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File:[SubsPlease] Ameku Takao n….jpg (346.35 KB,1920x1080)

 No.137155[Reply]

Say you're interested in researching an old mummy that's "cursing" people. Wouldn't you want to, you know, take some more safety precautions there's something in the grave you can't account for like old pathogens or viruses? Wasn't there something in King Tut's tomb killing people that they weren't able to cure? It just seems unwise to be going into this naked.

 No.137162

One of my favorite fabricated screenshots is from a guy talking about people unearthing a mummy in 2020 and the guy was saying stuff like "PUT THAT NIGGA BACK IN WE"RE DEALING WITH ENOUGH ALREADY".
Good stuff.




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 No.137085[Reply]

Have you ever gotten any money from class action settlements? Even though most of them would be pocket changes, it would still be free money to buy a new game or figure for the many hikineets here.

I have found $43 from current opening settlements just in the food category alone which don't require any proof of payment.
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 No.137127

>>137126
¥ underdeveloped
Yes
¥ third world
That's not how this works. America is the paramount, the hegemon, the big bad booty daddy. First world means its part of NATO.

Fucking retard. Neck la neck yourself.

 No.137128

Take it easy, Mr. Freeedom.

 No.137129

>>137126
>NTA
Never thought you were. That anon understood how stupid such a claim was and only said it to emphasize the ridiculousness of using free housing as a metric for first-world membership since THE first-world country doesn't do that commie shit.

 No.137130

a free country does do that because it provides upwards mobility for people at the bottom to take jobs from those above them. A totalitarian country does not

 No.137134

>>137129
but america does do section 8 housing




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 No.137048[Reply]

Words of "native" or "germanic" origin in Modern English that start with a "g" all use the hard-g sound as in "gift". While "foreign" words of "latin" origin use the soft-g as in "giraffe". The debate between "gif" or "jif" should be seen as an extension of the French linguistic imperialism, imposed upon the common English people since 1066.

"gif" is pronounces with a hard-g, unless you are French sympathizer; in which you deserve to be shot.
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 No.137068

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It's definitely a J sound. I don't really know why I know it, but it's been that way for as long as I can remember it. It sounds much more pleasant, too.

 No.137070

Oh noo! I forgot how I pronounce it. I think it's gif but I might say jif as well.

 No.137073

Hard G. Soft G is foolishness beyond compare!

honestly, I've never met anyone in real life who used soft G GIF, not even people who are actually technologically literate

 No.137077

>>137048
Wasn't it confirmed it was gif that sounded like "jiff"?

 No.137078

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Hard G as in gif that keeps on gifing.




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 No.136936[Reply]

Anime characters trying (or pretending) to speak English and other foreign languages.
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 No.136949

File:Ojamajo Doremi - Asuka Mo….webm (6.36 MB,854x480)

Momoko probably throws her chopsticks on the floor in restaurants and demands a fork and spoon, then sharts and pisses on the floor in the restroom because she refuses to use the squat toilets.

 No.136950

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hehehe
Such a non-sequitur and the American letters. Some sort of 'Americans laugh loudly' thing I think

 No.136951

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can everyone's browsers play AV1 encodes now?

 No.136952

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>>136951
Works for me.

 No.136954

File:Yukari English.mp4 (1.69 MB,640x480)





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 No.136794[Reply]

Does /qa/ eat out ever? I like to occasionally to places I’m comfortable with and know well, but when it comes to finding really good well hidden places I’m always stumped. Food apps don’t really help too much because any decent place has a high rating, is it just a game of throwing darts until you stumble upon something good? Also what places do you normally like to go to if you do go out? I have a few steakhouses and ramen places I frequent
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 No.136850

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>>136848
>without spermim
Thought you said spermin', what's spermim?
>Rice and rasins
You should try "dry fruit Pulao", it's indian food, tastes great, not much hard to make at home either. Normal pulao, which is just veggies and (basmati) rice prepared in a certain way, is also great.

 No.136851

>>136850
>spermim
The funny yellow thingy generally referred to as cumin. M is a typo on my part, actually.
>Pulao
Hmmm, I'll look into it, thanks.

