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Relative Appreciation

June 26th, 2018 | by Trae Dorn
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  1. Chiaroscuro
    Chiaroscuro
    June 26, 2018 at 4:43 am | # | Reply

    I feel personally attacked.

    (Con’s in a week. This year I am the ‘get my sh*t together’ camp. Or as someone once G-rated it, “Get your poop in a group”.)

    • E. Bernhard Warg
      E. Bernhard Warg
      June 26, 2018 at 1:00 pm | # | Reply

      I need to remember that expression…

  2. Viktor
    Viktor
    June 26, 2018 at 9:15 am | # | Reply

    “List Spaghetti Privilege”? Maybe if people don’t get their shit together, Jim cuts off their meals at the con?

    • E. Bernhard Warg
      E. Bernhard Warg
      June 26, 2018 at 1:00 pm | # | Reply

      I assume it’s a variation of Calvin & Hobbes’ “Noodle Incident.”

  3. EcchiKitty
    EcchiKitty
    June 26, 2018 at 6:59 pm | # | Reply

    Respect for the folks who do hard work for a Con. I just show up and make sure the Guests stay fed and watered, maybe double check they make it to whatever panel. Sometimes there’s a shopping run or picking someone up from the airport, but over all it’s a pretty simple position.
    Something like Security? I couldn’t do that. I can be big and intimidating, but being polite to people who are not, keeping an eye on things to stop problems before they start… not in my skill set.

    • Abdiel
      Abdiel
      June 27, 2018 at 4:34 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, sorta a similar background back in the day. I was involved with cons, I was not involved at the full planning, financials, and kicking others in the butt so they finally get something done dammit level. It was a flat out relief to not be in several situations, just because ye gods sometimes I’d have snapped and smacked somebody one. Nearly did twice, even as a minion-esque type.

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    So every few years I've felt the need to make an update about my ever evolving workspace, and how I (more and more) seem to be cultivating an aesthetic that screams "secondary side character in a cyberpunk story who probably gets killed off in the third act." It's an aesthetic I've been working on on purpose (well, not the getting killed off bit), but every time I declare it's reached "peak cyberpunk" I end up outdoing it soon after anyway.

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    RISC is good


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