PSA: Don't use Open Office

I keep seeing people recommending Open Office as an alternative to Word, and uh... look, it is, technically, an open source alternative to Word. And it can do a lot of what Word can, genuinely! But it is also an abandoned project that hasn't been updated in nine years, and there's an active fork of it which is still receiving updates, and that fork is called LibreOffice, and it's fantastic.

Seriously, if you think that your choices are either "grit your teeth and pay Microsoft for a subscription" or "support free software but have a kind of subpar office suite experience", I guarantee that it's because you're working with outdated information, or outdated software. Most people I know who have used the latest version of LibreOffice prefer it to Word. I even know a handful of people who prefer it to Scrivener.

Open Office was the original project, and so it has the most name recognition, and as far as I can tell, that's really the only reason people are still recommending it. It's kind of like if people were saying "hey, the iPhone 14 isn't your only smart phone option!" but then were only ever recommending the Samsung Galaxy S5 as an alternative. LibreOffice is literally a version of the same exact program as Open Office that's just newer and better – please don't get locked into using a worse tool just because the updated version of the program has a different name!

I use LibreOffice. It's wonderful.

Neil Banged out his tunes today, on a train you have the comfort and relaxation to bang out your own tunes

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mwah mwah

Very smol

Aventurine is literally sort of Ratio's muse and I can't stop thinking about it

HEY POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNINGS FOR HONKAI STAR RAIL VERSION 2.1 PENACONY STORY?????

A friend forced me to make this post lmao, they said the masses needed to know. ANYWAY I recently read Dr. Ratio's character story parts cause my Avenratio (Aventio, Ratiorine?) brain has been all over them and I realized I never read his story before

Something that sets apart Ratio as a genius compared to the actual Genius Society is how human he is. Despite his demeanor and off-putting personality he's an empathetic and caring character! More than he lets on! And this is most obvious WITH Aventurine.

The funny thing is the more you read into Ratio's backstory the more you realize he's viewed as someone too knowledgeable to be seen as human. Because his story isn't told AT ALL from his own POV, it's all outsiders and their assumptions of him. But when you read Ratio's own voicelines and goals, you realize that his aspiration is literally to INSPIRE people to recognize that knowledge can exist and thrive without the existence of "geniuses."

But everyone treat him as the opposite of what he wants to be. Because they assume that like the Genius Society, he's trying to achieve something more than what he is.

Ratio doesn't want to be a part of the Genius Society. Why do you think he calls himself a "Mundanite"? He's literally trying to humanize himself when he lives up to the title of "mundane" because the world has already stolen a lot of his humanity from him because they just see him as a "genius"

He puts himself on the same level as the common people because he WANTS to understand them. He doesn't strive for godhood like Ruan Mei or consider how to create new universes to explore the history of Aeons like Herta. He's a DOCTOR. A doctor of the PEOPLE.

Anyway, this brings me back to Aventurine...

In Ratio's character details this stands out to me because it's one of Ratio's major goals:

Aventurine is literally what Ratio strives to teach the universe to not ignore because they get too caught up on "geniuses" when it can be the "mundane" makes the universe what it is.

Aventurine is both intellectual and creative and Ratio is one of the few people that understand that. Aventurine is literally a muse of sorts for Ratio because Aventurine is the type of person Ratio wants the universe to recognize.

Just look at how Ratio sees Aventurine compared to the Genius Society members!!!

Aventurine is a genius in his own right. An orphan and slave from a dying planet with no formal education made it to the IPC as a key ambassador, gambling with stakes no one dared to gambled with, and always walked away winning. He's smart in all the ways education does not teach, he's smart from EXPERIENCE. It's not just his luck, Aventurine is more than just his luck, it's his wits and personality and charm and quick-thinking that make Aventurine a "mundane genius." Ratio is one of the few that recognizes that about him.

Aventurine is the epitome of what Ratio wants the world to recognize. Aventurine is a muse that inspires Ratio to continue pursuing knowledge outside of the Genius Society, inspiring him to educate the universe about their own ignorance to the "mundane" around them.

Anyway that's why I love them. Ratio as a character cannot be fully understood without Aventurine. They are intertwined!!

Dr. Ratio vs. Warp Trotter

"I'll always be the final victor~" 🌹♠️

the animated lc broke me lol

Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive - RTX 4090

i call this piece “haha sunday, fuck u, we double crossed u”

He is eepy

The way some of yall mischaracterize Ratio as being stoic in chill when in reality he is 24/7 resisting the urge to rip everyone around him a new one is crazy to me like. He cares so much, so much. It’s unhealthy, he loses the idgaf war every time because Ratio is the least nonchalant person ever like

He was this close to breaking character and throttling Sunday like you cannot tell me he wasn’t planning a murder in this scene. Ratio straight up calls Sunday a crazy bitch but everyone brushed it aside 😭

Honestly his entire conversation with Screwllum is just him tweaking, watch it on YouTube the VAs performance is amazing, you can here just how much He Cares

Genuinely, Aventurine is way better at concealing his true feelings that Ratio. Ratio may be acting for the sake of the plan but the way he truly feels about anything he’s doing always seeps through, it’s why he apologizes to Aventurine in 2.0 in their staged argument scene. It’s why he is as mean to Sunday as he can be. It’s why him pretending that he “hates” Aventurine makes him act so silly. Ratio can’t fully commit to the bit, he can’t force himself to not care or to be someone he isn’t, because fundamentally Ratio CARES and that is something he is incapable of hiding, alabaster bust or not.

The problem is that him expressing his care is often done in a rude and/or blunt manner which people tend to interpret as stoicism or apathy when it’s anything but. Ratio’s vial that he gives to Aventurine is short, sweet and gets straight to the point, because that’s the easiest way for Ratio to express his emotions, even if it’s often detrimental for him and anyone else around him. However Aventurine understands him quite well, and knows that although brief, Ratio telling him to “stay alive, survive this and keep on living” is how he truly feels towards Aventurine, and that’s enough to keep him going.

Underneath Ratios carefully crafted marble facade is a man who cares so much and is so bad at expressing it and I wish the community in general, especially Aventio shippers would acknowledge that more. Ratios true moments of sincerity are brief, but they are anything but stoic. Let the man be soft, it’s in character.