No.904678
Old thread is way past bump limit.
Check in with your waifu. How has your love for your waifu grown recently? What is your preferred method of headpatting your waifu? Does she like a rough head fluffing, or a gentle caress of the palm? Do you brush the whole length of her hair, or localize it behind the ear or atop her head? Is your waifu more of a headpat receiver or a headpat giver? What does your waifu's hair smell like?
No.904689
>>904678
I think she likes receiving nice gentle caresses right on the top of the head.
No.904690
Ah, someone did finally made it. Last thread was comfy down at the bottom of the catalog.
No.904691
What video games would you're waifu play?
No.904763
>>904691
Shooting games of all kinds, but probably nothing that's horror themed.
No.904765
>>904691
FPS's mostly. I'd try to introduce her to RTS's and RPG's in order to move her away from the battle royale meme.
No.904783
No.904788
>>904691
Gacha.
>Chio-chan is Yoshitake's waifu
>but they are from different series and will never meet each other
Even 2D characters are denied their 2D love.
No.904792
>>904691
Probably sim games/tycoon games much to my chagrin. She'd probably play zombie shooting games with me if only out if jealousy/not wanting me to lose and get infected with a different virus.
No.904793
>>904788
Even if they met it wouldn't work out. She likes them darker.
No.904794
>>904793
Not really. She does like them a bit older but that's not much of a problem since he should be in his twenties by the time Chio's series starts.
He even has bleached hair, so he might almost look like Andou anyways.
No.904881
Handling so many candles is more troublesome than expected
(Sage because not a Wednesday)
No.904883
>>904678
>What is your preferred method of headpatting your waifu?
ROUGH VIGOROUS FLUFFING
>What does your waifu's hair smell like?
Oil, metal, gunpowder and surprisingly fancy shampoo.
>>904691
She's probably got more autistic Russian tank sims installed than I know exist. And they're certainly all trash.
>>904881
Nice sage. But everyday is Wednesday when you're doing something nice for your waifu. Are those fucking paper towels? Did you want to end up like Hanako or something?
No.904913
>>904678
My waifu is addicted to headpats, and she is certainly more inclined to receiving them. That said, she has latent motherly qualities and can give headpats when she sees fit. She usually likes a moderate ruffle of the hair, but I would tease her with light strokes across the nape and behind the ear if it's a head-on-lap session. Her hair smells like coconut shampoo or old spice shower gel.
>How has your love for your waifu grown recently?
I've been trying to keep a positive mindset like hers, and it's made me the happiest I've been in a long time. I feel like I have more energy now.
>>904691
Shooters, fighters, and racing games. She'd probably enjoy more arcadey flight sims like Ace Combat too.
No.904976
>>904883
Uh, I have no idea what happened to the sage, I could have sworn I had put it but then again I was a bit tipsy last evening
No.905052
>>904678
>What is your preferred method of headpatting your waifu?
With my own hands. neverever
I am not sure she would enjoy headpats that much, maybe it would freak her out more than it could be calming. She doesn't appear to be the type.
>What does your waifu's hair smell like?
Whatever she is baking that day. Coming home and smelling her hair for clues about what's for dinner could be a fun game.
>>904691
I think she would prefer something comfy, slow and not very demanding. Maybe a turnbased game of some sort, like chess against easy AI opponents, or a small game of civ. I just have to keep her away from browser shit.
It's not like she is stupid, I am certain that she could improve over time.
Also: Pokemon and animal crossing.
>>904794
You should be careful with those candles, anon. Not only can they catch things on fire, they also produce enough heat to melt those chocolates you got for your waifu. This makes me want to produce nougat. Fuck it. I am going to make nougat tomorrow.
>>904883
>But everyday is Wednesday when you're doing something nice for your waifu.
Why Wednesday in the first place? Is it just because of the alliteration?
No.905068
Does your waifu enjoy anime? If so, what's her favorite genre? Does she have an all-time favorite?
>>904678
>How has your love for your waifu grown recently?
I've realized that even in the limited space I currently have, I can still do my best to improve myself. She's giving me the strength to endure the embarrassment of exercising with other people around and it makes me love her even more.
>What is your preferred method of headpatting your waifu?
On my lap with one arm wrapped around her.
>Does she like a rough head fluffing, or a gentle caress of the palm?
She prefers a gentle palm, but sometimes you have to bully them a little bit, so you can make it up to them later.
>Is your waifu more of a headpat receiver or a headpat giver?
She's a receiver, but that doesn't mean she's stingy on giving though.
>>904691
>What video games would you're waifu play?
Retro JRPGs, but she enjoys other games too.
>>904883
It's always Wednesday somewhere, right?
Please don't bully. It was a joke.
I've messed up twice now in posting this. I'm tired and embarrassed, but that's no excuse for posting like more of a retard than usual.
No.905174
>>905068
>It's always Wednesday somewhere, right?
In the end, all days are the same. The sun rises and sets, wind blows or doesn't. All you have to do is ensure that the love for your waifu is just as constant as the passing of time.
No.905309
My attempts at making nougat failed horribly. It turned into a steaming hot, black, crystalline mass which doesn't even taste all that bad, I am just going to treat it like very sweet candies. It's still not nougat.
Oh well, can't succeed at everything straight away. Now I know how not to make nougat.
No.905967
It's Wednesday the 13th of February AD 2019!
What are your plans for tomorrow?
No.905969
I'm sorry I won't be able to do the Collage for February this year. I still love you fagets. Here's a video my waifu game progress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw-NW35VWcg
No.905970
>>905967
I don't know. Maybe I try my hand at baking an apple pie or something and fail miserably. Or just the usual cake and candles and sweets and stuff.
>>905969
That's a shame especially since I couldn't make it to this year's Christmas collage.
No.905975
>>905969
Thank you for everything you've already done! It sucks that you aren't able to do it this year, but the fact that you're here and thinking about us all makes me happier than the collage ever could. You really are something special. What I'm saying is... I love you too, you colossal faget.
>>905967
I don't have much planned, because I'm still waiting to hear about my future. The government moves slow as molasses on these kinds of things. Unfortunately that means there isn't going to be any fancy baking or anything on my end, but I will find a way to celebrate with her.
>>905970
Don't give up before you start! I'm excited to see what you accomplish!
No.905976
>>905969
I'm glad you aren't dead. To be honest, I forgot about ヴァッ!?lentine's day.
No.905981
>>905967
I'm not ready.
>>905969
It's all fine. Thank you for your hard work; you're a good guy.
No.905987
Post you're waifu cosplaying!
>>905967
I have a lot to do right now, but I'll try to do something. Maybe I'll buy some chocolate and write her a short story. I would have liked to do a valentine's animu stream like the Christmas one last year, but I'm too busy right now.
No.905996
Sometimes I kiss my monitor with her picture on it before going to sleep at night.
No.905997
>>905996
You should invest in a daki. Much more convenient, and perfect for snuggling with after.
No.905998
>>905997
I totally will as soon as I'm able. I don't have the money right now and I need to make some so I can support her. Where is the best place to look for dakis?
No.906007
>>905987
>>905969
Don't worry about it anon. Your devotion to this project is a worthy reason to take a break. Valentines is a dumb chocolate holiday anyway. My waifu thinks otherwise, so she's still going to get something special.
>>905981
I haven't seen you in a while either. Welcome back.
No.906050
>>905987
I had to do some minor edits, because I am autistic, but it's better this way.
No.906057
>>905987
There's a whole lot of Kat cosplaying as 2B for obvious reasons, so have some other photos as a bonus.
>>905969
Looks like we'll have to postpone Valentine's Day then. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your progress with us. It looks amazing!
>>905967
I was going to make a figma-sized model of her home, but I've run into some material problems. So in lieu of that I'll bake an apple cake.
Today I cut myself on a piece of cardboard. In some ways this mirrors Kat's ditzy behavior, which makes me happy. I know last thread Tsukasafag raised the question of "why waifus rub off on their husbandos so easily", but I've always been like this so it's more of a happy coincidence.
No.906060
>>905967
I'll bake cookies, first time baking so no idea how it'll turn out. Hopefully without burning my house down.
No.906086
>>905998
You can either find one currently being sold at an online store, or you could go to a custom daki maker and bring him an official/fanmade design you found online or commissioned an artist for. Personally I got mine custom through a chinese maker on ebay. He was pretty popular for his good quality covers, but unfortunately he closed up shop last I heard.
Here's a decent guide for buying dakis. May help to do some outside research too, if need be.
http://buyfags.moe/List_of_shops#Dakimakura
Dakimakura.buyfags.moe
>>906007
>Welcome back.
Thanks. I usually don't spend much time in the waifu threads, but I'm always lurking around somewhere on 8chan.
>>906057
>Today I cut myself on a piece of cardboard
I do that all the time at work.
>>906060
If you follow the recipe properly and pay attention to what you're doing, it should turn out just fine. Don't get distracted while they're in the oven and be ready to take them out quickly once the bell rings. Since you're not used to baking, after the first batch you can wait a few minutes for them to cool off on the cookie rack and sample one to see if you need to adjust the baking time. This way you can tell if your cookies are getting done, and lengthen or shorten the time by a minute for the next batch if they're too done or not done enough. Also make sure to preheat the oven and always check to make sure the temperature is on the right setting before sticking them in and waking away.
No.906108
>>905969
That's alright Shinobufag. Do your best with your project.
>>905998
For bootlegs, hobbyheart now called moemarket. Decent quality and cheap compared to a legit daki cover. You can also look through mandarake or other second-hand stores for unopened daki covers, which is more expensive but obviously the quality will be better. Also, bootleg stores don't have every design. There's also Booth on pixiv if you already have an artist in mind and he's selling his work on there.
No.906115
>>905967
I'm making a souffle. I promised her something chocolatey after last year's culinary disaster.
No.906118
>>906108
I remember someone trying out cuddly octopus once in a thread as well, they use china but say that they also reimburse the artists.
No.906123
>>906118
I forgot to mention them since I've never used them, but from what I know they commission all their artwork from artists so I guess they're technically a legitimate site.
No.906152
>>905969
It can't be helped. At least now I don't have to bake in this ungodly heat.
>>905987
No.906163
>>906152
I was planning to take her to a really cool static display I saw when I was visiting an army base 2 hours north, but instead I was given extra work and moved to nights, which is a celebration in itself. Just because there's no picture doesn't mean you shouldn't do something. I'll be having MREs with her as always.
No.906176
>>906163
>Just because there's no picture doesn't mean you shouldn't do something
Of course. Only the finest of frozen meals for my waifu tonight.
No.906188
>>905967
Sweets with some tea. Maybe a pancake dinner. Best of luck to anyone else baking or cooking!
