Questions for Delfos

[Letonna]

Do you want to add me on steam?

Do you own any crazy/wacky ties?



Are you a wreckless driver?

[Delfos]

Do you want to add me on steam?

I don't usually add people on steam but I don't mind, PM me the id.

Do you own any crazy/wacky ties?

I have rarely used a tie in my life. I own very few ties, most of them pretty neat but square, no wacky ones. One of my favorites is a slim dark silver one, very 60s.

Are you a wreckless driver?

Well, I never had an accident in my life, oops that's not true:
I did have one accident which wasn't my fault, some scratches were done to my frontal side of the car, the car sort-of ahead of me cut a curve into my lane, I thought my car wouldn't slide as much if I used full breaks, but it slided my front side into the other dude's large pickup back side, almost no damage to his car, but I kinda had to put the turn signal into place.

I also did a 180º once: There's this very windy road that I like to drive in, but I never had driven with wet tar, had been raining, and so I kinda pushed my car too much, ended up losing control, was about to get off road into the tree lines when I had the idea of turning the wheel all the way and not break, it saved me from having to tow the car out of the ditch/forest but I was on the wrong way between tight S curves. (that sounds dirty)

Oh, I also scratched the car once when I was being annoyed by my mom while parking on a tight spot and turn, I wanted to get over it so I just parked even tho I had to scratch another car. I left a note and payed the damage! hah!

Other than that, 3 parking tickets and a speeding ticket inside city, was going 74-79km/h when the limit is 50km/h.

By Portuguese standards, this is pretty average, maybe even not that bad, so no, I'm not a wreckless driver.

[Letonna]

Have you ever broken a bone?



Did you go to college? If so what degree



Do you believe in luck? Do you carry around any specific object believing it's lucky?

[Delfos]

Have you ever broken a bone?

I've never broke a leg or arm, but I broke my head several times, once in the US.

Did you go to college? If so what degree

I went to university, my degree is equivalent to Bachelor's, before Master Degree, which I'd like to do sometime soon.

Do you believe in luck? Do you carry around any specific object believing it's lucky?

Not sure. I believe everything is accountable, action-reaction, Lavoisier's principle, but we do not have the right tools to account everything. I 'm favorable to the theory that it is possible to know all truth, past present and future, we're just dumb. Sort of like 2001 Space Odyssey movie. Therefore "luck" could be that the odds are in your favor, not that there's a supernatural magic allowing you to succeed, therefore I don't thing a rabbit's paw would change much. This theory explains why sometimes we, or some people, are more adept to calculate the future. It's not magic, it's just simple physics, if you throw a rock you estimate it'll fall, you have enough knowledge to calculate it's trajectory and kinetic speed, yet there's many things we don't know yet, higg's particle might be a mind opener.

[Letonna]

If you could go back to when you were 18 or so, would you choose a different path? Like choose to be a racecar driver? OR A CHOO-CHOO DRIVER?!



Are you a good public speaker?



Do you wear a lot of cologne? There is this stereotype that Europeans wear a lot of cologne.

[Delfos]

If you could go back to when you were 18 or so, would you choose a different path? Like choose to be a racecar driver? OR A CHOO-CHOO DRIVER?!

I don't know. Like that new movie with the guy that goes back in time because of a girl and whatnot? I'm pretty glad of my past and history in general. I believe things happen for a reason, Hitler had to exist so we'd have the European Union, peace, the fall of the berlin wall, all that crap happened so that we improve ourselves and learn from the mistakes of the past. Of course, some learn in different ways and others don't learn at all, but that's us, humans, faulty as sh*t.
If I could go back, I'd probably experiment different things because I'd have learned everything else until now, doing everything all over would be pretty boring, and impossible to remember everything exactly the same, but I regret nothing I did to the point of, if I could, I'd change it.

Are you a good public speaker?

Depends. I'm kinda shy but politically nobody licenses me. I've participated on debates on the radio against other political opponents or interviewed. I have my share of participations on large debates or conventions and I've spoken towards 30 strangers more than once without much problem, was invited to talk about either Design or political stuff with strangers and never had a problem.

Do you wear a lot of cologne? There is this stereotype that Europeans wear a lot of cologne.

Nope, roll-on deodorant, sometimes roll-on and spray, sometimes roll-on and perfume (when my wife offers me one).

