swipes: a friendr meme

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swipes: a friendr meme

Any new arrival to the city has seen the ad for a free app popping up on their devices, and anyone who's been around for a while probably has a profile and has used it a bit. It's almost universal in the city - Friendr, a friend-finder and/or dating app. If characters choose to install it, they will fill out a short bio and parameters for what they're looking for, upload a snap of themselves, and then proceed to browse for matches. This is a typical swipe-left-or-right type app. The default color scheme can be seen below, but the Friendr app has a wide variety of themes, so feel free to customize with colors and patterns as you see fit, but do not remove the credit line out of respect for the creator of the code.

	Friendr
«		»
	» Age: your character's age » Seeking: friendship/romantic/anything » Preferences: sexual preference or n/a » Interests: three interests » Bio: 30 words or less
	base code by photosynthesis
	Character Name
	« ✘ ✔ »

Code to post your character's bio is in the textbox below.

<br><center><table style="width:300px;"><tr style="border-bottom:1px dashed #528887;"><td></td> <td style="padding:20px; padding-bottom:0; width:300px; font:38px Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; text-transform:uppercase; color:#c4c4c4; text-align:center; letter-spacing:2px; background-color:#2a2a2a; border-top-right-radius:50px; border-top-left-radius:50px;"><b>Friendr</b></td> <td></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-size:70px; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right; padding:0; color:#528887;">«</td> <td style="background-color:#2a2a2a; padding:20px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:0; width:308px;"><img src="IMAGE URL - 300px WIDE OR LESS" style="border-radius:20px;"><br> </td> <td style="font-size:70px; vertical-align:middle; padding:0; color:#528887;">»</td></tr> <tr><td></td> <td style="background-color:#2a2a2a; font:12px arial; text-align:left; padding:10px;"><span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Age:</b> your character's age</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Seeking:</b> friendship/romantic/anything</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Preferences:</b> sexual preference or n/a</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Interests:</b> three interests</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Bio:</b> 30 words or less</span> </td></tr> <tr><td></td> <td style="text-align:right; font-size:10px; background-color:#2a2a2a;"><font color="#528887">base code by</font> <a href="http://photosynthesis.dreamwidth.org/" style="color:#528887;">photosynthesis</td></tr> <raw-code><tr style="border-bottom:1px dashed #528887;"><td></td> <td style="background-color:#2a2a2a;font:20px Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; color:#c4c4c4; text-align:center;">Character Name</td> <td><td></tr><tr><td></td> <td style="border-bottom-right-radius:50px; border-bottom-left-radius:50px; background-color:#2a2a2a; text-align:center;"><table style="width:100%; font:30px Verdana;"><tr><td style="text-align:left;"> <span style="text-decoration:none; color:#528887;">« ✘</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="text-decoration:none; color:#528887;">✔ »</span></td></tr> </table></td> <td></td></table></raw-code></center>
Friendr base code is by photosynthesis.

● Post up a top-level for your character with their Friendr profile and then go around and swipe left or right on everyone else's!
● This meme is for characters already accepted into the game to window shop other characters' Friendrs while they're all gathered conveniently into one place.
● This meme is GAME CANON, so any threads played out in this meme can be carried through into the actual canon of the game.
● Much like the TDM, threads on this meme can count for Activity Points, but not the monthly Activity Check.

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Comments

[tanker]

how do you manage that? doing something else?
after i left the marines, i just fell right into another kind of fight. but here, i don't have to, and... i barely know what to do with myself.

[wingedman]

Honestly? After two tours in Afghanistan, I spent awhile in therapy myself. Couldn't do much of anything. But it helped me put my life back together, and I realized that I wanted to help other people who had the same problems I had.

I got a friend like that - doesn't know what to do without a war to fight. There's no one answer to how to fill up that empty space. If there would, my job would be a lot easier. But you just gotta keep going till you find it, whatever it is.

[tanker]

oh, hey, I also did two tours in Afghanistan.
And then I got home and was asked to lead something completely different, but still requiring me to fight, or at least where I needed to stay focused and on task at all times. It helped me, I think. It was the same story - I had too many responsibilities to think too hard of myself and anything outside of day to day.

I know I want to keep helping people. But I'm worried about losing myself in it again.

[ And fuck things up with the girl because of it, too. ]

[wingedman]

It might sound kinda dumb, but I recommend finding a hobby. It's something different to focus on, something to keep you connected to the world without losing yourself. If I were you, I'd consider setting aside some time each day to practice exercises that'll keep you grounded - for trauma episodes, I usually recommend focusing on sensory input, but it's not a bad idea for you, either. If you concentrate on things you feel or hear or taste, then it keeps you anchored. If you're in the Perimeter Guard and you wanna talk about stuff, I'd be glad to lend a hand - or I've got a list of civilian therapists. Sounds like you could use help unpacking and decompressing your experiences.

[tanker]

after the marines, I got into meditation, mindfulness. It's helped me in controlling my powers, but I think maybe it can help with more, too.

Maybe I should take up yoga as more than a once-a-week thing, too.

I've had some issues sharing past experiences. I don't like the idea of burdening anyone I care about with these memories. Doesn't help anyone.

[wingedman]

Oh my god, someone with actual fucking sense who's willing to practice things like meditation. I think I might die from shock.

[Don't mind Sam, he's used to incredibly stubborn superheroes.]

Okay, but thing is, there's a difference between 'people I care about' and 'people who are trained to listen to you'. If you've had bad experiences with therapists, then I respect that. But if it's just that you're worried about scaring people away with your memories because you tried it once and it ended poorly, then, yeah, I'll suggest talking to a therapist instead of a friend. Different relationship dynamics and that sort of thing.

[tanker]

I've been trying to get many of my people into it,
but they don't want to see the benefits, apparently I'm a new age hippie

[ It's cool, John's used to stubborn Mutants. ]

I've never seen a therapist. Not really had a chance, considering I left the military and joined the underground right away, and our resources are limited enough that getting a regular doctor that will deal with mutants is difficult, let alone a therapist.