The Syndicate

Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:24 am
dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:17 am
Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 5:09 am What are your "requirements" for marriage?
Be filthy rich and spend all money on me but still respect me and treat me as an equal.

Haha. God, I dont know. Respect, being able to stand the person in an enclosed space for years at end, really respecting who I am where I come from and my culture and background (people say they do, but they're actually ashamed of me in some ways --- speaking from past experiences). Optimism, humor, and forward thinking with goals to obtain.
Ashamed of you how?

What kind of goals?

My middle eastern background. The Lebanese culture. Partners can't seem to brag about that part of me. My last ex was so ashamed he didn't tell his parents till I did lol.

Goals of any kind. Goals = motivation = moving forward and not backward. Setting goals creates drive and passion to do things so I think it's super healthy in a relationship to have them and that they complement each other's goals and aims.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:29 am
dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:27 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:22 am Yeah he's an absurd person. And to think he still had time to devise a tank a flying machine AND leave a code leading to the long lost family of Christ, his time management must've been so good
Well Nook, he didn't live in the time of the Internet where procrastination is at an all time high

He's amazing yeah. His creativity and ability just had no bounds.
Yeah, no cell phones or fancy coffee to distract him, that must explain it

Trying to calculate how much of my life I've spent making coffee and drinking coffee and.....

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:25 am I think I tend to like looks into a creative person's process in the form of documentaries and/or interviews more, something about hearing them talk about it/seeing it play out connects more with me. When it's actually interesting and not just a bunch of pretentious bs, of course.

Which segues neatly into my next question, how much of an "art snob" would you say you are? Consistent across mediums, or does it vary from one to another?

Oh for sure! I've watched hours of interviews with Dali which actually made me appreciate his creative process and art even more to make him a fav!

Pretentious and philosophical--- there's a very fine line between the two I agree lol. And most artists like to get philosophical

I'm not an art snob at all. I'm the furthest thing from that because I feel like a virgin critic. I do get angry when people bash art, cos I feel it wasn't meant to be appreciated by everyone but that doesn't make it "bad".

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:22 am Yeah he's an absurd person. And to think he still had time to devise a tank a flying machine AND leave a code leading to the long lost family of Christ, his time management must've been so good

Well Nook, he didn't live in the time of the Internet where procrastination is at an all time high

He's amazing yeah. His creativity and ability just had no bounds.

There was an exposition for da vinci's sketchbooks and notes, and I visited that like 5 times while it was on display so I could fully appreciate his genius. It was incredible.

Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 5:09 am What are your "requirements" for marriage?

Be filthy rich and spend all money on me but still respect me and treat me as an equal.

Haha. God, I dont know. Respect, being able to stand the person in an enclosed space for years at end, really respecting who I am where I come from and my culture and background (people say they do, but they're actually ashamed of me in some ways --- speaking from past experiences). Optimism, humor, and forward thinking with goals to obtain.

Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 5:09 am If someone ever proposes to you, do you want it to be a public affair? Something big and romantic?

No one who proposes to me will think of doing that. Lol.

No, the answer is absolutely not.

Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 5:09 am Do public displays of affection make you uncomfortable?

From others? Not at all.

I am uncomfortable to display PDA around kids though and not like anything super heavy cos I feel it's disrespectful to others who didn't sign up to my peep show lol. But a passionate kiss on a nice bridge or in front of the sea... why not.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:08 am Is graffiti your favorite art medium? If you had to pick one

Music is probably my favorite medium of expressing art.

Graffiti is my favorite where actual drawing is involved though yeah for sure.

I am also fascinated by prominent artists sketch books vs their actual painting masterpiece lol.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:22 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:07 pm
Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:05 pm Is housing a right?
Damn well should be.
Suppose no houses exist and nobody is willing to build houses.

Is housing a right?

I guess not, in that case it's a need that you have to build to survive. With how wealth is distributed in the world and the fact we work for money, sometimes people work more hours and earn way less than others, world's not perfect and evenly distributed.

To that extent, I feel strongly about helping those less fortunate and some things I feel are basic human rights: food, no one ever goes hungry. Shelter, no one should ever have to live on the streets or not have shelter and warmth. Access to clean water.

It's 2022 and billionaires are burning money to fly to other planets for more monetary gain. It's cool cos space is cool, but it is also ridiculously gross imo.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:14 pm Do you have a favorite piece/work of art?

Not quite, I've never really made a top 10 list. I love going to art museums of various decades and just admiring the work of artists who aren't prominent at all. I have loads of photos of work that has moved me to my core by unknown names.

If I wanna go with something really famous that I love it would be balloon girl by bansky.

I love graffiti a lot, and being in Paris, it's something I always stop to admire on my walks!!!

katze wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:06 am is your name dun-ya or du-nya

Nya

Duu-nya.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:13 pm Do you like zoos? Aviaries?

Aviaries no. I think it's inhumane.

