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Comment on Non-queer men of Tildes: PLEASE consider before commenting on ~life.women and ~lgbt without careful consideration. We are losing members over this issue. in ~tildes
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Comment on Project Reclaimer: Halo 3 multiplayer on PC in ~games
ShamedSalmon (edited )Link ParentI can totally appreciate this. I still like objectives on big maps, personally. OpenCE works pretty well with its own 128 player limit because it can now run enormous PC maps such as Infinity and...I can totally appreciate this. I still like objectives on big maps, personally. OpenCE works pretty well with its own 128 player limit because it can now run enormous PC maps such as Infinity and Death Island, which most play CTF on.
What would be cool to see in Project Reclaimer is a massive scale map like a section of the city from ODST and a CTF mode with multiple flags to be defended, or an Assault mode with multiple bombs, or something.
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Comment on re: serial experiments [lain] | Reveal trailer in ~games
ShamedSalmon (edited )Link ParentWhat is the anime Serial Experiments Lain? A Jade Girl is jaded. Summary (spoilers): Hylic Layer: The Outer Lain ("Childish 玲音") In a twilight world where the reckless creations of tech companies...What is the anime Serial Experiments Lain?
A Jade Girl is jaded.
Summary (spoilers):
Hylic Layer: The Outer Lain ("Childish 玲音")
In a twilight world where the reckless creations of tech companies are alienating our youth, Lain Iwakura must decide whether she is merely their product or her own person.
Psychic Layer: The Inner Lain ("Advanced レイン")
A young woman, Alice Mizuki, is walking along with her fiancé when she spots a girl who reminds her of a dream she once had, a glimpse through the looking glass that prompted her to connect with and befriend her withdrawn schoolmate, Chisa Yomoda, back in 8th grade.
Pneumatic Layer: The Secret Lain ("Cunning Lain")
When we lose someone, be it a dying friend or even our childhood self, a person-shaped hole is left in the fabric of our reality. Lain is the fear and compassion that comes about when we fill that gap with our memories, our grief, and our coping mechanisms in a life that inevitably continues on. Lain is the pieces of ourselves that we see in others. Lain is the uncertainty and anxiety we experience in reconciling those oft disparate parts. She is no one, she is everyone, and she is only herself.
The Playstation game follows a similar triplicate breakdown, albeit with Toko Yonera taking the place of Chisa, and Lain as the emblem of Toko's psychological state. Somewhat similarly, Misato serves a narrative role that can be compared to Alice, and her shadow is Kyoko. As the observer, you are meant to contemplate and discover the following things depicted in the works:
Lain is Guānyīn.
Lain is Love.
Lain is Lain.Let's all love Lain.
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
ShamedSalmon Link ParentThis is the salient part for me as well. Once the last remaining invites attached to current accounts are used up, the community is going to begin to shrink for one reason or another. As users...This is the salient part for me as well. Once the last remaining invites attached to current accounts are used up, the community is going to begin to shrink for one reason or another.
As users leave, there will be no new ones to replace them anymore.
It will be very interesting to watch how the rate of decay for the community will fluctuate over the next five years.
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Comment on What we lost when we quit using crappy old web forums in ~tech
ShamedSalmon Link ParentAnother cool aspect of USENET was that it was very distributed. People would use uucp to download news, discussion threads, and emails before responding to and resharing them on the peer-to-peer...Another cool aspect of USENET was that it was very distributed. People would use uucp to download news, discussion threads, and emails before responding to and resharing them on the peer-to-peer chain.
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Comment on Is there a way to filter out everything posted by a user? in ~tildes
ShamedSalmon (edited )Link ParentSomething similar can be done with uBlock Origin. Add this to your My Filters tab: ! Hide users on Tildes tildes.net##.comment-itself:has(> header > .link-user:is([href="/user/username"]))...Something similar can be done with uBlock Origin. Add this to your
My Filterstab:! Hide users on Tildes tildes.net##.comment-itself:has(> header > .link-user:is([href="/user/username"])) tildes.net##.topic.topic-with-excerpt:has(> footer > div > .link-user:is([href="/user/username"]))Simply replace
usernamewith the name of the user you wish to disappear.I came up with this after finding myself disgusted with a certain prolific user who argued for the acceptability of CSAM in drawn and animated works. Blocked him with this and have never looked back.
