@Olo They’re almost always plastic. The only silicon model I’m aware that comes in 1/12 scale (a bit under 6 inches) are the Phicen/TBLeague ones, but they’re way more expensive. I also really hate their default robotic anime look, but at least you can sweap their heads. There’s a seamless model that looks pretty nice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ0bKWzJiec
(Sorry again to derail the thread, seems like it’s my speciality)
@littlest-lily Can you imagine what (or who) put those 3D audio thoughts (literally) in my head, uh? 
For a static recording, on the hardware side I think there are binaural microphones that allow you to record directly in 3D. Or, like @skysayl said, you can use manual panning to get the same effect but I guess there’s more work involved. My only experience is mixing music but that’s another ball game.
I’m doing research for a little project of mine on the software side of things, namely audio APIs, algorithms to simulate realistic spatial audio effects, room acoustics, sound source directivity, and HRTF functions. But that’s mostly about how to transform existing sounds to 3D in realtime for, say, a VR environment.
@Olo oh right, haha… that’s probably it. 
It’s okay, I don’t like holding grudges.
@Olo said in Meanwhile on Reddit:
- 5’9" and fine
5’8" and (mostly) fine. 
That’s one thing I hate about dating apps. I mean, I understand that we all have our preferences, and I’d be a hypocrite to deny I like short(er) girls (or redheads…
), but I wouldn’t reject a girl simply because she’s a brunette or my taller than me. But for some people it’s a non-negociable criteria. I guess tall dudes aren’t as used to being rejected based on their height, so it’s a new experience for them, thus the knee-jerk reactions in that girl’s post.
Seriously I don’t think it’s conscious but just like beauty, height is still an advantage and privilege in spite of our modern societies. Height has always been correlated to average salary, and beautiful people can get away with uglier behavior than most.
@SmolChlo said in Watching Others Watch Size:
I truly get so much enjoyment out of their facial expressions or the way their eyes dilate… like hmmm what are you think about ¿
Well you would have a field day with me, telling me something like this!
Teach me the ways of the extrovert, tiny woman, I beseech thee! 
@SmolChlo It was shown during the holidays on a segment for children, before an Astérix movie lol. Strange choice but late 80s and not as much concern for viewer’s safety back then.
I was really empathic towards the tinies but jealous of the Draags at the same time - I wanted a tiny Oom girl for myself hehe
@littlest-lily said in Audacity:
@Olo Ahhhh someone make this app stat
A G/t… dating app?! Ultra niche, but why I never thought of that!?! It doesn’t already exist, right…?
foreverlurks dropping his 19 other unfinished side projects to code Gullivr…
@Nyx said in When the world doesn't feel big enough:
That looks like a giant phone
I though so too, haha we’re so hopeless Glad to know I’m not the only one.
@Olo said in Go-to sizey daydream?:
Need to get more First Nations stories in there. Lots of Biggos up north.
You’re right, First Nations have giants in some of their tales. There’s Inukpasuksuk in the Inuit mythology, and the sleeping giant of the Ojibwa people.
@i-am-insane it’s not the only one, but one of the few (compared to GTS it’s nothing of course). I have made a playlist of F4M SW audio, including one by our very own @skysayl :
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvBA_o_qlPJ_MzYbupc_8I-wyv9GruMZZ
I also have another playlist for M4F, including a script written by @littlest-lily :
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvBA_o_qlPJ_7Bc6FlhASZMykxOerVeJD
I enjoy those very much and I hope more will be made in the future.
@foreverlurk She starts to notice his growing obsession and is concerned that her visits are going to turn into a permanent stay
Oh, you mean she willingly shrunk down to be his model for that session (purely for, er, artistic reasons!), but maybe now he doesn’t want to restore her to normal? 
I didn’t even notice the AI tag at the bottom!
Yeah, well that’s exactly my point, it should be more obvious in the UI.
Lots of interesting thoughts, Olo. I think mine intersects with Lily’s a lot, in the sense that while violence is not really my thing, I would never judge you based on your fantasies. I sincerely hope that, whenever I express my own personal preferences for the gentler side of things, I don’t come across as judging or looking down upon those that don’t share my tastes.
I was fortunate enough to be older than most here when I first got access to the internet, so I wasn’t that shocked when first exposed to violent SW fiction and pictures. I must admit that hurting or killing in the context of shrinking had never even crossed my mind at that point. It’s part of those little details in size fiction that took me a while to discover, like for instance the prevalence of fear as being the foremost sought after emotion from the tiny/SW’s perspective. I know it’s obvious but what I personally seek with the shrinking lies first and foremost in the newfound vulnerability of the shrunken woman. The fear, as I see it, is a byproduct of that loss of power, but not THE thing I’m explicitly looking for. I’m almost like a blissfully unaware giant that has no clue of the utter terror he’s inflicting on his shrunken victim. Does that make any sense?
It is not unreasonable, therefore, to be concerned about how expressions of fetish desires might be (mis)interpreted by people unfamiliar with the tropes and conventions of certain fetishes.
We had a case very similar to Gilberto Valle here in Quebec with a horror writer for a book he published in 2017. In that story, there was an incest/rape scene involving a minor - someone reported that to police, and he was accused of producing child pornography. He was later found not guilty but not before his entire life had been destroyed.
I don’t know where modern day psychology stands on all this. I’ve seen their takes on “viDeO gAmEs mAkE yOu viOleNt!!” and I’m not sure we’re in the clear. I’m old enough to remember the D&D scare in the 90s, when people thought playing that game made us satanic worshippers or something. I shudder to think what some experts would say if they were exposed to size fiction.
PS: J’aime beaucoup le titre de votre article. Very clever.
@maladaptivetiny said in Go-to sizey daydream?:
But maybe giants are extra prevalent in Norse mythology
I’m really no expert but it was my impression they were. Not based on anything but empirical evidence.
Same way I’ve also noticed that Southeast Asia has a tradition of tiny people in their folklore, based on the various stories and television shows featuring them and what I’ve been told on the subject.
(Someone should do a PhD on Size Representation through history!)
Nice catch, thanks for sharing!
Still waiting for the game that will let me play as a giant
@SmolChlo Is this a choose-your-own-adventure thread? In that case, I’d go with option #2, please. 
Although, he does look like a true gentleman from a bygone era, and the way they look at each other tells me it’s a relationship built on trust, making the first option way more likely (and the second option even… better worse?)