Thread 42308020

Rainbow Dash wants to know what you've accomplished recently. Even the smallest thing counts--as long as it's progress!
Previous thread -- https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/42252460/

>>42308020 (OP)
skibidi toilet

>>42308020 (OP)
I managed to get the longest nap I've ever had in weeks

>>42308020 (OP)
Told this fag his attempt at a shitty blog general was fucking gay.

>>42308120
i fucking kneel chad

>>42308120
I don't want to alarm you, but we are on a board dedicated about a toddlers cartoon.

>>42308140
Shut up, OP.

>>42308145
not op

>>42308020 (OP)
I got a bonus at work, because I hit the arbitrary number my accounting firm considers adequate productivity

>>42308020 (OP)
I built the portal to Equestria.

>>42308211
where do you live, just asking for a friend who wants to go to equestria as well haha

>>42308214
Not somewhere one can get easily. Your friend should rather build his own portal to guarantee that it'll work, it's not too hard to do.

After buying a sewing machine 2.5 years ago, I finally started gathering the other tools and supplies I need to start using it. Now I have fabric shears, needles, glass-head pins, and 500 yards of black all-purpose thread

I've resolved to publish my fic next Monday or die trying.

>>42308351
Lol, the announcefag curse WILL kill all your motivation suddenly and give you sickness.

>>42308362
I'm trying to avoid it by being intentionally vague, though I already blabbed about it in detail to my dicksword buddies, so I'm not sure it'll do much to help.

I extended my own website for another year.
https://dashie.best/

>>42308020 (OP)
Repainted a wall damaged by damp. Working on replacing a gate.

>>42308222
how can my friend make one then?

My used plush I ordered is being shipped all the way from Quebec

>>42308532
>used plush
buying already used goods? what a cuck

>>42308535
would you buy a new 2025 toyota rav4 hybrid?

>>42308020 (OP)
For one I partially remember the week.
Managed to extend some niche in house software I had to make with zero experience.
Feels good finally having something fully working and taking hours instead of months to add features.

>>42308544
NTA, but I actually did buy a new 2025 Toyota RAV4 hybrid last December. It's been great so far.

>>42308532
>Used expensive pony plushies
You really should use a glove and wash that one thoroughly before even thinking about hugging or touching it with your bare skin.

>>42308522
All you have to do is take a cup of cement, add it to the mix.
Get one short, one long steel beams and a pallet of bricks.
something something welding tool
Pain(t) is optional.

>>42308020 (OP)
updated my CPU and cleaned my desktop case
gonna buy new GPU soon
for muh hl3 test build

>>42308020 (OP)
I made an antithology submission.
I've improved my dream recollection
I went to the gym
I took a few requests on the drawthread.
I cleaned my house a little.

>>42308738
So when does the portal open to Equestria?

>>42308839
When I'm ready to use it. My time has not come yet, I still have unfinished business here on Earth.

>>42308845
>I still have unfinished business here on Earth.
Ah, so you still need to kill some people you hate before meeting up with the ponies?

>>42308848
It... depends on some factors. Best case scenario, no. Killing is rude and mean, I'd like to avoid that if I can.

>>42308020 (OP)
Made a gazillion crypto dollars and banged 40 different hot mares this week.
I am over 7 feet tall, my dick reaches my knees, and I can bench 4 times my bodyweight and can run a mile in 2 minutes (miles are longer than kilometers).
I have a hundred figure salary and recently stopped 3 burglaries.
All of which I did before waking up today :)

>>42308020 (OP)
This morning I drank an iced latte and it gave me the energy I needed to submit a late assignment and clean my apartment. I no longer have that looming in the back of my mind.

My whole life I've always preferred to drink hot black coffee, ever since I was 12 years old and started drinking coffee. I looked down at iced coffee. Today was my first time ever having it, since it's so hot outside. I didn't know what I was missing out on. It is so much better. That shit tasted amazing. I was sipping on it ice cold in my left hand while eating a falafel pocket with my right while walking home on a beautiful but extremely hot summer morning. I should do it again some time.

Rainbow dash told me she's very proud about all of your progresses anons.

>p10
I’m coming Dashie!