EDIT: I know OP mentioned this wiki page, and it is a good resource! I wish I had looked it up first, lol!
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
ShamedSalmon LinkI watched the first episode of The Ghost in the Shell. It's not for me. I probably won't bother with the second. That doesn't mean there's anything objectively wrong with it or the studio, but the...I watched the first episode of The Ghost in the Shell. It's not for me. I probably won't bother with the second. That doesn't mean there's anything objectively wrong with it or the studio, but the style and pacing were too close to the manga for me to enjoy it, unfortunately.
Instead, I started a different Science SARU series that had been on my back burner for some time: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Holy cow! Same popping colors, but the music, the pacing, and the character introductions all made for a great first impression!
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
ShamedSalmon Link ParentExcellent, thanks for sharing! I've been trying to keep myself in the dark with regards to reviews, but I just couldn't help but ask about that aspect, haha! Don't get me wrong; Shirow sets up...Excellent, thanks for sharing! I've been trying to keep myself in the dark with regards to reviews, but I just couldn't help but ask about that aspect, haha! Don't get me wrong; Shirow sets up some great action scenes, but he meanders so much in his storytelling. That's not exclusive to GitS though, but you know that. Still, I totally relate to your mention of rereading pages. Gosh, I think I had to reread MMI a few times before I really started to get it, hahaha!
And that is really funny that they manage to include the margin notes, given how prevalent and distinctive they are to his works.
I will say that I'm excited to hopefully see those classic Seburo designs in action! It's good to hear that the anime is handing things so well.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
ShamedSalmon Link ParentThanks for the write-up on TGitS! In your opinion, is it so faithful to the look and pacing of the source material that if one did not like the manga, they might not like this adaptation?Thanks for the write-up on TGitS!
In your opinion, is it so faithful to the look and pacing of the source material that if one did not like the manga, they might not like this adaptation?
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Comment on Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops in ~humanities
ShamedSalmon Link ParentI heard there were excommunications once again, but the reasoning is unsurprising at this point. Strike three, and now there's a general schism. But SSPX hierarchs kind of brought this on...- Exemplary
I heard there were excommunications once again, but the reasoning is unsurprising at this point. Strike three, and now there's a general schism. But SSPX hierarchs kind of brought this on themselves when they once again decided they could just ignore going through the Synod, right?
For those not familiar with high ecclesiastical traditions in orthodox Christianity (which includes both Catholicism and proper-noun Orthodoxy), this situation is basically like having a large company where one tiny (unofficial) department says that it doesn't need to convene with the rest of management, even though the company rules stipulate that the hiring of new managers must be approved by the board of directors first. And in the case of the Roman Catholic Church, both the board and the CEO must sign off on the hirings.
SSPX purposefully ignored those proper channels for a third time over the last 40 years. So the outcome is not too surprising, to be honest.
It'll be interesting to see how they fare by joining the list of independent Catholic denominations. The funny thing is that a lot of the more conservative independent churches among that list had already left after Vatican I, in rejection of things like Papal Infallibility and Immaculate Conception in Mariology. Especially because of the latter, I doubt that SSPX will be cozying up to the UoS or NAOCC any time soon.
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Comment on Woman covertly filmed for 'humiliating' social media content - then told to pay for removal in ~tech
ShamedSalmon Link ParentOh okay, yes, I have seen those! I just always chuckle about the visors I linked as looking really Daft Punk, hahaha.Oh okay, yes, I have seen those! I just always chuckle about the visors I linked as looking really Daft Punk, hahaha.
