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  1. Comment on Eye glasses, especially myopia - what's real what's myth? in ~life

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    My personal theory is that it's not sunlight exposure per se. It's that spending a lot of time inside during your youth simply limits the distance at which your eyes can focus on things, so your...

    My personal theory is that it's not sunlight exposure per se. It's that spending a lot of time inside during your youth simply limits the distance at which your eyes can focus on things, so your eyes develop disproportionately during that window of opportunity. I've never come close to publishing any kind of study though, so who cares?

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  2. Comment on Steam Next Fest: what have you been playing? in ~games

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    I caught Northernlion playing Balatro when the demo first came out and have been fiending for it ever since. It's so fricking good!

    I caught Northernlion playing Balatro when the demo first came out and have been fiending for it ever since. It's so fricking good!

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  3. Comment on Tildes Video Thread in ~misc

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    Nguyamyam. Lessons learned 30 years ago bubbled up from the depths of my subconscious today.

    Nguyamyam.

    Lessons learned 30 years ago bubbled up from the depths of my subconscious today.

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  4. Comment on Tildes Video Thread in ~misc

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    Tom compared the tower's light output to a full moon... I don't remember ever seeing a shadow from a full moon. Granted, I've not been somewhere with only natural moonlight for quite some time,...

    Tom compared the tower's light output to a full moon... I don't remember ever seeing a shadow from a full moon. Granted, I've not been somewhere with only natural moonlight for quite some time, but still.

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  5. Comment on Jet Lag | Season 8 trailer in ~hobbies

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    Hmm, never heard of it before but this concept seems quite neat. Maybe I'll finally sign up to Nebula.

    Hmm, never heard of it before but this concept seems quite neat. Maybe I'll finally sign up to Nebula.

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  6. Comment on The Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin anime has finally finished. What's the verdict? in ~anime

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    I don't especially have issue with when the death toll reveal was made. I was just saying that it had no real impact beyond that immediate mention. I can't agree that exposing the horrors of war...

    I don't especially have issue with when the death toll reveal was made. I was just saying that it had no real impact beyond that immediate mention. I can't agree that exposing the horrors of war were a primary motivation if they didn't include anything to force the viewer to come to grips with killings of that magnitude. It was reduced to an abstraction, not even an actual number.

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  7. Comment on The Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin anime has finally finished. What's the verdict? in ~anime

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    Pacifism and peace are related but different concepts. Armin was essentially a pacifist (as much as you could consider him to be one while in a military unit, I guess), but he was ultimately...

    Pacifism and peace are related but different concepts.

    Armin was essentially a pacifist (as much as you could consider him to be one while in a military unit, I guess), but he was ultimately forced to realize he had to get his own hands bloody even in the pursuit of peace.

    you have to be willing and able to fight in order to establish peace

  8. Comment on Two, by Satyajit Ray in ~movies

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    Plainly the work of a master.

    Plainly the work of a master.

  9. Comment on The Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin anime has finally finished. What's the verdict? in ~anime

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    That's... rather charitable. My impression was that all the suffering and loss was rendered rather inconsequential by the ending. I mean, they barely spared a thought in the last 20 minutes for...

    Nor is it pro-military. It's all about the absolute horrors of war.

    That's... rather charitable. My impression was that all the suffering and loss was rendered rather inconsequential by the ending. I mean, they barely spared a thought in the last 20 minutes for the 80% of humanity that was killed. The emphasis seemed much more along the lines of, humanity is selfish and imperfect, and conflict is inevitable; therefore, pacifism is naïvete, you have to be willing and able to fight in order to establish peace.

    I will admit that I might be the wrong person for this convo though. The immaturity of the show makes the notion of any intent to drive home deeper points really difficult for me to take seriously, and personally I have that issue with A LOT of popular media. The themes may be there but clarity of vision (or execution) behind them often isn't IMO.

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  10. The Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin anime has finally finished. What's the verdict?

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    I only realized tonight that the second movie from the final season came out a couple weeks ago, and just got done watching it about 20 minutes ago. I didn't find any discussion about it on Tildes, so what's the verdict?

    I'm an anime-only pleb. For those who have read the manga, was the final movie disappointing or satisfying? How faithful was the adaptation overall? Did they have to leave out a bunch of stuff to wrap the whole thing up with these last two movies?

    For anime-onlies like myself, how'd you feel about how it all concluded?

    I didn't foresee exactly how things would end, which is a plus, but I guess it ultimately felt sufficient rather than satisfying. It couldn't have been easy for the original author to come up with a good ending for something that became such a runaway hit in the first place, but I wonder if this was the ending he had in mind from the start... somehow I doubt it. I fully expected more of the final squad to die, honestly. I also don't feel like I got enough resolution from Mikasa. She feels like a big missed opportunity throughout the series, actually. As a character it seemed like she got rather two-dimensional after cutting her hair, and considering how her arc ends, her inner monologue would have been one of the most interesting threads to follow throughout the series but it pretty much just got some footnotes here and there.