 No.136855

I enjoy visiting 茶餐廳 or tea resturants in English. Although there are a couple where I live, they originate in Hong Kong and offer a variety of unique fusion-type foods that you don't really find anywhere else. My preferred order is always hot milk tea and french toast. Kopitiams in South East Asia offer a similar experience with a staple breakfast being half boiled eggs with kaya toast - a type of jam made from pandan and coconut milk - and teh tarik.

I know a few family friends who have never eaten ethnic food before, or have tried it and disliked it, saying they prefer to stick with meat and potatoes type dishes. I'm fortunate to have grown up exposed to many different cultures, but I really can't fathom listing steak or whatever as a favourite.

>>136799
People eating out in pairs or groups are paying more attention to each other or their phones than to other patrons, no need to worry.

 No.136859

I tried Indian. I don't remember the names of what I had though. It was fine I guess but not great and overall even a bit disappointing.

As an entree I had some kind of fried cheese thing with dip. It was okay.

Then I had curry with naan bread. The curry taste similar and my own curry is better(though it's probably not really a curry).
The naan bread was folded over cheese. It was like you would expect. It's fine but it's just bread with cheese.

Then I had Indian ice cream which I guess is some kind of coconut based thing. It's okay but the texture was a bit rough and I think regular ice cream is better.

I also has a tea drink which is like a chai latte but less milky. It was okay maybe better than chai latte as the milk was not so frothy.

I might try Indian again. As I said, it was fine. There might be better things there so it would be worth checking.

>>136855
I ordered whit tea from a Chinese restaurant and got a hot milk tea beverage instead. I wanted it again but didn't know what it's called. Is it just called hot milk tea? Can you get that from normal Baristers?
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 No.136860

>>136859
*the curry taste similar to what my mum cooks




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 No.136738[Reply]

Gonna stream this PA. Works trash at 7PM EST.
Don't feel like you have to join.

It's your standard story of a guy/girl who visits a Japanese industry and tries to get you to feel national pride in something fictional.

This is a Whiskey one.

https://theatre.kissu.moe/kiss/yukkuri
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 No.136743

streamin in 5 min, but I can wait a bit

 No.136744

Stream starting now!(?)

 No.136747

I rate it cool / boson

 No.136748

PA does a ton of originals...




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 No.136437[Reply]

IT'S A NEW SEASON TODAY! THAT MEANS WE'RE STARTING ALL THE NEW ANIME! IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY SO PREPARE WITH FOODS AND STUFF, ALSO IF NOBODY SUGGESTS ANYTHING WE MAY PRUNE SOME OF WHAT WE DECIDE ISN'T WORTH BOTHERING WITH OF OUR OWN DISCRETION SO PUT YOUR FAVORITES IN THIS THREAD THAT WE MAY HATE!

As always: https://theatre.kissu.moe/kiss/yukkuri 18:00 EST
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 No.136717

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20 minutes!
https://theatre.kissu.moe/kiss/yukkuri
The list, is uhh... mostly here >>136692 with some additions mentioned in the thread since then

 No.136718

ABOUT TO START!
There's also https://anilist.co/anime/162921/Sousei-no-Aquarion-Myth-of-Emotions/ and possibly other stuff

 No.136719

>>136714
>it's isekai but it's a regular salaryman
Is that supposed to be a saving grace? Salaryman isekai are almost as common as NEET isekai these days.

