/qa/ - Questions and Answers

Name
Options	⛰E;&☝♱( n⛇0%hg1IybuV'RSr+mW96d,GzlL<
Subject
Comment
File	Or URL:
Whitelist Token

Video Stream Embedding
Advanced Options	Always Noko Always Sage
Video Timestamp
Captcha Type	Captchouli
Spoiler	Unset Spoiler Image NSFW Image
Password	(For file deletion.)
Markup tags exist for bold, itallics, header, spoiler etc. as listed in " [options] > View Formatting "

File:large_4c724514-4f05-4620-a….jpg (104.43 KB,664x672)

Anonymous 03/17/24 (Sun) 03:12:35 No.121665 [Reply]

Thai curry = Indian curry > Japanese curry

7 posts and 2 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.

Anonymous 03/17/24 (Sun) 22:51:38 No.121695

　　　　　　　　　　　　∧＿∧
　　　　　∩　　　　_（　 ´Д｀）
　　　　　| |二⊃　/　　　　　）
　　　　　| |　　　/ /　　　/
　　　　　| |　　　|＼＼　　|＼　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　| |＿＿|_＿ヽ_つ|ヽ_つ＿＿　　　　　　　　　　　∩
　　　/￣:ｌ:　 .―:ｌ:――――:ｌ:/＿＿_ヽ,―、_　　　　　　　| |
　　　|　　:|:./　E:|:　EEEEl　 :|:|:　　　: ￣￣||`ｌ　　　　　　| |　　　　　　　　 / ）
　　／￣￣ヽ￣ヽ　EEEEl　 :8|:|:＿＿:＿＿_||._| 　　　　　 | |　　　　　／／
　/　　,－、　　|　 |７７７７７７|:|　　ｌ, ―┴、┴――、　　| ヽ∧＿∧／／
　| 　 |　　|　　 |　 |/////// .:|:|　／　　　　ヽ　　　　ヽ　 /　（　；´Д｀） >>121694
　ヽ　 `－'　　.|　 |＝＝＝＝:|:|　|＝=〇＝＝l＝＝＝|　 / 　　　／
　　ヽ＿＿__／_／￣￣￣￣￣~'ヽ＿＿＿__/＿＿__/_ノ＿＿,,.／
￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣'"'"''"'"'"'"'''''''''''"'"''"'"'"'"''''''''

Anonymous 03/17/24 (Sun) 22:53:38 No.121697

>>121694
We could use a new type of /poll/, a ranking one, to resolve questions such as this

Anonymous 03/17/24 (Sun) 22:54:15 No.121698

aggregating the results could work like it does in Australian elections

Anonymous 03/17/24 (Sun) 22:55:57 No.121699

File:[Serenae] Tropical-Rouge! ….jpg (138.44 KB,1280x720)

>>121695

Anonymous 03/17/24 (Sun) 23:05:39 No.121700

>>121670
it's only got one chilli on the package. you should be alright

File:clarion.jpg (98.91 KB,1280x720)

ZAQ hopeness and 忍 Anonymous 03/16/24 (Sat) 12:24:54 No.121631 [Reply]

I was listening to the koukaku no pandora opening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWGqagnqHb4 when it dawned on me that the line
"yaiba no kage ni kokoro ga atta yo"
is probably referencing the kanji for shinobu 忍, literally composed of the the characters for a blade "in the shadow" of the character for heart

This is also the heart of the pun in naming Acerola Orion Heart-Under-Blade "shinobu"

unfortunately all english translations of the song had interpreted "atta" as the past tense of "au" rather than "aru", thus shifting the meaning to "hearts meeting"

4 posts and 1 image reply omitted. Click reply to view.

Anonymous 03/16/24 (Sat) 20:34:38 No.121650

>>121641
Isn't the two's relationship kinda mutually abusive?
Clarion is the stronger one, and she shows it, but she's been ordered by her master to enter this immoral relationship.

