AND WHEN IT'S ALL COMPLETE
HE FEELS LIKE A HUNTER
ON THE STREET

i don't even have the sense of humor for this shit anymore

objectively speaking, i live in a miserable frozen wasteland filled with old people, trump supporters, meth heads, and ne'er-do-wells (like me) and no one in their right mind would consider it to be a good place to live

but having lived here for about a quarter of a century at this point, i'm fairly used to it, and it hasn't gotten so bad that i ever thought to myself "holy shit, i gotta get out of here"

no matter where i'd go, i'd stay in my home anyway, so it doesn't really make a difference

Quote from: Verbatim on September 27, 2020, 08:24:02 AM

my mom tested positive

How are you guys dealing with it?

Is everyone still in the same house or is she quarantined somewhere else?

same house, only the kitchen has become a second living room

i spend most of my days sequestered off in my room anyway, so nothing changes for me, besides the N95s

Quote from: Verbatim on September 27, 2020, 08:24:02 AM

my mom tested positive

How is she?

she seems pretty asymptomatic—it was a big surprise to her that she had it

still complicates things, but yeah, she's fine

Quote from: Verbatim on September 24, 2020, 03:14:57 PM

YouTube

some of you might appreciate this

how do people even discover some of these exploits

ive seen most of the trickity tricks of ce speedreunning,  but never the two betrayals OOB

also, i dislike it when people say "hi youtube"

my favorite is how, at 1:06:50, he goes for a completely unnecessary 360 spin with the warthog at the very end of the last level

it saves no time, and if he fucks up, he kills the run, but he does it anyway for style, and now it's part of the WR

based

Lmao I've said some dumb shit in my time on this website. Cheat perma my ass.

i don't even think you realize

Quote from: Verbatim on September 20, 2020, 10:21:21 AM

ITT: the most boring motherfuckers holy shit

The hell were you expecting? Neutron Pasta?

i don't know, twix? skittles? starburst?

something from your childhood that made you happy, not the stuff you'd eat last in your trick-or-treat haul

kind of amazing how that needs a video

haven't had a warhead in a long time, but probably those

we almost went a whole day without a single post, and you fucked it up

yeah, the lance is definitely weird and not explained super well—if you remember the episode that ends with rei carrying the spear to adam, that actually happens two episodes after the spear was actually found in antarctica, which explains why gendo and fuyutsuki were there

basically, when you see adam's fucked up body, you're meant to ascertain that he was in the process of growing/getting stronger, and that the lance was essentially being used to halt that process

I remember a scene where Misato implied that she was just using Shinji to pilot the EVAs and didn't really care about him, idk if i dreamed that or what but it feels important because she's so concerned about his safety at this point in the story

nah, misato always cared about shinji—she wouldn't have offered to be his guardian if that weren't the case



this may not have come across directly, just because one of the show's biggest themes involves how difficult it is for some people to communicate or connect with each other in a way that won't inevitably cause hurt for both parties (the hedgehog's dilemma)

you might be thinking of the scene in episode 4, where misato told shinji to quit and leave if he hates being an EVA pilot so much—which may have seemed cold, but it did come from a place of genuine concern for his well-being, as well as from the misunderstanding that shinji has no interest in helping NERV's cause

misato takes NO pleasure in the "psychological torture of 14-year-olds" portion of her job description; she's not about to force any kid to be an EVA pilot if they aren't willing, and she can only encourage them so much before her patience wears thin—this, coupled with a perceived lack of cooperation on shinji's part, caused her to hastily shut him out out of frustration

she later comes to understand that shinji does want to help, and that he's just scared and demotivated—likewise, shinji comes to understand that misato has in fact provided him with the exact kind of warmth, company, and guidance that his parents failed to provide for him all his life, and that he's ultimately making a mistake by leaving NERV

neither of the two were right or wrong for their actions, or for their reactions to each other's actions—it was just a matter of two clashing personalities failing to communicate with each other before they eventually clicked



unless you were thinking of a different episode, of course, but i can't think of another instance where misato seemed like she didn't care about shinji—she even slaps ritsuko in the face for having that attitude

yeah, even though my state just got 1300 new cases yesterday (the most since may 14), and the global death toll hasn't slowed down one whit since the initial outbreak, things have already started to go back to normal—and that's definitely a good thing

i mean, not even a million people have died yet—only 920,000—so we really ought to start taking this corona meme way less seriously