The Prints of Phoenix

Prints. Prince. See what I did there? Let's see what I can print!

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"Well, that certainly didn't work" is the stupidest and in line for the most useless error given by an app. Who's the genius at @support that thought that would be a good error message?

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@tumblr fix your shit. Uploads work 1 out of 4 if that!

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Pig, in progress.

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hullo, zeeba neighba!

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Two newest members of my colorful filament family. Pink and neon green.

The neon is from Hatchbox (my favorite fat and above others. Sometimes it costs more, but you definitely get what you pay for).

The pink is from Filacube, with high reviews. It prints lovely and i dig the pink!

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He's a pencil holder!

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Octopus Army

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Printer is back in action!

The printing will commence in 3... 2... Going to bed first.

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Been a while, but printer has been out of commission because filament clog and i have had zero opportunity to get to it because life gets in the way.

Tonight she's unclogged! A few settings adjustments and we're off to the races!

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i see the younglings post things like "are you still on tumblr at 30?" and "go take care of your kids instead of reading fics"

and i just feel sad

because you have a bunch of young people who are terrified of getting older.

they think age is going to change them, into something boring, something different, something grey.

and i just want to tell them, reassure them:

you will still be the same person.

isn't it wonderful?

you will love the things you love for so many years. you will find joy in the same things, decade after decade. you will feel the same inside, through all this time.

yes, the body will change. yes there's more responsibilities, less time, even less energy.

but there's no magical age where you stop enjoying that specific story, that specific game, that specific hobby.

but you know what also comes with age?

you have less fucks to give.

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I turn 50 in July. I had this HUGE list of things I had to do, that I absolutely KNEW I had to be, before I turned 30, or I was a total failure. I didn't do any of those things, and it didn't matter. I was CONVINCED that by the time I was 40, my life was basically over. All the fun stuff I liked, all the music I liked, the games I liked to play, all of it was done for some reason, and I would be a Boring Adult. ALL OF THIS IS BULLSHIT. I am here to tell you that when you get older, it's fucking AWESOME. You don't put up with anyone's bullshit. You figure out who deserves your time and attention, and you have the fucking BEST TIME EVER with them. All the time. I still play video games. I still go to concerts. I do everything I can to see and validate and celebrate young people when they come into my life, because I want an entire generation to know that the lies media and advertising tells you about life basically ending at 40 so you'd better buy all the shit they're selling you is GARBAGE. The older I get, the cooler and more awesome my life is. I am still the same punk rock weirdo I was when I was in my 20s, I'm just wiser and more comfortable in my own skin than I was then. Getting older did not do ANY of the things I believed it would do. If I may offer two pieces of advice on the small chance a younger person than me is reading this: take care of your core strength. When you hit middle age, your body is just weaker than it was, and it's easier to hurt yourself. It takes longer to recover from injury, and if I could change one thing, it would be paying more attention to my physical strength. And the only currency, the only thing the ultimately matters in our lives, is choosing to be kind. The world is a cruel place full of awful people. Don't be one of them.

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6,649 votes and 775 comments so far on Reddit

This is infuriating.

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Nefertiti looks amazing in the rainbow PLA. The colors vary depending on where in the roll the print starts, how many or how big the print.

Both of these are the same size. One was printed as a single model, the other i printed two at the same time, using more filament and going through more color changes.

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It was all going so well... Until it wasn't. 8 hours into an 11 hour print.

Damn shame, too. I really liked the colors of this print

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So close to complete.

The left side is on the printer now. About 3 hours left to go.

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DC Comics Harley Quinn in progress (she's a multi-part print). She's an earphones holder when done. Have the "ears" (jester's cap) left to go. Printing for a friend and they'll be painting her.

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World of Warcraft headphones hanger

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Fresh off the printer. The Mandalorian bust. Printed with a new to me Hatchbox Magic Stone "granite".