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On 2/8/2020 at 8:30 PM, CAT5 said:

 

ahaha, you ALREADY know! There's a lot that could be said here, but I'll try to keep things concise:

 

Essentially, I agree with what the author is trying to say. This new-age, "positive vibes only" / positive psychology nonsense is simply not functional. I see this type of stuff parroted in so many different ways on social media and people are just eating it up. It's like sure, it's good to be positive, but you also have to be sober-minded. Being positive does not mean you should just ignore the negative. No, not at all. Being positive is about being able to recognize, assess, and deal with the negative and still be able to move forward and grow inspite of it. In fact, if you can't do that, then you're not really being positive at all. You're just deceiving yourself.

 

In order to heal, you must first correctly diagnose the ill. And if you're reaping bad fruit in your life, you have to go back and look at the seeds that were planted.

 

Doing this takes honesty, humility, bravery, and compassion. You have to be honest enough with yourself to even recognize and admit that you've reaped bad fruit in your life. You have to be humble enough enough to take on the responsibility of dealing with that bad fruit (instead of pridefully claiming victimhood). You have to be brave enough to take on the daunting task of searching for and plucking up all of the roots that bore this bad fruit (cuz it can be painful and hella uncomfortable). And you have to be compassionate enough with yourself to realize that this is not an overnight process, and not beat yourself up for it.

 

But the people who have allowed themselves to be possessed by this "positive only" stuff are doing themselves and others a huge disservice because they negate everything i just mentioned in the last paragraph. As a result, these people are usually the opposite of honest, humble, brave, and compassionate. How can they be honest with you when they can't be honest with themselves? How can they be compassionate towards you when they can't be compassionate towards themselves? If they can't deal with the discomfort of dealing with their own selves, what's gonna happen when you come along and inevitably make them uncomfortable simply by being human? --> These are the same kinds of insecure, feeble-minded, and bitch-hearted people that will cut you off just for having a difference of opinion or a different perspective than they do. The kinds of ppl that get anxiety attacks when you tell them the truth about themselves.

 

So yeah, that whole positive-only nonsense disarms people from being able to competently deal with negativity, or rather things that make them feel negative or uncomfortable. Which is really just disarming ppl from dealing with reality in general. It doesn't help that this bitch-made attitude is being increasingly supported here in western culture. It's like so many people are trying to make the world into one big "safe space", but there's way more of the world than there are any of us individually, so the more functional idea would be to simply get comfortable being uncomfortable.

 

That wasn't necessarily concise

 

 

 

 

I agree wholeheartedly although I can't say I ain't the positive vibes only crowd lately, I think sometimes that also comes with like the tiredness of being the nth generation of systemic oppression and be like, ok, since this age of information makes everyone forget their wrongdoings so easily then I'll also give myself free pass to forget mine. No idea if realizing this makes me compassionate or it's just that I relate to these people on some degree, or both lol. But I guess this is what gives either way. Yes, some of the less compassionate people are also the ones talking the most about compassion.

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Ughhh I went to an anime con sunday (because I enjoy cosplaying and meeting artists and their works....... that's all I still enjoy in anime conventions tbh) and I'm pissed cuz nobody bothered to take a pic of my Macross cosplay ... sad story sis 😞 why is everyone so competitive when it comes to cosplay nowadays wtf it's just grown up people in cartoon costumes

11 hours ago, Tokage said:

the thinking man's CD purchasing take: VK musicians are mostly sleazy douchebags and it is in fact the people's moral duty as god-fearing citizens to pirate their music in order to teach the bandomen a valuable lesson about sharing things other than STDS with their fanbase.

I could not not laugh. i approve   

On 2/4/2020 at 2:42 PM, LIDL said:

It’s 2020 and people still arguing over buying a CD?!? We have iTunes and we have streaming services these days. Even the most indie western band would have their songs upped. What’s that? Your obscure Japanese bands are not? Well, blame them for being elitist in turn for irrelevancy. Ironic.  

 

Like honestly, support when/if you can. It is not mandatory. Especially if your faves are attached to label. Unless self produced, those munnies would mostly ended up to the labels and producers bank accounts. However, it will ensure your band to not be dropped for having low sales.

 

But if you wanna support your bandomen and ensure that they would afford their next bowl of Yarou Ramen, or their Gucci/Chrome Hearts earrings, then you better be buying official bands merchs and/or attending their shows if/when they make stops to your area or nearby. much like drag queens, those bookings fee is how these bandomen paying their bills..., and some gari gari kun for that matter.