Anonymous 03/16/24 (Sat) 20:58:53 No.121651

>>121641
i checked the the DameDesuYo subs used by DmonHiro/neoHEVC/Nene and their translation surprised me
>This blade lies between your heart and the world
without any context for the show i have no idea how they came to render it like this, because there's no mention of the world in that verse and in this line the blade isn't the subject, it's the heart. not even referring to the blade itself but the shadow of the blade which isn't mentioned for some reason. however, what matters is that it is using existential aru, it's not talking about a meeting. atta is also written in the lyrics purely with kana (刃の影に心があったよ) and that's the standard for ある. iunno where OP got the meeting part but i can't see the irony either.

Anonymous 03/16/24 (Sat) 21:23:38 No.121654

>>121651
The translation with "meeting" was this:
https://www.animesonglyrics.com/pandora-in-the-crimson-shell/hopeness
On a second search, I found another translation, but this one instead renders it as "connecting"
https://www.lyrical-nonsense.com/global/lyrics/zaq/hopeness/english/

I can sort of understand "blade between heart and the world" as a more natural rendition, as it does get at the same "concealing the heart with a blade" idea

Anonymous 03/16/24 (Sat) 21:44:07 No.121656

>>121654
okay that's 合う then, hearts coming together
like take the example of「二つの川がここで合う」, "here two rivers come together/meet." that one does work with rivers being the subject, but you can see the location is marked with で while when this verb uses に it's to mean what kind of thing it's matching and that's not what any of these translations interpret it as
definitely suspicious but i'm hardly capable enough to say for sure

Anonymous 03/17/24 (Sun) 01:02:00 No.121660

>>121654
>Beneath the shadow of a blade, our hearts connected!
Okay, that makes sense in the context of the series.

>>121650
Not even a little. Clarion is a robot who is ordered to be Nene's bodyguard, gets treated like a yuribait best friend, and is tsundere about it. Nene doesn't realize this because she's dumb and just goes around playing with her catmaid friend.

File:[SubsPlease] Yuuki Bakuhat….jpg (392.43 KB,1920x1080)

Anonymous 02/15/24 (Thu) 06:59:52 No.119816 [Reply]

THEY'RE FINALLY ONCE AGAIN MAKING BADASS MANLY ANIME FOR TRUE MANLY /M/EN LIKE MYSELF!

THE MANLINESS EXUDED FROM THIS SEEPS INTO MY EVERY ORIFICE AND FILLS ME WITH ENERGY, WE ARE AT LAST ON THE BRINK OF REVOLUTION TO TAKE BACK ANIME BY THE BALLS AND THRUST OURSELVES INTO THE NEXT AGE

7 posts and 3 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.

Anonymous 02/18/24 (Sun) 09:23:27 No.120019

>>120018
That's fair. And the heteroness of Z and ZZ makes up for it

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 18:50:04 No.121518

File:[SubsPlease] Yuuki Bakuhat….jpg (317.48 KB,1920x1080)

The question I have with Bravern after last week's events is now "what are the Deathdrives, exactly?" Because the name seems to me like a clear reference to Freud:
>In classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the death drive (German: Todestrieb) is the drive toward death and destruction, often expressed through behaviors such as aggression, repetition compulsion, and self-destructiveness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_drive
It's not exactly the same, but Cupiridas wanted to be given a proper death with a cool explosion, Knuth tells Smith her wish is to "make love" with him while he finds this strange, fulfilled through their deaths, and Superbia begins to meditate about his role on the conflict after seeing his Lulu has changed so much though that may be a different thing. It doesn't seem to me like they simply want to conquer Earth. And seeing as Smithvern managed to travel back in time, maybe the Deathdrives have done the same thing? They appeared from nowhere straight out of a portal.

