Jake Be Quick

[wrinklefudger]

NOPE.

NOT AGAIN.

WRINKLE, YOU WERE WARNED!

WE WARNED YOU ABOUT STORIES, BRO!

WE TOLD YOU, DOG! 8^y

Don't worry, this story isn't gross, though, like every story I tell, It is highly embarrassing.

I had spent the previous 5 hours writing a 13 page paper which is due at the end of the day, today. I had been performing terribly in this course, and was starting to wonder if i had any hope of passing. I decided to take a break and check my odds of passing. the numbers said that I had gotten exactly 263 points out of 455, this paper was worth 150 points. No sweat right? The I realized that I had not factored in that the teacher had not included the total points possible for paper. Doing the addition in my head, I plugged it back in to my calculator, and realized that even if got a perfect score on the paper, I would still fail the course. I had already failed this course once before, and due to a long history at a special needs (not special ed, I mean kids with anger issues, dyslexia, aspergers and ADD/ADHD) school with the most condescending, teachers on the planet, I had a sort of inferiority complex which led me to need to do everything perfectly just so I could prove it to myself(It got me into George washington university, so it can't be all bad, right?). What followed was a hour long freakout that resulted in me considering suicide, smashing the touchscreen of my phone, pulling down a shower curtain, being rude to a crisis intervention person, etc. Anyway, the crisis intervention person calmethed my little white ass down, and got me to accept my fate. Then I looked back at my calculator. "wait a minute" I said, looking at the screen. I had done the addition in my head, and my head math said that 455+150 =705. oops. Turns out I'm not going to fail after all.

[shadowedAngel]

Hey guys, I just noticed.
Rose's infamous smile here was actually done first by Nepeta here.
Look in Equius's glasses.

[Candor]

Don't worry, this story isn't gross, though, like every story I tell, It is highly embarrassing.

I had spent the previous 5 hours writing a 13 page paper which is due at the end of the day, today. I had been performing terribly in this course, and was starting to wonder if i had any hope of passing. I decided to take a break and check my odds of passing. the numbers said that I had gotten exactly 263 points out of 455, this paper was worth 150 points. No sweat right? The I realized that I had not factored in that the teacher had not included the total points possible for paper. Doing the addition in my head, I plugged it back in to my calculator, and realized that even if got a perfect score on the paper, I would still fail the course. I had already failed this course once before, and due to a long history at a special needs (not special ed, I mean kids with anger issues, dyslexia, aspergers and ADD/ADHD) school with the most condescending, teachers on the planet, I had a sort of inferiority complex which led me to need to do everything perfectly just so I could prove it to myself(It got me into George washington university, so it can't be all bad, right?). What followed was a hour long freakout that resulted in me considering suicide, smashing the touchscreen of my phone, pulling down a shower curtain, being rude to a crisis intervention person, etc. Anyway, the crisis intervention person calmethed my little white ass down, and got me to accept my fate. Then I looked back at my calculator. "wait a minute" I said, looking at the screen. I had done the addition in my head, and my head math said that 455+150 =705. oops. Turns out I'm not going to fail after all.

If your paper is perfect, you'll have 413/605. 413. Also rather glad you calmethed down. about the phone.

[wrinklefudger]

If your paper is perfect, you'll have 413/605. 413. Also rather glad you calmethed down. about the phone.

did I mention I smashed the phone because it dropped my call 8 times and the other 15 I tried to call people i didn't get a dial tone? fudging AT&T

[genteelGunslinger]

Don't worry, this story isn't gross, though, like every story I tell, It is highly embarrassing.

