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**Marie Monday** · 01-11-2021, 04:09 PM

I know (despite this forum being public so nothing here is said between adults, strictly speaking) and I appreciate you just being halfway not-creepy

WWWP · 01-11-2021, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

That's a neat explanation from Frown, basically a little essay. You've been fighting windmills, Hawk

I've been trying for dayyyys to design a wooden windmill/monster hybrid creature worthy of a tilt with don quixote for a tattoo but I can't make grotesque things it's like everything I draw is sugar-coated and as far as references go it's hard to find a good balance of unsightly-horror and things-I-want-on-my-body.

The Batlord · 01-11-2021, 06:23 PM

Put a toothy sphincter mouth in the middle of the windmill arms.

WWWP · 01-11-2021, 06:53 PM

That's so played out

Trollheart · 01-11-2021, 07:00 PM

Yeah that's just arse.

What about razor sharp sails on the windmill (damn I can't remember what the things are called: mind's gone blank(er) - you know, the things that go round and make an X) and have them spraying blood everywhere, and have it also dripping down the sides of the, um, whatever the damn body is called?*

* I am no expert on windmills

The Batlord · 01-11-2021, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

That's so played out

A windmill with a toothy mouth center is played out?

**Marie Monday** · 01-12-2021, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

I've been trying for dayyyys to design a wooden windmill/monster hybrid creature worthy of a tilt with don quixote for a tattoo but I can't make grotesque things it's like everything I draw is sugar-coated and as far as references go it's hard to find a good balance of unsightly-horror and things-I-want-on-my-body.

That's a really neat idea though. Reminds me of my old housemate who had a Hieronymus Bosch monster as a tattoo. It's the opposite with me when it comes to drawing,, I can't do cute. When I was a kid my sister used to draw the princesses and horses and then I filled in the knights and bloodshed lol

YorkeDaddy · 01-12-2021, 07:56 AM

Over the past couple of years I have started to develop allergies to...something that absolutely butt**** me and they are totally unpredictable. I had no allergies of any kind throughout my entire life up until my mid-20's. My family always had cats growing up so I really don't think it's that but it's possible. Sometimes I'll go weeks without symptoms, other times the symptoms will happen every day for weeks straight. The symptoms are watery eyes alongside pretty much nonstop sneezing, and even when I'm not actually sneezing I still feel like a sneeze could come at any moment. It is extremely debilitating, I pretty much cannot function when this **** is happening.

I've tried almost every over-the-counter medication you can find. The ONLY thing that works is benadryl, and specifically Children's benadryl does the trick, and it magically seems to work within 30 minutes or so every time. The problem is that when I take this stuff it ****s with my brain. I feel foggy and groggy and weird for several hours whenever I take it. So I'm left with the decision to either deal with the literal misery of suffering with the symptoms or I take the benadryl and feel like I'm damaging my brain or something.

I called an allergy specialist in town to get a quote on what it might cost to get tested. The tests alone cost over $1,000. And who knows how much the actual treatment afterward will cost. And on top of that who knows if the treatment will actually be effective?!?! I don't know how I can possibly commit that much money to something when I have no idea if it will even help. But I also feel like I have no choice, my quality of life has deteriorated significantly as a result of the allergies.

**** ****ing sucks. **** America's health care system especially

**Frownland** · 01-12-2021, 08:36 AM

I use allegra. It's not as immediate as benadryl and works best after taking it for a couple of days in a row, after that it's hard to beat. idk what your living space is like but probably a good idea to give that a deep clean for lingering allergens or potentially mold.

OccultHawk · 01-12-2021, 08:37 AM

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The tests alone cost over $1,000

I will never ever understand why we put up with this bull****.

It’s been a terrible problem that I first became aware of when I was 18. Every year it’s gotten worse. Every country I’ve ever been to, even third world countries, do a better job. I don’t care how much of a fringe extremist I come off as, America has the worst health care system in the world. It’s not the worst health care but it is the absolute worst system. At least poor countries ****ing try. If political avenues can change it then why has it been on the American political stage my entire life and only gotten worse? We have to decide we’re not accepting it and resort to any means necessary to fix it. You’re talking about allergies but what about when you age and it’s heart disease, back problems, cancer - everybody, in fact every living organism, will eventually get sick and die and they use the inevitable to break us financially. It’s obscene and warrants a violent response if that’s what it takes.

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Yeah that's just arse. What about razor sharp sails on the windmill (damn I can't remember what the things are called: mind's gone blank(er) - you know, the things that go round and make an X) and have them spraying blood everywhere, and have it also dripping down the sides of the, um, whatever the damn body is called?* * I am no expert on windmills __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I use allegra. It's not as immediate as benadryl and works best after taking it for a couple of days in a row, after that it's hard to beat. idk what your living space is like but probably a good idea to give that a deep clean for lingering allergens or potentially mold. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x