) I’m back for the insanity clinic!!! Let’s get the plot rolling and test the new character development. I also need to play more games with y'all (Yall being the whole shard). So if yall own switches, send me the friend code. Or get Dominion. Either do the worky. Finally, this trip has reinforced and confirmed my belief that everyone needs Jesus. He’s given me peace, and I want everyone to have that joy. If anyone has any questions about Christianity, I’d love to talk through them with you! Seriously. Your questions give me new things to think about. Anyway, that’s an incoherent ramble that I ain’t proofreading, so good luck reading this! I have missed yall, and can’t wait to talk with yall again. Cash out!!
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  14. Oh no... The guys at my school just discovered that I have noise sensitivity issues... Uhmmmmm *fear*
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  15. Currently trying to draw one of @The Halcyon Girl’s new characters. It is NOT going so hot I’ve tried like three times and none of them look like himmMmmmMmmMm
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  16. WE DID IT!!! WE MADE FINALS!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
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  17. Okay we aren’t dead bad isn’t as bad as I thought it was hopefully
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  18. On vacation. Bought a hat. Got another chess price for my chess set I am making from everywhere I go. Ate gelato. Got twenty thousand steps for the fourth time in a row. Hope y’all are happy have an awesome time. Cant stop singing Wonka songs Watched the Hunger Games. Yayah chouhada! (long live the fighters)
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  19. Aha! I found you. You thought you could hide for long? I even got this sneaky picture of you!
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  20. It's a pattern of which could mean it's foreshadowing for
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  21. people disgust me not you guys, y'all are great but like, popular people and like, online celebrities and stuff will do anything if it means they get to keep their career it's sickening.
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  22. The deadrunners didn't need to do too much to finish off the ship. Barron had apparently drunk himself to death, and had fallen off the ship at some point. Rob Hertz, having grown mad from paranoia, struck out at the man who was not named Aman. The man was drenched in despair, and didn't fight the blows. He gave a salute, as he croaked, "For ever, that is all." His hands bloodied from the beatings, Rob looked up to see Brandon playing a tune, unconcerned with the violence unfolding. Bee quickly grabbed the madman, and put him out of his misery. As for JNV, no one knew where he ended up. He had been carried off by the four winds, and although Aeternum kept a lookout, there was no sign of him. The deadrunners had taken the ship. It was time for plundering. Hairy Barron has died from inactivity. He was a member of the Loyal Crew Amanuensis has died. He was a member of the Loyal Crew The Deadrunners outnumber the members of the Loyal Crew. The Deadrunners have won the game! Vote Count: Amanuensis (3): Amanuensis, Drake Marshall, RoyalBeeMage Player List: Docs:
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  23. I started Mistborn this past December and have quickly devoured the trilogy, everything Stormlight, Elantris, Warbreaker, two of the secret projects (love Yumi so much) and some of the Arcanum. I don’t know how to put these books down. My first daughter was just born last month and now I’m reading her Tress in between changing diapers. I think she likes it so far. Excited to dive into some of the discussions here.
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  24. I've seen more on Discord, that's where a lot of memeing (with, well, activity in general) has migrated these days. There are also some on Reddit. Here's a favorite of mine from AdoWillRemOurPlightEventually:
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  25. I think I might be trans. I always thought I was a "different" kind of boy, one who acted more like a girl, and identified more with girls, but still male. I'd even checked my mind to check if I was trans, and the response was always "no" But today, when I woke up, I realized I thought of myself as a girl. When I asked my mind if I was trans, it paused, then said "I... think so" I was so shocked, I thought it came out of nowhere. Now though, I'm beginning to realize that some stuff might have been foreshadowing. I'm already beginning to think of my past self as a girl as well. Is it normal that these thoughts come all of a sudden? How long should I wait before I can be sure that these feelings are correct. (Also, thought I was straight before, but I guess if I am trans that makes me lesbian)
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  26. I went to an underwater cave and listened to a live orchestra in it. It was awesome and beautiful
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  27. We’re done performing! On the “hours without sleep timer” (which, yes, I did already start) we’re at about 6 hours, though I was actually awake before that. I don’t know why I keep track though xD during warmup, we stood in a circle, held hands, and sang the ballad. My director went around giving hugs to everyone, and I was SOBBING within the first three lines of the song our performance was lowkey fire, and I’m really hoping we’ll make finals. Fingers crossed!!!!