 No.136720

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>>136719
Well, it differentiates it from the other salaryman isekai in the stream. I liked it

 No.136721

STARTED WITH UBEL BLATT OR WHATEVER IT WAS CALLED




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 No.136651[Reply]

From an evolutionary perspective, why are we all not premature ejaculators? Think about it, the faster you let out your seed the less time you spend in a vulnerable state, the less energy you waste on flailing about, and the less opportunity the female has to push you off. It's objectively better to be able to spurt as soon as you stick it in, so why haven't we dominated the genepool yet? Even if it's not a problem for modern civilization, surely wasteful mating should have died out when predation and food shortages were real threats. Lots of animals seem to be able to sperm at will too, so why has humanity mostly lost this useful ability?
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 No.136683

>>136670
>didn't survive nearly as long as we do today.
I suppose it depends how far back you want to go. Modern anatomical humans have been around for at least 100,000 years, with some archaeological findings suggesting it may be closer 300,000 years. When I hear "humans didn't live as long in the past" my mind immediately goes to the misunderstanding of average human lifespan. There would have been untold amounts of infant and child mortalities, which brings down the average of how long it seems a person might live to be. From archaeological remains, however, we know that people people regularly lived to 50-60 years old when supported by others.

Unless by "early hominids" you're referring to distinctly far older pre-modern anatomical humans, like Australopithecus, who lived 2 to 4 million years ago, I don't not believe what you're saying is correct. Otherwise, my mistake.

>you'd need to explain how the quick ejaculating behavior of other species was selected against enough to become a minority trait.
That's not inherently how evolution works. If there are multiple traits that are non-dominant, and they do not obviously contribute to fitness or improved conception, then there is going to be little if any selection pressure for either trait to become dominant besides geographic distribution and population bottlenecks.

>since early humans lived in tribes instead of nuclear families, the burden of child rearing would have been spread out instead of relying on the father primarily.
Right, but in such an environment you cannot simply leave altogether. Rape is a near universal reviled crime across human cultures. If we imagine a tribe (200-500 people), or a band (20-50 people), there would likely be severe social consequences for the offender. This being the case, there is no benefit to premature ejaculation. In most ancient histories and stories we have, a common punishment for severe crimes is exile, and in pre-agrarian times that would have likely meant almost certain death.

 No.136684

>>136683
If anything, I should add: what seems must plausible to me is that it's conceivable that very early hominids did mostly rape and perhaps there was a selection pressure then for them to be premature ejaculators. However, as more complex social development occurred rape likely became more and more stigmatized so the pressure for premature ejaculation has faded until the modern day, millions of years into the future, where it remains a trait that is neither inherently beneficial or detrimental.

 No.136685

>>136683
>by "early hominids" you're referring to distinctly far older pre-modern anatomical humans
I was. Before the development of spears, fire, and settlements homos were much more vulnerable than humans. Also, in this context infant and child mortality are far more important than how old adults were able to become.

>there is going to be little if any selection pressure for either trait to become dominant
Exactly, so we should see both traits in relatively equal numbers. Yet, as the very name implies, premature ejaculation is an outlier and not a normal trait. For that, one trait must be more beneficial for producing offspring that survive to reproductive age.

>In most ancient histories and stories we have, a common punishment for severe crimes is exile
Those stories come from settled societies where the punishment is more about the lack of belonging than it is an indirect death sentence. I'll also add that the concept of rape can be very fluid. For instance, if a wife refuses to perform her marital function and her husband uses force to obtain what was promised him then it probably wouldn't result in much social ire outside of very modern western societies, and even there it's likely to be swept under the rug. If anything, the strong, complex societal structures humans live within increases the viability of a "rape structure" of reproduction as there are more opportunities to coerce females into it. They can't fight back and they can't leave the group, so whether they approve of their mate is less important than whether the rest of the group approves of the coupling (the exception to this being sneaky infidelity, but that would of course benefit from being quick).

 No.136686

¥ touched my penis and accidentally came
That's why

 No.136702

>>136686
This thread isn't THAT arousing, is it?




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 No.136425[Reply]

what does this do? friends? i like anime degeneracy and kindness.. uh idk? picture will u tell me how to use this? are you guys nice
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 No.136444

>>136429
The hidden boards are >>>/secret/ and >>>/megu/

 No.136481

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>>136444
¥she doesn't share the secret secret board
Heh, newfriends don't know about [redacted].

 No.136487

>>136481
>>>/secretsecrret/
Not so secret now, is it bud?

