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Japanese is fun to learn.
Japanese Learning Thoughts
I want to nakadashi *girl* has become a popular phrase on imageboards (mostly 4chan). But it's a mix of Japanese and English. If I was going to say "I want to cum inside Holo" fully in Japanese, how would I go about doing that? In the English sentence, nakadashi is a loan word and it is the action being done, but in Japanese I don't think 中出し is a verb. Can it be verbified by adding する to it? And then you conjugate it to say you "want" to do it. So the end result would be 私はホロで中出ししたい which would translate to I want to cum inside Holo. Am I correct?Japanese is fun to learn.
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What is your proudest 2D/otaku related accomplishment? I can say I've watched Evangelion as a kid. Pretty cool eh? While everyone else was watching Pokemon, DBZ and Yugi-oh I was feeling funny looking at Shinji grab Rei's boobs by accident.
What is your proudest 2D/otaku related accomplishment? I can say I've watched Evangelion as a kid. Pretty cool eh? While everyone else was watching Pokemon, DBZ and Yugi-oh I was feeling funny looking at Shinji grab Rei's boobs by accident.
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What is your relationship with IQ? Have you ever taken a test by a psychologist?
What is your relationship with IQ? Have you ever taken a test by a psychologist?
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Kissu Original Content
Didn't hear back from the other anon, so making this thread here since /jp/ is fast. Post your otaku related original artwork, music, videos, game development, and writings. New touhou 20 hu.
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>/amv/
erm no thanks im gonna keep posting here instead
>/amv/
erm no thanks im gonna keep posting here instead
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snacks thread
I don't know if this really can develop into a full thread, but I wanted to share the secret to great stream popcorn that I found recently and didn't really think it fit any thread. I got pure coconut oil with beta carotine and some flavacol melted and mixed into a kettle/pan and I add some popcorn kernels then heat it up. Produces a shitload of movie theater quality or better popcorn for less than it'd cost you to get a microwave pack. Absolutely love it and recommend anyone who likes popcorn try it out too.
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If not, I highly recommend you explore your local area! I especially recommend checking out non-chain thrift stores; they often have things you won't find elsewhere because they're not as picked over. If you need to get out of the house, it can also be fun to hit up chain thrift stores -- if you go regularly, you'll eventually come across something unique or rare that catches your interest.
Comic book stores, used bookstores, and foreign retailers are also great places to visit!
If you found something you want to share that you found or purchased online, go ahead!
Kissu Shops & Thrifts
Has Kissu found any interesting stores or picked anything up recently?If not, I highly recommend you explore your local area! I especially recommend checking out non-chain thrift stores; they often have things you won't find elsewhere because they're not as picked over. If you need to get out of the house, it can also be fun to hit up chain thrift stores -- if you go regularly, you'll eventually come across something unique or rare that catches your interest.
Comic book stores, used bookstores, and foreign retailers are also great places to visit!
If you found something you want to share that you found or purchased online, go ahead!
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It's not a bad substitute. It's pretty good in its own right.
food
Didn't have any basil for my pizza so I put thyme on it instead.It's not a bad substitute. It's pretty good in its own right.
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/qa/ bump when drunk
MONKEY PUMP
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Quisine
Spare a thread for a culinary réfugié? Hello, /qa/, what did you eat today?
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China, India and Indonesia are all in Asian time zones when North America and EU are mostly asleep. Yet Steam, a largely international platform experiences usercount drops when these high-population countries are awake?
どうして？
Night Services
Why is it that every service experiences activity drops at night?China, India and Indonesia are all in Asian time zones when North America and EU are mostly asleep. Yet Steam, a largely international platform experiences usercount drops when these high-population countries are awake?
どうして？
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mamoru blog
mamoru blog
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Now you may be thinking to yourself, “That’s impossible! I can’t do that!”, but trust me, you can. It’s pretty easy too, only took me a bit over a month to work up the resolve to ask!
Have you done anything to change your hikikomori ways recently?
Sometimes it’s beneficial to be able to come out and communicate a bit. For example, just today I held back vomiting when approaching a neighbor about picking up some brush on her curb. And she said it was fine to take! So I got myself a shitload of good firewood for no cost at all.Now you may be thinking to yourself, “That’s impossible! I can’t do that!”, but trust me, you can. It’s pretty easy too, only took me a bit over a month to work up the resolve to ask!
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Some tips for newfriends
There's a lot of people here from 4chan, so I figured it would be good to have a thread to inform them about aspects of the site, both as a format and as a culture, that they might not be aware of. Some of these are going to be useful tips, others are just fun bits of trivia. If you have any of these of your own, please feel free to contribute.
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What music has /qa/ been listening to lately?
What music has /qa/ been listening to lately?
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This thread is cyclical with old replies removed as new posts are made.
Last Archived: May 6th, 2025
imageboard happenings thread
Post interesting or unusual stuff concerning imageboards, textboards or related stuff here. This thread is for a more centralized place of limited discussion, but please feel free to make new threads if you want something more thoroughly discussed.Imageboard Happening Archives
This thread is cyclical with old replies removed as new posts are made.
Last Archived: May 6th, 2025
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Video Games
General video games thread. What are you playing? What are you looking forward to?
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I've taken notice of my poor health and mental faculties and I think that my diagnosis is I need more sleep. The issue with this is that I don't know how to sleep early or long and my brain resists the urge to give up precious time to be doing other things besides lying still. How do you convince yourself to sleep?
I've taken notice of my poor health and mental faculties and I think that my diagnosis is I need more sleep. The issue with this is that I don't know how to sleep early or long and my brain resists the urge to give up precious time to be doing other things besides lying still. How do you convince yourself to sleep?
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このスレで日本語だけ話せます
全然使ってないと全然よくならないのでここでク
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This has been hosted on 4/jp/ before as well, and I may advertise it there one last time to catch any stragglers before future hosts are permanently moved.
Left 4 Dead 2: Road to Gensokyo Edition
This Friday, May 2nd, I plan on hosting Left 4 Dead 2 for kissu, at around 7 PM EST, give or take 30 minutes. On my server there is a special plugin that lets you choose your own player model, similiar to other games such as Sven, and there are many different Touhou models to choose from. The player limit is at the maximum of 31. The server is also on an older version of L4D2, and it will be (almost) required that you use the special client that I provide (unless you absolutely know what you are doing). The client will use a revemu crack so that you don't need to own the game or have Steam or anything to play, so it is completely standalone. The links for the game download and any optional mods will be posted later as I have yet to prepare a fresh download link. I have not decided on any campaigns to do, but I may just host all the vanilla campaigns in a marathon.This has been hosted on 4/jp/ before as well, and I may advertise it there one last time to catch any stragglers before future hosts are permanently moved.
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I do often wonder sometimes how much of the "tfw no gf" stuff is performative and how much is me just differing from the norm. I can understand loneliness from a having nobody to communicate with perspective, and I can understand lust from a wanting to jerk off perspective, but something I think I've never come to understand has been the romantic need perspective. I've considered the prospect of having a partner before and determined it's too much devoting myself to another person for me to want to engage in that aspect of life, and even then for the most part I have hard times envisioning myself with anyone in real life and most of my fantasies have involved some sort of conquest partnership with my waifu. Likewise I'm able to appreciate and enjoy romance anime for what they are and passionately root for and feel happiness about the cute couples in them without feeling any envy or bitterness myself, while I see others all the time talking about how watching those anime opens up a hole of despair in their hearts. All I want out of life is to be able to enjoy myself and appreciate the art and media other people create, with my only real desire being to create some game or story of my own one day.
When I think about this topic, it always reminds me of prior conversations we'd have in the past about failed norms vs true sages. But then there's been plenty of stuff I've seen strewn about the internet about "epidemics" of people without love and how it's a big social issue or whatnot. It's just that not feeling those supposed pangs of desire myself makes it hard to believe this stuff actually exists, or if it does is that big of an issue to people.
I do often wonder sometimes how much of the "tfw no gf" stuff is performative and how much is me just differing from the norm. I can understand loneliness from a having nobody to communicate with perspective, and I can understand lust from a wanting to jerk off perspective, but something I think I've never come to understand has been the romantic need perspective. I've considered the prospect of having a partner before and determined it's too much devoting myself to another person for me to want to engage in that aspect of life, and even then for the most part I have hard times envisioning myself with anyone in real life and most of my fantasies have involved some sort of conquest partnership with my waifu. Likewise I'm able to appreciate and enjoy romance anime for what they are and passionately root for and feel happiness about the cute couples in them without feeling any envy or bitterness myself, while I see others all the time talking about how watching those anime opens up a hole of despair in their hearts. All I want out of life is to be able to enjoy myself and appreciate the art and media other people create, with my only real desire being to create some game or story of my own one day.
When I think about this topic, it always reminds me of prior conversations we'd have in the past about failed norms vs true sages. But then there's been plenty of stuff I've seen strewn about the internet about "epidemics" of people without love and how it's a big social issue or whatnot. It's just that not feeling those supposed pangs of desire myself makes it hard to believe this stuff actually exists, or if it does is that big of an issue to people.
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Do you have any experience gardening?
I decided that I'm going to attempt gardening this year. My dad grew up on a farm and we had crops in the backyard when I was a kid. I still have the old tilling machine that's in good shape and some other rusty tools, but I don't have a hammer to mine silver from nearby rocks so I won't be able to upgrade the stuff.
I think it's too late for my geographic location to start growing early Spring stuff from seeds, so I need to buy some that are already a few weeks old from a local nursery, or maybe online? This stuff sounds kind of fun as long as your expectations are reasonable.
Do you have any experience gardening?
I decided that I'm going to attempt gardening this year. My dad grew up on a farm and we had crops in the backyard when I was a kid. I still have the old tilling machine that's in good shape and some other rusty tools, but I don't have a hammer to mine silver from nearby rocks so I won't be able to upgrade the stuff.
I think it's too late for my geographic location to start growing early Spring stuff from seeds, so I need to buy some that are already a few weeks old from a local nursery, or maybe online? This stuff sounds kind of fun as long as your expectations are reasonable.
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I caught you browsing Kissu at work freaktard dont think only you can see your phone
I caught you browsing Kissu at work freaktard dont think only you can see your phone
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kita thread kita image
post itt when you need kita
kita thread kita image
post itt when you need kita
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You ARE gonna keep posting on kissu in the future, right anon???
you wouldn't abandon it for a certain faster website, right?????????
You ARE gonna keep posting on kissu in the future, right anon???
you wouldn't abandon it for a certain faster website, right?????????
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What websites should I use for windowshopping figurines?
What websites should I use for windowshopping figurines?
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Did some basic calculations and realized if I ever wanted to switch to an image tagging software I'd need to spend around half a year tagging if I wanted to go through all my various strewn about images...
How do people use that software, or did you guys all just start using it before your collection grew too big?
Did some basic calculations and realized if I ever wanted to switch to an image tagging software I'd need to spend around half a year tagging if I wanted to go through all my various strewn about images...
How do people use that software, or did you guys all just start using it before your collection grew too big?
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This thread will be used to help coordinate future events and other interactions with them in the future.
Kissu and Hikari3 friendship!
This is an announcement that kissu is official friends with the people at hikari3! Well, we have been for about a week now but things have been busy! Go give them a visit sometime! https://hikari3.ch/This thread will be used to help coordinate future events and other interactions with them in the future.
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Perhaps we can get a general video tape thread going, just in case there's anything you'd like to share: Tape-only anime; VHS-rips of official releases or old TV broadcasts; general tech discussion.
But the reason I'm making this thread in the first place: Would anyone here happen to be experienced with multi-standard / worldwide video VCRs that can play absolutely anything?
I got my hands on a Famicom that only features RF output and, due to brain damage, I'd prefer to use that one over an AV alternative. The problem is that I'm in a PAL region and I was told that, to make the thing work on my own TV, I would need to route it through a multi-system VCR that is able to properly convert the signal into one that my PAL TV can display correctly. This would be the perfect solution for me as I always wanted to own a multi-system anyway, but I lack the experience necessary to not accidentally shell out a lot of money for the wrong device. Apparently, not all multi-systems are "true" multi-standard / some don't actually "convert" the signal and I'm too stupid to know what to look out for in this regard. I read that you're supposed to look out for units that demand 100 - 240V AC on the back, but I'm unsure if that's the whole trick already.
Feel free to ignore the question and just post anything VHS-related.
VCR / VHS
I don't really know where else to post this, seeing as /maho/ seems to be more about personal computers.Perhaps we can get a general video tape thread going, just in case there's anything you'd like to share: Tape-only anime; VHS-rips of official releases or old TV broadcasts; general tech discussion.
But the reason I'm making this thread in the first place: Would anyone here happen to be experienced with multi-standard / worldwide video VCRs that can play absolutely anything?
I got my hands on a Famicom that only features RF output and, due to brain damage, I'd prefer to use that one over an AV alternative. The problem is that I'm in a PAL region and I was told that, to make the thing work on my own TV, I would need to route it through a multi-system VCR that is able to properly convert the signal into one that my PAL TV can display correctly. This would be the perfect solution for me as I always wanted to own a multi-system anyway, but I lack the experience necessary to not accidentally shell out a lot of money for the wrong device. Apparently, not all multi-systems are "true" multi-standard / some don't actually "convert" the signal and I'm too stupid to know what to look out for in this regard. I read that you're supposed to look out for units that demand 100 - 240V AC on the back, but I'm unsure if that's the whole trick already.
Feel free to ignore the question and just post anything VHS-related.
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At what point does someone become too dangerous to be left alive?
At what point does someone become too dangerous to be left alive?
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Can someone explain to me why vtubers and ecelebs are treated like different entities when they're practically the same thing and bring basically the same kind of discussion aside from people also jacking off to one of the two? I think it even effects me to an extent because while I want to bully and humiliate vtuber posters, I don't feel the urge to physically reach through the series of tubes connecting us and strangle the people posting them.
Can someone explain to me why vtubers and ecelebs are treated like different entities when they're practically the same thing and bring basically the same kind of discussion aside from people also jacking off to one of the two? I think it even effects me to an extent because while I want to bully and humiliate vtuber posters, I don't feel the urge to physically reach through the series of tubes connecting us and strangle the people posting them.
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https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?season=SPRIN
Spring 2025 Anime
Calamitous weather events are happening which means it's time for the SPRING anime season! What are you going to watch?https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?season=SPRIN
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Giving Back to Kissu
I tend to nag people to post their cat pictures here so it's only fair that I post some of my own. Here is the (late) kitty I had when I lived with my parents. I had her since I was eight years old and she lived to around 15 years.
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anyway, post some musics you made!
/qa/ music creation thread
i've seen dedicated drawthreads and writethreads here, but never once saw a music creation thread. considering you can post sound files here i wonder why it happens, because i did see several posters here said they made music. is it because many consider the stuffs they make have no merit to be posted? or because many have some musician profiles that they want no connection to this place...?anyway, post some musics you made!
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ARE YOU READY TO GO CHECK IT OUT????
THE 4CHAN REVIVAL SITUATION IS CRAZY
IT'S BACK UP!ARE YOU READY TO GO CHECK IT OUT????
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Is /qa/ spiritual? I'm a bit spiritual in my own way. I like to create my own rituals and I read lots of books on eastern spirituality, mainly buddhism and daoism. I have my own little shrine on a wall shelf. It's just a big Buddha statue, two framed pictures of my grandparents and a couple objects to represent them. I offer them water and flowers and I sometimes meditate while facing them. Although I don't consider myself a buddhist, I try to incorporate some elements of buddhism into my life: generosity, detachment, meditation... Same thing with daoism. I study the Dao and try to live with the flow. What about you guys?
Is /qa/ spiritual? I'm a bit spiritual in my own way. I like to create my own rituals and I read lots of books on eastern spirituality, mainly buddhism and daoism. I have my own little shrine on a wall shelf. It's just a big Buddha statue, two framed pictures of my grandparents and a couple objects to represent them. I offer them water and flowers and I sometimes meditate while facing them. Although I don't consider myself a buddhist, I try to incorporate some elements of buddhism into my life: generosity, detachment, meditation... Same thing with daoism. I study the Dao and try to live with the flow. What about you guys?
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MS Paint drawthread
/qa/! It's time to show off your MS paint skills! Try drawing a character and seeing if others can guess at who it is. Starting off with an iconic one so that the first picture isn't impossible...
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a goal is to spread interest in chinese culture and media similar to how /jp/a/ and 4chan spread interest in otaku culture. i'm pretty much the only person on earth who wants this so we'll play it by ear and see what interest others have in it.
post questions or other feelings if you feel like it. i'd prefer to not have political stuff instead focus on the 2d cultural stuff so music, donghua(anime), manhua(manga), and webnovels. other chinese stuff welcome too i guess.
chinese media/sino/中国万岁
this thread is for chinese media, entertainment, 2d cultural stuff and probably information regarding the language.a goal is to spread interest in chinese culture and media similar to how /jp/a/ and 4chan spread interest in otaku culture. i'm pretty much the only person on earth who wants this so we'll play it by ear and see what interest others have in it.
post questions or other feelings if you feel like it. i'd prefer to not have political stuff instead focus on the 2d cultural stuff so music, donghua(anime), manhua(manga), and webnovels. other chinese stuff welcome too i guess.
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/qa/ works out!
Whenever you see this thread go and get some exercise! You can't just laze around all day as a NEET!
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Question time
Are you satisfied with the current state of 4chan/the boards you browse? What are your posting habits like and how have they changed over the years? Would you post on alt-chans like this more often if they were a bit faster?
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Assuming one would be willing to go as far as to make a whole videogame or some other multimedia project for it to include all kinds of visions one has for the exposition and the like, there has to be some starting point that you can put effort into the project in such a way where you'd be okay whether it'll end up as a successful blooming dark horse or some poor peculiarity that fades into obscurity as soon as it had appeared.
What would it be for a team of a single man?
Web novels, light novels, manga allow for plays of words and illustrations, but animation and sound are off limits.
Anime, VNs, and full-fledged complex games involve lots of commitment both from the creator and the connoisseur; it's generally more concentrated on binary fate of hit-or-miss and needs either crowdfunding or marketing probing to get certainty that the effortful passions and ideas will reach the people on launch.
Is the answer - a series of simpler web browser games?
A twitter account where you gradually give more and more exposition, including up to as much point as animations with sound?
A combination of the two?
I'd love to see anon's brainstorming on the matter.
Just don't suggest tiktok or youtube shorts formats; I'd genuinely rather cosplay and give pamphlet and booklet forms of works to strangers on the street instead.
Multimedia production
How would you even decide the way you'd want to represent a well thought-out fictional world, given today's trends in how people enjoy media?Assuming one would be willing to go as far as to make a whole videogame or some other multimedia project for it to include all kinds of visions one has for the exposition and the like, there has to be some starting point that you can put effort into the project in such a way where you'd be okay whether it'll end up as a successful blooming dark horse or some poor peculiarity that fades into obscurity as soon as it had appeared.
What would it be for a team of a single man?
Web novels, light novels, manga allow for plays of words and illustrations, but animation and sound are off limits.
Anime, VNs, and full-fledged complex games involve lots of commitment both from the creator and the connoisseur; it's generally more concentrated on binary fate of hit-or-miss and needs either crowdfunding or marketing probing to get certainty that the effortful passions and ideas will reach the people on launch.
Is the answer - a series of simpler web browser games?
A twitter account where you gradually give more and more exposition, including up to as much point as animations with sound?
A combination of the two?
I'd love to see anon's brainstorming on the matter.
Just don't suggest tiktok or youtube shorts formats; I'd genuinely rather cosplay and give pamphlet and booklet forms of works to strangers on the street instead.
R:17 / I:11
For me, my usual preference is female elf wizard loli, or skelly necromancer if I can.
Favorite RPG Roles
After truck'ing the gods give you another shot at life in an isekai world. It's time to make your start in a new life, /qa/. What kind of character are you willing yourself to spawn in as?For me, my usual preference is female elf wizard loli, or skelly necromancer if I can.
R:18 / I:18
/qa/ mansion!
What are some essentials we'd need to make the /qa/ mansion? Personally, I'm leaning towards a farm plot at the very least for self-sufficiency. With a chicken pen too and maybe more animals but definitely chickens because we ALL need eggs. Maybe some moo cows too for milk. But above all, we need very fluffy and soft beds for good sleep everynight.
R:19 / I:9
Crazy how modern otaku culture is just gachaslop and vtumorshit nowadays.
Remember when otaku were obsessed with cool shit like tanks and washing machines? I remember...
Crazy how modern otaku culture is just gachaslop and vtumorshit nowadays.
Remember when otaku were obsessed with cool shit like tanks and washing machines? I remember...
R:21 / I:7
Fast Food
What’s the current state of McDonald’s and other fast food? Realized I need to eat and nothing else is really open at midnight. I feel like if I go to McDonald’s even if I get a normal cheeseburger I’ll be sorely disappointed and regret my decision. Is that accurate?
R:20 / I:10
I like to do all my household chores, cleaning, and other stuff on mondays so that I can avoid thinking about it at all until the next one. Helps to keep dat /jp/ dream life feel nice and organized and I think I get more stressed by letting things pile up and become a mess than having to clean it up.
I like to do all my household chores, cleaning, and other stuff on mondays so that I can avoid thinking about it at all until the next one. Helps to keep dat /jp/ dream life feel nice and organized and I think I get more stressed by letting things pile up and become a mess than having to clean it up.
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What anime goods have you bought /qa/?
Anime Goods
Finally started my "buyfag" life; albeit not anywhere near the level I've dreamt of, with only second hand stuff so far.What anime goods have you bought /qa/?
R:15 / I:8
How's public transport around your area? We've talked about it before several times but it was more about theory/principles rather than the tangible state of affairs.
Recently a globetrotter train ota came by and his blogging did some bazuru locally, which I found fairly fun to read. His sasuga over old Toshiba-kun still working, saying a stop is otogibanashi no you na, his empanada food blog, and the comparisons he makes to other countries or the stuff he points out, very neat. You can read it here:
https://nitter.poast.o
There's a noticeable difference between the 80s Japanese cars and the modern Chinese ones, not just that each has its own runic inscriptions but that there's a tech difference of thirty years, like the fancy rail line map with lights, or Nagoya 5000's having a degree of asbestos. There's a ton of different batches operated concurrently, it's all over the place and a major pain in the ass financially and technically:
https://en.wikipedia.o
A subway line I usually take runs Mitsubishi Eidan alongside Spanish CAF 6000, and the most prominent difference for me is that the latter's seating consists groups of four inward plastic seats while the former has the usual long line of a single padded seat running across the side of the car that I find far more comfortable. Spanish ones also have funny doors that you have to open manually and individually by pulling a mini lever rather than all opening when stopping. It seems to be suited to something for fewer people to take compared to the typical crowded image of Japanese transport.
Stations likewise come in all shapes and sizes, like pic which is the one Taisetsu-san really liked from La Plata. Subway lines can have large tunnel walkways connecting each other and mini-malls, or even a genuinely connecting to an actual mall, and a lot of murals and paintings, very cool stuff. Though the smell can be horrible.
How's public transport around your area? We've talked about it before several times but it was more about theory/principles rather than the tangible state of affairs.
