Happy New Year guys!

Kinda basic today but at least it’s mostly indigo! PBJ tee, 634S-A, RW, plus a sprinkling of fun stuff

292, PBJ, 634D - thought I was done then a helicopter passed overhead!

341, 720 and other non-IH bits with a different background

Morning! N1 + 634D

Today’s a blue and white kinda day (technically indigo and off-white). N1, Merz, 634S-A

First outing for the 414. As expected it works perfectly with my 634D!

526J-SLBod, 341, 720

IHM-39 is the only qualifying item today

129 + 735 was inevitable!

There’s probably not much to add. If there is a new loyalty scheme I’m confident IH will do it right, but they don’t owe us anything. If the plan behind this works, we should have an even better experience anyway.

I did like the slightly mysterious nature of the old system. It made it feel like a pleasant surprise rather than something transactional and fits with my experience of being treated as a human being in all my interactions with IH. I can’t see that changing.

@SKT said in IRON HEART WAYWT - 2026 EDITION:

Not @endo level

Not many people are

@Mizmazzle are you sure you’ve got the right island?

@goosehd I agree it’ll be different for everyone. For me, I don’t have enough enemies for targeted image manipulation to be an issue, if someone wants to manipulate a random image there are far better looking faces out there, and I don’t see people running away screaming or puking their guts out when I walk down the street. I guess that means it’s ok to show my face.

I think it’s something you get used to, although I’m sure we all have moments when we see a different person looking back at us from pictures than the one we’re used to seeing in the mirror. Possibly the same thing with our voices. I dictate a lot at work and when I started it was very uncomfortable hearing the playback. Now I’m fine with it.

I love this insight into the challenges you’re facing and appreciate the transparency. I have no solutions at all at a practical level (and wouldn’t presume to offer any), but is there any hope of the Amekaji tradition getting some sort of intangible cultural heritage designation (or other recognition that would raise its cultural profile), and would this make it more attractive for younger people to enter the industry? This may be a total non-starter and perhaps just highlights my ignorance. It’s certainly not a quick fix but maybe something that IH and other similar brands could work on together.

If this waffling is just me being an idiot, can someone please put me out of my misery?

@Mizmazzle there’s something different about your look in your last couple of shots that I can’t quite place. I’m reading it as “I have no idea what’s about to hit me, but I’m going to stand here looking awesome and just let it wash over me.”

@Tago-Mago maybe. Or maybe just a realisation that this might not be my best angle!

@endo haha! It stops me getting swallowed by the moss and mud.

Same CPO. Different tree. Different weather.