Yeah, people were discussing this on a topic the other day. How these indie japanese bands seem to enjoy being indie and out of reach to people outside of their culture and I really get the appeal, I mean, coming from a genre that had a... frantic temporary boom, that has angura, culture-specific fanservice, crossdressing, X, Malice Mizer and Yohio ... I would like to stay the fuck away from other countries' business as well probably because it's just a headache lol anyway

The sad thing about this is that perfectly talented bands that would like to venture overseas really need to take a step outside the box to do that

Thank you for this topic because I'm always out of the loop lol literally too many songs on replay to listen to new stuff.

I've been only really following Gravity and Amai Bouryoku but I ocasionally try to catch up on releases of Acme, La’veil MizeriA, Leetspeak Monsters, Neverland, Vivarush, 0.1g no gosan etc

4 hours ago, sleepy coffee said:

Cdjapan and amazon japan definitely work with any credit card and paypal

I'm not sure about that, I'd bet it depends on your currency. But really, all I'm saying is people are all pretend inclusive but at the end of the day are shitting "ways of being a stan" on others. Dude, I literally don't care, I don't think bands are going to benefit from me starving to see them esp not if I end up homeless because of that (isn't it better if I, erm, promote them? the shock!) and I'd rather not be a fan of anything at all if that means I'll have to abide by rules of how to spend my money in it lol

Honestly, the problem is that people literally go around talking about check ur privilege!11 but they seldom do actually check *their* privileges. Buying a vk album involves at the very least owning an international credit card (currently I don't own a credit card, much less an intl one lol), only if you're extremely lucky (enjoy popular bands, live in commercial center, etc) you can buy it from a local store. Back then when I was unemployed I'd do those Google Rewards thing to purchase like one album for myself every birthday, and yes surely I did that but I sureee wouldn't blame anyone who doesn't. Also, idk but maybe nowadays that also requires a credit card number? lol. Maybe I wouldn't

Just now, saiko said:

Daigo from Breakerz? 

Yeah, that one.   

Just now, Gesu said:

You mean Love Stage, righ? I know this girl who's a mahoosive fan of that. She showed me a pic of Daigo reading it (alas, I cannot find it) and his face is priceless, lol.

Lol, I think I've seen that one before. Oh boy, his sister is actually to blame for my not only being accepting of the fujoshi life but also starting to like BL manga way back then, so I liked her a lot way before Love Stage. It's really a "wow... what a wonderful world" moment for me whenever I think of it.

I didn't want to revive that sexuality matters within vk topic but y'know, sometimes I'm laying in bed and I think about how Daigo's sister a full fledged BL mangaka actually wrote a whole BL with a MC who, according to her, was heavily based on her brother. Ok, sure, Naitou siblings are not a force to be reckoned with but still my brain always goes there and I am like hm. Interesting... facts... maybe.

Not to be a bad person but I've always hated Gianism. They could burn me for saying this but swap those 3 Gianism Shichi for Nazuki, Mind Ocean and Dasei Boogie pls (and Criminal Baby cuz it's criminal to not have Criminal Baby in any compi)

Wow, how did I completely missed this gimmick 2D band until they were called flops? 

The music is not even bad, definitely kinda vrzel if vrzel was good. 

My friend who's also a fan and going to Japan said "what the fuck, I'm not going to any of these, if Yomi wants to be mute that's on him but I'm not funding that" and I like to believe fans like that are why they're just making cheap compilations lmaoo

Also, glad we stan Hitsugi - I can only buy his without regrets  however the complete lack of Criminal Baby let me down

48 minutes ago, Zeus said:

LMAO! That was the best set of words I could come up for for people who are sex-positive and way too interested in how others use their private parts, believing that sex is the key to opening up a peaceful society. There aren't many of 'em.

 

The limit in practice! lol

Whoop. I meant the girl wouldn't even have lived enough to sleep with 300 people though and I do not think high schoolers in general are sleeping around that much, unless she is like going out with someone older she met on Tinder every other day. Still... the dedication. 

... But isn't that like when you open someone's myanimelist and they've watched 1000 anime in 5 years and ur like much wow ... how 

And yeah, I meant people who actually put themselves through the trouble of cheating compulsively while refusing to be in an open relationship should be treated. You know, people who have multiple partners in different places do exist. 

Just now, Zeus said:

I have a theory and I call it: everyone has a number.

