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[thefloatingstone]

(not american just measuring system nerd) despite my immeasurable love for the metric system i also have appreciation for base-12 and base-60 numbering systems, so "12 inches is a foot", despite being horrible for everything else, makes it pretty easy to divide a foot-long thing in 4 or 3 pieces that don't have too many decimal places, which was probably very useful for craftspeople before the metric system was invented. Also, to reply to you, i think that the purpose of a yardstick is to be specifically a yard long, sure 1m is great but then it's not a "yardstick" PS: favorite measuring system fact: a fathom is a unit of measure of depth (of a water body like a canal or a lake), so when someone says "i can't even fathom that", they mean they can't get to the depth of understanding necessary to imagine the thing

I think part of why I get so frustrated is I have ADHD brain which has absolutely no way of handling math in any form unless it is in round numbers. On top of this I CANNOT do multiplication AT ALL unless it is in round numbers. So what my brain does when I see not-round numbers is to round them off, then try and do the math, then subtract the extra numbers to try and get it back to the original number. But I almost always get confused along the way and then try and figure out how much I need to subtract to get it back to the original number. And then to do that I have to round off THOSE numbers etc etc

The metric systems is 1mm - 100mm = 1cm - 100cm = 1m - 1000m = 1km

It's a fucking DREAM system where I don't have to do any kind of math for shit because everything just WORKS

0 = freezing. 100 = boiling.

Also what the fuck is a yard and also I don't want to know how long it is because it's not a meter.

I have a "yard stick" myself.

It's a solid steel ruler.

It is exactly a meter long.

[thefloatingstone]

I asked about the jellyfish that can't die, now I would love information on... whatever the actual heck the Venus Girdle is.

I actually only learned about the Venus Girdle recently and I was like "what?"

The Venus Girdle is also a kind of jellyfish. It's just.... flat.

I THINK the little band in the middle is the jellyfish part of the Jellyfish? the edges of the flatness have little cilia along it so it can swim and roll into a spiral and stuff. And it also happens to have a really cool bio luminescence display.

Ironically it's part of the "Comb Jellies" family.

The Venus Girdle only glows when its disturbed which makes me wonder if it works the same way the Alarm Jelly does, which only flashes when it feels threatened to attract larger predators to eat whatever is threatening it.

[thefloatingstone]

It's stupid but I don't know who to ask this to. When taking an ADHD test like the one you reblogged earlier, and there's a question like 'do you often forget appointments', and the only reason you don't forget is because you're now used to use a ton of sticky notes to remind you of this stuff, should you mark it down as 'strongly disagree' or 'agree'? I don't forget thanks to me finding ways to deal with my forgetfulness, so I don't know what to do...

I said “agree” but not “strongly agree” because I don’t actually forget appoints ever any more ever. I usually remember the date and time perfectly and will show up an hour too early. But even tho I do this I still marked “agree”....

....

I developed a crippling anxiety disorder as a counter-measure to the ADHD forgetfulness sdkjfsdjlsj

[thefloatingstone]

Holy moley, you have an incredible collection of Grandia art esp. the concept artworks! I've been a massive fan of the game since I received it as a 14th birthday present over 10 years ago, and there's still stuff I haven't seen about it (coming across your posts was a godsend!) so thank you so much for posting :D can I ask whereabouts you collected these images, or is it just from random internet trawling over the years? Either way, thank you so much for posting them - would love to see more!!!

Ah thank you!! :D Grandia is very easily my favourite JRPG, ever since my friend in school got a copy and I played some of it at his house. I only managed to own it myself when it came on the PSN for PS3, but it’s always remained important to me and its artwork from the early internet days really influenced my art.

A lot of the images I found just trawling the internet over time as you say, but actually I was searching around just last night trying to re-find where I found some of it, so I can give you a link or two!

A lot of the concept art I found are from this site: https://www.neoseeker.com/grandia/concept_art/

And some of them I got from the Grandia Wiki, but their images are lower quality than the previous site: https://grandia.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Grandia_Concept_Art

Also, it’s not artwork, but this site has a translated interview with the Game developers which appeared in the Sega Saturn magazine in Japan in 1998:http://shmuplations.com/grandia1998/

Anyway, it’s always nice to say hi to another Grandia fan! :D(and it gives me an excuse to post more art for it)

[thefloatingstone]

I really want someone to write a fic where Sans and Papyrus start a cooking channel on the Undernet equivalent of Youtube but it's 60% Papyrus lighting things on fire and 40% Sans putting ketchup on everything/sticking things in the microwave for 30 secs and then that's the whole video. Bonus if Undyne joins in

Big same. Most of the time Sans’ contribution to the whole show is him lying on the kitchen counter and sleeping.

It would be a disaster and I would definitely watch it.

[thefloatingstone]

Hey-a! I just wanted to say - you're beautiful person and I believe you can handle with any problems in your life. I don't want to mention sad stuff, and just want to cheer you up a little. Try to be optimistic and believe in yourself. I bet soon everything will be much better <3 And I'm sorry for bothering you and for my silly tags. I just wanted to make you smile. Stay determined and don't give up. Love ya

shkjadhkasj Tinder you are such a sweetheart D’X i cri evertiem <3 <3

Seriously though, thank you so very much ;w; I was like... actually sitting here feeling a little bad because I somehow feel not being on tumblr in a way means all my friends on here are moving forward with their own stuff, and the more time goes by the more they slowly forget about me simply because I’m not around 8′D

So thank you for this message D’X really. You sent it at such a perfect time <3 <3

And you could never bother me <3 and I love any and all tags I EVER get so I could never be bothered by them! ;w;

I hope things are going well on your end. I’m sorry I’ve been gone so long, even though I know it’s ok. But I feel bad if it’s made some people disappointed or sad. I’ll come back soon, I promise. Playing the new “Survey” game hasn’t been my top priority, obviously 8′D so I’m taking longer than I meant to.

But thank you again <3 and thank you for not forgetting me.

[thefloatingstone]

anime asks 26, 33, 34, 3

I’ve already answered 33 and 3 :D

26. first crush on a character

Sadly no answer here since I’ve never had a crush on an anime character X’D

34. anime you’re looking forward to

I’m really looking forward to the 2nd season of Mob Psycho 100 that was announced recently!! As well as wanting to see more of The Ancient Magus’ Bride as I would like to see more development there. And I want to see more Aggretsuko XD

[thefloatingstone]

So, you want your magical girl high school story to challenge the characters. But what about the main characters? would you like the main character be ss similar to Deku?

Honestly as long as a main character is likeable and inspiring I don’t think they need to have a specific personality.