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 20:00:20 No.121519

File:so-mono-means-one-and-rail….png (108.37 KB,500x375)

Anonymous 03/11/24 (Mon) 23:33:39 No.121520

>maybe the Deathdrives have done the same thing
I don't think so, Bravern's case seemed to be that of a miracle born of Smith and Kunith combining since Kunith had space-time warping powers. I think they are proper inorganic aliens, but lack the proper zeal required to satisfy their lust for battle.

Anonymous 03/13/24 (Wed) 01:34:46 No.121525

File:[SubsPlease] Yuuki Bakuhat….jpg (243.2 KB,1920x1080)

>>121520
Hmmm, I hadn't realized those powers were specific to her alone. I do still find the towers and such to be somewhat suspicious, although allegedly now that she destroyed the spaceship thing, they won't be able to revive anymore so who knows what they'll do with that now. I suppose it remains to be seen.

File:3185.png (718.86 KB,1300x2100)

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 13:25:49 No.121294 [Reply]

How much animes do you watch per weeks/months?

55 posts and 20 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.

Anonymous 03/12/24 (Tue) 13:36:34 No.121473

File:C-1710250566282.png (42.04 KB,134x177)

>>121469
Ironic, or maybe there's a better word, but I think this will be the worst season yet.

But I think this lineup is a bunch of cashcows

Anonymous 03/12/24 (Tue) 13:37:13 No.121474

cashcowcats

Anonymous 03/12/24 (Tue) 14:31:37 No.121481

>>121469
Nooooooooooo Euphonium is boring

Anonymous 03/12/24 (Tue) 14:57:30 No.121484

File:[SubsPlease] Date a Live I….jpg (38.35 KB,1280x720)

>>121470
You dropped it just before her arc, dumb clockfag.

Anonymous 03/15/24 (Fri) 17:38:04 No.121606

>>121469
What site is this?

File:C-1710126019737.png (2.05 MB,1469x1500)

Miku 03/11/24 (Mon) 03:01:14 No.121354 [Reply]

what's the cheapest TV computer you can build?

Can you beat 600$?
> Intel Core i7 up to 3.9GHz 4-Core | 32GB Memory | 2TB Solid State Drive | Genuine Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
>AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G GDDR6 Video Card | 1x HDMI | 2x DisplayPort
> RGB !!!
https://www.amazon.ca/Dell-Desktop-Computer-Keyboard-Bluetooth/dp/B0C6L197LD/r?th=1
> relating to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AddtrV6UFFs

4 posts omitted. Click reply to view.

Miku 03/11/24 (Mon) 03:24:19 No.121360

Actually these are refurbished so perhaps this thread starter doesn't make senese

Miku 03/11/24 (Mon) 04:17:51 No.121367

For media consumption I think anything made in the last 10 years will work

Miku 03/11/24 (Mon) 04:42:30 No.121369

>>121367
Are they fast enough to software decode 8k60fps AV1 videos?

Miku 03/11/24 (Mon) 05:12:21 No.121373

File:[SubsPlease] Isekai de Mof….jpg (241.91 KB,1920x1080)

I remember people talking about this home theater stuff over the years and I remember terms like Plex, but that's about all I can remember. Storage seems like the most important part, since something that is now significant is owning the media you play as companies continue to clamp down on access.
I think prebuilt stuff has the best deals unless it has changed very recently. You generally do have to switch out power supply, though, since those are almost always the most abysmal things imaginable when they're paired with a computer.

Miku 03/11/24 (Mon) 05:16:10 No.121375

>>121357
>Just buy a Roku
You should try watching the video OP linked...

Also these "TV computers" seem nice and cheap and all, but what's the point if what you plug it into isn't good as well? What TVs are there that don't already connect to the internet right now?

File:[SubsPlease] Oshi no Ko - ….jpg (300.91 KB,1920x1080)

Anonymous 04/13/23 (Thu) 05:35:40 No.106858 [Reply][Last50 Posts]

If you told me that Doga Kobo of all studios would be producing the potential AOTD with an opening movie that asserts itself proudly as most likely the best anime movie to come out this year. I'd probably laugh in your face. All the trash they've been throwing out there. The quality void, I didn't think it was possible.