I had spent the previous 5 hours writing a 13 page paper which is due at the end of the day, today. I had been performing terribly in this course, and was starting to wonder if i had any hope of passing. I decided to take a break and check my odds of passing. the numbers said that I had gotten exactly 263 points out of 455, this paper was worth 150 points. No sweat right? The I realized that I had not factored in that the teacher had not included the total points possible for paper. Doing the addition in my head, I plugged it back in to my calculator, and realized that even if got a perfect score on the paper, I would still fail the course. I had already failed this course once before, and due to a long history at a special needs (not special ed, I mean kids with anger issues, dyslexia, aspergers and ADD/ADHD) school with the most condescending, teachers on the planet, I had a sort of inferiority complex which led me to need to do everything perfectly just so I could prove it to myself(It got me into George washington university, so it can't be all bad, right?). What followed was a hour long freakout that resulted in me considering suicide, smashing the touchscreen of my phone, pulling down a shower curtain, being rude to a crisis intervention person, etc. Anyway, the crisis intervention person calmethed my little white ass down, and got me to accept my fate. Then I looked back at my calculator. "wait a minute" I said, looking at the screen. I had done the addition in my head, and my head math said that 455+150 =705. oops. Turns out I'm not going to fail after all.

Are you serious? You actually contemplated suicide? That's incredibly scary, wrinkle.

As funny as the story was, I still can't look past that statement.

Hey guys, I just noticed.
Rose's infamous smile here was actually done first by Nepeta here.
Look in Equius's glasses.

MY GOD!

Nice spot there!

[shadowedAngel]

MY GOD!

Nice spot there!

Yeah, I was shocked too.
I actually thought Rose originally had that goofy smile and it turns out she didn't.
I can't believe the Manip thread missed this too.

I must raise awareness of this goofy-smiling Nepeta.
Off to Tumblr!!!!!!!!

[wrinklefudger]

Are you serious? You actually contemplated suicide? That's incredibly scary, wrinkle.

As funny as the story was, I still can't look past that statement.

Stuff like this has happened before, but with less hilarious outcomes. I have been treated for chronic depression since I was 12. I'm happy most of the time now, but when the shit hits the fan I occasionlly insincerely contemplate doing myself in. I have never made an attempt before. Frankly, my own squeamishness has probably saved my life several times over.

[mysteriousOutsider]

Yeah, I was shocked too.
I actually thought Rose originally had that goofy smile and it turns out she didn't.
I can't believe the Manip thread missed this too.

I must raise awareness of this goofy-smiling Nepeta.
Off to Tumblr!!!!!!!!

It isn't really the same expression.

Nepeta looks... apprehensive. Not gleeful.

[shadowedAngel]

It isn't really the same expression.

Nepeta looks... apprehensive. Not gleeful.

It was just turned upside-down to make a smile.
It's still pretty much the same and we've sorta missed it.

Basically, I just want to make a manip of it.
Or at least complete it.

E: Ok, now I'm off. Later.

[Leafsword]

Wait, so what the hell does Aranea mean by "more or less"?

[Morhek]

So what I'm hearing is that Rose is Nepeta?

...I am 0kay with this.

Wait, so what the hell does Aranea mean by "more or less"?

I'm starting to wonder if Lord English isn't the only Demon he's named after.

Jack=>Jake?

The reveal is going to be that it wasn't Lord English they were talking about at all. It was Bec Noir, and now she's going to have to exposit on Lord English again off-screen, during which we cut to Tavros and Vriska Fucking Shit Up. Return to Jake, and he's getting a bit bored listening to Ms Words McExposition.

(I am joking, I love am okay with Aranea.)

[Dmatix]

So what I'm hearing is that Rose is Nepeta?

...I am 0kay with this.

It has already been firmly established that Nepeta is everyone. Naturally, she is also Rose.

Oh, and hey everyone.

[mysteriousOutsider]

SHRUG

[phantasmalDexterity]

Damn, did I miss a troll name Discussion?????? My sec fav topic.
Dammit.avi
Why do I need to sleep sooooo much????
(yeah, it's here because GG wanted to see all of the existing ones)

What's the matter with Highblob? No one ever noticed it...
I don't like SumMANer... It doesn't feel right. And Ruff1o is better anyway.

And yes Radglare is raddistic enough already.

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Duelscarf, Coolscar, Duelscar, Coldscar

Hey, here's an IDE about Highblob: In A1 He is tutoring the lower castes, but he can't take the responsibility and became a Renegade Painter.

