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They really need to omit the whole "Peace Be With You" + handshake thing when half the church is coughing their asses off. Immediately came down with a shitty cold the next day, and I'm still having to take Dayquil... Need to replace the holy water with some hand sanitizer. 

They really need to omit the whole "Peace Be With You" + handshake thing when half the church is coughing their asses off. Immediately came down with a shitty cold the next day, and I'm still having to take Dayquil... Need to replace the holy water with some hand sanitizer. 

They really need to omit the whole "Peace Be With You" + handshake thing when half the church is coughing their asses off. Immediately came down with a shitty cold the next day, and I'm still having to take Dayquil... Need to replace the holy water with some hand sanitizer. 

Attended a wedding last month. Obviously before the event b/c I don't like how I look in the pics during and after ( -人-).

Akira from F.A.B (Free Aqua Butterfly), who was one of the guitarists of Pengking, tweeted that he was told by police it was only a collapse from a heart attack at the time. Took about half-a-month from the efforts of Hikaru (also Gt.) and a handful of other people to finally get media attention on the incident.  Shit sucks, man : ( .
 
 

Akira from F.A.B (Free Aqua Butterfly), who was one of the guitarists of Pengking, tweeted that he was told by police it was only a collapse from a heart attack at the time. Took about half-a-month from the efforts of Hikaru (also Gt.) and a handful of other people to finally get media attention on the incident.  Shit sucks, man : ( .
 
 

Akira from F.A.B (Free Aqua Butterfly), who was one of the guitarists of Pengking, tweeted that he was told by police it was only a collapse from a heart attack at the time. Took about half-a-month from the efforts of Hikaru (also Gt.) and a handful of other people to finally get media attention on the incident.  Shit sucks, man : ( .
 
 

ラオウ (Raou) (ex-ぺんぐ☆王 (Pengking)-->kanga L Kangaroo) (real name 清水知行/Tomoyuki Shimizu) has passed away at 2019/12/13. (age 30)
 
He was assaulted by two security guards at a bar while intoxicated, with injuries being so severe he passed away. The security guards involved have been arrested. (Full article on the incident) (Another article)
His band kanga L Kangaroo has decided to continue activities.
Memorial tweet from ex-ぺんぐ☆王 (Pengking) vocalist あきら (Akira) (now in Free Aqua Butterfly)

This guy's voice is sexy
 
 

Someone sent me this
 
 

it's a play on Royz' "Kuroageha" in the form of "Kuroageman". Kuro (Black) + Ageman which is a woman who brings good luck to men (?) As for the blackface, it's likely just the 黒ギャル (Kurogyaru) style (I could be stretching and it's probably just for color-sake, like literally the color black), which can be a bit off-putting. It's entirely based on a literal name-pun, and they somehow came up with enough content to make song, lmao.* 
 
Honestly, this is more entertaining than Royz' recent offerings o3o .
 
*I feel like they focus entirely on the nameplay/"luck" aspect here, but I'm not recognizing/understanding any actual Royz references (outside the visuals and music), if any exist.

it's a play on Royz' "Kuroageha" in the form of "Kuroageman". Kuro (Black) + Ageman which is a woman who brings good luck to men (?) As for the blackface, it's likely just the 黒ギャル (Kurogyaru) style (I could be stretching and it's probably just for color-sake, like literally the color black), which can be a bit off-putting. It's entirely based on a literal name-pun, and they somehow came up with enough content to make song, lmao.* 
 
Honestly, this is more entertaining than Royz' recent offerings o3o .
 
*I feel like they focus entirely on the nameplay/"luck" aspect here, but I'm not recognizing/understanding any actual Royz references (outside the visuals and music), if any exist.

it's a play on Royz' "Kuroageha" in the form of "Kuroageman". Kuro (Black) + Ageman which is a woman who brings good luck to men (?) As for the blackface, it's likely just the 黒ギャル (Kurogyaru) style (I could be stretching and it's probably just for color-sake, like literally the color black), which can be a bit off-putting. It's entirely based on a literal name-pun, and they somehow came up with enough content to make song, lmao.* 
 
Honestly, this is more entertaining than Royz' recent offerings o3o .
 
*I feel like they focus entirely on the nameplay/"luck" aspect here, but I'm not recognizing/understanding any actual Royz references (outside the visuals and music), if any exist.