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Comment on Woman covertly filmed for 'humiliating' social media content - then told to pay for removal in ~tech
ShamedSalmon Link ParentOh gosh, are you talking about these ones?Oh gosh, are you talking about these ones?
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
ShamedSalmon Link ParentBased on the title, I'm guessing that this is an adaptation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Pretty cool!Based on the title, I'm guessing that this is an adaptation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Pretty cool!
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Comment on Is there a FLAC equivalent for digital comics? in ~comics
ShamedSalmon LinkYou're probably looking for a comic book archive format like .cbz. It's just a standard zip container, but the image files you store within it remain untouched. So if you have a source where all...You're probably looking for a comic book archive format like .cbz. It's just a standard zip container, but the image files you store within it remain untouched.
So if you have a source where all the images are lossless .pngs, you can wrap them in a zip archive, rename the extension to cbz, and open it with an ereader program to enjoy both the space savings of zip compression and the original quality of your images.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
ShamedSalmon (edited )Link ParentDefinitely this! Gundam in general can be pretty derivative of both Sci-Fi and real world conflict. It also tends to be very self-referential as well. For example, Gundam Wing is a retelling of...Definitely this! Gundam in general can be pretty derivative of both Sci-Fi and real world conflict. It also tends to be very self-referential as well. For example, Gundam Wing is a retelling of Mobile Suit Gundam, swapping WW2 for the Balkans. Gundam as a whole is also classically ambivalent about utopianism. It projects a very cyclical human history where seeming utopia rests on the cracks that precede major conflict.
Witch from Mercury is exploring certain tropes found in G Gundam to examine the ways that Capitalism tends to be used as a tool for Imperialist agendas. This is where Utena's theme of despair in the face of unbreakably patriarchal norms comes in to add another reflective layer that makes these socio-political aspects all the more personal. A major aspect of Utena is about seeming love being used as a device to control others. But a theme shared by both series is actual love being the key to release others from bondage or control.
(Also, that ambivalence towards the future coupled with the traditional dowry is another part of the "why" for the marriage rites in WfM, but yes, it's first and foremost a major aspect of the plot of Utena and meant to tip you off.)
If you're a Gundam nut, and/or you have all the context for what Witch from Mercury is trying to do with its story, it actually makes it a very rewarding watch. I'll always be a UC fan at heart, but this one has definitely become one of my favorite alternate universe stories specifically because of its higher context. Buuut, I'd never fault someone for seeing it in isolation and going "hwa?".
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
ShamedSalmon Link ParentOh yay, good to know! I'm really liking the main cast so far, but it's fun finding out about some of the side characters little by little. I think the backgrounds are what's really shining for me....Oh yay, good to know! I'm really liking the main cast so far, but it's fun finding out about some of the side characters little by little. I think the backgrounds are what's really shining for me. There's enough diversity in the settings so far that give the town a beautiful, lively feeling. I love the detail they've put in.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
ShamedSalmon (edited )LinkJournal with Witch - It's about a novelist in her mid-thirties, Makio Koudai. A neurodivergent, introverted woman who balances her need for solace with a warm support network of close friends,...Journal with Witch - It's about a novelist in her mid-thirties, Makio Koudai. A neurodivergent, introverted woman who balances her need for solace with a warm support network of close friends, Makio is not the most traditional, and was never really understood by her mother and older sister. Avoiding the friction that characterized much of her late childhood, Makio has spent the majority of her adult life comfortably estranged from her family.
When Makio's sister dies in a car accident, her 15 year old niece Asa is left stunned and orphaned. Not wanting to see the girl passed around from one extended relative to the next, she decides to take Asa in. Now, Makio must adjust not only to living with someone else, but someone young, extroverted, impressionable, and in the midst of a somewhat relatable, muted grief.
There's no violence in this show, no shouting drama. It's a quiet, contemplative, heartwarming piece about how the pain and confusion of self-discovery is often juxtaposed with the joy and beauty of the small, everyday things in life. There's no moral lesson, per se, just a collection of character studies that play out like a diary written in a foreign land (ikoku nikki).
