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Oh yeah, I also liked that when we saw the fight from the Cap's perspective, nobody was betting on him until someone pointed out that he wasn't working alone.
either way, I don't think the series is going to go with the same stories that the book tells if only because it has to end. that's kind of an important part for Tv shows to do.
I'm not entirely sure, but I think this is proven to be bullshit later on, if only through implicit means (IE: Seeing Daenerys talking to the Dothraki in their tongue)
I actually honestly hope they move away from the book plot towards the end of the third book. There's just so much wasted potential in what Martin decided to do, and the fourth book doesn't redeem that at all.
Either way, new episode's up, I should download it and catch up.
And then try and find the rest of Starman's issue to finish it because fuck yes rockstar hipster superhero.
Watching Kamen Rider Fourze now.
Shun's college outfit makes him look like Jimmy Olsen.
>watching episode 5 of Future Diary
>parents die in car accident/cult rape as backstory
Fuck this. Gonna find something else to watch.
Physical punishment doesn't encourage kids to stop doing something for fear of pain and humiliation. It encourages them to be sneakier about when they screw up for fear of pain and humiliation. So it gives a strong deterrent from them just coming clean with you in the future when they screw up.
^^Because it often sends unhealthy messages to kids that violence is an okay reaction in real life situations. Not to mention the fine line between discipline and abuse.
That said, I'm okay with corporal punishment is certain contexts. Such as if a child is a chronic troublemaker that won't respond to anything else. Even then it must be used VERY sparingly to show how badly the kid fucked up when it actually happens.
Also, it causes resentment, which leads to the kids doing wrong stuff more.
>Intend to switch back at the end of the day
>eight days later
>still Rena
>fuck I'm lazy
Is it just me or does the ending song to Portal 2 sound like it's about a break up?
We cube drafted again last night. This time I went WUB control and fared okay-ish, despite initially hating my picks.
Also, I need to learn to not hope that nobody else is playing both my colors and won't take my multi-colored stuff, or take it even if they aren't playing them. Even if we're only 6 players.
Also, Meloku is love.
I was thinking about playing that again. Maybe. If it's not as stressing as I remember.
https://twitter.com/#!/estnihil
This is the most depressing twitter ever. I feel so bad for this kid.
Crake, Crimson: Juan said punishment, physical OR OTHERWISE
Juan: I didn't resent my parents for punishments (I resent my dad for different reasons). My sister doesn't. And I know plenty of people who were punished - some by spanking, some by being grounded to their room, some with time outs, and so on that didn't resent their parents. Of course, the negative reinforcement was combined with positive reinforcement, and the punishments were often made less severe the sooner I came clean about what I did wrong
Are you sure you don't mean that they don't resent it now that they're mature and understand why their parents had to punish them as opposed to resent them right when the punishment happened and when it was lifted? Because that's kind of an important difference.
Either way, I think that a really important part of what I said was that I was speaking from an anecdotical standpoint. Also, I am certainly not the kind of man who should either breed or raise children. I could be some day, but not right now.
If I resented them, it was only during the duration of the punishment. I'd be just fine after the punishment. And my sister always bounces back from her punishments
The important part with those is that the punishment isn't the only tool. Otherwise, yes, I could see the resentment coming into play
It isn't?
Basement's flooded. Wasn't even raining.
...Fuck, I hate this house.
Y'know, when I see Touhou fanart of characters I don't recognize, it registers as "generic animesque female characters" in my head.
In other news, there's this amazingly realistic free-to-play game, but it gets better when you throw money at it. You can certainly play for free, and a lot of people do that. But if you sink enough money (or time) it, people will absolutely LOVE you and shower you with all sorts of favors. It's got really, REALLY, FREAKING SPECTACULAR (or ugly, if you don't like them) clan turf wars, usually regularly scheduled, but sometimes they happen unexpectedly, and people scramble to get into position for battle.