Awake Xmas song
 

YO- They finally made CHAO IN SPACE like 20 years later. This warmed the cockles of my heart, enough to where I broke out my old SA2B save file I ripped from my GC memory card many years ago via Wii homebrew. This chao, "Anakin", could possibly be as old as some of the members/lurkers here (got the game in early '03.) I never had pets growing up, so this was the closest thing to them att. Spent many, many hours in the Chao Garden...
 

Attended a wedding last month. Obviously before the event b/c I don't like how I look in the pics during and after ( -人-).

Covers 4th SINGLE 『DEAD by BYE』2019.12.31
 
TYPE A
1.Beginning of END (SE)
2.DEAD by BYE
3.OVER
 
TYPE B
1.Beginning of END (SE)
2.DEAD by BYE
3.デリートデリート (Delete Delete)
 
 
SPOT デリートデリート (Delete Delete)
 
 

v[NEU] mysterious countdown has been revealed on their official Twitter account.
It will end at 2019/12/29 at PM 07:00
 
 
 

I've kinda mulled over this topic for a while now, but it's quite strange how the prominent Western (predominantly American) YouTubers are so insistent on speaking on the behalf of YouTube as if it was "theirs" the whole time (most of that understanding solely experiential.) 
 
Yes, constant coverage of these "YT Armageddon" topics are obviously for quick revenue, so maybe they purposefully gloss over the reality of it on-screen, but YT has always been a platform for everyone (including large companies.) My experience w/ 2006~09 YT was not just gag comedy, but a majority niconicodouga re-uploads, music videos, random shit people posted online, and TV/DVD/VHS content split into 5 parts (with at least one part taken down for some reason.)
 
Currently, everyone tries to up their "relevancy" on what they perceive as the whole "platform", but if you take the time and switch between countries (many of which are beyond their actual reach/scope), you'll see how little crossover there  is in trending content because people naturally like what's culturally relevant & understandable (language). The fact that the "Worldwide" setting disappeared several years ago should be a clear sign how large these country/region-based communities have grown (to the point where "worldwide" is too big/broad to make sense.)
 
One counter-argument is that only the top 3% of channels make 90% of the revenue, which has a large concentration of English-speaking YouTubers (I could be wrong on that stat) concerned about the system. So they have the largest stake in what YT does, but if you look at the data a bit closer, the breakthrough mark for 3% starts out at only $16k in annual revenue. This implies that the actual number of prominent voices (those dependent on stable, actually livable revenue) are that much smaller and effectively makes the remaining >97% of channels (perhaps closer to the 90% mark) hosts for the same plain 'ol mish mash of unmonetized content that's been on the site for years. Even if large creators leave, even making noise on the way out to alternative platforms, new ones will take their place on the platform b/c YT continues to be a large, centralized place for viewership, brimming with those looking to be part of the <3%.
 
TL;DR: Not trying to diminish large creators naturally fending for themselves and their collectives, but the whole idea that YouTube is on the path to impending disaster is a seriously flawed argument. They'll keep growing unfettered until they're regulated as a monopoly for internet-video content, but even that's tricky b/c "video streaming content" currently includes the likes of Netflix, Hulu, etc. and YouTube also serves large production content (Red) which muddies that distinction. It's like how many in the U.S proclaim that Facebook is just a dying haven for MLM hunnies and crotchety boomers without realizing the platform's continued significance in the Asia-Pacific market where, for example, India's active user-base has more than doubled to 300 million since 2015 (additionally outranking user totals in the U.S by over 10 million.)
 
Bigger TL;DR: YouTube and the major SNS players are literally too big to fail for the foreseeable future.

I've kinda mulled over this topic for a while now, but it's quite strange how the prominent Western (predominantly American) YouTubers are so insistent on speaking on the behalf of YouTube as if it was "theirs" the whole time (most of that understanding solely experiential.) 
 
Yes, constant coverage of these "YT Armageddon" topics are obviously for quick revenue, so maybe they purposefully gloss over the reality of it on-screen, but YT has always been a platform for everyone (including large companies.) My experience w/ 2006~09 YT was not just gag comedy, but a majority niconicodouga re-uploads, music videos, random shit people posted online, and TV/DVD/VHS content split into 5 parts (with at least one part taken down for some reason.)
 
