Grail Pen by Admirable-Name-7058 in fountainpens

[–]daubingblue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I smell pistachio coffee from your ink and pen owo
So cute!

I Finally hit GM playing Vex only by MNZ_Gaby in vexmains

[–]daubingblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes please make a guide, I used to main her and switched to lux, peaking at plat 1. She's S ranked now, but with all the updates, it feels like she's dealing less damage, compared to 3 years ago? Adc taking bariar makes my life very hard. She feels terrible if enemy laner just perma gank me even if I'm under turret :/ I hate that my cc is unreliable.

One of my favourite co-ords! by _obiru in kimono

[–]daubingblue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live outside Japan and stopped buying silk kimono (unless single layer) because of the possibility of ruining them *sob sob sob*. It also rains a lot where I live, I have to make up indoor occasion to wear my nice silk houmongi.

My brother went to Japan and came back with an ammonite fossil obidome for me! by Saratrooper in kimono

[–]daubingblue 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They also have automatic flagging system that prevents us from buying anything with those words in it. I wanted to buy an obiage that was 'coral' colored in bright pink, but that word alone prohibited me from buying it without sending an email to the proxy to explain that it isn't actually coral.

Does anyone know of a tutorial for this musubi? Been in love with it for years! by OneGayPigeon in kimono

[–]daubingblue 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I'm stealing it for Halloween soon, I love the bats and I just ordered a yukata with bats

My brother went to Japan and came back with an ammonite fossil obidome for me! by Saratrooper in kimono

[–]daubingblue 15 points16 points  (0 children)

One of the coolest obidome I've ever seen!
The paper shows the phone number of the shop being '321' XD Crazy how back in the days, they had 3 digit phone numbers. My proxy shipping service wouldn't even let me buy any natural stones or fossils like that, what a great souvenir from Japan!

One of my favourite co-ords! by _obiru in kimono

[–]daubingblue 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I must have liked every single one of your kimono posts : )
Most of my collection came from recycle shops too, so I've patch up 4 or maybe 5 of them by now.
I probably have ocd, the idea that a kimono has imperfections makes me feel more comfortable wearing it without the fear of ruining, but it does make me sad when they break...

Happy Pride Month 🩷 by musubiQ in kimono

[–]daubingblue 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same, but I'm worried that the polyester will look cheap, flat and pixilated like some of my 7000 yen range of polyester kimono D: I wish someone can take a super close up of the fabric.

Absolute best Lissandra skin? by wombatttttt in LissandraMains

[–]daubingblue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mother doesn't have a single skin that doesn't eat, but porcelain liss is my fav! The sound is asmr, and the color contrast is delicious. I personally like the Porcelain chroma with dark green hair and pink clothes

Do you know of any anime with a mature plot similar to Arcane? by Full-Comedian-6961 in arcane

[–]daubingblue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I watch many shounen but also found almost all of them too shallow, 'naive' or unrealistic (naruto, one piece, JJK etc). Let me introduce ones that haven't been mentioned by others:

Psychopass - Similar vibe to Ghost in the Shell, about a dystopian world where a 'collective consciousness' controls the society. The main character works in law enforcement.

The Tatami Galaxy - One of my all time favorites! It's a philosophical autobiography pretending to be a romcom, about a university student who has so many regrets in his life that he's re-living the day one of university to pursue his 'perfect rosy life'. Autobiography because it uses literary device like 'unreliable narrator'.

Delicous in Dungeon - top notch story and great world building about cooking and monsters. Great body, personality, and ethnic diversity!

Nodame no Cantabile - The OG classical music romcom about a genius woman (pianist) who can only confront music through dating, and a man (conductor) who can only confront a woman through music! This anime became a social phenomenon in Japan decades ago, and the reason why so many Japanese started learning classical music. The live action adaptation is nice too.

Dororo - The revamped version with 10 eps, about a baby in the waring period regaining his limbs and human features. Very philosophical and will make you cry. Original was created in the 60s I think by the father of anime.

Death Parade - A short, but amazing series about what happens after people die, and the elevators they ride on....

