Thread by @kindofsquishy

For my birthday I asked everybody to come prepared with a PowerPoint presentation about any topic they wanted and BY GOD THEY FUCKING DELIVERED. These are just some highlights 🧵

(Pic of mine for tax)

My friend Elle did a fucking Deloitte level presentation doing a investment analysis of dating (CPN= Cost Per Nut)

And @pixelsmixel took us on a journey through the bespectacled men who could Get It during her formative years and look she was Not Wrong

@pixelsmixel My friend @alexthe_dragon did a deep dive on narrative omission that turned out to be a love letter to Hidetaka Miyazaki that I should have seen coming from a mile away and yet still didn’t 10/10

@pixelsmixel @alexthe_dragon Then the party got even wilder and @volanare busted out a fucking MIRO BOARD about the public transit line that had every single person in the room glued to the screen TRAIN TRAUMA TRAIN TRAUMA

@pixelsmixel @alexthe_dragon @volanare I nearly cried when @rubyinnes sent me a pre-made video recording of a presentation bc she couldn’t make it and my god she delivered

@pixelsmixel @alexthe_dragon @volanare @rubyinnes I learned how to make friends with the birds in @itssarahwolfe’s preso about magpies that featured both an EDM remix of magpie calls and also video evidence of her befriending said magpies

@pixelsmixel @alexthe_dragon @volanare @rubyinnes @itssarahwolfe Then @joshalanb took us through a deep dive on how purple as a colour does not actually exist and the entire party lost it our minds were blown OPINIONS WERE HAD

@pixelsmixel @alexthe_dragon @volanare @rubyinnes @itssarahwolfe @joshalanb Small intermission while I check in for media approval from others (some of these presentations are under heavy NDA now lmao)

@pixelsmixel @alexthe_dragon @volanare @rubyinnes @itssarahwolfe @joshalanb OK IM SO GLAD I HAVE APPROVAL TO ADD THIS

I learned about how fucking lit it is to pair fantasy smut novels with instrumental versions of albums we love. YEARN TIME WITH @Astrokerrie went so hard 1000/10

@pixelsmixel @alexthe_dragon @volanare @rubyinnes @itssarahwolfe @joshalanb @Astrokerrie I genuinely learned so much about the history of the art of Magic the Gathering and now I will die and kill for Rebecca Guay thanks to @hotto_au’s presentation

@pixelsmixel @alexthe_dragon @volanare @rubyinnes @itssarahwolfe @joshalanb @Astrokerrie @hotto_au Of course you also cannot forget @KnightSinclair going through everyone William T Riker fucked on Star Trek and also rating them incredible energy very demure

Also @lisy__k killed me explaining things that she defines as third places I cannot explain the logic to you but the vibes were extremely there

@lisy__k Also I cannot overstate how fucking hilarious it was to play WHO’S THAT POKEMON: DRUG EDITION with @ginger_quinnn

@lisy__k @ginger_quinnn Ok that’s it, there were a couple others a little too spicy for the internet but know they went SO hard. Preso night will now be annual, I’m so thankful for my awesome friends, and i encourage everyone to do it but only if you like fun and celebrating being the dorks you are 🥰

@lisy__k @ginger_quinnn Lots of people asking about joining our friendship group and I need you to know that you can create this energy for yourself! We don’t own this idea and we didn’t invent it, anyone can do it! Be the preso night you wish to see in the world