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I only watched 45 seconds. Loved the JoJo Pillar Men style posing. I don't really comment on this stuff. I don't usually watch. But every JoJo fan NEEDs to see the posing. It will make your day. Sorry no comments on the rest, won't watch the rest lol. BUT POSING. POSING MAN. PILLAR MEN POSING!!!!!!

Does BK still exist? All the ones I knew around me are gone. It feels like BK is the big burger joint that will die from COVID. Gamestop was going to die but clung on, still, that disappearing would also not surprise me. Gaming is bigger now than ever before but Gamestop is on life support.

So SRK is officially dead? Guess people will migrate here, for good or for bad. Or maybe r/kappa or something.

lol so true. And then they act like you're the bad guy after they keep needling you. A lot of people also take kindness as a sign of weakness. But I think, honestly, the kindest people are the strongest, that's why when you piss off someone kind, they pretty much easily wreck the shit out of multiple shit talkers. Unfortunately, we have a society that then punishes the kind and compassionate for defending themselves, and others really. You keep doing that, and then why is it a surprise that over time people don't want to help anyone else, and only the shitty people are always around talking shit? Actions and rules have consequences. Design a stupid society, encourage poor behavior, punish good people, and then all you'll have left are assholes. And when assholes are the only ones left, they tend to just tear into each other like the rats they are.

lol funny thing is I always thought you and Preppy were close. Also you should have ditched SRKGD way back, I'm pretty sure I even suggested it to you, but you didn't think I was serious or something.

lol this was awesome. The snakes look like a hydra when bunched together. That's probably the source of that. They also are like Boos when following the iguana at the start haha.

Last man I remember going missing was Etoki, apologies if I got the name wrong, he was a youtuber that did Nintendo stuff. Had mental health issues and committed suicide. There was some discussion for him later but nobody really looked. In comparison I remember when /r/gaming was a default subreddit, and some slut youtuber chick was banging someone at a con and wasn't online for like 12 hours, and all of that subreddit started organizing a search for her. I guess it's just it really is still a patriarchy and it's mostly thirsty dudes these days and whatever they're interested in. They all seemingly share the same mind and back each other up so much too. Thirsty white dudes dominate the internet it seems, rich old white dudes control everything else.

I don't think eastern culture is as opposite as you think. Half of Asia calls women their "boss" and even gets an allowance from them. If anything, Eastern men are even more submissive and weak. Sure there are terrorists, but they skew the entire opposite way and will literally murder women for not having a scarf on their heads. That can't be right either.

APB: a single white female is missing, attention all units. Get the hounds and all the white men together, we're a going to do a statewide hunt now.

I'm pretty sure he's actually Momochi's protege, so it would make sense the younger dude can beat him like that.

So when are we going to get those chips I've heard about? I'm hoping for the ones that let me chip into a VRMMO or porn thing.

I think it's probably already fading. Every generation kind of wants their own thing. We've been on the comics kick for pretty much an entire gen now, the next gen is growing up and they're going to embrace something that they feel is more catered to them. I hope it's video game movies. Because I can get along for more well done video game movies like Sonic the Hedgehog was. I want a wave of those. Maybe a good Super Mario Bros, a Metroid, Zelda, Pokemon, I mean there's a whole bunch if there are writers and directors that are really willing to get into it and write good stories.

I think they reached the audience they were aiming for. Wasn't it one of those "woke" things? Prior to the ST I'd often see mainstream media/culture mock Star Wars fans as Autistic nerdy incel dudes. And after that trilogy, it was all "Star Wars is cool, it's by women, for women, about women". I think these attitudes are toxic but what I hate more than that is when people gaslight and insist none of this stuff is there. Nothing annoys me more than people that gaslight.

The thing about the pandemic is it kind of gave us a break from all the annoying people that would worm their way into our lives. And now it's hard for me to really go back to dealing with any of that. I mean we were already moving more towards ignoring irritating people in person, and there are more online tools for that too now, but this kind of accelerated and really put that into focus. Of course the really annoying people tend to be vocal and are constantly seeking attention online the same as they'd always been. They've stepped up their efforts now I think because they're even more cutoff in person. I've read conflicting studies that say the most vocal and toxic people are a minority on the internet but are the loudest and make the most content because they're so dysfunctional in real life, but then also that people are the same online and offline. I guess you can read that together as the organizers behind the latter probably only looked at the most vocal or something, but most of us know people online act way different than in person. Most people are way more aggressive and confident in themselves online, the biggest mouths I've had the misfortune of reading online tend to be the quietest and physically least intimidating in person.

So this pandemic thing has been going on so long I wonder how long it would even take me to adjust back to normal.

