Author Topic: The General Chit Chat Thread 3 (Read 326214 times)

metro. · « **Reply #6320 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:12:00 AM »

Eating more (potentially) undercooked food.

This one might have been on me.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #6321 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:14:02 AM »

I see.

Quote from: Gh0st93 on September 05, 2013, 01:10:11 AM

Essay writing.

My condolences.

Darth.Sid · « **Reply #6322 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:16:17 AM »

Quote from: megido-rev.M on September 05, 2013, 01:14:02 AM

I see.

Quote from: Gh0st93 on September 05, 2013, 01:10:11 AM
Essay writing.

My condolences.

essays... they suck... but project reports suck soooo much more

Soryon · « **Reply #6323 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:17:49 AM »

Quote from: LillyTown on September 04, 2013, 10:26:26 PM

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I feel you, I didn't think you were joking. I just thought it was funny that the show is so full of tropes. It's unique in the way it combines transforming mecha tropes into the magical girl shit but I think there's very little that's 'actually unique'. I also don't mind people criticizing the show, it's dear to me but I'm sure there are plenty of people out there that hate it for some reason, as if it killed their dog lol. It's not perfect, no anime is but to me it goes beyond perfect. It doesn't just do everything without fail but goes above and beyond. When I saw the first episode I was mildly impressed in the first few minutes and was like "why's this so popular?" But then Nanoha starts transforming and I just sat staring at the screen in *awe*. I wound it back and watched it like 12 times in a row and not to perv out on her animated nudity. It just blew me away how they animated something so complex but never go off-model. At all. It's all so smooth, slick and beautiful and beyond anything I could've come up with. It's beyond *my perfect*, if that makes any sense.

This isn't really a response to anything you've said but sort of something I've been hinting at and maybe others feel the same way as me. Even though you can go buy a DVD of Nanoha, any one, for maybe what? $30? $50? Shit, let's even say $100 for 'the movie' on blu-ray. So that's $100 and most people complain that it's waaay too much and a 'rip off' etc. I can agree that it's a lot for a disc but I think what's on it is worth a lot more to me. Millions. Billions. An infinite sum beyond comprehension.

Just to see that one scene one time is worth almost anything. Now, I've worked through this equation one way, let me work back through and explain what an incredible value anime is to me. First of all, it's $100 but worth billions to me. There are other scenes on it that are just as important, moving and beautiful to me. K, now we're talking... for $100 I get a copy of something I value more than anything besides other art. Further, you can download an ISO that is completely identical to the best of my knowledge, for free. Now, it's not *just* this one series that I feel so passionately about. I'll make a short list of the shows/movies/OVAs that are quite literally priceless to me.

Every Shakugan no Shana-tan short
Cardcaptor Sakura along with the 2 movies
MGLN all 3 seasons and the 2 movies
Lucky Star+the OVA
The Five Star Stories movie
Puchim@s

I think that pretty much sums up shows that mean more to me than literally anything else. Don't think I'm some immature weirdo that just enjoys watching cartoons SO damn much. It's the illusion of life that's created and the sheer beauty of what's being animated. To me, seeing something beautiful is the best thing in the world. I'd say the best 'feeling' but it doesn't really create a physical sensation like drugs or what have you. It's maybe sort of how we all enjoy watching anime or playing games but there's no narrative to just watching bits of animation.

I can sort of liken it to how I often listen to music: Most people listen to a song front to back. I do the same for some songs but what I find most beautiful in music is the sound of scales or 'scalar' passages played quickly. I'll often listen to guitar or synth solos again and again and skip to a different songs solo/lead passages without listening to the rest of the song. The solo in MJ's Beat It, the intro to Sister's Noise, any guitar solo by Chris Impellitteri, the winding synth melody in Right Round by Flo Rida are but a few examples of what I consider the most beautiful music. It *does* get tiring after a while, I get sick of hearing scales thrown at my ears for hours and hours. Still, at the end of the day I'd rather listen to that then all the other music in the world.

