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I always run into words that I know from strange contexts that aren't exactly related to their meanings. Bugbear (d&d) and Melange (Dune) for example. I always am tempted to include them.
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Well I posted about a single guy and a sex doll before that post, in support of it. I thought it was admirable of him to live how he wants, he wasn't affecting anybody in a bad way. I don't even think its weird, its just different [I never once said it was weird actually ]. 
 
You don't think it traumatises the kids, I think it does. Its just a difference of opinion that are both possible, depending on circumstances.
 Let me make it clear though, I have nothing against people liking sex dolls, I've mentioned it in my previous post, it isn't about that.  People can do what they want as long as they aren't hurting others, or get off on others getting hurt.
I've had my own experience regarding trauma, personally and through working with single parent households that have shaped the way I think about these things. I'm sure you have your own experiences, that shaped your own opinions of matters such as this too [regarding families and trauma]. I respect your stance on it mate. Cheers! 
 
@Jun Inoue I just read your post below, i figure i'll comment here instead of posting again , yeah I do believe that it isn't a hobby for them. They love the dolls and consider them partners [regarding the article]. One of the men [a married father of two] said that he wouldn't cheat on the doll because he considers her human and doesn't want to destroy what he has with her.  

Twitter can actually be good for this. Engage official accounts and popular people in your fandoms. I became a prolific Twitter user only after I tried to meet up with other people who loved Zero Escape. Just follow people and you slowly build up a circle over time. It takes a long while though. I'm at like 320 followers after a couple years. But that's fine.
Connect on Twitter with people you know from elsewhere so that you can interact with THEIR circle too. Same goes for other networks.
What really, really, really helps is finding small communities related to your hobbies. Just search the name of an anime, or game, or book, etc. on Facebook and the like- most pieces of media have many little fandom groups attached to them (not just on Facebook- subreddits are one example), and those are usually pretty inclusive so you can find a place for yourself in there. For example\ I joined a fan group for a not very popular young adult novel series seven years ago, and a majority of us really stuck together- we're very tightly knit and I'd count them among my closest of friends= they are actually the only reason I still use Facebook with any regularity.
 

I was just wondering what other communities you guys are a part of. I've recently been thinking more about forums and the flavor of each of the ones I know personally. It really is kind of hard to go looking for a new one to join. A lot of them seem wonky in on way or another. That ends up being endearing sometimes, though. Let me know!

Always read with sound. Especially for VNs with amazing osts like Tsukihime. Though I think muting voices might be my preference. I think the worst soundtrack I've ever run into in a VN was Dra+Koi (which is a fantastic short VN btw), but even then I just turned it way low so it was more background and less music, haha. Reading in silence isn't good, and I don't trust anyone but the game-maker to pick music with quality enough timing and fit for the story. Like, I can't imagine listening to some random bgm that I like even though it doesn't match up... That's very weird to me.

Hi everyone,

I've created over 2000 tracks of music and sound effects that you are welcome to freely use in visual novels, games or anything else you like. It's all original...all my own work. All I ask is to be attributed as detailed on my homepage:

http://soundimage.org/

I sincerely hope my tracks are helpful. Any and all feedback is welcome and always appreciated!

All the best,

Eric

Hey folks,
I have plans to go to Japan with my brother and a friend in a few weeks and am trying to make sure I have everything in order. I've actually never traveled outside of the United States, so I'm a bit worried about running into confusing obstacles in another language. I was hoping some people here who know what they are talking about could give me some information (general or specific, anything could help ^^). Stuff I would love to hear about include
Transportation: What's the best way to get around? Is there a transportation fare card you can buy instead of having to deal with fares individually? If so can you buy such a thing for a length of time or do you simply load a certain number of rides/whatever units they use (I think they use estimated travel times). We want to go from Tokyo to Kyoto during the trip, is there a high-speed train that we should purchase a ticket for in advance? Should I be buying a fare card in advance?
Places to visit, places to eat: Cmon, you have to have something to say here ^^. Fun nighttime outings, good types places to eat, good things to eat, information about hot springs, the districts of tokyo, temples to visit in kyoto and maybe tokyo, anything.
Warnings/general advice/anecdotes: hit me up with those stories
Anyway, I hope I'm not too greedy hoping for some fun and some informative responses. I plan on working out allll the details in the coming days, but it would ease the concern bulding in my heart to have some information laid freely before me. So I'd appreciate any advice you can give for a first-time traveler.
I don't speak Japanese btw

https://twitter.com/z3_cut/status/773439184874905600
 

Can confirm Dune is amazing and has a fairly vast scope

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