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Ah the XD makes sense now! As does OC. For all my time with that anime/pop culture event I'm still not familiar with its quirks. I grew up with artists just making their own art, don't recall any note being made on the chars originality except in artist notes about the story they've made to go with or inspire the work. It makes sense to have shorthand for OC though, just new to me.

Mostly because people would call me that all the time /sobs
Even my own mom would call me that repeatedly before anyone else would. I think insensitive is another as well. I think I can be that sometimes but once again I just grew up in a house where people expected me to be more direct. The people I met just came and go in my life and I'm just tired of it sometimes.

Haha I think I would use more emojis (SUCH a bizarre word to type) if I could identify them.. I'm good with smiles, frowns, sticking out tongues, and occasionally crying (not reliably on that front at all, honestly). I recently learned that "OTL" is supposed to be like a person banging their head on the floor, and is not an acronym. I think I got that right. Gah. I need to ask my friend to update that handy dandy "guide to Internet slang/acronyms/abbreviations/emojis/other confusing things that make no sense" they made me a few years ago. It hasn't been updated in a while and I'm drowning in emojis.. What does XD mean??

Just googled OC and it means "original character", right? So one that someone made up and either created themselves or described to an artist to draw? I'm so bad at this slang stuff.. I usually get one of sisters to translate, they keep up with this stuff. I'm too old to bother! Well. I was. Until I joined here. Now I care and am trying to learn a whole new world. Running events was WAY easier than learning the lingo, just FYI. (- an acronym it took me years to understand was a thing outside of the US sitcom Murphy Brown)

I don't mind Orz
You can vent to me
Most of my family are doctors and I want to be a neurologist. I'm interested in why people do the things they do or think they way they do. It also helps me help that person since it's also a way for me to express kindness. I grew up in a privilege yet hard life style so that's why I come off as a btch or whatever. I try not to tho.

Oooh same! I use wayyyyy to much punctuation to try and make up for the lack of non-verbal (non-written?). language. I've had people I haven't seen in awhile say "you know you don't need to write "Hi!" with an exclamation mark every single time, right?" Only to apologise and take it back when I obligingly say "Hi!" with a very verbal exclamation ... I do need that exclamation mark! Because I write like I talk - and I'm *very* expressive! It's also frustrating for me to have no other cues but words to go on. In RL, even a monotone is helpful information!

Aww! I want a dog so badly lol
They'll come to you once your sad. My cat just looks at me and plays roughly with my hand.

And I guess so. I can't help people who are broken. Broken people just get worse. It's their option to get better or not

Ah no, it was an adoptable from xCherryskyx! c: (I can't design OCs for my life ahah ; v; )

. I got upset at her because I felt as though I was annoying her and she didn't tell me. If you don't like talking in general then you shouldn't be online and try to get friends. If you hated it so much you would try your best to avoid it not pursue it.

She was a private person and quite shy but I didn't mind. The way to get to know someone is through interest and questions. I would give her advice over things she doesn't know much about and everything was fine. She takes forever to reply and I get concerned sometimes. I'm very blunt and I tend to come off as conceited but it's just the way I was raise and I try to come off as more nice or whatever but it's a habit for me to be direct. I can ask questions and I wouldn't have much thought in what the outcome will be or how personal it'll be. I just ask stuff due to my curiosity. Your response and reaction is what I analyze and so on.

People just aren't as straightforward as I am and don't tend to tell me things directly until I have to ask which is basically like me parenting you

Oooohh thank you for the compliment!! ^o^ I have the artists to thank for the lovely commissions of my avatar, they're all awesome people <3

Thank you but idk
Whenever I try to become friends with someone they always half ass it and I'm just stuck with some mess

Idk lol
I'm just agitated tbh
People always do this but I'm the kid

Lol yeah it was Hatori

She block me Orz

Yeah usually the conversation starts when I chat her up and she doesn't quite respond back fully. I can be talking about something serious and there's not much reaction it's just "oh" type vibe. I talked with her for so long and she just suddenly states that perhaps it's best to not talk anymore. I find that really annoying because literally every person I had a dispute with suddenly wanted to stop being friends when we had one dispute. Usually when you're in any type of relationship with someone you would try to come to a understanding to both ends this ceasing the conflict. You just don't blow it off or just go straight to the lets not be friends. That to me shows that you're weak and you're not even trying if it's only one problem. Now if it's consistent and the person just doesn't seem like they're going to improve then you stop talking.

She just told me that she generally hate talking and enjoys being by herself yet she's so contradictory.

Just in general. But if they hate talking in general that means they must dislike talking to me as well.

How do you deal with someone states that they hate talking at the last minute when you've been spending most of your time talking to them? Like they straight out hate talking and you spend so much time invested in them to only hear them say they hate talking?

Exactly! My written comments are too curt whenever I just answer the question or get my point across with no context. In real life can I do this without seeming curt at all, with body language and the voice/inflections I use. But conveying meaning through text.. all nuance is lost, and I notice this more than I probably need to. Ah well, I'll keep working on finding a sustainable balance.

The Christmas and Easter events sound like they were amazing! It's hard to get a handle on what the experience is like, what the logistics of participating are. Like any new event. I love it! I can't physically attend much these days but I can do online. And I love AC and these forums, though I'm still new to forums in general.

Oh, I meant to say before that I'd seen you around here too, and noticed your cool artwork in particular. Is the char in your signature from a show or manga at all? I'm terrible at recognising pop culture icons (.. I'm normally able to identify Superman.. mostly..).

Oh awesome