The melancholy of the end credits, especially seeing young Asa about to pull the veil back on the mother she struggled to understand only to look up and see the doves ascending to heaven, is the perfect example of the soft, nuanced approach to tragedy this series takes.
It's up to episode 9 so far, but seems like it's going to be a sleeper-hit of the year. It's definitely shaping up to be one of my most favorite series.
Sakura Quest - A college graduate, Yoshino Koharu, dreams of making it big in the city. Striking out on interview after interview, however, she accepts the first offer she finally gets from her recruiter, mistaking it for a short gig.
Now, Yoshino has a one year contract to serve as a rural town's idol mascot - their "queen" - to market and promote the area's dying tourist industry. It's... not going well. But she has a big heart and is making friends with locals who want to save their town, identity, and way of life, in the process giving Yoshino something to believe in.
This one's a slice-of-life comedy with a modest budget but great backgrounds. The story style is "problem of the week", so expect some setbacks as each episode balances between being self-contained while driving the overall character progression forward. Again, there's no real drama, just conversations and light comedy. I'm only a few episodes in, but so far it seems promising!
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
ShamedSalmon (edited )Link ParentI love the slice-of-life genre, but there's one show in particular that comes up in every recommendation list, which I've decided to avoid like the plague. Not because of anything that happens in...I love the slice-of-life genre, but there's one show in particular that comes up in every recommendation list, which I've decided to avoid like the plague. Not because of anything that happens in the show, but because of what apparently happens afterwards in the manga.
The series Usagi Drop is about a 30 year old man who takes in a 6 year old girl. The anime covers the first half of the manga. Apparently, it's really cute and sweet as the guy adjusts to being a dad and builds a support network with other adults his age to ensure that this young girl grows up in the life that she deserves. The two bond and build respectable boundaries and trust, sharing a found sense of family.
The second half of the manga occurs after the anime, following with a time-skip. Apparently the author either hit their head or just plain woke up one day and chose evil.
Anyway, after finding out that things get amorous like that, I decided that even the anime was tarnished by association and worth avoiding completely.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
ShamedSalmon (edited )Link ParentUgh, SPY x FAMILY anyone? I was having the time of my life with that one until they brought Yor's creep of a brother into the mix. Yuck! Look, I want to see the Forger family live happily ever...When they say "Oh there's some fanservice but not a lot" you can bet there's sexual tension between brother and sister or some other ridiculous nonsense.
Ugh, SPY x FAMILY anyone? I was having the time of my life with that one until they brought Yor's creep of a brother into the mix. Yuck! Look, I want to see the Forger family live happily ever after as much as anybody else, but the whole "sistercon" nonsense is completely unnecessary. I feel like there are plenty of ways the writer could have approached the notion that her brother is protective and suspicious of Loid without him having to have a locker full of creepy photos.
There definitely seems to be a rule that any trip to the beach/pool or the bathhouse requires a leering gaze for the camera. I was really enjoying Kamichu! until it got to the beach episode. These kids are 13, but even then, the animators were like "we better put a higher than elsewhere amount of detail on certain shots of their bathing suits in frames that crop their faces out."
I'm usually not looking for trash, but I do agree with what you're saying about shows that wear the bit on their sleeve. I can give Kaguya-sama: Love is War a pass so far (only two seasons in) because it's a romantic over-the-top bit comedy that explores different tropes, and the moments of fanservice are light, self-aware, and limited to the bit. Plus, there appears to be nothing creepy going on between anyone and their family members.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
ShamedSalmon Link ParentAgreed! Nothing makes me nope out faster than gratuitous fan service. These days, even heavy violence is enough to turn me away.Agreed! Nothing makes me nope out faster than gratuitous fan service. These days, even heavy violence is enough to turn me away.
It's already happening in this thread too. The general attitude of so many guys on here, in the last year in particular, has really given me pause, which has caused me to step back lately and reconsider how often to interact with the site. Lemmy is like this as well.