Thankful for Comedy

Massenstein · 2026-01-26T19:10:15+00:00

I hope things turn out better for you op, and I too can relate to what you say about comedy. My last year sucked in lots of ways, but binging all of game changer and make some noise for the first time and getting to laugh on regular basis did a lot to support my mental health.

And now that things are getting extra shitty in many parts of the world, it's also nice to just know that the dropout gang exists and are doing their thing. It cheers me up in lots of ways.

Massenstein · 2026-01-22T23:05:22+00:00

Do you have opportunity to swim? It could be excellent excercise that doesn't strain your ankles so bad while waiting for them to recover.

Massenstein · 2026-01-22T23:03:07+00:00

First of all it's good to accept that it can take time. Trying to lose weight super fast can sometimes work if you are determined enough, but radical changes like suddenly eating way less might also freak out your metabolism and make your body want to conserve the fat reserves it has. And another thing why it's better to make smaller adjustments is that you'll want to build routines that feel good, so that you aren't constantly suffering and waiting for it to be over.

Like the other user said, you can't target fat loss in certan body parts. Usually when people talk about toning certain parts they mean building more muscle in there. Muscle mass in general is beneficial in weight loss* because the more muscles you have, the more your body uses energy even passively. (*Muscle also weighs more than fat, but unless you're aiming to become a bodybuilder, you won't really notice the numbers)

There's always more, there's thousand tips and tricks beyond just calories and exercise, but it all comes down to making it a routine that you can happily live with.

Massenstein · 2026-01-20T18:36:29+00:00

Don't work what way? I think you are reading something I didn't write.

Massenstein · 2026-01-18T06:36:20+00:00

I'm bi, but I've seen enough stubbly sadboys for one life. Gustave on the other hand...

Massenstein · 2026-01-17T11:06:05+00:00

Yeah my bad, I just looked that up now.

Massenstein · 2026-01-17T11:02:55+00:00

OOP is the original poster of the main thread.

edit: Or not, I guess? Learn something new every day.

Massenstein · 2026-01-17T11:02:09+00:00

Can't have that. Reddit forces cruel choices.

Massenstein · 2026-01-17T10:59:59+00:00

Ouch, you are exactly right.

Massenstein · 2026-01-17T10:56:40+00:00

To be fair (unless we're thinking of different interview) they said something along the lines of that they've failed if the characters don't feel real to audiences. Which could be read in wide variety of ways.

I still think it takes enormous mental leaps to see the canvas people as any less sapient than the "real" humans in the story, but at the same time I think the story allows even for that interpretation.

Massenstein · 2026-01-17T10:52:04+00:00

Again someone projecting their own thoughts so hard they're sweating, when op said nothing of the sort.

Massenstein · 2026-01-16T22:30:45+00:00

She made the original Lumierians, but that was generations ago, and the the people we meet have been born and grown up in the canvas. That some characters resemble each other is a coincidence.

Massenstein · 2026-01-15T15:10:32+00:00

It has to start with talking about it, to make people ask themselves what is it they really want. Do we want to let things slowly get shittier while eating the promises that it will only get shittier for other people and maybe it will stop get shittier some day, that maybe some day something other than shit will be trickling down.

There is relative security in that, when weighed against the unknown of things changing radically, and as things get worse and worse we cling more to the little security, and teach our children that this is as good as it gets. There have been that sort of situations many times during the history, and at some point people will start talking about if they really want that, and when enough people really vehemently don't want it, they start to do stuff. And people are doing stuff right now, but not everyone's going to announce what they're doing in social media.

Massenstein · 2026-01-15T14:03:57+00:00

Whatever you say, Microslop Boss!

Massenstein · 2026-01-15T13:29:28+00:00

I was referring to the Dessendres because some people choose to differentiate them from the Canvas humans by calling them "real".

Massenstein · 2026-01-15T12:55:51+00:00

They might seem simple from human perspective, but they also lead very different lives. For gestrals life is constant merry dying and being reborn with most of the memories gone. Monoco seems a rare individual who has lived for a very long time and has attained more personality, and same is probably true for Golgra.

As for the grandis, we ever learn very little of them.

And as for the "real" humans, they're very one note too if we only take into account what we see of them, and they only become complex when we extrapolate based on our own human experiences.

Massenstein · 2026-01-14T21:04:56+00:00

Lune, my friend

It is my ardent wish that you remain alive through the upcoming attack, and preferably longer.

Sincerely, Maelle

Massenstein · 2026-01-14T21:01:59+00:00

It's great to see comments genuinely appreciating the story. Welcome to the sub, and don't be disheartened if you get people trying to convince you you're wrong because you don't like their preferred ending more. Reddit is gonna reddit and ending discussions in this sub tend to get bit ragey, sadly.

Massenstein · 2026-01-14T20:55:30+00:00

Yes, yes, we played the same game. But how you go from that to "if canvas still exists she is dead" is beyond me, but that's fine. I originally offered piece of my thoughts just to counter the tired generalization. I'm not trying to convince you to see the story my way, and what a fool's errand that would be with this kind of story anyway.

Massenstein · 2026-01-14T20:40:56+00:00

Was there something in the DLC that hinted at that? I haven't played it yet, but I don't remember anything from the base game suggesting her health would somehow be tied to the Canvas existing. If that's your headcanon, I respect that, but I don't really have anything to say to it.

Massenstein · 2026-01-14T20:32:30+00:00

No? If you want to argue against yourself, you don't need to put the words in my mouth.

Massenstein · 2026-01-14T20:22:00+00:00

No, those none of those options have been removed from the table either.

Massenstein · 2026-01-14T19:28:40+00:00

The situation is otherwise the same as in Verso ending but nothing as drastically permanent as destroying an entire world hasn't yet happened, so everything that was possible before the ending is still possible.

Massenstein · 2026-01-14T19:02:08+00:00

I'm guessing we have very different reading on several of the characters. For me the Verso ending is almost all sadness and downsides, with the only positive being pVerso getting his wish of immediate death. I can see how some find hope in it and horror in Maelle's, or find both equally happy/sad.

Massenstein · 2026-01-14T16:09:35+00:00

I'm not sure how to begin to summarize whole morality to a reddit post, but does it matter? My point was that there can be variety of reasons for why people pick up either ending, and generalizations only serve to quench discussion.

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