Recently a globetrotter train ota came by and his blogging did some bazuru locally, which I found fairly fun to read. His sasuga over old Toshiba-kun still working, saying a stop is otogibanashi no you na, his empanada food blog, and the comparisons he makes to other countries or the stuff he points out, very neat. You can read it here:
https://nitter.poast.o
There's a noticeable difference between the 80s Japanese cars and the modern Chinese ones, not just that each has its own runic inscriptions but that there's a tech difference of thirty years, like the fancy rail line map with lights, or Nagoya 5000's having a degree of asbestos. There's a ton of different batches operated concurrently, it's all over the place and a major pain in the ass financially and technically:
https://en.wikipedia.o
A subway line I usually take runs Mitsubishi Eidan alongside Spanish CAF 6000, and the most prominent difference for me is that the latter's seating consists groups of four inward plastic seats while the former has the usual long line of a single padded seat running across the side of the car that I find far more comfortable. Spanish ones also have funny doors that you have to open manually and individually by pulling a mini lever rather than all opening when stopping. It seems to be suited to something for fewer people to take compared to the typical crowded image of Japanese transport.
Stations likewise come in all shapes and sizes, like pic which is the one Taisetsu-san really liked from La Plata. Subway lines can have large tunnel walkways connecting each other and mini-malls, or even a genuinely connecting to an actual mall, and a lot of murals and paintings, very cool stuff. Though the smell can be horrible.
R:10 / I:3
I wish I paid more attention back in school when it came to literature and language arts classes. Trying to retrace the lessons I learned as a child as an adult is really annoying and there doesn't seem to be much out there in terms of easy to find resources for it like there are with math & science. Does anyone else have this problem or am I the only tard here.
I wish I paid more attention back in school when it came to literature and language arts classes. Trying to retrace the lessons I learned as a child as an adult is really annoying and there doesn't seem to be much out there in terms of easy to find resources for it like there are with math & science. Does anyone else have this problem or am I the only tard here.
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Porn dumps are a scourge on imageboards.
Porn dumps are a scourge on imageboards.
R:341 / I:135 /jp/kissu, I plan to host Sven Co-op on Sunday the 20th at around 8pm EST.
Sven Co-op is a free Half-Life multiplayer mod with a ton of custom maps. It's really chaotic and fun! Everyone is welcome to join, but please take it easy and don't be too obnoxious.
I'll have the necessary resources and instructions posted closer to when I host. If you have any questions, post em.
Sven Co-op
HelloSven Co-op is a free Half-Life multiplayer mod with a ton of custom maps. It's really chaotic and fun! Everyone is welcome to join, but please take it easy and don't be too obnoxious.
I'll have the necessary resources and instructions posted closer to when I host. If you have any questions, post em.
R:4 / I:2
>exercise and train
>draw and collect references
>clean my apartment a bit
>organize my PC folders
>read manga and books
>expand and organize my music playlists
>meditate
Enjoying your free time in full
Things you do with the time freed by not visiting low quality web resources?>exercise and train
>draw and collect references
>clean my apartment a bit
>organize my PC folders
>read manga and books
>expand and organize my music playlists
>meditate
R:4 / I:1
V3A EPC on the 'ssu
V3A EPC on the 'ssu
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>native isekai
>forced animation
>braincrack
>panservice
to it
Nice altchan
Would be a shame if someone introduced>native isekai
>forced animation
>braincrack
>panservice
to it
R:5 / I:0
Trudempa & Moedempa
What is Kissu's stance on the Trudempa-Moedempa conundrum? Can a song truly be considered denpa if it's not badly sung and mindfuck-y?
R:27 / I:13
About 3 years ago, I had a dream that 4chan went down.
I was posting on kissu and then it went back up.
It was a premonitory dream.
4chan will be up within 30 minutes of this post.
About 3 years ago, I had a dream that 4chan went down.
I was posting on kissu and then it went back up.
It was a premonitory dream.
4chan will be up within 30 minutes of this post.
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anyone know what theyre singing about in this song? Or can anyone find the lyrics somewhere? I couldnt find them
Welcome to Lolly's
I don't speak nihongoanyone know what theyre singing about in this song? Or can anyone find the lyrics somewhere? I couldnt find them
R:27 / I:9
Anyone feeling different after a week without 4chan? I kinda feel a lot less stressed and aggravated and I notice myself actually wanting to do stuff.
Anyone feeling different after a week without 4chan? I kinda feel a lot less stressed and aggravated and I notice myself actually wanting to do stuff.
R:121 / I:27
I tried to cover the issues I've seen people be most interested in across the various 4chan down threads. Activity, especially in regards to specific hobbies, is probably the biggest, but a familiar UI, easy browsing of different boards/sites, and file support have all come up. I focused mostly on relevant topics to the /a/jp/ sphere here since that's what I'm more familiar with, but I'm open to suggestions on what to put in here. I think zzz, 8, 7, and sushi could fit on here too for vidya and broader topic selections. Please correct me if anything is wrong, a fair bit has to be derived from cursory inspection.
Regarding activity levels, I'm imagining 4chan as the 10/10 max level for everything so it's kind of a log scale so everything else isn't all a 1 in comparison. Basically, green means there's fresh discussion of a topic multiple times a day, yellow means once every day or three something gets kicked up about it, and red means it still lacks the critical mass to maintain regular discussion.
Altchan Infographic
A few months ago I was talking about altchans on /a/ and realized a big stumbling block for people is that the lists of sites that get posted around contain too many sites with not enough details and people tend to give up after the fifth or sixth utterly dead/meme shitposting site they click through. I'm hitting myself for being lazy and not making a better guide before this, but with 4chan still down I imagine it would still be good to have something easy to pass around to help the flood of refugees as we approach the weekend.I tried to cover the issues I've seen people be most interested in across the various 4chan down threads. Activity, especially in regards to specific hobbies, is probably the biggest, but a familiar UI, easy browsing of different boards/sites, and file support have all come up. I focused mostly on relevant topics to the /a/jp/ sphere here since that's what I'm more familiar with, but I'm open to suggestions on what to put in here. I think zzz, 8, 7, and sushi could fit on here too for vidya and broader topic selections. Please correct me if anything is wrong, a fair bit has to be derived from cursory inspection.
Regarding activity levels, I'm imagining 4chan as the 10/10 max level for everything so it's kind of a log scale so everything else isn't all a 1 in comparison. Basically, green means there's fresh discussion of a topic multiple times a day, yellow means once every day or three something gets kicked up about it, and red means it still lacks the critical mass to maintain regular discussion.
R:89 / I:45
What is your opinion on the kuudere archetype? I'm personally attracted to them because they're similar to myself. Kuuderes are a big 'gap moe' thing. The smile of someone who doesn't smile much means a lot more than the smile of someone who smiles all the time.
Many people don't seem to realize the last two ones are kuuderes too. I don't see many people discussing archetypes these days.
What is your opinion on the kuudere archetype? I'm personally attracted to them because they're similar to myself. Kuuderes are a big 'gap moe' thing. The smile of someone who doesn't smile much means a lot more than the smile of someone who smiles all the time.
Many people don't seem to realize the last two ones are kuuderes too. I don't see many people discussing archetypes these days.
R:30 / I:11
This is nice board
This is nice board
R:25 / I:17
Vidya Videos
Do you have any silly or interesting recordings of video games? Please share I wish to watch them!
R:177 / I:42
The download includes everything needed to host and play the game, plus a custom client created by 4/vm/ that adds new features to the game.
Game plus addons download: https://mega.nz/file/mJYUhJBR#UmY_51jm0gQkj
Updated download: https://mega.nz/file/fcpXDbAA#sw00eBPjfpap6
Client Update:
https://files.catbox.m
4/vm/ client source code: https://gitlab.com/c3851/srb-2-k-cep
- Wide variety of tracks. About 42 map packs worth of maps!
- A Kissu theme pack with custom music and graphics on the voting screen.
- The in-game HUD is colorized to your chosen color, including the new speedometer and drift gauge.
- A hitfeed that shows when people hit each other or fall off the map.
- Timers on the bottom of the screen that shows how long your sneakers, your mini-turbos, or you being spun-out lasts
- A simple trick system. Tap brake after a jump to get a small speed boost when landing. It is on a cool down timer after you do it.
- Air-braking like CTR. By holding brake in the air, you can make yourself fall faster, which is useful for landing faster after big jumps!
- Gold, silver and bronze signposts for the first 3 people to finish a race
- Voteable alternative gametypes like Combi Ring, HPMOD, War and WeatherMod. Type vote in the console to see more things that you can vote for!
- Various balance changes which can be shown by pressing Tab.
You and another person are linked together and must work together to complete a race. Things your partner does affect you, so be careful of friendly fire. Press Custom 1 or Custom 2 to tell your partner to turn a direction.
HPMOD:
As you race, you will have a HP bar that will decrease as you get hit or fall off the track.
War:
Collect items, hit people and complete laps to add time to your timer, last one standing wins.
WeatherMod:
Similar to the weather system in Touhou 10.5 and 12.3. As the race goes on, random effects will occur that can change how the game works, play around them to win.
The startserver-* script is needed to load all addons in this pack so be sure to use it.
SRB2Kart
Hey Kissu Kissu! Would you like to play Sonic Karts sometime? I have created an addon pack with some fun stuff included! If someone else is willing to host it, that would be cool, but if not, I can always do it myself.The download includes everything needed to host and play the game, plus a custom client created by 4/vm/ that adds new features to the game.
Updated download: https://mega.nz/file/fcpXDbAA#sw00eBPjfpap6
Client Update:
https://files.catbox.m
4/vm/ client source code: https://gitlab.com/c3851/srb-2-k-cep
Stuff added via addons:
- Custom characters! https://files.catbox.m- Wide variety of tracks. About 42 map packs worth of maps!
- A Kissu theme pack with custom music and graphics on the voting screen.
- The in-game HUD is colorized to your chosen color, including the new speedometer and drift gauge.
- A hitfeed that shows when people hit each other or fall off the map.
- Timers on the bottom of the screen that shows how long your sneakers, your mini-turbos, or you being spun-out lasts
- A simple trick system. Tap brake after a jump to get a small speed boost when landing. It is on a cool down timer after you do it.
- Air-braking like CTR. By holding brake in the air, you can make yourself fall faster, which is useful for landing faster after big jumps!
- Gold, silver and bronze signposts for the first 3 people to finish a race
- Voteable alternative gametypes like Combi Ring, HPMOD, War and WeatherMod. Type vote in the console to see more things that you can vote for!
- Various balance changes which can be shown by pressing Tab.
Alternative votable gametypes explanation:
Combi Ring:You and another person are linked together and must work together to complete a race. Things your partner does affect you, so be careful of friendly fire. Press Custom 1 or Custom 2 to tell your partner to turn a direction.
HPMOD:
As you race, you will have a HP bar that will decrease as you get hit or fall off the track.
War:
Collect items, hit people and complete laps to add time to your timer, last one standing wins.
WeatherMod:
Similar to the weather system in Touhou 10.5 and 12.3. As the race goes on, random effects will occur that can change how the game works, play around them to win.
Info for hosts:
The port you need to have fowarded is 5029.The startserver-* script is needed to load all addons in this pack so be sure to use it.
R:25 / I:4
Have you ever visited Japan? What is your favourite place?
Have you ever visited Japan? What is your favourite place?
R:39 / I:19
Incest = Wincest!
There comes a time in every Onii-chan's life where he thinks about sexual relations with his imouto. He asks the question, "Should I?" or "Is it ethical?". Take some advice from best girl Kirino who says, "Yes!". Incest is always morally correct and in fact your imouto wants you right now!
R:14 / I:7
now that Mr Pope is dead (god rest his soul), I hope Yui will be the next pope! (god have mercy)
now that Mr Pope is dead (god rest his soul), I hope Yui will be the next pope! (god have mercy)
R:72 / I:22
I don't recognize a single character in the captcha.
I don't recognize a single character in the captcha.
R:27 / I:9
What other health tips does /qa/ know to keep their body in peak condition?
hikki health help
When you don't go outside it's easy to forget the basic hygiene you practice since much of the motivation for taking care of yourself can be perceived as a social thing. However some things are important to do even if you're not going outside for the sake of your long term health! Like brushing your teeth and flossing to keep them clean of plaque leads to healthier gums and reduced risk of brain disease! If you haven't brushed yet go do it!What other health tips does /qa/ know to keep their body in peak condition?
R:248 / I:67
I find myself not wanting to make a new thread for stuff and then I either forget about it or I put it in the blog thread as a last resort, which is quite awkward. Maybe other people feel that way, too. Well, here's an attempt to fix that.
This is not a containment area for such news, rather it's just a more centralized thread to put it when you don't want to create a new thread to share some info before moving on to something else.
Media News Thread
This is a thread for sharing general news about anime or video games or other entertainment that you don't feel like making a thread for.I find myself not wanting to make a new thread for stuff and then I either forget about it or I put it in the blog thread as a last resort, which is quite awkward. Maybe other people feel that way, too. Well, here's an attempt to fix that.
This is not a containment area for such news, rather it's just a more centralized thread to put it when you don't want to create a new thread to share some info before moving on to something else.
R:14 / I:5
SHOULD'VE JUST LET US HAVE OUR /QA/ IN PEACE
YOU DIG THE GRAVE YOU LAY IN
SHOULD'VE JUST LET US HAVE OUR /QA/ IN PEACE
YOU DIG THE GRAVE YOU LAY IN
R:9 / I:4
Link if you wanna make your own: https://tiermaker.com/create/touhou-games--16215478
Touhou music ranking
How would you rate each game based purely on their music? Side-games included. Personally, I'm of the opinion that there's not a truly "bad" soundtrack out of the lot, only mediocre ones at worst. I'd say my only particularly controversial takes are not rating EoSD and MS that highly, and putting DDC and LoLK near the top. Also, I wouldn't call myself a "Touhou is reclining" doomer, but I do think the two latest releases were disappointing on most levels, including music. Still hopeful for TH20 though!Link if you wanna make your own: https://tiermaker.com/create/touhou-games--16215478
R:45 / I:24
BJD
Do you care for BJD?
R:82 / I:29
Going to Japan this summer, and I really want to avoid sticking out as some obnoxious foreigner. I was wondering if there's any helpful tips for how to conduct oneself or what'd really stick out to wear around so I can avoid packing it. It seems like a country that's pretty tolerant so it's not like I'll get beat up for just being a normal tourist, but I also don't want to come off as some unkempt freak who gets judged everywhere I go. To maximize my enjoyment of the trip I've been looking to find out what is and isn't acceptable and what's social faux pas or things to avoid.
For example, I was reading up on Japanese law recently and learned that under Act No. 52 of 1999 it's actually illegal to buy JCs off the streets. Which is just an important reminder to /qajp/ that you should always check the laws of where you're going to!
Going to Japan this summer, and I really want to avoid sticking out as some obnoxious foreigner. I was wondering if there's any helpful tips for how to conduct oneself or what'd really stick out to wear around so I can avoid packing it. It seems like a country that's pretty tolerant so it's not like I'll get beat up for just being a normal tourist, but I also don't want to come off as some unkempt freak who gets judged everywhere I go. To maximize my enjoyment of the trip I've been looking to find out what is and isn't acceptable and what's social faux pas or things to avoid.
For example, I was reading up on Japanese law recently and learned that under Act No. 52 of 1999 it's actually illegal to buy JCs off the streets. Which is just an important reminder to /qajp/ that you should always check the laws of where you're going to!
R:43 / I:9
What do you think the future of the anime industry will be like with Japan being in massive economic decline and everything? I do think it's time to acknowledge there's an overall decrease in the quality of productions over time that is related to that. The studios simply do not have enough money to pay the animators, voice actors, writers, etc, and the former big ones are all shadows of their former selves splintered into 500 different irrelevant ones.
What do you think the future of the anime industry will be like with Japan being in massive economic decline and everything? I do think it's time to acknowledge there's an overall decrease in the quality of productions over time that is related to that. The studios simply do not have enough money to pay the animators, voice actors, writers, etc, and the former big ones are all shadows of their former selves splintered into 500 different irrelevant ones.
R:139 / I:57
https://github.com/desuwa/tegaki
Better than paint, allows you to add another layer on top for a simple CSP style image editor.
Tegaki Feature
New feature just landed.https://github.com/desuwa/tegaki
Better than paint, allows you to add another layer on top for a simple CSP style image editor.
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WELCOME NEWFRIENDS!!!
WELCOME NEWFRIENDS!!!
R:434 / I:107
Dreams thread
What have you been dreaming recently?
R:12 / I:4
I don't understand how the japanese copyright system works. It simultenously appears as hyper retrictive when it comes to patents and modifications, same with copyrighted characters. But at the same time there's a big doujin/independent scene where people can create works out of copyrighted works. See Touhou for example. I know ZUN gave his consent to fan projects but I wonder if that's an exception rather than the rule. Some japanese laws seem draconian to me.
I don't understand how the japanese copyright system works. It simultenously appears as hyper retrictive when it comes to patents and modifications, same with copyrighted characters. But at the same time there's a big doujin/independent scene where people can create works out of copyrighted works. See Touhou for example. I know ZUN gave his consent to fan projects but I wonder if that's an exception rather than the rule. Some japanese laws seem draconian to me.
R:4 / I:0
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R:79 / I:12
Going to post here whenever I'm up for some games, feel free do to the same if you want.
fighting games
Anything fighting games can go here.Going to post here whenever I'm up for some games, feel free do to the same if you want.
R:3 / I:0
Welcome Travelers
Are you aware of the Bibliotheca Anonoma?
The true archives of 4chan history?
https://wiki.bibanon.o
Welcome Travelers
Are you aware of the Bibliotheca Anonoma?
The true archives of 4chan history?
https://wiki.bibanon.o
R:6 / I:1
This site is obscene and should be banned
This site is obscene and should be banned
R:83 / I:14
PREPARE FOR POST MOVING
Reddit API Stuff
I don't really know much about what's going on, but there's some brouhaha with reddit about API access now costing money and people are talking about it a lot in the happenings thread, which is off-topic to the thread, so here's a thread for it.PREPARE FOR POST MOVING
R:41 / I:12
Kissu and Wapchan Friendship!
We're now friends with wapchan!
R:38 / I:11
/v/ - the vidya
What is kohai-writing like?
R:5 / I:1
You maybe now wondering why you're seeing Di Gi Charat here being used as a figure model and pointing out descriptors. Well let me enlighten you! This is from a well respected book from famous Otaku and Otaku analysis Eiji Ōtsuka called Otaku Japan's Database Animals and here you'll the learn the meta on being an Otaku and what it means. So have a read and feel free to discuss.
https://mogami.neocities
He has also written about narrative consumption in todays age. what is narrative consumption?
Narrative consumption involves the relationship between "grand narratives" or "worldviews" and "small narratives" or "variations". The concept of worldview or world (sekai), which comes from anime production and kabuki tradition, refers to the entire world or setting of a work of fiction. Each individual story told within that universe (such as an episode or even a season of television) is a small narrative, or a variation of the worldview.
Taken from Wikipedia.
You maybe now wondering why you're seeing Di Gi Charat here being used as a figure model and pointing out descriptors. Well let me enlighten you! This is from a well respected book from famous Otaku and Otaku analysis Eiji Ōtsuka called Otaku Japan's Database Animals and here you'll the learn the meta on being an Otaku and what it means. So have a read and feel free to discuss.
https://mogami.neocities
He has also written about narrative consumption in todays age. what is narrative consumption?
Narrative consumption involves the relationship between "grand narratives" or "worldviews" and "small narratives" or "variations". The concept of worldview or world (sekai), which comes from anime production and kabuki tradition, refers to the entire world or setting of a work of fiction. Each individual story told within that universe (such as an episode or even a season of television) is a small narrative, or a variation of the worldview.
Taken from Wikipedia.
R:11 / I:2
Gunbuster stream
I will be streaming Gunbuster tomorrow at 7:00 PM EST. Make sure to drop by at: https://theatre.kissu.
R:13 / I:6
i would like light games since my laptop sucks but i have a xbox one too but idk still
japan game
my name is chiruno and i like japan, i want to play games that take place in japan, i only have played yakuza 0i would like light games since my laptop sucks but i have a xbox one too but idk still
R:3 / I:2
Light Novels and Web Novels
what are you guys reading?
R:18 / I:15
- M3 will be held on April 27
Are you planning to go? Are you looking forward to other interesting events?
Reitaisai 22 and other events
- Reitaisai 22 will be held on May 5- M3 will be held on April 27
Are you planning to go? Are you looking forward to other interesting events?
R:502 / I:424
/qa/-pout
pouting at the fact that kissu has a bump limit
R:11 / I:4
https://theatre.kissu.
And get ready to enjoy some classics with /qa/!
PROJECT A-KO 2&3 STREAM
So based on the poll in >>>/poll/6021 I've decided that I'll be streaming Project A-ko 2&3 in 30 minutes! The first one was a fun and wacky OVA that brought great animation, moe, and action together and the sequels continue that tradition. If you want something to occupy you for 90 minutes come 7:00 EST then head on down to:https://theatre.kissu.
And get ready to enjoy some classics with /qa/!
R:197 / I:34
what OP/EDs do you like? I was thinking about the popularity of LycoReco when it came out and how nice it'd be to see more anime inspired by gunslinger girl since that was one hell of a boson anime. the OP for it being one of my favorites and having that early 2000s english indie song for its op. also do you remember that in the same season lycoreco aired there was another original anime "engage kiss" that failed miserably and was just a soulless gacha cashgrab checking boxes to try and hook a playerbase, lycoreco had no tie-in and was the biggest anime besides bocchi so goes to show how far creating something good takes you compared to trying to cash out on the trendy market researched ideal money printer
what OP/EDs do you like? I was thinking about the popularity of LycoReco when it came out and how nice it'd be to see more anime inspired by gunslinger girl since that was one hell of a boson anime. the OP for it being one of my favorites and having that early 2000s english indie song for its op. also do you remember that in the same season lycoreco aired there was another original anime "engage kiss" that failed miserably and was just a soulless gacha cashgrab checking boxes to try and hook a playerbase, lycoreco had no tie-in and was the biggest anime besides bocchi so goes to show how far creating something good takes you compared to trying to cash out on the trendy market researched ideal money printer
R:3 / I:1
Hey buddy, I think you got the wrong board, 4chan is two blocks down.
Hey buddy, I think you got the wrong board, 4chan is two blocks down.
R:5 / I:2
I had a dream about kissu last night...
I had a dream about kissu last night...
R:11 / I:7
sad
hello! i'm chiruno! i came from 4chan! are people here friend? can i stay here? i like to talk about everything!
R:34 / I:10
After years of being told I'm in the wrong line of work I've decided to take a shot at what I was born to do: writing.
I'm going to write and publish a LN before the end of this year. I just wanted to tell someone so I stick to this goal. I don't imagine it'll be that great but I've taken a look at other books and LNs people are publishing and they aren't that great either.
Will my friends here read the first draft when I'm done?
After years of being told I'm in the wrong line of work I've decided to take a shot at what I was born to do: writing.
I'm going to write and publish a LN before the end of this year. I just wanted to tell someone so I stick to this goal. I don't imagine it'll be that great but I've taken a look at other books and LNs people are publishing and they aren't that great either.
Will my friends here read the first draft when I'm done?
R:9 / I:9
Favourite booru tags
Got any favourite non-ero tags? I really like "contemporary".
R:5 / I:4
Sure is a shame that the dead will never know peace from 4chan
Sure is a shame that the dead will never know peace from 4chan
R:6 / I:0
yuri?
any yuri on this site? forgive me if theres already a thread, i couldnt find any
R:19 / I:4
What's your honest opinion on Trevor and to a lesser extent, GNFOS?
What's your honest opinion on Trevor and to a lesser extent, GNFOS?
R:16 / I:5
does anyone on kissu make youtube videos? let's plays, reviews, vlogs, or really anything? i'm curious
does anyone on kissu make youtube videos? let's plays, reviews, vlogs, or really anything? i'm curious
R:24 / I:10
We're upgrading the servers.