>>905969
You're doing your best with your project! Thanks for your hard work.
>>906057
Do be careful, dear anon.
>>905987
No.906198
>>905309
Were you planing on making nougat for the 14th or weekend? Is nougat supposed to be a candy? Always thought it was something to fill candies with.
>>905967
Not entirely sure but I think I'll take a nice walk through the woods. Was thinking I will really celebrate this Saturday with some fancy booze and a nice homemade meal.
>>905969
Love the camera idea seems fun! Sure it's a shame we wont get a collage but anyone else of us lazy bones could do it. Except for me cause I'm posting from a HDMI cable stuck into a potato.
>>905996
I head pat my nendroid
>>906060
Be accurate in your measurements and good with the timer. They'll turn out edible. It takes a lot of practice to make delicious homemade baked anything.
Also seems obvious, but I recommend watching an episode or reading a chapter from your waifu's source material every Wednesday.
No.906207
Is the collage guy not doing a Valentine's one this year? I assumed it would be happening but I can't find the thread.
No.906208
>>906207
Did you read this thread at all, anon?
No.906212
>>906208
I skimmed, didn't see the spoilered stuff
That's a shame.
Here's my Valentine's dinner anyway (I have a weird schedule and can't do it tomorrow), looking forward to seeing everyone else's.
No.906213
I've got a job interview around what could be ground zero of my waifu invading America, pretty excited for tomorrow. Maybe I'll have time to stream again.
No.906219
>>905987
Yeah, I made some nougat yesterday and had it cool off in the fridge. It turned out a lot better than last time, nothing burned and it actually tastes like nougat. I just wanted to know how to make some so I can put it into the sweetbread I bake from time to time.
I won't be able to celebrate today though, because there is a lot of stuff happening this weekend.
>>906213
That's great, anon! What kind of job are you applying for?
No.906222
Will your waifu get you something for White Day?
No.906267
>>906212
This is the only guy in here who has good taste in waifus. Everything else in this is overused and over hyped. Or even worse, utterly incompatible with a male.
No.906270
>>906267
Say that again, bitch.
No.906273
>>906213
Nevermind. They canceled the interview last night at like midnight/sent out an automated email.
>>906219
Fracking.
No.906274
>>905969
Do what you need to do, bro.
No.906283
Today my waifu occupied my desktop at work and I spent all day looking at her. I haven't been so happy for weeks.
No.906290
>>906283
>steam
>at work
>apple
No.906293
>>906283
My waifu is my phone's home screen so every time I pull it out of my pocket I see her beautiful face.
No.906298
>>906290
Some people work from home.
No.906301
>>906290
I work as iOS game developer and often game at work during the lunch break. It's pretty common in the company. And you can't make iOS applications without macs.
No.906305
>>906298
That's got to be the best mix between NEET life and SHEEP life.
>>906301
>iOS game dev
My condolences.
No.906307
>>905969
Imagine the possibilities once eye tracking becomes widespread and and your waifus can tell when and where you're looking at them.
>>906057
Kat a cute. I'm a bit perplexed as to the complete lack of Kat and Fran crossovers.
>>906060
Baking seems intimidating when you first try sifting through hundreds of recipes and can't make sense of the what and why. But it really isn't complicated or difficult to make great stuff though eking out that last 5% into world class territory is a bit funkier. The keys to successful baking is using weight measurements and thinking in terms of ratios/bakers percentages. Volume measurements can be inaccurate. Make sure to get a reliable kitchen scale.
It's also important to know the accuracy of your oven and how it temperature cycles. It's not guaranteed that your oven's thermostat is accurate, especially if it's old. The surefire way is to get an accurate temperature probe thermometer like a thermoworks dot or chefalarm if you're a burger. If you're not willing to spend the money on one of those which you should, digital thermometers are incredibly useful for general cooking, you could get a general idea of your oven characteristics buy getting one of those ready to bake cookie packages at the store. These can act as a poor mans calibrator since they are carefully tested to be consistently done at the stated time and temperatures. You spread the cookies over the entire baking pan and bake on the center rack of the oven at the exact temperature and time specified on the package. Then you see how the cookies are baked. If they are underdone then you know your oven is running cool, if overdone then you know the oven is running hot. If just some of the cookies are over/underdone then you know that you have a hot/cold spot in that corresponding area of the oven. Once you understand your individual ovens characteristics then you can adjust the time and temperature accordingly. Also it's good to have as much thermal mass in the oven as possible to keep the temperature fluctuations to a minimum. I stick all of my cast iron cookware into the oven when I bake to act as a thermal battery as its temperature cycling alone can cause it to fluctuate +/- 50F.
>>906301
Does that retina imac give you less eyestrain than traditional monitors? The picture definitely looks better.
No.906316
>>906307
"Retina display" has literally nothing to do with eye strain, it's just apples marketing buzzword for "really high pixels per inch." They do look very nice though. If you want to reduce eye strain while staring at a monitor all day, change the color balance to warm.
No.906324
>>906086
>>906198
Thanks for the advice anons, specially >>906307 i'm sorry man by the time you finished that post my cookies were already made, but thank you, you're a gentleman and a schollar.
The baking was a disaster though, I fucked up two eggs in the floor and almost broke something. I'm really not made for anything related to cooking.
The finishing result wasn't the best, they fucking suck so please no bully. However don't be fooled by their look, they're actually pretty tasty.
All in all it went better than expected I guess this is okay for a first time.
No.906336
I missed her special day yesterday. I hope she won't hold it against me.
No.906338
>>906188
Don't worry, dearest anon. I only slipped thrice and nearly fell off a stepladder once. I endeavor to be a perfect example to all my parent's employees.
>>906324
Cute cookies for a cute girl. Good job anon, you didn't burn them so you've automatically passed.
No.906342
>>906324
Fantastic, anon.
The same rules apply to baking as for getting /fit/, or any other way of self improvement: The only losing move is to not do anything at all.
With your first time baking now behind you, you have gained infinitely more experience than you would have, if you had done nothing.
What did you learn in the process? What went wrong? How could you prevent that next time? What was unexpected, and what should you expect next time? What went great and you should do again?
>>906336
Waifus are never truly angry, just incredibly disappointment.
No.906348
Please note: Someone else volunteered to do the collage this year.
>>906279
Sage for double post.
No.906367
>>906324
Those cookies look like shwonderful.
>>906283
>not ultra wide monitor
>>906348
Yeah I saw that. I'm grateful. I'm just really busy right now. Doesn't have to do with my game.
No.906385
>>905970
>>905975
The pie turned out surprisingly good. Shame my phone's camera's busted. Couldn't take pics. It was fun, nevertheless.
No.906463
Nothing beats a good port wine with my waifu.
No.906466
>>906463
Getting shit-faced with ones waifu is one of the finer things in life. And makes me all the more depressed I can't actually hold her.
No.906477
I guess I have done my duty for this February as well
No.906512
No.906513
Here's the valentine's souffle I made for my waifu. It was surprisingly simple to make. I recommend it for those baking husbandos. Unfortunately I got so invested in it, I didn't really take the time to set up an elegant photo with her. I guess I'll make something else and post something in the collage thread before the month is up. Spoiler for 3D food.
No.906548
>>906513
Food is an artform. Home cooked food is intrinsically 2D enjoyment forced to conform to a 3DPD world. Only shitty mass-produced "food" needs a spoiler since it's the 3DPD of the culinary arts world.
No.906617
>>906513
Would you mind sharing the recipe please?
/a/ cookbook with all the waifu's favorites and healthy/simple day-to-day meals for anons when?
No.906656
>>906617
I've played around with the idea of coming up with my own cookbook for personal use that would be more explicit and instructional than traditional recipes. Basically the kind of thing that tells you the sort of things nobody else tells you and you end up having to discover by yourself the hard way or through a lot of experimentation. Things like what kind of utensils you need to have on hand, what ingredients can be substituted for others, what the actual point of adding certain ingredients is, indicators for when something is sufficiently cooked instead of arbitrary time limits, even just having the entire dish be scaled based on the quantity of one or a few core ingredients instead of being given as "use x amount of ingredient y, yields z portions". Actually more of an instructional book on cooking with very rigorously explained examples of useful dishes, like I wish I had to learn from. If anyone knows if something like that already exists, I'd love to know about it.
If I ever actually put anything together, I'll make sure to post it some day. Don't get your hopes up for the healthy part though. I also need to actually get good at cooking first.
No.906692
>>906656
I have started work on a book like that yesterday. What the fuck?!
I have finished the foreword and currently I am trying to figure out how to organize the recipes. Chapters based on taste would put nougat and cake into the same chapter, but preparing them is nothing alike. Chapters based on mathods would put cake and pizza into the same chapter. Neither option satisfies me.
No.906701
>>906617
Cooking in general is already autistic enough that injecting any more /a/utism is kind of unnecessary, especially japanese cuisine. Good example from Tsuji's book on how a high end kaiseki restaurant built an entire new soup kitchen on the second floor to circumvent a thirty second walk from their main kitchen downstairs after they received a comment by a patron on how the soups temperature had perceptibly cooled.
>>906656
>Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Beginners "think like a chef" book focusing on basic techniques and flavor building.
>Ruhlman's Twenty
Same but actually has recipes
>Ratio
Good beginners "think like a chef" book on fundamental ingredient ratios (mainly french) to help you not get locked into slavishly following recipes. From post >>906307
>On Food and Cooking
Something of an all encompassing scientific/historical textbook on the what and why of cooking. If you have a question on why something does something, the answer is probably in this book.
The Food Lab
Another sciency book but focuses more on practical application. It's so picture heavy I'm not going to even bother trying to compress it down to <16mb.
Ivan Ramen
Good breakdown of the components that make up a bowl of ramen. Has a good shio ramen recipe. Also funny seeing how he's a literal jewish gaijin who somehow managed to come up with a legit bowl of ramen and run a successful shop in Tokyo.
>Japanese Cooking - A Simple Art by Chizuo Tsuji
Is a very good book on traditional Japanese cuisine. Note this is a cookbook purely on traditional cuisine, i.e. no ramen/curry/etc.
No.906709
>>906617
I suppose I could disclose the secrets of the True Ramen my Ramen Master taught me. I've also perfected Yakisoba at this point.
No.906717
>>906692
Maybe go by complexity/depth. Start with the simple, braindead recipes that convey the basics, and later on you can assume the reader already knows about that so you can save some time and have a more logical ramp-up.
>>906701
>>906704
>>906705
>>906706
Thanks for the dump, Anon. Surely I'll get around to reading these someday.
No.906727
>>906617
If you google "chocolate souffle recipe", it's the first result. It's supposed to yield two souffles, but my ramekin was rather big, so all the batter fit into just one of my ramekins. If this happens to you, make sure to bake it a little longer.
