Sailor Moon (Toei, 1992, three episodes) The wonderful thing about shojo series is that they tend to have the coolest and most fleshed out female characters in the entire industry. So to that end, I respect Sailor Moon as a franchise quite a lot. Do I personally enjoy it, though? No, not particularly. Not just because it's for girls, but because none of the plot threads or themes are really resonating with me, and the bubbly aesthetic is threatening to give me diabetes. 5/10

Whisper of the Heart (Yoshifumi Kondō, Studio Ghibli, 1995) Yep, it's a Studio Ghibli film all right. Impossible to hate, yet also impossible to love or be thoroughly impressed with. It make sense how one of the more obscure Ghibli films is also one of the most middling, and I only like it less the more I think about it. 4/10

Mobile Suit Gundam (Sunrise, 1979, three episodes) The appeal of these stupid mecha shows may forever elude me. It's just a nonstop deluge of ridiculously dumb shit being battering rammed repeatedly and relentlessly into my fucking face. Anime at its anime-est. Fuck characters, fuck plot, let's just have mindless action scenes all the time. No thanks. 2/10

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (AIC, 1992, two episodes) Quite run-of-the-mill outside of the cool character designs. I don't know why I expected more. 4/10

Bonobono (Group TAC, 1995, three episodes) Sure, I can get behind stuff like this every now and again. It's for kids, but it reminds me a lot of Peanuts or Calvin and Hobbes, in that there's a lot of stuff for adults to take away from it, too, making it wholesome, yet thoughtful. But both of those two comic strips are something I have personal attachments to, so I'm naturally going to gravitate towards them more on an emotional level. I'm also not gonna sit through 40+ episodes of it. But hey, whatever. I don't hate this. 6/10

H2 (Production Reed, 1995, three episodes) Paint drying. Ice melitng. Watching H2. The show is about baseball and is about as entertaining. Which is to say, not very. 3/10

The World's Most Famous Tales (Toei, 1995, two episodes) Just. Watch. Disney. These things do not need to exist in any capacity. 1/10

Magic Knight Rayearth (Tokyo Movie Shinsha, 1994, one episode) 4/10

Wild Knights Gulkeeva (Sunrise, 1995, one episode) 2/10

Jura Tripper (Ashi Productions, 1995, one episode) 2/10

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I can't find streams for these shows anywhere:

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i also play competitive games, if you don't understand why competitive games take energy, i'm not sure what to tell you

that you're being elitist and hating on the very things you're doing?

yeah

sorry buddy, I talk to people every day who are in platinum ranking shit like on League, and while I loathe that game, they're in far more competitive environments than you.

I play Rocket League on a daily basis competitively. Like top 5% in the world tier in Solo Duel... Sure it might be stressful to play at times, especially in tournaments but I love coming home after a long day and playing it. Like fuck, competitively playing Rocket League is one of my favorite things to do.

I also enjoy competitive Rocket League

What confuses me is the lack of energy or "mood" to play it. It's supposed to be fun, like that's supposed to be your free time fun activity, regardless if it's competitive or not.

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you have NEVER not wanted to play rocket league

you are in a constant state of wanting to play rocket league

How the hell did you get that from what I said?? And actually yeah, if my friends are up for it I'm generally always doen to play it unless I have an obligation or some other game I want to play more.

if you don't understand the concept of not being in the mood for something (which is what you said)

then that leads me to believe that you're always in the mood for it

I meant more I wasn't sure why a long day would cause that lack of a mood to do it. Usually a long day is what drives me to play something like Rocket League. It's a contrast to work

because they're both things that i have to put effort towards

and after a long day, after i've done all my work, finished my schoolwork, and taken care of all my responsibilities, i don't want to put any effort into anything for the rest of the day

mostly, i just want to lie in bed, fall asleep, and then never wake up

that's what i look forward to the most

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i also play competitive games, if you don't understand why competitive games take energy, i'm not sure what to tell you

that you're being elitist and hating on the very things you're doing?

yeah

sorry buddy, I talk to people every day who are in platinum ranking shit like on League, and while I loathe that game, they're in far more competitive environments than you.

they seem to have energy as well

because they aren't wasting their time at the gym

Yes but you JUST said- nvm, AAAAAAAAAA

said what

where did i contradict myself

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Quote from: Verbatim on February 02, 2018, 01:50:36 PM

i also play competitive games, if you don't understand why competitive games take energy, i'm not sure what to tell you

that you're being elitist and hating on the very things you're doing?

yeah

sorry buddy, I talk to people every day who are in platinum ranking shit like on League, and while I loathe that game, they're in far more competitive environments than you.