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  28. ITS ALMOST COMP DAY YALL!! Today we leave for South Dakota to compete at our very last competition of the season (!). Which is in like 3.5 hours and I have not even STARTED packing— We’ll mostly be driving, but we’ll also stop and walk around a bit, and we’re gonna go to the Corn Palace!! I’ve already been there before, but I can’t wait to see what the murals look like this year. Then, tomorrow, we have a *lovely* 4am wake up time to leave our hotel at 6:40 and perform at 8:40. Our goal is to make finals, so fingers crossed!! I’m so excited!!!! uh but now I should go pack so I can finish up my shoes before we leave— (anyone know how to get sharpie off shoe soles/rubber????)
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  29. "Don't worry, I don't spike my adopted children." - @Just-A-Stick (sorry not sorry)
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  30. my grandfather makes some... questionable remarks about the female workers at the retirement home he lives at. it makes both me and my grandmother uncomfortable. but it's fine, I guess
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  31. Well, now that you mention it, I finally got around to reading RoW. A couple years late, but I got around to it. Anywho, I'm not even done with the prologue, but it's memein' time.
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  32. Light SA spoilers I guess? Really I just wanted to use this meme format.
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  33. IT BROKE MY BRAND NEW FREAKING PIN BROKE BECAUSE SOME IDIOT SHOVED HIS FRIEND INTO ME ON THE FRICKING STAIRS AND NOW IM UPSET BECAUSE I CANT FIND THE ACTUAL PICTURE THING I ONLY HAVE THE STUPID BACK PIECE ANS NOW THE FRONT IS GONE AHHGBJJGTRDTRXKUNKU *VERY ANGRY SAD NOISES*
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  34. One that I keep coming back to is 2 Nephi 9: 28-29. It's an important reminder to be humble, particularly in our day when we always hear people say that the Gospel and its principles can and must be discarded as outdated nonsense, and that we have a far better understanding today with all our science and technology. Because inevitably, if you wait long enough, you always see these "new and improved" ideas collapse and cause great suffering. Well, those of us who paid attention to the Gospel, and anchored our souls to the Lord (Hebrews 6: 19) to not continue to be "tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine" (Ephesians 4: 14) ended up avoiding all that suffering. I'll always remember, in the early 2000s, my stepfather's employer offered a new plan to invest their retirement savings in the stock market to help it grow more quickly. Everyone thought this was awesome and jumped on board... except for him. He thought back to President Hinckley's advice to get your houses in order and be cautious in temporal and financial matters, and he turned down the opportunity. He missed out on a few rip-roaring years in the stock market, but he also missed out on the 2008 crash that wiped out his coworkers' gains. In the end, the only one to profit was the one who listened to the Prophet!
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  35. I ruined my sleep schedule during break and failed to fix it before Monday. I have five am practice. tomorrow’s gonna be rough my dudes.
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  36. THE FINAL PRODUCT! after much love and labor, I finished it. minor things to tweak and do but it’s a dress!!!
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  37. I’m so excited Ive been working on a dress I’ve been making since Last summer and FINALLYY!! I GOT THE ZIPPER!!! Im almost done sewing the dress up.
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  38. 1k rep reached! I’ll do something when I’m not running on sleep obtained from van ride
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  40. I was able to go to the temple today, because mine is going to close soon. It was a very nice experience.
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  41. me? have red hair? nahhh you got the wrong person JUST KIDDING!!!
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  42. I have a theory as to why this Innate Investiture is higher on Shardworlds than on non-Shardworlds. I believe that this is because of or at least connected to the Second Law of Investiture; in simple terms, Investiture likes to flow from high states of concentration into lower states of concentration. This means that when a Spiritweb forms in a developing baby that the Investiture of the SR, and the Shard Connected to it, begins to meld to that Spiritweb, Investing it further than it would be otherwise as the Shard counts as a single object/entity and therefore has a much, much higher concentration of Investiture than the newly forming Spiritweb. The Connection is the bridge between the Shard and the person, so it is what determines how much of the Investiture is drawn into the new Spiritweb. There is a set amount of naturally given Investiture whenever a person is conceived on a Shardworld based on the strength of the Connection between the Shard and the person. If a person's Spiritweb had a genetically higher Connection to the Shard in question (such as if you Burned Lerasium and Connected more strongly to Preservation), more of this extra Connection would be passed to their children, thus making the Investiture be drawn to the Spiritwebs more than it would from natural levels of diffusion, as there is a larger bridge for the Investiture to cross. This is my personal thought for this as of right now. Actually, it kind of makes me wonder if you could temporarily increase your Connection to, say, Endowment via Feruchemical duralumin when conceiving a child in order to give them a super-Breath when they were born. Or, maybe if that Connection isn't transferred, you could Connect the child while developing to the Shard, making their Spiritweb fill with more Investiture than normal, which would "solidify" once they were done growing and become a permanent part of them. Thoughts?
