Hi! Happy Friday! I have three-day weekends in perpetuity, so Fridays are like my Saturday morning basically. I hope you're having fun at work though.
A few quick things -
i) You may have received a notification about an Alpha or Beta badge. Everyone who registered before July 4th (the day the motherland was hit with Incredibly Serious Sanctions) has been given the Alpha User badge. July 4th to some date in August has the Beta badge. If you joined after that, you don't get SHIT.
ii) We're nearing what is unironically the most wonderful time of the year, so it's time to make some Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or New Years, or...happy wintry I guess) Marseys 
You have until 12/25 at 23:59:59 to get these in. Go ahead and make a thread with your work as always if you want, but be sure to also post it in the megathread and @ me so I can give you the badge.
In keeping with the shitty pixelart Halloween Marsey Artist badge, this is the design -
Thanksgiving is too negligible to warrant a specific Marsey Artist badge, but if you make any Thanksgiving-themed Marseys, do the same (remember to post in the megathread and ping me) and I'll at least toss some awards your way.
iii) A LOT of very big and exciting updates are coming in the near future.
iv) Added the Sigma User badge.
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Why can't I unfollow this account? Do I really have to make a new account?
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The only escape is death.
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After a while you learn to love it. If I don't wake up to > 2 notifications for carp posts I worry something is seriously wrong.
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Why would you want to do that?
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Someone told me I would get coins, I followed thinking I could unfollow. This user posts too much
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“We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world. The lives that you admire, the attitudes that seem noble to you, have not been shaped by a paterfamilias or a schoolmaster, they have sprung from very different beginnings, having been influenced by evil or commonplace that prevailed round them. They represent a struggle and a victory.”
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I think he doesn't post enough. Too often do I log on, eager to see what carp's latest thoughts or announcements are, and I'm left with nothing but misery and despair
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You have a hundred measly DC, just make a new account.
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Do you really want to lose your Beta badge?
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Darn it you're right, I value these stupid jpg too much. I tried blocking but it still shows up.
I almost didn't notice that people were replying to me because I'm so used to ignoring notifications because of this, can the admins do something?
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I made
can I get the badge? I am a pioneer. On 
@Tax
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it is done
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Wonderful design choices again carp. Such a strong and wise leader in these trying times
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Whoever suggested that you get a sigma badge must be really smart and beautiful
and OMG I have soooo many ideas for Christmas, will probably post a bunch on the first because I don't want to get yelled at for doing them too early by some salty no-hearts
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Let's say, if you were the person that suggested the sigma badge, how would you propose to get it? Y'know, hypothetically
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Did you suggest it too?
Just ask carp for it and hope he's in a good mood, maybe bribe him with uncensored fish tits
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I already got it but it doesn't have a description, I wanted to know how to get it to stroke my ego
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Oh I thought I just got mine for being a fish simp, I don't actually know
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Hmm, I guess this will have to do for now lol
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Naw, post them asap. We've been working on Christmas stuff since Halloween. And by we - I mean codecels, I've been providing moral support since I can't do shit...
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I'm so excited!
Maybe I'll post the first one tonight before I head out then
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I joined July 5th.
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July 4th here
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Junecels get in here!
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Plz make cute Santa marsey even if it's against ur religion thanks
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hey carp where have you found your profile's music ?
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280 character minimum so I'll just talk for a bit. It's a really excellent version of the song. The video is a lot of fun too. China is so cool. I'm considering hitting Arran with a week ban after this because he's so relentlessly tedious. What do you think I should do? Is this at 280 yet?
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I didn't see a single marsey or trans lives matter in that post you cheating bastard.
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LLM and I agreed on a mutual cessation of hostilities. I've already posted about this elsewhere. We really need an override for siteposts anyway, there are a number of announcements coming and not being able to communicate them without cheating just harms everyone. Test. Still not enough. Lick my BUTT.
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LLM's not a badmin though. Punch him in his b-word mouth and walk away like the Chad you are.
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I have always and will continue to always respect the sanctity of our awards system. Stop making me FRICKING TYPE SO MANY LETTERS oh my god even a simple "nope" requires me to attach a whole butt paragraph to it. How does Pizzashill do this all day every day forever???????????????????????????????????
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Do you think pizzashill will keep a paper journal to words post in when he goes to the Alaskan winderness with no cell reception?
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For binary questions:
Upmarsey = Yes/Correct.
Downmarsey = No/Wrong.
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Darn those communists really have some good propaganda
Ban the guy if you want like idk
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can i commision a piece to get the marsey christmas badge?