 No.136488

just made a post in the secretest board

 No.136489

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 No.136395[Reply]

Why can't western social media sites have cute anime girls pop up on their login prompts?
I would feel more inclined to login to facebook or X formerly twitter if their was a cute girl asking me to do it.

I always thought China would never surpass the West but this really has shaken my faith.
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 No.136398

>>136397
Those are the bilibili girls

 No.136407

>Why can't western social media sites have cute anime girls pop up on their login prompts?
In the west it's illegal to like cute things and you're a pedophile rapist and cringe and kimoi and aren't those for children anyways? *puts up flat and generic stencil*

 No.136408

Steam had the cute girl (male) at least

 No.136474

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Bilibili is pleasant to use, coming as a longtime Nicodouga user.
Shame I don't have time to invest into Mandarin at this point so I just skim read and fill in the blanks with Japanese and some duolingo Mandarin of the most common words.

 No.136475

in the end jashin poster was on the right track getting on the train early




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 No.136309[Reply]

While rewatching Cutie Honey in Giko yesterday, it made me reflect on a certain sentiment that you always seem to hear, how "ADHD" content is nowadays. Which I've always assume means filled with constant stimulation and energy. But when you take a look at the media/anime being put out now, and even really with all the supposed 'kohai' tiktok stuff that's just someone talking plastered with games, a background essay meant to be ignored. There's not any energy in those at all. It's a farce with pretty colors.

Even on a broader level there's really nothing energizing about anything in media, not only supposed 'brainrot' garbage. It's all extremely tame and boring compared to any anime that put even a teensy amount of heart into making something bombastic. The realization sorta hit me while watching Onimai back when it came out, but really came into its own watching the two back to back last night. Onimai is good, don't get me wrong, but the energy it presents is several levels below that of something like Galaxy Angel or even Milky Holmes. Although I guess with that they're different genres in a way since SoL is generally more relaxed, but there's just no modern replacement for anything of that style nowadays and it's annoying the supposed replacement is magnitudes less exciting than its predecessor. This goes doubly so for any isekai which feel similar to the aforementioned 'brainrot' content in that a vast majority is meant to glaze by your eyes and pass the time rather than hook you into its fantasy world.

I just want to feel hyper and attracted to the screen like a magnet, I don't want to be bored. And today's media just seems to command my non-attention.
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 No.136380

Something that it seems Netflix has been doing on purpose is, according to them, diversifying from only content you would watch actively to also things they design for people to leave running in the background in a second screen:
>A major focus is a more strategic approach to the “second screen,” or the phone that viewers often hold in their hand while watching TV. The Netflix mobile app has traditionally been a way to watch Netflix on mobile, no different than the TV app. But Kim sees the mobile app moving forward as a “Swiss army knife” to grab users’ attention in different ways.
https://fortune.com/2023/12/19/netflix-chief-product-officer-eunice-kim-second-screen-phone/ | https://archive.is/813TT
>I’ve heard from showrunners who are given notes from the streamers that “This isn’t second screen enough.” Meaning, the viewer’s primary screen is their phone and the laptop and they don’t want anything on your show to distract them from their primary screen because if they get distracted, they might look up, be confused, and go turn it off. I heard somebody use this term before: they want a “visual muzak.”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tvs-top-5-podcast-justine-bateman-ai-dangers-hollywood-1235540858/
Here we're not talking about dumb internet videos, but full-on TV shows and movies, yet somehow following the same logic of fighting over the scraps of your attention. As >>136310 said, it's more about quantity over quality.

What I personally think makes the biggest difference is that the ones throwing several videos together to the point of unintelligibility are doing so as a form of absurdist self-parody, like the counter-reaction that made skibidi and sigma into nonsense words as a joke, or the template reaction overload of so-called 21st century humor. People taking about sigma males and skibidi toilet exist without any irony to it, just like how my cousin Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

 No.136381

>>136380
>sigma
This is especially painful in my engineering degree. Lean Six Sigma, an important quality control tool, is now made of two funny internet words.