No.906743
>>906717
>easy to complex
That's neat. Thank you. I will be using this system.
No.907383
It's Wednesday in Japan already.
What would your waifu's burial be like?
No.907390
>>907383
Nonexistent since she's 2D and eternal.
No.907392
>>907390
Strictly speaking, she would die when she would be forgotten. And this would happen sooner or later.
No.907397
>>907392
How would you have a funeral for someone nobody can remember?
No.907406
>>907392
Given infinite time or space she's basically guaranteed to be "rediscovered". Are you really dead if you get resurrected a trillion years later after zero subjective time has passed?
Anyway, I don't think the 2D world relies on our world in order to exist. I'm rather fond of the mathematical universe hypothesis which would imply that all possible 2D worlds are just as real as our own. Of course our only way to access (copies of) those 2D realities is probably via sufficiently realistic simulations which rely on technology yet to be invented by humans.
No.907421
>>907383
With me inside it.
No.907445
>>907383
>her burial
I'd be gone long before then, considering how long youkai live. Were she ever to pass on, hopefully Remilia would see fit to bury her in/alongside my own grave.
I'd be more worried about making her sad and leaving her for possibly centuries when my own life ends.
No.907465
>>907383
I won't let it happen.
No.907466
>>907383
Waifus never die. They just revert to loli form.
No.907470
>>907466
>They just revert to loli form.
Ah, the 2D cycle of life.
No.907473
>>907466
Waifus live in our memories. It is only when we forget about them that they die.
No.907488
>>907397
Nut what happens to the husbandos who live with their waifu in the afterlife once their waifu is forgotten? Will the other waifus hold a funeral for the forgotten without remembering their names themselves?
>>907445
Would you be OK with her marrying someone else once sufficient time has passed?
No.907489
>>907488
>Would you be OK with her marrying someone else once sufficient time has passed?
You're quite the little demon aren't you? Asking such terrible questions.
While the notion of "until death do us part" exists, not everyone considers it to be an excuse to remarry. A true undauntable love would last an eternity, with the survivor remaining loyal until they rejoin their lover in death. I would hope she waits for me as my soul would wait for her, either in the afterlife or in my next incarnation if I have one.
Hopefully she won't remain truly alone for the duration however. She should still be able to smile for our children (and grandchildren) and her friends at the mansion.
No.907618
>>907489
Not asking questions means not getting answers.
I am not sure if I would react the same way.
>A true undauntable love would last an eternity, with the survivor remaining loyal until they rejoin their lover in death.
I think a clear distinction has to be made between replacing you and finding someone to not be lonely anymore.
Living with someone in close proximity or a relationship even doesn't come close to the physical, mental and romantic connection that marriage brings. I don't think her finding someone else for comfort would be bad as long as she made it clear that he is not meant to replace me.
No.907651
Anons you ever think of the long term in this hobby? Like how am I going to enjoy her material in the far future. Things like file formats changing, availability drying up, and other unforeseeable changes. Not dreading the future but just pondering it.
No.907654
>>907651
What do you mean by hobby? You don't marry a hobby.
No.907661
>>907651
I've thought about this myself. Among most fans of her franchise, her time in the sun has already passed. All the best art and even 2chan memes are from well over a decade ago. First will come the death of the franchise. The fanart, which is currently a trickle made by devoted but amateur artists, will slow to a halt. In a few decades the seiyuu will even pass away. I'd like to think I'll be an old man and she'll still have some loyal fans, but I don't know. Who knows if the internet will even still exist then? There may come the time where I might be the last person on Earth who cares for her, but even I must die. I sometimes imagine myself having picked up drawfagging just to keep her spirit alive. But anyway, I have to enjoy the time I have left with her, until hopefully, we meet again on the other side.
No.907672
>>907383
She's technically immortal, though I hear the people who can't process her love for mankind end up in ditches, ash piles, and acid baths.
No.907676
I made a batch of muffins, of the maple and apple variety. I tried to take some nice photos, and am now considering getting a nice picture frame for future shoots. The only question would be which photo I decide to keep in there. Maybe I'll just slowly fill up my house with her photos. The future is bright, friends.
>>907651
With regards to file formats changing, I figure there would be plenty of opportunities to convert old files to the new format. If there aren't it shouldn't be hard to maintain a couple of older systems just to browse old content. In the case of Kat and her games, I might be fucked over if nobody is capable of putting together a PS4 emulator in the future. Time will tell, and we will adapt as is necessary.
>>907654
I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who become so attached to their hobbies that they become "married" to them, although not in the same sense that we have become married to our waifus. Isn't being "married to his/her work" a common expression for workaholics, for example?
No.907678
>>907651
>Hobby
It's not a hobby; it's love.
>Things like file formats changing, availability drying up, and other unforeseeable changes.
Well I mean I've already experienced this off and on. You save up the few drawfags, art releases, music releases, etc. and savor them, even the kinda shitty ones. I've already made it my goal to start commissioning artwork of her after I pay off the rest of my debts.
No.907680
>>907488
>Would you be OK with her marrying someone else once sufficient time has passed?
This is a cruel question. I'm pretty adamant about my hatred of NTR and similar ilk, but I'm basically directly opposed to >>907489 on this one. If you waifu an immortal or near-immortal being, you are a selfish cunt to expect her to be without you forever and ever onwards after you've died. Even if you had children, your bloodline would eventually either die off or dilute until your presence within them is nonexistent. That doesn't even get into what if one of your great, great grandsons is a terrible person and tries to do something unforgivable to your waifu, and her love of you keeps her from retaliating properly against the little shit? I think it's important for her to remain loyal to you while the memory of you is still around, but it's cruel to expect a mortal feelings of love from an immortal/pseudo-immortal being that doesn't even process time the same way you do. If your waifu has a lifespan in the hundreds, then I think it's justifiable to expect loyalty after your death since in this day and age, you could easily live into the 100s with your waifu's help which would be a significant portion of her life even if you met in your late 20s/30s. If she lives for thousands of years or longer though, then at most I might expect loyalty for a century, maybe a few centuries, but I'd hope she'd eventually move on while maybe keeping a memento of me like I've kept mementos of her, since the alternative is much crueler of a fate for her.
No.907685
Your waifu is not your waifu until she likes the smell from your shoes.
No.907686
>>906701
Thank you for those books. You're a hero.
>>907383
>>907651
Ah, the long term. Impermanence seems to be the rule, rather than the exception. Information eventually degrades, no matter the format. There was some research done in the early 80s to try and figure out a way to best warn people in the far future about nuclear storage sites. Languages, borders, governments, everything changes over a long enough span of time. The challenge of creating warnings that would outlast 10,000 years of change brought about some interesting suggestions. One of those suggestions was starting a new religion, dubbed the "Atomic Priesthood". Such a religion would attempt to integrate moral lessons alongside practices that would keep future populations safe from hazardous waste. In a hard collapse situation people will make and share stories. There's no reason your waifu couldn't slowly integrate into local lore/religion that way so that she's not forgotten so easily. This is all from the standpoint of a waifu as a piece of information. I don't think that captures the whole experience between anon and his waifu. If your waifu knew of you and loved you before you ever knew her, then there's some aspect of her that exists outside of time. This means your love exists beyond time.
>>907676
That looks tasty, good job!
No.907732
>>907651
Most old image formats can be transferred into new ones rather easily. In the end it's just pixels on a screen, and screens are just displaying colours and brightness. You can easily write a scrip that turns old image formats into new ones, so losing currently existing image is probably not going to happpen as long as you have a backup and at least one legacy machine.
A more difficult transition would be holographic projections taking over, or something entirely different that requires artists to come up with all new art that is stored and displayed in a completely different manner. VR is a good example.
Sure, you can display 2D images in VR, but human beings are 3D, and the point of VR is 3D. Shinobou-bro had to do quite a bit of work himself to get his waifu to work in there. It's a completely new format, and unless you pick up the pen or the mouse rather yourself, it is entirely possible that your waifu never finds her way into that medium.
No.907754
>>907732
I reckon your best bet for long-term preservation might be to pick an ultra-durable storage medium (eg. laser-etched defects embedded in solid quartz) and hope that your waifu is viewed as historically interesting in a few thousand years. If you can make your waifu's anime/manga out-last all similar works, future historians will likely take over the task of preservation and even public dissemination.
Don't forget to include human-readable instructions detailing both how to read the raw binary from the physical storage device and how to decompress and display the anime/manga. I'd put macroscopic engravings in English on the surface which define the reading procedure and the basic ASCII character set. You can then give more detailed filesystem and file format specifications at the start of the microscopic binary data.
No.907793
>>907754
>tfw your waifu wasn't launched into space to forever-evered
No.907864
>>907754
>Waifu rosetta stone
Why don't we make one and standardize a format? This way everyone can encode and store their waifu in a form readable as long as the "rosetta stone" is protected?
No.907987
>>907864
Since waifus are essentially characters that are resembling humans, you are suggesting creating a rosetta stone format that allows storing human beings.
That's quite the project.
No.908114
>>907488
>Would you be OK with her marrying someone else once sufficient time has passed?
No because its ok to be forever loyal to someone. Plus its all headcanon because autism.
No.908120
>>908114
>Plus its all headcanon because autism.
But what is your headcanon? How do you imagine your life with your waifu?
How do you live, where do you live, what do you do, do you still work, do you still have to eat, sleep and shower? How long are the days, what colour are the skies, and how much can you influence these things? Are you essentially a god wearing pants, or are you just a normal dude in the afterlife?
No.908121
>>907987
It's basically creating life.
No.908145
>>908120
I think you are going overkill with the details but its just an endless slice of life and living with her in our own home in Mexico. We eat and do what we want. Clean our homes and watch tv together. Do chores together while telling jokes and cuddling at night after venturing out to local mountains. If you looked at the game im making, youll see all the autistic details you are looking for.
No.908223
>>908145
I did play around with it, and I appreciate your work. My questions are more in a general nature, and aimed at everyone in the thread.
No.908326
>>908145
What board do you post your progress on again? I can not recall since I haven't been there after the wedding.
No.908831
I've been getting commissions of my waifu done so she gets more love.
No.908843
>>908831
That's cool. When will they be finished?
No.908887
>>908843
They should be done soon from one, and not sure about another artist, since they're going through a rough spot.
No.908888
>>907732
What happened to Tsukasa, anon? Is she okay?
No.909142
>>908888
I am fine, just in the middle of writing a book. Not sure about the others. There is more than one tsukasafag, right?
No.909146
>>909142
>>908888
Oh fuck! I completely misread your post! Pls no bully, I have had a hard day.