Now for something completely relevant: Nepeta. Dot.

[avolitionalArtisan]

Good morning!

And then John goes GrimDerp.

Old joke time weeeeee.

Pffffft Grimderp

So, apparently Vriska feels really insecure about herself (probably, but not confirmed yet). Why do I feel as if everybody saw this coming except me?
It's Bec Noir all over again: everybody expects it but me and when I read the clues back later it's so blatantly obvious there are facepalm x2 combos everywhere.

I never really expect anything, so don't feel bad!

You GUYS...

This little chap is so adorable. Thank you very much, Stormspirit! I shall treasure him forever.

Yay, you have one too!
Yours is really nice! I love that hat.

Wait, so what the hell does Aranea mean by "more or less"?

I'm hoping it means LE is somehow named after Jake in some sort of circle naming, instead of it meaning that Jake is Lord English.

[genteelGunslinger]

Okay, people. How big would you gauge the following on Tumblr for Homestuck?

I just had an argument with my brother, who swears on his life that he detests all fandoms in existence, and he is not a fan of anything (mind you, he is also a massive hipster).

I stated this is not so, as he is a Tumblr user and apparently Tumblr hipsters really like Nutella.

HE REALLY LIKES NUTELLA. HE EATS ENTIRE JAR FULLS OF NUTELLA ALONE!

But he claimed 'likes Nutella, but I'm wasn't a massive fan of it'.



His counter argument was that the Homestuck fandom on Tumblr was pretty tiny anyway. I was honestly flabbergasted. I couldn't believe what I had just heard.

At some point we had pulled up that Tumblr map of all the fandoms. I claimed 'We wouldn't be Mordor without a good reason, you know'.

He replied 'it's because you're evil'.

'Yes, because the Tumblr fans are the rapid slash-shipping hordes of the fandom. They are all crazy as fuck.'

'Yeah, but it's still not that big'



He then went on to say that the amount of reblogging would be very low on anything Homestuck related, around only 500 at the most, and that he could find something much bigger on there.

I used this beauty to prove otherwise. Of course, you should note this was in short notice, and I probably could of found a bigger one.

He pulled up the page of some underground band, that he 'totally isn't a fan of' (says the guy with several of their posters on the wall of his bedroom), who had around 100,000 reblogs for a picture of a hypno-kitten.




He then decided he had won the day, and declared Homestuck shit, that all fandoms are the scum of the Earth, and slammed the door in my face.



ULTIMATE LEVELS OF STUPID ACHIEVED!

The moral of this story is that you never argue anything to a hipster. They literally speak with their rectums.

He also claimed fandoms as the next thing to cults with how obsessed we are over whatever thing we are part of, and that we all worshipped Hussie as some kind of deity or something.
Which is totally not true in any way

Edit: Oh, and there's pD's, which I didn't know existed.



You're part of the group now.

This is partly me venting frustration, and partly trying to prove to myself that I'm right. Hehehehe. Yea.

[avolitionalArtisan]

Okay, people. How big would you gauge the following on Tumblr for Homestuck?

I just had an argument with my brother, who swears on his life that he detests all fandoms in existence, and he is not a fan of anything (mind you, he is also a massive hipster).

I stated this is not so, as he is a Tumblr user and apparently Tumblr hipsters really like Nutella.

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HE REALLY LIKES NUTELLA. HE EATS ENTIRE JAR FULLS OF NUTELLA ALONE!

But he claimed 'likes Nutella, but I'm wasn't a massive fan of it'.



His counter argument was that the Homestuck fandom on Tumblr was pretty tiny anyway. I was honestly flabbergasted. I couldn't believe what I had just heard.

At some point we had pulled up that Tumblr map of all the fandoms. I claimed 'We wouldn't be Mordor without a good reason, you know'.

He replied 'it's because you're evil'.

'Yes, because the Tumblr fans are the rapid slash-shipping hordes of the fandom. They are all crazy as fuck.'