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  11. Comment on What is your favourite cutscene/cinematic in any game? in ~games

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    Reading the thread, I was struggling to think of any cutscene that has really stayed with me like that, but this brought a huge smile to my face. To shine!

    Reading the thread, I was struggling to think of any cutscene that has really stayed with me like that, but this brought a huge smile to my face.

    To shine!

  12. Comment on How frequently do you shower? in ~life

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    Reading the replies, I didn't realize there were so many French people on Tildes. Just a little joke, don't kill me. I typically shower once a day. Twice, if needed due to exercise, the weather,...

    Reading the replies, I didn't realize there were so many French people on Tildes. Just a little joke, don't kill me.

    I typically shower once a day. Twice, if needed due to exercise, the weather, social engagement, etc. For the people saying every two or more days, are you all working from home? In Alaska? Are you all single? No housemates or other regular human contact?

    And does no one else think it's very weird that energy costs can have such influence on people's personal hygiene? Not being able to afford to shower has to be peak late stage capitalism. Even so, to me it would make more sense to change how you clean yourself (shorter showers, lower temperatures, turning the water off while lathering, baths instead of showers, even using a scoop and pail instead) rather than how often.

    Don't get me wrong, when I worked from home I could go a few days without a shower if I got lazy because I wasn't leaving my place, so I get it. I recognize my own laziness there though.

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  13. Comment on What anime scenes are most memorable to you? in ~anime

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    As someone who suffered through watching the Evangelion series and was mostly underwhelmed, I thought the first scene in EoE was one of the few things that gave Shinji some much-needed depth, and...

    As someone who suffered through watching the Evangelion series and was mostly underwhelmed, I thought the first scene in EoE was one of the few things that gave Shinji some much-needed depth, and would argue for its inclusion on that basis above and beyond any supposed reproach to the fans on Anno's part. I've gradually come to realize that never liking mecha shows in the first place probably made me miss out on much of NGE's supposed greatness, as I didn't have preconceived expectations to subvert... but maybe that also plays into why I'd list that scene as one of the good points of the franchise.

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  14. Comment on What anime scenes are most memorable to you? in ~anime

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    I can respect that interpretation based on the fact we never got anything further... however, I don't agree. They planned for a second season in the first place, the adaptation wasn't intended to...

    I can respect that interpretation based on the fact we never got anything further... however, I don't agree. They planned for a second season in the first place, the adaptation wasn't intended to end where it did. The show sadly didn't perform well enough to get approved. Also, the notion of bushido as peaceful disciplined enlightenment (or at least our tendency to retroactively ascribe such a rosy ideal to samurai) is something I believe the series purposely sets out to overturn. As the Hagakure says, the way of the samurai is found in death. To sanitize the brutality of their life and era, as popular fiction often does today, is to grossly misunderstand who they were. One of the comments on the video I posted of the fight said, "Shigurui made me aware that people who kill by occupation exist on a different frequency," and THAT is the goddamn truth. It doesn't necessarily make them monsters, but perhaps they operated with an understanding and acceptance of the Tao that we don't.

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  15. Comment on What anime scenes are most memorable to you? in ~anime

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    Man, that entire motorcycle sequence in the movie was golden. I have to wonder how many of these examples past the year 1995 were done in the spirit of actual homage and how many are just reusing...

    Man, that entire motorcycle sequence in the movie was golden. I have to wonder how many of these examples past the year 1995 were done in the spirit of actual homage and how many are just reusing a shot, maybe without even having any real attachment to the film.

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  16. Comment on What anime scenes are most memorable to you? in ~anime

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    Excellent picks, those are what I think of when I think of Akira!

    Excellent picks, those are what I think of when I think of Akira!

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  17. Comment on What anime scenes are most memorable to you? in ~anime

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    Bebop has a variable spot in my two favorite anime depending on the day, but it's so consistently high-quality and well-directed that I struggle to think of a truly standout scene. The one that...

    Bebop has a variable spot in my two favorite anime depending on the day, but it's so consistently high-quality and well-directed that I struggle to think of a truly standout scene. The one that comes to mind first is in one of the later episodes when Jet and Spike eat all those eggs, but that's more because I didn't catch a layer of meaning behind it until I read up on it after the fact.

    I have the same trouble with my other favorite as well, Mugen no Juunin: Immortal.

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  18. Comment on What anime scenes are most memorable to you? in ~anime

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    Really? The only, and I mean only, complaint I have against this show is how it ends! It just needed one more episode!

    I also like that it had an end, rather than spinning off into endless series. It's self contained.

    Really? The only, and I mean only, complaint I have against this show is how it ends! It just needed one more episode!

    1 vote