i'm actually very excited, if only because i've never had a star wars opinion that wasn't completely against the grain before (except for rogue one, i think we can all agree that rogue one sucked)

so i can only imagine what i'll be getting out of this one now that both critics and fans seem to be disappointed

miyazaki had nothing to do with this one, i guess

i was honestly grossed out instantly by the game feel and i never touched it again, but maybe some day

Quote from: Verbatim on December 19, 2019, 01:59:51 PM

The absolute grind involved with mastering an art form is definitely very daunting but I guess I just want what's at the end of that grind so much that I can't bring myself to give up (even though external factors are creating some serious roadblocks).

You didn't just start out as a great writer I would assume, so did you not feel the same way when you were developing that skill or is it just something you managed to get through and don't want to have to experience again?

i guess writing is probably the closest thing to a natural talent that i have, although it does come from a lifetime of desperately wanting to be understood by people, so it was something that i had to get better at almost by necessity

it has gotten to a point where it's become rewarding for me, though, because the strength of your rhetoric gives you the power to change how people think about stuff, so there's certainly value to me in continuing to hone that skill

other things in the art world just frustrate me, because there's no sense of progression or improvement, since the final product doesn't have a practical function beyond the ephemeral entertainment value, and it's also very subjective—there's no rules for what "good" and "bad" art is, which i find discouraging, because i believe in doing things right

if there isn't a right way to do something, sure, that's "freeing" and all, but i also don't know what to do with that

there's potential there to create something of greater value, obviously, but that's a task i'm comfortable leaving to those who actually have talent in those areas

i fundamentally dislike work and effort, partly because i'm lazy, but mostly because i don't feel like i owe the universe anything (people usually phrase it the other way around, but i've always felt that the opposite was true)

i can see myself having a change of heart about this, though—maybe some day, i'll become super inspired and motivated to create something i never thought to create before, like music

but that time is not now

8>7>3>6>1>4>2>5

i don't expect this one to top TLJ, but i think the disney trilogy has solidified itself as the best

bernie is and has been every step of the way

I feel like this is just going to rally support from his base.

I don't think anyone expects the Republican led senate to actually remove him from office, so I'm not sure what they're trying to accomplish here.

we're trying to remove him from office, that's what

i know you said that already, but then in the same sentence, you said that you weren't sure, so i decided to remind you

imagine if we as a people only tried to accomplish things that were easy or expected

are you trying to do a living dex? or you just want the zacian entry and call it a day

i guess i'm doing a semi-living dex thing, where i'd like to actually own every pokemon along with their dex entries, but i don't need to have every single member of the line--just the fully-evolved form

one of my friends did say he can hook me up with a zacian though, since he doesn't care

he's only on the sixth gym, though

Quote from: Ingy on December 18, 2019, 02:19:13 AM

Or when a song is really inspiring and meaningful but it turns out to just be about sucking dick

Stop listening to KISS

tbf i don't know of a KISS song that is inspiring or beautiful

it's not a problem when grammar is intentionally broken to create an effect, though

or if it's a dialect thing, because that just lets you know where the band is from in a way

>i can't get no satisfaction

despite being an english band, the rolling stones were obviously inspired by a lot of old american blues bands, so the use of the double negative here contributes to the song's appeal by invoking (through dialect) the cool yet rough-around-the-edges attitude of the american south, from which this style of music originated

therefore it's cool

>can i be as my god am
>can you be as god am

this one is probably my favorite example of grammar being broken for the sake of wordplay

by using "am" instead of "is," layne staley creates a play on the term "goddamn," an expression of frustration at the difficulties of heroin addiction, while simultaneously asking if such difficulties can only be overcome by achieving god's level of power (or something like that)

so that's cool too

it's only ever a problem for me when it makes the singer sound like an actual dumbass

>such a lonely day, and it's a mine
>the most loneliest day of my life

fucking kill me

>infinity stretches unlimitlessly

c'mon siouxsie you're better than this

it's such a pretty song too, and that first line almost fucks the whole thing

What is your credit card number?

i think this is my fourth one

All the good members of this site are in my server already

minus one

Quote from: Verbatim on December 15, 2019, 01:29:39 PM

so i beat the game, finally

6/10, i think

definitely the worst and most underwhelming games in the main series so far, but not as bad as reddit wants you to think

i have some more in-depth thoughts that i might divulge later, but i'll leave at this for now

what did you think of the battle against the unbeatable™ champion?

Spoiler

i actually found it enjoyable, i was surprised to see his team competently leveled with mine

 my strongest pokemon was only, like, 2 levels higher than his, and i barely won the battle with 2 (both badly weakened) pokes

yeah, i had a similar experience


i still have around 45 pokemon to get before my dex is complete, so i can see myself continuing to play for the foreseeable future, which i genuinely cannot say for a lot of games that i'd consider to be a 6/10

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