[–] 1 point 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I am Guilty.

Well we'll see what kind of writing takes priority, my brainspam, or your interests in proper literature.

I've had a random thought today: if im ever interviewed on Japanese news, I will say in somewhat broken English: I'm a secret Korean. (like Kennedy sayd "Ich bin ein Berliner") but a) it makes no sense, b) Its hilarious because some japanese are scared of and very hateful to "secret koreans" infiltrating their society and I am c) absolutely not remotely Asian-looking and d) roasting the fuck out of their racist stereotypes.

Now how can I get onto Japanese news.

Also Lemmy seems to be crapping the bed right now.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Inherit the Wind (1960) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) My Cousin Vinny (1992): "It’s a comedy, but it’s often cited by actual lawyers as the most accurate trial movie ever made." Primal Fear (1996) Just Mercy (2019)

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    It seems like there can be one of these every year for a certain period. And while we're at it there also seems to be a weird trend about blacks and freedom in the southern us and the colour green in their titles: The Green Mile and Green Book for example. wouldn't know why.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago*

    It worked

    Gimp is miserable to use. I just wanted to put a drop-shadow like on all the Impact-font-memes, but nooo thats so complicated you'll have to do this 8-step tutorial, but step 3 doesnt exist anymore. Or you do this 3 step tutorial but the result is crap (its actually quite good, henry went from unreadable to perfectly chromulent.)

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (1 child)

    Dont tempt me with a good time. Actually no, I'll not do that. I was never really on board with Harry Potter and you know the meme of "when something you hate for no reason turns out to be ___" Thats basically me with many things. The Prejudices I carry for fun somehow turn out to be true surprisingly often. I dont know what that says about me or the universe, but I'll feel good about myself in the meantime.

    But if you were to want to read a great book in a similar vein to Harry Potter about a magic boy going to magic school, then I suggest you find and read the Tapestry by Henry Neff. (I read the german translation which is as a translation 7/10 and doesnt have part 4 and 5 so now I looking it up im basically getting spoilered left and right.)

    But the story is way cool and hits waaaay different than Harry Potter. there is like SO much stuff happening. and it reads easy and its fun and also a bit of a power fantasy, which is absolutelly still my guilty pleasure of reading interest. But it is also very different than Harry Potter. Also the author is not in any controversy, not that I, a certified non-american would care about Mold-Lady besides that it is funny. The only trouble I have is that I cannot describe it easily without invoking the power of the HP.

    I really need to get onto creating this meme Only I know of. Wait! I can just do it now, I do have a GIMP in my PC.

    Welp dont know if that worked, but basically its a picture of a Sphenodon (only surviving species of a sister branch (from back in the Trias) to lizards, so decidedly not a lizard) with text saying "you're a Lizard, Henry". I dont need to explain further.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    I found this weird catboy who apparently studied business on YouTube who does Essays. And his Bobby-Broccoli & Jon Bois styled video on how IMDB ratings and such work is great. You may have been forced to look at his thumbnail of a video about chess, where the title is something like one of these two players is going to die and the thumbnail is two people sitting at a chess board with big bold red text "draws do not count". Watch that, its great.

    Draws do not count: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMfGGcUzDRE

    You do not want another Episode of your favourite series (remastered): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wka48VweZBA

    Also I have a very comprehensive, simple and especially informative rating system: I Compare things to my expectations, score from 1 to 10 and my score actually means something. because many americans are like: there was a rat in my food 1/10. The food was terrible 8/10. The food was just alright 9/10, the food was great! 10/10. Boah the food was amazing 11/10 I've never had anything this good in my life! 12/10 What??? you've got this whole scale and you're crunching everything into this tiny space and then you eed to break your own scale just to say something.

    I posted this under an aproriate video about rating systems:

    this is what we actually want. this is what we need:

    1 Hated.

    2: Actively unpleasant.

    3: Poor, with major problems.

    5: Acceptable and unremarkable. Around average, to be expected.

    7: Clearly good.

    9: Exceptional.

    10: Basically perfect for its purpose or personal favourite.

