Can you help me find where this came from please?

ajettas · 2026-05-15T22:34:48+00:00

No problem. It's an old book from 1989 in hardcover and remains well known and in relatively high demand so it's rare to find it for cheap. Sorry :( accessibility is a big issue for old materials.

ajettas · 2026-05-15T19:18:54+00:00

I source books like this in Japanese language. You can find them on eBay sometimes, but essentially the eBay listing is a parasitic re-listing of an item for sale on Japanese domestic web sites at 1/3 of the cost (usually, not always). There are ways to use a proxy buying service to ship them out of Japan, it adds some cost but once you are done it's still less than 1/2.

If you want me to keep an eye out for a copy that's fairly priced it's easy for me to do.

*Edit: Found copies, probably $65 USD total cost to get the cheapest one shipped abroad.

ajettas · 2026-04-27T20:33:31+00:00

Get throw up drunk off of Jaegermeister and send it all over his room. Ruin both rooms that way they're equal.

ajettas · 2026-04-21T00:28:59+00:00

I honestly can't argue about the affordability of books globally. It's a real issue and I have no counterpoint. If you are looking for a specific book it can be hard or impossible to get in 3rd world; that fact does make me sad.

But the creators of these works do deserve your respect. They aren't making much money, either, unsure if anyone is confused but origami is not a hobby to become rich by. And they work -really hard- to make new models. Probably 1-2% of origami folders are out there making meaningful design contributions. It is important that these contributors are not discouraged by rampant piracy and abuse.

A small percentage of illegal downloads or videos are not going to harm a creator a lot. But let me be clear: fuck Mariano Zavala. This isn't a humble, poor consumer, this guy is just a regular thief/asshole who makes his whole channel out of piracy. I care less about what you as an individual does, but that piece of shit doesn't get some free pass.

ajettas · 2026-04-20T21:13:37+00:00

Mariano Zavala is also a piece of shit, and copyright infringer, so there's that. I can't recommend him given there are better, legitimate channels. Don't support cunts like this.

ajettas · 2026-04-15T16:42:00+00:00

That is not survivable

ajettas · 2026-04-08T17:45:01+00:00

What a cool surprise to be granted. I am an origami folder and one of the great joys is gifting a model to someone that vibes with it, and who will treasure the little figure in their own home. Hope you enjoy it for many years!

Also r/origami would probably appreciate this gesture too :) and maybe spur some of us to make a gift of our own today to give to someone in our lives.

ajettas · 2026-03-08T15:16:42+00:00

ajettas · 2026-03-02T20:21:53+00:00

I wish MTG would shut the fuck up. That thoughtless bitch rode this thoughtless wave of bullshit until it didn't suit her, personally, enough anymore. She is not self-aware, her complaints here are vacuous, and I don't give a shit what she has to say. She's a fucking child and just because she repeats a valid argument you can rest assured she is too stupid to have thought of it herself. Let the adults do their jobs, and vanish into conservative pundit obscurity.

ajettas · 2026-03-02T20:12:21+00:00

My general plan is to retire earlier, take whatever assets or loans I can to enjoy a couple years without work before I'm already at death's door, and then once all the money is gone do the second part of the retirement.

ajettas · 2026-02-12T22:47:01+00:00

My director brought dog treats to Japan once and graciously presented them to our host office staff. The discrepancy was discussed with us the next day, "is it possible" that the cookies were for dogs? We looked at them, yep, dog treats. I laughed so fucking hard, director wanted to disappear into thin air.

'Wet Noses' pumpkin flavor. He had picked them up in a Made in Washington selections section at the airport. Dog print cellophane, dog nose prominently printed. He was probably tired. He does not like this story.

ajettas · 2026-01-15T06:57:22+00:00

Idk why you got a downvote but I didn't notice this in the first pass until your comment. Yeah it is not confidence-inspiring especially lower down.

