The cheer up thread.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

really like this short, loved that it had a robot protagonist.

[Psychosplodge]

one of my favorite obscure-ish stories is “Le Loyon”, an unknown person who has been seen walking through the woods near a swiss town decked out in a cape, full gas mask, and military attire. theyve been sighted for over 10 years, never behaving aggressively but obviously freaking out the locals.

in 2013 their costume was found with a note stating that they were leaving, that “the risk of a hunt for a beast became too great” and “the feeling of insecurity grew”.

someone out there has pretty much become a legend by lurking around a forest in a gas mask, but they werent in it for infamy, and just wanted to be left alone to do whatever it is they did. kind of sad really. i admire them greatly, whoever they are

only one photo of them was ever taken, after they looked at the photographer and silently walked away

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

I sometimes walk about wearing a respirator, goggles and glowing green stuff attire. I also get funny looks from the locals. I can't think why.

[Psychosplodge]

Cyber goth?

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

I've been called that before, also "****", "steampunk" (never got that one), "Weirdo" (guess I can't disagree...), "rivethead" (prefer that one) and others that would get filtered on this site

[Haighus]

ooh a game of guess what the asterisks mean, although I'm a bit stumped on this one. **** is always the hardest to guess, cos there are so many examples of 4-letter expletives...

I would've thought cyberpunk more than steampunk...?

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

I would've thought cyberpunk more than steampunk...?

Yeah, same. I always just saw myself as a nerd that watched too much bladerunner and listened to too much front line assembly though :P

[Psychosplodge]

I don't think I've ever heard rivethead before. Industrial fans?

[Haighus]

Cyberpunk is just generally awesome though, Ghost in the Shell is great.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]