Natasha Tori Maru

@Yimpa Thank you Yimpa, I am glad I attempted your fix linked above. I fumbled around removing the BB code, was unsuccessful I will try again later when I am not at work (bad Natasha!) I suppose the file limit is due to forum bandwidth/hosting capacity

Well, it seems I am running into a file size limit cap. I will attempt to upload more later. The above is oil on canvas. I grew up in Australia so lots of Aussie flora/fauna

Curious as I couldn't find anything Is there a creative art thread? I do a lot of sketching, oil on canvas etc I was traditionally trained so my vision & subject matter reflects that Happy to post some stuff as I don't care what others think 😀

You probably don't love manipulating people. You probably love power. The feeling of being important. Affecting & influencing others.

Backing the Severance rec - really been great so far. Annihilated S1 & watching new eps as they air. Design, pace, visuals & music are great. I enjoy that there isn't any 'filler'. Not to mention the performances are top notch Didn't mild Silo also - decent watch

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You are arrogant to think that others have not contemplated this, and come to the conclusion karma is real. You speak as if you have very little life experience. I can see why you would call manipulation 'femipulating' Contemplate this: Men have suppressed women for eons with brute power. Women have therefor learned to manipulate subtly, as they were subjugated by men's overt power. They had no power to counter men, so they learned other techniques. So men created this behavior in women. Yet you resent women for it. This is an example of a karmic cycle you seem to be ignorant to.

This makes you delusional. 'You can present your reasons and I will understand them but I choose to live in another reality' So, here, you just choose to disregard logic. You need to learn that this behavior is, in fact, injuring others. You are not the one to decide who deserves what.

I am so sorry to hear this I too have experienced terrible deaths of pets. I had a puppy who, on my 16th birthday, ate an entire box of snail poison. It was a windy day, the box up high. It must have fallen, she got into it. She died in the same similar violent manner in my arms. My mother was hysterical as I held her in the car. It is something that you will never forget, only time can help the trauma fade to a distant memory... Regardless of intentions, outcomes can be terrible & there is nothing we can do but endure

I partially agree, I am addressing behaviors that appear to go unnoticed that manifest later. Behaviors that aren't conveyed through this medium You can detect far more regarding someone's integrity through face to face / video interaction

I think he has his whole premise wrong: it should be 'don't suffer' or 'minimize pain' Doing that would probably cave his little peanut head in, since he constantly talks about how this is his biggest contemplation in life Honestly, he seems so fragile. Like reducing his sleep by 1 hour rocks his entire world. I think he uses all these strict health regimes as a result of OCD/depression. I feel sad for him

I am not sure if you already vet this way - perhaps a video call with potential mods? Text is quite deceiving: it gives one time to formulate & craft an answer. It can be a false projection of someone's true nature. A nice little virtual avatar to hide behind. Tone, facial expression, eye contact, body language. On the fly expression conveys so much when you can read it Good way to vet others. But you don't seem to have a chronic issue with mods behaving poorly so this method may not be needed

He also admitted in an interview he is hungry just about all the time. I find him to be a classic basket-case narcissist. He comes across as having SEVERE untreated OCD. Don't get me wrong I love a good fast, and hunger doesn't bother me. But to be in that state all the time isn't going to work for most