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  2. Gyokuyoutama

    RIP VHS rewinder

    1. Idiot Cube

      Idiot Cube

      I know the hurt you're feeling, but don't let it stop you from Being Kind.

    2. Gyokuyoutama

      Gyokuyoutama

      My VCR actually rewinds tapes in literally a twentieth of the time that the separate rewinder did.

       

      It's only purpose was to reduce the demand on my VCR motors, to help assuage the fears that they will blow out without me being able to repair them and I will have to swap out to the next VCR/DVD combo player in the pile.

  3. Huff

    Merry Christmas!

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    2. hugthebed2

      hugthebed2

      Melli Christmas

    3. TheOnlyGuyEver

      TheOnlyGuyEver

      Mewwy Chwistmas

    4. A 1970 Corvette

      A 1970 Corvette

      Trick a tree!!!!!!!!!

  4. hugthebed2

    Leviathan! ᵗᵃˡˡʸʰᵒ
     

  5. Gyokuyoutama

    Zombie goasts leave this place!

    1. A 1970 Corvette

      A 1970 Corvette

      but this is our home :(

  6. hugthebed2

    pudding

    (^has never had pudding)

    1. A 1970 Corvette

      A 1970 Corvette

      flan

      (^has never played touhou)

    2. Idiot Cube

      Idiot Cube

      sushi

      (^doesn't even like cooked fish)

    3. TheOnlyGuyEver

      TheOnlyGuyEver

      You're lying

  7. Gyokuyoutama Gyokuyoutama changed their profile photo
  8. Gyokuyoutama

    Waiting 20 minutes so that your virtual Windows 95 machine can install a game at an era realistic time, when all that is really happening is that files already on my hard drive are moving to somewhere else on it, is something that causes me to question what I'm doing with my life.

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    2. FreshHalibut

      FreshHalibut

      Waiting half an hour and manually changing discs four times to install KOTOR while poring over the box and manual.

      Downloading it in 5 minutes on gog/steam doesn't feel quite the same.

    3. Gyokuyoutama

      Gyokuyoutama

      Reading the manual for a game several times before playing it because you didn't have enough time to install it (or worse, you needed to wait for an upgrade to be able to play it) is a magical experience that can't really be replicated in the modern world.

    4. A 1970 Corvette

      A 1970 Corvette

      Manuals were so cool. I only was around for the tail end of them but even the Halo 1 manual had all this cool lore and weapon and enemy descriptions that I would come back to and read and reread.

       

      Now you just get a single printed page with a QR code telling you to install Origin or something

  9. A 1970 Corvette

    Does this place maybe... Have a system where they kick noisy people out!?

    1. Moby

      Moby

      This place or your place

  10. Gyokuyoutama

    Came back home late at night and thought that someone dumped a bunch of garbage on my driveway since as I was pulling up I could see four lumps.  As I got closer it became apparent that these were rabbits and they were strangely hesitant to get out of the way of my car (I only slowly pulled up to not hit any.)  Eventually they did get out of the way, but even when they bounded off they didn't just get out of the drive way immediately but rather bounced around in a circle for a few seconds first.

     

    I feel like I've crossed the rabbit mafia or had the curse of El-ahrairah placed upon me or something.

    1. General DeGroot

      General DeGroot

      You'd be surprised how little survival instinct rabbits have. I've come close to hitting so many just in train yards alone.

  11. Gyokuyoutama

    Today I learned that one possible output for "neko" in the microsoft JP IME is =^_^=. This is apparently due to 2chan users adding it to their personal IME and widely distributing the files.

     

    You can also use "ai" to get ぁぃ(｡･ω･｡)ﾉ and other variations, "ase" to get (-_-;) among others, warau for ((´∀｀))ｹﾗｹﾗ etc.

     

    I feel like I've just broken a secret code or something.

    1. A 1970 Corvette

      A 1970 Corvette

      On one hand, hey I can finally get some of those weird emoji really easily　(；ﾟДﾟ)

       

      On the other hand, wow that is pretty wacky

    2. Gyokuyoutama

      Gyokuyoutama

      You can also use it to get emojis, which is where I found this out from (though emojis are banned on SPUF for some reason.)  Sometimes you get characters that aren't technically emojis like ☆ from "hoshi", ♪ from "ongaku," or ♀ from "mesu."

       

      But man when looking into this I have found a bunch of weird stuff.  Here's some websites archiving and giving tips for kaomoji use:

       

      https://kaomojinavi.net/index.htm

      https://kaomoji.ru/en/

      http://www.nekoguchi.com/2007/10/24/japanese_emoticons/comment-page-2/ (unfortunately the kaomoji dictionary links are broken)

      https://nihonshock.com/2010/04/12-japanese-ime-tips/

       

      I also discovered that the emoji feature in Windows 10+ also has a kaomoji page.  (Access by WIN + ;)   Though I think the IME option is better once you know what words correspond to which kaomoji.