After watching this I'm convinced and refuse to believe there's any reason for this other than they had the A-team hard at work perfecting this very work. Haven't been this excited about an anime for a long time. Being able to tug at my heartstrings and relate to the protagonist not out of some form of "relatable" character points, but instead from sharing the same burning vengeful passion is what I feel really marks a masterpiece in the making.

121 posts and 16 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.

Anonymous 07/03/23 (Mon) 05:02:37 No.110535

File:C-1688360545982.png (494.62 KB,1280x720)

>>110449
Which is funny because the DitF stuff was the final nail in the coffin for me to decide that I'd never look at /a/ again.

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 19:17:00 No.121307

File:FthtaMaWwAAqPdF.jpg (634.96 KB,894x1200)

For how much of a bang the anime started off with, Oshi no Ko really dragged its feet following Ai's death. It took the more romcom/idol route instead of focusing more on Aqua's digging into their father, and I think I would've preferred a more Monster-like story set in the showbiz industry as opposed to what we got. It was still pretty good, but now the dust has settled I don't think it lived up to the hype.

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 20:03:11 No.121313

File:[MTBB] Oshi no Ko - 08 [CC….jpg (343.8 KB,1920x1080)

KANA!
She's the real star of the show which I think I said in this thread last year. Season 2 will hopefully focus even more on her.

>>121307
An AI image of Ai, huh. Ehhh...
Well anyway, it diverged a lot from the original premise, yeah. That's why I think Kana was able to steal the show so easily. I don't care about either of the twins at all.

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 20:14:31 No.121315

File:kana suffering.jpeg (122.37 KB,1278x1132)

>>121313
i'm told she has a rather hard life going forward
lots of romantic competition with the other one

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 20:34:49 No.121318

File:[KiteSeekers-Wasurenai] Pr….png (891.34 KB,1024x576)

>>121313
>I don't care about either of the twins at all.
NO

File:GILTW2hWIAAV2zC.jpg (203.86 KB,736x1067)

Miku 03/09/24 (Sat) 17:49:58 No.121255 [Reply]

Did you know that YouTube has a feature where you can search older videos now? If the first thing you put into the search is
before:YYYY-MM-DD
then you'll only get search results from before that date. I was using it to find nice blasts from the past earlier and it's also kinda funny how much better the results are when none of the modern algorithm optimized content exists.

11 posts and 2 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 07:24:27 No.121285

>>121255
nice+cute feet

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 07:53:50 No.121286

File:__hiiragi_kagami_and_hiira….jpg (3.46 MB,4093x5935)

>>121255
>>121255
Judging from the filename, it was saved from xitter. Here's a high res ver

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 12:21:16 No.121291

>>121286
Stop posting lewds

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 12:38:32 No.121292

File:frends.gif (1.42 MB,800x900)

>>121291
Make me

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 13:18:00 No.121293

>>121255
it's essentially the same feature twitter has though still neat

File:1608047145092.gif (14.46 KB,93x31)

Anonymous 04/22/23 (Sat) 01:03:31 No.107187 [Reply]

When do you sage, and when do you bump while others don't?

93 posts and 11 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.

Anonymous 03/09/24 (Sat) 00:06:32 No.121231

>>121230
polite sage is a gesture, manners, but not a reason

Anonymous 03/09/24 (Sat) 00:19:41 No.121232

File:[HorribleSubs] Uma Musume ….jpg (26.64 KB,301x380)

>>121229
There's no reason to bump a sticky.

Anonymous 03/09/24 (Sat) 00:26:54 No.121234

File:[bonkai77].Katanagatari.Ep….jpg (128.52 KB,1920x1080)

>>121232
There is, simultaneously, no reason to sage it either. Unless...

Anonymous 03/09/24 (Sat) 01:46:23 No.121240

>>121234
Sage does nothing. You don't need a reason to do nothing.

