[@tsukune]
But... I like being funny. -.-

Heh, seriously though; I'm actually a lot more humorous in person/over voice chat, which is something you probably won't get to see given how you dislike the latter. I'm still "Mr. Serious", but my inherent sarcasm and snarky wit come out a lot more clearly in the way I speak in person due to me more or less not having a lot of experience portraying my style of speech over into text very well. This is actually a recurrent problem for me; I've only just recently started to put more effort on this site into trying to make my grammar and punctuation a bit more professional, especially since I have far less personal experience with these tools than a lot of you do (it seems that way at any rate), but when all is said and done being able to learn how to write my exact style of speech is incredibly important to me due to the main character of my project being a 100% representation of myself more or less. Due to this, I have a more personal reason for wanting to learn how to do it better. Humour is actually a big part of who I am, even if I definitely believe there's certain places that are and aren't appropriate for it; this ties to one of the things that I was irritated about yesterday actually.

You've mentioned the way things are in your culture before and I definitely feel like I'm far too tactless and openly forthright to live in your country; I definitely relate to your pain in that situation though since I spent a very large portion of my life having certain social stigmas and also legitimate "brainwashing" (in the form of medications) more or less render me incapable of my freedom of speech or thought (unlike most people in the Western world I did not have freedom of speech until well into my late twenties); something I've already mentioned to you partially before. At the very least I'm glad to hear you'll be rid of the more toxic team members soon enough, and also that you're doing everything you can in the circumstances to better the situation.

As for feeling dizzy; I hear you loud and clear on that one, mate. I'm almost always fatigued and dizzy due to one of my conditions.

[@CrazyShadowy]
Robin Williams is actually a good example of what I'm talking about; one of the old-school movies he did actually had a noteworthy impact on my childhood since I used to watch it a lot, but I still never made a big deal out of his death. Don't misunderstand me; I don't completely act indifferent towards the death of a celebrity; I simply won't react any worse about it than I would when hearing that a stranger's father passed away. These people were strangers to me even if they did bring something to the world; I don't expect that many people to make a big deal out of my passing.

Our friendship is definitely one I cherish since we are able to connect on several levels, yeah. While I do believe people should spend more time focusing on the things they have in common with others rather than the places they differ, it's still always nice to find like-minded individuals. As for having debates/arguments over these things; yes, I tend to get into debates and arguments with people over damn near everything because I'm a philosopher at heart. I'm very forthright and adamant in my beliefs and I'm not the type of person who believes in superficial relationships or even "acquaintances"; everything I do in my life really is extreme in nature so if I let a person into my life they usually get my entire soul; like it or hate it. This means I don't believe in not engaging in conversations in order to "keep the peace", since I would rather my friendship grow with the people who can discuss things with me rather than facilitate meaningless relationships; I'm not needy enough to require fake friends.

[@NekoMizu]
And there's your obligatory cheese statement for the day.