#tbf i just got disc lol

[blooms-paradise]

Ngl actually going thru this zampanio stuff and it's kinda interesting

[sleepymccoy]

Alright, I have been thinking about spaceships!!

Basic premise, we don't have light speed tech so it's all within the solar system. Moons and some planets are terraformed, there are space stations, so on. I haven't designed anything with fake gravity, so the ships would need to handle gravity and zero grav in space. That's mostly fixtures though, the structure is fairly unchanged I reckon, cos it does all still need to work in gravity. Because of that, the engines are taking up a bit of space. And i've tried to leave some dead space in the ship cos i'm sure i'll come up with more scientific necessities, like I'm already thinking about constantly having to create fuel to burn to leave orbit.

Other thing, this ship has to work in three ways. One, space flight/leaving orbit stuff. Two, can park on solid ground and has a functional trade door. Three, has some way of fishing while hovering over the open ocean. That's why every ship has a "fishing" zone for the fishing part of things. They're all at the bottom of the ship, obvs.

Also, you'll probably get this from my writing the pros and cons, but this is for a romance that just happens to be set in space lol

First of all, the UFO

Basic UFO design premise. One big wide disc, on one level.

Pros: I can fuck around with the design on the one level pretty freely, and don't need to commit to shit For example, storage and rooms should def swap cos rooms can have windows then. This can have whole areas the pov character doesn't go to very easily. Open plan means secrets and privacy are harder to have, encourages drama.

Cons: The design doesn't make sense against like air drag and leaving orbit. It' so not aerodynamic. Maybe it takes off at a 90 degree angle, so like every room has a take off chair fitted to the wall cos it's gonna flip to its side. Okay, that's kinda fun, this shouldn't be in the con line anymore but whatever. It's a good example that all cons can be overcome x

Second, let's look at the Slice

Pros: Small and intimate. There's less rooms so everyones sharing a room with another shift, which gives everyone a unique friendship with one person on another shift schedule. Can't hang out in your room, so gotta see other people, encourage interaction. Tbf, I can make that happen in the other designs if I decide it's too cool to skip

Cons: also not aerodynamic. Very good in space or staying in gravity. Maybe it has another way it sorta collapses in to leave orbit, like the angle bit on the hangy downy slides up to be more like an arrow head. Yeah alright, there' another con that's become a cool pro. Actual con! Not having your own room lessens how easy it is to have sex. Although i guess the shifts undo that, cos you wouldn't want to risk waking the person who's got the room rn. Could be a fun pro as secret sex is much harder to do. Ugh

The Ball

Pros: Hysterical. Quite a bit of space. Confusing layout gives you nooks and crannies to bump into someone in a sexual tension way. Aerodynamic enough i guess? Fucking wild looking, it's just a big ol ball. I could redesign this a bit to be like a luxury yacht that's been refitted to be a fishing boat, which'd add some fun world building stuff. And some crazy down time options

Cons: This feels the most disjointed to me really. And it would be so damned hard to build. Oh, the multi level idea, which i kinda forget when drawing, is that 1B would be accessible through floor holes in the 2C corridors. They probably dont line up cos I forgot about it. Actually, they kinda nearly do. Cool.

Here's a poll so you can choose lol. I'll do another poll in reblogs with some of the features so you can suggest what you think is the most important feature, if you really want to have a say! I love feedback and brainstorming, so please, bring your heart <3

[chasing-rabbits]

My dad won some free AirPods in a raffle for a work do & they suck so much. The left one consistently disconnects & takes multiple attempts to get it to reconnect which sometimes I just give up on. Also I have long hair, thick sometimes wavy/curly long hair. The amount of times the AirPods got knocked out of my ear because I’d go to move my hair or something and they’d get knocked out by my fucking hair. Sometimes I definitely feel the oh god I sound like my parents as a millennial with boomer parents. Actually tbf they don’t complain that much the main thing my dad hates is he still likes to buy DVD’s & he’s annoyed they’re dying out he went to CEX yesterday to get some because it was one of the few places he can buy them from locally now. Tbf I have the same complaint in terms of TV’s no longer having DVD slots and laptops not having disc slots. I always say to my dad stop buying DVD’s you can get it all digital now mostly because his DVD collection was so large it takes up so much space but I recently saw something that made a valid point I’d never thought about. If you buy a movie on a streaming platform apparently if their license on it runs out or w/e then you lose access to that movie I’d never even thought about that tbh which is crazy that you pay for something & you don’t really get to ‘keep it’ like with DVD’s. My main thing was there are some things I like to own on DVD & it annoyed me when it dawned on me oh shit yeah can’t even play it because my new TV didn’t have a slot. It’s like how even though kindles exist many people still like physical copies of books that’s how I feel about certain movies I want the physical copy idk why I just do it’s not the same. The smart fridges though lol and how nearly every single washing machine/dryer comes with the built in smart connection shit I don’t get that tbh like I assume its to be able to turn your machine on remotely right? But why would I want to fill up my washing machine and not just put it on right there & then what scenario could I possibly have where I’d want to pre schedule my washing to a set time.

When I moved out after Covid I was looking at fridges & I saw a smart fridge that I guess has a camera inside & it tells you when your food is going off or something I have to admit i thought that was kinda cool but its ultimately a novelty thing really like how useful will it really be day to day it’s not got no use but it was also ridiculously expensive it had other features too it was like a whole little tv screen in the fridge it had a lot of different functions but all of them seemed unnecessary for a fridge to have outside of the camera thing which is mildly useful but again probably more novelty than having worthwhile real life use for most of us.