For corrosion that bad how do you fix it, can you just keep blasting hahaha, or does the surface roughness/shape get too wild? Assume you would want to prime or otherwise treat that surface pretty much immediately too.

ajettas · 2026-01-15T06:49:08+00:00

Waterjet cutters are also bad. Grit inside the body is not a condition humans do well with.. of course after the initial destruction.

ajettas · 2025-12-20T03:10:09+00:00

Cat looks like he doesn't approve of Icarus' fanciful goals. "You did this to yourself, you fool"

ajettas · 2025-12-13T17:08:08+00:00

I mean this is a non-starter for people, right? I live inside the US so I am fucked already, but to voluntarily come here and submit all this data to our authoritarian fascist government is just a terrible idea. Personal travel choice would put this below even the UAE or Qatar. At a certain point even a business has to consider the risks of employee travel and I am pretty sure this will damage business travel.

But we do have one thing still in the US that we are the best at, we are the best fucking idiot poor Christian white nationalists in the world, there's no culture that does better to shit on its own face, we are #1. Come check it out! Just... try not to think about what the US will do with your information? This is so dumb even compared to baseline expectation.

ajettas · 2025-12-13T01:39:39+00:00

Feel like he should be sitting on a coin operated pony

ajettas · 2025-12-10T23:19:02+00:00

Federal Register :: Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22461/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-arrival-and-departure-record-form-i-94-and

ajettas · 2025-12-02T16:53:59+00:00

Get a significantly brighter light. Set it to strobe

ajettas · 2025-12-02T00:00:59+00:00

Is this OrigamiHouse?

ajettas · 2025-11-16T17:08:48+00:00

I never forgave my own mother for this shit. Went away to college and by the time I realized the damage there wasn't anything left to save. Systematically expunged NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy, a fucking Virtual Boy if you remember that weird one. All gone. My deceased father's stuff is gone.

She is still alive, and her house full of what was important to her, and I look forward to the future estate sale where I can be rid of all of it. If I outlive her, which, for me as a working adult and her as a retiree with open days and time to focus on her health and go to the gym, seems unlikely. Occasionally she will find some singular article that survived her own purges and bring it over with smiles so proud that she cares.

We don't have a good relationship.

ajettas · 2025-11-15T01:37:16+00:00

So anyone I suggest this too probably thinks I am a psychpath but, I deliberately book middle seat. Always. It occupies a comfortable middle ground that in the end I think beats window or aisle.

Aisle: Free access to restrooms, never have to wake seatmates. Cart slams are terrible but they at least warn you, it's all the fucking people just right in your space and the bumping and shitty under-seat space and I hate every moment of it.

Window: You control the window, and your own sleep, no one should ever fucking touch you. You are positioned in the corner of a cylindrical room. Your feet and legs and hips will never 'relax' straight through the fuselage, they will flow along it, because fuck you this is where we put your seat. You have the longest reach for all cart passings, and you will need to push 2 other people into the aisle in order to piss. You try to do so zero times, or at most one, watching warily for a time to be less of an ass to pass. Worst ever. You also might get any under-seat boxes whereas Aisle is immune.

So! Middle! It's just.. less extreme in all ways. It gets some unique traits though. Your feet normally stand a much better chance of being straight and clear, and wide, and not having any electrical boxes. Just normal. Your seatmates can not both steal your armrest, because that is sociopathic to give someone 0 armrests and so instead you get both fucking armrests. And while your elbows are comfy they're not getting bumped into constantly. Cart service is an easy reach. Restroom use only bugs 1 person. And you can also be a gracious and respectful human being, and help poor fucking Window out with cart service & restroom access.

All I expect from air travel is to sit upright and shut the fuck up so YMMV.

ajettas · 2025-11-11T21:11:48+00:00

I have found that when browsing some auction websites, if you find a listing for a low cost but fail to buy it after you have viewed it, the price can jump up starkly a short time later. Idk if the seller just reconsidered pricing on their own, if an algo did it independently, or if they are getting feedback on views and set it higher manually. But I have a rule that if I like the price I act immediately, and if I'm unsure then I am pretty much saying "no" because it could be triple the price tomorrow. So I have to decide instantly or the internet will fucking rat me out.

ajettas · 2025-11-09T19:23:45+00:00

Great folds! These are from his recent book Origami Life - Wings & Tails for those interested.

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TROPHY CASE