 

Passed by some ardent sexual reformers today who were hellbent on proving that there was nothing wrong with having a high body count, but refused to divulge their own when I asked. Look, if you have a high body count and you know it clap your hands, but do not try to lead people down a path you aren't willing to tread yourself.  Having a high body count (body count = number of sexual partners, if you got this far and didn't know what I meant) isn't inherently bad, but correlation implies causation. I haven't met a single person with over one hundred sexual partners who I didn't deem to be a sex addict, even including my best friend. 

I don't care how sexually open-minded you claim to be, but everyone has one. A limit, so to speak. The number of sexual partners from which the conversation changes from "ok cool no problem" to "that's a bit much" to "you need some psychiatric help". Some people have their number tuned exceptionally low, perhaps even single digits. Some people have an unbounded limit (that they haven't met yet). I know my limit is around 50 and I think that's reasonable. Said best friend from before is hovering around 70, and I think a few venereal diseases and some heartbreak changed his tune on sex.

 

I got to thinking about Pebbles today, the name of a neighborhood entrepreneur who has done business with almost everyone in the hood (but me, and thank god for that), who I think legitimately classifies as sex addicted. Over 300 partners before the age of 20 (without getting pregnant somehow), disowned by her friends and family, bouncing literally from one dick to the next looking for some stability. It's cold out here today; wonder who's house she's in now.

Most of the people that I know with a high body count are unhappy and ashamed of it, almost as if having constant, emotionless sex to fill a void isn't actually all that pleasurable. I was never sexually manic, but hearing these testimonies from multiple different people who don't know each other changed my opinion a lot. And I didn't even think that was possible.
 

Ardent sexual reformers? High body count? I honestly thought this was going down the path of serial murders, people who murder after raping or something going on with religious fanatics somewhere.

I'm pretty asexual (as many people who know me online actually have no idea because I don't really rub that in anyone's faces, but my history is basically that of someone with no desire whatsoever and whenever sex comes as a passing thought in my brain it's like "I'm getting old and maybe this person will do" which changes as soon as I get busy with another project) so I know some (close, even) people like that and never asked for numbers, but after like the tenth in a year I'm like "hey, bro, u ok lol" because it's probably not cool to carry that big an emotional and social luggage not to mention stds records etc. Not to mention, u sure u ok down there lol? But hey, people like that make things easier for me I guess so it's ok.

Then again, if you're a sexual person and don't manage to get a stable partner, your number can end up getting pretty high, which IMO isn't so weird or to be condomned in any way. But if you two/three/four... times your partner with other people, well then. You're probably, at least, a dysfunctional hypersexual. That's not a sin (wait, technically that is, but) nor will you get in jail for it probably, but yeah.  

As for the girl under the age of 20 who's been around, that's probably a lie lol. If she is actually doing business (ie. she is a whore) well, maybe she is just addicted to not being poor as hell. Or maybe she wants to buy her own stuff.

The sad part about being single is filling that void of "how was your day, hun?" and having fun together with idols because you feel betrayed and lonely as fuk if they retire, disband or get married 

Yes, I Am Looking At You Tatsuhisa Suzuki 

On 1/28/2020 at 5:49 AM, merchenticneurosis said:

Lmao this topic, i swear to God... 

Ppl be a fan of actual Visual kei where bandomen cosplay literally all the time but God forbid a fan cosplaying bandomen 

1 hour ago, Saishu said:

Also make sure your band name is easy to Google. Don’t make it one letter or a super common word like “Sugar”

On this matter I would like to congratulate Gravity for making a point of being acknowledged as グラビティ↗↗楽しさ♪FULLVOLTAAAGE. I think they took this very seriously and I appreciate the effort. 

On 1/25/2020 at 10:10 AM, Wakarimashita said:

I get that Japan is weird in many ways from a western point of view, so I understand their concept of sexuality and being open about it doesn't necessarily meet our expectations.

 

Question time! My thoughts run to JILUKA's Sena who has no issues letting everybody know how fabulous he is on his YT channel & isn't afraid of going around in full hair&makeup even if it's not for a gig. To me he's unquestionably gay, but I can't really tell as I know so little about japanese society. How is he perceived? Is it socially "normal" to see guys in full drag on the streets? Is that perceived as "weird" or "gay"?

My heart and what little I have seen of his youtube channel tells me he's (FFXIII) Lightning kin

The Extended cateye reminds me of Hitsugi from Naito who does it to this day on occasion lol and, uh, big colorful lashes are my thing. Also, the ganguro one is more like rokku gyaru style.