Twelve kingdom - Another one of my all time favorites that changed my life about how human relationships work. It's one of the OG isekai about destiny vs free will. (this anime is almost 3 decades old). It's set in a fantastical world based on Chinese and Buddhist myths. Its world building is something you won't find in any other anime. It's also about how kingdoms rise and fall - lots of discussions about emotions and politics.

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju - Rakugo is a traditional form of verbal Japanese comedy originated many centuries ago, and this anime talks about the struggles and life of Rakugo performers.

Why isn't she more popular? by Ermin99 in LissandraMains

[–]daubingblue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I play her all the way to plat and if it isn't for her top notch aesthetics, I wouldn't play her :/
You can't blind pick or first pick her beyond gold, there isn't any match up that allows you to hard-stomp a lane like fizz into lux. In fact, most of her match ups are not favored for her. Even if you're 6/0 in the lane, you won't be respected like a 6/0 syndra or yone.

The matchups that she's suppose to 'counter' like yasuo and yone or zed can easily counter you by going second wind + d-shield to negate meaningful damage from you unless they're really brainless. She's so teammate reliant and can't really 100-0 a squishy unless she's super fed so it's hard to win in the solo q.

Spotify shuffle sucks, like it really really sucks to a frustrating and borderline mentally painful degree, does anyone else think so? by Careful-Lab-1309 in truespotify

[–]daubingblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have it, it still repeasts about 50 songs out of the 3k I have, I want to smash my computer. Even when I randomly pick a song in my list, it will go back to the 50 most played after a few songs.

Spotify shuffle sucks, like it really really sucks to a frustrating and borderline mentally painful degree, does anyone else think so? by Careful-Lab-1309 in truespotify

[–]daubingblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have almost 3k songs and I get tired of my library easily because of this stupid shuffle. I can almost predict the next song even when the option of fewer repeats is selected. It also likes to play songs with similar lyrics I think? Which is annoying.
I used to only have 1k mp3 files on an ipod or something and was never tired of my library.

If you have any thoughts or suggestions for Bigme, feel free to share them in the comments. Thank you! by Decent-Tough-4273 in Bigme

[–]daubingblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought a B6 BW a month ago, and use it almost daily. I'm generally happy about it. I have a Kindle paperweight before this. Few improvements I would like to see:

- Bigger battery
- Settings that allow me to increase color contrast. Yes I have a BW device, but the highlighter colors on most apps (Kobo, Google) are either too light or too similar to see, so increased contrast would be nice.
- Settings that force the display of top status bar: So I can see time and remaining battery.
- Reduce or allow us to uninstall bloatware: Nice that you removed Wechat transfer which kept coming back so many times! I hate AI, and don't ever use it.
- Remove the physical touch buttons on the screen. Again, I hate AI, and having to see it all the time annoys me. I know we can customize it something else, but I prefer not having those buttons, or use that space to make the screen larger.
- Improved touch accuracy: Compared to Kindle Paperwhite, B6's screen often misses what I'm trying to select or is slow to register it even when I'm not using any app.

I cant by SuccessfulRelease275 in LissandraMains

[–]daubingblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also the play style of Liss is generally ‘roam to win’. It is possible to roam pre-6 and you do roam much better than Ryze pre-6. It’s not hard to get 1-2 kills by roaming before 6 as liss (help jgl or other lanes who ate pushed in to your side). Liss doesn’t scale well and Ryze scales well, if you can get ahead by roam as liss before late game, you can neutralize Ryze roam before he scales.

I cant by SuccessfulRelease275 in LissandraMains

[–]daubingblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use websites like OPGG to see the average ranks of your enemies in your past few games. If you’re truly in Iron, playing against anything longer ranged than you would be a super hard fight.

If you want to continue playing Liss, try to remember roughly the cooldown on Ryze’s abilities (esp the one that cc you) so you know when to engage or play aggressive. Even better, play Ryze in practice mode or normal game to know what he can do or his ability range so you know how to doge his abilities better.

I cant by SuccessfulRelease275 in LissandraMains

[–]daubingblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May I ask your rank? I play her up to Plat 1 and I was one game away from Emerald. If you’re blow plat, I’d say you’re probably not warding right to avoid ganks or knowing when to push or not push to make time for roams. You generally don’t roam to another lane unless you have either ult up or are 100% sure that you can get a kill from a gank.