You have this brand, it's called something else...degree?

[Letonna]

Do you go to church?



Do you own a gun? If not, have you ever fired a gun?



Do you usually write in pencil or pen?

[Delfos]

Do you go to church?

What do you think? Been there, done that. I'm not even baptized, I'm a "radical" left-winger who believes structures of power are coercive to freedom, the Church is one of the worst indoctrination places where if you challenge their logic they say "It is normal to question God, God is testing our faith. Many times I questioned and God always found a path for me." or "I'm sure you will find your path with God sooner or later".
..!,
As an institution, many have died in it's name. Too many. Also it's a political force, this new pope proves it, it's like a failed party choosing a leader to reconnect with it's electors. I hope they do change because they weight too much influence in the world. You think not? Who cares about the kings of Monaco, Liechtenstein, Andorra, San Marino or even Luxembourg and Belgium? Do you care Belgium is politically unstable, that there's separatist intents? No, but you do know what the Pope said about Atheists, like if the Vatican was much more important than the fricking "capital" of the European Union.

Do you own a gun? If not, have you ever fired a gun?

I think I still have a Nerf-gun somewhere. I have never fired a firearm, I've fired some air pressured guns with led pellets, or paintball, or other crap. I don't think people should own guns, but i don't think it's wrong to go hunting and whatnot. Maybe there's better systems, rentals? Practically nobody here has a gun, we trust the police force to handle messy situations. Supposedly, here you're either a hunter or a criminal if you own a gun. Might not be too hard to acquire a gun, legal or illegal, people just have better things to do, and believe that guns are directly connected to mortality, not sport. I'm not sure if I'll acquire a gun or not when possible if I move to the US. I'm certain it won't be for personal defense, I'd be against jeopardizing someone's life, even if he's a criminal. I might like to go hunting just to spend some time with nature, AND KILL IT!, no, might call it hiking instead...

Do you usually write in pencil or pen?

With a Keyboard/cellphone? I like pen, I like to draw with pen, make it all very dark and scratchy. Pencils kinda make it obligatory to have an eraser, most pencils have crap erasers on the other end and I'd keep losing my eraser if I had to carry an eraser and pencil all the time. Also it fades fast if the paper isn't stored properly. nha.

[Letonna]

What's your favorite canned food?



Do you have a coffee mug that says something?

[Delfos]

What's your favorite canned food?

My most eaten canned food is Tuna, but my favorite might be Feijoada à Transmontana.

Feijoada à Transmontana, my best translation is = Beyond-Mountains Bean-stew. Trás-os-Montes is literally "behind the mounts" - is a region of Portugal, it's a mountainous landscape in the far northeast part of the country. "Bean-stew"/Feijoada is a traditional dish of Portugal, there's tons of ways we do our magical fruit, the more you eat...

You'll have to let google translate it for you wiki link


Why? Because it's a complex food that is processed and canned so that you can just heat it and it's delicious. It's not that great but it's the best canned food I've had.

Do you have a coffee mug that says something?

Not with a witty phrase. I've a mug that has Mount Rushmore and random facts about South Dakota...

[Letonna]

Is there Ping-Pong in Portugal?



Do you draw/do art in your free time?



Do you even lift?

[Delfos]

Is there Ping-Pong in Portugal?

I'm friends with a world champion and in my town there's a pavilion/development center specific for table tennis and badminton that has housed several international competitions. Almost every school, primary, highschool, university, has at least 1 table, or youth centers, or other social/community centers have them.

Do you draw/do art in your free time?

Lots of doodling. I'm a designer, if I'm not researching volumes, shapes and their organization in space I'm doodling my next logo. To draw as in drawing what I see, I do sometimes. When I worked at the castle I used to draw the landscape and the castle to pass time (it was an 8h straight shift but with lots of kill time). I like to draw with pen and make is very dark compared to most pencil drawers. My favorite comic drawer is Hugo Pratt.

Do you even lift?

Nope. Although when I was federated volleyball player my leg muscles (calf) could lift over 100kg (220.462lbs - there were no more weights for the machine) by just lifting my heel - a lifetime achievement, ever since I stopped doing volleyball I never went to the gym again. I prefer outdoor practices, like cycling.