>>43131
>but never crossing the line. Maybe sometimes lightly doing it, but returning and not overstepping the boundaries.
Yeah this part is really important, and is the mark of a good show to me. Having a sense of where that boundary is and being considerate enough to not overstep it, is a way to tangibly demonstrate how closely the characters understand each other. It's part of the emotional intelligence.

>>43131
>>43132
Did somebody call for Yuzuko?

>>43137
You read my mind. I love TC.

>>37957
Autistic coded kuuderes

eww

>>43009
>toilet should be more than enough
That's kind of mean... big sisters are supposed to be caring and wholesome!

>>43009
I can't post any from my collection because it's all pornographic.

>>43013
post it anyway!

Interesting, a Japanese news/blog site that covers a random mishmash of tech and non-tech news. And it has an equivalent english version as well (although most articles seem to be machine translated to English).

https://gigazine.net/
https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/

Seems like it's some variant of matome roundup type sites (like Sankaku). I'm honestly not sure I understand that whole part of the Japanese internet though. It seems like the difference between Matome sites and link aggregators like reddit/slashdot is that the former don't actually "link" anywhere and just directly paraphrase the original sources. Some people have negative attitude towards the matome sites, probably because during the paraphrasing they add their own editorial slant, which combined with the allure of advertising revenue seems to have led to some scandals.

>>40102
I used to use neet.moe, but in the last year or so it seems to have been colonized by alt-right teens

I cook, so this site helps me out with cooking techniques
https://www.seriouseats.com/techniques-5118032

History
https://acoup.blog

>>31686
It's both. I do not like my current living situation, and I want to escape. When that time comes, it'll be when I have enough to move where I want. Since I can move anywhere, I might as well pick the country that I feel the most comfortable.

I would if I could. In many aspects living there would definitely be way worse than where I live now, but being able to go to events like Comiket, buy manga/ln directly from stores, and being able to make curry rice for a reasonable price (arguably the most important reason) would make up for it. I think.

If I were Japanese, probably. But I am not, and I don't want to contribute to the ongoing gaijin-ization of Japan.

If I thought I could NEET, I would move to any first world country. I already have enough money to NEET in the third world, but I don't know if the first world would require more or even deport me for not having a job.

Do new vtuber "generations" keep coming out as quickly as depicted in VTuber Nandaga? At this point I'd think there'd be an overproliferation of vtubers that are basically indistinguishable in content except for whatever schtick they choose to adopt.

Also an increasingly large fraction of "female" vtubers are just VA'd by men (with voice changers of course). There's nothing wrong with liking cute things of course, but there's something retching about people fawning over the projected "female" facade of a man (any more on that is probably best suited for /tat/ though).

I do not look forward to silicon valley startups trying to capitalize on otaku culture

https://a16z.com/anime-is-eating-the-world/

>>42951
I think the visual novel to virtual idol to AI chatbot Pokemon evolution is somewhat misled. Mostly because you play a VN to read a story and meet new characters, but you don't plan on falling in love every time you play a VN. Of course you can fall in love with a VN character, but that's rather a side effect, than the goal, much unlike AI chatbots. Dunno about virtual idols either, but it doesn't seem to fit the bills either, as it's not really interactive in any sense.

>>42951
>horowitz
you can't make this shit up

Today, I learned about a preschool in Sweden called Egalia that seeks to eliminate gender roles. Children are encouraged to play with whatever they want. They are not forced to dress in certain ways. They are free to express themselves in whatever way they want. Staff is trained to remove preconceived biases regarding a child's behavior and instead view them as their own individual.

>We don’t want to deny the biological sex. It is the gender we are working with. And the most important part is how adults relate to the children. Research shows that gender determines how children are approached - already as a crying baby. – We think we are free, but whenever we make suggestions it is almost always something within the gender category. . .
>For example, when a girl is observed to be shy, this situation is attributed to sex, and it does not raise any concerns. However, when a boy is observed to be shy, it is considered that something is wrong.
>Similarly, it has been observed that while teachers tried to comfort a crying girl they tried to avoid a crying boy. Rajalin stated that “[a]fter we had been filming and observing each other, we understood that it's not the children we have to change, it's ourselves” (Scott, 2017). After watching the recording, gender pedagogues interviewed teachers and directed questions such as “Why do we treat children differently?”, “What can we change?”, “Why is it important that we change this?” (Lind-Valdan, 2014, p. 226).
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336395035_Practicing_Gender_Pedagogy_The_Case_of_Egalia

I also learned that a dyad is another word for a group of two people.

>>42608
This is so neat. Thanks for sharing.

Post edited on 14th May 2024, 11:50am

>>42609
Should also be coupled with [1]. But approach "equality" in this sense seems like a fine thing, it's just that most of the west has decided to serve the ends instead of the means and force uniform distributions even if such distributions are not actually natural. Probably if boys could like cute things without being made fun of (c.f. bronies) then the "transgenderism" stuff would not have been widespread.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-equality_paradox

>We think we are free, but whenever we make suggestions it is almost always something within the gender category
>So to be free we make genders equal
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-equality_paradox
That's what happens when you have no wars to fight, so you decide to free yourself from reason at all. Reason and thinking hurts, you know?