As the title suggests, it's a picture drawn by Leica, an artist who focuses on parodying classical art and whose artstyle I generally enjoy, even when not parodying anything.
In this particular work they appear to be mimicing Takato Yamamoto, as a user on Danboruu pointed out.
I did a little bit of research into that Yamamoto guy and found his biography.
His works are very interesting. It appears to be a mix of older Japanese art with classical European themes, gothic style elements and cute 2D girls. I am impressed.
I am sure she is OK though. 2D never dies.
No.909199
I hope everyone has a nice day today.
No.909216
I just keep refreshing /a/ instead of watching anime or something. Help.
No.909218
>>909216
Sigh.
Me too Anon. Without the gym everything is just boring.
No.909250
>>908328
Related. Headpats.
No.909389
>>909142
>>909146
I don't like sad or hurt waifus, so glad she is okay
No.909393
>>909389
Sadness and pain are as much part of life as joy and love are.
Seeing only the positive will make you blind to the negative and thus blind to half of life itself.
Do not worry about my little spark though. She will be well guarded in the depths of my beating heart.
No.909470
>>909393
Keep that heart beating.
No.910519
Tomorrow is Wednessday, what are your comfy plans?
No.910557
>>910519
Midterms, then spring break. Going to do a term paper tonight then study for tomorrow, after which I will spend a week or so with her getting slammed. I feel kinda bad for turning to smoking/drinking when bored or sad, I feel like she's disappointingly watching me slam a liter of rum in one night Its going to be fun.
No.910559
>>910557
>I feel like she's disappointingly watching me
She does. Especially when you touch yourself.
No.910723
It's fucking Wednesday and none of you are praising waifus. What the fuck?!
No.910725
>>910723
This is the cutest picture drawn of my waifu in 2019. What about everyone else's?
>>910557
Work hard, but take care of yourself too. As we strive to preserve our waifu's smiles with self-discipline, our inner selves become more 2D. To become more 2D is to become closer to her.
No.910730
>>910723
I cuddled with her all night and I have work right now. I even listened to her song on the way to work. I'll praise her later.
No.910732
>>910725
>To become more 2D is to become closer to her.
I like this.
No.910735
>>910723
>praising waifus
It should be "praising waifu", and no. I don't praise my waifu. She isn't some goddess or saviour, she's my life partner. Putting her on any kind of pedestal would only make her sad and lonely in the first place.
No.910738
>>910735
Praising can be headpats and compliments. It doesn't have to be to the degree of worship, which I agree, is not a healthy form of love.
No.910739
>>910723
I think there is more posting in this thread on days that aren't Wednesday that there is posting on actual Wednesdays.
No.910741
>>910725
Post more waifus in wedding dresses.
>>910730
I hope you got a good sleep. I can't fall asleep while cuddling.
>>910735
Many trees have many apples. That doesn't mean that each tree has more than one apple. At least that's how I thought it works.
No.910746
>>910723
This >>910735 besides I don't need a particular day for that, 365 days of the year is enough.
>>910741
No.910747
>>910735
It's normal for a man to have many waifus. Monogamy is a child of corrupted western culture and shuldn't be forced on men.
No.910749
>>910747
Ban this nigger.
By the way, I meant it should be "waifu" like it's "anime" and not "animes". I know it's not a Japanese word or term, but I still use it as one because that's the way it's spelt. When the shitters say "waifus" I always tense up because I feel like they're trying to use it as a polygamous term, like you seem to do.
No.910751
Anybody else going to do some fasting?
No.910752
>>910723
Had to wake up nice and not-early to help move stock, and then walk the toy dogs my sister brought back from Korea. Getting a little anxious because the recruiters have yet to call me back to book the next appointment, so I left them a message just now to inquire about my status. Hopefully neither they nor I fucked up and wrote down the wrong email address, otherwise my application might get held back for half a year. I'm itching to help secure our rightful arctic clay from foreign smugglers, you know?
>>910749
>shitters say "waifus"
I've been trying to subtly convince my friends to stop using "waifu" as a synonym for "cute 2D girl I want to fuck", but it's rather difficult without bringing them into the fold wholesale.
>>910741
No.910757
>>910557
Try to take up more activities to keep you from wanting to drink whenever you're idle
>>910751
Is there something happening today?
No.910759
>>910725
>This is the cutest picture drawn of my waifu in 2019. What about everyone else's?
The loli Yukari set. The greatest thing since the oppai Yukari ones.
>>910739
Technically I never post here on actual Wednesdays.
>>910741
Frilly dresses for fluffy hair.
No.910770
>>910759
I was going to post pics related as better 2019 pictures, but I just realized they were posted to boorus 6 months late, and never popped up on pixiv. It really is hard collecting images now that pixiv is dead, since I'm already following all the Yukari-focused artists I can find, but I'm apparently still missing plenty of gems.
>since the oppai Yukari ones.
I think I missed those too, and I'd be interested in something supposedly cuter than those loli Yukaris.
No.910775
>>910770
There certainly feels like there's a Yukari drought right now. Most of my favourite artists haven't posted anything of her in awhile. I'm sure there's still more to be found, but Twitter is such a bitch to search through.
>I think I missed those too
You probably didn't. I just noticed artists would draw her breasts increasingly larger through 2018. It was more a pattern I noticed than anything.
No.910777
>>910770
I've noticed that there is a trove of waifu-related images on pixiv that either aren't tagged as your waifu's name, or are tagged but don't show up when searched. Artists sometimes dump collections of pictures which can include your waifu. I'd suggest looking in the GuP tag for those. For the others, I've found great results by finding pictures of my waifu, scrolling down, and seeing what the suggested pictures are.
No.910778
>>910777
There's also images that are posted, but only updated with proper tags months later so they never showed up on page 1. That shit is infuriating.
No.910780
>>910775
I kinda noticed that too. It's nice because I like seeing her depicted as a bit older now, it lets me imagine what it would be like growing with her.
No.910781
>>910780
That's what I thought too. I like seeing her in casual clothes for the same reasons.
No.910792
>>910781
I like this image a lot because it combines the two. These sorts of images are nice because I can imagine coming home to her and spending the evening snuggling and talking about all the new stuff shown off at IDEX.
No.910800
>>910723
>>910741
I had lots of running around to do today, so I listened to versions of her song here and there while driving. The 7th is tomorrow, so I'm hoping I can make the time to get some baking done. If I prep the dough tonight it shouldn't be an issue. Nobody around me has noticed that I bake things on the 7th. We'll see how many more months that lasts.
No.910807
>>910723
Had a lot of shit to do. Work and I just finished a sketch book I was struggling with for the past 9 months. I improved quiet which is encouraging no I did not forget.
No.910821
>>910751
I'm doing ADF as a part of my current diet. No fast food for lent.
>>910752
I'm split between AF and Army which branch you looking at?
>>910800
Was planning on starting the next season of her anime but only got time to listen to some character songs.
I spent today with friends and improving myself. I think the waifu would be happy about that.
No.910827
>>910821
AF maintenance is a solid choice, as long as you push to become an engine maintenance man. The number of jetliners is increasing steadily worldwide, and the engines on those things are the most expensive/important parts that require tons of expert knowledge. If you get trained while in there you have a guarantee to get a wellpaid job later on.
On the other hand: air maintenance can be boring as fuck compared to normal vehicle maintenance, where you get at least some chance of getting shot at.
No.910849
>>910752
>friends
Get better friends
>smugglers
Scandinavia?
>>910821
What is ADF?
No.910863
>>910759
>oppai Yukari
Must've missed those as well, which is just fine with me. Yukari will always be a cute B-cup to me. Have another precious loli Yukari though.
>>910780
I like to imagine 25 and older Yukari would still have the same playful, excitable and kinda childlike personality she does now, viewing most things as play instead of work.
>>910781
>I like seeing her in casual clothes for the same reasons.
I think casual clothes just suit her the most in general since she's somewhat though not entirely tomboyish. Some of my favorite pics came out of the grey hoodie Yukari phase on twitter last year.
No.910899
>>910725
Forgot to post the cutest of 2019 so far. There aren't enough photos of Kat nice simple dress, although if I go down that path there will never be enough photos of Kat at all. Thankfully there are a couple of artists seemingly dedicated to the series so I'll keep collecting until either they or I die.
>>910821
I'm waiting on an appointment to take the air crew selection course, in Canada. If I pass I'll take it, otherwise I'll head over to the Navy. In either case I can hope to spend much of my time looking for chinese smugglers in the Atlantic, or columbian smugglers in the Caribbean.
>>910849
>Scandinavia?
As above. Someone apparently ran a normal cruise liner through the arctic up north a while back and people are thinking a new Euro-East Asian trade route will open up if the waters can stay consistently clear of ice. Whether or not that would be good for the native economies up north doesn't really matter for the rest of Canada, but maybe the remote nature of the region will promote a new golden age of piracy. One can only hope.
No.910941
>>910747
I know that this is probably just a shitpost but I gotta reply to it anyways.
I've seen the same rhetoric multiple times already and it will never not be bullshit.
>Fuck monogamy and marriage, having multiple women is a sign of status for an alpha like me!
Historically that makes sense. You'd have to be strong and successful to provide for multiple wifes (or at least lucky enough to be born in a wealthy family) which makes it a rare privilege. That's not true in case of 2D. As proven by any normalfaggot who makes a My top 10 waifus of this season list, declaring a girl to be your waifu is very simple. Buying merch, doing art, cooking, taking fotos, having a shrine or any other creative way of showing your love are optional. All it takes to have a waifu is to state that you have one.
But there's one thing that you can give her. Your dedication. Your love and the decision that you won't love any other girl besides her is the one thing that you can do.
If you aren't even willing to go that far then why do you assume you've the right to even have a waifu, let alone multiple?
>>910821
>I'm doing ADF as a part of my current diet. No fast food for lent.
Nice. I'm trying to abstain from alcohol, snacks and lewd.
No.911059
I fucking love my waifu so god damn much.
No.911068
>>911059
>Mako
That's some alright taste you have there, Anon.
No.911127
>>911059
Hecking good taste, anon. If it weren't for Yukari she or Erika would probably be my top garupan as well.
No.911434
I wonder what faction she would prefer in WH40k. I feel like she would go for looks, rather than fluff or crunch, but what which faction would look best in her eyes. Nurgle, Slaanesh and Khorne are out of the question, because those look gory, lewd and brutal. Sadly the same would go for most imperial forces, because skulls could maybe scare her. So the choice is between Tzeentch, Orks and Tau.
Out of those Tzeentch forces and Orks seem to be the most likely because Tau are bland, and I feel like Tzeentch would win out because of wings.
I will have to spank the heresy out of her, or just not force my hobbies on her.