 No.136388

>>136380
>they might look up, be confused, and go turn it off.
This is weird, I thought the idea of having something in the background was to have stuff pop often enough to keep people watching without requiring much real context so they can go back to browsing Facebook or something. That's not anything new even, lots of news shows and TV sitcoms and the like were not exactly made to need all your attention. I know my family leave stuff like that on all the time but only really pay attention for brief periods between conversing. Sports are another good example of this (it's why handegg gets away with so many commercials).

TV shows do need to do something to compete with the endless wave of free content that exists to get a click and then be added to your recommendations algorithm to show you more baity titles to click on. I would prefer they focus on quality and rewatchability, earning the full attention of viewers, but I guess going the route of something lengthier that you can just leave running instead of constant interaction dings may work in a world where people have more screens than they know what to do with.

 No.136428

my older sister says she likes having tv on in the house when she's home alone because she just wants to hear the sound of people talking
maybe this is the descendant of that sort of desire

 No.138220

>>136428
maybe you should go over there and keep your older sister company




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 No.136394[Reply]

loli loev pizza

 No.136396

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japanese love curry




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 No.136255[Reply]

What anime/manga/VN has the best reaction images?
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 No.136262

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>>136257
Yeah Mewkledreamy is great, especially with question marks! Lots of those!

 No.136263

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moetan has a lot of frames with reaction image potential

 No.136269

Not expecting much since it's so specific but does anybody here have that SZS panel where that fat hikkineet goes: "I work and work but life never gets any easier?"

It's amazing what doesn't get saved but somehow leaves an impression on us huh.

 No.136278

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>>136269
You're misremembering the scene, it's a cute girl who works and works even though life never gets better.

 No.136282

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Practically a law that all the Konosuba stuff has to be mentioned




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 No.133774[Reply][Last50 Posts]

It's time to cool off with the 2024 autumn season!
Does anything catch your eye? Do you think you'll fall in love with a show? Do we need more sequels?
https://www.livechart.me/fall-2024/tv
https://anilist.co/search/anime?season=FALL
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 No.136186

>>136185
I'm gonna watch it without subs and enjoy the blonde girl actually explaining to me what she is saying because just like the MC I probably won't understand her either.

 No.136188

>>136183
Dare i call this the s-word.

Someone take initiative and make a new thread!

 No.136189

>>136188
>s-word
singaporean??? sork????

 No.136190

>>136189
It's either onions or food for gentiles.

 No.136199

could've been SLUT as well




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 No.90678[Reply][Last50 Posts]

Which side does /qa/ take? Obviously pixiv would probably be better for searching (although boorus are even more preferable for that) and viewing a long list of art at once. However, in recent days I've been using twitter's feed more and I think that in terms of discovering new artists and likewise finding interesting stuff from people you haven't already followed it's a lot more convenient. Also the previews are a lot easier to see. So in terms of finding content, which do you think makes for the better go-to feed?
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 No.135436

>>135435
Heh, that's pretty good. (and thanks for the translation).
There was that time at the very beginning when there were AI-derived jokes like the rainbow penis that artists drew themselves, but things have advanced a bit too far to see fun errors like that, really. Well, generally.

 No.135516

looks like bluesky's pop is going up by the millions, enough for a norp i know to send me links to it
aaaaaand there's drama over loli already
https://www.platformer.news/bluesky-growth-content-moderation-trust-safety-interview/
>Aaron Rodericks didn’t know what he was looking at.
>A post on Bluesky featured a sexualized image of a dragon that shared visual similarities with a human child. It had been reported to the company as a potential violation of the network’s community guidelines, and now it was being reviewed by Bluesky’s head of trust and safety.
>The guidelines ban CSAM, which is illegal to distribute. They say nothing, though, about anthropomorphic dragons. And the artist claimed that the dragon in question was 9,000 years old.

 No.135517

>>135516
>And the artist claimed that the dragon in question was 9,000 years old.
A sound and reasonable argument.

 No.135518

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>>135516
Who whould have thought that migrating to a twitter clone with the same twitter people and the same twitter rules made by the former twitter boss was a bad a idea?

 No.136134

>>126930
misskey is a waste of time to sign up for english-only speakers




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