This. My relationship with my younger brother was largely architected by my mother and her cultural values. It led to my resentment of him and his jealousy of me.

I have tried to listen to various dubs so many times, and the only ones that don’t really make me cringe are Yu Yu Hakusho, Bebop, or Champloo. That OPM and MHA dub just doesn’t work for me.

That was a painful read. Thanks for sharing.

I’m a nobody on the Internet but I understand your plight. It’s difficult to move beyond people that you cherish despite how diametrically opposed they are to your politics or values. We all live with compromise and you just have to accept yours - no one else does.

For the life of me, I wish I could stomach sitting through this entire series, but I can’t muster up the patience. Oda’s a legend, but there’s just so much content, idk how he’s managed to sustain it this long - let alone keep fans.

When I went to Tokyo the first time, I stopped in a shop dedicated to just old cassettes. Brought back some music for my favorite sushi shop’s owner and she seemed thrilled. It’s such an odd cultural artifact to us, but “old” media endures over there.

Frieza, Cooler, King Cold

Wasn’t that WB Montreal? How does Canadian development compare to the U.S. culture-wise?

I think I understand your point, and I have run into this when discussing popular anime that I find to be disappointing. These discussions cut both ways: if you want your favorite art to be accepted, then you also have to be open to it being criticized. Otherwise, you are just advocating for the other side of…

Premium Rush. I don’t know why I remember that film considering I never saw it.

“You can’t be a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man if there’s no neighborhood.”

there’s no reason you couldn’t literally have some of the same stories as typical high fantasy in Cyberpunk setting

That piece was really insightful, thanks for sharing.

Rap’s Jimmy Fallon is the perfect description of Chance, stealing that

Yes. You haven’t gone through with it yet.

If we’re lucky that is

Yeah my hope this gen is that the usage of SSDs dramatically changes the fundamental designs of games because we no longer have to account for the R/W speed limitations in mechanical drives. Consoles largely drive development philosophy in the industry, so even PC games will benefit.

Good list. It looks like a decent year to jump in at the start, especially since there’s a much greater push for backwards compatibility (to varying degrees). Had I not bought my PS4 last year, I might have taken the plunge on the 5.

I honestly and truly do not evaluate someone’s worth based on their appearance (generally) but wow he looks like shit here

Yeah I’d like to think that someone would throw a flag on the play, but like you said, nothing’s really changed in decades - no matter who’s in the White House.