No.911436
>>911434
What about Sisters of Battle though? They're fairly "pretty" by 40k standards.
No.911440
>>911436
I don't think she could keep a straight face while painting them. Too much chest armour.
If she was a 40k character she would probably be a sister Hospitaller.
No.911445
>>911434
>I wonder what faction she would prefer in WH40k
How about elfdar? They are generally elegant looking and many models even have robes.
Maybe something like Grey Knights or Custodes would suite her taste too.
I think my waifu might just buy a shitton of Chaos and Darkeldar stuff only to let it rot in a corner.
>>911440
>hangs out with otaku
>can't handle "muh chest armor"
Not very likely. But maybe some units like the repentias or those pseudo-dreadnought things might look to brutal for her taste.
No.911452
>>911445
I am not sure about Eldar, but a lot of their art is rather terrifying and lewd. But you got a point. Most of their models are ratheer plain.
<hangs out with otaku
<can't handle "muh chest armor"
Tsukasa is far too innocent for anything like that. She barely understands half the lewd innuendos, but showing her a figure with boob-plate would turn her into a flustered tomato.
No.911458
>>911445
>>911452
>even considering xeno scum
Fuckin' heretics.
No.911461
>>911458
see spoilers in >>911434 and >>911440
Yukari would probably have volunteered for operation thunderstrike.
No.911462
>>911458
>Commissar Yukari
Well, she definitely belongs in the IG. Armageddon Steel Legion would probably be the best fit for her.
No.911468
>>911462
>Commissar Yukari
The StuG three was a medioc-BLAM!
Even a T55 could take out a Leema-BLAM!
Plasma weapons are la-BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
No.911470
>>911458
>Fucking heretics
It's called "making love", you swine!
No.911472
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>>911470
It's called poisoning the human gene-ppool with abhuman filth, you dirty traitor! Only deadly service in the trenches, blazing hot promethium or prolonged service for a high ranking imperial officer as a house-servant can proof your loyalty to humanity and the god-emperor himself.
The only WH40k picture of my waifu on danboorou depicts her as a demon. Feels bad man.
No.911474
>>911470
Would Jashin-chan be considered an abhuman or a creature of chaos?
>>911472
Not just any demons, those are the lewd daemonettes of slannesh
No.911476
>>911474
I fear that I won't be able to spank the heresy out of her anymore.
Would you convert to chaos if your waifu turned out to be a heretic?
No.911478
>>911468
It was the only 40k picture I had of her. I fucking hate commissars and the only thing worse than the people who like them are Tau-fags.
>>911476
As long as there's tanks I don't care what side we fight.
No.911479
>>911474
>Would Jashin-chan be considered an abhuman or a creature of chaos?
The later. She is a de(a)mon after all.
>>911478
>I fucking hate commissars
Why? It wouldn't be fun to serve under one (except maybe Cain) but they are still pretty badass.
No.911480
>>911479
Because you make the badass Imperial Guard of fuck yeah basic humans fighting the horrors of the universe. But then you have faggots complain "Wait, I can't self-insert as a grunt. Please make some super-edgy-officer-dude for me to roleplay as!" and ruin the whole appeal. I speak from experience when I say the people who like them most are some of the most repugnant half-ork hybrids I've ever had the misfortune of smelling. Also they're commie shit.
No.911482
>>911480
Fair enough, I understand that bad experiences can ruin just about anything. That doesn't change the fact that there's some pretty alright commissars in 40k.
No.911491
>>911478
>I fucking hate commissars
That's understandable. You aren't meant to like them, you are meant to fear them. I am an IG-fag myself, so they are sadly a part of the fluff, but I would rather have my dudes retreat and fight another day than stupidly getting slaughtered because some fag wanted to get a promotion.
>As long as there's tanks I don't care what side we fight.
IG has the bestest and the mostest tanks in the setting, so fighting alongside them would probably be her dream.
>>911480
Commissars treat even the bravest souls of the Emperor like absolute shit. But 40k wouldn't be 40k if it wasn't for grimdark. Commissars aren't an integral part of the Imperial Guard, but they are an important part of making guardsmen feel disposable, which puts emphasis on the vastness of the Imperial Guard and how absolutely impossible peaceful normality has become.
No.911498
>>911491
I still think they are somewhat admirable. Sure, they might shoot a guardsman for pointing out that charging a bunch of CSM is a dumb idea but at least they are likely to join the charge themselves.
No.911538
>>911434
>tfw your waifu has 40k pictures of herself
>tfw she's still a semen demon even in papa nurgle fashion
No.911540
>>911476
>Would you convert to chaos
My waifu is one of the spawn of chaos so...
No.911542
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>>911538
That's a pretty amazing design. I love the guts-ammo-syringe bolter.
No.911654
>>911538
I wonder how my waifu Akira Ferrari would handle being a sister Sororitas? She'd probably whip them into shape and aim to be the best leader she could be.
No.911661
>>910941
>As proven by any normalfaggot who makes a My top 10 waifus of this season list, declaring a girl to be your waifu is very simple. Buying merch, doing art, cooking, taking fotos, having a shrine or any other creative way of showing your love are optional. All it takes to have a waifu is to state that you have one
This is gospel. The equivalent of a male weeb having multiple waifus is a girl fucking around IRL, the common denominator is emotional immaturity and a false sense of abundance
(Sage because it's not Wednesday)
No.911685
>>911654
You don't need to whip Sororitas into shape.
No.911706
>>911685
Not unless she's overseeing a group of shamed Sisters Repentia and making them march with chainswords and giving a few lashes across the back
No.911729
>>911706
>your waifu will never spank other anons' waifus
No.912032
It is Wednesday the thirteenth of March AD 2019.
What fun things did you do with your waifu this week, and what fun things do you plan to do the next week? What long term progress did you make on your quest to become a better husbando?
And if you could change one thing about the original media your waifu first appeared in, what would it be?
No.912100
Happy Wednesday everyone! currently extremely drunk and its also my birthday, spending the day doing some urbex with her soon and going to make a special meal soon. What do you guys do for you birthday/waifu's birthday? I try to do something special and meaningful so I can make it through the month, I love you guys and everything ya'll post, hope you have a great week.
>>912032
Like I said, I'm going to urbex an abandoned paper factory near me and maybe drink while taking some pictures. I'm working on college as much as I can, I'm doing pretty good but the pressure is still on and I'm trying to handling it the best I can.
>if you could change one thing about the original media your waifu first appeared in, what would it be?
Not much honestly, I just wish I could learn moonrune better/easier so I can read her source materiel in the best capacity I can.
No.912101
>>904678
It's 5AM and I have to get ready for work, but I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Wednesday. Make sure to come home and give your waifu headpats and love, anons.
No.912102
>>912032
>What fun things did you do with your waifu this week
I asked for her assistance after finding out my 2-month-old Nephew got infected by that ara-ara slut "Influenza A." Otherwise we just cuddled since it was cold this weekend. Next week I might take her out to the park if the weather's nice enough. We've got 70mph winds today so really just going to work will be fun.
>What long term progress did you make on your quest to become a better husbando?
Just the usual this week- job applications and gym time.
>And if you could change one thing about the original media your waifu first appeared in, what would it be?
I'd give her an actual anime/anime appearance at least. And maybe try to get more Eilene episodes.
No.912108
Getting wished a happy birthday by my waifu is the best!
No.912110
>>912100
Happy birthday, anon! What kind of special meal are you preparing?
>What do you guys do for you birthday/waifu's birthday?
I will probably just bake her a cake and try to take the day off to watch her shows or read her mango.
>I love you guys and everything ya'll post, hope you have a great week.
We love you too, anon. No homo.
>I just wish I could learn moonrune better/easier so I can read her source materiel in the best capacity I can.
What are you currently stuck on? I found that switching to the radical approach for learning kanji is much easier than just learning a load of kanji by heart without any clue about the radicals.
>I'm working on college as much as I can, I'm doing pretty good but the pressure is still on and I'm trying to handling it the best I can.
You can do it, anon. Thousands of idiots dumber than you have done it before you, so you can do it as well.
>>912101
>Make sure to come home and give your waifu headpats and love, anons.
What if you can't come home, because you are already staying home?
>>912102
>2 month old
>influenza
This is bad. That slut better back the fuck off.
>We've got 70mph winds today so really just going to work will be fun.
>70mph
>112.65kmh
That's a solid 11 Beaufort. Stay indoors if possible, anon. Branches could snap off trees and hit you.
>job applications and gym time
What kind of job are you applying for? And what muscle groups are you currently focusing on? I myself am trying to get my pects and deltas to bulk more. Any tips for training dorsal muscles?
>>912108
I disagree. Wishing your waifu a happy birthday is much better.
No.912111
>>912100
Didn't notice your post earlier, but happy birthday to you too! Always nice to find someone who shares the same birthday.
>What do you guys do for you birthday/waifu's birthday?
Whatever sounds good at the time. I've already done a lot the past few days for myself, so today I just want to spend time with her (and have cake together).
>>912110
>Wishing your waifu a happy birthday is much better.
That is also fine.
No.912117
>>912110
>Wishing your waifu a happy birthday is much better.
As far as I know no date has ever been given for her birthday.
No.912122
Good morning you bunch of adorable blogposting avatarfagging little girls. I hope you've been well.
>>912032
>What long term progress
I'm improving my music skills and fitness bit by bit, and I've been catching up on moonrunes. I've got an idea for a project that has me very excited. Time will tell if I'm worthy of the autism it will entail.
>change one thing about the original media your waifu first appeared in, what would it be?
I'd change nothing about the original im@s. However, I wish the 2011 anime was more loyal to her character and design. They made her more hair and clothes more boyish to contrast with the other characters when the whole point of her im@s2 image-change was to make her more girly. Even the im@s1-era short hair was more feminine and cute.
>>912108
>>912100
Have a fun birthday, fags. If you're going to urbex drunk, maybe tell someone where you'll be in case you get hurt or lost. Stay safe.
>>912117
If you can't celebrate her birthday, you can celebrate the day you met.
If you could spend the day at the beach with your waifu, what would you do?
No.912125
>>912117
Why don't you set one yourself then? Nobody will mind.
No.912150
>>912032
Last Sunday I went out and did some water sports with my brother and my old highschool team, as a favor for my old coach. The light exercise was fun, and I'll probably be doing this every Sunday up to July.
>And if you could change one thing about the original media your waifu first appeared in, what would it be?
Other than use the control scheme from the sequel, there aren't many things I would change about Gravity Daze 1. It felt somewhat short, but whatever was cut from the plot in GD1 was put into GD2. If I could change GD2 however, I would delay it's release so sales would be better.
>>912100
>What do you guys do for you birthday/waifu's birthday?