       

    3. A 1970 Corvette

      A 1970 Corvette

      a small addition: I was pleasantly surprised to see that typing "nya" has one of the predictions "nyanpasu." it's not too surprising if it really was copied from 2ch users but still fun

       

      That last link blew my mind with the "type english sentence by starting with a capital letter" though, that's a genius feature

  12. hugthebed2

    numa numa a

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    2. A 1970 Corvette

      A 1970 Corvette

      Next you're going to tell me Caramelldansen isn't Japanese.

    3. Gyokuyoutama

      Gyokuyoutama

      Nope, you're safe.  That one is in Japanese:

       

       

      Spoiler

      The best part of this is that it's not an actual translation but the Japanese animutation style phonetic lyrics.  For example, the first line is: オナラでリードをトラップ, which is suffice to say, nothing like what the Swedish opening line means.

       

    4. Raison d'être

      Raison d'être

      New Numa - The Internet's Best-Kept Secret

  13. Gyokuyoutama

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    1. Raison d'être

      Raison d'être

      Thanks. We still on for Friday?

  14. Gyokuyoutama

    I fully intend to die without ever hearing a non-nightcore version of Rockefeller Street.

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    2. hugthebed2

      hugthebed2

      I really thought "You're gonna go far kid" was just an MLP fandom song when I first heard the sped up version.

    3. Gyokuyoutama

      Gyokuyoutama

      I had heard the Offspring version before I heard variations, but I've now listened to the eurobeat version so many times that the normal version now feels off tempo to me especially in the chorus. I also expect an extended instrumental section after the first chorus.

    4. Gyokuyoutama

      Gyokuyoutama

      This song has also replaced the lyrics to RHCP's Don't Stop in my head:

       

       

  15. TheOnlyGuyEver

    I was trolling around Facebook marketplace and it seems I found a table from the exact same maker of this one 40-year old wicker table I own. It's pretty crazy, the wicker construction looks identical.

    1. Raison d'être

      Raison d'être

      The wicker table industry is stagnating...

    2. A 1970 Corvette

      A 1970 Corvette

      I've heard you can just download models and load them into a 3d wicker nowadays, technology has really gone too far

  16. Gyokuyoutama

    In "The Marriage of Mrs. Fox" (Die Hochzeit der Frau Füchsin) Mrs. Fox's husband has nine tails and is quite proud of this fact.  You can see this in this Brothers Grimm cartoon from way back:

     

     

    I guess this is technically an anime even though I think it was primarily made for European audiences.  But the detail appears in the original fairy tale, as the very first line goes: "Es war einmal ein alter Fuchs mit neun Schwänzen" i.e. "there once was an old fox with nine tails."

     

    Anyway, this is literally the only time I've seen references to foxes having multiple tails in a western, non-influenced by Japan work.  The fact that there are nine tails specifically is stranger still, as just having multiple would be enough for the story to work.

     

    The story is basically about worrying about getting cucked and faking his death to see what happens only for his wife to be faithful to him... until she finds another fox with nine tails and then immediately decides to marry him.  The story could have had Mr. Fox get beat out with the new suitor having ten tails, but it stops at nine, like that's the max.

     

    Anyway, I'm posting this for two reasons.  One is just I thought it was an interesting tidbit.  Second, I'm curious if anyone has encountered any western stories with foxes having multiple tails, discounting stuff influenced by anime.  The closest thing I can think of outside of this is when Samson burns down a vineyard by tying pairs of foxes together by their tails.

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    2. Gyokuyoutama

      Gyokuyoutama

      Foxfire (i.e. Will o' the Wisps) being associated with foxes is pretty universal, unlike the multiple tails thing.

       

      It's also common consensus that the tip of a fox's tail is white because it got burned and/or produces fire.

    3. Gyokuyoutama

      Gyokuyoutama

      Discotek just announced that they're no longer pressing new discs for Grimm's Fairy Tales, so if you want the above episode and more in a pro-physical version you'll have to buy soon.

       

      Don't miss out like you all did for Joshiraku.  (Holy shit, it's going for $160 on ebay.)

       

      What am I saying all of you guys just pirate everything anyway.

    4. hugthebed2

      hugthebed2

      I have someone who works as a sound engineer for the western anime companies occasionally. I've been tempted to buy some BDs for some old shows from Discotek but I simply buy nothing period.

  17. Gyokuyoutama

    9/33, never forget.

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