As a child, I wanted to be a zoologist.

Later during my teens I wanted to be an artist. And I did.

I pursued the arts for a very long time. Started as a silversmith while I was still in my teens, a career that lasted about 15 years give or take. Meanwhile I kept studying arts. I managed to get some illustrations published but it wasn’t a lot. As my silversmith era was ending, I got into 3D design/VFX. I managed to work for a small studio for two years. Best job in my whole life, unfortunately it ended too roughly with a mix of industry collapse, burnout and personal relationship problems all entangled.

That was a couple years ago and in spite of my best efforts I couldn’t get a job in 3D ever again. This in turn drove me into depression, of which I’m crawling out of, currently holding a job in retail ( I jumped from one retail place to another until I found a decent work environment) but unfortunately my creative side is not giving any signs of life. The current AI debacle adds insult to injury, discouraging sharing new work at all if I had anything substantial to produce.

It’s shit. But it used to be great. I wonder if there’s something of Phoenix in me or if I’m just a pile of ashes. Only time will tell but the years keep piling up and things don’t improve.

That’s too true, thanks for the reminder

I’m still on Baldurs Gate 3 and loving it

Good for hygiene, but, are you expecting someone to force you down the toilet anytime soon?

Shame you’ve already blasted music and you are pretty certain he’s feeling it. I would have slipped a note under his door asking him to at least get a mat or something to cushion the weights falling

I’m here to say Jasmine /Jazmín in English and Spanish, because I haven’t seen it mentioned yet

Yassss!

This could be a showerthought, instead the showerthought community is swamped with stuff that are not showerthoughts.

Do the marie kondo thing and if it doesn’t spark joy let it go. At least one of you two will be grateful in the long run.

You need motivation? Think of how much you would save over a year. Because it is an ongoing expense. At the moment you are spending $1320 dollars every year if my math is right. Judging from most comments here, prepaid plans are around $30 a month or so, that’s a massive difference! What would you do with $900 to spare? Also most carriers let you keep your number, right? So what’s to lose?

I’m not reading this wall of text but if I understand your introduction to it- are you pasting someone’s journal entry for everyone to read??? Even after admitting that reading that for yourself was wrong? Can’t you summarize the gist of it if there is something you really really need to discuss instead of copying it verbatim?

Far out

Hello. Lemmy is known for having a tech savvy userbase, not so much dabblers in the occult arts. Please don’t let that dissuade you - I would be searching for a community with an occult bent first. Try any of the find-a-community communities and see where people point you towards.

Having said that, yes I do like the occults even though I can’t say I take them seriously like I did in my youth. Traditionally the suit you would be looking for is the swords for the sciences, since the swords are associated with the domain of the mind, judgement, truth, thoughts, etc.

Edit: try !findacommunity@lemmy.ml

… not sure if there are other community finders outside of .ml but that should get you started

I love how you get a warning at 2GB

That’s a typo, right ? Six gigabytes for a hundred and ten dollars? I’m sure I’ve seen better deals from others in the US in this post. Sounds rough!

Nice. That sounds like an affordable deal.

I’m impressed at the wild variety of responses here, and also that so many don’t seem to mind paying for something they don’t use.

Wait, what?

Maybe whoever commissioned the artwork asked for a “scalloped design on the border” and the artist took it too literally Love it though

An appraiser will definitely be more familiar with things such as how horns age, and would be able to see the item first hand. It’s a nice horn but yes there isn’t anything too outstanding about it. Glad I could share something interesting about it, sorry it’s not really much.

I second the comment about the hallmarks being crucial to id the maker.

I’ve been a silversmith by trade for years though, so there are a few things I can tell you about the materials used.

This looks rather modern to me. The soldering looks made with an electric welder/electric soldering iron, as opposed to any fire/torch methods. I’m not familiar with soldering with welders so I’ll leave it to others to confirm. However, if true then you can start estimating the maximum age for it. I’d be surprised if it was over a hundred years old.

Next is the decor. The patterns are made with punching tools, also called chisels sometimes. It’s not a particularly elaborate or sophisticated pattern or execution of technique so whoever did this wasn’t working under any big name smiths. It gives off the feel of a hobby or quickly made artisan’s craft. It’s neat an the result looks good but it’s not sophisticated at all. Going back to the chisels used, these also feel relatively new to me. The round punches are too perfect but don’t seem to have been hammered repeatedly, which means the round tool used was probably made with a bur on a drill, just like I’ve made mine. If it were something really old the punches would be showing more signs of imperfections especially since whoever made this only hammered once or twice each punch, not enough to cover up anything. Since the marks are too round and perfect, I take it as another sign of being relatively new.

My two cents

Edit: i see your update about the Norwegian listing from 1950 and I say 1950 sounds credible enough. Yours looks recently burnished though, making it look even newer but that could have been done just before the auction.

Hello, woman here. I wouldn’t chalk it first hand to child like features. As long as you don’t have an elbow growing from your forehead, and as long as you bathe regularly you should be alright physically. You get a pass so to speak. By all means keep doing whatever you feel is the right thing to do about your looks, but don’t put all the energy there.

I’d say it’s more your attitude, since you mention being socially awkward. I speak as someone who faced similar woes to yours, with the aggravant of being told to be attractive.

If you keep to yourself most people will let you be and not bother you. Guys will hit on girls they can talk to and feel comfortable talking to.

My suggestion would be join a group or activity that you enjoy. Bonus points if it is a group activity, but don’t let this restrict your options. This gives you access to people with similar interests, which already breaks down the ice, and also gives you something to talk about yourself if you meet people elsewhere. It’s helpful when socializing if you have something other than work and study in your life, like a hobby or a passion.