We'll be down for about a minute.
We're upgrading the servers.
We'll be down for about a minute.
R:4 / I:1
That's right! In just a matter of hours your once curated site can turn into a wastebin of spam and other undesirable posting. That's why you need flood insurance! For the low, low cost of $9999.99 a month, you can be protected against any and all forms of spam coming your boards way! Call now at 1-800-101-SPAM and order your first month for $999.99 off!
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DOES YOUR SITE HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE?
Imageboards are wonderful places. They encourage all sorts of activity and at fast speeds too! But did you know? With the low barrier to entry these sites take on comes a heavy risk of flooding and spam?That's right! In just a matter of hours your once curated site can turn into a wastebin of spam and other undesirable posting. That's why you need flood insurance! For the low, low cost of $9999.99 a month, you can be protected against any and all forms of spam coming your boards way! Call now at 1-800-101-SPAM and order your first month for $999.99 off!
That's 1-800-101-7716! Call now!
R:22 / I:11
How is your sleep routine? I'm thinking I need to improve mine. Strangely I've found that having my little tablet thing playing a youtube speedrun history video helps me get sleepy faster. My theory is that it interrupts my thinking and allows my brain to turn off faster. It doesn't increase the amount of sleep I get, but at least it starts earlier so there's less wasted time doing nothing in bed.
How is your sleep routine? I'm thinking I need to improve mine. Strangely I've found that having my little tablet thing playing a youtube speedrun history video helps me get sleepy faster. My theory is that it interrupts my thinking and allows my brain to turn off faster. It doesn't increase the amount of sleep I get, but at least it starts earlier so there's less wasted time doing nothing in bed.
R:3 / I:0
Won't forget Asan
Won't forget Asan
R:850 / I:50
This is a re-enactment of the American Psycho dubs man scene with Weird Al and Huey Lewis. There's some very nice attention to detail and the humor is great. Somehow it's 7 years old and I never saw it.
random youtube/nico/etc videos
Have you watched anything neat on youtube or similar sites lately? Don't just link it, mention why you like it!This is a re-enactment of the American Psycho dubs man scene with Weird Al and Huey Lewis. There's some very nice attention to detail and the humor is great. Somehow it's 7 years old and I never saw it.
R:3 / I:1
Did you know the majority of posters on 4chin's /pol/ were Israeli?
What are the political implications of this?
Did you know the majority of posters on 4chin's /pol/ were Israeli?
What are the political implications of this?
R:345 / I:174
Projects
Have you been working on anything? Art, programming, etc.
R:10 / I:6
How important is it to /qa/ for your post's images to fit your intentions? To me, it's everything.
How important is it to /qa/ for your post's images to fit your intentions? To me, it's everything.
R:37 / I:12
Does /qa/ have any experience with ebook readers? I've been getting back into reading recently, and although I like the ebook reader app I have on my Android phone (ReadEra), it's not entirely pleasant; my phone is a bit weighty so it's tiring to hold, and it strains my eyes after reading for a while.
The most obvious choice seems to be a Kindle, but it seems kind of opaque what the differences are between models other than storage. I'm really not a fan of them seemingly being permanently tethered to the cloud and this "ad-supported" thing seems annoying as well. Ideally, I would have something that I can move my own ebooks onto just by plugging it into my PC. USB C is a hard requirement as well; I can't believe Amazon was selling Kindles with the worst charging connector of all time, micro USB, up until 2021.
Looking at the prices for the features that matter to me... I'm really wondering if it would be worth it buying one at all. From what I understand, I would probably be looking at buying some Android e-ink tablet, but those don't seem to have the best reputation online (?) and I can't imagine any are particularly lightweight. My phone is ~200g and that feels a bit too heavy for me. Anything tablet sized I'm sure would be too heavy for me.
Does /qa/ have any experience with ebook readers? I've been getting back into reading recently, and although I like the ebook reader app I have on my Android phone (ReadEra), it's not entirely pleasant; my phone is a bit weighty so it's tiring to hold, and it strains my eyes after reading for a while.
The most obvious choice seems to be a Kindle, but it seems kind of opaque what the differences are between models other than storage. I'm really not a fan of them seemingly being permanently tethered to the cloud and this "ad-supported" thing seems annoying as well. Ideally, I would have something that I can move my own ebooks onto just by plugging it into my PC. USB C is a hard requirement as well; I can't believe Amazon was selling Kindles with the worst charging connector of all time, micro USB, up until 2021.
Looking at the prices for the features that matter to me... I'm really wondering if it would be worth it buying one at all. From what I understand, I would probably be looking at buying some Android e-ink tablet, but those don't seem to have the best reputation online (?) and I can't imagine any are particularly lightweight. My phone is ~200g and that feels a bit too heavy for me. Anything tablet sized I'm sure would be too heavy for me.
R:3 / I:1
Rayuko
Rayuko
R:181 / I:66
puzzle thread
https://jiggie.fun/yyt9iZ
R:7 / I:2
With how crucial it is for us to remember names, one has to wonder, “Why the HELL is it so hard to remember them?”. I ask myself this all the flippin time. In the span of the same day I meet someone I can forget their name multiple times. In seasonals I often forget what characters are called and refer to them by ‘MC’ or their color. Which when you think about it, it’s weird. You can remember so much about a character or person that you can spit out all sorts of identifying traits, yet the one thing that classifies who they are gets forgotten. And then there’s names I can’t forget, like many 2hus, the EVA characters, DB characters, immediate family, etc. How come those ones stick around even when you don’t use them for ages but one you just heard can be forgotten minutes later?
It makes me feel like there has to be some trick behind it. Some special method people use to remember names since some people out there can remember every person they meet. Tell me your secrets, norms. I want to know how you’re all doing it while making me look like captain retardo. I want to be able to talk about an anime I just watched without having to go to the MAL page to get their names.
Names
Names are a funny thing. They’re just words, sometimes with no meaning behind them, yet convey so much importance in how we refer to ourselves and others. In fact remembering them is oftentimes seen as common decency. Or in the case of referencing media, crucial towards singling out characters.With how crucial it is for us to remember names, one has to wonder, “Why the HELL is it so hard to remember them?”. I ask myself this all the flippin time. In the span of the same day I meet someone I can forget their name multiple times. In seasonals I often forget what characters are called and refer to them by ‘MC’ or their color. Which when you think about it, it’s weird. You can remember so much about a character or person that you can spit out all sorts of identifying traits, yet the one thing that classifies who they are gets forgotten. And then there’s names I can’t forget, like many 2hus, the EVA characters, DB characters, immediate family, etc. How come those ones stick around even when you don’t use them for ages but one you just heard can be forgotten minutes later?
It makes me feel like there has to be some trick behind it. Some special method people use to remember names since some people out there can remember every person they meet. Tell me your secrets, norms. I want to know how you’re all doing it while making me look like captain retardo. I want to be able to talk about an anime I just watched without having to go to the MAL page to get their names.
R:30 / I:9
I may stream Fire Walk With me as well, but if I do please be prepared for heavy spoilers concerning anything Twin Peaks. Unless there turns out to be a large enough gathering of people interested in watching it I don't know if I'm prepared to rewatch the entire first two seasons yet.
A David Lynch Retrospective Stream
Since someone posed the idea to me after the Lost Highway stream, and I liked the idea myself, I'll be holding more streams on the rest of David Lynch's films until we've made it through them all. I've got no set time for any of this and when I start will be based on a whim, but I'll make sure to give at least 2 days notice for anything I do decide to stream.I may stream Fire Walk With me as well, but if I do please be prepared for heavy spoilers concerning anything Twin Peaks. Unless there turns out to be a large enough gathering of people interested in watching it I don't know if I'm prepared to rewatch the entire first two seasons yet.
R:13 / I:2
So with that in mind I'm going to be streaming the first 10 episodes of KareKano April 6th, or next Sunday, at 7:00PM EST. Only the first 10 because I feel like that's the most crucial portion of the story that sets into motion everything else. The setup, main cast, and character relations for the most part are established after that and it's more digging deeper into them that we can stream maybe some other time if people want me to. Be sure you're there for it!
Oh, and on https://theatre.kissu.
streaming karekano april 6th
A clip got recommended to me on youtube and reminded me that I absolutely love this anime. In terms of the typical shoujo today despite its influence I'd say it still stands out, and Anno's influence on the presentation through his direction (before the budget kinda goes kaput like EVA near the end) is strikingly impactful in conveying the mood of each scene and allowing the highs to reach further than manga ever could. Miyazawa's probably still my favorite Shoujo protagonist of any romance series, her smarts and unbreakable character make her extremely endearing to watch as situations arise throughout her and Arima's school life as a result of their relationship. It's a great exploration of two quite different characters who take interest with and build each other up as they go about life and maturing.So with that in mind I'm going to be streaming the first 10 episodes of KareKano April 6th, or next Sunday, at 7:00PM EST. Only the first 10 because I feel like that's the most crucial portion of the story that sets into motion everything else. The setup, main cast, and character relations for the most part are established after that and it's more digging deeper into them that we can stream maybe some other time if people want me to. Be sure you're there for it!
Oh, and on https://theatre.kissu.
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Requirements:
Unless we are able to do the entire tasks in 4 hours we will always be one episode behind current. Going further beyond one episode is not allowed. Quality is not as important as getting things completed.
Enter your subtitles using https://aegisub.org/downloads/ or into a text file with whatever formatting you want.
Translations take priority over all other work.
Tasks(fulfillment):
- Managers/Logo designers/PR People
No idea guys allowed.
- Translations
- Timing
- Typesetters
Translation:
Has to be finished before we work on anything else
Timing:
Not a lot of work but some episodes might be tricky.
Being able to take the karaoke from other subtitles is useful.
Typesetters:
Icing on the cake to make the story easier to follow.
Medalist Subtitles Project
Thread detailing our intention to subtitle episodes of the anime Medalist. This thread will be edited as required or abandoned if there's no interestRequirements:
Unless we are able to do the entire tasks in 4 hours we will always be one episode behind current. Going further beyond one episode is not allowed. Quality is not as important as getting things completed.
Enter your subtitles using https://aegisub.org/downloads/ or into a text file with whatever formatting you want.
Translations take priority over all other work.
Tasks(fulfillment):
- Managers/Logo designers/PR People
No idea guys allowed.
- Translations
- Timing
- Typesetters
Translation:
Has to be finished before we work on anything else
Timing:
Not a lot of work but some episodes might be tricky.
Being able to take the karaoke from other subtitles is useful.
Typesetters:
Icing on the cake to make the story easier to follow.
R:108 / I:52
Does anything catch your eye? Do you think you'll fall in love with a show? Do we need more isekai?
https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?year=2025
Winter 2025 Anime
It's time to FREEZE with the 2025 Winter season!Does anything catch your eye? Do you think you'll fall in love with a show? Do we need more isekai?
https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?year=2025
R:10 / I:7
Kissu, you're a worldly lot. Where've you spotted that Zundamon character lately? Let's put together a photo catalogue of Zundamon sightings!
Kissu, you're a worldly lot. Where've you spotted that Zundamon character lately? Let's put together a photo catalogue of Zundamon sightings!
R:123 / I:6
Post something cool that youtube has recommended to you recently. Note: this is not meant to be a music thread, it can be any kind of video.
Post something cool that youtube has recommended to you recently. Note: this is not meant to be a music thread, it can be any kind of video.
R:11 / I:2
In an era where rules are severely outdated and progress has been continually hampered by them. How would you fix Copyright Law? Or is it something that just needs to be killed completely.
In an era where rules are severely outdated and progress has been continually hampered by them. How would you fix Copyright Law? Or is it something that just needs to be killed completely.
R:9 / I:2
Every day we progress closer and closer to a catgirl civilization
https://youtu.be/xZDSqmOnnR0
Every day we progress closer and closer to a catgirl civilization
https://youtu.be/xZDSqmOnnR0
R:158 / I:57
This is a thread for discussing and planning streams that people can host using kissu's own anonymity-supporting cytube fork at https://theatre.kissu.
Current stream plans:
Sentai Daishikkaku on March 21st and 28th
This is a thread for discussing and planning streams that people can host using kissu's own anonymity-supporting cytube fork at https://theatre.kissu.
Current stream plans:
Sentai Daishikkaku on March 21st and 28th
R:146 / I:45
The format for deciding on picks this year will be the same as the last with the addition of maybe singling out a specific anime of each year to be the most /qa/ anime of the year. For the current candidates that should be easy since there's only 4 of them, but for this year we'll have to conclude all the seasonal polls first and then afterwards decide.
The polls will be made separately and then linked in the thread with at least 3 days allotted for people to decide on winners, and I'll make a new poll for each season every day, starting with Winter 2021 today. To not make cheating so easy I'll make it so an IP needs at least 3 posts to vote, which shouldn't really be hard for anyone I hope. Also the AOTY polls will probably all be at the end or sometime in-between since they shouldn't be as hard of a decision.
/qa/nime: continued!
I was reminded that another year has passed since the last time the /qa/ anime chart was updated, so I thought it was as good a time as ever to bring it back, update it, and improve on it a bit in the process.The format for deciding on picks this year will be the same as the last with the addition of maybe singling out a specific anime of each year to be the most /qa/ anime of the year. For the current candidates that should be easy since there's only 4 of them, but for this year we'll have to conclude all the seasonal polls first and then afterwards decide.
The polls will be made separately and then linked in the thread with at least 3 days allotted for people to decide on winners, and I'll make a new poll for each season every day, starting with Winter 2021 today. To not make cheating so easy I'll make it so an IP needs at least 3 posts to vote, which shouldn't really be hard for anyone I hope. Also the AOTY polls will probably all be at the end or sometime in-between since they shouldn't be as hard of a decision.
R:360 / I:96
Does /qa/ know any fun facts?
One I just learned is that copper is actually more dense than iron.
Does /qa/ know any fun facts?
One I just learned is that copper is actually more dense than iron.
R:7 / I:3
My enemies tremble,
for I have God on my side.
My enemies tremble,
for I have God on my side.
R:1 / I:1
GOD SAVE OUR GRACIOUS KING
LONG LIVE OUR NOBLE KING
GOD SAVE THE KING
SEND HIM VICTORIOUS
HAPPY AND GLORIOUS
LONG TO REIGN OVER US
GOD SAVE THE KING
GOD SAVE OUR GRACIOUS KING
LONG LIVE OUR NOBLE KING
GOD SAVE THE KING
SEND HIM VICTORIOUS
HAPPY AND GLORIOUS
LONG TO REIGN OVER US
GOD SAVE THE KING
R:18 / I:5
Which torrent client do you use? why?
Which torrent client do you use? why?
R:52 / I:22
They say be the change you want to see, and that if you like something you should support it. So I preordered the MahoAko BD boxes including the limited edition one with the Baiser fig. Here's hoping we get more series that similarly strive for greatness and ecchi in the future.
https://www.amazon.co
Kinda wish I had money 10 years ago like I do now to freely spend on BDs... Could've started amassing a collection a whole lot earlier and I'm sure there's a bunch of limited edition ones that I'll never be able to get my hands on. The effect buying them would have towards the old production would probably be minimal as well. Though, if I were to venture forth and try to make up for lost time while NEETing around does /qa/ know of any good place to find older stuff, or is it just eBay and Amazon? On that topic too, how much into merch or BD buying is /qa/?
They say be the change you want to see, and that if you like something you should support it. So I preordered the MahoAko BD boxes including the limited edition one with the Baiser fig. Here's hoping we get more series that similarly strive for greatness and ecchi in the future.
https://www.amazon.co
Kinda wish I had money 10 years ago like I do now to freely spend on BDs... Could've started amassing a collection a whole lot earlier and I'm sure there's a bunch of limited edition ones that I'll never be able to get my hands on. The effect buying them would have towards the old production would probably be minimal as well. Though, if I were to venture forth and try to make up for lost time while NEETing around does /qa/ know of any good place to find older stuff, or is it just eBay and Amazon? On that topic too, how much into merch or BD buying is /qa/?
R:20 / I:7
>2 years into quiet quitting
>still with the company
Huh?
I'm basically a NEET and no one can stop me.
Any of you doing the same?
>2 years into quiet quitting
>still with the company
Huh?
I'm basically a NEET and no one can stop me.
Any of you doing the same?
R:13 / I:6
I'm thinking it'll be a short campaign; probably 4-6 sessions, more if wanted.
If you are interested please post in this thread.
GURPS Game
I'm thinking about hosting a tabletop game, we're going to be playing in GURPS (it's really fucking simple to play, I will help with character creation if needed, use GURPS character sheet [https://gurpscharactersheetI'm thinking it'll be a short campaign; probably 4-6 sessions, more if wanted.
If you are interested please post in this thread.
R:255 / I:76
Kissu's Palworld server is now online!
pals.kissu.moe:8211
We last played in January and there's been some big patches since then. For those who don't know, it's a third person building/Pokemon capturing game. I think the term is "open world crafting survival" or something, but it's Japanese so it's cute and quirky. People called it "Pokemon with guns", which is kind of true for the atmosphere but it's more than that.
For those that did play last time, here's the patch notes for the second major patch: https://store.steampowered
Kissu's Palworld server is now online!
pals.kissu.moe:8211
We last played in January and there's been some big patches since then. For those who don't know, it's a third person building/Pokemon capturing game. I think the term is "open world crafting survival" or something, but it's Japanese so it's cute and quirky. People called it "Pokemon with guns", which is kind of true for the atmosphere but it's more than that.
For those that did play last time, here's the patch notes for the second major patch: https://store.steampowered
R:5 / I:1
>All content must abide by Canadian Law
EWWW! I'm posting on a Leaf site!?
>All content must abide by Canadian Law
EWWW! I'm posting on a Leaf site!?
R:11 / I:3
Behold! The /qa/ mansion at long last!
https://mapleatmorning.git
Behold! The /qa/ mansion at long last!
https://mapleatmorning.git
R:11 / I:7
I’d never had a prostate exam before. I thought they just did that for old guys and I’m only 28. And the only thing that ever went up my butt was a thermometer when I was a baby.
I was pretty nervous when the doc told me to bend over the table. I was already naked from the rest of the exam, including the “turn your head and cough” part. I always worry I’ll get hard when he does that, and this time I could feel myself starting to a little.
He got a bunch of Vaseline on his finger and started rubbing it on my hole and I was shocked to find out how good it felt, even though it was cold. I had never played with myself there before, but this sure felt good.
Then I could feel him starting to push his finger in and I thought, “I wonder what this is going to feel like. I know some people like it. I wonder if I will. It sure feels weird.”
Well, he couldn’t seem to get his finger to go in. He kept rubbing it around and then pushing, which felt really good, but it was like my butt was saying, “No visitors!”
He told me to relax, which was kind of difficult because of all the sensations I was feeling. I think I was even getting hard! And that would be really embarrassing!
I tried to relax and suddenly it was like my butt suddenly surrendered and let him in. Oh! My! God! I’d never felt anything like it. I couldn’t help but groan. Maybe it was more of a moan, like a moan of absolute pleasure. I was immediately embarrassed. Did that sound like an orgasm? Does he think I’m gay and love anal sex? I’d never even considered such a thing!
As he felt around inside me he immediately found my prostate and I immediately felt myself get fully hard. It was amazing. I was very confused, too. Should a straight guy like this so much? It feels so weird. Do I want him to stop immediately? Or do I want him to keep going and see what happens?
After a short time rubbing around my prostate, he pulled his finger out. I immediately knew this was something I wanted to experience again. But I was also terrified to get up because I was really hard and I was afraid of what he would think if he saw it.
Well, he told me to get up and I did, swallowing my fear. Sure enough, I had a strong erection. When I got up, he saw it and totally ignored it. I was still embarrassed, but a little less so because he didn’t say anything.
After that, I’ve been obsessed with that feeling. I play with myself there almost every day. I bought a dildo yesterday but haven’t worked up the nerve to use it yet. Maybe tonight.
The other weird thing is that although I think I’m pretty much straight, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it would be like to hook up with a guy to have him fuck me. I really think I would like it. Then I don’t know if I’m straight or bi or what. I just know that there is a lot of pleasure available in my butt and I have a doctor to thank for teaching me.
Anybody else have these feelings?
I’d never had a prostate exam before. I thought they just did that for old guys and I’m only 28. And the only thing that ever went up my butt was a thermometer when I was a baby.
I was pretty nervous when the doc told me to bend over the table. I was already naked from the rest of the exam, including the “turn your head and cough” part. I always worry I’ll get hard when he does that, and this time I could feel myself starting to a little.
He got a bunch of Vaseline on his finger and started rubbing it on my hole and I was shocked to find out how good it felt, even though it was cold. I had never played with myself there before, but this sure felt good.
Then I could feel him starting to push his finger in and I thought, “I wonder what this is going to feel like. I know some people like it. I wonder if I will. It sure feels weird.”
Well, he couldn’t seem to get his finger to go in. He kept rubbing it around and then pushing, which felt really good, but it was like my butt was saying, “No visitors!”
He told me to relax, which was kind of difficult because of all the sensations I was feeling. I think I was even getting hard! And that would be really embarrassing!
I tried to relax and suddenly it was like my butt suddenly surrendered and let him in. Oh! My! God! I’d never felt anything like it. I couldn’t help but groan. Maybe it was more of a moan, like a moan of absolute pleasure. I was immediately embarrassed. Did that sound like an orgasm? Does he think I’m gay and love anal sex? I’d never even considered such a thing!
As he felt around inside me he immediately found my prostate and I immediately felt myself get fully hard. It was amazing. I was very confused, too. Should a straight guy like this so much? It feels so weird. Do I want him to stop immediately? Or do I want him to keep going and see what happens?
After a short time rubbing around my prostate, he pulled his finger out. I immediately knew this was something I wanted to experience again. But I was also terrified to get up because I was really hard and I was afraid of what he would think if he saw it.
Well, he told me to get up and I did, swallowing my fear. Sure enough, I had a strong erection. When I got up, he saw it and totally ignored it. I was still embarrassed, but a little less so because he didn’t say anything.
After that, I’ve been obsessed with that feeling. I play with myself there almost every day. I bought a dildo yesterday but haven’t worked up the nerve to use it yet. Maybe tonight.
The other weird thing is that although I think I’m pretty much straight, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it would be like to hook up with a guy to have him fuck me. I really think I would like it. Then I don’t know if I’m straight or bi or what. I just know that there is a lot of pleasure available in my butt and I have a doctor to thank for teaching me.
Anybody else have these feelings?
R:31 / I:14
I realized I'm turning into a fat ass. What are some good ways to slim down?
I realized I'm turning into a fat ass. What are some good ways to slim down?
R:60 / I:22
When did lurking start being seen as something good?
I thought you were meant to look down on long-term lurkers for being pathetic cowards and freeloaders, but as the “lurk moar” meme has been taken more and more seriously, it seems people have come to see lurking for months or even years before posting anything as an integral part of board culture. I couldn't disagree with that idea more. It goes against the spontaneity that makes the internet fun. For most communities, if you can't get along with it after a few days using it, you should just leave it alone, rather than stalking it until you can pretend to fit in. And I enjoy seeing people share their first reactions to a forum or board, before gradually becoming more seasoned posters over time. It's refreshing.
R:4 / I:2
As for myself, I'm going to finally start setting up this RAID system I got a while back and get into the groove of building up my anki mining deck with anime examples. Then after that I'll take a quick break to watch Eraserhead with /qa/.
