Alex Parkinson

Alex Parkinson

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  • Alex Parkinson
    My Nintendo 3DS let me down once again by shutting off my game of Animal Crossing halfway through, causing me to lose my progress and get a visit from Mr. Resetti upon reloading my game. This is my little reward for having owned my 3DS since 2011 and playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf on it since 2014?
    Alex Parkinson
    If my personal headcanon of the Koopalings having been retconned to be Bowser's adoptive children instead of his biological ones is correct, and Ludwig being the eldest Koopaling, if something were to get Bowser (The current ruler of the Koopa Kingdom), and something else were to get Bowser Jr. (The next in line for the throne), that would make Ludwig the next person within the Koopa Troop hierachy to inherit the throne, assuming that Bowser has implemented such a leadership clausule for the Koopa Troop.
    Alex Parkinson
    Today was an average day at best. Had plenty of irritations, but also had my moments of peace during the day. All in all, this day can best be compared to the majority of the Mario game library for the Game Boy Advance. And to look on the bright side of things, an average day means things can only get better from here.
    Sprig
    Sprig
    pineapple on pizza
    Alex Parkinson
    Today was a day that was decent at best. Got to engage in a couple of fun activities with my dad here and there, got a couple of good bites to eat, and got to wrap up the day with a decent night of television. Overall, this day can best be described as a typical episode of your everyday sitcom: A mixed bag.
    Alex Parkinson
    Finally had a decent day at best during this extended weekend. It's gone from eating a Poison Shroom to eating a Poison Shroom with a little salt on it, if you know what I mean. Here's hoping tomorrow will continue to be decent.
    Alex Parkinson
    Today was yet another rollercoaster of emotions for me. This isn't exactly how I envisioned my extended weekend to go, and I'm hesitant to call it a crummy weekend because while I have had a couple of small positive experiences so far, I personally feel the emotional highs are tarnishing the weekend.
    MegaBowser64
    MegaBowser64
    Sorry to hear that. Yeah, sometimes emotions can cloud out the positive experiences of a day.
    Alex Parkinson
    I think I need a bit of a break from the internet as it's been making me unusually aggressive for the last few days. So that means my activity on the site will most likely be limited to only once or twice a day. Just a heads up.
    Alex Parkinson
    Currently feeling kinda moody because of a couple of bad memories of my time in the Total Drama fandom lingering on my mind. Had I known back in 2020 how jerky and twisted the Total Drama fandom was, I would never have engaged in it.
    Alex Parkinson
    The Sonic Fan Characters Wiki on Fandom is gonna be closing down due to the stagnation of fan communities online as well as the site staff not really finding enjoyment in staffing the site anymore...This is gonna be the end of an era for me...
    Alex Parkinson
    Did Toby Fox work on the PMTTYD Switch remake? Because I recognize the voices during text boxes as being inspired from Undertale.
    Hooded Pitohui
    Hooded Pitohui
    Nope, he's not credited for it. The similarity is probably coincidental. There are only so many ways to do those little "here are some short soundclips strung together" type of voices.


    That said, some of the Twilighters do sound rather like Sans, don't they?
    Alex Parkinson
    Alex Parkinson
    Ah, I see. Thanks for clearing that up.
    Alex Parkinson
    Why do 99.9% of all YouTubers let the fame go to their heads if you give them even the slightest bit of it?
    Hooded Pitohui
    Hooded Pitohui
    The reasons are complex and it's not possible to paint every case with a broad brush, but I would reckon fame tends to warp how people view their relationships to everyone else. Massive attention from the public invites constant scrutiny, harsh criticism from strangers, and excessive praise/fawning all at once. Attention is already a heck of a drug on its own. Consider how stimulating it is (for better or for worse - sometimes you're exhausted and still can't look away from the computer) to see online chatter and messages, especially concerning yourself. Multiply that greatly, and suddenly you're awash in this stimulation that you're going to keep craving even if it's actively making you feel worse.


    Then add to that a sense of being "critic proof". You have to shut out the most vitriolic comments from your critics, because people can say truly nasty things behind the anonymity of a screen, but it's easy to slip from there into denying and deflecting all criticism. Then your decision to disregard criticism is easy to justify, because you have all these legions of fans praising you. You must be doing something right, right?

    So you're awash in a level of attention you've probably never had before, you're craving more of it, which starts turning people from people into... well, merely fans, potential fans, and folks who don't like you, and you're incentivized to move as many people from that middle category into the other two (even negative attention is attention!). That's already changing your dynamic with the people around you. Add on that shutting out your critics and embedding yourself in an endless stream of praise making you feel smugly superior to a lot of other people, another change in how you relate to everyone else. Maybe you also become obsessed with comparing yourself to other famous folks, another way in which the way you relate to others can warp! You start to see yourself as powerful and talented, and it becomes easier to justify exploiting people around you. After all, they're inferior to you! They should be thankful you let them have the opportunity to work for/with you at all! Maybe on top of all of this, your life circumstances are changing, because, say, this has all made you wealthier, so even there the way you relate to other people is undergoing a massive change.

