colorful人生

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IT'S RYU ex-MoNoLith HOLY SHIT I'M STOKED

I see multiple parts to this: I think it's a perfectly normal response to get upset about the unabashed racism that spews itself after every casting decision w/ a PoC. I usu. back off and let the trolls do their work, but the response was lightning quick. Kinda speaks to those welled up "feelings" coming to the forefront after a certain presidency o3o. ... or maybe a chunk of those comment trolls are bots/paid *wears tinfoil hat* Everything seems more profound on the internet than it actually is, and no one cares after a month anyway. Also people exist outside the U.S. I notice a lot of people who denounced the "whitewashing" for the GitS adaptation but supported this. I never had a problem with GitS, and as long as you're not using the actor/actress as a direct fill-in (like someone pretending to be of "x" race), I think all is good. Some of the same people who just had a handful of Disney movies as their "childhood" also called the shit I watched as a kid growing up weird b/c it was foreign. It's not my obligation to watch "your" favorite movies. Naturally, it's fine to like whatever the fuck you want. This casting decision was (whether we want to see it that way or not) for marketingbux, and will probably continue as long as people take the bait. Maybe the racism we should be paying attention to is using PoC as outrage marketingbux. If studios really wanted change in perception, maybe create or adapt franchises that celebrates cultural uniqueness (like they've done on the animated front.) Though it's been proven to be a safe bet financially to adapt existing franchises than create new ones : / . One question, though. I haven't used FB since 2014/15, has it really gotten that bad, generally speaking? I know it depends on your friend groups, but I didn't know there was such vitriol (especially when there's no anonymity involved.)

R.I.P Joao Gilberto

jesus fuck, I never knew this existed until someone started shitposting sonic w/ a hand over his heart, and I regret everything. also, I have to make everyone else suffer with me.

If there's anything positive coming from the HAKLO news, at least I've been introduced to a bunch of neato artists. I've played rhythm games for years, and I'm shocked I haven't heard of any of the artists involved. There's too many artists, I suppose.

An important piece of news: Full note: Three of their SE tracks (which are all of them) were infringing on copyright, therefore they've halted sales for "This is HAKLO", "真紅の糸", and "シリアルキラー・ガールフレンド"... basically their whole discography aside from "Another". They can't communicate with the contractor involved in the infringement notice/request at the moment. Here's the SE list w/ the respective infringed songs: WhiteKEY -> Diverse System 様 / Feryquitous - Shakah Invisible truth -> S2TB Records / Akira Complex & Camellia 様 / Reality Distorton DepartureEVE -> Iriss-Frantzz 様 / Upshift http://haklo.jp/news/521/ Apologies have been made by the band and members. They strive to do better and be more aware of these matters. Additionally, they intend to include more trustworthy people in production (which is how the problem arose in the first place.) This is one of the reasons why 曖昧アイデンティティ has been delayed, and why they emphasize that RED CURPET(SE) has been done by a trustworthy individual. Tweets by the band members:

Pixel 2 XL. I like my phones without bloatware (I like having a near-vanilla experience), and I've been using Android well over a decade now. It's convenient b/c most phones that have come after mine don the dreaded notch. I also like rooting and ricing my phones, which I did a lot of w/ my previous phone, the Samsung Note 4. One complaint is that I fucking hate using dongles w/ a phone and Bluetooth eats my battery. Camera is fantastic, though. After being in an IT environment for a while now + interacting with graphic designers, I have a newfound appreciation for the iPhone (and other Apple products.) Now, their products are still expensive, but I can understand why you would want to be in that ecosystem w/ how streamlined everything is. I'm not in mobile development, but PhoneGap is also really convenient on Android since I can make my own little web apps and install the .apk right on my phone. I've also recently got my hands on an old iPhone 6. I might use it for testing, but right now I'm using it to install ios-only rhythm games, lol.

Seems like a lot of my favorites are trying out unconventional concepts this year. I'm still not sure how I feel about this, but I like it overall. I still need to get around to listening to the rest of the tracks, but I prefer this to "Fingertip" when it comes to their "off brand" concepts. The chorus is a bit underwhelming and I feel like the track doesn't have enough "bite", but that's just a product of their vocal styles. On the other hand, the melodies are really nice and they all look absolutely stunning. Yerin's blush-and-green-contacts look (pardon my lack of makeup expertise) is really good on her. WJSN's latest mini-album "For the Summer" in in the same vein as "HAPPY MOMENT" for me. It's not really my thing, but... This has a really neat electro-swing/dance vibe to it that's really nice.

It has nothing to do with you posting, I never insinuated that you posted it b/c of "racism". It's the attention that's being garnered toward the headline and the source. Though, I'm looking at more than just this article. Also, unironically using the term "wokeness points", lol. It is, however, my mistake for bringing that conversation into this thread where a misunderstanding could develop (I should know better, given the other drama on the forum.) I got pretty irked going through some of the article (and other article's) comments, so intended on referencing that here. Would rather not stir drama in an entertainment thread. If I come off that way, my apologies.