Tomorrow Resolutions
Screw New Year's resolutions! What are you going to do to improve yourself tomorrow? Make a plan and stick to it for a day, you can do it!As for myself, I'm going to finally start setting up this RAID system I got a while back and get into the groove of building up my anki mining deck with anime examples. Then after that I'll take a quick break to watch Eraserhead with /qa/.
R:5 / I:3
Kill all extroverts!
Kill all extroverts!
R:41 / I:19
So with the new year coming what are your New Years Resolutions /qa/? Of course, you actually made some and they're of some actual significance, right?
So with the new year coming what are your New Years Resolutions /qa/? Of course, you actually made some and they're of some actual significance, right?
R:67 / I:31
https://voicevox.hiroshiba
https://zunko.jp/con_voice.html
I'm using the first link personally because it has Zundamon, which is the absolute cutest artificial voice. I'm making a thread here on /qa/ because the original thread is on /jp/ and /jp/ threads can fall off after a couple weeks and this is too cool to lose that quickly.
Voiceroid fun!
Thanks to a link from a guy that lead to discussion and a link from another guy, we have links to software that makes cute voices!https://voicevox.hiroshiba
https://zunko.jp/con_voice.html
I'm using the first link personally because it has Zundamon, which is the absolute cutest artificial voice. I'm making a thread here on /qa/ because the original thread is on /jp/ and /jp/ threads can fall off after a couple weeks and this is too cool to lose that quickly.
R:1 / I:0
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.
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.
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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.
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.
R:12 / I:5
"gif" is pronounces with a hard-g, unless you are French sympathizer; in which you deserve to be shot.
"gif" or "jif"?
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.
R:27 / I:5
I can barely use 4chan these days because of all the captcha fuckery. But even when I still lurk it, from time to time, I find the place just as mentally draining as any big social media site. How do people put up with the constant aggro and bickering over whatever the latest big culture war thing is? Don’t they ever get tired of that? Or making every single piece of media fit into some console war style faggotry with another?
It’s honestly begun to stress me out looking at the place more than ever. I don’t get how people are able to stick to this loop every day.
I can barely use 4chan these days because of all the captcha fuckery. But even when I still lurk it, from time to time, I find the place just as mentally draining as any big social media site. How do people put up with the constant aggro and bickering over whatever the latest big culture war thing is? Don’t they ever get tired of that? Or making every single piece of media fit into some console war style faggotry with another?
It’s honestly begun to stress me out looking at the place more than ever. I don’t get how people are able to stick to this loop every day.
R:14 / I:13
Eigo Jouzu!
Anime characters trying (or pretending) to speak English and other foreign languages.
R:19 / I:6
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
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
R:8 / I:1
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.
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.
R:33 / I:12
As always: https://theatre.kissu.
KISSU SEASONAL STREAM 2025
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.
R:19 / I:4
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?
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?
R:13 / I:7
newgen
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
R:6 / I:2
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.
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.
R:7 / I:0
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.
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.
R:1 / I:1
loli loev pizza
loli loev pizza
R:7 / I:6
Reaction image goldmines
What anime/manga/VN has the best reaction images?
R:172 / I:61
Does anything catch your eye? Do you think you'll fall in love with a show? Do we need more sequels?
https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?season=FALL
Autumn 2024 Anime
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.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?season=FALL
R:53 / I:11
Why should threads die? Isn't there a reason to keep around everything on the chance that somebody goes through the site and finds something that gets them to reply even if it's in the far future?
Why should threads die? Isn't there a reason to keep around everything on the chance that somebody goes through the site and finds something that gets them to reply even if it's in the far future?
R:250 / I:64
Pixiv vs Twitter
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?
R:36 / I:10
I kinda wonder, how do people discover new music today? There's such a vast expanse of stuff out there and most all of it is hidden in its own corner of the internet. If you know what you're searching for maybe it's easier, but finding completely new stuff that appeals to you seems like an extremely tough endeavor. Are there any good methods /qa/ knows of or is word of mouth the best way still?
I kinda wonder, how do people discover new music today? There's such a vast expanse of stuff out there and most all of it is hidden in its own corner of the internet. If you know what you're searching for maybe it's easier, but finding completely new stuff that appeals to you seems like an extremely tough endeavor. Are there any good methods /qa/ knows of or is word of mouth the best way still?
R:3 / I:1
I came to pay respects
I came to pay respects
R:21 / I:9
Do you support Konoha becoming a "mascot" for kissu.moe? I'm going to miss seeing her every time I visit /qa/.
Do you support Konoha becoming a "mascot" for kissu.moe? I'm going to miss seeing her every time I visit /qa/.
R:4 / I:2
Do you feel pleasure or relief in seeing others fail in competitive scenarios or do you want to win purely by your own efforts?
Do you feel pleasure or relief in seeing others fail in competitive scenarios or do you want to win purely by your own efforts?
R:9 / I:3
Has /qa/ ever haggled?
Has /qa/ ever haggled?
R:44 / I:13
Just found out about the 2015 janny chat log IRC leaks.
Have you guys already discussed this? Just Google "4chan janitor IRC logs" and look through them. Basically, a janitor went rogue around 2015 and leaked years' worth of IRC logs. They are absolutely hilarious, especially the absolute meltdowns moot and the /jp/ janitors had because of the the various shitposting factions that waged war with them around 2011-2015.
There's a janitor who confesses to taking meth to stay up all night so he can delete more posts (WhatWinterLeft / Saegrimr / Cat looks like janny), a janitor who confesses to molesting his nephew (Kazisho), and more. Also, AoC (previously known as "meido") talks about how he shat himself multiple times in school and received the school nickname of "dooky"
Also, BOOF was /k/'s janitor
VCR_Working and fsdfdsf were also obsessed with /jp/
Janitors from other boards constantly mocked the /jp/ janitors for managing the worst board, and moot publicly humiliated and ultimately expelled some of the /jp/ janitors from that channel
Just found out about the 2015 janny chat log IRC leaks.
Have you guys already discussed this? Just Google "4chan janitor IRC logs" and look through them. Basically, a janitor went rogue around 2015 and leaked years' worth of IRC logs. They are absolutely hilarious, especially the absolute meltdowns moot and the /jp/ janitors had because of the the various shitposting factions that waged war with them around 2011-2015.
There's a janitor who confesses to taking meth to stay up all night so he can delete more posts (WhatWinterLeft / Saegrimr / Cat looks like janny), a janitor who confesses to molesting his nephew (Kazisho), and more. Also, AoC (previously known as "meido") talks about how he shat himself multiple times in school and received the school nickname of "dooky"
Also, BOOF was /k/'s janitor
VCR_Working and fsdfdsf were also obsessed with /jp/
Janitors from other boards constantly mocked the /jp/ janitors for managing the worst board, and moot publicly humiliated and ultimately expelled some of the /jp/ janitors from that channel
R:120 / I:29
http://cyberspaceandtime.com/sWJZCOAnjCioYPawt14P5m
Neat websites
Found a neat youtube playerhttp://cyberspaceandtime.com/sWJZCOAnjCioYPawt14P5m
R:12 / I:4
https://www.youtube.co
Do you constantly work on your passions in some way? I think that working towards a goal always is a good mindset even when you're busy with other stuff in life, since it'll always help you come closer to achieving something similar to a "life-goal". My life's goal is making the perfect metroidvania game, but that's put on the backburner for me while I learn JP to go to Japan and also play every metroidvania to analyze why I love them so much and hopefully encapsulate that into a vision.
Though at some point I definitely need to learn some programming to get it done, and I need something that motivates me to learn a programming language over anything else... I think my problem right now is that I have no clear goals whenever I start up programming that I can work towards and so I get lost and drift towards things I know I can make progress in, like JP and analysis.
https://www.youtube.co
Do you constantly work on your passions in some way? I think that working towards a goal always is a good mindset even when you're busy with other stuff in life, since it'll always help you come closer to achieving something similar to a "life-goal". My life's goal is making the perfect metroidvania game, but that's put on the backburner for me while I learn JP to go to Japan and also play every metroidvania to analyze why I love them so much and hopefully encapsulate that into a vision.
Though at some point I definitely need to learn some programming to get it done, and I need something that motivates me to learn a programming language over anything else... I think my problem right now is that I have no clear goals whenever I start up programming that I can work towards and so I get lost and drift towards things I know I can make progress in, like JP and analysis.
R:3 / I:3
Are authors gods or should they just die?
Are authors gods or should they just die?
R:7 / I:4
ME!ME!ME! just turned 10 years old. Does your outlook on otaku culture still remain unchanged a decade later? >>>/poll/3187
ME!ME!ME! just turned 10 years old. Does your outlook on otaku culture still remain unchanged a decade later? >>>/poll/3187
R:24 / I:12
Does NBR really matter if the sister is still beaming with brocon energy? Sure, being related by blood is ideal, but if the siblings are highly compatible with each other then isn't that just as good?
Does NBR really matter if the sister is still beaming with brocon energy? Sure, being related by blood is ideal, but if the siblings are highly compatible with each other then isn't that just as good?
R:43 / I:10
The banner itself claims that this was done on the grounds of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1466A and 1467; per the banner itself, "It is unlawful to produce, distribute, receive, or possess an obscene visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon, sculpture, or painting, that depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Individuals who do so can face significant criminal and civil penalties, including imprisonment, fines, and forfeiture of property."
But... The banner also shows the seal of the Intellectual Property Rights Center, which is suggestive of this being brought by foreign rights holders claiming copyright infringement, but then pururin being seized and prosecuted under obscenity law. Sites being seized for obscenity are typically done by the FBI, whose seal is conspicuously missing in this case.
US Doujin Site Seized by Feds
DEFCON 3 : US-based doujin site, pururin.to, was seized by the Feds. This is a fairly significant event. The obscenity laws surrounding drawings have largely been unenforced at the Federal level.The banner itself claims that this was done on the grounds of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1466A and 1467; per the banner itself, "It is unlawful to produce, distribute, receive, or possess an obscene visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon, sculpture, or painting, that depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Individuals who do so can face significant criminal and civil penalties, including imprisonment, fines, and forfeiture of property."
But... The banner also shows the seal of the Intellectual Property Rights Center, which is suggestive of this being brought by foreign rights holders claiming copyright infringement, but then pururin being seized and prosecuted under obscenity law. Sites being seized for obscenity are typically done by the FBI, whose seal is conspicuously missing in this case.
R:11 / I:1
People who eat shit have shit for brains
https://www.sciencealert
People who eat shit have shit for brains
https://www.sciencealert
R:51 / I:11
Has the internet been a net benefit for society? Going by the access it gives us to all information, it could seem so on a technical level. However, with so much information out there it's impossible for a normal human to sort through, and as such many rely on small feeds to get their information that motivates them most emotionally. This stewing of outrage culture seems like it's lead to perpetuating and even stoking more violence and hatred.
On the other hand, the vast sea of information has also given opportunity for those in research to collaborate and build off each others work at lightning speed, and even help to raise new generations on material that teaches them well. Not to mention the entirety of github. In my own personal experience I feel as though I've learned to connect better with others through my use of the internet.
Has the internet been a net benefit for society? Going by the access it gives us to all information, it could seem so on a technical level. However, with so much information out there it's impossible for a normal human to sort through, and as such many rely on small feeds to get their information that motivates them most emotionally. This stewing of outrage culture seems like it's lead to perpetuating and even stoking more violence and hatred.
On the other hand, the vast sea of information has also given opportunity for those in research to collaborate and build off each others work at lightning speed, and even help to raise new generations on material that teaches them well. Not to mention the entirety of github. In my own personal experience I feel as though I've learned to connect better with others through my use of the internet.
R:856 / I:147
News Thread
Have you read any interesting articles lately? Anything news worthy you think kissu would want to know about?
R:16 / I:7
Is pleasure real or is it merely imaginary? We've often heard of material pleasures, bodily pleasures, etc., but as far as we are capable of knowing, it might not necessarily be anything but a mental phenomenon.
What if pleasure is just a meme? What if enjoyment does not exist? What if it's all mere poetic fancy, constituting nothing but decoration in art, pure artifice born from the inside of creative organ?
But if people do strongly enough believe in it and bring out works of art that represent this ideal very much in accordance to what they believe it is meant to be, then can it be said to come into being, or does it remain trapped on a canvas or on a piece of paper? If Man attributes the qualities of beauty, grace, harmony, balance to real objects that were created by nature, do those qualities indeed objectively typify them, or are they only assignations describing a subjective judgement, a mere product of circumstantial associations?
The World might not be objectively beautiful, but it is not objectively ugly.
Is pleasure real or is it merely imaginary? We've often heard of material pleasures, bodily pleasures, etc., but as far as we are capable of knowing, it might not necessarily be anything but a mental phenomenon.
What if pleasure is just a meme? What if enjoyment does not exist? What if it's all mere poetic fancy, constituting nothing but decoration in art, pure artifice born from the inside of creative organ?
But if people do strongly enough believe in it and bring out works of art that represent this ideal very much in accordance to what they believe it is meant to be, then can it be said to come into being, or does it remain trapped on a canvas or on a piece of paper? If Man attributes the qualities of beauty, grace, harmony, balance to real objects that were created by nature, do those qualities indeed objectively typify them, or are they only assignations describing a subjective judgement, a mere product of circumstantial associations?
The World might not be objectively beautiful, but it is not objectively ugly.
R:14 / I:3
Is it better for a ruler to be feared or loved?
Is it better for a ruler to be feared or loved?
R:18 / I:9
https://theatre.kissu.
The 2010 zombie anime H.O.T.D.
Potentially followup on Friday with different shows and not by me?
Anyways. Rewatch or watch for the first time a classic
Highschool Of The Dead Halloween Stream
Today at 6PM (later if requested)https://theatre.kissu.
The 2010 zombie anime H.O.T.D.
Potentially followup on Friday with different shows and not by me?
Anyways. Rewatch or watch for the first time a classic
R:6 / I:0
Does anyone have a link to the "Happy Halloween" mmd that was posted all the time and the model was in a really skimpy witch outfit, like she was wearing basically just straps and a skirt? I think the model was a miku one but can't remember. The video used to always be the first result on youtube for "Happy Halloween MMD" but i'm guessing it finally got taken down because i can't find it anymore.
Does anyone have a link to the "Happy Halloween" mmd that was posted all the time and the model was in a really skimpy witch outfit, like she was wearing basically just straps and a skirt? I think the model was a miku one but can't remember. The video used to always be the first result on youtube for "Happy Halloween MMD" but i'm guessing it finally got taken down because i can't find it anymore.
R:17 / I:7
I made this thread a couple years ago.
Laugh at me or AMA
I made this thread a couple years ago.
Laugh at me or AMA
R:26 / I:13
Since time immemorial, two questions have remained present in the minds of all those dwelling /qa/: what do we call ourselves, and how do you pronounce the board's name? It has long been a matter of ⟨/qa/⟩'s phonemic composition, whose myriad expressions appear to contradict each other at every turn. Herein you shall find an authoritative examination of its manifestations and the underlying logic, motivated by the recent anniversary, and based on General American English and General British. (I am sadly forced to neglect Australian pronunciation for the sake of my sanity and time, nothing personal mate.) It's very long, but its length is necessitated by these phenomena's complexity.
The two books I've consulted the most are Gimson's Pronunciation of English (actually by Cruttenden), and Kreidler's The Pronunciation of English, while getting transcriptions from The Oxford Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English with some usage of Cambridge here and there.
I'll first go over general English grammar and fundamentals, then compounds, and then free-standing ⟨/qa/⟩. Some of these are heavily subject to board changes, take ⟨/qa/bal⟩: of its 39 total hits, 35 are from 2017-2018. Likewise, 65% of ⟨/qa/non⟩'s 449 instances come from 2020-2021. Patently tied to historical contingency. Also, some words included are less than nice, but they're important to the overall analysis.
No.XXXXX = a 4/qa/ post and its number.
⟨xxx⟩ = a word as it is written, not pronounced. After words with ⟨/qa/⟩, the added parenthesis (XX) represents how many times it appears on desuarchive, totalling the root alongside plurals and such.*
/xxx/ = broad transcription, the word as made up of logical units, phonemes.
[xxx] = narrow transcription, specific sounds independent of the logic behind them.
E.g., English ⟨cat⟩ is broad /kæt/, but narrow [kʰæt], with the extra puff of air that English speakers add at the start, but which is generally not treated as relevant.
In terms of the broad transcription itself:
/V/ = any kind of vowel.
/Vː/ = a long vowel.
/(*)/ = a, let's call it, "optional" phoneme. It may or may not be there. I also use it for some written words like ⟨/qa/bal(l)ah⟩.
/'/ = the following syllable is stressed. The difference between CONstruct /ˈkɒn.strʌkt/, and conSTRUCT /kənˈstrʌkt/. Extremely important stuff.
/j/ = the sound that would typically be written as ⟨y⟩ in English, instead the IPA follows the convention of continental Germanic languages like German's Jagd, Jahr, ja.
*= E.g. ⟨/qa/y⟩ appears 26 times, and ⟨/qa/ys⟩ once more, so it's ⟨/qa/y⟩ (27). Also, there are several cases where the number listed is less than the amount of desu hits, due to matches that weren't actually referring to the board's name. The greatest offender in this regard is ⟨ka⟩.
De Qataris Pronuntiatio
I present to you De Qataris Pronuntiatio, or, On The Questionable Realizations Of A Toponymic Tetragraph And Its Many Compositions, Lesser Known Among Imageboarders.Since time immemorial, two questions have remained present in the minds of all those dwelling /qa/: what do we call ourselves, and how do you pronounce the board's name? It has long been a matter of ⟨/qa/⟩'s phonemic composition, whose myriad expressions appear to contradict each other at every turn. Herein you shall find an authoritative examination of its manifestations and the underlying logic, motivated by the recent anniversary, and based on General American English and General British. (I am sadly forced to neglect Australian pronunciation for the sake of my sanity and time, nothing personal mate.) It's very long, but its length is necessitated by these phenomena's complexity.
The two books I've consulted the most are Gimson's Pronunciation of English (actually by Cruttenden), and Kreidler's The Pronunciation of English, while getting transcriptions from The Oxford Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English with some usage of Cambridge here and there.
I'll first go over general English grammar and fundamentals, then compounds, and then free-standing ⟨/qa/⟩. Some of these are heavily subject to board changes, take ⟨/qa/bal⟩: of its 39 total hits, 35 are from 2017-2018. Likewise, 65% of ⟨/qa/non⟩'s 449 instances come from 2020-2021. Patently tied to historical contingency. Also, some words included are less than nice, but they're important to the overall analysis.
Mini-glossary
No.XXXXX = a 4/qa/ post and its number.
⟨xxx⟩ = a word as it is written, not pronounced. After words with ⟨/qa/⟩, the added parenthesis (XX) represents how many times it appears on desuarchive, totalling the root alongside plurals and such.*
/xxx/ = broad transcription, the word as made up of logical units, phonemes.
[xxx] = narrow transcription, specific sounds independent of the logic behind them.
E.g., English ⟨cat⟩ is broad /kæt/, but narrow [kʰæt], with the extra puff of air that English speakers add at the start, but which is generally not treated as relevant.
In terms of the broad transcription itself:
/V/ = any kind of vowel.
/Vː/ = a long vowel.
/(*)/ = a, let's call it, "optional" phoneme. It may or may not be there. I also use it for some written words like ⟨/qa/bal(l)ah⟩.
/'/ = the following syllable is stressed. The difference between CONstruct /ˈkɒn.strʌkt/, and conSTRUCT /kənˈstrʌkt/. Extremely important stuff.
/j/ = the sound that would typically be written as ⟨y⟩ in English, instead the IPA follows the convention of continental Germanic languages like German's Jagd, Jahr, ja.
*= E.g. ⟨/qa/y⟩ appears 26 times, and ⟨/qa/ys⟩ once more, so it's ⟨/qa/y⟩ (27). Also, there are several cases where the number listed is less than the amount of desu hits, due to matches that weren't actually referring to the board's name. The greatest offender in this regard is ⟨ka⟩.
R:16 / I:3
What would you do if you were evil?
What would you do if you were evil?
R:19 / I:6
How do you keep track of your favorite artists' new pics?
Back in the good old days of 2008, you could just hop on Danbooru or Gelbooru, and you were set. But now, you've got Twitter, Pixiv, the boorus, patreons, paywalls... It's a mess of crappy sites that make it impossible to keep things organized.
Most of my favorites are saved on SankakuBooru, but that site is turning into absolute garbage with its limited searches, limited blacklist options, and to top it off, it’s slow as hell.
>inb4 "Shitkaku"
Yeah, yeah, I get it. Their clickbait news site sucks, but the booru USED TO BE GOOD.
How do you keep track of your favorite artists' new pics?
Back in the good old days of 2008, you could just hop on Danbooru or Gelbooru, and you were set. But now, you've got Twitter, Pixiv, the boorus, patreons, paywalls... It's a mess of crappy sites that make it impossible to keep things organized.
Most of my favorites are saved on SankakuBooru, but that site is turning into absolute garbage with its limited searches, limited blacklist options, and to top it off, it’s slow as hell.
>inb4 "Shitkaku"
Yeah, yeah, I get it. Their clickbait news site sucks, but the booru USED TO BE GOOD.
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I'm Brazilian and just found out that my father's great-grandparents were Polish and my mother's great-grandparents were Italian. Is it worth pursuing dual citizenship from either of those countries? I don't really plan on living in the EU, and my lawyer mentioned it would cost around $1,000 just to initiate the process. He would need to research the documents and find definitive proof of my ancestry, but even then, my request could be rejected due to the records being too old or complications like my great-grandparents having given up their citizenship when they left their home countries for other reasons
I'm Brazilian and just found out that my father's great-grandparents were Polish and my mother's great-grandparents were Italian. Is it worth pursuing dual citizenship from either of those countries? I don't really plan on living in the EU, and my lawyer mentioned it would cost around $1,000 just to initiate the process. He would need to research the documents and find definitive proof of my ancestry, but even then, my request could be rejected due to the records being too old or complications like my great-grandparents having given up their citizenship when they left their home countries for other reasons
R:8 / I:6
Are you planning to go? What releases are you looking forward to?
The previous day, there is also a concert by ButaOtome, Sekkenya and Reirou no Hydrangea: https://tiget.net/events/326809
Autumn Reitaisai 11
Less than a month left for ARTS11.Are you planning to go? What releases are you looking forward to?
The previous day, there is also a concert by ButaOtome, Sekkenya and Reirou no Hydrangea: https://tiget.net/events/326809
R:12 / I:7
What kinds of tea does /qa/ like or enjoy? Usually I have black milk tea with honey in the mornings, but recently I've been somewhat trying out different blends and leaves, trying to delve deeper into the world of tea since it's one of the few things that can calm and relax me. Right now I'm enjoying some delicious lavender tea sweetened with lavender honey. It's very smooth down the throat and is working wonders at unraveling the tenseness in my nerves from the cold I'm starting to suffer. Didn't even need to add any milk too for the smoothness of the sip. I find it lovely.
What I'm really interested in at the moment is going deeper into green teas since I've always seen so much on brewing it and whatnot but I don't know what's really reliable info for it.
What kinds of tea does /qa/ like or enjoy? Usually I have black milk tea with honey in the mornings, but recently I've been somewhat trying out different blends and leaves, trying to delve deeper into the world of tea since it's one of the few things that can calm and relax me. Right now I'm enjoying some delicious lavender tea sweetened with lavender honey. It's very smooth down the throat and is working wonders at unraveling the tenseness in my nerves from the cold I'm starting to suffer. Didn't even need to add any milk too for the smoothness of the sip. I find it lovely.