    All of these rapid changes, all of this new self-perceptions, all of these new ways of relating to people around you, it's going to change how you behave.
    Sprig
    Sprig
    The ratio of chill to not chill YouTubers that I know about is pretty heavily weighted towards ones that are fine so I don't know where this info is coming from
    Alex Parkinson
    Alex Parkinson
    @Sir Pentious It's just based on personal experience. Like half of the YouTubers I have watched over my lifetime let the face go to their heads, both in my homeland and in English speaking countries alike.
    Alex Parkinson
    What I wouldn't give to live in a timeline where my grandparents got to live into their 90s, COVID, internet drama and other shit that happened to me during the 2020s never destroyed my mental health and I was having success with whatever venture I chose to follow in life...
    Alex Parkinson
    This is my personal opinion, but I'm not really a fan of the Extreme Home Makeover reboot, and I think replacing Ty Pennington with Jesse Tyler Ferguson was a mistake. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Jesse, but given that Jesse is an actor and I know him from Modern Family, when I see him hosting a reality show, I simply don't see Jesse Tyler Ferguson, I see his most popular character, Mitchell Pritchett instead, and for some reason, it makes me uncomfortable. With Ty Pennington, I never felt anything awkward watching him at work because Ty wasn't an actor like Jesse is, so when I see Ty, I actually see him instead of a fictional character like I do with Jesse.
    Alex Parkinson
    Don't you just love being woken up at 4 AM in the morning by a mosquito and being unable to go back to sleep afterward, knowing you have to get up at 8:30 in the morning to get ready for work?
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    Alex Parkinson
    Alex Parkinson
    Tell me about it. Summer fucking sucks. It's hot, there's bugs always getting in the house, it's a mess.
    Sprig
    Sprig
    I don't think a mosquito would wake me up in the middle of the night. Nor do bugs get in my room all too often
    MegaBowser64
    MegaBowser64
    The only bug in my room is me 🤯
    Alex Parkinson
    What if Nintendo ended up making an open world Mario game that included full voice acting as well as radio stations playing real world music inspired by Grand Theft Auto, with the disk jockeys being several Mario species that are voiced by both regular voice actors and celebrities alike?
    Alex Parkinson
    Given that September is gonna be here in about two weeks, I'm already planning my theme for that month, and I have decided to have my September theme be an Animal Crossing villager that has remained exclusive to Dobutso no Mori e+ and not reappeared in a single Animal Crossing game afterward. I'm thinking of choosing between Jūbei and Madam Rosa. Which of the two should I go with?
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    Ten
    Ten
    both of these are really good... but subtracting my duck bias i think Jūbei suits you more
    Alex Parkinson
    Alex Parkinson
    Madam Rosa is a bird, not a duck. But thank you for your feedback, @Peri
    Alex Parkinson
    Did everyone enjoy themselves during the Awards last night? I'd say that I did so myself. Got to chat with some fine people here and there, got to see some well deserved wins in the Community Awards, and I got to thank those who liked my 'Shroom sections enough to cast their votes for me in the categories I was nominated in. So all in all, it was a night well spent for me last night.
    Alex Parkinson
    Don't you just love when you open your window in the afternoon to let fresh air in, and keep the window open until late at night to allow a dozen mosquitoes to get in and keep you from sleeping because you can't sleep with a dozen mosquitoes bugging in your ear?
    Alex Parkinson
    You know what I find very funny about the internet? People who claim to be against bullying or post motivational quotes while being toxic as heck themselves.
    Alex Parkinson
    Why is the majority of the fandoms for things I love more toxic than a cannister of cyanide?
    Hooded Pitohui
    Hooded Pitohui
    Any group that reaches a large enough size is going to end up with a number of vocal, particularly demanding, and oftentimes obnoxious individuals within it. It's the nature of large groups in general. Focus on finding small comfortable niches within your fandoms and tune out those types of folks.
    Alex Parkinson
    Alex Parkinson
    @Hooded Pitohui Yeah, that's definitely true. I'll do my best to find those smaller, more comfortable niches in my fandoms and drown out the loud and obnoxious majority. Thanks.
    Alex Parkinson
    Why is it that whenever I try to peacefully earn money on GTA Online, I have to suffer the wrath of the toxic playerbase?

    Milo Thatch
    Milo Thatch
    All the more reason why I have to intention to ever earn money by playing video games such as with videos
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