'Yeah, but it's still not that big'



He then went on to say that the amount of reblogging would be very low on anything Homestuck related, around only 500 at the most, and that he could find something much bigger on there.

I used this beauty to prove otherwise. Of course, you should note this was in short notice, and I probably could of found a bigger one.

He pulled up the page of some underground band, that he 'totally isn't a fan of' (says the guy with several of their posters on the wall of his bedroom), who had around 100,000 reblogs for a picture of a hypno-kitten.




He then decided he had won the day, and declared Homestuck shit, that all fandoms are the scum of the Earth, and slammed the door in my face.



ULTIMATE LEVELS OF STUPID ACHIEVED!

The moral of this story is that you never argue anything to a hipster. They literally speak with their rectums.

He also claimed fandoms as the next thing to cults with how obsessed we are over whatever thing we are part of, and that we all worshipped Hussie as some kind of deity or something.
Which is totally not true in any way

Edit: Oh, and there's pD's, which I didn't know existed.



You're part of the group now.

My spritesprite has 4942 notes by now.
I guess it's not 100000, but it's still quite a lot. I wouldn't really want it to get more, it was already fairly difficult to see my dash through the notes for a few days.
And I am hardly well known on tumblr or anything, so that's even though very few people saw the original post.

I'd say the tumblr fandom's fairly huge.

Saying fandoms are shitty is stupid. Fandoms are nothing more than people who like something. They might be a little overenthusiastic about things sometimes, but that is not a bad thing.
Fandoms are the equivalent of meatspace clubs. Just a gathering of people who like the same thing and therefore can talk about that thing with each other. The only difference is the involvement of the internet.

It sounds like he's just hating on something for the sake of hating on something, which is silly. If you don't have actual reasons to dislike something, don't be a dick about it. Actually you probably still shouldn't be a dick about it even if you did have reasons.

[phantasmalDexterity]

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Okay, people. How big would you gauge the following on Tumblr for Homestuck?

I just had an argument with my brother, who swears on his life that he detests all fandoms in existence, and he is not a fan of anything (mind you, he is also a massive hipster).

I stated this is not so, as he is a Tumblr user and apparently Tumblr hipsters really like Nutella.

HE REALLY LIKES NUTELLA. HE EATS ENTIRE JAR FULLS OF NUTELLA ALONE!

But he claimed 'likes Nutella, but I'm wasn't a massive fan of it'.



His counter argument was that the Homestuck fandom on Tumblr was pretty tiny anyway. I was honestly flabbergasted. I couldn't believe what I had just heard.

At some point we had pulled up that Tumblr map of all the fandoms. I claimed 'We wouldn't be Mordor without a good reason, you know'.

He replied 'it's because you're evil'.

'Yes, because the Tumblr fans are the rapid slash-shipping hordes of the fandom. They are all crazy as fuck.'

'Yeah, but it's still not that big'



He then went on to say that the amount of reblogging would be very low on anything Homestuck related, around only 500 at the most, and that he could find something much bigger on there.

I used this beauty to prove otherwise. Of course, you should note this was in short notice, and I probably could of found a bigger one.

He pulled up the page of some underground band, that he 'totally isn't a fan of' (says the guy with several of their posters on the wall of his bedroom), who had around 100,000 reblogs for a picture of a hypno-kitten.




He then decided he had won the day, and declared Homestuck shit, that all fandoms are the scum of the Earth, and slammed the door in my face.

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ULTIMATE LEVELS OF STUPID ACHIEVED!

The moral of this story is that you never argue anything to a hipster. They literally speak with their rectums.

He also claimed fandoms as the next thing to cults with how obsessed we are over whatever thing we are part of, and that we all worshipped Hussie as some kind of deity or something.
Which is totally not true in any way

Edit: Oh, and there's pD's, which I didn't know existed.



You're part of the group now.

This is partly me venting frustrating, and partly trying to prove to myself that I'm right. Hehehehe. Yea.

