JohnnyEnzyme

You're such a godamn badass, 'A6.'

And yet, there it is!

Of COURSE it was.

Hahaha

There’s commenters I don’t see come by anymore and I feel they got bored with me. Someone new will post and get way more views than my stuff. There’s always something.

Whups, I missed this the first time around, but I mutht say (hah, Ed Grimley moment)-- a community in which all content starts with a wonderful owl picture (whether its followed by a bunch of interesting facts or not) is both amazing to me, yet also rife with the potential for members / subscribers to leak out the door if they're not personally engaged, wildlife fans, or major owl-fanciers themselves. Something like that, I suspect.

But anyway yeah, I think I GET you about the psychological competition-thing, even if we tend to manufacture it mainly inside our punkin' ol' heads. Personally I don't really have that problem across the Lemmysphere, but (and some may burn me at the stake for this) I still do post to Reddit sometimes, and it can be completely hit-or-miss, even if (IMO of course) I've found something cool and unique that completely suits a sub, then it gets outcompeted by a dang ol' meme, or just plain ignored. Altho TBF I think there's a post-threshold in most subs, in that one must #1 be subscribed, #2 have sufficient comment karma, and #3 have adequate post karma. Also, there might be a moderator-approval queue!

Oh rabbits, I set out here to respond to your direct comment, but in checking the full comment chain, got fasctinated by an earlier one. Not to mention, it seems like your ORIGINAL comment was directly about vote-share trades, or something like that?

Sorry, A6789 (oof, or do you have a preferred handle?), but I'll try to get back to the interesting things you pointed out just above, and maybe your original concept. 😅

Sorry sorry!

I've always thought Seasick, yet Still Docked was a lovely, low-key, underrated Morrissey song, full of malaise, yet also with a strange, infectious energy.

Also, there's a big, iconic song like this (maybe several) by Mazzy Star. Was it... Fade in to You?

Je vous en prie! And yes, it's a beautiful, clever translation that perfectly preserves the original meaning IMO.

The late translators Bell & Hockridge are rather famous worldwide for retaining in English much of the spirit & meaning of Goscinny's original text.

Haha, truly.
I'm guessing that since the character number is much smaller than a typical "Waldo" layout, they decided to make one similarly hard to spot. OTOH, I like how they presented a range of sizes to find, hopefully to meet a variety of solving skills, or at least patience level(!)

Late reply, but I appreciate your honesty, there(!)
(er, you might also have noticed that I was having a strong drink while commenting, hehe)

Also, I feel like I can certainly understand you to an extent, in that CFS/ME has crushed much of my self-esteem, such that I've felt for ages that I need to overcompensate, leading me to be rather perfectionistic and not satisfied with 'making the average effort.' Which is kinda dumb, since energy is arguably the biggest thing I lack compared to most others. But yeah, also with a bunch of chronic depression & anxiety to go along with that.

Anyway, I admire the way you understand yourself in these ways, seemingly treating yourself both kindly and pragmatically, if I understand correctly. 🙂

Ah, and now I have some found art to post on the 'Super Bowl' sublemmy...

Oh rabbits, I really appreciate that, mate. Like, things are always so much better when we have a kinder, more reasonable, more gentler setting, is it not?

I was worried I was going to dip down to the 3 page of the community ranks before the tournament kicked off. Now I’m almost back to the first. New subs are down, so I feel I’ve peaked. There’s commenters I don’t see come by anymore and I feel they got bored with me. Someone new will post and get way more views than my stuff. There’s always something.

Wait, what???
Ah, okay, I think I get you right there? But bloody-hell (and muvvle-fluffle) mate, absolutely NO-ONE would be able to keep up with that schedule..! (like, is that a TRUE reason to beat yourself up?)

It's like... you set records that should NOT be able to be broken, and then you break them!

Mssr-- you make me proud across a perfect LATITUDE of reasons, cheesy as that may sound, haha. Yet... well... come on. *When* exactly do you get to recognise yourself, right?

Yes, I believe that's right!
I'd seen that before, but my dumb-arse forgot to include it, huh.

Ahh... I suspect it's pretty-much just petty jealousy, for my part!

For example-- I happen to be nowhere near able to post on my SubLemmy as often as you and (for example) @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world do on yours. All hail, because you folks are TOPS.

(so once per day is the absolute height of my powers, and meanwhile it sometimes takes me a week to post again, particularly when I'm scorchingly butthurt)

So y'all kinda crush me in that sense, and sometimes, here and there, I just feel like a pathetic failure by not being able to get with that same spirit, or however it's best-described.

I also find that you two are pretty dang *genius* about coming up with fun, hilarious post titles, something I really admire and appreciate. Because really, it's a dang-ol' art! ❤️

Verdomme! (I keep making that same klootzak mistake)