The watercooler: a place to chat

[jpnakashima]

LONG LONG MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
What a treasure

[Penni]

OMG the plot twist though! I loved every second of that!

[ISNEKO]

I know this has been discussed a lot, and I like, never even look at this part of my stats because it's pointless, but man all those people are only worth 2c?

[zuggarts]

His voice acting stuff is also great. A few years back I followed his Ace Attorney and Lackadaisy dubs religiously, it's a shame that he's moved away from them since. Super talented guy, glad that he's getting a lot more recognition now.

[DiegoPalacios]

He even acted in a short miniseries from Crunchyroll and RocketJump.
Here is the first episode

[zuggarts]

Oh yes, glad you brought that up! I watched the first episode when it first came out but never got around to watching the rest, so thanks for reminding me! The production value is pretty great, but it is also an unfortunate reminder of how cringy I was back in elementary school (too much time developing anime-watching skills and not social skills; I was doing Naruto runs at recess back in grade 4)...

[spicy_sweets]

omg CLAUDE BOLLING
I HAVE THAT VINYL!

[dawgofdawgness]

GASP isn't it great??? Flute and piano jazz

[spicy_sweets]

I have his trumpet and piano jazz too (*´∀｀)

[dawgofdawgness]

I googled it, it's called "toot suite"? amazing.

[DiegoPalacios]

(too much time developing anime-watching skills and not social skills; I was doing Naruto runs at recess back in grade 4)...

Don`t worry about that, we all have awkward phases in life ...Not everyone socialize in the same way. While some people enjoy partying others prefer other activities like watching shows together.

Also, there isn`t any good reason for cosplay to not be socially acceptable while costume parties are completely okay.

[kritb]

There's a dog that has been barking for 4 hours straight outside my hoousee .. Its 4.20 am ;;;;;--;;
Why my neighbors are like this? D>

[VibrantFox]

i feel like i'll regret saying this but maybe the dog was trying to blaze it? ;;=v=)

honestly though it's like the raccoons in my neighborhood or the cats that insist on late night death matches but maybe they have the dog to guard their house. Really it's hard to tell with people but that's something I've heard & been told

[kritb]

Sadly I just have some neighbors that forget their dogs outside at night. Its also raining, and i cant bring them here because they havent been socialised properly. They bark at everything and the owners just learned to ignore it...

Ooh. This isn't lighthearted chatter at all. )':

[jpnakashima]

Man, they left the dog outside in the rain? That sucks in so many ways )):

Where I live, there's this weird middle aged man whose house's window is right in front of my side of the building, so any windows of mine. Almost every night he'll start blasting songs super loud, sometimes rap, sometimes Brazilian funk, and he'll scream and slam his windows. He'll scream the lovely ''AAAAAAAH!'', the great ''Vai, caralho!!!'' (Let's go, swear word!), the amazing ''Acorda playboy!!'' (Wake up, playboy) and the awesome ''Vai Corinthians!!'' (Corinthians being a really popular soccer team in Brazil). He'll get tired of the music (or someone always call the cops, I don't know) after half an hour, a whole hour maybe, but he'll keep screaming for hooours at an end. He'll keep slamming his window.
I admire his fortitude and consistency.

[feardeer]

Anyone else get anxiety so bad it makes you physically ill? Like, fever or nausea for a day or two after whatever silly incident caused it? It's a problem and I'm upset about it. :T

It makes attempting to socialize and not be a lonesome goat for eternity very difficult.

[minerrale]

Social anxiety warrior here! I feel you bro...

You might want to :
1) try to understand what causes these
2) figure out how to lessen the symptoms (breathing exercices, counting things, focusing on one particular thing like finding as many geometrical forms in your environment etc.)
3) maybe talk to a specialist to see if you could use a therapy. There's absolutely no shame in that, and a lot of people go through it.

In any case, know that you're not alone, and that's some sort of coping mechanism your body has come up with to replace your "fight or flight" instincts because in our society it's no longer adapted.

[feardeer]

Thanks! I wish I could answer with more positivity, but unfortunately it's impossible for me to see a therapist right now. I know what causes it to happen, and I have no idea what to do about the symptoms. I usually just power through and try to keep my mind occupied. I have a lot of anxiety, and have found various ways to deal with different aspects of it (with varying degrees of success), but this particular foe is too powerful for me.

But anyway, I don't want to turn this into a therapy session haha. Just wanted to know if anyone else had this problem. :>

[minerrale]

I'd be willing to bet that most of us "creative people" face or have faced this kind of issues at varying degrees. This is why we create! We turn the pain and the hardships into worlds full of color, the ugliness into beauty, the reality into dream. You're not alone, and you're strong! Just remember to breathe

[LordVincent]

I'm having awful chest dysphoria right now and top surgery is so far away I'm a low income guy and I can't get it through state offered healthcare because the "medical professionals" are so outdated and toxic that they almost made me commit suicide last time I was in contact with them.

Usually my voice helps carry me through it because so much of my confidence relies on it, but it's going through another slump due to deepening development so I can't even sing right now.