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  • For some reason because of your profile picture's snowy background, my eyes briefly deceived me to think the background was from the fifth AA: Trials and Tribulations case
    Waluigi Time
    Waluigi Time
    that's not snow that's mail truck
    Nate Jacobs
    Nate Jacobs
    The artstyle looked like snow tho. My visual processing really sucks today ☠

    Maybe thats because of the annoyance of the teacher flip-flopping on saying quizzes are open notes vs closed notes
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    Grumman LLV certified best vehicle of all time.
    Redshift said:
    "But I don't like seeing dogs get hurt to a greater extent than any animals so I can see where that's coming from"

    That's not the reason, I actually hate dogs.
    why do you hate dogs they're so cute (xept pugs)
    Lin Beifong
    Lin Beifong
    I am very aware of the danger and ferocity of dogs that are not properly handled and don't have their roaming space properly allocated. My second cat was mauled... that word is insufficient in describing what happened... essentially torn apart and spread over the sidewalk in chunks by a roaming band of huskies because their negligent owners regularly forgot to feed them and were too abysmally stupid to provide them an adequate pen that they couldn't jump out of.

    The idiocy and incompetence of humans is boundless and infinite. It's taken me a lot of time to stop looking at huskies as soulless murder automatons, but I know today at whose feet the real blame is to lay.
    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    I bet the owners of those dogs were like "oh that's SO UNLIKE them". Hope once their souls see Cerberus, Hades is just gonna say, "don't worry he won't bite" over and over in hell.
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    sorry for the late response fresh out of route 1 but saying "don't blame the dog blame the owner" can only take you so far when nearly every single house on the street in a route I did has a dog attacking the fence whenever I just simply walk by the house and snapping esp near where the mailbox is. Like every single house that has a dog (which is a lot). Some has multiple dogs. This route has an atrocious reputation at my office and it is primarily because of an overabundance of dogs (the neighborhood itself is very bad too but it's not like the people who live there have much choice). For me, it's just easier to say yes this is a dog problem too than to blame every single owner on the route that keeps a dog. dogs directly affect my safety and it's extremely hard to think "they're only just protecting their territory" or "they aren't properly trained" when they prevent me from doing my job safely. Yes I get smug whenever I refuse to deliver a package because of a dog near the box but it's very tiring to try to safely do this for multiple houses.

    I do like the curious dogs though, the ones that approach you and try to smell you but those are extremely rare. Like if I were to do a route, there would be only one of those dogs max, out of like 25 swings.

    I also like the idea of tying a brick to the mail and throwing it into their window when their dog impedes my safety. If I can do that legally I will. It would be better if they ordered something small and heavy too. Even better if it was off Amazon. scan it delivered front porch. Mail would be safe and secure that way too.
    I slept at 8 pm last night what did I miss
    MightyMario
    MightyMario
    Ray Trace tried shooting off fireworks but Dark Light told him no, so he went to a New Years party instead
    Peachette
    Peachette
    Someone in green overalls strapped Wario to fireworks and blasted him at the New Year's Ball for it to drop right on time.
    Day 3 of Covid.

    Well I got PCR results back and what do they tell me? Well I tested positive. So like, almost certain I have Covid. I think I'm making progress though, but I still feel a bit sick. Still working on getting a doctor's note for me missing work.
    Day 2 of Covid

    Brain fog is still around, still a bit lethargic, small amounts of chest pain, driving abililty impeded (I drove to get a PCR test), but I guess just slightly better? Still not enough to get back working in the post office.
    Well it finally happened.

    Did a self home test, tested positive for covid, twice.

    Suspected I have some sort of illness because I got headaches, cough, tightness of chest, runny nose, and lethargic, though some of the symptoms such as lethargy and muscle pain are from the job.

    Going to see a doctor to get some sort of note but yeah the sickness is pretty mild right now thankfully.
    You know the main reason Parakarry is considered to be the slowest mailman around? It's not because he's incompetent or clumsy, it's because of his route. His route is so beastly, it takes him through the entire godforsaken Mushroom Kingdom all the way out into that bloody desert at the very least. Not only does he personally have to fly through like treacherous terrain all by himself, but he has to CASE every single mail he gets in proper order and put every single piece of mail Mushroom Kingdom gets into that satch of his. He doesn't drop mail because he's clumsy, he drops them because he has to carry a ridiculous volume of them all by himself, any competent carrier will probably end up losing mail too if they had to deliver through harsh deserts and frigid snow.