Hmm I dunno, I see lots of terrible footsies pretty high up on that online ranking thing. I don't think you can play true footsies online anyway, even if V had a great netcode. Everything has to be modified because certain things are just different. But today the playerbase is mostly online so I guess it is what it is. Is it even possible in 2021 to just play offline? I kind of think it really isn't. Only if you're a pro level player now, and many of them play streams as a source of income so they just accept playing online and probably play it up a bit. But I am with you on the not caring thing. I gave V a shot mostly because of a friend, our very own AYO, inviting me to play and kind of pushing me into it. Otherwise I've been out of the scene some 17 or so years now, that's a long ass time. I did play online until roughly 11 or so years ago before disappearing entirely until earlier this year pretty much, I guess the online is better now but it still seems so poor to me. I don't know why anybody would prefer online over offline play if they have the opportunity to play offline. Fighting games are meant to be played offline and in a community.

lol people don't want to admit this until something like that would happen. The rest of the time all you hear is women are just as athletic and capable, and a trained female can beat most men, even pro athletes. There's no point in arguing with people that talk like that, somehow it always gets around to them making personal attacks and bragging how they're so strong and can beat lots of people up themselves, especially the people they're arguing with. I can't tell if it's like some sort of fetish or if it's them actually believing this shit either, but it's a lot more annoying than how I wrote that.

I very rarely discuss my own habits because there's really no benefit for me. But I've been eating once a day for most days for several years now. Once you get used to it, it's really pretty easy. Makes scheduling very simple, I eat most evenings around 7 or 8 and that's that. If I eat earlier, it typically makes the next day's fast longer as a result. So if I just decide I'm eating at noon, a sandwich or two, chances are I won't eat again until the next day at around 7ish. I've tested it before and 48 hours is perfectly fine. Once you start getting past 48 hours is when it can be problematic (dizziness, light headedness, things just start being "off"). Now on a related note, I wonder if going 3 days without food, 72 hours, that weird stuff that starts happening then is starvation? On TV shows we see people start eating body parts as time goes on. It can get pretty trippy honestly, you start hearing stuff, start seeing things that...aren't really there? I guess that's starvation but who knows, maybe it's some secret supernatural power awakening. Martial arts rumors and old books and stuff you'd often hear about mystics and monks and such going a week or more between meals and allegedly having powers. How wild would it be if all the crazy stuff we used to hear about when meals were harder to come by actually happened, like magic and crazy feats of strength and what not. Again in terms of testing, I'd typically go for a run before mealtime. So 23 hours of not eating and then run 45 minutes, shower, then eat. I'd also done that at the 47 hour mark, skipping the first meal. But trying to do that 3 days in a row, I've never tried that, I'd rather not try it. I'm not responsible if someone tries it either. I'm not telling anyone not to eat for 3 days and to run without food for 24 or 48 hours or whatever. I can't even do that shit now anymore, I only do the 24-31 or so hour fasts. And I practically never run anymore, I'll do a rowing session in the afternoon if I do anything or just some weight lifting, but not a long ass run.

I think for V a lot of it is just oki setups and making sure you're on point for that, and being aware of the oki run on you too. It feels really shallow to me. I thought maybe since I barely played the game I might be wrong on that, but I spoke to some top players and that seems to be the consensus. I have no idea if it's true or not but a lot of people say you can get to Master just focusing on those two aspects of the game. But as you allude to, you do have to play regularly (all fighters are the same) and want to improve, I'm not sure most people care enough to bother. FGs are kind of a weird thing, feels like most people are not having fun most of the time, so I kind of wonder why it even has the playerbase it does.

There's always splatter no matter what. I always sit down when I'm at someone's house. When I use public restrooms I stand because who cares. At my own home I always sit down. Ultimately it's just respect for yourself and for others, because someone has to clean that, whether you or that person.

What'd you wind up ranking up to?

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The the the Elite. The the the Elite. Supaaahkick Party Supaaaahkick.

This has come up before but SF probably would have been cancelled today. What a ridiculous effort. Dhalsim, Deejay. And also Punch-Out! with its nonsense. I mean I loved that stuff and I don't know that either was malicious, but today's a different world too where you can't hide behind ignorance or whatever without at least getting challenged.

So true. Occasionally you see a "nadeshiko" char who is a white woman with black hair and slightly angled eyes at most who likes Japanese clothing. Everyone else is just a white person with different color hair, often blonde, denoting their "aristocratic authentic Japanese lineage that can be traced back thousands of years". The male chars make also have spiky weird hairstyles, including multiple colors of hair on the same person. The Japanese are by far the most self-hating minority group I know of.