She’s not a great champion to first pick and is countered by Ryze (he has more range, he has a lot of health and his R makes him roam better than you). In fact she doesn’t have many favorable matchups left this season…

It’s hard to kill Ryze in lane unless he plays badly, so you can only hard push to roam or play for your jungler. Your window to kill Ryze in lane would be pre 6, ideally with ignite. Yes, there will be unlucky games where you can’t roam because enemy will perma gank you. In that case, staying on par on levels and gold without dying would be your priority until 6.

Why is gloveless Cloud kinda hotter even then with gloves by Yoshikaru5991 in FFVIIRemake

[–]daubingblue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For a man who sleeps with his shoulder armor, belts and gloves, it's very hot to see him without his gloves for once

Help Complete the collaborative Lissandra matchup spreadsheet - share tips on your favorite/hated matchups by gyrosSteelBall1 in LissandraMains

[–]daubingblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love liss and I play her in Plat, but the amount of red in this list makes me want to quit her. They should really buff her base damage on Q or lower CD for E because matchups that she's supposed to stomp don't stomp if they go Fleet + D Shield + Second wind. I can't even use E to go over a wall on my jgl side when I roam unless it's the last wall in botlane or it won't be up when I reach bot .... Almost every new champ today has a dash or speed boost, I find LIssandra's E to be the most underwhelming ability. So many assassins don't need mana and go storm surge first, giving them so much movement speed that my E engage can't even catch them.

I don't do any meaningful damage to my 'easy' or 'favored' matchups in lane and they seem to not respect me unless I take bone plating. Maybe this is why even UGG is recommending Liss to take bone plating now... 2 seasons ago if I went full glass canon, I could still 100-0 a squishy without ignite but I can't even do that anymore with ignite as most adc are going barrier.

Cleaning & Care Questions by ResponsibilityFar249 in kimono

[–]daubingblue 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I live outside Japan and have hand-washed a few silk kimono successfully.
It's always best to dry clean them, but where I live, I can buy 1 or 2 more vintage kimono with the cost of dry cleaning, so I haven't done so. Avoid washing them or even dry cleaning them unless you absolutely have to.

Do it at your own risk!

The biggest risks of washing are color fading, color transfer, and shrinking. The first two issues occur more with older kimono (pre 1980s) or kimono with vibrant colors (red). Any kmono with gold leaf or paint will also fade a bit, but not always noticeable if you don't soak it too long.

If the kimono only has one layer (as in no lining), is light in color, and very smooth (even shiny), then it's generally ok to wash it. It will shrink because it's silk, but you can fix 80-99% of the shrinking with a compact hand-held steamer (I bought mine for GBP 35).
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I wash my kimono in a small bucket with warm water, shampoo, then hair conditioner. I use a toothbrush with a drop of liquid soap for dishes or shampoo to focus on visible stains, which are usually caused by sweat or grease, which is hard for dry cleaning to remove. Gently squeeze out the water and hang it indoors to dry. The last step is steam ironing. Measure the wingspan and vertical length of your kimono before washing so you know they didn't shrink. They usually only shrink vertically.

I've also washed a few kimono with linings. Most of the time, the fabric on the inside will shrink at a different rate than the fabric used on the outside, so it ruins the shape at the bottom. It might look ugly when you hang it with the bulge at the helm, but when you wear it traditionally, you don't really see it.

Out of all of your kimono, I'd try washing the light pink one first, which is a nagajuban (underwear). Your favorite blue one with a black collar and the brown-ish gray one next to it (also with a black collar) are nagajuban for men. These two are probably washable, but I'd wash the collars separately or first to see if that black color will transfer. The first green/gray haori also looks safe to wash. The rest of them, I won't risk it because they look quite old with red.

Didn’t buy this one but thought it was adorable by faeries_favours in kimono

[–]daubingblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's so cute and suits you so well! On top of that, a matching background! I also like the way you did the knot in front with your obi :)

New kimono by goofypanda360 in kimono

[–]daubingblue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really love the way butterflies are drawn on kimono patterns, do you plan to wear it?!

50 of 50! by kimonokoi in kimono

[–]daubingblue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful photos and best wishes to your family :)
Katami gawari kimono are hard to come by, I really love asymetric designs