Thread "Happy 2020! General Discussion Thread" in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 8:01AM, Jan. 1, 2020

It's 2020! We're officially starting a decade that has a rep of being roaring :D

Here is your new general thread everyone!

Hope New Year's is great for y'all!

Link to last year's: https://next.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/177832/?page=25

Posted at 8:01AM, Jan. 1, 2020

I'm all for bringing back the Charleston, flappers, jalopies, moxie and 23 skidoo.

But as someone asked, does this mean a Greater Depression in nine years and a World War ten years after that?

Posted at 2:01PM, Jan. 1, 2020

bravo1102 wrote:
I'm all for bringing back the Charleston, flappers, jalopies, moxie and 23 skidoo.

But as someone asked, does this mean a Greater Depression in nine years and a World War ten years after that?

We already had a Great Recession globally. So probably Great Recession II and maybe WWIII?

Posted at 3:01PM, Jan. 1, 2020

I enjoy a cocktail or two and I'm currently learning I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1922) on banjolele, so it's full on twenties in my kitchen. People are somewhat polarised right now, so WWlll would be a great way to bring us all back together - if there's anybody left that is.

Posted at 7:01PM, Jan. 1, 2020

Happy 2020, Ducks!!

I spent the new year streaming videos until my device went below 10% battery.

Posted at 7:01PM, Jan. 1, 2020

Happy New Year! May the roaring 2020's be good to us all!

Posted at 10:01PM, Jan. 1, 2020

Happy 2020 fellow ducks!! I hope this year is your year!! <3 :)
Anyone have any plans they wanna do this year?
Resolutions or maybe just a trip you're planning?
Maybe something with your comic?

I hope this year I'll finish Scarred Eden's 2nd volume and start the 3rd and I'm attempting to seek a better/healthier lifestyle and just enjoy myself. Also hoping this year I'll finally find a job as a colorist T-T

Posted at 3:01AM, Jan. 4, 2020

Spent new years dancing at a gay nightclub with a lady-friend, as you do.
It was ok :)
Walking around the streets the next day watching all the poor drink and drug addled sods trying to get home was pretty amusing though XD

I don't drink much these days, for fear of migraines, so I get to do a lot of observing!

-Nightclubs have never really been my thing, but at least the gay ones tend to have a nicer, less aggressive, more accepting, and more fun vibe.

Posted at 11:01PM, Jan. 4, 2020

ozoneocean wrote:
Spent new years dancing at a gay nightclub with a lady-friend, as you do.
It was ok :)
-Nightclubs have never really been my thing, but at least the gay ones tend to have a nicer, less aggressive, more accepting, and more fun vibe.

Obviously I've missed out ! B-) Literally just came from the latest Simply Sarah page on here and that's where they are…
I did used to go to a small, friendly disco/club (I don't even remember the name of), after shift work evenings, with early finishes, before I left Cardiff to come to Qld. Some young guy there had won a dance comp- prize being a flight/accommodation and free week entry into Studio 54,N.Y.(that dates it ) It had all sorts there, but not like the New Moon Club, which was our little city's 'club weirdo', including lots of trans folk. I went there twice - already well inebriated, both times. /nostalgia off. B-)

Posted at 6:01AM, Jan. 5, 2020

-Nightclubs have never really been my thing, but at least the gay ones tend to have a nicer, less aggressive, more accepting, and more fun vibe.

It's only now I realise how lucky I was growing up in a boring midlands town, to have one the the best clubs in the country, The Blue Note. The manager had amazing and diverse taste in music, which meant diverse regulars and the drink/cop off crowd avoided the place like the plague. They had amazing bands from all over the globe too, yet it was tiny!

Sadly it was taken over by some guy determined to turn it into another cattle market, but the manager bought a disused print works down the road and turned it into a similar venue which kept going until after I left town, so we were very spoiled! I never found another place quite like it.

e: Couldn't find too much from the old Blue Note on YouTube, too long ago, but Robert Plant did record a live set of Rock'n'roll tunes there.

Posted at 6:01AM, Jan. 5, 2020

I worked nights and weekends so I never went clubbing. Social anxiety didn't help. No one knew about those things back then, so I just thought I avoided crowds because I was shy.

I finally got to go when I was home on crutches after an injury. A few other other times I'd go out for a walk because I couldn't breathe.

Posted at 6:01AM, Jan. 11, 2020

Happy New Year! You can still say that up to – how much later? I guess April might be pushing it.

It seems to me I'm in a prolonged state of distraction. We moved out of state and into a house that had been under renovation for 15 months. We've been in for a month and a half, and there's still a lot to do. Like building the garage. All the garage stuff is in our hallway, kitchen, mudroom … I'd stick some of it in closets, except the closets aren't done either.