>>42608
Cute. I want it too!

>>42378
French baked goods lose to Italian baked lasagne.

Banana and cinnamon cake, taste pretty good.

>>42428
And both fall before greek pastitsio.

>>42489
Warm apple pie beats whatever the Greeks can make..

Korpiklaani - Ievan polkka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaTISifHaeg

SANDY MARTON - Camel By Camel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfxjeZaYzgU

What's your favorite genre, OP?

>>42627
historical
https://youtu.be/e_u8LpMRhgM

Netflix being the only one is better than a dozen different streaming services..

To be fair, it's almost just seems to be something which pertains to the fact that people in more egalitarian societies would rather compromise on the quality of the show rather than make an actual good show.

For example, the adaptation for Cowboy Bepop where basically they tried to diversify the casts, already straying from the originsl races of the original anime and of course, a literal video posted by the female actor for Faye Valentine basically just saying that the fans were at fault for expecting a good and faithful adaptation to the anime because the original's clothing was too revealing, which literally anybody would have totallly understood, I just genuinely do not understand why she had to play the victim.

People like this shouldn't even be trying to make adaptations. Much less even have creative control over it.

>>42785
>a literal video posted by the female actor for Faye Valentine basically just saying that the fans were at fault for expecting a good and faithful adaptation to the anime because the original's clothing was too revealing
Infuriating. The fans didn't expect anything. They had no expectations of anything new being done with the IP. NETFLIX went out of its way to fuck with it. Nobody asked them to. And the original's design was not "too revealing". It was perfect then and it's perfect now. I'd take Man Faye over this bitch.

>>42786
>too revealing
I think this only proved she didn't understand the character or the material. Unlike the actress, the character isn't ashamed of her body and isn't afraid to use it. She's a resourceful character and that's one of the tools at her disposal.
this is the problem with western women, it's like they're ashamed of what they are and they're all obsessed with trying to be what they're not.

>>40623
Follow up:
I like to use hand grippers. I have a light one and set of 100lb, 150lb, and 200lb. I'm now able to close the 100lb one about 4 times. Will start doing this program so I can progress.

Lately my right hand hasn't been able to open and close smoothly. My middle and ring finger sort of "pop" somewhere in between. Wonder if it is an issue with the joint or the muscle.

I walk around. I'm lucky that a walkable area is just a short bus ride away.

The White Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFLb5h2O2Ww
Been going down the rabbithole into this as my gramma died of TB years ago but didn't understand it at the time...

Wakeup exercise; do the cliche morning jog immeadiately after sleep ends.

i would just eat in the classroom if i was gonna eat in the first place. i only started bringing food to school in high school anyways, because i had one day of classes that was long enough for me to get tired. in college i just go out, buy some snacks, and eat on the bench in the corridor

In my final year of highschool, the Year 12 (final year) students had access to a microwave in the canteen that the other students weren't allowed to use.

It was unfortunately in an area where all of the popular kids hung out, many of which I went to primary school with. I remember approaching them and asking if I could use the microwave even though they were my equals.
I hadn't spoken to any of them in 3-5 years even though we had all grown up together. Shows how hikki I was at that point, I guess - I was barely going to school once a week.

Post edited on 2nd Jan 2023, 5:39am

>>40816
Some things never change...

I started a new job a few months ago. My team mates invited me to eat with them when I joined, but old habits die hard. not even a few days in I started looking for places to eat alone, but had very little luck. By my second week I started having lunch in my car. Sometimes I even park close to the food court if I plan on getting lunch there. The food there sucks so I do this only 1-2 times a week. Most of the time I just I drive to some place nearby and have whatever I get in my car. I don't want people to see me eating food alone in my car anyway so leaving for lunch kills two birds with one stone. I also use apps to order food ahead of time. between the driving and acquisition, this leaves me with enough time to watch a half hour show on my phone with my lunch.

Aside from that I do hide in the bathroom a bit to kill time and mess around on my phone, viewing things I wouldn't want coworkers to see me looking at and would give them an excuse to talk to me. or again just to be alone. I can't say I've had much of an issue with smells, but my legs do fall asleep if I've been there too long. They also play modern pop music very loudly which I can't stand sometimes. It's not ideal, but until I find a better alternative it'll have to do.

>>38707
well my school was shoebox sized, also if you went to the cafeteria, they never let anyone out unless you had a pass for this and that. They even banned eating in classrooms...yes it was that kind of orwellian thing. Since it was very small and loud, I of course only had the bathroom. As for the smell, I actually don't even remember eating in there. I'm very sure I skipped eating and played my handheld instead. Eventually I asked to be a library assistant, and started eating there which was also very small, I love HS trauma *sobs*
>>41007
I view it less of a hikki thing and more of a growing out of academic system BS which is always a good thing. Not to say I'm not hikki now. Doing fine outside of the occasional unwanted flashbacks from those times.