I play Rocket League on a daily basis competitively. Like top 5% in the world tier in Solo Duel... Sure it might be stressful to play at times, especially in tournaments but I love coming home after a long day and playing it. Like fuck, competitively playing Rocket League is one of my favorite things to do.

I also enjoy competitive Rocket League

What confuses me is the lack of energy or "mood" to play it. It's supposed to be fun, like that's supposed to be your free time fun activity, regardless if it's competitive or not.

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you have NEVER not wanted to play rocket league

you are in a constant state of wanting to play rocket league

Sorry, but I think you misunderstood me in the first place, or I expressed myself wrong, so allow me to try again.

He was asking about confidence boosting and I said (or meant, i'll go back and read it) that working out will increase your confidence tenfold, and a benefit is also the attraction bonus. That's not me trying to get him laid, it's a simple fact of how human minds work. Fat/obesity is inherently unattractive because it is unhealthy, and has a load of negative connotations with it (we could go into depth with this since it's not always been like that, but for the sake of this post let's not).

Even if someone is zero interested in women but wants to feel better about life, I'd advise them to consider adding workouts to their lifestyle (along with other things).

That's what I meant. Whether or not you disagree with it is another story entirely.

>"will"
>not "might"

see, that's what i don't like

again, i've worked out regularly before for about a year, and i can't think of a less useful experience it has been for me overall, so when i see someone say that working out is guaranteed to improve your life (because the word "will" connotes a guarantee), i feel obliged as someone who hasn't had that experience to sort of provide a counterexample

because as much as i dislike jono, i wouldn't wish a fate like that on him, where he works out, hates it, and doesn't get what he wants in the end

i'll also add that plenty of people find fat people attractive (they're crazy, but they exist)

Your actual fun things require the same energy as that? You're playing video games or whatever, you can do that for hours without moving what kind of physical energy do you need??

have you ever just not wanted to do something because you had a long day

you just weren't in the mood for it

if i worked every day, i would never be in the mood to do anything fun

i also play competitive games, if you don't understand why competitive games take energy, i'm not sure what to tell you

even then, staring at a screen full of bright colors while playing a game that's asking much of my reaction times, dexterity, and my full undivided attention in order to perform well isn't always something that i have the energy to do, regardless of whether i'm playing a competitive game or not

The soreness is one thing but you're only sore because you haven't done it in a while, if you're consistently working out for a moderate amount of time you don't feel like you're dying when you do the same exercise.

that's not the point of exercise

you're supposed to work out until you're sore, because that's your body growing stronger

if you only work out doing what you know your body can handle, then you're not getting sore and you're not getting stronger, which is the point of exercise

i should know, because i have exercised

and it sucked fucking dick, and it was the biggest waste of my time ever

As for the improvements, say you have a bad back because of posture, well doing exercises to improve your back strength will help to alleviate that. Say you were sore every time you stood up but did exercise for 10 - 20 minutes every couple days and it went away. Is that such a commitment?

not worth it

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i'm $100K in debt because my college career didn't pan out the way i thought it would, but at least i have 20 extra years to slave away paying it all off because i'm just so darn healthy!!!

no one is asking you to prolong your life, just realise that some people could conceivably want to for good reasons.

It doesn't even have to be about prolonging it. Just improving quality of day to day life.

explain how feeling sore for hours in the morning because i expended all my energy lifting or running the other day, and not having any remaining energy left to do actual fun things, is improving the quality of my day to day life

We just come from fundamentally different standpoints and will disagree. My mindset being that if my life is ultimately pointless and serves no real purpose, I might as well feel good and enjoy it while I can, and maybe try to make an impact on some idiots lives.

but i don't disagree with any of this

i just think there are 100x more efficient ways to do that than exercise

i'm $100K in debt because my college career didn't pan out the way i thought it would, but at least i have 20 extra years to slave away paying it all off because i'm just so darn healthy!!!