What I'm really interested in at the moment is going deeper into green teas since I've always seen so much on brewing it and whatnot but I don't know what's really reliable info for it.
R:66 / I:14
Have you seen the storytime generals on 4/a/? I ended up checking out the ShimSim one after the manga ended and it looks like a qualitatively new thing. A new historical epoch.
They're basically a chain of chapter dumps, sustained by a dedicated OP and a group of people interested in reading whatever manga manages to get traction, a notoriously rare thing to happen. At the end, the OP may announce what they're going to dump next, and the community will move on to that as well. They differ from regular ol' dumps in that they carry around in-jokes and all that as well as getting perpetually bumped and remade like a standard general. Right now there's even some friction between /tkmiz/ and the storytime's community, mainly over the former's liberal use of spoilers.
It's like, rather than a segregated topic growing a micro-community, it's a micro-community hopping from topic to topic. Turned the whole thing on its head.
Have you seen the storytime generals on 4/a/? I ended up checking out the ShimSim one after the manga ended and it looks like a qualitatively new thing. A new historical epoch.
They're basically a chain of chapter dumps, sustained by a dedicated OP and a group of people interested in reading whatever manga manages to get traction, a notoriously rare thing to happen. At the end, the OP may announce what they're going to dump next, and the community will move on to that as well. They differ from regular ol' dumps in that they carry around in-jokes and all that as well as getting perpetually bumped and remade like a standard general. Right now there's even some friction between /tkmiz/ and the storytime's community, mainly over the former's liberal use of spoilers.
It's like, rather than a segregated topic growing a micro-community, it's a micro-community hopping from topic to topic. Turned the whole thing on its head.
R:21 / I:5
Does anyone know what happened to all the channels that were in Theatre?
Does anyone know what happened to all the channels that were in Theatre?
R:331 / I:152
https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?season=SUMME
What are you going to watch?
Will Oshi no Ko give Kana official main character status as she deserves? Is the time of /qa/ belly anime finally here? Will the fansubs of Dedede save us from mediocrity?
FIND OUT IN THE 2024 SUMMER ANIME SEASON!
Summer 2024 Anime
The scorching heat of summer has arrived and it's time for a new round of shows to distract us from our bodies melting!https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?season=SUMME
What are you going to watch?
Will Oshi no Ko give Kana official main character status as she deserves? Is the time of /qa/ belly anime finally here? Will the fansubs of Dedede save us from mediocrity?
FIND OUT IN THE 2024 SUMMER ANIME SEASON!
R:2 / I:2
I was feeling bad that I'm not able to appreciate some kinds of art. Music, paintings, animation, food, games, sports. But maybe it's not so bad. If I don't know what I'm missing out on, I won't crave it when I can't have it.
I was feeling bad that I'm not able to appreciate some kinds of art. Music, paintings, animation, food, games, sports. But maybe it's not so bad. If I don't know what I'm missing out on, I won't crave it when I can't have it.
R:11 / I:4
It's interesting coming back to this video over a decade later. 4chan is still terrible (obviously) but I'm not sure if it's for the same reasons as the video originally described. Rather, it seems that his complaints now apply more to the mainstream internet as a whole, especially social media.
It's interesting coming back to this video over a decade later. 4chan is still terrible (obviously) but I'm not sure if it's for the same reasons as the video originally described. Rather, it seems that his complaints now apply more to the mainstream internet as a whole, especially social media.
R:32 / I:16
It's been a while since I've actively used this site.
Something that struck me on my return was just how much more imageboard-y it had become in my absence. Posts like >>133721 contain a kind of real-lifey cynicism that I generally didn't see that much before. There's also more social media speak, although I can't find any specific examples off the top of my head. I remember someone saying "bend the knee" though. It's not a huge difference, mind you, but it's definitely there, and I don't like it.
I've also noticed that there's a lot more generals, which I'm not a fan of. A large part of what I liked about Kissu was the site's hostility to them, where you were encouraged to either make new threads for new topics. Again, not a huge increase, but it's something that stood out to me just casually browsing
I'm probably not going to stick around. Partially because of the cultural shift, but also I'm just not interested in topicless imageboards as a whole anymore, and Kissu has been very much that since pretty early in its existence.
It's been a while since I've actively used this site.
Something that struck me on my return was just how much more imageboard-y it had become in my absence. Posts like >>133721 contain a kind of real-lifey cynicism that I generally didn't see that much before. There's also more social media speak, although I can't find any specific examples off the top of my head. I remember someone saying "bend the knee" though. It's not a huge difference, mind you, but it's definitely there, and I don't like it.
I've also noticed that there's a lot more generals, which I'm not a fan of. A large part of what I liked about Kissu was the site's hostility to them, where you were encouraged to either make new threads for new topics. Again, not a huge increase, but it's something that stood out to me just casually browsing
I'm probably not going to stick around. Partially because of the cultural shift, but also I'm just not interested in topicless imageboards as a whole anymore, and Kissu has been very much that since pretty early in its existence.
R:7 / I:0
Once AI becomes good enough to truly replace lawyers, would it be ethical to deploy them for the task?
Once AI becomes good enough to truly replace lawyers, would it be ethical to deploy them for the task?
R:80 / I:24
On https://theatre.kissu.
We'll be using a new locally hosted video stream system, so if you want you can open up the stream in VLC directly by using the files in https://rtmp.kissu.moe/streams/verniy.json when it's ready
It's a 1080p stream so I might switch to individual 720P files(the traditional method) if it doesn't work out.
The anime? It's by the author who did Oyasumi PunPun. It's better if you know less about it, but the animation and music are great.
Dead Dead Demon's DeDeDeDe Destruction Stream
In 1 hour and 30 minutes I'm going to be streaming DDD DDDD D episodes 1 to 9. (no episode 0 for today since it breaks the chronology and pacing)On https://theatre.kissu.
We'll be using a new locally hosted video stream system, so if you want you can open up the stream in VLC directly by using the files in https://rtmp.kissu.moe/streams/verniy.json when it's ready
It's a 1080p stream so I might switch to individual 720P files(the traditional method) if it doesn't work out.
The anime? It's by the author who did Oyasumi PunPun. It's better if you know less about it, but the animation and music are great.
R:4 / I:3
Silly Kurumi, you can't do magic without the state authorizing you magic iPhone access!
Silly Kurumi, you can't do magic without the state authorizing you magic iPhone access!
R:8 / I:3
ｷﾀ───(ﾟ∀ﾟ)───!!
ｷﾀ───(ﾟ∀ﾟ)───!!
R:86 / I:26
I am considering going on a carnivore diet. Nothing fancy, prolly just ground beef, eggs, and dairy products every day. I've tried more "balanced" diets before and I never felt any better. Lately I've been very depressed and started putting on weight, so I'm interested in seeing what life will be like cutting out carbs almost completely. I understand there are some risks because there hasn't been much research on these types of diets, but I don't really care about anything right now.
/blog
I am considering going on a carnivore diet. Nothing fancy, prolly just ground beef, eggs, and dairy products every day. I've tried more "balanced" diets before and I never felt any better. Lately I've been very depressed and started putting on weight, so I'm interested in seeing what life will be like cutting out carbs almost completely. I understand there are some risks because there hasn't been much research on these types of diets, but I don't really care about anything right now.
/blog
R:4 / I:2
How do you tell if you're dehydrated? Managing water intake seems like one of the most important health retention tips.
How do you tell if you're dehydrated? Managing water intake seems like one of the most important health retention tips.
R:7 / I:4
I'm 33 years old, and from elementary school up until now I've had a huge crush on Kinomoto Sakura and I think I will keep loving her until the day that I die.
Is there something wrong with my brain?
I'm 33 years old, and from elementary school up until now I've had a huge crush on Kinomoto Sakura and I think I will keep loving her until the day that I die.
Is there something wrong with my brain?
R:6 / I:0
So who is to blame for this atrocity on art?
https://www.cbr.com/uzumaki-producer-episo
So who is to blame for this atrocity on art?
https://www.cbr.com/uzumaki-producer-episo
R:12 / I:0
I'm a latin american BR working remotely "with" U.S. companies, not "at" them. Essentially, I'm a middle manager between Latin American contractors and U.S. clients. I make $50k a year in what's basically a NEET job, just doing 1:1s with developers, clients, and handling invoicing. I barely work 2 hours a day.
You’d think I have it pretty good, being from a third world country and barely working, but then I look at the FAANG managers and directors I deal with and they're making anywhere from $250k to $500k a year. With that kind of salary, I could retire in a year in my country.
How do they even get into these positions?
When I check their LinkedIn profiles, most of them started as directors or program managers right off the bat... Meanwhile, I had to start as an intern. Honestly, I feel like where I’m at now is as good as it gets if I want to keep this a NEET job. But if you think differently, enlighten me
I'm a latin american BR working remotely "with" U.S. companies, not "at" them. Essentially, I'm a middle manager between Latin American contractors and U.S. clients. I make $50k a year in what's basically a NEET job, just doing 1:1s with developers, clients, and handling invoicing. I barely work 2 hours a day.
You’d think I have it pretty good, being from a third world country and barely working, but then I look at the FAANG managers and directors I deal with and they're making anywhere from $250k to $500k a year. With that kind of salary, I could retire in a year in my country.
How do they even get into these positions?
When I check their LinkedIn profiles, most of them started as directors or program managers right off the bat... Meanwhile, I had to start as an intern. Honestly, I feel like where I’m at now is as good as it gets if I want to keep this a NEET job. But if you think differently, enlighten me
R:103 / I:68
media screenshot/video thread for stuff you don't necessarily want to make a thread for
media screenshot/video thread for stuff you don't necessarily want to make a thread for
R:3 / I:1
Just saw a
Just saw a
R:12 / I:8
We are working towards this year's Christmas present for anon: A "restored" version of Onimai that will have many improvement's over last years' release. A revised English translation, corrected color, many scenes that were "censored" on the BD restored to the TV version and many other things. One thing I _really_ want to include is a restored panty shot from episode 2. But so far I haven't been able to get anyone willing to edit/redraw these 30 or so frames. I am dumping these frames again with corrected colors/chroma today in the hopes that someone will rise to the challenge.
This archive has all the frames (and a few on either side) of the censored pantsu shot. It's the typical modern day "black void" pantsu shot being used in most modern anime. We would like to restore it to what it was intended to be. If you're willing please let us know. You have a chance here to insert your own little easter egg (perhaps a cute picture of a rabbit?) on the pantsu.
Link to archive: https://files.catbox.m
They are in uncompressed .bmp RGB32 format. I ask that you please do not change the color space and return them in the same image format if possible. If these are not workable for you let me know and I will try to dump them in whatever image format you prefer. Whatever you send back is going to have to be re-inserted into the episode itself and converted back to YV12 color space. I've attempted to properly convert them to RGB32 for you. If I fucked up do let me know. They are 123MB in .7z compressed archive and will uncompress to about 500MB. Please be mindful not to rename any of the files. As the number is linked to frame numbers on my end!
There are only about 20-30 frames total that need to be edited. The rest are duplicates or appear before or after the pantsu would.
Thanks for your attention!
Who likes to draw pantsu?
Hello again. I made this request twice last year but no one had the time. I'm making it again hoping someone wants to be the hero we need.We are working towards this year's Christmas present for anon: A "restored" version of Onimai that will have many improvement's over last years' release. A revised English translation, corrected color, many scenes that were "censored" on the BD restored to the TV version and many other things. One thing I _really_ want to include is a restored panty shot from episode 2. But so far I haven't been able to get anyone willing to edit/redraw these 30 or so frames. I am dumping these frames again with corrected colors/chroma today in the hopes that someone will rise to the challenge.
This archive has all the frames (and a few on either side) of the censored pantsu shot. It's the typical modern day "black void" pantsu shot being used in most modern anime. We would like to restore it to what it was intended to be. If you're willing please let us know. You have a chance here to insert your own little easter egg (perhaps a cute picture of a rabbit?) on the pantsu.
Link to archive: https://files.catbox.m
They are in uncompressed .bmp RGB32 format. I ask that you please do not change the color space and return them in the same image format if possible. If these are not workable for you let me know and I will try to dump them in whatever image format you prefer. Whatever you send back is going to have to be re-inserted into the episode itself and converted back to YV12 color space. I've attempted to properly convert them to RGB32 for you. If I fucked up do let me know. They are 123MB in .7z compressed archive and will uncompress to about 500MB. Please be mindful not to rename any of the files. As the number is linked to frame numbers on my end!
There are only about 20-30 frames total that need to be edited. The rest are duplicates or appear before or after the pantsu would.
Thanks for your attention!
R:10 / I:3
PANNY CHAN!!!!!!!!!!
PANNY CHAN!!!!!!!!!!
R:6 / I:5
Would you pick freedom over love?
Would you pick freedom over love?
R:7 / I:4
weensperm boson
weensperm boson
R:10 / I:2
People have complained in the past about a catalog-centric way of viewing boards on /qa/, but is it really that bad of a thing for some people to have it as their default view? As a primary benefit, I'd say that browsing from the catalog tends to increase the use of threads past the first page and keeps new eyes on threads. I think that this really helps to promote more long lasting discussion than pure index viewing does.
People have complained in the past about a catalog-centric way of viewing boards on /qa/, but is it really that bad of a thing for some people to have it as their default view? As a primary benefit, I'd say that browsing from the catalog tends to increase the use of threads past the first page and keeps new eyes on threads. I think that this really helps to promote more long lasting discussion than pure index viewing does.
R:25 / I:14
How do I stop becoming jaded? Every time I find a new hobby or interest, after I spend enough time with it I inevitably encounter the "community" surrounding it and become exposed to people and ideas that make me disgusted with the thing I initially liked. I'm beginning to believe that the only correct solution is to avoid developing an attachment to anything beyond a surface level interest.
How do I stop becoming jaded? Every time I find a new hobby or interest, after I spend enough time with it I inevitably encounter the "community" surrounding it and become exposed to people and ideas that make me disgusted with the thing I initially liked. I'm beginning to believe that the only correct solution is to avoid developing an attachment to anything beyond a surface level interest.
R:2 / I:1
So I forgot I had a Madokami account that I hadn't logged into years but somehow something put it into my head again, and I go to login and manage to get it with the first try despite it long being out of my browsing routine. No "check your email or phone for verification" no "You must reset your password" No suspicious login blocked!" or even a "Your account has been disabled due to inactivity" even.
Why can't the rest of the web be this good still? Things should just werk.
So I forgot I had a Madokami account that I hadn't logged into years but somehow something put it into my head again, and I go to login and manage to get it with the first try despite it long being out of my browsing routine. No "check your email or phone for verification" no "You must reset your password" No suspicious login blocked!" or even a "Your account has been disabled due to inactivity" even.
Why can't the rest of the web be this good still? Things should just werk.
R:3 / I:2
"They" don't want you to divide vectors by vectors, but it's one of the easiest to understand operations you can define. We'd like a scalar q that makes qB = A, but that's not always possible, so pick the value of q that gets as close as possible, minimizing the size of the remainder R = A - qB. This happens when qB is the component of A parallel to B, and R is the component of A perpendicular to B. We'll call q the scalar quotient and write it as A/B.
"They" don't want you to divide vectors by vectors, but it's one of the easiest to understand operations you can define. We'd like a scalar q that makes qB = A, but that's not always possible, so pick the value of q that gets as close as possible, minimizing the size of the remainder R = A - qB. This happens when qB is the component of A parallel to B, and R is the component of A perpendicular to B. We'll call q the scalar quotient and write it as A/B.
R:16 / I:13
I really like this face
I really like this face
R:8 / I:4
R:17 / I:13
Cuteness is not considered a weapon in regards to this thread!
Cool weapons!
From pointy sticks to plasma cannons, what are you favorite weapons in real life or fantasy? Weapons are more than just implements of destruction, they represent the culture and time period around them, and many cultures find certain types to be sacred or at least ceremonial. In fantasy they can similarly be an important part of worldbuilding, or more importantly just be really cool. Even wizards often need a good item in their hand to cast their magic.Cuteness is not considered a weapon in regards to this thread!
R:6 / I:1
Movies and Films
Has /qa/ watched any movies or films lately? What did you think about them?
R:12 / I:6
When was this sites boom period?
Hello Kissu! I am an interdimensional image board traveler and want to know when this site had its golden era. Thank you!
R:25 / I:12
Are mmf threesomes gay? Do you think it's strange that something that is 200% straight for girls is questionably homosexual for guys? Or is it just the equivalent of girls doing yuri-play?
Are mmf threesomes gay? Do you think it's strange that something that is 200% straight for girls is questionably homosexual for guys? Or is it just the equivalent of girls doing yuri-play?
R:31 / I:8
Zippyshare will shut down by the end of this month.
I think the impact is limited since it's meant as temporary file hosting, but a small number of files have survived for much longer due to continued downloads.
If you know some old files you want on Zippyshare like those on some DDL sites, download them now.
On the other hand, if Mediafire was to go down, the impact would be much larger since lots of files on it are now over a decade old. The same can be said for Mega due to the huge amount of files shared on it.
Zippyshare will shut down by the end of this month.
I think the impact is limited since it's meant as temporary file hosting, but a small number of files have survived for much longer due to continued downloads.
If you know some old files you want on Zippyshare like those on some DDL sites, download them now.
On the other hand, if Mediafire was to go down, the impact would be much larger since lots of files on it are now over a decade old. The same can be said for Mega due to the huge amount of files shared on it.
R:51 / I:10
https://www.mcdonalds.
No, it's not April 1st. Could this all be because of the social media response to that Japanese ad? It is pretty funny since 'WcDonald's' is indeed something that pops up now and then in anime and manga. If they did this 20-30 years ago it would have been witty and kind of cool, but it feels kind of late now.
The style here is very 90s Western anime imitation, especially the Miku. You need to download the usual spyware app to see the comics, so screw that.
https://www.mcdonalds.
No, it's not April 1st. Could this all be because of the social media response to that Japanese ad? It is pretty funny since 'WcDonald's' is indeed something that pops up now and then in anime and manga. If they did this 20-30 years ago it would have been witty and kind of cool, but it feels kind of late now.
The style here is very 90s Western anime imitation, especially the Miku. You need to download the usual spyware app to see the comics, so screw that.
R:7 / I:3
Taking photos of the night sky sure is hard
Taking photos of the night sky sure is hard
R:15 / I:6
Just giving a heads up if you're on a streaming site that isn't dead you should probably finish up what you're watching or back it up. If you're getting your stuff through the usual methods then you should be fine for the time being, but something to keep an eye on if you aren't already.
Anime Streaming Sites and C&D
Aniwave, formerly 9anime, is dead among many others killed by a big C&D wave by corporate media fags who have been getting really aggressive with their attacks recently. It's causing a lot of paranoia. Sucks since they had a really nice UI and I liked episode comments.Just giving a heads up if you're on a streaming site that isn't dead you should probably finish up what you're watching or back it up. If you're getting your stuff through the usual methods then you should be fine for the time being, but something to keep an eye on if you aren't already.
R:23 / I:6
When I told my mom about it she said this stuff is bad for society because people need to go out and socialize and I don't think she's wrong exactly, but not everyone enjoys being surrounded by people. *cough*
Have you done this stuff before? I think I'm late the party in trying it.
Lazy Food Procuring
This year was the first time I ordered groceries online and had it delivered to the door. It's really weird and feels futuristic. It's not good for everything, such as wanting to actually look at raw vegetables or just browsing, but it's really nice. I even ordered some frozen yogurt to see what would happen and it came in some layered cardboard pouch thing that did a great job of keeping it cool. There's also subscription options so it happens automatically, but I think I'm going to hold off on doing that for now. I've also started ordering some bulk cereal and protein bars on amazon and it seems pretty efficient. I think I'm going to look up to see if Costco supports this stuff.When I told my mom about it she said this stuff is bad for society because people need to go out and socialize and I don't think she's wrong exactly, but not everyone enjoys being surrounded by people. *cough*
Have you done this stuff before? I think I'm late the party in trying it.
R:11 / I:2
How does one maintain a youthful appearance past their actual youth? I think I look alright for my age, but I worry about years from now, especially since my diet and lifestyle aren't exactly the best.
How does one maintain a youthful appearance past their actual youth? I think I look alright for my age, but I worry about years from now, especially since my diet and lifestyle aren't exactly the best.
R:85 / I:7
If anyone has an issue with 6PM EST let me know and we can do 7PM EST.
8PM EST is likely not possible
Stream on https://theatre.kissu.
Kaiji Stream
9 Episodes: Janken arc.If anyone has an issue with 6PM EST let me know and we can do 7PM EST.
8PM EST is likely not possible
Stream on https://theatre.kissu.
R:117 / I:40
Are tabletop games a good way to make friends
Are tabletop games a good way to make friends
R:3 / I:1
YouTube
Youtube thread. Post random videos you thought were interesting.
R:9 / I:6
Never apologize. Never back down. Insist on your correctness until the bitter end.
Never apologize. Never back down. Insist on your correctness until the bitter end.
R:12 / I:4
A 16 year wave has finally dissipated; the high mark witnessed.
ZUN didn't even apply for Comiket as a circle this year; he is just attending for fun and I hope he has a good time.
A 16 year wave has finally dissipated; the high mark witnessed.
ZUN didn't even apply for Comiket as a circle this year; he is just attending for fun and I hope he has a good time.
R:9 / I:4
How much rubberbanding do you like? Do you like having the ability to recover from any position with a little luck or is it just a frustration that prevents you from competing on skill?
How much rubberbanding do you like? Do you like having the ability to recover from any position with a little luck or is it just a frustration that prevents you from competing on skill?
R:27 / I:19
/qa/! /qa/! The latest fashion fad is here! You don't want to be left out, do you?
/qa/! /qa/! The latest fashion fad is here! You don't want to be left out, do you?
R:11 / I:4
what the fuck happened to their necks this season
what the fuck happened to their necks this season
R:519 / I:125
https://mahjongsoul.game
https://mahjongsoul.game
Gold players suck btw
Riichi Mahjong
Not yet demotedhttps://mahjongsoul.game
https://mahjongsoul.game
Gold players suck btw
R:9 / I:2
Would buying this count as an investment?
Would buying this count as an investment?
R:24 / I:13
I miss board-tans. I find it sad that the board this one belongs to abandoned her. If you try to post her on her home board now the people using it will call you an outsider.
Who's your favorite board-tan?
I miss board-tans. I find it sad that the board this one belongs to abandoned her. If you try to post her on her home board now the people using it will call you an outsider.
Who's your favorite board-tan?
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fduck everyone and fuck everyon on this site
fduck everyone and fuck everyon on this site
R:17 / I:5
Do you make an active effort to get along with people you don't know or have you become so jaded by the state of the world that you don't bother anymore?
I try to be in the first camp but I keep finding myself in the second. I'm nice to strangers though and most of the time they're either nice or indifferent towards me.
Do you make an active effort to get along with people you don't know or have you become so jaded by the state of the world that you don't bother anymore?
I try to be in the first camp but I keep finding myself in the second. I'm nice to strangers though and most of the time they're either nice or indifferent towards me.
R:81 / I:18
late rome was pretty entertaining in it's spectacular failures
late rome was pretty entertaining in it's spectacular failures
R:6 / I:3
What's the meta on choosing a fan? I know EEs like to suggest altering the voltage to make any bladed fan run super fast.
What's the meta on choosing a fan? I know EEs like to suggest altering the voltage to make any bladed fan run super fast.