Currently, everyone tries to up their "relevancy" on what they perceive as the whole "platform", but if you take the time and switch between countries (many of which are beyond their actual reach/scope), you'll see how little crossover there  is in trending content because people naturally like what's culturally relevant & understandable (language). The fact that the "Worldwide" setting disappeared several years ago should be a clear sign how large these country/region-based communities have grown (to the point where "worldwide" is too big/broad to make sense.)
 
One counter-argument is that only the top 3% of channels make 90% of the revenue, which has a large concentration of English-speaking YouTubers (I could be wrong on that stat) concerned about the system. So they have the largest stake in what YT does, but if you look at the data a bit closer, the breakthrough mark for 3% starts out at only $16k in annual revenue. This implies that the actual number of prominent voices (those dependent on stable, actually livable revenue) are that much smaller and effectively makes the remaining >97% of channels (perhaps closer to the 90% mark) hosts for the same plain 'ol mish mash of unmonetized content that's been on the site for years. Even if large creators leave, even making noise on the way out to alternative platforms, new ones will take their place on the platform b/c YT continues to be a large, centralized place for viewership, brimming with those looking to be part of the <3%.
 
TL;DR: Not trying to diminish large creators naturally fending for themselves and their collectives, but the whole idea that YouTube is on the path to impending disaster is a seriously flawed argument. They'll keep growing unfettered until they're regulated as a monopoly for internet-video content, but even that's tricky b/c "video streaming content" currently includes the likes of Netflix, Hulu, etc. and YouTube also serves large production content (Red) which muddies that distinction. It's like how many in the U.S proclaim that Facebook is just a dying haven for MLM hunnies and crotchety boomers without realizing the platform's continued significance in the Asia-Pacific market where, for example, India's active user-base has more than doubled to 300 million since 2015 (additionally outranking user totals in the U.S by over 10 million.)
 
Bigger TL;DR: YouTube and the major SNS players are literally too big to fail for the foreseeable future.

I've kinda mulled over this topic for a while now, but it's quite strange how the prominent Western (predominantly American) YouTubers are so insistent on speaking on the behalf of YouTube as if it was "theirs" the whole time (most of that understanding solely experiential.) 
 
Yes, constant coverage of these "YT Armageddon" topics are obviously for quick revenue, so maybe they purposefully gloss over the reality of it on-screen, but YT has always been a platform for everyone (including large companies.) My experience w/ 2006~09 YT was not just gag comedy, but a majority niconicodouga re-uploads, music videos, random shit people posted online, and TV/DVD/VHS content split into 5 parts (with at least one part taken down for some reason.)
 
Currently, everyone tries to up their "relevancy" on what they perceive as the whole "platform", but if you take the time and switch between countries (many of which are beyond their actual reach/scope), you'll see how little crossover there  is in trending content because people naturally like what's culturally relevant & understandable (language). The fact that the "Worldwide" setting disappeared several years ago should be a clear sign how large these country/region-based communities have grown (to the point where "worldwide" is too big/broad to make sense.)
 
One counter-argument is that only the top 3% of channels make 90% of the revenue, which has a large concentration of English-speaking YouTubers (I could be wrong on that stat) concerned about the system. So they have the largest stake in what YT does, but if you look at the data a bit closer, the breakthrough mark for 3% starts out at only $16k in annual revenue. This implies that the actual number of prominent voices (those dependent on stable, actually livable revenue) are that much smaller and effectively makes the remaining >97% of channels (perhaps closer to the 90% mark) hosts for the same plain 'ol mish mash of unmonetized content that's been on the site for years. Even if large creators leave, even making noise on the way out to alternative platforms, new ones will take their place on the platform b/c YT continues to be a large, centralized place for viewership, brimming with those looking to be part of the <3%.
 
TL;DR: Not trying to diminish large creators naturally fending for themselves and their collectives, but the whole idea that YouTube is on the path to impending disaster is a seriously flawed argument. They'll keep growing unfettered until they're regulated as a monopoly for internet-video content, but even that's tricky b/c "video streaming content" currently includes the likes of Netflix, Hulu, etc. and YouTube also serves large production content (Red) which muddies that distinction. It's like how many in the U.S proclaim that Facebook is just a dying haven for MLM hunnies and crotchety boomers without realizing the platform's continued significance in the Asia-Pacific market where, for example, India's active user-base has more than doubled to 300 million since 2015 (additionally outranking user totals in the U.S by over 10 million.)
 
Bigger TL;DR: YouTube and the major SNS players are literally too big to fail for the foreseeable future.

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