Hi, Alex
This might be a weird question, but it's something that I think about A Lot. I know that you enjoy your gross sounds (worms for example) in the podcasts, and they're all great sounds honestly. Is there ever likely to be any sort of gagging or vomiting noises in the episodes in the future, and if that is something that would be in an episode, would that be included in the content warnings given on patreon/the episode descriptions? It's a small thing, and I realise it's not something that needs to be thought about by most people, so if you can't say, that's totally fine.
Hey fair question.
So I try to avoid vomiting sounds in my work where possible. I think its been normalised in media when actually it is quite a violent bodily motion, especially in audio.
That said, it is sometimes necessary in horror (though I will always err on the side of almost puking where it’s an option.)
Our work should have Emetephobia in the content warnings when it occurs but if you ever catch an episode where it was missed just let the folks over at mail@Rustyquill.com know and they can see about fixing it.
Fun fact: I was sick for a lot of my primary school years with some obscure illness which meant I missed a lot of school due to constant vomiting and other issues. Like you I have also thought about this stuff more than most people.
hello bossman!! have you ever considered changing your tumblr pfp to something less murdery and scary? or do you enjoy bringing terror to the masses??
I’ll be honest, I take like one picture of myself a year.
Since I was last in public I have grown a beard, lost a beard, gained weight, lost weight and right now resemble a badly shaved beaver trapped behind a desk with no idea what it’s doing.
Y'all will be waiting a while before I bother to put a new image up.
Hello Bossman Alex! How are you doing?
This may be be a weird thing to ask (I wasn't even sure to ask Jonny this too), but have you ever had someone say that your voices sounded like someone elses, like familiar to them?
I ask this because, I was listening to TMA with my father (second time for me, first time for him) and we were on episode 22: Colony and my mother, who was in the room with us, said that your voice and Jonny's voice sounded familiar to her despite never hearing your voices before.
Sorry for the odd question again.
P.S: I find your voices comforting and calming whenever I relisten to an episode.
Interesting question.
In my experience when people meet @jonnywaistcoat they tell him he has such a distinctive voice/face/vibe and he’s a unique special bunny.
Meanwhile I get told I am more normal/average than people had hoped and they thought I would be more interesting.
(@rq-producerperson can confirm)
Make of that what you will.
what is your favorite animal and would you ever have one as a pet
my favorite animal is an axolotl and i would not keep one as a pet because i dont think i would be very good at it and axolotls deserve better
Favourite animal?
Pangolin. (with honourable mention for Octopi)
Would I keep it as a pet?
Abso-fucking-lutely not. They are endangered due entirely to human stupidity and deserve to be as far away from us as possible.
Hello Mr Bossman, I hope you’re having an Above Average day.
Every time I check your answers I see a new “I learned this” or “I did that” (not a complaint, mind, it’s kind of the point) so to change it up: what have you NOT studied but wish you had? What have you NOT studied and wish to keep staying far, far away from?
Thanks for lifting my spirits on the regular, you spark joy.
Great question.
So I am a bit of an auto-didact. Left to my own devices I’ll try to teach myself new skills etc. in random areas. I actually keep a list of about 100 skills I want to learn that I haven’t gotten round to but that said, a sample of random stuff that I always wanted to but never got the chance to learn yet:
+Formal PPE (Philosophy Politics Economics)
+Lip Reading
+Computer Coding
+Proper Plumbing (i.e. more than just fixing sinks etc.)
+Proper electroinics (i.e. repairing circuit boiards etc.)
+Horticulture
+Acgriculture
+Piano
+UK sign language
+Blues Harp
+Motorbiking
+Formal CQB (I don’t seem the type I know!)
+Rock Climbing (I rarely get to climb and never learn)
+Parkour (it just looks like constant fun)
+How to actually maintain a healthy human body
Stuff I don’t want to learn:
+Anything more about how people can be nad to one another.
This is the way.