R:43 / I:11
Why has this thing of a song becoming a meme not really happened on imageboards again? U.N Owen was her, Ievan Polkka, Caramelldansen and ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER are perhaps the biggest examples, but I remember back in 2010-2011 /v/ was in overdrive and going through a phase where a lot of catchy songs would become memes there. It started with HARMONY (Robot Unicorn Attack), then Fukkireta, then PONPONPON, etc. For /a/ and /jp/ I guess there's JIBUN WO, Hare Hare Yukai, the many catchy classic Touhou/Vocaloid songs, the /jp/ theme song, gachimuchi (gachimuchi also got popular on /v/, it's how it got transferred to the normsphere on twitch many years later), ME!ME!ME!, various Japanese MADs, etc.
I guess the modern incarnation of that would be those viral TikTok songs, but it just feels 'soulless' in comparison for a lack of a better word.
Why has this thing of a song becoming a meme not really happened on imageboards again? U.N Owen was her, Ievan Polkka, Caramelldansen and ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER are perhaps the biggest examples, but I remember back in 2010-2011 /v/ was in overdrive and going through a phase where a lot of catchy songs would become memes there. It started with HARMONY (Robot Unicorn Attack), then Fukkireta, then PONPONPON, etc. For /a/ and /jp/ I guess there's JIBUN WO, Hare Hare Yukai, the many catchy classic Touhou/Vocaloid songs, the /jp/ theme song, gachimuchi (gachimuchi also got popular on /v/, it's how it got transferred to the normsphere on twitch many years later), ME!ME!ME!, various Japanese MADs, etc.
I guess the modern incarnation of that would be those viral TikTok songs, but it just feels 'soulless' in comparison for a lack of a better word.
R:16 / I:8
Every story feels like a real life in an alternate universe. It's ruining my enjoyment of media and I'm worried it will ruin my relationships with real people. On a side note, what story would you want to reincarnate into? A lot of lives seem stressful and hard, but Binchou-tan looks comfortable.
Every story feels like a real life in an alternate universe. It's ruining my enjoyment of media and I'm worried it will ruin my relationships with real people. On a side note, what story would you want to reincarnate into? A lot of lives seem stressful and hard, but Binchou-tan looks comfortable.
R:10 / I:3
I don't like the idea of there being more story to Mushoko Tensei after this episode. The ending isn't anything grand but the general message about growing up would be far more potent if it ends here. I don't see how all the other plot lines resolving matter to the main story. Resolving them would just distract from the core message around "growing up". Rudy seems to have finally "grown up" and accepted that he is no longer some isekai main character power tripping in another world, but he is a human, living in an actual world, and his actions have consequences; that he is now willing to take responsibility for. Unless it turns out Rudy's kid is also some isekai'd manchild that then begins to but heads with Rudy, I don't think there is much more to say about a manchild growing up and living a responsible life.
I don't like the idea of there being more story to Mushoko Tensei after this episode. The ending isn't anything grand but the general message about growing up would be far more potent if it ends here. I don't see how all the other plot lines resolving matter to the main story. Resolving them would just distract from the core message around "growing up". Rudy seems to have finally "grown up" and accepted that he is no longer some isekai main character power tripping in another world, but he is a human, living in an actual world, and his actions have consequences; that he is now willing to take responsibility for. Unless it turns out Rudy's kid is also some isekai'd manchild that then begins to but heads with Rudy, I don't think there is much more to say about a manchild growing up and living a responsible life.
R:26 / I:8
Does anyone else find it weird sometimes how 'shallow' otaku history is?
Like, watching Otaku no Video, the longest-time otaku interviewed had 15 years of otaku history. A lot for the time, but in the present that would be someone who got into anime while Bakemonogatari was airing.
Or how the Lucky Star manga began closer to when the word "otaku" was first coined than to the present day.
Or how we're only 3 years away from the point when NGE will have aired as close to the very first mecha anime as to the present.
Or how Japanese people who were preschoolers when the original Astro Boy anime aired are only just now reaching retirement age.
Or how 4/a/ has existed for a full third of all of TV anime history.
Does anyone else find it weird sometimes how 'shallow' otaku history is?
Like, watching Otaku no Video, the longest-time otaku interviewed had 15 years of otaku history. A lot for the time, but in the present that would be someone who got into anime while Bakemonogatari was airing.
Or how the Lucky Star manga began closer to when the word "otaku" was first coined than to the present day.
Or how we're only 3 years away from the point when NGE will have aired as close to the very first mecha anime as to the present.
Or how Japanese people who were preschoolers when the original Astro Boy anime aired are only just now reaching retirement age.
Or how 4/a/ has existed for a full third of all of TV anime history.
R:50 / I:19
When did you first start using imageboards?
When did you first start using imageboards?
R:28 / I:6
Having done the following:
- One widescreen monitor
- Two monitors
- One Widescreen + Laptop screen
- One TV monitor
I find that my ability to focus on tasks and get into the `zen` zone state of programming is much simpler when I only have one primary monitor to focus my attention on and then potentially an auxiliary one to play music or get outside notifications. Only one thing is the object of my focus at a time and this helps me get things done.
Single Vs Multi(N) Monitors
What are your thoughts on using multiple displays vs having one main one.Having done the following:
- One widescreen monitor
- Two monitors
- One Widescreen + Laptop screen
- One TV monitor
I find that my ability to focus on tasks and get into the `zen` zone state of programming is much simpler when I only have one primary monitor to focus my attention on and then potentially an auxiliary one to play music or get outside notifications. Only one thing is the object of my focus at a time and this helps me get things done.
R:2 / I:0
is Catalog only necessary for non chinese/japanese imageboards?
is Catalog only necessary for non chinese/japanese imageboards?
R:11 / I:5
is kissu friends with heyuri?
is kissu friends with heyuri?
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Video Games
General video games thread. What are you playing? What are you looking forward to?
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So, what do you /qa/eers think of AI currently? Do you like it, dislike it, find it useful in any meaningful way at all? Or are you simply not interested in the output of algorithms?
I myself find AI to be a useful tool in generating the kind of content I've either exhausted the available stock of or are gated off by some hurdle I need to spend more time overcoming. When it comes to text/story generation, it's like a CYOA playground where I play the role of DM and set up all the lore/situations/characters, and then the AI acts out events as I lay out the flow of the story. This creates a more interactive experience for me than just writing out a story myself for some reason, and I find it highly addictive. Then for AI art generation, I find that AI works wonders for filling a specific niche taste I have, or specific scenario I want to create an image for. It really is quite amazing in my eyes, and I have hopes for it getting even better in the future.
/qa/'s thoughts on AI
There's two threads on /qa/ for different AI generation content and help. A thread on the morality and ethics of AI. One about the future potential AI holds. One on >>>/megu/ for more in-depth help with specifics. Then scattered about across all the boards some threads using AI generation for image openers and such. However, none of these actually encompass kissu's opinion on AI!So, what do you /qa/eers think of AI currently? Do you like it, dislike it, find it useful in any meaningful way at all? Or are you simply not interested in the output of algorithms?
I myself find AI to be a useful tool in generating the kind of content I've either exhausted the available stock of or are gated off by some hurdle I need to spend more time overcoming. When it comes to text/story generation, it's like a CYOA playground where I play the role of DM and set up all the lore/situations/characters, and then the AI acts out events as I lay out the flow of the story. This creates a more interactive experience for me than just writing out a story myself for some reason, and I find it highly addictive. Then for AI art generation, I find that AI works wonders for filling a specific niche taste I have, or specific scenario I want to create an image for. It really is quite amazing in my eyes, and I have hopes for it getting even better in the future.
R:98 / I:34
Mahjong?
Mahjong?
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https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?season=SPRIN
What are you planning on watching? Have any suggestions or recommendations?
Spring 2024 Anime
It's spring!https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?season=SPRIN
What are you planning on watching? Have any suggestions or recommendations?
R:3 / I:1
Do you use buzzwords to avoid having to explain things?
Do you use buzzwords to avoid having to explain things?
R:18 / I:4
does anyone here like mathcore or death metal
Both are pretty good, calculating infinity by the dillinger escape plan was my first exposure to metal.
R:3 / I:1
I think my eyes are bugging out
I think my eyes are bugging out
R:8 / I:2
How do you make mob characters look competent and useful without taking away from the main character's importance?
How do you make mob characters look competent and useful without taking away from the main character's importance?
R:2 / I:0
what to host? any ideas?
what to host? any ideas?
R:100 / I:19
you will be the directors of the feared imouto rescue squad. A highschool club of imoutos that use fearsome weapons and tactics to rescue kidnapped onii-chans, wherever they are in the world...
the rules I will be using are Osprey - Black Ops.
It's the most fun rules that allows for stealth, and action gameplay and feels to me like the best simulation of small unit tactics that you can easily DM for
I've uploaded the rules for your enjoyment, but I will be adjusting the rules a bit to make the game work better. Don't worry about it too much....
https://files.catbox.m
coming up next will be the scenario and the buy screen where you can plan and outfit your task force!
Imouto Rescue Service
Lets play a game /qa/!!you will be the directors of the feared imouto rescue squad. A highschool club of imoutos that use fearsome weapons and tactics to rescue kidnapped onii-chans, wherever they are in the world...
the rules I will be using are Osprey - Black Ops.
It's the most fun rules that allows for stealth, and action gameplay and feels to me like the best simulation of small unit tactics that you can easily DM for
I've uploaded the rules for your enjoyment, but I will be adjusting the rules a bit to make the game work better. Don't worry about it too much....
https://files.catbox.m
coming up next will be the scenario and the buy screen where you can plan and outfit your task force!
R:16 / I:6
If I wanted to use kissu's vichan fork, which version on github is the most up to date?
And I just need a VPS, domain and database, right?
If I wanted to use kissu's vichan fork, which version on github is the most up to date?
And I just need a VPS, domain and database, right?
R:9 / I:3
Do you have any tools that you like? I just bought a 'hori hori' knife because gardeners apparently swear by them. I'm not much of a DIY guy, but I'd kind of like to become one someday
Do you have any tools that you like? I just bought a 'hori hori' knife because gardeners apparently swear by them. I'm not much of a DIY guy, but I'd kind of like to become one someday
R:5 / I:2
Every time I see this dance move in any Mouse advert I see in the wild, I am immediately entranced by it. Not particularly fond of the actresses, nor of any other part of the video(s), but this dance move with their skirt swirling really has me wanting it looping somewhere within my line of eyesight all the time.
Every time I see this dance move in any Mouse advert I see in the wild, I am immediately entranced by it. Not particularly fond of the actresses, nor of any other part of the video(s), but this dance move with their skirt swirling really has me wanting it looping somewhere within my line of eyesight all the time.
R:20 / I:2
Every now and then people like to talk about future human evolution, that humans hundreds of thousands and millions of years from now humanity may be a completely new species that does not resemble a modern human any longer. Do you think so?
Personally, I'm inclined to believe that evolution is like language. When there is a strong social fabric connecting one person and community to the next, languages evolve very slowly. When that cohesion breaks down, languages tend to diverge and evolve. I think evolution is probably something like that, and within our broader interconnected world, humanity will probably evolve more slowly together and so maybe that human born hundreds of thousands and millions of years from now will resemble us much more than others like to suggest.
Every now and then people like to talk about future human evolution, that humans hundreds of thousands and millions of years from now humanity may be a completely new species that does not resemble a modern human any longer. Do you think so?
Personally, I'm inclined to believe that evolution is like language. When there is a strong social fabric connecting one person and community to the next, languages evolve very slowly. When that cohesion breaks down, languages tend to diverge and evolve. I think evolution is probably something like that, and within our broader interconnected world, humanity will probably evolve more slowly together and so maybe that human born hundreds of thousands and millions of years from now will resemble us much more than others like to suggest.
R:61 / I:28
Solar eclipse soon! Anyone here in a position to see it?
https://www.timeanddate
Solar eclipse soon! Anyone here in a position to see it?
https://www.timeanddate
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Scary as hell
Scary as hell
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God damn I hate the modern internet
I just wanted to re-learn how to edit a clip in davinci, but it's impossible to actually find the information. Google is just a bunch of AI garbage and youtube nonsense that is 30 minutes long to explain something that would take one entire sentence.
I don't know how anyone learns a new skill in this hellscape of noise.
Then I remembered a tip where you add "+reddit" to search reddit for humans sharing information for the benefit of other humans and I found it within seconds. This is going to be patched out, isn't it? Everything else is already drowned out.
God damn I hate the modern internet
I just wanted to re-learn how to edit a clip in davinci, but it's impossible to actually find the information. Google is just a bunch of AI garbage and youtube nonsense that is 30 minutes long to explain something that would take one entire sentence.
I don't know how anyone learns a new skill in this hellscape of noise.
Then I remembered a tip where you add "+reddit" to search reddit for humans sharing information for the benefit of other humans and I found it within seconds. This is going to be patched out, isn't it? Everything else is already drowned out.
R:31 / I:9
Why play something competitive if you are not going to be the best? or among the best, at least.
¨For fun¨ is the obvious answer but then you have a big skill gap between players. I don't play competitive online games anymore because I haven't been able to find an answer to this. I don't want to be a pro or anything, just good enough to think of myself as ¨good at the game¨. Whatever that game might be.
Instead, I've been playing Prominence Poker and MahSoul because those games are luck based and I can listen to a video or do something else while playing.
What do you think?
Why play something competitive if you are not going to be the best? or among the best, at least.
¨For fun¨ is the obvious answer but then you have a big skill gap between players. I don't play competitive online games anymore because I haven't been able to find an answer to this. I don't want to be a pro or anything, just good enough to think of myself as ¨good at the game¨. Whatever that game might be.
Instead, I've been playing Prominence Poker and MahSoul because those games are luck based and I can listen to a video or do something else while playing.
What do you think?
R:9 / I:6
What are the best live action and 2d stuff about otaku culture or being an otaku?
What are the best live action and 2d stuff about otaku culture or being an otaku?
R:38 / I:13
Do you drink/like energy drinks?
I've noticed quite a few of the people that I talk to drink them, but I personally find them pretty gross and not all that helpful.
Do you drink/like energy drinks?
I've noticed quite a few of the people that I talk to drink them, but I personally find them pretty gross and not all that helpful.
R:59 / I:22
Can we take a moment to pay our respects to Utako Shimoda. Who blessed us with the seifuku.
Can we take a moment to pay our respects to Utako Shimoda. Who blessed us with the seifuku.
R:20 / I:12
What's your favorite yokai/Japanese folklore being? I think most people are probably going to say kitsune, but the bakeneko is interesting as well. The Sawarineko in Monogatari was based on it: https://en.wikipedia.o
It's a cat spirit associated with curses that not only it can possess people like how it's demonstrated in Monogatari, but also kill them and take their place by shapeshifting into the person, similar to how kitsune also have shapeshifting powers. It's the opposite of the maneki-neko which brings good luck. You know, that cat figurine with a raised paw.
What's your favorite yokai/Japanese folklore being? I think most people are probably going to say kitsune, but the bakeneko is interesting as well. The Sawarineko in Monogatari was based on it: https://en.wikipedia.o
It's a cat spirit associated with curses that not only it can possess people like how it's demonstrated in Monogatari, but also kill them and take their place by shapeshifting into the person, similar to how kitsune also have shapeshifting powers. It's the opposite of the maneki-neko which brings good luck. You know, that cat figurine with a raised paw.
R:17 / I:11
One of my favorite shows is getting a sequel soon. I really like this series and think a lot of people passed over it because it was said to be a Madoka rip-off when the anime came out. I've been reading the LNs and they're really good. I think they'd be a perfect series for someone learning kana.
The new season of the anime should be really good because it will cover what is arguably the best two LNs in the series. The only downside is it'll probably be 12 episodes instead of 24. It's a lot of content to cover in 12 episodes. The first season felt really fast paced because of that. I don't want to spoil anything but suffice to say characters are introduced quickly and certain events happen too fast.
Anyone else a fan of Raising Project? I don't understand why this series isn't more popular. It feels like only a few people have seen it. I am hopeful season 2 will do good in the ratings and maybe we'll get some OVAs or something. A proper video game based on this series would be really fun.
One of my favorite shows is getting a sequel soon. I really like this series and think a lot of people passed over it because it was said to be a Madoka rip-off when the anime came out. I've been reading the LNs and they're really good. I think they'd be a perfect series for someone learning kana.
The new season of the anime should be really good because it will cover what is arguably the best two LNs in the series. The only downside is it'll probably be 12 episodes instead of 24. It's a lot of content to cover in 12 episodes. The first season felt really fast paced because of that. I don't want to spoil anything but suffice to say characters are introduced quickly and certain events happen too fast.
Anyone else a fan of Raising Project? I don't understand why this series isn't more popular. It feels like only a few people have seen it. I am hopeful season 2 will do good in the ratings and maybe we'll get some OVAs or something. A proper video game based on this series would be really fun.
R:15 / I:3
https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasa-funded-study-exte
Wait so does this mean there could be a way to fix the atmosphere on mars and make it habitable again by releasing volcanic activity or something? Or is this suggesting all the water vapor is gone and escaped through the atmosphere
https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasa-funded-study-exte
Wait so does this mean there could be a way to fix the atmosphere on mars and make it habitable again by releasing volcanic activity or something? Or is this suggesting all the water vapor is gone and escaped through the atmosphere
R:135 / I:45
There's been many a time where I've stumbled upon a character and ironically stated, "Yup, that's me". Pretending or even lying to myself that I'm that character. But that's not the case here, this is me. I am literally Magia Baiser, Baiser is me. The mangaka wrote the story and I was who it was based on. You could not possibly craft a character that was more me than this. That's because if you were to change anything it would not be me, since it's me.
There's been many a time where I've stumbled upon a character and ironically stated, "Yup, that's me". Pretending or even lying to myself that I'm that character. But that's not the case here, this is me. I am literally Magia Baiser, Baiser is me. The mangaka wrote the story and I was who it was based on. You could not possibly craft a character that was more me than this. That's because if you were to change anything it would not be me, since it's me.
R:9 / I:1
Cool website, nerds.
Let me know when you incorporate vim keyboard shortcuts like the actual cool software out there.
Cool website, nerds.
Let me know when you incorporate vim keyboard shortcuts like the actual cool software out there.
R:75 / I:55
It's a thread, and you share files in it.
You can link them, or possibly upload them directly if they're small enough since kissu supports archive files.
Filesharing Thread
The Kissu Filesharing ThreadIt's a thread, and you share files in it.
You can link them, or possibly upload them directly if they're small enough since kissu supports archive files.
R:2 / I:1
The answer is (8r^3)/4pi
The answer is (8r^3)/4pi
R:27 / I:10
I learned recently that prior WWI, many towns in the US spoke the language of the immigrants who moved there, but due to intense Germanophobia, schools began teaching in English exclusively and gradually the US became a de facto English-first speaking country despite having no official language.
Fun Facts!
Does /qa/ have any more fun facts to share?I learned recently that prior WWI, many towns in the US spoke the language of the immigrants who moved there, but due to intense Germanophobia, schools began teaching in English exclusively and gradually the US became a de facto English-first speaking country despite having no official language.
R:253 / I:51
Where do I go next?
Linux
Gone from Ubuntu to Debian, but Debian kind of sucks as a desktop environment (constant freezes, poor drivers and performance issues. Also issues with Steam's client)Where do I go next?
R:55 / I:28
Greetings and rabbit rabbit (you didn't remember to say it, right?)
For a bunch of reasons I can't get into this is my favorite month of the year. One of those reasons is I get more free time to work on things I enjoy.
Over the last couple of weeks I've been re-watching Moon Phase for the first time in over a decade. I grabbed the best version I could find from the usual trackers. The release I got seems to be the most popular and all of the others seem to be using the same subtitles for the English translation. I was disappointed see that the scripts being used are filled with both spelling and grammar errors. One of two per episode I can forgive. A typo that's one letter off on standard QWERTY keyboard I can forgive. But I hit a string of 3-4 episodes in a row filled with horrible errors and it was obvious to me that no one bothered to even quality check the work before pushing it out to the public. This is in addition to several other errors I've noticed in the video/audio portion along with some pacing issues in the scripts themselves.
I posted all that to propose the following;
I've been slowly working on a handful of old series (and one new one) thanks to various people from here and elsewhere that so graciously provided me with good raws for a couple of shows or volunteered to do quality checking. I haven't been able to put out much in the last few months but now that I'll have more free time I'll be pushing some stuff out soon. But I'm one man and can only do so much so quickly.
So I was curious if anywhere here would be interested in helping out with things like correcting spelling errors in scripts or watching pre-release encodes. I need people to do stuff like the following;
1) Test encodes on various set-top devices (video game consoles, firesticks, AppleTV etc)
2) Double check spelling/grammar in English subtitle scripts
3) Watch test encodes on various different software/hardware players and tell me how things work on their local mpv/mpc-hc+mad configs
4) Help track down raws (DVD, LD, BDs and VHS) that aren't as common on public sources for some older content
5) Help initially seeding releases / posting them to public trackers
6) Post list of shows/series they think could use some attention
In other words the usual work for old fansub groups. If you can do other things like typesetting, timing, and encoding that's would be much appreciated as well. I'm basically trying to see if we can get an open source group going that doesn't fall into the usual trap of the fansub drama. An anonymous group if you will.
Last year a handful of people came together and did a show together and it turned out great and ended up being a lot of fun for everyone involved despite some people attempting to ruin that. I'd like to do the same thing for some older shows. I just happened to notice Moon Phase could really use a better subtitle script and thought people here might be interested in making that happen.
Anyway, last year we all worked using public threads+email when required. Worked out fine. We do have an IRC bot but we rarely use the channel it's in for anything but uploading files to it when needed. I don't care if we release under that old group name or make up a new one. I don't care about starting a website/page or trying to build up a reputation (we can use a different group tag for each show or none at all for all I care). I'd just like to see some of this old stuff get a proper archival release for future generations. Since the people currently churning this stuff out don't seem that interested in maintaining a level of quality I feel is acceptable (on public sources at least).
Greetings and rabbit rabbit (you didn't remember to say it, right?)
For a bunch of reasons I can't get into this is my favorite month of the year. One of those reasons is I get more free time to work on things I enjoy.
Over the last couple of weeks I've been re-watching Moon Phase for the first time in over a decade. I grabbed the best version I could find from the usual trackers. The release I got seems to be the most popular and all of the others seem to be using the same subtitles for the English translation. I was disappointed see that the scripts being used are filled with both spelling and grammar errors. One of two per episode I can forgive. A typo that's one letter off on standard QWERTY keyboard I can forgive. But I hit a string of 3-4 episodes in a row filled with horrible errors and it was obvious to me that no one bothered to even quality check the work before pushing it out to the public. This is in addition to several other errors I've noticed in the video/audio portion along with some pacing issues in the scripts themselves.
I posted all that to propose the following;
I've been slowly working on a handful of old series (and one new one) thanks to various people from here and elsewhere that so graciously provided me with good raws for a couple of shows or volunteered to do quality checking. I haven't been able to put out much in the last few months but now that I'll have more free time I'll be pushing some stuff out soon. But I'm one man and can only do so much so quickly.
So I was curious if anywhere here would be interested in helping out with things like correcting spelling errors in scripts or watching pre-release encodes. I need people to do stuff like the following;
1) Test encodes on various set-top devices (video game consoles, firesticks, AppleTV etc)
2) Double check spelling/grammar in English subtitle scripts
3) Watch test encodes on various different software/hardware players and tell me how things work on their local mpv/mpc-hc+mad configs
4) Help track down raws (DVD, LD, BDs and VHS) that aren't as common on public sources for some older content
5) Help initially seeding releases / posting them to public trackers
6) Post list of shows/series they think could use some attention
In other words the usual work for old fansub groups. If you can do other things like typesetting, timing, and encoding that's would be much appreciated as well. I'm basically trying to see if we can get an open source group going that doesn't fall into the usual trap of the fansub drama. An anonymous group if you will.
