In addition to it being a bitingly sharp work of satire, it's also an introduction to the philosophy surrounding the Malthusian catastrophe. (Indeed, it was written by Thomas Malthus.) It really does deserve to be required reading for people preparing to be adults, but it also needs the teacher to be competent enough to actually explain what it's all about, in no small part because it's satire. It is of course ideal if you can figure it out on your own because then you get the full rhetorical impact of the piece, but teenagers aren't guaranteed to have the necessary background to figure it out on their own.

If you've read and understood Malthus, then the character of Ebenezer Scrooge should make a lot more sense instead of just being an arbitrarily harsh and greedy villain.

Almost forgot that I need to wrap Derpy's christmas presents!

XD
Yep...I buy my stuffed dragon baby presents...
Lol

Sometimes wish we can switch layers from the background base layer to the top base.

D-d-d-d-drop the base


Or... is this a different kind of "base"?

Ava is correct: if you want to do that, use an item like Second Skin and use the blank base.

No...like the Fiery Cloak has below base layers. If I want to wear those layers on top of items in the above base layers, it's not possible.

<:c I have a license now. Meaning I can legally drive a car places. And now I have no excuse left in not getting a job. ;-; Too bad nobody wants to hire me, and I don't want to work in a place with people in it...and I have issues with selling myself because I got self-loathing tendencies and an unhealthy view of myself and an unhealthy routine in general... ;u; </3 ...I miss my therapist's guidance..

Oh, I see. Well, there's no fundamental reason our engine COULDN'T support doing that. It's just out of scope of the way it was designed. I can put it on the list of things to consider (as part of an "advanced" mode) once we get the current editor upgrade ironed out.

That would actually be really cool if it was possible.

Welp. Now everyone is celebrating my getting of the license. I'm not allowed to be sad and secluded in a room anymore... ;u; *largest inhale and sigh ever of 2019*

Edit: + It's Tamale time. >:T

Well, things are more peaceful today, and stuff is finally getting taken care of.

So hoping this week is better and Xmas is actually good.

maybe if you are lucky you can drive to a different secluded place to avoid everyone?

reno!

OOOOO! I love tamales!

There's a lovely place at my local farmer's market that makes really good corn tamales.
*drool*

Hahaha, I like that.

I really can relate though, parties haven't felt the same anymore since all my friends grew out of the children's party games. Hit the pot, pin the tail on the donkey, run sheep run, that kind of stuff. Everyone had a blast back then, nowadays it's just small talk. :p-grin:

nice.

i wanna become the one gay idiot that has the license in my friend group, ahah.

What I should be doing: taking out the trash and walking over to the store for cat food and litter

What I'm actually doing: hand sewing Derpy's new Christmas skirt