MelodiousFunk

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[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 5 points 9 months ago

Videodrome

Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. I remember watching it as a teenager in the 90s and having no freaking clue what was going on.

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago

If you think the Klingon flag is problematic... hooo boy Zeon just takes that cake and scribbles a suspicious mustache on it while raising one arm at a problematic angle.

(And yes, it's totally on purpose, doesn't make it any easier to stomach.)

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 11 points 9 months ago

I hate that people in charge were never able to properly communicate this subtle difference.

It was communicated just fine. I got that info. You got that info. It was out there. But the signal to noise ratio was unreal. People seem to prefer soundbites and false dichotomies over accurate, nuanced information. Sprinkle in a metric shitton of wedge issue misinformation delivered via sledgehammer and you get what we got:

VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE GOOD!

GRANDPA HAVE VACCINE BUT STILL DIE!

VACCINE STILL GOOD!

I HAVE VACCINE BUT STILL GET SICK AND BOSS MAKE ME STAY HOME AND NO GET MONEY! VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE... BAD?

DOCTOR LIED! SCIENCE BAD!

Well actually...

YOU STUPID, VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE BAD!

COVID OVER, NO NEED VACCINE!

HOORAY!

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 10 points 9 months ago

The US loves the cartels. They get us all the drugs we consume and give us a lucrative market to sell our surplus small arms.

Shipping powders back and forth
Singin' black goes south and white comes north

- John Perry Barlow

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Apple sells refurbs. The headset hasn't even been out two weeks yet. Give it time.

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I saved a bunch of these wonderful creations and sent them to my fiancé. I could just link her here, but...

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 18 points 9 months ago

I laughed way too long at this.

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 30 points 9 months ago (5 children)

SciShow did a piece (partially) about this recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXEFQH5UXHQ

And Veritasium did a deeper dive a while back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA

The whole situation is thoroughly fucked up, but hey, as long as people are making money amirite? 😑

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 16 points 9 months ago

...damn. That was great.

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I love Nightwish, and this is a great cover.

Many moons ago, I was in an IRC room when power metal came up. Someone started talking about Elvenpath, so I went and looked up the band. "Huh, this is pretty good." So the first three albums went into my rotation. Then a few years later I saw a music video someone put together using 10th Man Down and footage from 08th MS Team and was freakin floored.

Edit: just posted the video over in !gundam@possumpat.io if anyone is interested

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Getting a heat pump has been on my want-to-do list for years. But even though my furnace is aging, it still works so it's been hard to justify while there were other issues going on. Accelerating adoption is only going to make the process easier when the time comes.

 

PB snuck another drop in last night, handful of Build Fighters kits for May delivery. It doesn't look like anything sold out so far. That Psycho GM is a definite for me. Kirara's Gerbera Tetra adds some color depth the original deco is sorely missing IMO. The Z'Gok kit is positively ancient, but Meijin was kind enough to stick on some new big beefy arms. I've never been a Jegan fan but there's a couple of variants for those that are. And while I like design of X, the HG kits and their variants do nothing for me for whatever reason.

 

Completionnaire's Disease is a bitch.

 

Croton breaks down the damage and modifiers of the Sages' attacks and abilities. I typically play with the Sages off unless I need a specific ability, but it was interesting seeing the numbers.

 
 

I'm always down for more OYW content. Can't say I'm happy about the Netflix jail part.

Trailer: https://youtube.com/watch?v=r1TDtEA14sY

 
 

I need one of these. To glue onto my car tire.

 

Kinda digging the new Lacus look. And count me among those that think the new mini Haro plushies are adorable.

A lot of Gunpla news that's mostly out of date since the expo started last week and a lot of stuff has sold out in the US.

Not really a whole lot to talk about personally, but Kakarot is nothing if not thorough. Chapter data for skimming purposes:

00:00 HUF X Gundam Wing
01:07 December Gunpla Schedule
02:45 Amusement Expo + Gundam Seed Freedom Information
05:59 More Gundam Seed Freedom Merchandise
07:32 Gundam Seed Freedom Metaverse Event
10:05 HG Gundam Mk.II (Titans) (21st Century Real Type Color)
10:45 Gundam Seed 20th Anniversary HG Gunpla Set (Metallic color)
11:42 RG Freedom Gundam (Ver. GCP)
12:41 RIP Gundam Evolution
13:00 UC Engage News
13:38 GBO2 News
13:42 Arsenal Base News
13:55 Zakuto Girl
14:02 Hidetaka Tenjin Exhibition
15:11 MG Zaku Cannon Zeta Gundam Ver. Released
15:38 Robot Spirits Sword Striker Pack + Effect Parts Set Released
16:13 Premium Gacha GM Released
16:42 Gundam Build 10th Anniversary Collection CD Set Released
17:09 Asticassia School of Technology Radio Committee Vol.1 Released
17:23 Gundam Seed Phone Case Things Released
17:59 Gundam Reading Material
20:01 Gundam Apparel News
27:19 What’s the Best Gundam Build Team? [Poll Results]
28:35 Who’s the Best Gundam Queen [Ongoing Poll]
30:14 Outro

 

There are some story spoilers, as this glitch leverages a late-game plot fight.

Gonna preface this with saying that this is going to be more informational than practical for most people. Just too many restrictions. But the hope is that this leads to further discoveries. As it stands, the save file needs to have completed the regional phenomena but not turned them in to Purah yet. And once the glitch is active, the save cannot progress past beating the story Phantom Ganon fight. Which kind of kills the buzz IMO. Even so, it continues to boggle my mind how people find this stuff.

 

Not mine, just sharing cool stuff.

 

This is awful.

I'm not sure how recent this is, but Gundam.info put up an interactive flow chart to recommend a Gundam series to watch. Aside from the random translation misses ("Are you interested in story of engineers then pilots") the recommendations seem random. But they're not: it's all deterministic and repeatable. One portion of the tree as an example:

UC: yes
Short series: no
Origin of series: yes -> MSG movie I

Origin of series: no
Boy meets girl: no -> Gundam The Origin 🤨

Boy meets girl: yes -> Unicorn OVA

That "engineers then pilots" question? Answering yes leads to Twilight Axis. Really? That's your plan to get people into Gundam? 🤦‍♂️

Anyone find anything else facepalm-worthy?

Edit: why are we continuing the Reddit-like unintuitive line break markup? goes back and adds extra white space to start new lines as if CR/LF doesn't exist 😑

 

Admittedly, I don't follow any TotK content aside from here and on YT. Discord isn't my cup of tea, and Reddit lost me this past summer. So a lot of these tidbits might be old news. But I do love Kleric's style.

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