Last year a handful of people came together and did a show together and it turned out great and ended up being a lot of fun for everyone involved despite some people attempting to ruin that. I'd like to do the same thing for some older shows. I just happened to notice Moon Phase could really use a better subtitle script and thought people here might be interested in making that happen.
Anyway, last year we all worked using public threads+email when required. Worked out fine. We do have an IRC bot but we rarely use the channel it's in for anything but uploading files to it when needed. I don't care if we release under that old group name or make up a new one. I don't care about starting a website/page or trying to build up a reputation (we can use a different group tag for each show or none at all for all I care). I'd just like to see some of this old stuff get a proper archival release for future generations. Since the people currently churning this stuff out don't seem that interested in maintaining a level of quality I feel is acceptable (on public sources at least).
R:11 / I:5
Stardew Valley
It's been a while since Kissu's played any games together, and with the interests in agriculture becoming more relevant and Stardew having finally received its multiplayer update recently, I was thinking now is as good a time as ever to see if there's interest in cultivating together. I think in comparison to the upcoming Factorio expansion it should be a nice relaxing intermission people will enjoy. Also it's on sale right now so if anyone's interested I can buy it for them ( https://steamcommunity.com/chat/invite/NUIbnP7U )
R:11 / I:6
To what length do you go to avoid spoilers?
To what length do you go to avoid spoilers?
R:31 / I:13
What's the ideal height difference between a man and woman? Whereabouts should her head come up to?
What's the ideal height difference between a man and woman? Whereabouts should her head come up to?
R:27 / I:13
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "10/10"?
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "10/10"?
R:10 / I:6
Horror of the Incomprehensible
Watching the most recent episode of Madome and within it there was a botched demon summoning that took place. Unlike the typical fantasy demons though the world in this treats them as beings on the opposite spectrum of gods, so for the MC being faced with just a botched fragment of the insurmountable being felt completely hopeless. Though a convenient plot thing happened that allowed the issue to go away, it did well at showing the sheer scale of power displayed by the demon fragment. It got me wondering, what are some good examples of media /qa/ knows that tackle this lovecraftian feel properly? It seems difficult for most authors to really present to their audience creatures whose scale is just infinitely above what can possibly be defeated in traditional manners.
R:27 / I:12
Kissu is pretty removed from 4/qa/ at this point, but elements of its culture are still very present here. You see people making well thought and well written posts all the time and quality of discussion is generally much higher than at 4chan.
The problem with imageboard culture
Is that you aren't encouraged to contribute and make well written posts on the ones that move too fast. It's easier to just be a shitposting moron since it might feel like trying to contribute doesn't pay off due to everything archiving quickly. This is why 4chan is so low quality in general, and this is exacerbated even more by the fact that everyone sees it as a site where you can be retarded/controversial without any repercussions due to anonymity. The result is a very negative and 'toxic' environment which is likely bad for your mental health. However, 4/qa/ during our time went against this culture. If your thread was good we would try to keep it alive as long as possible through constant bumps and bumpbots. This in turn encouraged users to be less negative and try to contribute more towards its culture. 4/qa/ as its 2D/Random incarnation was really a community effort unlike anything ever seen on 4chan before. We did not rely on the staff to do anything for ourselves, we self-moderated. But of course, good things aren't allowed to exist on modern 4chan, so they were against this concept and tried to impose as many restrictions on the board as possible to counter that until everyone got fed up and left. I bet they weren't expecting for something even worse to take our place though.Kissu is pretty removed from 4/qa/ at this point, but elements of its culture are still very present here. You see people making well thought and well written posts all the time and quality of discussion is generally much higher than at 4chan.
R:18 / I:7
Browser customization
What kind of settings, extensions, themes, etc do you use with your browser?
R:19 / I:9
How about for a celebration of this wonderful tool we use every day we do a fun little counting problem to find all positive integers N that satisfy the following conditions!
(i) N is divisible by 2020.
(ii) N has at most 2020 decimal digits.
(iii) The decimal digits of N are a string of consecutive ones followed by a string of consecutive zeros.
Counting!
The most fundamental and useful math skill know, we do it every day (Hopefully)! /qa/ does know how to count, right? What about efficiently? Is there any base that /qa/ is particularly fond of counting in?How about for a celebration of this wonderful tool we use every day we do a fun little counting problem to find all positive integers N that satisfy the following conditions!
(i) N is divisible by 2020.
(ii) N has at most 2020 decimal digits.
(iii) The decimal digits of N are a string of consecutive ones followed by a string of consecutive zeros.
R:9 / I:1
Do you have anything you could show your daughter and say "I made that"?
Do you have anything you could show your daughter and say "I made that"?
R:10 / I:5
Emotes and Streams
Are emotes a good form of casual engagement for streams that can quickly convey an emotion like a 'heh' or similar while also being visually witty and somewhat encompassing the history of the stream as well in what content it shows? I think they probably are more a benefit than a drain like people commonly think them to be on a stream's atmosphere but that's assuming a culture where they're used in conjunction with regular posts and not just the entirety of all posts. Do you agree and what kind of emotes could we potentially add to the kissu stream if so? I think that probably a good way to start would be maybe a site like banners, where the emote size has to fit within a certain limit because all the cytube streams I've seen where you have stuff taking up over half the screen is pretty annoying.
R:319 / I:127
CPUs and GPUs are coming back in stock.
GPU price dropped to MSRP, thanks to the end of GPU crypto mining.
New generation, low availability technologies are cropping up like PCIe 4, DDR5, RTX 4090, AM5 socket, diverting consumer attention away from previous gen.
M.2 SSDs are cheaper than ever, and will be even cheaper in the near future because of flash memory chip oversupply.
What does /qa/ think about building a PC now?
Best time to build a PC?
Right now it seems to be a good time to build a PC:CPUs and GPUs are coming back in stock.
GPU price dropped to MSRP, thanks to the end of GPU crypto mining.
New generation, low availability technologies are cropping up like PCIe 4, DDR5, RTX 4090, AM5 socket, diverting consumer attention away from previous gen.
M.2 SSDs are cheaper than ever, and will be even cheaper in the near future because of flash memory chip oversupply.
What does /qa/ think about building a PC now?
R:12 / I:3
Are advertisements inherently evil?
They are deceptive and manipulative, and arguably dehumanizing.
Is there an ethical justification for advertising beyond "but everybody else is doing it too"?
Note, I am not talking about notifying people of your product. But perhaps the distinction between these two things will have to be drawn (and redrawn) for the purpose of this discussion. We'll see.
Are advertisements inherently evil?
They are deceptive and manipulative, and arguably dehumanizing.
Is there an ethical justification for advertising beyond "but everybody else is doing it too"?
Note, I am not talking about notifying people of your product. But perhaps the distinction between these two things will have to be drawn (and redrawn) for the purpose of this discussion. We'll see.
R:139 / I:37
Identifiable Posters
What are /qa/'s opinions on avatarfags, namefags, and tripfags? Are they helpful or harmful towards an imageboard, and to what degree for each?
R:438 / I:148
Video Games
General video games thread since the other one hit the bump limit. What are you playing? What are you looking forward to?
R:52 / I:13
What is your opinion of private trackers and the like? AB recently came back (yay) but people have mixed feelings about such things. It's easy to dismiss criticism as jealous resentment if someone isn't in them, but it's also easy to see that it's not an ideal situation for people that love certain media and want to also share that love with others.
Maybe if AB did die the nyaa admin would get off his butt and actually allow new account creation since they've been temporarily closed for like half a decade now. It's not unusual to see releases and uploads that don't actually belong to the uploader since the person has no account. How much stuff is nyaa missing because it doesn't allow people to actually share them? You can only get post-MoyaiSubs Mewkledreamy Mix subs on twitter right now and I only know that because it was mentioned in one of the 2 uploads on nyaa uploaded by a third party, with the remaining 25 episodes on twitter. Is nyaa considered semi-closed or something?
I think the problem with Japanese media in general is that there's really no middle ground. It's nyaa or nothing. There isn't a "oh, this isn't as great as AB but it has 70% of the content" place, it's either you're in the anime tracker or you're not. I'm not in BBT, but I hear it's closer to the nyaa side of the scale due to certain rules it has among other reasons. I worry that as Japanese media continues to overtake the Western world (even if the mainstream people watch the same 5 shows) the tendrils of corporate rights holders will be as zealous as Disney or Nintendo is, and that will further increase the reliance of private trackers. Not to imply that it doesn't already cause issues on stuff like youtube and the like. Youtube once had lots of full episodes and albums you could watch but they were stricken down by various companies doing the copyright strike thing to wipe out accounts hosting entire libraries. It also has algorithms and AIs to detect and delete stuff that gets uploaded, within minutes. But hey, if you subscribe to one of 15 services you might be able to watch it if it's currently on the service.
Oh yeah, I forgot that I wanted this thread was more about general private tracker stuff. I think they're unfortunately a necessity for most things due to how corporate the internet has become, but I don't think it's necessary for Japanese stuff yet in regards to user safety from lawyers. I think it's kind of sad how people under age 25 or so probably can't remember an internet where you could simply share things. It's quite depressing to think about, but then you have private trackers where you can feel a little bit of security.
Sometimes I feel that just the torrent format should be secure these days and companies should really be focusing on the streaming sites since that's where 99% of people get their pirated media. Some super popular show on nyaa is like 20,000 downloads, but that's what a streaming site does in an hour and the streaming site is monetized so I think torrents should be an extremely low priority.
So... private trackers. What do you think?
What is your opinion of private trackers and the like? AB recently came back (yay) but people have mixed feelings about such things. It's easy to dismiss criticism as jealous resentment if someone isn't in them, but it's also easy to see that it's not an ideal situation for people that love certain media and want to also share that love with others.
Maybe if AB did die the nyaa admin would get off his butt and actually allow new account creation since they've been temporarily closed for like half a decade now. It's not unusual to see releases and uploads that don't actually belong to the uploader since the person has no account. How much stuff is nyaa missing because it doesn't allow people to actually share them? You can only get post-MoyaiSubs Mewkledreamy Mix subs on twitter right now and I only know that because it was mentioned in one of the 2 uploads on nyaa uploaded by a third party, with the remaining 25 episodes on twitter. Is nyaa considered semi-closed or something?
I think the problem with Japanese media in general is that there's really no middle ground. It's nyaa or nothing. There isn't a "oh, this isn't as great as AB but it has 70% of the content" place, it's either you're in the anime tracker or you're not. I'm not in BBT, but I hear it's closer to the nyaa side of the scale due to certain rules it has among other reasons. I worry that as Japanese media continues to overtake the Western world (even if the mainstream people watch the same 5 shows) the tendrils of corporate rights holders will be as zealous as Disney or Nintendo is, and that will further increase the reliance of private trackers. Not to imply that it doesn't already cause issues on stuff like youtube and the like. Youtube once had lots of full episodes and albums you could watch but they were stricken down by various companies doing the copyright strike thing to wipe out accounts hosting entire libraries. It also has algorithms and AIs to detect and delete stuff that gets uploaded, within minutes. But hey, if you subscribe to one of 15 services you might be able to watch it if it's currently on the service.
Oh yeah, I forgot that I wanted this thread was more about general private tracker stuff. I think they're unfortunately a necessity for most things due to how corporate the internet has become, but I don't think it's necessary for Japanese stuff yet in regards to user safety from lawyers. I think it's kind of sad how people under age 25 or so probably can't remember an internet where you could simply share things. It's quite depressing to think about, but then you have private trackers where you can feel a little bit of security.
Sometimes I feel that just the torrent format should be secure these days and companies should really be focusing on the streaming sites since that's where 99% of people get their pirated media. Some super popular show on nyaa is like 20,000 downloads, but that's what a streaming site does in an hour and the streaming site is monetized so I think torrents should be an extremely low priority.
So... private trackers. What do you think?
R:263 / I:102
><Anonymous> like say someone starts a thread about mecha it's gonna take two years to reach 200 posts
Let's prove him wrong.
MECHA THREAD!
><Anonymous> like say someone starts a thread about mecha it's gonna take two years to reach 200 posts
Let's prove him wrong.
MECHA THREAD!
R:11 / I:7
Time for some spring cleaning!
Time for some spring cleaning!
R:16 / I:4
This the 4th movie in the final GuPz series and lasts for 60minute
@ https://theatre.kissu.
I hope you're paying attention!
There's going to be a spontaneous GuPz stream in 1 hour!!!(or maybe two if people want it at 8EST)!!This the 4th movie in the final GuPz series and lasts for 60minute
@ https://theatre.kissu.
R:19 / I:3
Does /qa/ have any favorite cartoons? I've never really stopped to think about this since I always despised /co/ as a board and they never discussed any of the cool European comics I was into. So, as usual, I thought of some stuff off the top of my head and made a 3x3 based on it. I think it's pretty obvious that I was an MTV/Cartoon Network kid if you look at my picks. MTV used to be a pretty cool channel and had a lot of cartoons that were aimed at the teen demographic that is so common in anime/manga. I also watched a lot of dubbed anime on CN back then. Avatar would probably be in this since everyone sucks it off so much and lauds it as the best cartoon ever, but I've never finished. I thought it was kinda boring back then and it did not help that Nickelodeon was already declining in quality during the time it aired.
By the way, did you know that there were two new seasons of Beavis and Butthead released in 2022-2023? I had no idea about this until recently. I might check it out sometime.
Does /qa/ have any favorite cartoons? I've never really stopped to think about this since I always despised /co/ as a board and they never discussed any of the cool European comics I was into. So, as usual, I thought of some stuff off the top of my head and made a 3x3 based on it. I think it's pretty obvious that I was an MTV/Cartoon Network kid if you look at my picks. MTV used to be a pretty cool channel and had a lot of cartoons that were aimed at the teen demographic that is so common in anime/manga. I also watched a lot of dubbed anime on CN back then. Avatar would probably be in this since everyone sucks it off so much and lauds it as the best cartoon ever, but I've never finished. I thought it was kinda boring back then and it did not help that Nickelodeon was already declining in quality during the time it aired.
By the way, did you know that there were two new seasons of Beavis and Butthead released in 2022-2023? I had no idea about this until recently. I might check it out sometime.
R:18 / I:4
(MASSIVE SHINSEKAI YORI SPOILERS AHEAD)
How the fuck is SSY so highly rated????? It's built on nothing but endless retardation.
What other setting have you heard of where randos suddenly getting powers led to humanity's near extinction simply because they felt like it? The entire backstory is built on first-wave rando retardation on top of a thousand years of emperor retardation on top of scientist retardation all to deal with the absolutely irredeemable walking nukes that are cantus users. Sheer stupidity from everyone involved over a near geological timeframe but what's even stupider is its incredibly abysmal take on totalitarianism.
All across the story the kids have to deal with the blatantly sinister actions of their superiors in a way that almost seems to say "hey, maybe surveillance states are bad" (NO SHIT!) but then you learn that ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, it was all justified and this is the only societal configuration that makes a shred of sense in this world, otherwise everyone would've died by now. The ending is supposed to be hopeful, but they haven't changed SHIT. FUCK ALL. It goes against everything it has built so far with how it's gone so out of its way to set up the world as stupidly grimdark and then ends with absolutely no answer to all the problems it poses. Espers still can't keep each other under full control so you need the queerrats to continue acting as an underclass of assassins, and you NEED them to be an underclass because if they're not they'll logically rise up again like they just did a few years ago, because cantus users are a cancer that'll destroy the earth itself if you don't keep them in check. So they should all commit suicide somehow, jump off a fucking cliff and let the world heal by itself.
It's all fucked up beyond repair, the rats can't undo their genetic modifications, they can't un-fuck-up their queens, the espers can't stop being nukes, but they can't kill each other either due to the feedback loop, and they can't kill the rats because they need them, nor can they undo humanity's annihilation, it's all set up to fail. It's either the status quo of an obligatory surveillance state or oblivion and this surveillance state is consistently portrayed as bad, so what is the anime trying to say? That in this extremely specific and very stupid setting it turns out totalitarianism is good? How does this apply to anything? If Saki genuinely means well, as she's consistently painted as up to the very end when she forgives Squealer and ends his suffering, then the actually implicit ending is that she'll repeat everything again so none of the events that took place matter. Because she can't do anything else but keep it afloat. None of it matters. It was all reset. It's shit.
[MOD EDIT TO ADD SPOILER WARNING AT BEGINNING OF POST]
(MASSIVE SHINSEKAI YORI SPOILERS AHEAD)
How the fuck is SSY so highly rated????? It's built on nothing but endless retardation.
What other setting have you heard of where randos suddenly getting powers led to humanity's near extinction simply because they felt like it? The entire backstory is built on first-wave rando retardation on top of a thousand years of emperor retardation on top of scientist retardation all to deal with the absolutely irredeemable walking nukes that are cantus users. Sheer stupidity from everyone involved over a near geological timeframe but what's even stupider is its incredibly abysmal take on totalitarianism.
All across the story the kids have to deal with the blatantly sinister actions of their superiors in a way that almost seems to say "hey, maybe surveillance states are bad" (NO SHIT!) but then you learn that ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, it was all justified and this is the only societal configuration that makes a shred of sense in this world, otherwise everyone would've died by now. The ending is supposed to be hopeful, but they haven't changed SHIT. FUCK ALL. It goes against everything it has built so far with how it's gone so out of its way to set up the world as stupidly grimdark and then ends with absolutely no answer to all the problems it poses. Espers still can't keep each other under full control so you need the queerrats to continue acting as an underclass of assassins, and you NEED them to be an underclass because if they're not they'll logically rise up again like they just did a few years ago, because cantus users are a cancer that'll destroy the earth itself if you don't keep them in check. So they should all commit suicide somehow, jump off a fucking cliff and let the world heal by itself.
It's all fucked up beyond repair, the rats can't undo their genetic modifications, they can't un-fuck-up their queens, the espers can't stop being nukes, but they can't kill each other either due to the feedback loop, and they can't kill the rats because they need them, nor can they undo humanity's annihilation, it's all set up to fail. It's either the status quo of an obligatory surveillance state or oblivion and this surveillance state is consistently portrayed as bad, so what is the anime trying to say? That in this extremely specific and very stupid setting it turns out totalitarianism is good? How does this apply to anything? If Saki genuinely means well, as she's consistently painted as up to the very end when she forgives Squealer and ends his suffering, then the actually implicit ending is that she'll repeat everything again so none of the events that took place matter. Because she can't do anything else but keep it afloat. None of it matters. It was all reset. It's shit.
[MOD EDIT TO ADD SPOILER WARNING AT BEGINNING OF POST]
R:29 / I:8
Which other websites on the World Wide Web does /qa/ use?
Which other websites on the World Wide Web does /qa/ use?
R:78 / I:33
Japanese Mascots
Don't think I have ever seen a mascot thread here.
R:5 / I:1
Where do I go to watch seasonal shows with Japanese subtitles? I want to watch YuruCamp S3 but I'm at the point in my ninhongo studies where I feel like if I'm not watching anime with JP subs I'm wasting my time. I'm also not good enough to watch with no visual aid whatsoever.
Every torrent site I've found uses subs for every language except Japanese.
Where do I go to watch seasonal shows with Japanese subtitles? I want to watch YuruCamp S3 but I'm at the point in my ninhongo studies where I feel like if I'm not watching anime with JP subs I'm wasting my time. I'm also not good enough to watch with no visual aid whatsoever.
Every torrent site I've found uses subs for every language except Japanese.
R:11 / I:2
How much should you change your appearance to match your partner's preferences?
Would you be willing to cut your hair if your girlfriend liked it better short? Get piercings? Lose weight? Gain weight? Hit the gym? Become a gyaru-oh?
How much should you change your appearance to match your partner's preferences?
Would you be willing to cut your hair if your girlfriend liked it better short? Get piercings? Lose weight? Gain weight? Hit the gym? Become a gyaru-oh?
R:6 / I:2
What is /qa/'s raison d'être?
What is /qa/'s raison d'être?
R:4 / I:2
This says a lot about society.
This says a lot about society.
R:4 / I:2
How is this board related to /qa/(4chan)?
How is this board related to /qa/(4chan)?
R:141 / I:51
https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?year=2024
Winter 2024 Anime
The winter season is upon us. It will be difficult to match the quality of the autumn season, but hopefully there's some good stuff to watch.https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?year=2024
R:17 / I:5
How do you feel about all the different versions of Miku? Does it get on your nerves if people don't stick to a general mold of the character that feels appropriate or are you fine with the artists vision being expressed through her freely? I'm more in the latter camp since I feel it fits better with vocaloids in general being for people to make their own music with, and not for people to make music for the vocaloid.
How do you feel about all the different versions of Miku? Does it get on your nerves if people don't stick to a general mold of the character that feels appropriate or are you fine with the artists vision being expressed through her freely? I'm more in the latter camp since I feel it fits better with vocaloids in general being for people to make their own music with, and not for people to make music for the vocaloid.
R:7 / I:3
Do 2d girls give you "Strength"?
Do 2d girls give you "Strength"?
R:78 / I:33
Gonna get one of these for the /qa/ mansion it'll be boson. What are you guys contributing?
/qa/ works on the /qa/ mansion
https://www.gameroomcityGonna get one of these for the /qa/ mansion it'll be boson. What are you guys contributing?
R:46 / I:16
Does it upset you when characters you like are mistreated in doujinshi? How much do you sympathize with them and how invested do you need to be before it starts bothering you?
Does it upset you when characters you like are mistreated in doujinshi? How much do you sympathize with them and how invested do you need to be before it starts bothering you?
R:16 / I:6
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For those that do not want to register manually, post the name that you are signing up with in the main thread. It will be added to the brackets.
Hisoutensoku is an expansion to Touhou 10.5 SWR and is a multiplayer fighting game made by Tasofro with ZUN's approval. It's easy to learn, hard to master battle system makes for fun and fast paced matches with counterhits often launching girls across the screen. Very fast when played right. As a P2P game, game hosts must forward ports in order to play it or use specific workarounds.
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
Full installation: https://mega.nz/#!ashhnZza!cWdD2mqnQSf
Mirror: http://www.mediafire.com/file/7ulje2arv05zjbg/Touhou_Hisoutensoku_%2
Modpack: https://mega.nz/file/m5ghXYLQ#waa_R8bY-JmAp
Get soku, then extract contents of swrs toys (modpack archive) directly into the same folder.
To host, a hosting player forwards a port (detailed instructions are available on the internet) and provides IP with a port in an IP:Port format, launches the game and uses the Vs Network menu to start the server. Client connects to provided IP and port and plays game. For hosts, please be sure to check the options menu to set a port and disable the "post to bot" checkmark if you don't want random people from the lobby to join instead of people in the thread. If no one's joining in the thread, playing people from the lobby can be a good idea to practice!
Should a port be unable to be forwarded, workarounds exist - Autopunch is installed in a modpack and is used automatically in case of un-forwarded ports. Keep in mind that it can fail on some routers and workplace connections and that ping will likely be less desirable, so please forward your ports.
Wiki: https://hisouten.koumakan
People are advised to check the main thread for hosted practice games and topical discussion. You never know what you may find!
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BRACKETS LINK: https://challonge.com/ SOKUAWAKENING
SIGN UP FOR THE TOURNEY HERE: https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/KS4EWGAMZL#/signup/r6sdsoi3ztc
STREAM LINK (when the tourney starts): https://cytu.be/r/touhourney
For those that do not want to register manually, post the name that you are signing up with in the main thread. It will be added to the brackets.