Cakes and other sweet pastries. I don't think her birthday was ever stated, although I'm sure Toyama has a date in his head somewhere. I've just celebrated the anniversary of the series along with the handful of diehard nip fans. Also, please have a happy and safe birthday along with >>912108
No.912186
>>912110
>any tips for dorsal muscles?
You mean the lats or just back muscles in particular? Stuff like pull-ups or rows can work them.
No.912189
>>912150
Swimming is the shit. You can't listen to music, and nobody will bother trying to talk with you. It's like meditation, because all your mind can do is think about things that have already happened for an hour or two. And at the same time you are exercising your lungs and most muscles. The only negative is that old people will always block your fucking path at all times of day.
>>912186
Back muscles mostly. Now that I have been buffing my chest and shoulders I can feel how my back muscles are lagging behind. Thanks for the tip.
No.912248
>>912110
>What if you can't come home, because you are already staying home?
Then get a job you filthy HikkiNEET enjoy the day with her in every living moment that you can, anon.
>That's a solid 11 Beaufort. Stay indoors if possible, anon. Branches could snap off trees and hit you.
Had to go to work today. We were building an important circuitboard for an important customer in town, and setting up the build to work on 5G infrastructure. We have an exclusive contract for some prototype boards for processes that have never been done before that handle an important aspect of 5G cell towers, with which they can't function without, and I hate it. The power flickered about 5 times before it finally died on us and the CEO sent us all home right before the storm really started. Got to watch a bunch of idiots driving on the roads though who don't know how to drive on ice on hills, so it was fun. I had about eight cars following behind me doing 20 under the speed limit (since my truck was digging a path in the snow) while I blared Russian songs and threw a bottle of soda out the window at some dumb fucker who tried to speed around me on solid ice and slammed into the wind wall because he was driving a tiny sports car. It was a grand time, lemme tell yah.
>What kind of job are you applying for?
I'm looking in oil, but really I'll take just about anything that has me fixing shit instead of manufacturing shit and pays a decent wage at this point. I'm considering becoming a city bus driver to get my CDL for $200 instead of $3000 and then immediately looking elsewhere for employment since all the technician positions are demanding either 6 years experience or a CDL license for entry-level positions these days. Mostly working my back and shoulder muscles. The easiest way to work your lats is legitimately gonna be the lat pulldown machine or horizontal row machine. You'll see the best results that way. If you refuse to use machines though, which I definitely understand, than your options are rows, dumbbell lateral raises, and dumbbell windmills. Maybe weighted pullups.
>>912100
Happy birthday, anon!
No.912249
>>912189
**If you're just worried about back muscles in general, train your core and your grip. My suggestion is alternate between straight-bar deadlifts (for lower back/upper back) and trap-bar deadlifts (for shoulders and upper legs), and use the abdominal machine as it will train you to intake air better/make your core stronger for major lifts all around. For grip, nothing really beats shrugs and lateral raises, though if you can afford to buy fat bar dumbbells or fat bar grips to put on regular dumbbells, forearm curls and farmer walks will do the trick there (and farmer walks also have the advantage of building functional core strength).
No.912319
>>910849
Alternative Daily Fasting its easy modo for losing weight. If you work out while doing it you dont lose much muscle either.
>>912100
I plan on making her some great food and hopefully checking out some non-cancerous art exhibits. I saw pic related not to long ago and I realized Warhol could make something totally not hideous. Happy Birthday anon.
>>912189
My swimming hole doesn't have this problem but I have no idea what I'm doing exercise wise when I get into the water.
Have a great week anons and waifus!
No.912371
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Hope you all had great days and managed to spend some time with your waifus.
>>912032
>What fun things did you do with your waifu this week
Did some baking since last Thursday was the 7th. Turned out well, but I'm still experimenting with the filling and crust thickness.
>What long term progress did you make on your quest to become a better husbando
I have a lot of reading I need to get through this week. Long term progress has just been mostly getting back into the habit of meal prep. I've been holding steady with other habits. Meditation, stretching/flexibility, keeping a journal, and lifting.
>>912100
>What do you guys do for your birthday/waifu's birthday
I try and do something on the 7th since that's her day. Usually making something edible.
>>912111
Happy birthday to you and >>912100 !
No.912378
>>911542
>feet
Oof.
>>912032
I plan on releasing v0.4 update for sim this Sunday. My long term quest is to start handling money in funds or CDs to prevent inflation from diminishing my money. Then I can save up more money to buy more things for her. One thing I'd change is her ability to turn into a booby monster.
No.912387
>>912378
>One thing I'd change is her ability to turn into a booby monster.
And this is why I will continue to give you funds to make your waifu real, and increase those funds as soon as I can afford to.
No.912409
>>912371
I just bought some ramekins and have been going wild with lava cakes. Have you made any? They're super easy and delicious.
>>912378
Don't forget to look at some silver. I'm out of the loop but I know certain ride sharing/delivery services are doing IPOs this year and that may be worth looking into.
No.912421
>>912409
>lava cakes
Oh man, I had forgotten about those. I have some ramekins, too. I might have to make some soon.
No.912467
Obligatory post before I pass out. Don't forget why you fell in love with your waifu in the first place Anon's. She holds a special place in your heart. It needs to be protected, even from the passage of time. Your love for your waifu is too important not to put effort into maintaining. Don't let your feelings fade away.
No.912503
Wednesday is best day. It has Wed in it.
>>912032
>And if you could change one thing about the original media your waifu first appeared in, what would it be?
Make myself the protag, or at least a protag, with the same character interaction opportunities and a blanked origin outside what I choose to reveal. If I couldn't actually win her heart I'd be content at least knowing I could be a friend when she clearly needs one. I just really want her to be happy.
No.912540
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>>912319
>but I have no idea what I'm doing exercise wise when I get into the water.
First comes a little warmup exercise outside of the water. Ride a bike or walk there. If you can't do those, just walk around the building a couple times. Once you are warmed up you stretch a little. Arms, shoulders, pects, legs, sides and so on. You won't need to stretch much but thoroughly.
Then you get used to being in the water. Mammalian diving reflex will kick in at first, lowering your heart rate and general performance. You need to get past that by swimming a couple hundred meters/yards. Figure out how long one track in your hole is. Olympic pools are 50m long, small ones are 25m. You can ask the staff or maybe look it up on their website if you aren't sure.
For beginners something like 100m is fine. But you want to increase your warmup to something like 400m soon. After warmup swimming you do your exercise. You can do stamina, technique or sprints, just like when doing athletics outside the water.
Stamina and sprints are straight forwards. You either swim for a long distance or a short distance, and try to improve your time. Technique is a whole nother thing, and if you don't know how to swim properly (front crawling, Breaststrokes, Backstroke and Butterflystroke) you should probably start studying those. Despite what people are trying to tell you: Breast stroke is one of the hardest techniques to master. It is far harder to do breaststrokes properly than it is to do front crawling. Start with front crawling. Get a pull buoy to train arms and do legs by pushing against the edge.
You can't learn technique over the internet or from books. I really suggest you to join a local club if you are interested. One hint I can give you though: if you are splashing about lots of water, or you can feel it moving around you in a rough manner, you are doing it wrong. Look at videos of olympic swimmers. It might look like they are producing a lot of splashing in real time, but in slowmotion you can see just how little they actually do. Most of what you notice on TV are just water drops getting flung from their limbs as they leave the water. The less water you move forwards or sideways, the less energy you are wasting.
After you are done with your main course (1 hour or so), do some low intensity cool down, something like 400m or so, get out, shower and dry off properly. I got sick so fucking often from not properly drying off and rushing home instead. Don't be stupid like me.
t.former swimming team member
Sage because this is more /fit/ than anything else.
No.912574
>>912540
>Despite what people are trying to tell you: Breast stroke is one of the hardest techniques to master
I've never heard people shit on breast or say it was easy. If anything, the rhythm and efficiency you need to be good at it actively turned people off from it to specialize in other strokes they enjoyed more or just left them mediocre at it.
No.912586
It is white-day! I sadly missed out on celebrating valentines with my waifu, so I promised to celebrate white day with her instead.
So I made these things. I don't even know what they are called. It's just sweet dough with vanilla pudding.
No.912588
>>912574
>>912540
Eh? Breast stroke comes more naturally as a movement than any other style though? I do almost exclusively breast stroke or butterfly stroke when swimming because it's such a natural movement that only requires deep breathing/relaxing in the water to master unlike freestyle or backstroke that make you feel like your heart is breaking out of your chest.
No.912590
>>912586
Those look pretty tasty. Nice job.
Though usually you'd just get store-bought chocolates for White Day. Your 女子力 must be pretty high, Anon.
No.912592
>>912586
Make sure she doesn't eat all of them, or she'll have to worry about all that sugar.
>>912588
That was in terms of autistic optimization of swimming technique. Where even the slightest amount of drag or misstep in your technique can slow you down. Not so much for leisurely swimming.
No.912603
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>>912588
You are wrong, and >>912592 is right. Getting into breaststrokes is extremely easy, since you are essentially just leaning forwards in the water and using coordinated movements of your arms and legs to generate some forwards thrust. However, that is not what athletic breast strokes are. Proper athletic breasts strokes depend entirely on reducing your drag, which is extremely difficult to do. One wrong move and you easily lose a second over 25m. Breast strokes are the most difficult style to master.
>>912590
Thanks. Don't men give back sweets and presents on white day after receiving chocolate on valentines day, or did I get that wrong again?
>>912592
I will eat all of them myself. There is surprisingly little sugar in them. Maximum 200g for all of them combined. Though you are meant to glaze them while still warm, which I won't be able to do today.
No.912604
>>912603
Anon, I don't like you mixing the words athletic and competitive. That's like comparing power-lifting to Olympic lifting. What you're referring to is competitive breaststroke. Athletic breaststroke just means you are doing it to increase your heart rate and improve your muscle groups/heart/etc. It's still a natural action, just with fine-tuning such as keeping your head down and such. Of course breaststroke is hard if you're trying to compete with others but so is any sport.
No.912639
>>912604
Now that you mention it, that does make a whole lot of sense. I will make sure to differentiate between the two from now on.
No.912685
>>912603
>Don't men give back sweets and presents on white day
They do, but while the girls are encouraged to put effort in and make something themselves for valentines', for guys it's acceptable and expected to just buy their gifts. White Day is basically just an excuse to sell people more shit, and guys aren't really expected to be messing around in the kitchen anyway.
No.912899
>>912685
>guys aren't really expected to be messing around in the kitchen anyway.
Fuck that. If you can't feed yourself how can you feed a family?
No.912902
>>912685
>Not being able to cook for your waifu
Anon please.
No.912904
>>912899
>>912902
Keep in mind this is highschool and under we're talking about.
