gdp's Comments

The Toast : Link Roundup!

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:44:48 +0000

You got this! Here's a song for when you're examining the witnesses and here's one to back up how good of a job you're going to do!

The Toast : Children's Stories Made Horrific: The Magic Schoolbus

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:19:38 +0000

how dare you slander Ms. Frizzle.

The Toast : Link Roundup!

Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:27:58 +0000

Like... I'm pretty sure there are scientific studies that'll tell you that gratitude is the exact opposite of poison to a marriage, or any relationship.

The Toast : Link Roundup!

Tue, 21 Jun 2016 18:15:29 +0000

I have used all the luck I need for the day so I will attempt to send the rest out into the universe!

The Toast : Link Roundup!

Tue, 21 Jun 2016 17:12:33 +0000

ay that worked for me! Good luck!

The Toast : Link Roundup!

Tue, 21 Jun 2016 17:01:58 +0000

You might get 'em! I just got mine after sitting on the "Searching... sit tight" page for like fifty minutes.

The Toast : Link Roundup!

Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:09:09 +0000

There's definitely bad stuff out there, and I don't want to deny that. People can be cruel and maybe our worst tendencies are how we treat those we perceive as "outsiders," all the fear and scorn and hatred that can come with that. That and not being able to see other humans as humans. I'm 100% with you on being good requiring effort, too. But the reason those things are reported is that they stand out, and they go against the desire for goodness that I think everyone feels--whether their "good" is something that's good for others/for everyone, and whether that goodness is something they have the ability to realize, or not. But even if humans wind up being 50% or more terrible, there are dogs and their eternal optimism. There are cats and their indignant belief that they're much more dignified than they are. There are magnolia trees and peach-colored sunsets and the enormous expanse of stars and space and a lot of things that can't even be measured on a human scale of goodness. The universe is so big and we are so small in it that even if every human in the world turned on each other, we can't measure up to the vast potential beauty of the world that's out there. (like I said... weirdly optimistic hill, here, and I know "ultimately humans don't matter!!" is not a cheerful solution for everyone.)

The Toast : Link Roundup!

Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:03:01 +0000

That poem is indeed lovely, but I absolutely cannot get on board with the sentiment that the world is at least fifty percent terrible. It is not. The world is amazing and beautiful and most people do their best to be good, to be kind to each other, and we are curious and loving and generous this is the weirdly optimistic hill I will die on, fight me

The Toast : Cocktail Hour: Open Thread

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:54:00 +0000

Oh this is me writing fic. This is 100% me writing fic.

The Toast : Cocktail Hour: Open Thread

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:46:56 +0000

Oh hey, your first comment was in response to me! I remember complaining about that game... I never picked it up again D: Here's my first comment: <img src="http://i66.tinypic.com/ohp7is.png" alt="A comment on 'Oh, the Places You Went' that reads 'When I graduated elementary school, our principal read Oh the Places You'll Go to us. But not the ''bad'' parts. Just the upbeat ones that are impossibly optimistic if not counterbalanced. I suspect she'd faint clean away if she read this version.'" />

The Toast : Link Roundup!

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:07:29 +0000

Living makes you die!!

The Toast : Link Roundup!

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:13:57 +0000

I've got some incredibly bad news about who the Republican presidential nominee is. You might want to sit down.

The Toast : Cocktail Hour: Open Thread

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:22:21 +0000

So, I haven't done this with Seeking cards in my hand yet, but they've recently made it such that going to Zee does not empty your hand. Your hand is still waiting for you when you come back. :c

The Toast : Cocktail Hour: Open Thread

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:13:13 +0000

Seeking will do the opposite of help your skills and abilities, alas. :c But! I do have an extra venom-ruby. Are you Merripat over there, too?

The Toast : Cocktail Hour: Open Thread

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:12:01 +0000

Jealous!! Why am I in the States!! I saw their twitter contest to win leftover goodies, but alas, I didn't win...

The Toast : Cocktail Hour: Open Thread

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:12:36 +0000

Is anyone else round these parts still playing Fallen London? Is anyone else MASSIVELY EXCITED THAT SEEKING'S BACK?

The Toast : Link Roundup!

Wed, 1 Jun 2016 13:37:26 +0000

Once The Toast is gone, where will we go to occasionally shout about MLMs?

The Toast : Two Medieval Monks Invent Horses and Armed Warfare

Tue, 17 May 2016 14:13:57 +0000

MONK #1: horses are how much just blanket? MONK #2: mostly blanket, maybe 90% Oh, this is going to make drawing horses so much easier! Wait, no it isn't, I can't do clothing folds either.

The Toast : Link Roundup!

Tue, 10 May 2016 15:41:01 +0000

I once made the mistake of trying to read two Murakami books in a row. That made how he feels about women a little too clear and I have not read any Murakami since. :(

The Toast : Crush Cakes: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Wed, 4 May 2016 20:15:55 +0000

Welcome!! Be prepared to feel that way for at least three weeks.