Miku 03/10/24 (Sun) 16:17:30 No.121298

>>121240
I do what I want

File:R-1709856945189.png (2.07 MB,3541x2508)

Anonymous 03/08/24 (Fri) 00:19:04 No.120814 [Reply]

Why do people like marcille and fern? They're so miserable and are probably drains to be around, fern can even come off like a bully to her friends whereas marcille feels like a girl who nags because she feels left out

24 posts and 6 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.

Anonymous 03/08/24 (Fri) 03:32:40 No.120852

>>120848
he is a bit of a third wheel

Anonymous 03/08/24 (Fri) 04:17:01 No.120854

>>120848
I think thats the point, like >>120852 said, yeah

Anonymous 03/08/24 (Fri) 18:46:41 No.120881

>>120823
Why does she keep looking with kimoi eyes

Anonymous 03/08/24 (Fri) 22:31:36 No.120894

File:[SubsPlease] Sousou no Fri….jpg (334.89 KB,1920x1080)

>>120848
Can't really disagree. Thought he'd have more of a side roll doing other things while Frieren and Fern were doing their exams but he's just kinda out of the picture entirely for the time being.

Anonymous 03/08/24 (Fri) 22:32:55 No.120895

He's sleeping in a drinking Juice
What more do you want??

File:87673001df7a05dea92407b250….mp4 (76.44 KB,360x360)

Anonymous 10/02/23 (Mon) 12:52:34 No.114522 [Reply]

This is going to sound retarded but does anyone have like, a code of etiquette when it comes to bumping and saging threads?
¥ If the thread is on page 1
There shouldn't be a need to bump it, it's already on the first page.
¥ If it's on any other page
Should be fine to bump, but it should be with a good post.

This is predicated that its on a board of "high quality"

31 posts and 4 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.

Anonymous 03/07/24 (Thu) 17:08:30 No.120802

bump

Anonymous 03/07/24 (Thu) 20:16:27 No.120807

>>114522
You're supposed to feel it out. I sage on topic sometimes because I feel like my opinion isn't saying anything new or if the thread is already on page 1 or 2. I don't think much of it.
I'm only consistent with it when replying to old threads that I may or not want to necrobump out of politeness (bumping to not create a new thread for a topic I want to talk about or using sage to not necro it if my post isn't important or replying to another anon who saged, etc.)
I also sage blogposts like this one

Anonymous 03/07/24 (Thu) 20:56:19 No.120808

never sage

Anonymous 03/07/24 (Thu) 23:10:42 No.120809

never age

Anonymous 03/08/24 (Fri) 00:05:54 No.120810

write long off-topic effortposts and misspell sage

File:kissu's favorite anime thr….png (96.95 KB,2306x2024)

/qa/'s AOTYs over the years Anonymous 06/06/23 (Tue) 02:51:50 No.109230 [Reply]

Everyone knows about 3x3s and whatnot, but what about your particular AOTYs for every year? Have you ever given thought to that? Think it'd be interesting to see how much how this graph kissu can fill out, and what everyone picks.

I think even for myself I'd have some trouble for some of these years with how much good stuff is in them.

https://kissu.moe/test.html or https://files.catbox.moe/vhp590.html : Easy fill-in horizontal template
(Edit the background-image property of the body segment of this to whatever image you want as long as it's a variation on >>109261 and it should work.)

61 posts and 23 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.

Anonymous 06/11/23 (Sun) 19:29:32 No.109498

Surprised there's not as many people picking Geass for '07

Anonymous 06/11/23 (Sun) 20:56:36 No.109500

>>109498
But it started in 2006.

Anonymous 06/11/23 (Sun) 21:05:37 No.109502

File:498c3934dca1bf14aa382ba980….jpg (1.77 MB,6047x3974)

>>109500
Well it ended in 2007 and that's year I associate with it in my mind...