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Nope. I have to type 280 characters so I can post though. I think I'll just copypaste whatever this ends up being so I don't have to do 280 original characters for each answer in this thread. My God this is an annoying award. If you'd really like to piss someone off, the Pizzashill Award is absolutely worth your time. Probably going to increase the price on it.
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Aren't you usually a phone poster? Just type what your phone autocorrect suggests:
If you have a real ID and a good one for you to use it on myself will be disregard if you don't want to be a Yankees fan and don't want to be a fan of the north star
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I hate holidays but I'm a whore for badges and awards so I'll make some tonight.
Also I commissioned
@AltAccountFlareon for a Marsey so look forward to that.
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Thanks for the badge pal.
I love our Marsey but it's getting difficult to pick out the most appropriate Marsey to use. Have we thought about creating a DB of meta tags for our lovely gal? Like "marseytrans" is also our Pibbles but you'll never find her if you search for "dog" / "pibbles" etc. We need meta tags.
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Yes. This is being prototyped. I have to type 280 characters so I can post though. I think I'll just copypaste whatever this ends up being so I don't have to do 280 original characters for each answer in this thread. My God this is an annoying award. If you'd really like to piss someone off, the Pizzashill Award is absolutely worth your time. Probably going to increase the price on it.
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You're always thinking a step ahead, thanks.
Also if you find yourself in a tight spot : https://lipsum.com/feed/html
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Can you stack pizza awards?
Also, does 'ALT + 255' counts as a character?
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This attitude is why I can’t find anything appropriate to decorate the house for Thanksgiving. At this rate my thanksgiving dinner is going to be lackluster and I’ll be known as a wife who can’t host a beautiful autumnal meal. It’s bullshit. Christmas EVERYWHERE. I even saw one of those gay butt reindeer cars today.
Thanksgiving is a valuable holiday with its own unique plethora of style options. Are we just going to glaze past it? Are we going to let the leftoids win and cancel thanksgiving all over some smallpox and some misunderstood pilgrims who just wanted a nice meal after a harrowing journey on a glorified dinghy with sails?
We’re just going to give up on a wholesome nondenominational holiday to give more airtime to a holiday about discounts and single use wrapping paper.
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I assume that the sigma badge is about knowing how to analyze infinite sums. That's what I tell myself at night.
What does it mean btw?
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I got no fricking clue what to do for the holidays
anyone got any horrible ideas for holiday Marseys? I might make them a reality.
Speaking of horrible things, since I'm "Snappy's biggest simp", what are the chances I'll get banned forever if I draw a DeviantArt tier picture of me and Snappy together? This is certainly a good use of my free time and not embarrassing at all, right?
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harsh but fair
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I agree that thanksgiving is a nothingburger holiday
“In the sort of screen dappled with different states of mind which my consciousness would simultaneously unfold while I read, and which ranged from the aspirations hidden deepest within me to the completely exterior vision of the horizon which I had, at the bottom of the garden, before my eyes, what was first in me, innermost, the constantly moving handle that controlled the rest, was my belief in the philosophical richness and beauty of the book I was reading, and my desire to appropriate them for myself, whatever that book might be.”
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I want this badge but I can't have it
Let's say, hypothetically
, that someone wants to bribe you for it, would you be willing to take it?
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FINE but only because of your Artist Laureate status. It will remove the beta though. Is that what you want? 280 characters hurry tf up. I love your sig more than anything. Mersya is probably my favorite Marsey and that whole thing is just so whimsical and fun. Ready set submit. Still not 280. Now?
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Sorry I was out lol
If it removes the beta then better not lol. Between those two I slightly prefer how the beta looks so I'd rather keep that one, but thanks anyway 🙏
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Marsey was a bad cat this year
Frick the pizza award
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.” how is this not 280 characters, frick me
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Can we put the Halloween / Christmas / future Bussy holidays into their own separate tabs for ease of locating?
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Sigma is one of the badges I wouldn’t want.
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Lurking the site for a few months before making an account will forever be my #1 regret
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Someone link me a decent quality blank Marsey please i do have some ideas
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I always knew I was an alpha 😎
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I made the gorgeous and stunning and totally not mad malding Marsey. May I have a badge when you get a chance, please?
EDIT: Thank you, carp
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thanks for the badge kind stranger
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The grand Imam certainly warrants that glorious golden badge as a mark of esteem
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How get sigma badge?
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It isn't even Thanksgiving yet, Carp. Do you watch Christmas movies on Hallmark November 1st?
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me on the right
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