Zoos is a complex answer because I'm a hypocrite who's been to zoos but I find the idea of capturing animals in an enclosed space for our viewing pleasure to also be an uncomfortable one. I haven't been to a zoo in like 10 years? I think they're a great way for children to learn about animals though, and the really nice zoos that spoil their animals are less bothersome to me in general.

Birds being enclosed in little cages tho is evil.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:13 pm Do you like reptiles?

From afar, yes.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:13 pm Why aren't you sleeping?

I have sleeping problems.

I love sleep, but I hate falling asleep and I hate waking up.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:05 pm Is housing a right?

Damn well should be.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:05 pm Do you like going to animal cafes?

Yeah one of the first things I do when cafe searching in a new city is checking out their cat cafes.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:54 pm Would you ever go on one of those weeklong train rides through the mountains where you have a cabin to sleep in?

I love trains as a mode of travel, but no. That hurts my back and legs thinking about it.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:53 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:52 pm
ignoramus wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:41 pm Have you ever played/watched horror at 3am? (I couldn't think of a question to ask lmaoo)
I have!!! Maybe not specifically 3am but it was super late and my friend who lives down the street was over for movie night and suggested the conjuring iirc. Anyway movie ends, I regret all choices I made in life, he leaves. I go to bed and my bedroom was on the first floor of my house, so I had a nice terrace to it. Anyway he climbed onto it and started knocking on my Windows outside like 30 mins after he supposedly left.

I started texting and calling him like crazy to come over cos someone was at my window and he would text back to stop imagining things until he gave himself away and started laughing.

We are not friends anymore.

For unrelated reasons, but still.
I have a fun idea now.

Perhaps further explanation is that there was a bipolar creepy guy who was making unwelcome advances at me also living on my street so I had worries he would try to come to my house one night lol.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:53 pm Would you ever ride in a self-driving car?

Probably not.

ignoramus wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:41 pm Have you ever played/watched horror at 3am? (I couldn't think of a question to ask lmaoo)

I have!!! Maybe not specifically 3am but it was super late and my friend who lives down the street was over for movie night and suggested the conjuring iirc. Anyway movie ends, I regret all choices I made in life, he leaves. I go to bed and my bedroom was on the first floor of my house, so I had a nice terrace to it. Anyway he climbed onto it and started knocking on my Windows outside like 30 mins after he supposedly left.

I started texting and calling him like crazy to come over cos someone was at my window and he would text back to stop imagining things until he gave himself away and started laughing.

We are not friends anymore.

For unrelated reasons, but still.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:40 pm Do you want to live in a city the rest of your life? What's your ideal people-to-nature ratio?

Yes. Leave city when I want to escape, but inprefer to be within 15-20mins of a city.

I don't mind super busy, and nature is easily accessed here so it's not a huge deal either.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:21 pm Do you prefer to camp in a tent or a cabin?

Never done tent but I don't think I'd like it because I may have issues with bugs and I definitely have issues pooping and peeing in the wild.

I've done cabin and love it! I need a shower and toilet.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:21 pm Have you ever cooked over an open flame?

Yeah. Firewood roasting of veggies!! Also marshmallows. Also my parents have a pizza oven.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:20 pm What's the farthest you've been from "civilization"?

Uh, not very far. I'm not a wilderness kinda girl.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:16 pm Do you like hiking?

Yes!!!! I don't like doing 30km hikes with people whose only intentions are get from point a to b and no pauses. I love enjoying the route and stopping for snack or coffee breaks too

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:49 pm Do you want to do archery again?

yeah! i'm planning to take it up again this summer.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:53 pm What is something you believed as a teenager that you no longer do today?

i didn't have any outlandish beliefs as a teenager. maybe the whole idea of a young marriage that survives the test of time. i thought it would be cute to get married in my early-mid twenties. definitely glad i didn't marry any of my partners then lol.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:52 pm You're a beautiful person and a joy to talk to.

I realize that wasn't a question.

you're just as beautiful and i appreciate you so much, my friend! thankful for your family's friendship.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:46 pm You have the power to reverse the death (and circumstances surrounding that death) for anyone one time and one time only. Do you use it now (and if so, on whom), or do you pocket it for later?

save it. i really think i'm gonna die from heartbreak right after one of my parents die, so i'd use it on the parent who dies first (if it's dad, i'll see if i can hold out for mom :P )

i'm still learning how to deal with grief

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:44 pm Would you go back in time and start over from a previous point in your life if you could?

man, i wish i could reverse a couple of things. i know this would change my life today, but some things yeah.

yes. i would.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:42 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:37 am
- i'm back in highschool, in english or history class, and there's a test i didn't know existed and panic ensues.

damn i guess everyone has these???? they are pretty damn frequent for me, maybe four or five times a year lol

Epignosis wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:39 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:09 am i am an open book.

hit me with em.
Why is there so much highlight marker and bad annotations within you?