Anonymous 03/04/24 (Mon) 02:46:43 No.120628

>>109410
The great Elle wall was toppled...

Anonymous 03/04/24 (Mon) 03:00:58 No.120629

File:evanescence.jpg (92.19 KB,770x472)

>>109385
>Ought to rewatch ergo proxy sometime...
Funny that I see this post right after considering streaming Ergo Proxy after thinking my memory of it was poor from how long it's been since seeing it. Guess it's probably a sign that I should go for it.

File:__madotsuki_yume_nikki_dra….jpg (119.29 KB,850x924)

Anonymous 03/02/24 (Sat) 02:15:52 No.120582 [Reply]

What do you think were the best underappreciated or obscure games of 2023?

Anonymous 03/02/24 (Sat) 02:18:32 No.120583

File:[MoyaiSubs] Mewkledreamy -….jpg (328.54 KB,1920x1080)

Ummm... uhhh.... huh. Did I play any game that released in 2023?

Anonymous 03/02/24 (Sat) 02:34:57 No.120585

>>120583
Same, I can think of tons of 2022 games I liked that were underappreciated in addition to the big stuff, like tunic, signalis, ctrl alt ego, serial cleaners, and neon white, but none for 2023.

Anonymous 03/02/24 (Sat) 10:04:44 No.120597

Anonymous 03/02/24 (Sat) 12:24:08 No.120598

Does Princess and Conquest count? Or was that 2022?

Anonymous 03/02/24 (Sat) 12:56:11 No.120599

File:C-1709384164767.webp (271.73 KB,1920x1080)

Seems the only game I played last year that actually released 2023 was Showgunners. That was a little tactics game with a cyberpunk game show kinda setting, good game. Right now I'm playing Shadow Gambit which was also released last year. It's Shadow Tactics but with Pirates, and that's also good. Also Fuga 2 happened and I'm sure its good but I just gotta get around to playing it...

File:[SubsPlease] Sousou no Fri….jpg (403.57 KB,1920x1080)

Anonymous 02/11/24 (Sun) 05:47:48 No.119638 [Reply]

Isn't it funny that two of the best anime airing this season, Frieren and Dungeon Meshi, are both intermixing serious plot and action with prime Slice of Life material? It's really a winning combo to have since you want the audience to be endeared to your characters, and there's no better genre for scenarios to do that than SoL.

On another note, I've learned to stop nitpicking and love the Frieren. Despite my hesitations towards calling it excellent from the onset, at some point within the past few weeks all those thoughts have disappeared and instead been replaced by anticipation to watch the latest episode when it comes out. I'll need to go back and rewatch it when the BDs come out to see whether my initial concerns were valid or it was just my unconscious contrarian flaring up.

38 posts and 9 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.

Anonymous 02/14/24 (Wed) 16:22:53 No.119783

>>119765
no they have lots of unkempt pubic hair

Anonymous 02/14/24 (Wed) 17:55:56 No.119784

File:C-1707933355059.jpeg (185.98 KB,800x1651)

>>119783
Fae do not have disgusting things such as hair

Anonymous 02/14/24 (Wed) 19:12:42 No.119787

>>119784
be careful around the fae. you don't want to get lost in their forest.

Anonymous 03/01/24 (Fri) 21:40:23 No.120566

File:[SubsPlease] Sousou no Fri….jpg (230.7 KB,1920x1080)

>>119640
As time's gone on and more room has been allocated for the development of the cast in the present and the surrounding world I think that Frieren has really come into its own while not abandoning the roots of which it rose to fame on. The most recent episode being a good case of this in which it shows again its mastery of contextual flashbacks that showcase more the evolution of the world throughout Frieren's life. Setting up Fern to be a worthy successor to her master despite not being or even possessing the potential of being as long-lived as her, highlighting the power and motivation that comes from not having a moment to waste in one's limited lifespan compared to an eternity to dawdle about. Compared to when the series felt like it was rushing through event after event, I very much appreciate seeing a small step in their journey being expounded upon.