Hisoutensoku is an expansion to Touhou 10.5 SWR and is a multiplayer fighting game made by Tasofro with ZUN's approval. It's easy to learn, hard to master battle system makes for fun and fast paced matches with counterhits often launching girls across the screen. Very fast when played right. As a P2P game, game hosts must forward ports in order to play it or use specific workarounds.
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
Full installation: https://mega.nz/#!ashhnZza!cWdD2mqnQSf
Mirror: http://www.mediafire.com/file/7ulje2arv05zjbg/Touhou_Hisoutensoku_%2
Modpack: https://mega.nz/file/m5ghXYLQ#waa_R8bY-JmAp
Get soku, then extract contents of swrs toys (modpack archive) directly into the same folder.
To host, a hosting player forwards a port (detailed instructions are available on the internet) and provides IP with a port in an IP:Port format, launches the game and uses the Vs Network menu to start the server. Client connects to provided IP and port and plays game. For hosts, please be sure to check the options menu to set a port and disable the "post to bot" checkmark if you don't want random people from the lobby to join instead of people in the thread. If no one's joining in the thread, playing people from the lobby can be a good idea to practice!
Should a port be unable to be forwarded, workarounds exist - Autopunch is installed in a modpack and is used automatically in case of un-forwarded ports. Keep in mind that it can fail on some routers and workplace connections and that ping will likely be less desirable, so please forward your ports.
Wiki: https://hisouten.koumakan
People are advised to check the main thread for hosted practice games and topical discussion. You never know what you may find!
R:24 / I:4
Do you think this will have a chilling effect on emulation?
>Nintendo wins $2.4M in Switch emulator lawsuit, Yuzu to shut down
>Makers of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu owe Nintendo $2.4 million after reaching a settlement with the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom developer, following a lawsuit over the open-source emulator just last week. Both Nintendo and Tropic Haze, the company behind Yuzu, filed for a final judgment and permanent injunction on Monday, according to court documents, after Nintendo accused the Yuzu makers of copyright infringement, circumvention of Nintendo’s Switch protections, and selling those circumvention technologies as Yuzu, among other things.
https://www.polygon.co
Do you think this will have a chilling effect on emulation?
>Nintendo wins $2.4M in Switch emulator lawsuit, Yuzu to shut down
>Makers of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu owe Nintendo $2.4 million after reaching a settlement with the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom developer, following a lawsuit over the open-source emulator just last week. Both Nintendo and Tropic Haze, the company behind Yuzu, filed for a final judgment and permanent injunction on Monday, according to court documents, after Nintendo accused the Yuzu makers of copyright infringement, circumvention of Nintendo’s Switch protections, and selling those circumvention technologies as Yuzu, among other things.
https://www.polygon.co
R:69 / I:14
https://www.youtube.co
What are /qa/'s favorite scores for anime and such? Are they mostly comprised of scores for older series or has anything recent really drawn your attention and favor as well? Or, do you even notice the soundtrack while watching?
Also I don't mean an anime with say 1 good track throughout the whole thing with the rest forgettable, but one where the music as a whole is good.
https://www.youtube.co
What are /qa/'s favorite scores for anime and such? Are they mostly comprised of scores for older series or has anything recent really drawn your attention and favor as well? Or, do you even notice the soundtrack while watching?
Also I don't mean an anime with say 1 good track throughout the whole thing with the rest forgettable, but one where the music as a whole is good.
R:8 / I:3
Something I've noticed of more serious otome/action-bishojo series is that they always try to upend society and replace the status quo with the politics and ideology that best suit them and their ideals. Homura, Utena, Dork, Euphie, Nefertima all act in similar ways to oppose the avatars of God(or God directly) who stand against them. Quite reminiscent of the Western media that conveys a similar concept of eroding status quo in favour of a rational society, except unlike in the West it's not done from a perspective of the moral choice and group harmony but pushes a more logical idea that directly criticizes the motives of those antagonistic of the protagonist.
Something I've noticed of more serious otome/action-bishojo series is that they always try to upend society and replace the status quo with the politics and ideology that best suit them and their ideals. Homura, Utena, Dork, Euphie, Nefertima all act in similar ways to oppose the avatars of God(or God directly) who stand against them. Quite reminiscent of the Western media that conveys a similar concept of eroding status quo in favour of a rational society, except unlike in the West it's not done from a perspective of the moral choice and group harmony but pushes a more logical idea that directly criticizes the motives of those antagonistic of the protagonist.
R:6 / I:1
One thing I've noticed kissu never does is baneposting
One thing I've noticed kissu never does is baneposting
R:1 / I:1
The fact that one of the biggest open source social media software companies has the most minimal website speak volumes of the unnecessary bloat of modern web design.
https://automattic.com/
The fact that one of the biggest open source social media software companies has the most minimal website speak volumes of the unnecessary bloat of modern web design.
https://automattic.com/
R:18 / I:6
Did you see EoE in theatres this week /qa/? For the first time it's coming to the big screen in the states.
Did you see EoE in theatres this week /qa/? For the first time it's coming to the big screen in the states.
R:8 / I:2
Do you watch anime movies often? It feels like they are something that goes unnoticed in the West for the most part. Miyazaki won an Oscar with his newest movie but I haven't seen people discussing this movie anywhere. The last two big hits (Kimi no Na wa and Koe no Katachi) were almost 8 years ago by now, so what gives? Why couldn't it gain traction from there?
Do you watch anime movies often? It feels like they are something that goes unnoticed in the West for the most part. Miyazaki won an Oscar with his newest movie but I haven't seen people discussing this movie anywhere. The last two big hits (Kimi no Na wa and Koe no Katachi) were almost 8 years ago by now, so what gives? Why couldn't it gain traction from there?
R:12 / I:3
Thai curry = Indian curry > Japanese curry
Thai curry = Indian curry > Japanese curry
R:9 / I:1
"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"
ZAQ hopeness and 忍
I was listening to the koukaku no pandora opening https://www.youtube.co"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"
R:12 / I:6
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
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
R:9 / I:1
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-
> relating to https://www.youtube.co
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-
> relating to https://www.youtube.co
R:126 / I:21
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.
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.
R:16 / I:4
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.
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.
R:98 / I:13
When do you sage, and when do you bump while others don't?
When do you sage, and when do you bump while others don't?
R:29 / I:7
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
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
R:36 / I:4
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"
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"
R:66 / I:25
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.m
(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.)
/qa/'s AOTYs over the years
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.m
(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.)
R:5 / I:2
What do you think were the best underappreciated or obscure games of 2023?
What do you think were the best underappreciated or obscure games of 2023?
R:43 / I:11
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.
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.
R:17 / I:11
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.
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.
R:12 / I:4
What are the most effective baits you know of?
What are the most effective baits you know of?
R:32 / I:12
does /qa/ support their country?
does /qa/ support their country?
R:10 / I:2
What do you do in this situation?
What do you do in this situation?
R:46 / I:10
The longer time goes on in a community you fear participating in, the bigger the newfag you'll be when you eventually post. The bonds that exist will grow stronger without you and those chances you had to forge friendships will be lost. Wary and judgement is cast upon the newfag when they first enter into a community. Their every contribution or post viewed with the extra critical eye people place on strangers to the group. Yet even still, the brazen newfag presses on without fear and eventually forms connections and becomes seen as more than a stranger.
I envy the newfag with the willpower to leave their mark.
The longer time goes on in a community you fear participating in, the bigger the newfag you'll be when you eventually post. The bonds that exist will grow stronger without you and those chances you had to forge friendships will be lost. Wary and judgement is cast upon the newfag when they first enter into a community. Their every contribution or post viewed with the extra critical eye people place on strangers to the group. Yet even still, the brazen newfag presses on without fear and eventually forms connections and becomes seen as more than a stranger.
I envy the newfag with the willpower to leave their mark.
R:54 / I:24
I spent a really long time trying to get this working recently, so I figured I'd document what I did to get GPU passthrough working on my laptop. The steps I went through might be a bit different on other distros given that I am using Proxmox, but the broad strokes should apply. Bear in mind, this is with regards to using a Windows 11 virtual machine. Certain steps may be different or unnecessary for Linux-based virtual machines.
First, why might you want to do this? Well, the most obvious reason is that virtual machines are slooow. So, by passing through a GPU you can improve its speed considerably. Another possibility would be that you want to use the GPU for some task like GPU transcoding for Plex, or to simply use it as a render host, or you may want to use it for something like AI workloads that rely on the GPU. Alternatively, you may just want to use this to have a virtual machine that you can host Steam on or something like that (bear in mind, some games and applications will not run under virtual machines or run if you are using Remote Desktop).
0. Enable Virtualization-specifi
1. Create a virtual machine
- BIOS should be OVMF (UEFI)
- Machine type should be q35
- SCSI Controller should be VirtIO SCSI or SCSI Single; others may work these are just what I have tested
- Display should be VirtIO-GPU (virtio); other display emulators will not work for Proxmox's built-in console VNC, or otherwise cause the VM to crash on launch.
- CPU may need to be of type host and hidden from the VM
2. Edit GRUB config line beginning with "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DE
- These settings worked for me: "quiet intel_iommu=on iommu=pt pcie_acs_override=down
- For AMD CPUs, change 'intel_iommu' to 'amd_iommu'
- Save the changes and then run 'update-grub'
- Reboot
3. Run 'dmesg | grep -e DMAR -e IOMMU'
- You should see a line like "DMAR: IOMMU enabled"
4. Add the following to /etc/modules :
vfio
vfio_iommu_type1
vfio_pci
vfio_virqfd
5. Run "dmesg | grep 'remapping'"
- You should see something like the following:
"AMD-Vi: Inter
"DMAR-IR: Enab
5.1 If not, run "echo "options vfio_iommu_type1 allow_unsafe_interrupt
6. Run "dmesg | grep iommu"
- You need proper IOMMU groups for the PCI device you want to assign to your VM. This means that the GPU isn't arbitrarily grouped with some other PCI devices but has a group of its own. In my case, this returns something like this:
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6.1 If you don't have dedicated IOMMU groups, you can add "pcie_acs_override=dow
7. Run lspci to determine the location of your GPU or other PCI device you want to pass through. It should generally be "01:00.0"
8. Run "lspci -nnk -s 01:00"
- You should see something like this:
01:00.0 3D
01:00.1 Audio
- The first 4 characters designate the Vendor ID, in this case "10de" represents Nvidia. The second 4 characters after the colon represent the Device ID, in this case "1bb7" represents an Nvidia Quadro P4000
9. (Proxmox-specific, but generally applies) Add a PCI Device under Hardware for you virtual machine
- Select the ID for your Device, enabling "All Functions", "Primary GPU", "ROM-Bar", and "PCI-Express"
- Fill in the Vendor ID, Device ID, Sub-Vendor ID, and Sub-Device ID. In my case, the Vendor ID and Device ID are: "0x10de" and "0x1bb7" and the Sub-Vendor ID and Sub-Device ID are: "17aa" and "224c"
- If you edit the virtual machine config file located at "/etc/pve/qemu-server/vmid.conf" (replace vmid.conf with your Virtual Machine ID, like 101.conf), that would look like hostpci0: 0000:01:
10. Run the following, making sure to replace the IDs with the IDs for your specific GPU or PCI device.
echo "options
11. Disable GPU drivers so that the host machine does not try to use the GPU by running the following:
echo "blacklis
echo "blacklis
echo "blacklis
echo "blacklis
12. (Nvidia-specific) Run the following to prevent applications from crashing the virtual machine:
echo "options
12.1 You may want to add "report_ignored_msrs=0
12.2 Kepler K80 GPUs require the following in the vmid.conf:
args: -machine
13. Run the following:
echo "softdep
echo "softdep
echo "softdep
14. [Skip this step unless you have errors beyond this point] Note: At this point, you may read that you might require dumping your GPU's vBIOS. In my experience, this was completely unnecessary and above all did not work. Specific instructions in other guides may be like the following:
cd /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/
echo 1 >
cat rom >
echo 0 >
In my experience, attempting to run "cat rom > /usr/share/kvm/vbios.bin" would result in an Input/Output error and the vBIOS would not be able to be dumped. If you really do end up needing to dump the vBIOS, I would strongly recommend installing Windows onto your host machine and then installing and running GPU-z. GPU-z has a "share" button that allows you to easily dump the vBIOS for your GPU.
To add the vBIOS to your virtual machine, place the place your vBIOS file that you dumped at "/usr/share/kvm/" and then add ",romfile=vbios.bin" to your vmid.conf for your PCI device (replacing vbios.bin with the name of your vBIOS file you dumped). That would look something like the following:
hostpci0: 0000:01:
15. Reboot. At this point, when you start your virtual machine you should be able to see in Windows Device Manager that your GPU was detected under display adapters. At this point, try installing your GPU device drivers and then reboot your virtual machine once they've installed. If all goes well, you should have a functioning GPU passed through to your virtual machine. If not... You'll likely see "Code 43" under the properties for your GPU in Device Manager.
16. Going back to your vmid.conf add the following to your cpu options ",hidden=1,flags=+pcid
cpu: host,hidden
17. Nvidia drivers can be very picky. You may need to add an ACPI table to emulate having a battery. You can do this by downloading this and then adding it to your vmid.conf by adding a line like so:
args: -acpitable
18. If you're still having a code 43 issue, you can go back to step 14 and try adding your vBIOS.
At this point, you're done. Your virtual machine should be successfully detecting your GPU or PCI device and you should be able to use it mostly normally. For obvious reasons, you may still not be able to run all programs as you would like due to running them under a virtual machine, however, the main core functionality of the GPU or PCI device should be fully accessible to the virtual machine.
A few of my resources:
https://pve.proxmox.co
https://gist.github.co
https://lantian.pub/en/article/modify-computer/laptop-intel-nvidia-op
https://forum.proxmox.
I spent a really long time trying to get this working recently, so I figured I'd document what I did to get GPU passthrough working on my laptop. The steps I went through might be a bit different on other distros given that I am using Proxmox, but the broad strokes should apply. Bear in mind, this is with regards to using a Windows 11 virtual machine. Certain steps may be different or unnecessary for Linux-based virtual machines.
First, why might you want to do this? Well, the most obvious reason is that virtual machines are slooow. So, by passing through a GPU you can improve its speed considerably. Another possibility would be that you want to use the GPU for some task like GPU transcoding for Plex, or to simply use it as a render host, or you may want to use it for something like AI workloads that rely on the GPU. Alternatively, you may just want to use this to have a virtual machine that you can host Steam on or something like that (bear in mind, some games and applications will not run under virtual machines or run if you are using Remote Desktop).
0. Enable Virtualization-specifi
1. Create a virtual machine
- BIOS should be OVMF (UEFI)
- Machine type should be q35
- SCSI Controller should be VirtIO SCSI or SCSI Single; others may work these are just what I have tested
- Display should be VirtIO-GPU (virtio); other display emulators will not work for Proxmox's built-in console VNC, or otherwise cause the VM to crash on launch.
- CPU may need to be of type host and hidden from the VM
2. Edit GRUB config line beginning with "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DE
- These settings worked for me: "quiet intel_iommu=on iommu=pt pcie_acs_override=down
- For AMD CPUs, change 'intel_iommu' to 'amd_iommu'
- Save the changes and then run 'update-grub'
- Reboot
3. Run 'dmesg | grep -e DMAR -e IOMMU'
- You should see a line like "DMAR: IOMMU enabled"
4. Add the following to /etc/modules :
vfio
vfio_iommu_type1
vfio_pci
vfio_virqfd
5. Run "dmesg | grep 'remapping'"
- You should see something like the following:
"AMD-Vi: Inter
"DMAR-IR: Enab
5.1 If not, run "echo "options vfio_iommu_type1 allow_unsafe_interrupt
6. Run "dmesg | grep iommu"
- You need proper IOMMU groups for the PCI device you want to assign to your VM. This means that the GPU isn't arbitrarily grouped with some other PCI devices but has a group of its own. In my case, this returns something like this:
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6.1 If you don't have dedicated IOMMU groups, you can add "pcie_acs_override=dow
7. Run lspci to determine the location of your GPU or other PCI device you want to pass through. It should generally be "01:00.0"
8. Run "lspci -nnk -s 01:00"
- You should see something like this:
01:00.0 3D
01:00.1 Audio
- The first 4 characters designate the Vendor ID, in this case "10de" represents Nvidia. The second 4 characters after the colon represent the Device ID, in this case "1bb7" represents an Nvidia Quadro P4000
9. (Proxmox-specific, but generally applies) Add a PCI Device under Hardware for you virtual machine
- Select the ID for your Device, enabling "All Functions", "Primary GPU", "ROM-Bar", and "PCI-Express"
- Fill in the Vendor ID, Device ID, Sub-Vendor ID, and Sub-Device ID. In my case, the Vendor ID and Device ID are: "0x10de" and "0x1bb7" and the Sub-Vendor ID and Sub-Device ID are: "17aa" and "224c"
- If you edit the virtual machine config file located at "/etc/pve/qemu-server/vmid.conf" (replace vmid.conf with your Virtual Machine ID, like 101.conf), that would look like hostpci0: 0000:01:
10. Run the following, making sure to replace the IDs with the IDs for your specific GPU or PCI device.
echo "options
11. Disable GPU drivers so that the host machine does not try to use the GPU by running the following:
echo "blacklis
echo "blacklis
echo "blacklis
echo "blacklis
12. (Nvidia-specific) Run the following to prevent applications from crashing the virtual machine:
echo "options
12.1 You may want to add "report_ignored_msrs=0
12.2 Kepler K80 GPUs require the following in the vmid.conf:
args: -machine
13. Run the following:
echo "softdep
echo "softdep
echo "softdep
14. [Skip this step unless you have errors beyond this point] Note: At this point, you may read that you might require dumping your GPU's vBIOS. In my experience, this was completely unnecessary and above all did not work. Specific instructions in other guides may be like the following:
cd /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/
echo 1 >
cat rom >
echo 0 >
In my experience, attempting to run "cat rom > /usr/share/kvm/vbios.bin" would result in an Input/Output error and the vBIOS would not be able to be dumped. If you really do end up needing to dump the vBIOS, I would strongly recommend installing Windows onto your host machine and then installing and running GPU-z. GPU-z has a "share" button that allows you to easily dump the vBIOS for your GPU.
To add the vBIOS to your virtual machine, place the place your vBIOS file that you dumped at "/usr/share/kvm/" and then add ",romfile=vbios.bin" to your vmid.conf for your PCI device (replacing vbios.bin with the name of your vBIOS file you dumped). That would look something like the following:
hostpci0: 0000:01:
15. Reboot. At this point, when you start your virtual machine you should be able to see in Windows Device Manager that your GPU was detected under display adapters. At this point, try installing your GPU device drivers and then reboot your virtual machine once they've installed. If all goes well, you should have a functioning GPU passed through to your virtual machine. If not... You'll likely see "Code 43" under the properties for your GPU in Device Manager.
16. Going back to your vmid.conf add the following to your cpu options ",hidden=1,flags=+pcid
cpu: host,hidden
17. Nvidia drivers can be very picky. You may need to add an ACPI table to emulate having a battery. You can do this by downloading this and then adding it to your vmid.conf by adding a line like so:
args: -acpitable
18. If you're still having a code 43 issue, you can go back to step 14 and try adding your vBIOS.
At this point, you're done. Your virtual machine should be successfully detecting your GPU or PCI device and you should be able to use it mostly normally. For obvious reasons, you may still not be able to run all programs as you would like due to running them under a virtual machine, however, the main core functionality of the GPU or PCI device should be fully accessible to the virtual machine.
A few of my resources:
https://pve.proxmox.co
https://gist.github.co
https://lantian.pub/en/article/modify-computer/laptop-intel-nvidia-op
https://forum.proxmox.
R:21 / I:9
Sometimes I wonder what Kissu would be like if the voting system used on /ec/ and /megu/ was a sitewide thing that was active on every board.
In the standard imageboard format, it's hard to tell the difference between a post that has no replies because no one read it, and a post that has no replies because people found it generally agreeable and nobody had anything to add, and it can sometimes feel like you're shouting into the void.
This isn't a feature request. I'm not even sure if it's a good idea to begin with. I just think it's one of those things that's interesting to think about.
Sometimes I wonder what Kissu would be like if the voting system used on /ec/ and /megu/ was a sitewide thing that was active on every board.
In the standard imageboard format, it's hard to tell the difference between a post that has no replies because no one read it, and a post that has no replies because people found it generally agreeable and nobody had anything to add, and it can sometimes feel like you're shouting into the void.
This isn't a feature request. I'm not even sure if it's a good idea to begin with. I just think it's one of those things that's interesting to think about.
R:4 / I:2
Gets aren't worth it but that doesn't mean repeating digits aren't still fun
Gets aren't worth it but that doesn't mean repeating digits aren't still fun
R:11 / I:5
Apparently the most important part of a skincare routine is sunscreen, even indoors.
Apparently the most important part of a skincare routine is sunscreen, even indoors.
R:6 / I:3
If your life is saved in a way that makes you completely dependent on the person who saved it, with them able to take it away at any time, have you really been saved?
If your life is saved in a way that makes you completely dependent on the person who saved it, with them able to take it away at any time, have you really been saved?
R:318 / I:102
https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?year=2023
Autumn 2023 Anime
So, what anime are you planning on watching this season? There's quite a few major sequels and continuations and some new stuff that looks great as well.https://www.livechart.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?year=2023
R:28 / I:12
I need a good site to migrate to.
cant believe I’m back here.
Got banned from heyuri cuz anonwaha is a faggot.I need a good site to migrate to.
R:13 / I:9
I've been looking at 4chan/w/ and found the powerlevel thread. It's like a thread for posting wallpapers which reference some anime/manga/game/whatever but try and be pretty stealth about it so it won't look weird in public.
There were some really good ones there, but there aren't many wallpapers for phones there...
What wallpapers does kissu use? I've been using pic related on my phone for a long time now, it's Okabe's phone wallpaper from the Steins;Gate VN. Pretty stealth but still a nice reference that somebody who's also read Steins;Gate would catch (not that that's happened to me yet...)
This could be a nice long-running thread so I'm posting it on /qa/, but maybe it's better for the seasonal boards? Though those don't get much activity compared to the 2 main ones, so I put it here
I've been looking at 4chan/w/ and found the powerlevel thread. It's like a thread for posting wallpapers which reference some anime/manga/game/whatever but try and be pretty stealth about it so it won't look weird in public.
There were some really good ones there, but there aren't many wallpapers for phones there...
What wallpapers does kissu use? I've been using pic related on my phone for a long time now, it's Okabe's phone wallpaper from the Steins;Gate VN. Pretty stealth but still a nice reference that somebody who's also read Steins;Gate would catch (not that that's happened to me yet...)
This could be a nice long-running thread so I'm posting it on /qa/, but maybe it's better for the seasonal boards? Though those don't get much activity compared to the 2 main ones, so I put it here
R:7 / I:3
How much time can a show spend on build-up before you demand the plot move forward?
How many episodes can the main character be absent before you need things to get back on track?
How much time can a show spend on build-up before you demand the plot move forward?
How many episodes can the main character be absent before you need things to get back on track?
R:11 / I:8
Is this an "anthropomorphic" (furry) image?
Is this an "anthropomorphic" (furry) image?
R:11 / I:3
AI no tame no suugaku: the blog
Having a hard time getting advanced math concepts into my head so I can get advanced machine learning concepts into my head easier.
R:10 / I:2
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R:1676 / I:256
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