Quote from: Verbatim on March 20, 2018, 11:11:53 AM

as popular as this show seems to be, i would like to know why nobody has ever told me about rurouni kenshin

because it kinda meets all of my criteria

i'm not necessarily loving the show or anything, but i can't help but feel extremely bitter whenever i come across a popular, well-respected show that could easily have been recommended to me YEARS ago, only for that to never happen

Hmm? I thought it was recommended to you already. Thats weird

Yeah, same

Quote from: み on March 19, 2018, 02:44:19 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 19, 2018, 02:22:05 PM

Quote from: み on March 19, 2018, 02:18:57 PM

Nobody should feel guilty about things they like

wouldn't go that far

I would. Feeling remorse for the things you like means that you don't truly enjoy them.

hmm, idk, perhaps we just think of the term differently

when i call something a guilty pleasure, i'm merely acknowledging that 1.) the thing i like isn't conventionally thought of as "good," 2.) it doesn't technically live up to the quality standards that i've proposed for myself, and 3.) i have to go through a twisty-turny rigmarole in attempting to explain to people why i find it so appealing in spite of everything else

like, golden boy is genuinely the funniest anime i've ever seen—it's the only show that's ever made me laugh out loud at the exact beats where i was supposed to, and i can't say the same about anything else

but it's also golden boy, a show that i'm supposed to hate because it IS everything that i hate

so it's a guilty pleasure—i would never recommend it to anybody who's expecting a little bit more from my tastes

I find that to be the difference between an embarrassing pleasure and a guilty one; it's okay to feel shame, but not regret. To decide which you're feeling, there's a simple question: "if someone discovered that I enjoyed x, would I feel bad because they found out or because I liked ?"

Like, I don't talk about anime irl (except for mentioning super mainstream stuff, like Dragon Ball); not because I feel regret for liking anime, but because it tends to attract the attention of cringemongers. I wouldn't call it a guilty pleasure because I feel no remorse for liking it, but I do feel remorse for whatever misstep led to a fedora-tipper discovering that I watched some shitty SoL a few years ago.

Quote from: み on March 19, 2018, 01:34:47 PM

Nothing? There's a reason why it's cringe, and it's because it was wrong.

that was my initial response as well, but in thinking about it, i'm actually not so sure

try to think of a learning experience you may have had that resulted in embarrassment, and you can't help but cringe in retrospect, but was still integral to whatever growth you needed to get where you are today

maybe there's still nothing for you, but i wouldn't rule out the possibility entirely

you could also just say liking anime

I've always see cringe as an extreme form of embarrassment; in most cases, something that the source doesn't realize despite any onlooker immediately seeing what was wrong (or in other words, it isn't embarrassment in hindsight even if the source of cringe might do so). These are things that you move forward from, but would never defend.  The only thing you could learn from cringe is to not do the cringe again, which is pretty pointless in terms of defending the initial cringe.

nah there are things you can enjoy while admitting they're cringy

This is the same line of thought as "guilty pleasures". Nobody should feel guilty about things they like, just like nobody should enjoy things that give them extreme embarrassment. Unless that's your fetish, then you do you on your own time.

someone explain this piece of sep7agon drama in a way that sounds dark and mysterious

Quote from: i am karjala takaisin on March 17, 2018, 07:53:52 PM

despite having done things like spearhead ww1

Germany isn't Russia

With what we know about German involvement in the July Crisis, the Schlieffen Plan, the use of chemical weapons against Russia on January 31, 1915 (then once again April 22 on the Western front), and their failure to negotiate a peace with Russia early in the war (due to Germany's unwillingness to cease hostilities against France and GB) shows that Germany did play a role in kindling the war and it becoming the monstrosity we know it as today.

Russia definitely played a major role, though, equal at least to Germany.

- Constantinople
- Armenian genocide
- Enslavement of various European peoples
- Invasion of Cyprus
- Erdogan
- Islam
- Most importantly, Turkish shitposters are a very loud and obnoxious minority on 4chan

Besides the myth you mentioned, this

Key requested

I'm certain that your smash skills are rusty, and now fall somewhat close to subpar.

when are you getting yourself banned again?

40%

The average person only goes through the rigmarole of life because they believe it will eventually lead to sex.

It is literally the only reason people do anything, especially men. On average. There are exceptions, like me. But most of you shitheads are only here for one reason, and it's just a matter of how honest you are about it.

If I told you tomorrow that you could never have sex again (or ever, if you're still a virgin)—wait, actually, let's take it further. If I told you that you'll never be sexually satisfied again, meaning you can't even masturbate, orgasm, or feel any sort of sexual pleasure whatsoever, most of you would probably kill yourselves, or at least consider doing so. Or you would just spiral into sheer dejection or insanity. Tell me I'm wrong.

Nah, it would be kind of a relief tbh. Would be more productive if I never thought about that stuff.

why haven't we made this thread about deci yet?

this tbh

truly a sad thread

big if true

Quote from: み on March 06, 2018, 01:49:26 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 06, 2018, 01:38:03 PM

there is literally no chance that sex is better than garlic bread

memes aside, garlic bread is good as an appetizer or a budget meal but craving it is a bit weird

you're just jealous of my sophisticated palate

nah, cinnamon rolls are better

Quote from: み on March 05, 2018, 11:57:03 PM

tbf you can only use them so long as your PS+ sub persists. If it lapses, you can't play them until you renew. XBL gives you games indefinitely, regardless of your subscription status.

ah.

well, good for them

maybe that'll actually mean something when they get some games to play

I got Civilization Revolution for 360 a couple of years ago, and that's all that matters