    We do not need an understanding and comparison to everything ever like with systems that are supposedly perfectly symmetrical or something.

    Anyway 11/10 video.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    Sorry about the mosquitos. I sent them to your home as a prank.

    Ah I knew it, it was you. Gotta write that down in my big book of Grudges...

    see 36 notifs

    Sorry about that.

    At this point i did not know of your recent Jazzy Adventures.

    Why are you so averse, so prejudiced against the simple pleasures of human chess?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    Sure, I'll give Where the Crawdads Sing a shot :D Seems cool. I like mysteries.

    And no, I don't know American court movies. I know 12 Angry Men, but that's it I guess? At least I can't really think of any more COURT movies.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    Epic the Musical is really cool :D Awesome that you know it too.

    Yeah, the number doesn't mean much. I guess I just mean that I found it really good, but not that good (it's not a 5). And, I don't think being "qualified" to speak on art, cinema, really means that much. Of course, there's a certain level of analysis that requires deep understanding, and I don't mean to discount that, but at the same time it's most important that you consider your own position. I think.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    Go play Human Chess in a mysterious basement where the walls are moaning.

    Perchance don't! Actually mayhaps do not engage in such activities!!!!!!!!!!

    Henlo again :D Long time no chat!!!!!!!

    just want to sit there and flick through bad music until i find something new that clicks. but its more and more that nothing is new. and then i just dont have the time anymore. sad me existance.

    Yeah, I get that! But, also, I think there's always time. I'm not sure what you're doing every day, but usually there's time in the gaps, you can find the time, make the time, maybe. You can do it :D

    Also, I went to a jazz concert and it was TERRIBLE!!!! No good at all. I see 36 notifs, I presume all from you, so maybe you read about that already LOL

    Well, it seems you've been terribly bored!!! Sucks, but entertainment is easily found. Maybe you're just stressed, you did mention that. When I get stressed, I feel too shaky to actually do the things I like. I find going for a walk helps a lot.

    Cool that you got new friends! Me too! Kind of, I mostly just reconnected. But sucks that they're kind of weird, I suppose? Maybe they should change, maybe you should change, maybe you can learn to appreciate each other in your differences. I don't know. I like strange people, I think.

    But yeah, I guess it is most fun when you're with someone that actually understands you and that, in a sense, respects and relates to the way you conceive of the world and approach existence. I think the best kind of people to speak with are those that get where you're coming from, but wholly disagree.

    Sorry about the mosquitos. I sent them to your home as a prank.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago

    well I've cought up with this part of your life, i may have missed some pants-news somewhen in-between, though it was a very interesting ride for the last while. am now gonna try and sleep or something.

    Or I'm gonna listen some more to Frank Zappa's Apostrophe.

    Good night to you, or good morning. If you want, say greetings to yo gal from me. Sorry for the wall of messages i left on your board anyways. Didnt want to stop the last month, and before that i was basically just going through, catching up.

    Saddle the chickens, we're riding to Texas!

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago

    the important thing is what you are feeling. not what you think you should be, but what you actually are. also try sometimes to view yourself through your girl's view. you may be surprised.

    if that is hard for you, ask her to describe you, she may do that gladly, as she seems to like you that way. and when she does, listen closely and pay attention.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago

    Well congratulations to you, for achieving girlfriend. congratulations to me for predicting these things 100% of the time. definetly. am never wrong.

    Did you see it coming? i saw it from miles away, like a train honking. Though at some point the honkadonking may start. I'll look away then, dont worry...

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago

    Basically communication is mind-reading. the trouble is some peoples minds are organized. you know that every organization system is different. others arent organized. some are neat. many are absolutely chaotic. many are slower or faster than you. But often only in some "disciplines"

    How could you expect of others to just read your mind? for there to be anything to read you need to expose things.

    from experience i can say it to be quite uninteresting to hang with people you can predict perfectly. what use are they to me? i cant have any productive discussion, they'll just answer as they have in my head. So the only use they have is for information storage. sadly that person didnt have that great a memory capacity for anything useful to me. (im not interested in macroscale electronics)

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