I mean I think Luciana's point is that you might live to be 40 - 50 but the quality of your life might suffer. Various issues that add up to make it less enjoyable.

the world is shit, i'm poor as a motherfucker, and everyone's a fucking idiot but at least i have abs :DDDD

what a joke

It was an example

average lifespan is 71 for men, 81 for women, so you're about 20 years off with that unless you hop over to Africa maybe.

that's what i'm saying, it's practically guaranteed for you to live up to 40-50 range, and you don't need to exercise to do it, because the average lifespan is much higher than that, and most people don't get "enough" exercise

so what i'm saying is, does it REALLY matter

is it REALLY worth it

holy fuck your peoples arguments with verb are fucking retarded

you don't need to work out to save yourself from a situation that risks your life, and you don't need to workout to be a beefcake

It's simply desirable to stay in shape for a myriad of reasons, attraction to men/women being the least of which. Unless you wanna die early and from complications, or feel miserable, don't get fat and don't abuse your body.

i think the amount of lifetime that you would "gain" from exercising is the same amount of time you would have to spend exercising for it to make a difference that isn't negligible

in other words, i could spend 5 years to gain 10 years, or i could, you know

not do that, because it's the same difference

what is the difference between someone who dies at 65 and someone who dies at 70

you're just old for another five years, big whoop, nobody lives forever

That is a remote possibility. This is also a straw man. My point is the more physically fit you are the better your chances of protecting yourself and your loved ones from others.

i mean, weapons exist

That's just not true. When you're in a near death situation, all philosophy, religion, whatever goes out the window and fear, desperation, and the will to live kick in on overdrive. You'd wish you had the strength to do so.

well yeah, but that's called being irrational

what i believe in my most irrational state of mind is the exact opposite of what i actually believe

I just don't really care at this point in my life and having fun right now is more important for my mental well being than exercising.

same here

so you shouldn't be responding to me at all, unless you aim to sympathize

That's true, but that's why I think it's something that should be taught to children at a young age and in a fun way, to make sure all kids feel included and motivated. But I guess you might as well wish for world peace, with the way PE teachers are.

all my PE teachers were fat pieces of shit, which i thought was hilarious

I don't like gyms and I don't recommend anybody goes to them. It's a waste of money, a stupid culture, and generally a waste of time. Just do push-ups, sit-ups, burpies, whatever in your own home and you'll likely have better results than going to the gym half assed like it's a job. And before anybody else says that's bullshit, it's not. It works, and I was in good shape because I was worried I'd need to be in good shape to protect myself in case something happened.

i could probably stomach doing 50 of each of those every day or so

but i'm the kind of person who needs a tangible end to strive for, and i just don't

Why do you think that?

more people should be voting in the long term, because hopefully by that point, we'll actually have an electorate that's educated, well-informed, unbiased, and thoroughly invested in the political affairs of their country

but in the short term, less people should be voting, because we're simply not there yet, and we're not going to get there for a very long time (if ever) and that's just the reality

I mean if they don't bother trying to learn anything and they don't vote when they easily could and should, they don't really have a leg to stand on.

i don't think that's so easy for most people

most people don't know how to conduct proper research, and you can't blame them for not being able to do so

it's actually extremely difficult for the average person (who doesn't understand how the internet works) how to sift through news sources, detect bias, and realize when they're being fed bullshit

even these so-called "fact-checkers" can manipulate people into thinking ANYTHING just by calling themselves a "fact-checker"

i don't think it's reasonable to expect people to know where to look for the facts

people are smart but they're also stupid and gullible

Can they recognize a shitty situation? Sure, anybody can. But they don't really have the "right" to say anything because they did absolutely nothing to change anything. I know this recent election was a complete farce, but to abstain when there's a candidate like trump who has the possibility of winning, I think you let your country down tremendously.

sure, the nature of this past election is something of an anomaly where the correct choice was so painfully obvious, i wouldn't have wanted to see less than a 90% voting turnout

but i'm not factoring in the last election, though, because yes it was a farce, and also because no other election in american history has been this clear-cut, especially on the state level (which could be argued are the ones that matter more)

in other words, i'm just trying to be general

do you seriously think a test before being allowed to vote is going to encourage more voting?

obviously not, but that's not a bad thing

less people should be voting

i disagree entirely with the part where she said that those who abstain (or otherwise consider themselves too uninformed to vote) have no right to complain about a shitty result, because while they may have the humility to consider themselves too stupid to vote, i'd say most people are smart enough to realize a shit situation when they're put in one

or maybe not, that's just how i feel