I've been trying to get the must-do's done. For example, I now have my PA driver's license. But unpacking stuff is very nostalgic business for me. Packing = put it in a box. Unpacking is an unveiling.

So I came here and wanted to say hi to y'all (HI!) but when I hit "Log in" I got a forbidden 403. Initially. The third try did the trick. Thank heavens. My grasp on the present is tenuous, my future unknown; I need my past!

Speaking of past, I don't think I've ever been to a club. More than anything, I think it just seemed very pricey for what I'd be getting, but there's also the nerd factor.

I remember in high school when I went to an "open house" (kids took over a house when the parents were gone). A girl I knew from gym class (years earlier we had both been in a girl scout troop together) spotted me and laughed out loud.

"Gawd! I knew this party was dead, but when Dee shows up . . . oh, GAWD"

She was pretty smashed, but -as you can tell- that scene has replayed in my mind over and over. I could imagine a sequel should I ever go to a club – if they let me in to begin with. So no night clubs for me.

But I do need to join something here. Smiling at strangers in the grocery store isn't cutting it. This is when I realize there's a shyness ingredient added to the mix. Maybe it could become the basis of a new comic: "Joiner," what happens when a newbie tries to fit in to different groups. Ha!

Posted at 11:01PM, Jan. 12, 2020

ayesinback wrote:
I remember in high school when I went to an “open house” (kids took over a house when the parents were gone). A girl I knew from gym class (years earlier we had both been in a girl scout troop together) spotted me and laughed out loud.

“Gawd! I knew this party was dead, but when Dee shows up . . . oh, GAWD”

Whaaaaaaat a bitch O_O

Honestly, clubs aren't my thing either, even going out for a drink at the pub or a bar has never been my thing, buttttt all my friends have always socialised by going to bars so I had to learn to live with it.
As for clubs, the women I tend to date tend to LOVE clubbing and dancing, so I adapt.

Posted at 4:01PM, Jan. 13, 2020

ozoneocean wrote:

Whaaaaaaat a bitch O_O

I always thought so.

I have nothing against clubbers; seems like they're having a good time without hurting anyone, for the most part.
But me, more often than not I'm sitting at home, soaking up Netflix or Amazon Prime. I figure if I'm ever waylaid in a dark alley, you know, "Give me a synopsis of The Legend of White Snake, or your life," I should be okay.

Posted at 3:01AM, Jan. 14, 2020

Well there are good clubs and bad! While I was enjoying the great music and friendly atmosphere at the Blue Note, this video was being filmed two streets away in The Pink Coconut.

Posted at 3:01AM, Jan. 15, 2020

After a massive internet implosion, I return!

Posted at 10:01AM, Jan. 15, 2020

Tantz_Aerine wrote:
After a massive internet implosion, I return!

HIYA!!!!!! I HAS RETURN. *creepily looks at golden ring*

Posted at 5:01PM, Jan. 15, 2020

And that makes three returnees, which makes it a thing. A club … ?

Posted at 7:01PM, Jan. 15, 2020

ayesinback wrote:
And that makes three returnees, which makes it a thing. A club … ?

Hiya! How are you?

Posted at 12:01AM, Jan. 16, 2020

Humans are resilient organisms. Doing them harm makes them stronger. It is your duty and your gift as an artist to do as much harm as you possibly can.

Posted at 9:01AM, Jan. 16, 2020

Call Me Tom wrote:
It's annoying that I keep feeling the need to create comics

Not to me. I miss you when I don't see any pages from you.

Posted at 6:01PM, Jan. 16, 2020

El Cid wrote:
It is your duty and your gift as an artist to do as much harm as you possibly can.

I second this. If you're not offending anyone, you're not saying very much at all.

Posted at 1:01AM, Jan. 17, 2020

Remember offense is never given. It is only ever taken.

No one can hurt you emotionally if you refuse to accept the hurt intended.

If only someone had told me that fifty years ago. 🙄

Posted at 1:01AM, Jan. 17, 2020

Call Me Tom wrote:
It's annoying that I keep feeling the need to create comics when I know that I shouldn't since they always cause harm to others! It's like I'm made just to hurt others, but care to much not to.

We've been over this Tom. Stop doing this to yourself and especially stop posting such self-flagellating and wrong things about you and your art. Seriously, STOP IT. This is the last time I'm allowing a post of yours with content like this. Anywhere I see it I'll be deleting it. It's not good for your psychological state and it's not a nice thing to see.

Post something POSITIVE about your work. I DARE YOU.

Posted at 4:01AM, Jan. 17, 2020

I'm sorry you choose to leave rather than allow this community to help you. If you change your mind, I'll be looking forward to your first post that's positive about yourself and your work. See you.