>>42308020 (OP)
Not much, I fucked up my back again, so all the stuff I needed to do isn't getting done.

Nothing. I am in the same shitty place I was six months ago. And the six months before that. Life is a neverending shitshow and I crave the sweet release of death.

I’m too scared to leave my flat and never do anything

>>42308503
Based!!!!

bump

>>42308020 (OP)
I've gotten pretty good at piano. Now I just need to get comfortable playing in front of people, and also a microphone.
I no bonfired Dark Souls 2. Made some good progress on my board game. Found a new book to read.

>>42310683
>I no bonfired Dark Souls 2.
But why? Evading all the cheap bullshit is like dodging rain. Did you have to use a ranged build to isolate spambushes?

>>42308020 (OP)
just published 799 words worth of autism about pony magic and how to limit it when doing crossover fanfictions

>>42310947
>But why?
I said that I would. I had fun, it was a refreshing way to play. Didn't get annoying until DLC, and even that was mostly fun.
>Evading all the cheap bullshit is like dodging rain. Did you have to use a ranged build to isolate spambushes?
I just bought throwing knifes with my leftover souls, and used those until I got the fast bow at the castle.

>>42311587
I guess....but man I could never. And I'm a regular permadeath or SL1 runner in the first Dark Souls.

>>42308020 (OP)
Making progress in the gym, also researching my next pistol purchase.

>>42308503
So you're the one who made that? C-Can I get your autograph?

>>42308544
No, but I'd download one.

>>42308020 (OP)
I bought a house and will finally be able to move out soon.

>>42308020 (OP)
Fixing and then ruining my sleep schedule

>>42308020 (OP)
Came inside my lifesize once again.

>>42308503
based, but would you eventually like something more developed? I might be interested in that as I've been itching to get back into web design

>>42312576
Originally I was going to put as many RD related flash games as possible on the website but I didn't have time to figure out how to implement Ruffle. That's about it.

Still documenting old pone stuff. It’d be nice to do some research together. Also this exists: https://pony.directory/
People can add pony sites to the list.

>>42313216
nice

Told my boss what I think of her shady fucking tard wrangling operation after a customer bit the fuck out of my arm. It didn't accomplish much but I'm no longer working there so I guess it's better than it was.

>>42314153
>shady fucking tard wrangling operation
>customer bit the fuck out of my arm.
The fuck were you doing!?

>>42314186
>drive them from home to their tard daycare
>boss is a fucking bitch and makes me wait until she finds the time to dismiss the participants, sometimes as long as half an hour
>participants already hate waiting, but seeing the daycare workers open the door and close it for other people freaks them the fuck out
>one is babbling incoherently and touching the other on his thigh
>try to gently dissuade the contact so he doesn't get upset
>get grabbed over the seat by his nails
>that's it, where the fuck is the boss
>not at the front door area
>fuck it we ball
>return to car, open doors to let him inside the program since the staff have been ready for nearly ten minutes
>he starts grabbing at the air like an infant, opening and closing his mouth
>in a second his teeth are ripping a fucking chunk of my skin out

>>42308020 (OP)
uhhhhhhh, I recently did my best 1.5 mile! 11:51, which is pretty fast for me.

>>42314247
Jesus christ anon

Got 99 smithing

>>42315034
gz
no party

>>42314247
You have been assimilated to the virus Anon.

>>42314247
So I take it you're volunteering to drive the mare van then? Sounds like you're pretty used to dealing with mentally unstable people

>>42315870
I'm not even set on going dude I might fucking cancel at this point

>>42315906
Don't pussy out anon, I'm counting on (you) being there
>inb4 no friends
Me neither but I'll chill with you

>>42315927
Just checked my bank. I have $600 left after being paid, and I can't get another wage job in the time between now and Mare Fair. I planned to build up at least another grand before the incident. Even just paying my normal monthly bills might dip me into the red before September.
I know I'm pussying out but that's because god clearly doesn't want me to be happy and that event probably wouldn't anyway.

>>42315936
Damn it dude, I'll share my room with you for free if you're chill. The offer is there if it helps.