FuCkIn HiPStErS. hOw Do ThEy WoRk?
But Nutella is awesome.

And the true moral of the story is that Storm is awesome
(because she's the Facepalm Masterina. It's her.)

[Kíeros]

The moral of this story is that you never argue anything to a hipster. They literally speak with their rectums.

Well, if that's true, then you probably shouldn't talk to them even if you are not arguing with them. Just because how nice is it to talk to someone like that. However, them liking Nutella is okay; that's a great food. The other stuff? Stupid beyond belief.

[Morhek]

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Okay, people. How big would you gauge the following on Tumblr for Homestuck?

I just had an argument with my brother, who swears on his life that he detests all fandoms in existence, and he is not a fan of anything (mind you, he is also a massive hipster).

I stated this is not so, as he is a Tumblr user and apparently Tumblr hipsters really like Nutella.

HE REALLY LIKES NUTELLA. HE EATS ENTIRE JAR FULLS OF NUTELLA ALONE!

But he claimed 'likes Nutella, but I'm wasn't a massive fan of it'.



His counter argument was that the Homestuck fandom on Tumblr was pretty tiny anyway. I was honestly flabbergasted. I couldn't believe what I had just heard.

At some point we had pulled up that Tumblr map of all the fandoms. I claimed 'We wouldn't be Mordor without a good reason, you know'.

He replied 'it's because you're evil'.

'Yes, because the Tumblr fans are the rapid slash-shipping hordes of the fandom. They are all crazy as fuck.'

'Yeah, but it's still not that big'



He then went on to say that the amount of reblogging would be very low on anything Homestuck related, around only 500 at the most, and that he could find something much bigger on there.

I used this beauty to prove otherwise. Of course, you should note this was in short notice, and I probably could of found a bigger one.

He pulled up the page of some underground band, that he 'totally isn't a fan of' (says the guy with several of their posters on the wall of his bedroom), who had around 100,000 reblogs for a picture of a hypno-kitten.




He then decided he had won the day, and declared Homestuck shit, that all fandoms are the scum of the Earth, and slammed the door in my face.



ULTIMATE LEVELS OF STUPID ACHIEVED!

The moral of this story is that you never argue anything to a hipster. They literally speak with their rectums.

He also claimed fandoms as the next thing to cults with how obsessed we are over whatever thing we are part of, and that we all worshipped Hussie as some kind of deity or something.
Which is totally not true in any way

Edit: Oh, and there's pD's, which I didn't know existed.



You're part of the group now.

Hipsters... *shakes fist*

I avoid hipsters, when I can recognise them. If they're that ostentatious about it, then they're just in it to be part of the trend. My university magazine has a section called "Diary of a Hipster", which is just fashion tips for ladies who go out partying and making out with dudes they don't know. Is this what a hipster is? It sounds like another word would be more appropriate, which I will refrain from using because awesome ladies are probably present and I don't want to offend them.

I know people who are into obscure stuff, but they aren't into it for ironic purposes, or because other people like it. They like it because it's good. They don't wear hipster glasses, or scarfs, or beanies or other fancy hats. This annoys me. Being ostentation about being a fan of something just annoys me, because it seems too much like a demand for attention. "I wear this xkcd shirt in public! Look at how smart I must be!" "I am drawing this My Little Pony in chalk on the pavement because Ponies. Ponies is why." "I am writing a Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff-themed article about our roadtrip to Wellington."

These are all real examples, and they are all excellent things to be a fan of, but trumpeting your appreciation of it just comes across to me as a bit obnoxious.

[phantasmalDexterity]

Well, if that's true, then you probably shouldn't talk to them even if you are not arguing with them. Just because how nice is it to talk to someone like that. However, them liking Nutella is okay; that's a great food. The other stuff? Stupid beyond belief.

Remember Hipster Nepeta? Proves you're point, right?


Oh, sA, you look odd with white background between all the transparent ones. Why don't you use transparent bg?
Here:
Huh, he's offline now. Well, I'll give it to him later then

[recalcitrantIre]

FuCkIn HiPStErS. hOw Do ThEy WoRk?

