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🌷: they/them, 30ish | trans-androgyne & queer | enthusiastic about: art, obsolete technology, and decorating myself as a form of self-expression 🖼: https://gallery.platinumtulip.net/ ✍️: https://blog.platinumtulip.net/ ☕: https://ko-fi.com/platinumtulip

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · May 29

i'm Tulip! (they/them)

i love:
💾 "obsolete" technology
🖌️ experimenting with art mediums
💄 makeup and fashion design
🌐 hobbyist web design
🐱 and cats.

site: platinumtulip.net
blog: blog.platinumtulip.net
tip jar: ko-fi.com/platinumtulip

photo: a low-resolution, pixelated selfie of Tulip. they are smiling and wearing a black choker and dark lipstick, and have dark, wavy hair.

reference sheet for an anthropomorphic cat. their name is Tulip, and they have pink and black long hair. they're wearing a black high-necked tank top, black fingerless gloves, long teal pants, and a pair of black platform lace-up boots. they're holding a cane as well.

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 1m

this is going to be an unpopular "neurodivergent opinion" but i also generally dislike being "talked at". if i'm learning about something in the process, that's different. and honestly that can be really fun! other times i feel like a cardboard cutout though. u_u;

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 1m

this problem certainly isn't exclusive to Online, but it seems to thrive Online: i *cannot* stand needlessly contrarian remarks and playful aggression. at best it'll make me roll my eyes. or worse, it'll make me extremely nervous and second guess everything. it sucks! i hate how common it is!!

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 1m

been thinking hard about conversations and social interactions. *many* reasons why, no "subtweets" or w/e. i've always regarded myself as being "generally pretty bad" at conversations, but over time i've tried to figure out what does and doesn't work for me. it's a very long and ongoing process

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 1h

running up to the bean with a giant hammer and going [CLONK] and being knocked backward several feet

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 2h

absolutely insane video game. you, over there. ride my robot horse NOW

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 1d

losing my mind right now. i did not think i would own a switch 2 for A Long While and i solemnly resigned myself to the fact that i would not be able to play kirby air riders. i am never underestimating the power and love of bonds ever again in my life

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 1d

WELL. extremely unexpected development in my life: through the power of friendship, i have received a switch 2 as a gift. wow????????

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 1d

my ability to concentrate on "creating" has been completely shot this week lmao. too many things on my mind that i've been busy unraveling and not enough room for "making"...

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 1d

this is also normal. it's literally fine

playing Pokemon Pearl. half of the screen is a glitched black void.

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 1d

wafel and mobygames, together at last

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 1d

today i went for a walk. it was breezy and sunny and pleasant, and also i got to have an iced coffee with a whipped marshmallow cream on top. very decadent treat

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 1d

one of my personal "social interaction pet peeves" is when people are more interested in talking to themselves instead of having a conversation. no patience for that. i'll simply turn 180 degrees and walk away.

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 2d

TRUE!!!!!

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 2d

it's normal. don't worry about it ok

playing Pokemon Pearl and encountering a shiny Pachirisu (pink squirrel)

encountering shiny Cascoon (green cocoon creature)

encountering shiny Magikarp (gold koi fish)

encountering shiny Buizel (yellow otter lookin critter)

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 2d

i am *extremely* familiar with RNG manipulation in gen 4, so ... [coughing] [clearing my throat] i may have done some things to spice up this playthrough a little

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 2d

update: i caved. but, i don't know how long i'll commit to it. replaying this game in 2025 sort of feels like eating dry toast, one bite per minute. how did i pour hours into this back in the late 00s...?? the allure of wi-fi must be strong

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 3d

hovering ominously over a copy of Pearl, sweating nervously as i think about "Saving a lot of data..."

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 2d

in an ideal world i *would* have a super cozy CRT TV setup but i do not have the room for that lmfao. so sad

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 2d

successfully dropped off a junk CRT (it was not worth saving, trust me) and some other electronics at the electronics recycling center today. now that the busted CRT TV is out of my life, i am wondering what to put there instead. might be nice to put my old flatscreen there instead...

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 3d

even spongebob thought mario's fixation on the slime at the kids choice awards was a lil weird

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T. Ashley 🌸 Jenkins @fluttersprite.itch.io · 3d

Fondly recalling when @platinumtulip.net came to visit and I showed them Rampart at an arcade bar and they remarked "it's giving UFO 50" which is an incredibly true statement youtu.be/iHSH_v_r4uM?...

Rampart Arcade 3 player Netplay

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 3d

rest!!!!! it's annoying to rest when you wanna do stuff but it's important to ok!!!!!

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 3d

every single time you even touch Anything in your boxes, it has to "save a lot of data". i think starting in HGSS they figured out more efficient ways to handle the data but going back to DPPt is sooo... [rubs forehead]

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 3d

turns into a skeleton while waiting for the hp bar to slowly scroll down one pixel at a time

tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 3d

hovering ominously over a copy of Pearl, sweating nervously as i think about "Saving a lot of data..."

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tulip 🌷🌙 @platinumtulip.net · 3d

i've been REALLY in the mood to play a pokemon game but i have played gens 1-3 to death already and i played through soulsilver last year. kind of fell off my replay of bw (It's Fine I Guess) & i don't have easy access to anything past that. dare i revisit dppt for the first time in Too Many Years.

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