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Scanned, dumped this into OCR, and changed two kanji. If someone fluent could check for anything glaring, I would be grateful. I or someone else could run this through a "romaji-fier" and check w/ the track.

lol-ing at the twitch community's sudden revelation that korean bjs (broadcast jockeys) are completely outclassing the westerners in titty streaming on their own platform. once they started getting kicked off of afreecaTV en-masse, they all migrated to twitch in 2016~ish. the ones that've making the rounds on r/livestreamfail recently all got banned (will only last a few days), though. too bad they still refuse to make an "adult" category b/c they wouldn't want to be liable for any of it, like they aren't liable for anything on their platform *eye roll*. i'm hoping that mixer is successful so that twitch is forced to better vet their site.

🤔 I've been messing around w/ weird AI software including faceswap and gigapixel, so I couldn't resist.

BONUS:

Original is Yuki Saitou - Yours... She and ZARD give me life.

can't sleep, so i post pc is just left of memetop + ps3 and ps4 on the bottom two boxes check out my janky-ass setup w/ my magni 2 feeding into my old receiver, lol the headphones not pictured here (hanging below my desk) are my Mr. Speakers Mad Dogs, SPH9500 w/ my old Alpha Pads, and ATH-M50s *also my mic's pop filter is retracted b/c I don't really use it anyway ;;

new song here

The image search function (basically drag & drop or click the magnifying glass on the folder on this page) works similarly to Google's, it's just a LOTTT better at finding stuff.

Yandex praise ( ﾉ ﾟｰﾟ)ﾉ

I've been mixed w/ Marcus in Northlane, but this...this is pretty good.

Yea, nyaa.si is the best public tracker at the moment, but you'll probably find a bunch of dead torrents (no seeders) on there for older stuff. AnimeBytes is the best private tracker, but you have to get in through invite or Red. I used to be on Baka-Tsuki (another pt), but my account got neutered after they went down b/c of inactivity ;;. AnimeKayo is a pretty decent DDL site, if you're not into torrenting. *cough* trading JPS invite for AB invite *cough* not like everyone and their mother has a JPS account on here already peepoSAD

for the uninitiated "Chris Gaines" was the edgy alter-ego of Garth Brooks (country singer). he even featured in a "Behind the Music" mockumentary w/ completely fake details, a few MVs, and he donned the whole emo shtick.

Yeah, aside from those w/ Asperger's, some ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), or a handful of other issues (anxiety, etc.), I tend to look poorly on those who can't "read the mood". While that can be alleviated via improved social skills (and empathy), the real damaging thing is when that individual doesn't take the effects/criticism constructively and warps those characteristics into their personality. Either evolve into edgy at lv. 25 or use the Dusk Stone to evolve into full neckbeard incel. As a reminder, just because you're contrarian doesn't make you some elevated being (as the undersized trilby gently falls from the sky and graces his/her head.) I get that not everything is "clear-cut" and people can be real douchebags, but it's not like life was fair to begin with. You either roll with what you have or take the time and effort to become a better person. Just don't expect things to fall into your lap when you don't make the effort yourself.

I know part of this totally rips off ダウナー, but like the song regardless

Yea, it went from children's anime -> quirky plots & 4-komas -> series that don't have enough content to flesh out a 1-cour but "we do anyway". I know anime is no stranger to downturns b/c there was the extremely poor shift to digital animation from cell in the early 00's that caused quite a stir. I'd probably be leaning a bit contrarian when I say that this current problem is not one that gets alleviated over time. Studios need to make the collective, conscious decision to "do better" or this trend will continue unfettered. *namely investing in good "anime originals", which to my understanding Netflix is trying to do (?) I will also admit that I've indulged in a bunch of isekai and have fallen into the gacha traps myself. It's quick and fun (instant gratification), and it doesn't take a bunch of time out of my day. However, whenever I read an actually good series or reminisce over one of the anime greats, I'm reminded of the journey. I don't feel like I get that anymore, and I wonder if it's because I'm jaded and getting older or it's really getting as bad as I suspect.

This might be more appropriate in the "Anime Shit Talk" thread, but I think that anime and manga have objectively gotten worse over the past few years (when it comes to new franchises.) Sharp increase in 15 minute and sub-15 minute-per-episode series. It would be acceptable if the quality increased w/ the shorter length, but most are still budget-tier. There's been a colossal increase in isekai manga, and they're starting to be adapted into anime at an alarming pace. I find a majority of isekai "low-effort". Instead of creating interesting backstories w/ character growth you pretty much lean all in w/ the escapism fodder. Really indicative of the current moment + shitty working conditions/long hours of the Japanese populace. A lot of this has to do with trying to push more and more series per season. Meanwhile a bunch of the work gets outsourced and everyone is being overworked. Of course all of this stems from $$$. On a similar note, mobage + gacha games are cancer w/ the micro-transaction model. They've flooded the market and have partly contributed to the decline in story-based vns (and a lot of long-form content) which have been overtaken by shit-tier nukige. Again, it's about turning profits, so I get it.

There's also Subsonic and Tomahawk Player (although it's been abandoned :/.) Like @Original Saku mentioned, there's a lot of media server options in both the paid and open-source realm. I know you can use Plex for your media library as well. If you aren't anal about metadata and correct artist art, Google Music has a 50,000 song limit (300 mb per song). If you strung together whole albums into a continuous .mp3, you could end up w/ a shitload of stuff hosted freely by Google. On a slight tangent, the chinese vk netizens have taken to Xiami to upload just about everything vk. They're a bit controversial b/c of their paid options, but anything HQ is freely available. You can straight up pull the 320 mp3s that are uploaded (* or whatever quality it was uploaded at) w/ a bit of devtool knowledge.

BONUS:

ｃｈｏｃｏｍｉｎｔ　ｉｃｅ

I don't think at any point in the last 5+ years I've had any urge to eat at BK other than today. The closest location to me was part of the "Impossible Burger" locations, so I grabbed one. As someone who doesn't regularly eat burgers, I found the whole thing indiscernible from standard fast-food fare aside from the lack of grease (which was a positive for me.) So yeah, I dig the fake meat.

I don't want to make this exclusive to YT since there are other streaming sites out there, hence the parenthesis. While the "what are you listening to?" threads are more "appropriate" for MVs, they are welcome here too. Share your favorite content creators! (or memes if you're so inclined) I don't have a computer engineering or physics background, but this was fascinating to watch. BONUS:

so, just caught this in my recs.... I guess I really need a switch now b/c Future Tone isn't going to last me forever ;; ... and the song's dope.