    Parakarry doesn't even technically wear his satch right since that's not enough time for him to take it off and protect himself against Chain Chomps and Poochy unless he has pepper spray for them but we'll let that slide because he has wings and he can simply fly away.

    Oh by the way, he probably has to fill out a ludicrous PS 3996 form for his overtime, though I think the Postmaster is willing to accept "Bowser invaded kingdom and kidnapped the Princess and I must help Mario out" as a valid reason. Still, Parakarry isn't wearing the proper shoes but at least he has wings.
    baby luigi may not have an alt in mario kart tour, but if it's any consolation, he's been recently dignified in a bonus challenge:

    MKT_Tour84_DiddyKongCupChallenge.png


    here he has to rambo through entire hordes of deadly troopers while inside the base of operations of his very own arch-nemesis!

    if that's not badass, i don't know what is
    Your page smells bad.

    Have a Wario to freshen it up!
    MightyMario
    MightyMario
    Well, it couldn't have been the majestic hunk that is Wario, he smells glorious.
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace: Smells glorious? Sorry, but I'm not personally a fan of rotten garlic mixed in with farts and BO from a human that hasn't washed in weeks.
    MightyMario
    MightyMario
    "WEEKS?! Wah-ha-ha! Try DECADES, smart-aleck! Wario's IMMACULATE stench is so EMPOWERING and AMAZING that it draws nature toward me!"

    *nature goes the opposite direction*

    "Oh-uh, well, it makes me a CHICK MAGNET! Girls dig a man who reeks of AWESOMENESS!"

    *women run away as fast as they can*

    "Erm... okay- Okay, yeah! My smell is so INSPIRING that it makes me feel like I'm on top of the world! There's no way that one can back-!"

    *Wario is swallowed up by a giant sinkhole*
    Ray Trace: Commander Dark Light's too grumpy, she really needs to "light"en up.

    Dark Light: One more joke about my name and I'll keep you in your room.

    Ray Trace: Well, I've gotten a lot of mileage out of Konny.

    Kontrast: MY NAME'S NOT KONNY!

    Ray Trace: You know, Konny, sometimes you gotta be the opposite of Commander and shed some "light" on the "dark"ness.

    Dark Light: Ugh...
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    Kontrast: How many times do I have to tell you!? My name. Is. Not. KONNY!

    Blueshift: Isn't Kontrast already the opposite of Commander? You know, Yin and Yang? Even black = girl and white = boy.

    Ray Trace: Yeah, I guess I have to agree Kontrast is already the opposite of Commander, that's why he's incompetent and short.

    Kontrast: You know, the one THING you could be like Commander is learning how to SHUT UP.

    Ultra Violet: You know, with "friends" like these, who needs enemies?

    Bluminescence: I told you having friends is a good thing, Ultra Violet!
    Mags
    Mags
    Blue.
    The duality:
    Just because I look scary doesn't mean I'm evil
    Just because I look nice doesn't mean I'm good
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    An evil version of Dark Light would look sweet and cuddly but is actually a monster deep down inside.
    Dark Light uses a Dark-Light Device to light up a dark portrait of Ray Trace, who had a light snack before entering the ghosts' dark room. Unfortunately, the dark chocolate gave light to the gruesome ghost, who was saving it for a light picnic in the dark.
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    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    Dark Dark Light is the dark version of Dark Light, who isn't getting any lighter due to her affinity to darkness. A bit dark, don't you think? Lighten up.
    MightyMario
    MightyMario
    If Dark Light were to light up, her name would be Light Light.

