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YT's had an eventful day so far! Got a good grade back on her suprise math test from earlier this week, made a super-ultra delivery, responded to a Code that sort of turned into a riot...

(She's unscathed, but will probably have to testify in court in the not-too-distant future, which sucks.)

Oh, yeah, and she got an interesting new dog picture to share. On which more later.

Anyway. She is now downstairs in the garage, studying. Something about all that concrete and steel helps her focus. YT has made herself comfortable in the back of a red VW microbus with the ~~shovels and rakes and implements of destruction~~ two rear rows of seats taken out and replaced by deep shag carpeting and beanbag chairs, as one can see through the open side doors.

Instead of her usual RadiKS coverall, she's wearing a pair of faded jeans and a yellow short-sleeved peasant blouse ~~so ignore what she's wearing in the usericon~~.

Back to that thing about the interesting dog picture...

rapidRadish (Yours Truly) signed on.

CURRENT rapidRadish [CRR] RIGHT NOW opened memo on board DOGS I MET TODAY

CURRENT rapidRadish [CRR] sent file "sweetie.jpg"

CRR: this is an American Pit Bull Terrier
CRR: one of my favorite dog breeds
CRR: they were bred for stuff like dogfighting and bear-baiting
CRR: which is not cool
CRR: now working Pit Bulls are used as police and guard dogs
CRR: which is much better :)
CRR: they have a bad rep for being aggressive
CRR: but that's just a nasty stereotype
CRR: if you train them and take care of them right, they are sweethearts

The Pit Bull YT encountered today is a bittersweet reminder of Fido - but YT isn't going to shy away from posting a picture of a pit bull just because of, you know, FEELS.

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turntechGodhead [TG] began trolling rapidRadish [RR]

TG: so i listened to that music you sent me
TG: i dont know if im punk rock enough for this
TG: but it definitely made me want to skateboard and be an anarchist so mission successful
TG: i bet it does piss off everyone over 30 holy shit

RR: i wish you could see them play live
RR: they do their concerts in underpasses and stuff
RR: all of us thrashers for miles around come to rock out
RR: and pull epic stunts
RR: it's the biggest rush

Vitaly Chernobyl and the Meltdowns have hit the big time - as YT always knew they would - but they still play concerts in their old haunts when they're not on tour. They wrote their music for the acoustics of the concrete underpasses the way classical composers wrote pieces for the acoustics of particular cathedrals.

TG: ill do some sick kickflips in their honor
TG: ive only ever seen shitty bar bands and djs live
TG: definitely nothing like that
TG: me and my friends jamming over the internet and remixing each others shit is fucking sweet but not exactly the same

RR: have you ever heard
RR: those mixes of hip-hop and Disney songs
RR: it sounds like a terrible idea
RR: but actually they are great
RR: (not as great as nuclear fuzz grunge but still great)

TG: nope
TG: but you fucking bet i know what im listening to next
TG: please continue giving me all of the alternate music recs you have this is great
TG: i am now the leader of the godamn hipsters because i know about music that literally no one else has heard of
TG: king me bitches

RR: the only other one i can think of off the top of my head right now
RR: is rapper Sushi K
RR: and his work is best enjoyed ironically

Very ironically.

RR: hey wait a minute
RR: if my music recs are making you internet famous
RR: that means they are valuable intel

TG: hahaha i can ironically enjoy shitty rap too believe me

Upstairs, Dave raises his eyebrows.

TG: cool new music is "valuable" to me i guess
TG: i would probably still download a car if i could though
TG: why you want to set up a trade or something

RR: i am saying i should be fairly compensated
RR: for giving you this intel
RR: like some tight mashups i can play for my friends back home
RR: so like in kind payment
RR: or barter or whatever you want to call it

Edited 2016-07-16 15:17 (UTC)

TG: seems legit
TG: trading music over the internet is a long and beautiful human tradition
TG: i dont have my mixing gear here maybe the bar could set me up i hear she does computers
TG: but i do have some of my older stuff with me
TG: do you mind if your sick jams are perhaps not as fresh and hot off the press as they could be

RR: hey, i'm cool with that
RR: but someday i want a mashup of nuclear fuzz grunge with something
RR: it can be dope or just ridiculous, either one is fine

YT can appreciate a ridiculous mashup, as long as the pieces go together well.