Actually, if we think about visual kei aas its roots, there's really no wrong way of doing it. It's about the eccentric looks so it's not really "wrong", but there's definitely a more "simple" look that looks better with anything. Thanks for the tutorial on that one!

1 hour ago, violetchain said:

Lol thanks, I've actually never gotten around to checking out the Kaikan Phrase series in any form, so I'm kind of intrigued. Might have to check it out when I have more time. 

Yea, it's pretty cool. I feel that the original series might be a little outdated especially if you're not, like, a teenage weeb girl at heart. But, hey, its gameplay is quite fun 

I wonder if Sai Yoshiko - Mangekyou is even citypop? I stumbled upon it while searching for citypop recommendations and it was aaamazing. But although it was the same era I think it is much experimental. Maybe not citypop. Loved anyway 

https://youtu.be/JdhhCCiIx40 

I was gonna say something smartypants in this topic but I lost all my arguments at "sexuality in Japan is a taboo subject that can only be broken for the sake of fanservice bucks, horny fujoshi and temporary high school exploration storylines (hello shoujo ai)." quite frankly, I mean Saga was amazing at the exposure but my shit was far gone lol 

Regardless. Yeah, it's For The Art, man. And the horny fujoshi.

As I see it from someone growing in the 90s and 2000s I think vk (not just vk but also ... Jpop culture generally I guess) being counterculture ends up being critical of certain aspects of culture and Japanese culture is pretty gendered so it's as I see. Some probably enjoy the aspect of being sexually/genderwise ambiguous more than others just like how some are in it for the pussy and others are more for the music etc that's for sure. Besides the anime and game aesthetics is influential esp in 2010s vk and well Traps Are Kawaii. I mean -cough- and it was also influential to so-called genderless kei which again is much about smashing gender boundaries not so much about sexuality which is somewhat in another axis. So yeah to add post 80s X Japan cultural references to what was exposed before these would be some. 

( Having Said That, Glammed Rockers Are Charming. ) 

8 hours ago, violetchain said:

Hold up, what is this Tatsuhisa game, and where can I find a trailer for it? I don't follow seiyuu, but I like those two OLDCODEX songs I know...

Hey, here's the trailer!

Pretty fun game if you ask me, also much moaning. Not in the mood to play it right now although I'll probably go back to it in a while and main Godo Tsukasa but lol hey

On 1/18/2020 at 8:48 PM, Chell said:

Well it seems that after getting addicted to that game called "Here we have OCD style Suzuki Tatsuhisa as hot blue haired moaning bishounen the game" now Bandori is gonna have a male cast spinoff and there's a VK guy band and the guys in this band are fucking Fukuyama Jun aka my favorite seiyuu ever + Fucking Yonaga Tsubasa... I mean....... where do I call this shit quits??? I don't wanna become a mobage addicted fujoshi in prime 2020 lol what's with my life .........

Well so Tatsuhisa is now a married man and I feel kinda uncomfortable going to bed listening to some married oldie moaning

That's it /end journey as a seiota fujoshi

4 hours ago, Kerin said:

I'm just interested in idol anime. I tried a few mobage games, but gotten tired of grinding. 😔

 

My best idol/music anime recommendations are:

 

- 💖 Love Live! School Idol Project AND Sunshine 💖

 

- 🎆 The original iDOLMASTER AND Cinderella Girls 🎆

 

- 🎸 Bang Dream 🎸

 

- 💚 Wake Up, Girls! 💚

 

- ❄ Pretty Rhythm ❄

 

- 🌈 The original Aikatsu AND Aikatsu Stars 🌈

 

- 🌠 Revue Starlight 🌠

 

- 👑 Uta no Prince Sama 👑

 

- 🌌 Ensemble Stars 🌌

 

- 💙 IDOLISH7 💙

 

- 💜 B-PROJECT 💜

 

- ✨ Tsukiuta ✨

Oh! I had no idea Revue Starlight was an idol franchise. I was interested because Takarazuka. Thanks for rec! 

Hey, welcome there!

For what it's worth I enjoy k-pop such as BTS (kinda...? Somewhat? uh) and Nocturnal Bloodlust as well so, guess I can second that ACME recommendation! Also, are you with the idol mobage crowd or just idol anime? Either way, please do throw your best idol anime rec! (I'm getting into idol mobage hell again after years of being out of it and recs are always great, lol.)