Any data analysts/scientists here? Been trying to find something with fairly good grammar for visualisation that is definitely not matplotlib or seaborn (I’ll admit using this one is easy but syntax still isn’t very consistent). Spent time looking at all the major ones but not sure what to look out for.
fwiw this will eventually go towards something pony related

managed to get in on a program for huffing oregano. superb quality. but the prices are spicy thoughbeit. i loik it

>>42315936
I'd let you crash with me if I weren't still living with my parents.

t. anon -age 37

>>42308020 (OP)
Got a tractor sorta stuck in a ditch cause the grubber on the back of it was far dug into the ground

>>42317396
And that's a good thing.

>>42317397
Not when you cant move

>>42317366
Hey, you huff the spice, you pay the price.

>>42317405
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grU69Pqb0do

>>42317405
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqDTbI-aGyY

>>42317434 honestly does give off that kind of energy aye
>>42317437 haha dont worry it was pulled out easily by another tractor with the help of a fellow co-worker because we couldnt get out of it even with the diff lock on

>>42317418
yeahi know. thanks for the headsup tho. 15 years too late but fuck it

>>42317363
The only realistic alternative I know is for you to learn R and ggplot2. But outside of classical statistics, R is so much less common than Python that I'm not sure that's a good use of your time.

Overcame some writers block by deleting a section of the story and rewriting it

>>42308020 (OP)
Dated for the first time ever (I'm 30) everything went really well for 3 months then the bpd surfaced and I had to ditch her. At least it was a learning experience

>>42318162
But that's hot.

>>42318183
Nah it fucking sucked, I'm dating a 6ft 20 year old now, hopefully that works out

>>42317690
I’ve had to learn R during statistics courses in uni so I’ve touched ggplot before. I found these but I don’t know if it’s wise to keep using either one long-term:
https://plotnine.org/
https://lets-plot.org/
Looks like it’s ggplot ported to Python. I don’t know if it’s fully compatible but it looks like it. Even then, I would be missing any extensions for ggplot that would be available in R (I didn’t really need any those though). Plotnine is more popular but Lets-Plot is backed by JetBrains.

>>42308020 (OP)
Fuckin sweet.

>>42319549
Meant to respond to this guy.
>>42317405

>>42308020 (OP)
Rainbow Dash will be happy to know that I've finished welding together my CETME C parts kit build.

I even made a Pic to go with it.
>picrel

Dashiebump

>>42308211
May I see it?

>>42308859
What are the factors?

>>42320414
I've already posted the photo, twice.
>>42321083
Socio-economic ones.

>>42308020 (OP)
I'm disappointed in myself

>>42308229
What will you make with it?

>>42318162
Did she have bpd or (You)? If it was her then good call Anon. I hope your next date is better.

>>42322840
She had BPD and wouldn't commit to us being together because she thought I'd cheat, little did she know I was a khv

I took out the trash

>>42317382
>age 37
>That won't be me, I say sitting awake late at night at my parent's house.
If it's a cope, my brother and sister still lives here too. Except one is in college and the other has a decent job and can't find a decent place yet. I am however the one lookin for wagie jobs. So I modeled some things for a project I'm working on.

>>42308020 (OP)
I started learning to draw pony. The /bale/ resources are quite excellent. This is a bit under two month's of progress from total newbie

>>42326619
Do you use circles? might help a bit.

>>42326638
I do, I'm just not good at drawing them yet. They often come out more as slight ovals

im still on my job and probably i can afford again for mare fair 2026

>>42326573
If it's any consolation me and my sister still live with our parents along with two of our cousins simply because buying a house these days is such a bad cost proposition. The housing market is fucked

>>42327876
nta
truth, me and my bro who's in his late 30s still live at our parents, houses are completely unaffordable and renting is for retards, it's money you may as well just burn. I brought some woodland but everything I do there gets vandalised and zoning law forbids me from doing anything worthwhile. This modern world fucking sucks

>>42326619
Good shit man.
Back in the early days of MLP, I made this.

>>42326619
How much would it cost to have you draw porn of this mare right now?

