There are a lot of things going on right now, and a lot more than most people are able to process.

I myself am fortunate to have the position to access and process things without freaking out about food, housing security, job security, etc. for now. But I know some people with families larger than mine that depend on them are biting their nails at the rising costs of living and the possibility of losing their job. There's also been some restaurant workers I know that apparently got robbed once a month since January? So, 3 robberies since 2025 started...

There are people that are dismissive about these things, either due to ignorance or even optimism. You can tell someone that "tomorrow is a new day" as many times as you want, but thoughts and prayers are kind of ... eh, at this point.

Politics and news definitely keep everything to the ground like bricks on the wings of a bird. Right now feels like when they tell you to let the rip tide carry you out of the current rather than swim against it and waste your energy. Hold your breath and wait until it's calm enough to swim back.

But by then, what will you be swimming back to? How much will have changed beyond repair? Lots of try and think out, especially if you want to try and get a new job, a new beginning, start a new family... It feels like a good time to say "I've had enough" and just be living single and selfish for the rest of your life, without need to care for any other humans.

Something about that sounds like "it's what XXX want you to do."

The people that care most get taken advantage of and have their hearts broken most, hm.

Weird and random thing: I find it is getting very annoying dealing with conspiracy theorists these days. Maybe it's just the whole "dystopia" thing creeping up on my hindbrain...

Wow, thanks to all so much.

I didn't think I would ever get even here since NG has an amazing community of artists with skills that I can only dream of.

Feeling a bit more comfortable joining collabs. Of course, I can't animate or make music, so that just about makes it easy to know what I can even collab on haha.

So per discord, their fileshosting will end by the end of this year or something?

I unfortunately have a ton of stuff that was hosted on discord so now I gotta find an alternative.

I heard of the web archive method (for the links, I assume) and I've also considered the following:

• imgur
• deviantart stash
• newgrounds sketch pieces?

Any other suggestions? All help appreciated. Thanks for reading!

Well I started supporting NG. But I still haven't done chapter 3 of A Lonely Placebo... @#$$%#$@...

Strange to say that having Covid made me more productive in art and writing. Actually, since those are hobbies, that makes total sense.

I feel like I don't upload a lot to NG, mainly because I feel the threshold for art here in NG is higher than other places I post (pixiv, DA, etc). I do want to get to the third chapter of A Lonely Placebo (which finally got some motivation due to Covid). I dunno, sometimes I just feel it's never gonna be as good as a lot of the stuff people have on here.

It sucks mostly not being able to taste.

It seems I have vertigo/nausea from playing pixel-3D FP games (like Doom, but pixel).

Turning and all that seems to make me wanna barf so I need to stop and lay down. It could be that I don't play these types of games often.

Sooo

Aside from the fact I'm in the dead end of life

Do people remember this old collaboration (playlist)? By @Lifepoint1 and lotsa other talented people?

It's super late but how does that work? I recently decided to add a Kazahana arc into a story of mine. Do I need to contact someone or...?

How do people deal with that part of their life where they can't seem to get a job and stuff...