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Elaine Cortez

@ Corno @lemm.ee

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  • What grammar/linguistic rules have you seen used (or used yourself) by other people that are invented and not official in the language they are used in?

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  • I don't know how common this is, but when I end a conversation with someone, I'll often say "alright, yeah", smile and nod. It's always said in a friendly way and is equivalent to "good bye".

  • Trump voters angry at ‘chaos:’ ‘Not what we signed up for’

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  • The reason I find it hard to sympathize with the people who voted for him is because he's been advertising everything he's currently doing for the past few years, and now the people who voted for him are surprised that he's actually doing what he'd said he'd do.

  • If scientists could make you immortal but could only do it by transferring your consciousness into a single video game for ever, which game would you choose?

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  • Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom. It has its downsides, such as Ganon and monsters existing, but then there are beautifully desolate environments like Akkala and Tabantha Frontier. Magic exists, and if the going gets tough we always have Link to rely on! I'd like to be a Rito so I could fly around...

  • What would you do if there was a zombie apocalypse coming and you had 2 days to prepare?

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  • Assuming they're the type of zombie with no viable circulatory system to help stay warm, I'd relocate up to the Arctic for a while.

  • What do you look for in a sneaker?

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  • And comfort!

  • What's the wrongest thing a teacher ever told you?

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  • "You'll enjoy ice skating, it's easy!" - the teacher who took our class to an ice rink... 😂

    The moment I'm over the ice I become the human equivalent of a scruffed cat and people started pushing me around like I was a hockey puck and I was smiling pretending I was having fun but inside I was like

  • How many eggs do you eat in a week?

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  • I can eat up to a dozen boiled eggs a day if I'm particularly craving them. They're my fave source of protein!

  • What is a skill that youhave that you don't get to use very often?

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  • I have hyperphantasia, which means that I'm able to visualize things in my mind in a way that it looks exactly the same as it would in real life. If I see a puzzle that requires spatial reasoning, I can rotate it and manipulate it in 3D space in my mind.

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    What's the biggest deviation from someone's dying wishes you've seen happen?

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  • No problem! 🙂 A lot of this stuff about him is kinda new to me too!

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    What's the biggest deviation from someone's dying wishes you've seen happen?

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  • With all due respect, Musk has made his intentions more than obvious. The links I provided regarding Elon are non-exhaustive, he's also spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and has promoted a safe space for pro-Nazi sympathizers to spread their hate speech. All things considered, it makes it very hard for me and many others to plausibly believe there is any ambiguity regarding his intentions.

    The claim of it being a "Roman salute" is a disingenuous one, because the Nazis in history also claimed that the salute was "Roman". Whether it truly did originate from ancient Rome or not, it's a salute that is now unequivocally associated with Nazis and the people who pretend that this isn't the case are being deliberately misleading.

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    What's the biggest deviation from someone's dying wishes you've seen happen?

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  • Hi! The salute that Elon Musk did twice looks exactly the same as Hitler himself doing it. Elon Musk made Nazi jokes afterwards, and he also made an appearance at Germany's far-right AfD party, a party that is no stranger to creating posters with Nazi imagery. I totally understand trying to give people the benefit of the doubt, but in this case it is very blatant that Elon Musk is not a good person and genuinely holds some troublesome beliefs, which is why many people, me included, have deleted their Twitter accounts.

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  • When I was a toddler, and my parents took me shopping, as soon as I got anywhere near the part of the store/shop that had bread, I'd always end up quickly stealing a baguette, opening it, and start eating it. By the time my parents paid for everything the baguette was nearly non existent. Of course my parents paid for the baguette in the end, but I'm pretty sure it's against the rules to steal and eat one and then force your parents to pay for it. Little old toddler me didn't care about the rules!

    I still absolutely love baguettes.

  • Solarpunk AF

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  • I heard they have really good cell reception.

  • It's coming

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  • It's all fun and games until we're overrun by cybernetic goombas.

  • Today is January 67th, how are you surviving this month that never ends?

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  • I'm not an American, so there's some solace in the fact that I don't live in the country where this is all going down. I do however have friends who are American, so I've been offering whatever advice I can to them and the least I can do is be that friend they feel safe openly venting to.

  • What registers as "good" or "bad" art to you?

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  • It's very much subjective to each person! For me it varies based on a person's knowledge and execution of the fundamentals as well as what they're trying to convey. For instance, even though I prefer an airbrushy style when I draw art for myself, I enjoy seeing other people's art that has visible brushstrokes, because it's more fun for me to look at and imagine the artist drawing it based on how the brushstrokes look. Colours are also a big factor and I have my own preferential biases towards greens and turquoises.

    The drawing you've presented here has a good composition and bright colours but one thing that stands out to me is the pixelated white edges between the colours and the outlines. This is due to using the paint bucket/fill tool on the same layer, and where your outlines have anti-aliasing. It's easy to remedy this though if you create a separate layer for the colouring and either create a layer below the outlines (be sure that the layer with your outlines is a transparent layer first though!) or create a layer above the outlines (if the layer with your outlines is non-transparent) and select the "Multiply" layer blending mode. This will result in a much cleaner look for the colouring, though I recommend the former option since it's much easier to apply shading and highlighting that way!

    I'm always open to offer feedback and give advice to other artists so if you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask! 😃

  • How do you get through the winter?

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  • I look forward to winter and I've joked that if I were a Pokemon, me being an ice type would be fitting. If it's especially cold I'll just wear thicker winterwear than usual or stay indoors. If I still feel cold, then it's a great excuse to cook up some hot soups and make some hot chocolate!

  • Non americans of lemmy, would you support a ban on american social media on your country?

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  • No. I have friends who are American and it's much more feasible to communicate with them through social media since they live so far away from me. It'd also mean one of my favourite sites ever (Tumblr) would be inaccessible to me.

  • Musk makes Holocaust jokes after Netanyahu defends him as ‘great friend of Israel’

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  • It's extremely disheartening that people such as this are even given the time of day in the first place. It's even more disheartening when people are getting fired for pointing out the obvious. I couldn't be more glad to have deleted my Twitter.