I'm not trying to argue any point, just sharing my world view that I've kind of refined throughout my life. Tell me what you think if you bother to read it at all.

Damn. this is gcc not fucking written essay thread

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #6324 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:20:11 AM »

Quote from: Darth.Sid on September 05, 2013, 01:16:17 AM

Quote from: megido-rev.M on September 05, 2013, 01:14:02 AM
I see.

Quote from: Gh0st93 on September 05, 2013, 01:10:11 AM
Essay writing.

My condolences.
essays... they suck... but project reports suck soooo much more

From my experience, it really depends on the project as well as teammates.
That is the former can motivate you whereas the latter does the exact opposite.

Gh0st93 · « **Reply #6325 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:28:01 AM »

No I'm not writing an essay, I was just speaking about the long ass posts.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #6326 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:30:00 AM »

Writers and readers of essays and the like are all considered to be victims. :)

LillyTown · « **Reply #6327 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:31:34 AM »

Yeah, I've been thinking lately I should probably make a youtube channel or try to write reviews for a website. I know my taste in anime isn't common(probably about right for super-moe-loving otakus tho...) but I can write and talk for days and days and days. If this were a comedy slice of life show there'd be a regular sight-gag of me talking to someone, them leaving, the sun going down and coming back up and them coming back and BAM I still haven't stopped talking. Probably about myself and how great I am and how I'm very modest but... but... look how bright I am! Trust me, I'll 'grow on you'. It's probably getting to the point of being annoying but everybody loves me after a while.... kind of like Sakurafish. I'll do this shit every day until you like it.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #6328 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:34:47 AM »

Fix your tastes.

I've been meaning to use this line today. lol

LillyTown · « **Reply #6329 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:42:45 AM »

Nuh-uh, everyone else should fix theirs... it's MUCH more fun to touch yourself to lolis than SSJ19 Goku or some other homo shit

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #6330 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:44:02 AM »

Looks like something else needs to be "fixed".

LillyTown · « **Reply #6331 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:46:36 AM »

lol that was pretty good! Got a smile out of me

Man, what are the chances of getting a chatroom for the forums? I know we have the IRC shit but I dunno how to use that and I assume I'm not alone....

Oh yeah, I'm listening to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8iS8EFZDJc
If anyone likes electronic music/futuristic rave-rap, check it out!

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #6332 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:50:37 AM »

I believe there's actually a thread for it in the music board.

LillyTown · « **Reply #6333 on:** September 05, 2013, 01:53:37 AM »

Oh, wow, I totally missed the music board... gotta go check that out now! Post count: To infinity and beyond.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #6334 on:** September 05, 2013, 02:50:11 AM »

So tired. Must be because of my decreasing sleep times.

Gh0st93 · « **Reply #6335 on:** September 05, 2013, 02:51:44 AM »

Power naps....

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #6336 on:** September 05, 2013, 02:53:12 AM »

I wish.

LillyTown · « **Reply #6337 on:** September 05, 2013, 03:09:03 AM »

I feel you... I sleep very little and never make up for it so it's like my tiredness is accumulating.... need to figure out the proper way to word that.

I'm listening to epic guitar solos by Chris Impellitteri and playing some fighting games on MAME. I just perfected the CPU in Groove on Fight through the first 4 fights(8 matches), I dash up to 'em and then press and hold back at the last moment and throw em repeatedly. Probably not the absolute fastest way to drop 'em but pretty damn quick. Got made a fool of in Gunbird but I really need a proper screen for schmups, I like to play at original 'pixel aspect' size so I get some tiny lil strip on an already small monitor

Oh and I 'feel' lazy right now.... My laundry's dry but I don't feel like going to get it and then showering and all that but I should. Gonna have to before I fall asleep as I don't have sheets on my bed and I refuse to sleep in a clean bed without showering. Unless it's someone else's.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #6338 on:** September 05, 2013, 03:11:59 AM »

I should probably do spurts of exercise during breaks at work.

Gh0st93 · « **Reply #6339 on:** September 05, 2013, 03:14:22 AM »

You gonna be that guy that does push ups on his lunch break?