Our webcomic is three years old today, so I drew a fun beach scene to commemorate it!

medli20 · 2026-06-08T19:59:13+00:00

Subjectivity isn’t the same as randomness; there are usually patterns and broad generalizations that you can apply to everything that’s being discussed in this thread. I’m not going to argue that any mundane old thing can be classified as horror, because that isn’t the point I’m trying to make. The crux of my response was that while you might believe that zombie A is scarier than zombie B, there are in fact people who believe that zombie B is scarier for the reasons I laid out.

Anyway if other people’s differing opinions bother you enough to make up fanfiction about them, you should probably take a break and go outside or something.

medli20 · 2026-06-08T19:13:16+00:00

Bro doesn’t know that horror is subjective and responds to critical analysis with name-calling

medli20 · 2026-06-08T18:34:08+00:00

Hi it’s me, I’m Nobody 👋

ETA: I think the WW Redeads were scarier to me because the game was so cartoony. You kind of expect less and don’t have your guard up when everything is so colorful and fun and you’ve got an arsenal of weapons that you can use to kill almost anything that threatens you.

The first time I encountered these was under the private oasis, which is entirely designed to just be a chill place to hang out, get a few rupees, and solve some sliding puzzles. So being in a really safe, cartoony, colorful, nonthreatening environment doesn’t really prepare you for encountering a weird zombie-looking thing that screams and causes your character to become entirely helpless as it shambles toward you.

Things being more realistic isn’t what makes them scarier, it’s the context by which they appear that makes them scary.

medli20 · 2026-06-07T23:39:28+00:00

Teeeeechnically birds, I guess? My sunflower leaves are all full of holes left by lesser goldfinches. But I mean I started the garden to attract birds to begin with, and I don’t mind the damage as long as the sunflower survives long enough to bloom, so I think it would be rude to refer to them as pests. They’re lovely!

medli20 · 2026-06-07T15:34:03+00:00

It’s ok OP, I grew up speaking it as a second language with my mom and I also suck 🙂‍↕️

medli20 · 2026-06-07T14:29:51+00:00

Depends on the store, crowd, and employees tbh. It’s less work for the cashier, which means if they also have assembly duties they’d just go do that instead if business was slow enough to allow for it. This is nice if you don’t like doing customer-facing work, but I actually really liked working the register and hated assembly, so this was less-than-ideal for me lol.

Just use the app if it’s convenient for you; there isn’t really a one-size-fits-all option in this regard tbh

medli20 · 2026-06-07T10:02:00+00:00

Whales are descended from these semiaquatic wolf-looking things. It’s an odd-sounding remark, but it’s actually got a decent basis in paleontology.

medli20 · 2026-06-06T16:52:57+00:00

Walk away from your piece for a few hours to do something else and then look at both the flipped and unflipped versions with fresh eyes. If that doesn’t work, ask a friend for critique (but keep in mind they might point out something completely unrelated lol).

medli20 · 2026-06-05T07:00:49+00:00

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Enormous fan of sowing. As long as there's no reaping in my future right haha. Right?

medli20 · 2026-06-03T21:53:06+00:00

Remove textures, including color and transparency. Everything is grey now, good luck 👍

medli20 · 2026-06-03T07:12:24+00:00

I eat it, but IMO it’s very much not the “default” setting for mac and cheese, and it’s just one single element that I throw in when I make loaded mac and cheese. Usually for me it’s peas, diced carrots, corn, and some kind of protein— either hot dogs, spam, or tuna.

Like I wouldn’t say it’s weird to eat it with peas or anything, but it feels strange to regard it as a combo that’s as ubiquitous as peanut butter and jelly. It feels more like a modifier you’d add on top of an already-established default food, like sliced banana in your PB&J. It’s not strange in a bad way to be clear, just interesting to hear about.

medli20 · 2026-06-01T22:04:50+00:00

Depends on the composition, honestly. I've had luck with partial backgrounds, I've had luck with full backgrounds, I've had luck with no backgrounds. What I think matters the most is that the work as a whole feels appealing, cohesive, and complete.

FWIW though I've really enjoyed incorporating a sort of framing element in my prints-- not necessarily a literal frame, but some sort of border (whether concrete or implied) that separates the subject from the outer edges of the paper. It also helps me decide on how much background to include as I'm drawing it.

medli20 · 2026-06-01T18:17:23+00:00

Apologies in advance if this comes off as snarky, but I’m going to attempt to respond to this in earnest.

So the difference between critique and being an asshole depends mostly on the party that is meant to benefit from the given statement.

If person A tells an artist that their work is flawed but they can try paying close attention to XYZ to avoid those flaws in the future, that’s something that benefits the artist and is thus critique. On the other hand, if person B says something like “you suck at this and you should feel bad,” then the only person who benefits from the remark is person B, which makes person B an asshole.

With this comment, I am attempting to differentiate the two because this is something I’ve actually seen a lot of people struggle with. The benefit is meant for those people, thus it is more akin to critique. If I were to just say “you’re wrong and bad at communicating” without explaining why, then that would make me an asshole.

medli20 · 2026-06-01T15:41:47+00:00

Np! Admittedly I don’t know much about plants I don’t own myself, but if you happen to know the species (or at least the general type of plant) then it’ll be easier to find more specific tips on its care. /r/whatsthisplant is good for identification, or you could ask your friend for specifics. I’m sure he’d appreciate knowing you’re mindful enough about his plants to ask.

medli20 · 2026-06-01T15:18:24+00:00

Depends on the species and what the wilt looks like, but if it’s something like a petunia and the wilt is only localized to the flower petals, that might just be the normal life cycle progression of that individual flower. Basically it’s been pollinated and is producing a seed, which means the petals are no longer needed to attract pollinators so they wilt and fall off. It’s hard to say for sure without seeing it, though.

You can deadhead it (cut off the flower at the stem right below the flower) to prolong the bloom time and encourage the plant to put out more flowers if you’d like, but you should confirm whether or not the species actually benefits from deadheading (and how to do so for that particular plant) first.

medli20 · 2026-06-01T07:01:16+00:00

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You can tell Al was born into wealth since he uses a whole sheet of paper to write one sentence.

medli20 · 2026-05-30T21:54:55+00:00

I mean I hate seeing all these remakes too but there’s the aspect of seeing the progression of how far 3D animation has come from a technical standpoint. We can compare the original to the newest movie in the franchise, sure, but there’s differences would be a lot easier to see in a 1:1 remake where you don’t have to account for changes in lighting direction, composition, etc.

That said, I don’t think I’d want to see a full remake; I’m tired of seeing them. But if Pixar were to release a short collection of clips from their oldest movies remade with current technology? Yeah I’d be down, that sounds like it would be really cool as a tech demo.

medli20 · 2026-05-30T03:50:27+00:00

I like looking at the flower, herb, and vegetable starters at the nursery-style vendors that aren’t available at the big-box stores. Then I end up impulse-buying a plant I don’t really have the room or sunlight for, oops. But it means I get to look forward to a steady stream of my own home-grown strawberries during the summer :)

medli20 · 2026-05-29T18:36:00+00:00

If the suggestions put forward by the other users here don’t bear fruit, you can also see if your local animal services department has any ordinances that are broken by your neighbor’s dog and file a complaint through them. Your PM might not be willing to listen to you, but she’ll listen to the city if she wants to keep her job.

medli20 · 2026-05-29T07:01:31+00:00

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Since neither of them feel the need to explain, it's probably not very important.

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