    At least she would brighten up the room.
    I've seen the internet react to AI art (especially those that win art contests), saying it's not "real" art + modern art "sucks" and all I'm saying is that we're just seeing a repeat of when emerging new technology threatens the old and reignites those arguments again. Back then, when photography was new, it threatened traditional realistic painting and people were very terrified that it would eventually replace actual artists. This eventually gave arise to more abstract art such as impressionism, dadaism, surrealism, but almost single art movement in history spurred from a reaction to either emergent technologies or as a reaction to established art (ie academy art). The same thing happened when computers arose and so did digital art, as well as 3D modeling. People have argued about intent and how all you do is push buttons on a prompt to generate an image, which means all human manipulation is gone, but it really isn't much different than back then in 1917 where Marcel Duchampe plastered up a urinal and called it a sculpture or when an artist defecated into a can and made a piece called "Artist's Shit", or when Jackson Pollock splattered paint all over a canvas, or when John Chamberlain glued car pieces together with welding techniques and insisted that there is no deeper meaning other than they are just car pieces glued together. Even earlier before the rise of realism, when gritty realism of common life was new, that caused an uproar when it challenged the romanticism (ie perfect venuses and idealized aristocracy) of academy art.

    All I'm saying is that I think the dismissal of AI art because it doesn't follow our traditional mindset of what art is is (such as arbitrary boundaries intent...which is debatable because AI art does have an intent or the extent of the human element into an image) just par of the course for general art for whenever there is a new art direction. I do think the ethical concerns of it are valid when money is involved (it's practically automation vs humans argument) and corporations will probably try to replace human artists with robots, but I simply don't agree that AI art isn't "real" art. I don't necessarily like "modern" art (such as shock art or taping a banana on a wall) but it's still very fascinating to see where that notion all came from and usually, artists who do shock art are very likely very good at traditional art but are just rebelling against the system. In fact, I'd argue that because AI art stoked the "what is art" argument pretty passionately, I think it should join the ranks of impressionism, Van "I was never popular when I was alive and everyone hated my art" Gogh's post-impressionism, surrealism, Dada, modernism, etc. as art because it fulfills the criteria of "causing uproar among people on what is art".

    Not going to defend all AI art. Some people do it because they think they're smug and more self-important than they really are. And I understand the controversy behind it winning art contests against other genres. But AI art isn't going away and I think the controversy it generates will likely just give rise to a new art movement of some sort, and I think we'll learn to eventually accept it, just as we did with photography and we learned photography is a legit art when time went on, AI art will likely develop similar techniques of human manipulation under its belt.

    BTW, I know nothing about musical history but I'll guarantee you that electronic instruments and MiDi very likely caused an uproar with musicians too.
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    They actually do use autotune to give the robotic feel, that's one of the positive perks of it I like seeing used for.
    zel
    zel
    ai art can be fun to heck around it but im really iffy about it bc artists Can lose their jobs because of it and because of businesses being awful
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    As I said, this is the age old automation vs humans argument that has been threatening people for ages and to be honest, capitalism at its current state already subjects people through horrendous exploitation regardless if there was tech or not. In addition, the same could be said for digital art implanting traditional art (we don't see 2D animation in movies much anymore thanks to 3d animation practically supplanting it but both tradition and 2d art also survived).

    The whole jobs thing additionally applied to synthesizers vs real musicians as well (as we brought up earlier in this thread), synthesizers also put musicians who worked on say silent films out of the job because of its easy access and cheapness. But on the other hand, synthesizers opened up gates for more people to be musicians not in the traditional sense and I also do think AI art has the potential to open up more people to art as well because of its easy to use nature.
    You and @Ignazio Salvaggi each order a Mini Mario toy from eBay. The packages arrive, you open them and... sike! They were actually Mini Wario's!

    What do you two do now with your toys?
    @Waluigi Time @winstein @Bill Cipher @Rohan Kishibe @Dr. R. Bushroot @Flygon64

    I'd personally like to express my heartfelt gratitude to each of you for taking the free time to draw/render my characters for this fantastic awards show. I adore seeing other people's interpretations of them and how it's viewed through the lens of another person always fascinates me.

    I'd also like to thank the community for voting Ray Trace as the third most popular community character (he is third in command of the Protectors after all, and his trophy is the bronzest, shiniest, most third place of all trophies), he's been my passion design and it really means a lot to me to see him have a good reception in this community.
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