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  43. if there was a class for learning how to people (socialize), id sign up for it, but then when the time comes, I'd be too anxious to actually go because people scare me *shudders* p e o p l e
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  44. This paint water is absolutely gorgeous and the level of self control I’m using to NOT drink it is wild—
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  46. *cries* I was walking upstairs, (i go to school in an old house) And I tripped DoWn ThE sTaIrS T-T Me: *trips_downthestairs* Me: *is_at_the_bottom_ofthestairs_now* My teacher: [My_Name]? Me: *jumps_to_feet* Me: GOOD MORNING!!!! Me: *grins_like_a_crazy_person* Me: *goes_back_upstairs* My teacher: ...
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  47. My brain after taking the ACT: akjdf;lkajsdf;lkjasdfl'kjals;df My brain after watching Dune part 2 not two hours later: akajsd;lfkjasldkfjask;ldfj (but in a good way)
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  49. The ship was in chaos. At night, the men hurried to their conversations, plotting, scheming, trying to find some order in the paranoia. They failed. Two deaths rocked the ship that night. Both were loyal crew men. Revir and Kelwin has both died in the night, but on separate ends of the ship. The survivors were growing paranoid, having failed to find any deadrunners. As the sun broke on the third day, it brought no relief. It was hot, and the ship was stuck, no fluidization to get them moving again. TheRavenHasLanded has died. They were a member of the Loyal Crew. Kasimir has died. He was a member of the Loyal Crew. This Day will end in 48 hours on March 16th at 9 PM EST. Also, @Hairybarron is in danger of dying to inactivity. If he fails to post this day, he will be removed from the game. Spore Supply: Player List:
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  50. I think it's worth looking at this from multiple perspectives, and greenhouses aren't a bad place to look. There's quite a few non-trivial considerations that would complicate them as a stable food source though. I'm not an expert, but I once helped maintain a greenhouse and read through the spec sheets. First it's worth understanding what a greenhouse is designed to do. Greenhouses were made to regulate the internal temperature and humidity to create an artificial climate to allow crops to grow unsuited for the local environment. The issue isn't that the temperature or humidity is unsuitable for the local plants, it's the available sunlight. Yes, Mist won't enter buildings, but it's not just the roof of a greenhouse that's made out of transparent material, it's also the sun-facing walls too. The angle of the sun with respect to the mists means that the greenhouse gets the most light when the sun is directly overhead and at a much lower rate compared to a greenhouse not built in the Mists. I don't think this would be much more beneficial than if they were to build giant elevated terraced gardens. You also have to understand that when to create an enclosed environment like that, you replace one kind of work for another. Clearing ash from plantation fields is substituted with watering plants sheltered from precipitation. Damage from ash accumulating on the roof can be mitigated by engineering the pitch of the roof so that ash will slide off instead of accumulating (greenhouses in snowy climates require snow load calculations and the pitch of the roof is designed to compensate). By trapping the air in the greenhouse, you will need systems in place to regulate the temperatures - as greenhouses will get much warmer compared to the outdoors. There's a whole industry and science to properly regulating a greenhouse environment to maintain good temperatures, proper humidity, reduction of algae growth, and on and on - I just did troubleshooting for the controller and cleaned the evaporative cooler. We had systems to regulate all that, but you're going to need a lot of incredibly smart people to build, design, and maintain greenhouses large enough to support the entire Final Empire. It's definitely not as simple as slapping giant panes of glass into the shape of a house. I wont say yet that it's impossible, but it would take a tremendous amount of work. Irrigation would have gotten much harder as the canals choked with ash and failed, and even if you were to build the greenhouses over the canal, it doesn't protect the source waters. The rest of this is really vague internet calculations so expect a lot of error. Several sources on the internet say that about 200 square feet of land is needed to sustain a person for regular seasonal gardening with normal IRL crops - not the modified stunted stuff they had in the Final empire. I'll just leave that number alone since I have no idea how much yield is affected The current world record largest greenhouse is the Eden Project in the U.K., which is 180' tall, and has 273,000 sq ft of floor space. So... one of those can support a bit less than 1500 people. Beyond that, the Eden Project is a dome shape, and I suspect it addresses snow falling on the roof simply by the roof being hot enough to melt it off which won't work with ash. You would need a huge number of these to support the Final Empire in the last days leading up to the Catacendre. I looked at it for a while and I don't think it's actually sustainable at the scale they would need, even if the Mists truly were the only concern and they didn't have to worry about rampaging Koloss, homicidal Inquisitors, accelerated ash accumulation, Ashmount eruptions causing earthquakes, or Ruin literally trying to kill them all. That large of a greenhouse would absolutely need to be reinforced with steel or something similar, making it child's play for a Inquisitor to destroy them all. At any rate, welcome to the Shard! We think about stuff a lot.
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