It's not the entertainment part. I usually find that casting decisions go under-the-radar until it's someone who's a different race or gender from the original. In this case it's a Disney film and a lead role announcement, so all eyes are on it regardless. I found there was elevated attention b/c of the decision itself, but that's not connected to the amount of articles or the substance of the articles themselves.

"Oh, they're doing a live-action remake. This should be a pretty innocuous article, why is it being posted here- Oh, she's black..." ^ I worded this too vaguely. I assumed this got posted because articles bubbled up over the actor/actress casted. I also assumed this was in the current events section. I tend to attach your articles to controversy, so I made that connection at the start. Referring to the Variety.com article comments: People get ruffled over the dumbest shit. *If you're up in arms about how this deviates from the source material, you might want to read the original Danish fairytale. Works are constantly reinterpreted/re-imagined... It's like talking to a wall, we've been through this over-and-over again .

Two that come to mind at the moment: Mr.Davinci is better known as Mr.Davinci空想学園 w/ their older vocalist. They ended up releasing 3 50-limited one-coin singles w/ the new vocalist before disbanding. After a few years, three of the members got back together for a jam session and uploaded some videos of them playing over instrumentals on the bassist's YT channel. Phase Faith isn't only obscure, but still active playing their old tracks. They've had several releases, but all of them are fairly difficult to find. I have their best-of album and a demo compilation, but that's it. *Oh, there's also Xirclett. Though, Rihito was the vocalist for ラベリ and Celestial Garden (w/ now-Royz members), so I guess they're kinda obscure.

New single

The release has been postponed to 2019/07/23 due to recording setbacks. Album Covers: Type A: 01. RED CURPET(SE) 02. 曖昧アイデンティティ 03. カミダノミリバイヴ Type B: 01. RED CURPET(SE) 02. 曖昧アイデンティティ 03. LADY BLACK

First time I "Shazam-ed" a call wait this morning while scheduling a doctor's appointment, lmao. Also, shoutouts to the individuals who put anime backgrounds on random unrelated 80's love songs and piano instrumentals... Great for family gatherings... The cursed contrast between users lamenting the loss of a loved one or a sentimental note on an ex with an image of a character that gets railed in a budget eroge.

Real reason is probably a personal issue they couldn't talk about so they masked it with a joke. *NVM, alter-ego band antics.

Baptized in PH, raised Roman Catholic by my mother (father's Atheist), best friend was Christian who constantly invited me to his clubs/camps... Too bad I became obsessed with Discovery and The Science Channel w/ childhood idols like Michio Kaku and Stephen Hawking b/c space is (and looks) fucking cool to an 8-year old. Began to understand that the frameworks of our religions could only be realized within history that would only be a sliver of paint on top of the Empire State Building if the building represented earth's (it puts things into perspective.) You can extend that even further to the history of the universe. Learning about general relativity helped me grasp the point of theories like the Big Bang. With that gained perspective, it would be impossible for me to be religious again. It's like when you learn the tooth fairy isn't real or that Santa isn't real. We are so infinitesimally small in the greater universe, if there were some greater power (or structure) it couldn't come close to anything we could imagine or exist with any morality reflective of ours. Simply inconceivable by human standards. Now, I understand the issues with Abrahamic religions that have a central figure that dictates any and all reasoning, but religion itself was inevitable. We can't help but question who we are and what our purpose is, and in many ways religion provides that stability and comfort in the face of uncertainty. Our path to the sciences was not without religion, so I give credit where credit is due. While I can certainly say I'm past religion at this point, I'm not opposed to others practicing as long as their practices don't become hurtful or forceful... Which itself becomes difficult to judge, since children are always indoctrinated into religion by no choice of their own (likely not knowing choices exist.) Then there's the whole, "Which doctrine is the true doctrine?" problem and moral spectrum that all the religions/practices fall on relative to other people w/ their own morals... possibly founded from their own religious beliefs... yadda yadda Well... I don't think there are any right answers, but only ways to keep enough people purposeful and happy in their lives ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. *I feel like this might come off a bit r/iamverysmart at the beginning with a certain mindset. I don't claim to fully understand subjects, since learning never ends, our endeavors in science never end, and I'm no genius by any standard, haha. The scope of religion v. the scope of science, our reality, is what i'm getting at. **It's a bit late, so I might come off a bit scatterbrained. I don't mean to offend anyone.

Time to reference page 69! https://www.monochrome-heaven.com/topic/124-random-thoughts-thread/page/69/ --- Going through a bag of these right now. So good (especially the Mayo and "Rough Taste"/Sugar ones):

This bops on cassette. og bops too