>>42326619
Pretty good for a noob! I still can't draw ponies that on-model.
>>42329959
Fuckin' metal!! \m/

>>42329969
You know what, I need the art practice so I'll do it for free. Tomorrow

>>42326650
They don't have to be perfect circles. I can't do perfect circles either. The trick is to make "circles" quick and light on the page. Move your pencil in circles a couple of times quickly without stopping instead of once. The sketchiness of the loops will "add" up to look like a circle.

>>42308020 (OP)
Studying for my Security+ exam to get back into the IT field. The job market sucks right now but I’m really hoping I can become more competitive by getting certs

>>42308020 (OP)
I ranked up

>>42323287
Are you the anon who reported his first date in a previous Dash thread? Breaking up isn't fun, but a red flag is a red flag, so you did the right thing.
>>42308835
I think that's really cool, anon
>>42308229
Are you getting into plushmancy, or into making clothes (cosplay?) for either yourself or plushies?

>>42308020 (OP)
Hi Dash, I've finally setup a sync of all the lewd pictures with the best pegasus from my phone to laptop, using Syncthing. Sorting them is so much more convenient now!
>>42331005
>silver 4
highest i had was silver 3
so awesome dashie
>>42330841
what kinds of jobs are you looking at?

>>42308020 (OP)
I learned to rollerskate backwards this week! Been wanting to learn how for years, but finally put forth the effort this week.

>>42330841
Good luck. I have a friend that also got into IT and he was over the moon when he got his certs

After years of wanting to I've finally booked a paramotor training course, fucking stoked
>>42331520
Pretty impressive I can't even roller skate forwards

>>42329969
>>42330271
Well, it's absolutely fucked, but here it is. I swear I'll improve and make up for this.
>>42332838

Hi Dashie. I took a shower for the first time in two weeks.

>>42332842
It's a good start dude

>>42331391
I have a background in InfoSec Engineering so trying to get back into that, but even basic SOC jobs are getting over 100 applicants and I let my certs expire like an idiot

>>42308119
how about the shortest naps

>>42332842
>>>42332838(Cross-thread)
Would

>>42333179
still do today?

>>42336118
Still what? I took my biweekly shower. See you losers in two weeks.

Don't live downstream of a hydroelectric.

>>42336680
Isn't the power bill cheaper?

>>42308020 (OP)
I didn’t kill myself.

>>42337344
One would think, but always be sure to read your utilities plan and leasing agreements

>>42337366
>Cozy flag
You should have

>>42317690
Might be considering an alternative for dataframes too. This one looks interesting: https://ibis-project.org/ Unified api for loads of backends.

I bumped this thread

>>42340572
metoo

>>42337366
>Cozy flag
keep on living

this thread has run its course

>>42342653
I got wendy's today.

>>42342699
>this thread has run its course
you've proven me wrong anon, good for you

>>42342653
Nothing happens, my life is so redundant and empty

>>42308020 (OP)
I gooned to somepony other than my waifu today in months.

>>42308020 (OP)
I baked my mother a birthday cake. She rejected it and stopped talking to me since, which honestly isn't a bad thing. My coworkers liked the cake.

>>42308020 (OP)
I got my old camera working again, and finally started on the map for my board game.

>>42342853
>rejected it and stopped talking to me since
Don't bake erotic cakes for your mum anon

>>42342853
>I baked my mother a birthday cake. She rejected it and stopped talking to me since
You can't leave it at that. I need to know more of this story.

I got rid of all of the empty cans and bottles today.

>>42343417
It's nothing particularly funny, though.
The context is that she's mentally ill and it's impossible to please her. Still, I already knew it was going to be her last birthday before we'll cut ties at the turn of the year, so I wanted to show some goodwill.

I think she was insulted by me having baked two lemon loaves at once for practical reasons: one for her, and a lactose-free one for my workplace which I'm about to leave. She let me know that she won't even try the cake and I could immediately bag it for work. That was on Tuesday morning. She's been showing me the cold shoulder since, as well as refusing to be in the same room as me. It's not 4D chess to make cutting ties easier for us because she's too dull for such a strategy; she just hates all of her children for "failing her" somehow.

She views herself as this poor little victim, but she's the most toxic person imaginable and has zero self-awareness. She's abusive, irrational, spiteful and entitled, but she's still the only mother I had, so I baked her a cake. Trusty ol' Rarity's lemon loaf recipe. Now I know I don't have a mother anymore.