hahahaha. but you love it

i dunno, maybe it's to impress native english speakers eh eh ehhhh

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:32 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:29 pm
Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:23 pm Do you read fan fiction?
no.
Why not?

i think i don't want someone else's voice to spoil an author's voice for me.

when i finish a good book, i'm satisfied with its conclusion.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:28 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:24 pm
Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:22 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:17 pm
Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:15 pm What is the way to Dunia's heart?
food.

attention.

don't insult my heritage.

respect.

food.

a bit more food.
Food as in getting cooked for?
not necessarily, but i'm a foodie and food makes me happy. key to my heart is appreciating and enjoying good food too!!
What if the other person is a picky eater/can't eat many things? Can you tolerate that so long as they encourage your own foodie-ism?

i mean sure, i'm not gonna force feed anyone food.

just as long as they can respect i enjoy food!! :P

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:23 pm Do you read fan fiction?

no.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:23 pm What's your favourite popular American cartoon?

hmmm. i used to love watching danny phantom with my bro and sis when they were kids (we like, binged all seasons lol).

i loved 2 stupid dogs (and TH shared my love for the show so we named ourselves that in a hydra game ahaha)

i watched a lot of cartoon network and nickelodeon growing up like cow and chicken, dexter's lab, powerpuff girls, hey arnold, etc. i have fond memories of them all!

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:23 pm Have you ever gone bowling? Throwing darts?

yes and yes, as like, a weekend activity for bowling and just at a bar for darts (why do bars do darts...alcohol and sharp objects should be banned).

i'm bad at both.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:22 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:17 pm
Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:15 pm What is the way to Dunia's heart?
food.

attention.

don't insult my heritage.

respect.

food.

a bit more food.
Food as in getting cooked for?

not necessarily, but i'm a foodie and food makes me happy. key to my heart is appreciating and enjoying good food too!!

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:18 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:09 pm
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:06 pm Florida trip when
i wish it could be 2022, but with my schedule at work, more like 2023 for US trip! maybe you won't be in florida then
Sounds ominous!

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:15 pm What is the way to Dunia's heart?

food.

attention.

don't insult my heritage.

respect.

food.

a bit more food.

Scotty wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:58 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:31 pm
Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:14 pm Would you ever go on a cruise?
no, i don't like them. i went on one when i was 9ish. it was fine then and i enjoyed it a lot. my level of motion sickness as an adult would not allow me the same positive experience plus covid, eeek.
Once you hit 60 though it’s a prerequisite to go on a cruise.

Or at least it seems that way from my experience.

What is your perfect vacation, if monkey were no limit?

gosh, if we put all the monkeys aside, or threw them off the bed...

i would do an asia tour (india, china, japan, south korea, australia/new zealand). like a good 6 weeks. :P couple days in every city im interested it.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:25 pm Does your family make any food ONLY for Christmas?

yeah, whole turkey is mainly for christmas/easter only with the cranberry/gravy sauces. i prefer the side dishes.

also bûche de noël and christmas fruit cake which is what i look forward to.

fake is good cos it's reusable until you die and beyond. my mom will literally inherit her tree onto one of us, it's heavy duty shit.

(yes i know marmot was doing an innuendo there, but see what i did????)

Marmot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:19 pm Would you eat Syn's pickle?

dunno. if he hadn't touched his plate yet...maybe. i'm easily disgusted and don't like sharing messy meals/cups/forks/spoons etc.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:18 pm Do you prefer a fake tree or a real tree?

FAKE every time.

i bought into the real tree hype before and it all it brought me was PAIN after a couple of days.

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:09 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:04 pm
Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:45 pm What is your favourite holiday? Do you like celebrating holidays?
christmas/new year is my favorite. long holidays, great food, everyone in my family is free and we can enjoy each other's company.

i also like eid and all the cookies. it's really nice.

i dont think i care about any other holiday.
Are you a "multicoloured lights" Christmas person or a "white lights" Christmas person?

both / either

maybe if i cared about aesthetics as much as my sis, it would be all white.

i'm more whatever i find at the store that doesn't cost hundreds of euros cos i'm not crazy ;p

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:06 pm Florida trip when

i wish it could be 2022, but with my schedule at work, more like 2023 for US trip! maybe you won't be in florida then

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:05 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:02 pm
Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:45 pm Are there any charitable or developmental ideas/concepts that you find particularly interesting and that you read up on or donate to?
orphanages, i donate via SOS Children' s Villages that also helps feed children around the world cos no child sleeps hungry is an initiative i feel really strongly about. education is also important, but i can't imagine children going days with no food and it angers me a lot when i think about it.

I used to volunteer for Maya's Hope.

http://mayashope.org/

oh hey, i used to volunteer at a special needs orphanage in my early 20s too!! we have that in common. i just went and gave them attention and did activities with them (we danced, drew, played musical instruments, etc.). i didn't do any of the hard messy work. but they were so lovely.

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