No.912905
>>912904
>not teaching your son how to bake cakes so he can show off on white day
No.912906
>>912904
That's fair, though even then I was able to cook dinner and bake desserts.
No.912910
No.913397
After thinking and sleeping on it for a while then reading the radio thread again, I sorted out several topics that were all overlapping in my head last night. Ultimately these ideas are all derived from the same conclusion or if you prefer, they all point to the same conclusion. There are three ideas in-play here, strict religion, broad spirituality, and waifus.
Strict religion is as the name implies one of many (often the 3 Abrahamic) well established and systematic set of guiding principles for people to live by. Strict religion attempts to answer the fundamental questions of human consciousness such as “what is the meaning of my life?” and “who made me?” along with defining certain rituals and outlawing others. The intention is to comfort man as he struggles through his own existence and guide him toward a life he may enjoy. As the great majority of humans practice one or more of the strict religions, most everyone is aware of the major ones including their associated practices and teachings. When Sanaefag posted
>That's fucking heresy repent for your sins and be right with whatever God or gods you believe in.
I asked
>How does this work for atheism?
The real question was “What would an atheist repent to?” As atheism takes the position that there is no God or “creator” in the broad sense, there would be nothing to accept sins. A sin is a subjective concept regardless, as a cursory inspection of the strict religions will indicate. Sanaefag replied
>They're already spiritually dead and I have no pity for them. If they can not grasp even a little bit that their is a spiritual aspect to humanity then there is no hope for them
>I feel sorry for them and it makes me sad the emotional distance is from knowing they will find it eventually. You can only save and help so many.
This takes the position that atheism is a practice for those without spirituality. That may indeed be the case for atheism as intended (I dont know) but I wasn’t satisfied with that answer. It made the assumption that strict religion and broad spirituality are equivalent. I don’t think this is the case but couldn’t sort out exactly why during the stream.
Spirituality is almost a parent of strict religion. A better term than “parent” might be “superset”. A strict religion seeks to define clear rituals, answer questions, and generally provide a well established guidebook for humans. Spirituality as a whole makes no attempt of such structure and instead allows the humans to define for themselves such questions/answers and their own practices. I think atheism is a kind of spirituality but not a strict religion, at least atheists are not aware of it yet. One anon posted about Plato’s allegory of the wall. It fits quite well to my view of this. The strict religions are created by the shadow masters or those who create the shadows on the wall of the cave. A vast majority of people observe the shadows and pick shapes they like or shaped their ancestors liked. These people believe sometimes so profoundly in their favorite shadow they kill and reject non-believers over it. Atheism seems to be for those who do not like any established shadow and are not satisfied with the current state of affairs. Some atheists are aware something is not right but cannot move away from the wall upon which shadows are cast. Its the equivalent of a child listening to an argument with their parents and thinking “youre both wrong” but being too young to leave or intervene.
No.913398
>>913397
Plato’s allegory continues to describe people whom have left the shadow puppet show and travel outside. They see the puppet show for what it is and are able to see things few others can. This is where general spirituality is found once the strict religions are removed. The answers and practices are left up to the individual. These posts seem to agree
>Find God yourself. You know he's there. If you know that you've been lied to, but you know he's there, what do you feel must be?
>Explore that impetus. You don't need an official faith. The most powerful faith is the one you find for yourself. For me, the gate to my spirituality was beauty. It was the thing that made life worth living. I see it in nature, in the friendship of anons, and my waifu. When life is dark I think of these things, and it gives me
>You will find your god, whether its an omnipotent being who wishes for you to care for those that might cause them the same fate they fell to or something like pristine woodland. Its kinda like a waifu.
>Ask yourself what you think faith is. You have faith that certain actions will lead to certain results. Even if it's mechanical stuff like billiard balls colliding into each other. You trust those things will happen. There's so much beyond the experience of the immediate and local. There are so many beautiful things, and the experience of life has so much in it when you're open to it. So much of our world operates on this trust, too. You might just find a spirituality that resembles a profound appreciation for nature. You might find that subtle things beyond mechanical description factor in to the world. Greater men than any of us concluded that there was something beyond the material. Explore with an open mind.
To me the atheist can be described a lot like the normalfags who struggle at being normalfags. They have realized at least subconsciously something is amiss but lack the resources (physical or mental strength) to seek something else. Personally I’m not interested in any strict religion. They are all fun to analyze from the perspective of the shadow puppet master especially when you find out many religions are identical but just perceived differently by followers, but have little value to me. The presence or absence of a God is not going to affect whether I make black tea or green tea. God is not going to guide me to the right answers on an exam. Whether I pray to God before a meal or not has no affect on how it tastes. These simplistic, perhaps trifling, ideas are a small but practical part of the reason I see strict religion as unimportant.
One anon said
>You have faith that certain actions will lead to certain results. Even if it's mechanical stuff like billiard balls colliding into each other. You trust those things will happen.
Which is an interesting starting point for discussing faith. I trust that billiard balls will behave a certain way because Newtonian mechanics governs their behavior. Following that logic, you could say I have faith in Newtonian mechanics. My issue is the semantics in truth. The term “faith” invokes images of strict religion whereas the term “trust” or “confidence” is more neutral in connotation. The concept is unchanged however. A billiard ball will move in accordance to the forces acting upon it. If the forces are all of a classical Newtonian physics nature then so be it. If God feels like manifesting and moving the ball then so be it. If Meichan uses cartado magic to make the ball spin then so be it. What I’m getting at is that the ball will move when disturbed (faith in physics) and the source of the disturbance (typical physics, God, magic, etc) is not of importance to me. Perhaps that is one kind of faith. In a non-personal sense faith can take any number of forms. Some anons said beauty in physical (nature on Earth) and non-physical (waifu) forms.
Now we can discuss how this relates to the waifu. Here as well this is subject to variance in how each person interprets the role and significance of a waifu. There is no doubt that having a waifu and practicing some variety of waifuism is a kind of spirituality. It is far away from the structure of strict religion and from the discomfort of atheism. For some people that have escaped Plato’s cave, the waifu is the answer to many questions, most often “what am I doing this for?” The usual response “do it for her” provides motivation and also some amount of humility maybe to avoid becoming overly selfish. Many waifu believers have pursued other forms of spirituality like strengthening their mental state through learning and meditation while others seek physical strength. The motivation is generally the same of self-improvement for her sake.
No.913399
>>913398
There is a long standing discussion on the origin of your waifu that I think Sanaefag can address far better than I could. One view is that your waifu is an extension of your own consciousness. As such your waifu’s beliefs tend to be similar to your own, even subconsciously. Going back to the strict religion topic, what if your waifu is atheist? What implications does this have for you (are both you and her spiritually dead according to that earlier post)? These are the questions I spent the most time going through. I think the critical issue here lies in perception and semantics. Your waifu comes from you and is not defined by others. My waifu is atheist but that was not something I have ever spoken to her about since strict religion is meaningless to me. In our discussion, she pointed out that atheism was a label someone stuck to her. Its true she doesn’t believe in God in a strict religion sense and doesn’t care in the slightest for the practices and teachings of those religions. This is a view I largely share with her. That said she does have “faith” (trust) in tangible systems like how tea is made and the people she knows.
For some of you, you waifu is like a god. She is your savior and guiding light. What she does is sacrosanct. For others the waifu is a lifelong companion to experience the ultimate thrill ride (or horror show) called human life. There are still many other forms a waifu can take but her existence alone I think is enough to define waifuism (the belief) and waifuists (those who practice). As one of many cultures within spirituality as a whole, it is up to each person and their waifu to answer (or not answer) the existential questions of humanity and write their own guidebook on how to live. Common themes include self-improvement and self-reflection. To go back to the first post I quoted.
>That's fucking heresy repent for your sins and be right with whatever God or gods you believe in.
Each waifuist is free to define God(s), sins, and heresy themselves. I’m sure this is going bring up some “youre a retard with your everything is subjective bullshit” posting. So let them post. If someone wants to have 30 waifus and has convinced themselves they are happy then I will not oppose them or attempt to convince them they are wrong. To me that is no different than being in Platos cave arguing over shadows. Let those who seek truth find it with their own two hands. I am nice enough to leave arrows guiding people towards the truth I have already found though.
The bigger context to Sanaefags response was my earlier post
>Already having a 2hu wife doesn't count. You have to pick one aside from her.
I wanted to have some fun with the 2hufags (myself included). It wasn’t meant to start such a discussion and just remain in a realm of aimless funposting. My friend in that thread perhaps picked up on it and posted an alternate character design. Regardless of intention, this was an interesting sequence of thoughts to have. Putting it electronic paper has helped strengthen my thinking and faith. Thanks Sanaefag, you giant faggot.
I’m not proofreading this
No.913436
>>913398
>>913397
>>913399
That's a lot of autism.
Your whole "Plato's allegory" point is kind of shaky, because it can be turned around on you very easily. Consider the following:
>One anon posted about Plato’s allegory of the wall. It fits quite well to my view of this. The spirituality is created by the shadow masters or those who create the shadows on the wall of the cave. A small amount of people observe the shadows and pick spiritual ideas/shapes they like or shapes their ancestors liked. These people believe sometimes so profoundly in their favorite shadow they kill and reject ridicule non-believers over it. Strict religion seems to be for those who like a certain set of shapes which other large groups of people like as well.
Also: Just because you have chosen to believe in a religion doesn't mean you are not recognizing the cave. You can recognize the cave, leave it and still believe that your favorite shape and shadow has comforting properties. For me the believe that there is some kind of creator who gives purpose to life is extremely comforting, so I chose to believe that there is a god, and he loves me just as much as I love him. Having a waifu, who loves me as much as I love her is not clashing with that believe, because one is a deity, and the other a lover. One loves me in the way a father loves his son, and the other loves me like a wife her husband. They provide different kinds of comfort, one for existential, and one for personal comfort. You don't need to be an atheist to believe in waifus, and you don't need to abandon your waifu if you want to believe in a god.
What major philosophical direction do you think your waifu would accept the most?
No.913445
>>913436
>Just because you have chosen to believe in a religion doesn't mean you are not recognizing the cave.
Absolutely. That was an assumption. I guess the intention was to refer to blind followers versus aware followers. I never gave any thought to the perspective you presented. This alone makes it a pretty weak comparison to Plato's philosophy. I like your point though as it does away with a "one solution for all" approach and lets a waifu and deity resolve individual issues.
>What major philosophical direction do you think your waifu would accept the most?
Being an eternal companion is fine. If I treated her like some kind of god she would be entertained for a little while then get mad at me about it.
No.913452
>>913397
>Spirituality is almost a parent of strict religion. A better term than “parent” might be “superset”. A strict religion seeks to define clear rituals, answer questions, and generally provide a well established guidebook for humans.