TG: i could make a real shitty one on my phone but i feel like mashups from another universe need to be epic
TG: fucking national gallery recognition from the president grammy award winning level shit
TG: ill see what i can do

Edited 2016-07-16 16:13 (UTC)

RR: i appreciate your dedication to your craft
RR: most kids these days don't take enough pride in their work ;)

TG: when it comes to mixing i definitely take goddamn pride in my work
TG: when its good
TG: i also take pride when its shit because hey i learned a new thing not to do
TG: but thats not the stuff you bust out and show people
TG: you dont bring your macaroni art to the art gallery
TG: you dont play your shitty mixes in public
TG: just common dj courtesy not even miss manners pro level here

RR: it's a little different if you're a thrasher
RR: because if you wipe out or do a Wilson
RR: it's probably somewhere where lots of people can see it
RR: but the pro thing to do
RR: is get back up and not have a meltdown over it
RR: (unless you gotta go to the ER, then not getting back up and having a meltdown is kind of okay)

And hey, you'll have an interesting grisly story to tell your fellow thrashers when all is said and done.

TG: what the fuck is a wilson

RR: an epic fuckup, often of the faceplanting variety

The general rule of thumb is: if you fall on your ass, it's just a wipeout. But if you faceplant, it's a Wilson.

TG: was there a particularly epic fuckup named wilson
TG: or are the names origins lost to the annals of time

RR: no one knows
RR: which i guess means the second one

TG: mysterious origins i dig it
TG: did you ever do a sicknasty wilson at one of your concerts

RR: not yet

YT's pretty sure that she will someday.

RR: i did an extra-special wipeout one time though
RR: skidded on my ass for a bit
RR: good thing we have coveralls
RR: so i just got the bruise without the road rash

TG: hahaha ouch
TG: i have definitely got some gnarly fucking road rash falling off my skateboard before
TG: but never on my ass

It hits YT a lot later than it should have: TG is a member of her tribe. Or, well, a related tribe. YT scrolls back up to the comment about doing sick kickflips in honor of the Meltdowns, feeling a little dumb for not catching it before.

Maybe the fact that they're from different universes and only talking online (or whatever the equivalent is with T-Minus) threw her off. They do certainly seem to use different slang. That little manifestation of the Babel effect certainly didn't help her grok what was up.

RR: well don't leave me in suspense bro
RR: tell me your gnarly road rash story

If they're thrashers getting to know each other, that kind of conversation about road rash is inevitable anyway.

TG: well the best one was back when i was a snot nosed kid and just figuring out how skateboards worked
TG: or the worst one i guess depending on how you look at it
TG: mostly i played shitty skateboard games so of course i thought it would be fucking simple
TG: you just get on and push right no fucking problem im the coolest kid on the block i can do this shit
TG: so after a couple wobbly passes im pretty solidly balanced pushing along goddamn im an expert now its like walking and chewing gum
TG: so i decide its time to start doing some tricks
TG: like grinding on a long rail
TG: over a set of concrete stairs

YT winces.

RR: ooh, ow
RR: yeah that was an exceptionally dumb n00b thing
RR: but you're not the only one, far from it
RR: and obviously you learned the right lesson from it

Namely, that falling down is part of the learning process. Also, that skateboarding video games cannot be trusted.

Edited 2016-07-17 16:50 (UTC)

TG: yep
TG: i think i scraped off the entire fucking top layer of skin off the right side of my body
TG: i looked like some kind of shambling accident victim for a week
TG: haunting the skate parks as a precautionary tale
TG: longing for vengeance against tony hawk
TG: strider the skateboard ghost
TG: he warned you about the fucking stairs bro
TG: spooky as shit