>>42343586
Don't be sad about it. I'm sure it's not even entirely her fault to be like that. You did the right thing.

>>42343586
I'm sorry man. Nobody deserves to be treated like that by their parents.

>>42343619
>>42343642
Part of me becoming a psychologist was a need to make sense of my broken home. Turns out, there are no deeper truths beyond "She's insane". Some people are lost causes. My home life was so bad (especially once my dad ditched us for years when I was young), I have a diagnosed ptsd because my body starts trembling if I have to talk about my childhood. It will take years to shake this off.
But unlike my mother blaming everyone else for her poor life choices, I take responsibility for my own destiny, went from being a bitter loner to being humane and will one day be happy. I just had a rough start and lost quite a few years.

I've spent the past 4 months interning in psychotherapy, meeting all sorts of therapists and patients. My coworkers will miss me, my stern boss with an outright intimidating aura gave me a hug instead of feedback on my performance when I had my exit interview today. It makes me cry to have received more love in a day than my parents made me feel my whole life. I've never really had friends, either.
2026 will be a new beginning for me, a year of healing. 2025 is just the tiresome grind leading up to it and really burning it into my DNA to never let toxic people creep into my life ever again. I've had my fill.

That's all I will say.

>>42308020 (OP)
I stepped up my 1.5 mile run to a 2 mile run and didn't have to slow down or walk for the entire duration. Maybe not so impressive to the athletes itt, but I'm just trying to get in shape.

>>42343925
>It makes me cry to have received more love in a day than my parents made me feel my whole life
That's fucking rough dude, good luck with your new job and future

I've been working on animations for my pony game that will never come out because Christ will come and the world will explode or something before I'm done

>>42308020 (OP)
learned how to use gardening tools

>>42343930
Excellent work, Anon. Rainbow Dash would approve. Are you going to try to improve beyond that?

>>42344649
I am. I don't really have a super concrete goal or any real training plan in mind, I just try to focus on building endurance and slowly upping my speed and distance. When I feel comfortable, I add another 0.25-0.5 miles to the distance and see where I stand.

>>42343925
For some reason it always fascinates me how much a human mind is shaped by the childhood. The effects of ponies on younger anons, and on the other hoof, unfortunate parents like yours - seems random what one will get. I can't pretend to understand exactly what you feel, but I'm glad to hear you're working through this trauma and on road to help others. Very friendship is magic of you.
Best of luck, Discordfaggotess. It is nice to hear from time to time how it's going for (You), and how certain draconequus ties through it all, according to the most autistic of headcannons.

>>42343925
I am sorry to hear about your unhappy home life, but I do want to assure you that it can get better. My grandmother abused my mother. My aunt was the golden child and could do no wrong; my mother was blamed for everything. My mother has a slightly deformed spot on her skull and permanent brain damage because she "fell down the stairs." (It was a long time before I understood what that really meant.) But she escaped and overcame that. She had a career. She got happily married and will have her 50th wedding anniversary in a few years. She raised us and did a pretty good job at it. On the whole, she turned out pretty well. I think you will, too.

>>42343925
I'm sorry that happened to you, I hope you get better. God bless

>>42344777 (Checked.)
>>42344863
>>42345018
Thank you. Things will get better for me in 2026. I'm about to finish my degree after a couple delays, and my self-esteem will thank me for it. Then I'm in a position to look for an actual job, hopefully related to my field of study. Maybe I don't end up a therapist if paperwork or language barriers are an issue (for I will likely move abroad), but I could still be a diagnostican... or become an astrologer, or switch to handcrafts.
Next year, I'd also like to bring back /dad/ because I want to indulge in my Discordfaggotry with Nonny.

>>42308020 (OP)

Dear, Rainbow Dash:
I learned the basics of HTML and CSS. I'm starting a intensive course this coming Monday. I'm excited!

>>42343930
While recovering from a bike injury, I started running too! It's a lot of fun, but I end up exhausted after 1.5 miles and can't pace myself properly. I also signed up for a 10K race in 3 months, just so I don't give up on all of this.

>>42346489
what will you make with this knowledge? will it be pony?