>Spirituality as a whole makes no attempt of such structure and instead allows the humans to define for themselves such questions/answers and their own practices.
I think you are misjudging the relationship between these two ideas. Your definition of religion is correct, but it isn't an alternative to spiritualism. Rather, religion begets spiritualism. Having an identity rooted in childhood (the time in our lives where life is most fantastic/divine) via common rituals, traditions, and memes that create a community with the same metaphysical point of view, are aspects of life which feed the spirit. I think to be spiritual, is to have an awareness and regular appreciation of how these aspects feed our enthusiasm for life. As that awareness is the spiritual, the religious/philosophical is how we arrive at and how we conduct that regular appreciation (prayer, congregation, meditation, waifu-meditation, do-it-for-her-isms).
No.913457
>>913452
>religion begets spiritualism
>As that awareness is the spiritual, the religious/philosophical is how we arrive at and how we conduct that regular appreciation
Aren't these opposites? The first one states that religion created (assuming my understanding of "beget" is correct) spirituality. The second states relationship that implies cause and effect. That is because we are aware (spiritual) we complete practices and develop reasoning based on that awareness (religion).
No.913462
>>913457
The cause and effect relationship is my intended meaning, and what I meant by "beget". That is, that while religion facilitates spirituality, it is not the only path to spirituality. It is also true that religion may not necessarily make one spiritual. There are those people who passionlessly follow their scriptures, or who make a show of their faith to gain power or fuck choir boys.
No.913466
Nice blog, faggot.
Everything is spiritual. The sooner you realize this, the sooner you'll stop troubling yourself with silly questions like "Can I be spiritual without going to church?"
The nips have it right because they don't worry about these silly questions. Born Shinto, Marry Christian, Die Buddhist. Part of Shinto is embracing other practices when they seem correct to.
>Whether I pray to God before a meal or not has no affect on how it tastes.
Yes it does.
>Is my waifu a god or a lover?
Consider her feelings. Is she someone who will accept the mantle of godhood in order to set you at ease? Personally, I doubt it for most girls. Take mine, for example, Please!
Most Haruhiists would call her a god without a doubt, but I don't see her that way. I can't accept it, that would make her lonely. Haruhi is just a normal girl caught in strange, inexplicable, magical circumstances, just like we're all caught in this strange, inexplicable, magical thing called life.
No.913522
Nice to see a fellow Lilly appreciator in the thread. I just started playing KS for the first time, and seeing Lilly standing in that wheat field with her cross stirred something inside of me.
No.913546
>>913466
Dubs of truth, at least in my eyes.
No.913677
>>913522
>half Scottish
>blond hair and blue eyes
This would be forgivable if ks were made by actual Japanese people but come on
No.913679
>>913677
Lilly is the ideal aryan/hapa wife to be honest. I felt like we went from having a tender moment in the wheat fields to making passionate love on the living room floor though.
Once I'm done her route, I'll definitely try Rin since she seems more my type.
No.913681
>>913679
I had the most fun with Shizune.
>>913466
Learned something about Shinto today.
>Yes it does
How? This is a serious question that may change maid cafes forever.
No.913683
>>913681
Isn't shizune supposed to be one of the weaker routes? I'm still doing the Emi and Lilly ones right now, but shizune was my initial crush because of the glasses. Her attitude kinda put me off.
No.913695
>>913683
I dont know about strong/weak routes. None of the cast had a strong initial impression but after some time in the common route I started to like her and found her aggression cute.
No.913706
>>913683
Shizune's route got rewritten a few times if I remember right, it's been years since I've read through or thought about KS, so I could be completely wrong.
No.913714
>>913679
I wish Niki had a route. Delicious brown amputee is sweet.
No.913730
>>913679
I remember Rin's route being emotionally frustrating, but her autistic charm is undeniable. Overall, Lily and Hanako had the best stories.
No.913846
>>913730
I remember Lily being my first route, and it's undeniable that she is charming and sweet. But her good ending just didn't hit me emotionally like I thought it might. At times she also seemed to be a bit too mary sue for me.
No.914041
It's Wednesday. Post pics of your waifu's favorite fruit.
No.914062
Happy Wednesday and first day of spring everyone! For those in the US and UK/EU, tonight there will be a Super “Worm” Moon above the night sky at 01:42 a.m. UTC. East coast anons can snag a look at 9:43pm, and 6:42pm for west coast. Since it’s the first day of spring with a super moon, anything special you anon’s have planned or would like to do with your waifu today? Tonight I’ll hike out to a small hill near my home and watch the moon rise with her, this is event is special for me as her name literally translates to “fire of the moon”.
oh yeah, and a fucking asteroid is going to approach very close to earth at the same time as the super moon, neato.
No.914099
>>913466
>>913681
What is shinto even about.
>>914062
I'll stare at the moon with her photo frame next to me.
And I'll also try to meditate using Rumiafriend's guide, I'd probaby get nowhere 'cause it's going to be my first time, but doing it during an astronomical phenomenon that didn't happen in the last 40 years sounds a good opportunity to try.
No.914110
>>914099
>I'd probaby get nowhere 'cause it's going to be my first time
You don't have to be so objective about it. If all you accomplish is taking it easy, I would call it a success.
No.914113
>>914041
If I had to pick one for myself, I'd go with lime.
>>914062
I thought the today's morning moon was a little big. Forecast says clear skies until tomorrow, so I should see it again later today. Neat, and doubly neat for that bonus asteroid.
>>914099
Good luck with your meditation. I hope you have a window with a nice view of the moon tonight, if nothing else.
No.914126
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>914062
I had an autistic post written about how the difference between the "super" moon and the smallest possible moon is only 0.05°, but in the end I decided to delete it. The moon is always beautiful.
>>914099
Shinto is incredibly complex and made up of so many individual believes that it is hard to describe it as a whole.
Wear something warm, and put a thick blanket on the ground if you plan to do this outside. Getting a prostate infection isn't comfy at all.
>>914113
Aw man, we had so many fucking apples this year. Almost 200 kilos from just two trees.
But why lime?
No.914189
>>914099
>Rumiafriend's guide
I haven’t heard of that, do you happen to have it or a screen cap of it? I’m interested in trying it out.
No.914196
>>914062
I'm going to go have a look at that moon in an hour. I appreciate the heads up.
No.914199
>>914041
If it goes in a parfait, she'd love it.
>>914062
I'll make some tea and observe the moon when it gets dark. I knew about the moon but not the asteroid. It's interesting how many things are out there in the dark. Remember, we all see the same sky.
>>914099
Wishing you the best. If you can do one thing, you can do anything.
>>914189
Here's the link: https://pastebin.com/RRCHkGFW ! This is for meditating with the breath as focus. It's from something I've been reading. I'm reading through several books on the subject of meditation. I picked this as an area I wanted to explore when meeting with my occult studies group. After reading, I plan to produce some notes for easy reference and to steer my practice. I'll share what I generate if there's interest, but it'll probably be a little while.
No.914205
>>914199
>occult studies group
Sounds fun as fuck, anon. Way back in 2015 I was apart of a small group of anon's from /fringe/ who made the cat's cradle threads on /b/. We had a lot of fun researching and experimenting in occult/magick shit, its a shame that everyone kinda disappeared. I'm still in contact with Uncle who was apart of the group, interestingly enough. Good luck with the research!
No.914232
>>914196
I've returned from my stroll. It's glowing out there to the point that it doesn't even feel like it's night. Despite the moon's light, the stars shined clear through the crisp air. The atmosphere was thick and eerie, but not malevolent. At some points it was akin to the sluggish feeling of walking in a dream. The most off-putting thing was that the birds were still chirping excitedly. I'm not sure if it had something to do with the moon or the beginning of spring. I encountered a big fluffy stray cat on the way back, but he wouldn't let me get close to him. Overall it was more adventurous than comfy. I'm curious to hear about other anon's outings if you went.
No.914243
>>914232
Getting drunk atm, I'm pretty sad since theres cloud cover and I can on occasion see the moon peaking out every so often. Overall the /nightwalk/ to the hill was comfy, it was not too chilly and the tree frogs were out giving the night some summer ambiance. Spring is here and I'm ready for the great changes it brings.
No.914281
>>914126
>But why lime?
I like citrus fruit, and prefer the taste of lime over lemon I suppose. That being said I've hardly ever eaten limes by themselves so perhaps I shouldn't call it my favorite so quickly.
>>914232
>>914243
Sounds like you two had a wonderful time. I hope Reimufag is doing equally well.
No.914458
>>914113
>>914126
>>914199
>>914281
It was alright, I tried it at 2AM while looking at the moon, it wasn't really impressive either. I spent like an hour trying it, it was more like an off and on kind of thing cause I tend to lose concentration rather easily.
Though there were times when I couldn't feel my body or rather I felt like flying, something like my mind going on his own without any physical attachments, hard to describe. It only happened 3 times and only for a few seconds sadly. Weird stuff.
No.914468
>>914458
Keep trying, anon. Not seeing success at your first attempt is normal and expected. You didn't immediately understand how to ride a bike either, right?
>>914281
>I like citrus fruit
Who doesn't?
>and prefer the taste of lime over lemon I suppose
Now that's where you are getting controversial. Lime is a lot less sour than lemon, but some people prefer lemon over lime exactly because of that.
>That being said I've hardly ever eaten limes by themselves so perhaps I shouldn't call it my favorite so quickly.
You also barely ever eat rice or noodles by themselves, yet they are probably among your top ten foods.
No.914489
>>914205
>Sounds fun
It's pretty fun. We try to meet once a week.
>cat's cradle threads
I think I remember those. I remember pre-exodus OTO posters and early versions of what became the Temple of Solomon MEGA.
>Good luck
Thanks! The Art is long, so I'm just taking it a day at a time.
>>914458
Losing concentration is going to happen, so don't worry about it. This is something people spend many lifetimes doing. You're developing a form of concentration that persists even when the object of your focus is boring. You can assist your progress by bringing that same amount of focus to whatever task you're up to. Whenever a stray thought enters, just take a full breath and release it and go back to what you were up to. Good job.
>>914281
I didn't properly appreciate limes until I made some limeade one hot summer day. Key lime pie was good but not something that elevated the humble lime, at least for me.
No.914931
>dream about getting a kiss on the cheek
>from 3DPD
No.915957
Guess it's a pretty busy day for you girls too. Just found out the new Non Non got subbed so that was the cherry on top of a good day. Should I save it for a rainy day or watch it sooner so I can discuss with anons?
No.915963
>>915957
Bake a cake and then watch non non as you nom-nom on said cake.
What other things made your wednesday nice?