I’m just going to say it: NY style slice pizza is shit. And the thing is New Yorkers know it too. That’s why they fold the slices in half to eat it, they want it to be over as quickly as possible.

That… was quite the journey.

The showrunners had said from the very beginning they had the outline and knew how long it would go. (Also the end of this interview more recently.)

Producers don’t sign checks for shows that expensive without knowing what they’re signing up for.

I’d also say the regardless of debates on the quality (seems like audiences split pretty hard after S1), the general direction of the story was extremely clear and the entire inversion arc was almost complete. Anyway, regardless of if it were good or not, being robbed of a conclusion of any kind is infuriating.

And the fact that HBO canceled it one measly season away from being about to finish the story. I’ll never pay a cent for HBO again.

Please see my comment to another poster below. There’s more specific context that makes this really not all right.

There’s an additional context going on in Japan right now that makes this about a lot more than just what YT content is out there.

Similar to other countries, there is an alarming rise in anti-foreigner sentiment lately, some of it caused by economic conditions (that frankly foreign residents are not responsible for) and a lot of it caused by extreme post-pandemic overtourism, stoking of nationalism with a dash of xenophobia from the Sanseito political party, as well as a rash of very badly behaving ‘influencers’ like Logan Paul, a bunch of people doing dumb disruptive shit on trains and one guy who was just hurling invective at people trying to pick a fight (not even going to mention his name b/c he doesn’t deserve a shred of attention. Still can’t believe that guy didn’t get shanked before he was deported).

The overall result being that, in general, people are sick to death of shit like this. And yeah, this kid seems to have good intentions, is being respectful in his speech (if not his conduct), I wouldn’t lump him in with the rest of the ‘troublemakers’ I mentioned, but the point is, as foreigners we don’t always get that chance. Just by coming up to someone at putting a camera in their face, you’re committing a significant social faux pas in Japan, and it’s exacerbated by an environment that is lately quite weary of foreigner shenanigans.

I overhear it in cafe conversations, I see it on people’s faces when they see my outwardly foreign appearance and I see it when I enter a restaurant and there’s a look of panic on the servers faces upon seeing me and then quickly looking to the manager until at last I speak some Japanese and they finally unclench. I’ve been here a while now, it hasn’t always been this bad.

Point is, this kid is being rather selfish and rocking the social boat in a way no one needs, and I hope that as he interacts with more people some of them will call him out on it and he’ll get wise.

As a small post-script to address your comment about how the old man was cool with it, that’s fine and dandy. Again, the issue is the kid using people as his personal study-aid without properly asking. Again, as an outwardly presenting foreigner I can’t count the number of times I’ve been approached in all kinds of situations by people I don’t know trying to get some free English practice (and yes, it’s VERY different than simply starting a conversation in English, it is blatantly exploitative). I’ll always be polite about it, but it’s incredibly rude to reduce someone to language practice in any context. And even then, if you want to interview people, ask 'em before turning the camera on.

I do not understand the positive comments in this thread, this is so fucking cringe. I live in Japan and this type of idiot makes things worse for all of us foreigners. Yes, take study of the language seriously. Yes, talk to people and engage in genuine conversations with them. But this recording and publicizing it does NOTHING to further your language skills or understanding of the culture - it’s shameless self-aggrandizement at the cost of normal people trying to live their lives. Japan is not a people-zoo and Japanese people are not your personal PR platform, have some fucking respect.

I’ve been giggling like an idiot at this for 5 minutes now

Sorting in Immich needs a lot of work still. The main thing I’m still missing from Google Photos is being able to manually sort images in an album.

This one always made me giggle uncontrollably. https://whiteninjacomicsarchive.github.io/#78

I started keeping a Note on my phone titled Game Diary with different sections for games I’m playing, and write down what I was doing, my train of thought and what I wanted to do next, things I had to check on our fix etc, at the time I put it down. It’s helped immensely when I come back to something after a while and encounter exactly what you’re talking about.

What do folks think about Helium as a Chromium option?

I’m reading it for the first time this year, downloaded for free from Gutenberg.org.

Grabbed it right after watching Muppet Christmas Carol and once I finish I’ll watch Spirited. Scrooged is of course saved for Christmas Eve.

Also been thinking about throwing into the mix that one episode of Real Ghostbusters where they go back in time and unwittingly catch the three ghosts which screws up the timeline because of the unrepentant Scrooge that results.

God I love SCP so much. Probably why I loved Control so much, it was like playing SCP: The Game or something.

• Hackers
• Kiki’s Delivery Service
• Whisper of the Heart
• Star Trek IV

Honorable mention: The Search for Animal Chin

Have detailed descriptions for others how to retrieve your data in case something happens.

Lots of great advice here but this stands out as a really good bit that a lot of people (including myself) need to consider.

Weekend proooojeeeeeect! 🎵

Anyone know what the reaction screenshot is from?

I was really enjoying wallabag for a while, but after an update (or something?) the container no longer connects to the db and I haven’t been smart enough to figure out why yet.

BUT when it works it’s got a nice interface and the Firefox extension clips articles quickly. Biggest downside I’ve run into is the iOS app can’t make highlights or annotations, and it sometimes randomly reloads an article while reading and ‘forgets’ its place.

Oh snap, I didn’t know that! Excited!!

Dude when this was included in PS Plus I got fucking consumed by this game! It’s beautiful and brutal and relaxing all at the same time. I would play a Hawaiian playlist on the Spotify app while playing and it was supremely chill… until I died from shark or diarrhea. Like I say, an interesting cocktail of stress and relaxation. Happy to see it getting some love.