Anonymous 03/02/24 (Sat) 01:01:06 No.120575

>>119784
fae-unny picture

File:doggy temple.jpg (194.77 KB,1288x1005)

Anonymous 02/28/24 (Wed) 16:02:44 No.120475 [Reply]

So it has been SEVEN YEARS since the anniversary of /qa/ becoming 2D/Random and /qa/ itself is just one year short of turning a decade old. What are your fondest memories of /qa/ as that particular incarnation which led us here today? I posted the Doggy Temple thread on /jp/ which was what made me think about this in the first place: https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/2019745/ I can see some of my posts there. I also liked the anon who called everyone faggots for not watching M.D. Geist, the Kemono Friends threads which provided a cool original spin on the /jp/ meme/catchphrase, Pocari sweat, etc. The board died in an ugly unceremonious way, but I will always treasure those moments.

12 posts and 8 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.

Anon 02/29/24 (Thu) 12:15:55 No.120506

>>120475
passing through threads? idk I wonder what that anon is doing now
>>120489
>>120480
I don't live on the internet or at least, not in their communities. I don't recognize namefags or care much about the history (drama) of the board. The only one who left an impression was Trevor because his posting style was recognizable and others kept posting about him. I didn't use 4ch much before discovering /qa/ and thought the meta discussion was interesting.
I don't have a background with /jp/ or /a/ (even though they are my main hobby, I avoid them) like many others here and I wasn't happy when this spinoff became the only alternative seeing the moderation back then. I guess that's why some left or never migrated. I also left for years but it's not like it matters or anyone notices, there can't be a real community on ibs unless some people namefag on other platforms and leave the main site users (anons) behind.

Anonymous 03/01/24 (Fri) 18:47:56 No.120542

God I miss old-old /qa/, when it was a hell board and nobody really cared, mods didn't give a shit, it was just people getting into pissing matches about how much metatarded they were. Good times.
>>120506
I miss the passing through threads, those were always fun.

Anonymous 03/01/24 (Fri) 19:02:19 No.120543

File:3z3sjy.png (1.97 MB,740x2119)

My fondest memories, huh?... I'm not sure, honestly. A lot of /qa/ was frankly kind of annoying. Annoying to maintain regex filters. Annoying to maintain image filters. Annoying seeing threads kept artificially alive past the point of discussion with Touhou spellcards making up more of the thread than the discussion itself...

Anyhow, I wouldn't call it my fondest memory, but what sticks out to me the most was the /qa/ freeze. It was genuinely kind of depressing seeing the board I had come to love be unceremoniously frozen. The board being unfrozen was pretty fun though.

Anonymous 03/01/24 (Fri) 19:02:52 No.120544

File:51a5d243a74f2e6dd0263a2a44….jpg (99.3 KB,600x705)

>>120480
>I kind of wonder if we should stream it again sometime.
If we do, I think we should stream Saki as well. Dat /qa/ dream!!

Anonymous 03/02/24 (Sat) 22:35:05 No.120606

File:__kurashina_asuka_ao_no_ka….png (1.39 MB,1254x1771)

I liked the "self-moderation" that emerged from desperate users coming together. Particularly the earlier stages before irc seemed communication became more prevalent. It felt very fitting that a meta board gave rise to such an interesting interaction.
Early on there was a sort of "separation of powers" occuring. As some was just spam making threads while other(s) bumped threads and then the 4chan mods would come by and delete the spam threads. The ability for users to delete there own posts also gave rise to an interesting dynamic and some people would clean up there own posts, prevent the 4chan mods from needing to exist. This changed overtime as peoples became more coordinated and the 4chan mods seemed to get more fed up with it all. But for a while it was an interesting thing to see emerge out of the ether. Very fitting for the meta board and it got me seriously thinking about how the infrastructure/natural features of a board influence user posts and general board quality.

File:20240227_130616.jpg (555 KB,2488x3576)