I mean, the color purple was a bit critical of that type of person so

It's a printing technique that uses photosensitive chemicals and the sun to create images. The final result is a ghostly blue image that people have done really cool things with. Generally you'll see flowers or collages using semi transparent items. Fairly cheap to get into and mess with

That's about where I'm at with it. Nowhere conveniently close that'll do it for cheaper than Walgreens. The only real thing stopping me is the understanding that I've already got too many projects going that I need to finish. Such is the ADHD life of chasing dopamine

That said, I did dabble in cyanotype and if I do pick up film developing, I'm totally going to combine the two

I was going to ask about film because that's the only real reason I don't use my analog cameras. Half tempted to spring for a diy kit and develop them at home just to help make sure the medium stays alive

Sometimes they make clicky sounds when you press them

I'm not sure if you caught it but that was sarcasm as that's exactly what the us is doing with these cameras but wrapped in the red scare blanket of communism.

But that's communism like what China has and they have cameras watching every person's waking moment. We can't have that

My wife worked in ICU then COVID ICU. She still gets PTSD flashbacks from everything she dealt with when someone comes in with similar symptoms. I got front row tickets to seeing a person who's entire job is to keep people alive go from "oh someone I had today coded and we couldn't bring them back" every so often to "we had multiple people die today. A few more aren't much longer. If we put them on their back, they'll die. If we give them water, they'll choke and die. They still refuse to believe that COVID is real as they are actively suffering and dying of it".

Yeah, we get a touch testy when people say it was fake or overblown

As someone who deals with various windows bullshit on the daily, 8gb for win11 is fine assuming you don't use any applications. If you want to actually use the machine, 16gb is the absolute minimum

The good/bad news is that the old "I swear to God you bootlickers need a good ass kicking" and "Jesus is ashamed at what you do in his name" styles of country are making a comeback

And for inclusivity, there's a sub genre devoted to the "you tried to end my people but I will not die" style which includes focuses on lgbtqia+, women in general, pagans/wiccans, indigenous groups, other, and various combinations therein

The bog witches, fae creatures, and {unknown description of Appalachian denizens} have been putting out some good stuff

For me, it was realizing that while I was smart, the shit level of schooling was more an impediment to me gaining the skills needed to continue excelling and I continue to be surrounded by absolute dipshits wherever I go.

In school, I didn't have to study to pass and there was no real incentive to learn how to. This bit me when it came to university because the lectures didn't cover everything that was to be tested on. Turns out, trying is a skill I never needed until then.

Then, in the workforce, I'm constantly exhausted dealing with people who are at best functionally literate and I have to cater to their understanding of literally everything. No desire to either understand the problem or fix the root cause, just make the thing do what they want right then.

I believe this would be a good definition for gallows humor