Now the gameplay isn't always the most balanced thing in the world. On U.S. servers, for example, there are these two HUUUGE clans that pretty much take up all the oxygen, and it's difficult to get anything done as part of a smaller clan. An interesting thing about this game is that each country has its own servers, with its own clans and turf war schedules. That said, there are a few people who play on foreign servers, though that's usually hard to do unless you have money.
In other news, the Melbourne University Mathematics and Statistics Society (MUMS) Puzzlehunt will be starting in just less than two weeks. If you wanna join in the fun, go here.
That happens even with Touhou characters I do recognize. I dunno. Something about ZUN's character designs.
I am the proper Higurashi character once more.
I don't know why, but I'm listening to BBC Radio 1 right now.
maybe it's cause of the vaguely catchy but pretty bad UK rap playing right now? I dunno.
Acchi Kocchi is looking like it could potentially reach Toradora! levels of moe. I could barely make it through the first episode without dying of a moe-induced heart attack.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, Acchi Kocchi is my favorite Spring 2012 anime series so far.
Dammit, I just started Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, and now you're telling me about a new moe series?!
BokuTomo is pretty good so far, don't get me wrong; I don't think I'll ever get tired of awkward-high-schoolers-do-something-out-of-the-ordinary-to-make-friends anime. At the very least, if it turns out to be a disappointment, it couldn't possibly be terrible in the same way that Future Diary was. Doesn't even have a good opening to compel me to keep watching. >
).
So what is the appeal of this moe anyway? I personally find the apparent social context around it, namely it being a reaction to "strong women" in Japanese society, rather unnerving, but is the appeal more innocent?
It helps to ignore the social context and find series where it's apparent that the meaning is more innocent (I know you dislike K-On!, but that's a good example of a show that's cute for the sake of being cute (at least, when viewed as what is actually is, without regard for the target demographic), rather than for the sake of being sexy). I mean, it still might not be your thing, but it would at least seem less insidious, overall. Then again, I'm the sort who would argue that a work that has to be seen with its attachment to social context to entertain/educate properly fails both as entertainment and as an artistic construction project. In any case, what I mean is that it's a trait based on innocence, so someone who doesn't have some ulterior motive when writing moe can actually put out something that's genuinely cute and endearing.
Or maybe I'm just projecting because I have a preference for characters (who will be primarily women, granted) who need more support than I do (see: my nearly having a panic attack because I couldn't find the hostel I was staying at for Anime Boston even though it was five minutes away, and my general fear of crowds). I'll let you decide.
The actual abbreviation is Haganai.
It depends. ...I want to say more about the subject but right now I really can't think of what to say. I'll get back to you on that, I guess. But I will say that the term implies a range of different, though related, things, which vary in their level of innocence.
Different people watch moe for different reasons. The very few shows I've watched I've watched because I found them genuinely amusing, beyond the fact that the characters were cute, that was what kept me watching. I mean, if I wanted cute female characters (Or female characters I considered cute) I could easily just watch Buffy, read Batgirl or whatever. But I wanted musical slapstick, and K-On! gave me that, so that's what I watched. --shrug--
I think it's also important to understand that there's nothing inherently wrong with a woman choosing to play alongside gender roles. The issue is more that they often don't have any choice.
Yeah, fundamentally, the reason I don't like moe shows is that it's simply not my type. I prefer my characters with a bit of spunk to them, after all. I only take issue with the creepier aspects of the fandom, but at the same time I confess that I find that bit of sociology morbidly fascinating.
It's like what I eventually learned about religion, namely that it doesn't make people evil. People make people evil.
I dunno. There's some creepiness in the social context, I guess, but when I watch K-On, I enjoy it more for the "Aww, that's adorable" factor than the "hnnnnnng, I want to FUCK THE SHIT OUT OF YUI" factor. Or the "You need a big strong man like to protect you" factor.
There's nothing wrong with that, as long as it doesn't become "this thing I don't like is bad and people who like it are bad."