Unfortunately I think you need to be a hipster to understand hipster logic.
And at that point its already too late.

But Nutella is awesome.

Yup. I think my love of it might have been influenced by my mum eating a lot of it when she was pregnant with me. Avocado too.

I don't think I've tried those 2 in combination yet...

And the true moral of the story is that Storm is awesome (because she's the Facepalm Masterina. It's her.

Was this ever in question?

I'm hoping it means LE is somehow named after Jake in some sort of circle naming, instead of it meaning that Jake is Lord English.

I'm pretty sure this would end up being some kind of paradox

messing with paradoxes is fun though

[ThereWillBePayne]

God damn it catching up with an entire day worth of thread is hard. Also I'd like to say I think Equius is one of the best written characters, but only because of lots of internal speculation and possibly self-projection. It's kind of old news, like Equius, and hell, it might have already been said. But I'm going to say it again anyways.

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So, the reason I think Equius is well written is because he's a very, very flawed character.

It seems to me that he's fighting himself, that while his strength is a source of pride, it's also a flaw.
It seems like he destroys most things he touches, that the world around him falls apart at his touch, and he has a very destructive nature.

These flaws cause him so much difficulty overcoming internal conflict that in order to dredge some sort of self-worth from his existence, to fight for some sort of control over his destructive behaviors, that he began to obsess over the idea of control itself. He built himself around a hierarchy where he not only held an esteemed position, but also relished the idea of being commanded by his superiors, of being controlled by outside forces.

This clinging to control and the source of it, the hemospectrum, resulted in him obsessing over it's aspects, to try get more out of it (By taking up the weird aspects of it, like archery), but he was still struggling.
He also knew the hemospectrum was flawed as he expressed doubt about the behavioral variation between the lower and higher blood groups, and also because of his feelings for Aradia, a lady who was as he put it, "graceful" despite her being so low in the scale.
This obsession and this internal conflict over his doubts, his nature and his attempts to make up for his flaws made him a really well written character. But maybe I’m over-thinking this and he was just a creepy control freak.

[Ace of Dark-Hearts]

God damn it catching up with an entire day worth of thread is hard. Also I'd like to say I think Equius is one of the best written characters, but only because of lots of internal speculation and possibly self-projection. It's kind of old news, like Equius, and hell, it might have already been said. But I'm going to say it again anyways.

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So, the reason I think Equius is well written is because he's a very, very flawed character.

It seems to me that he's fighting himself, that while his strength is a source of pride, it's also a flaw.
It seems like he destroys most things he touches, that the world around him falls apart at his touch, and he has a very destructive nature.

These flaws cause him so much difficulty overcoming internal conflict that in order to dredge some sort of self-worth from his existence, to fight for some sort of control over his destructive behaviors, that he began to obsess over the idea of control itself. He built himself around a hierarchy where he not only held an esteemed position, but also relished the idea of being commanded by his superiors, of being controlled by outside forces.

This clinging to control and the source of it, the hemospectrum, resulted in him obsessing over it's aspects, to try get more out of it (By taking up the weird aspects of it, like archery), but he was still struggling.
He also knew the hemospectrum was flawed as he expressed doubt about the behavioral variation between the lower and higher blood groups, and also because of his feelings for Aradia, a lady who was as he put it, "graceful" despite her being so low in the scale.
This obsession and this internal conflict over his doubts, his nature and his attempts to make up for his flaws made him a really well written character. But maybe I’m over-thinking this and he was just a creepy control freak.

Hey dude, sorry to burst your bubble there, but Equius is a complete joke character, Word of God. If you're seeing some sort of greater meaning to him or trying to piece together a good character, you are most likely reading too much into things.

[ThereWillBePayne]

Well I'm very good at over-thinking things, but I like my truth better than him being a disposable flop character. I relish in my path of ignorance!

Also damn it. Now I can't help but be irritated at the fact I got excited over nothing. Geez, thanks.