Dek Rollins

yhwx said:

TV’s Frink said:

Remember how I get paid per forum post? That leaves me a lot of free time to watch every anime ever. Including the new stuff.

Unfortunately that doesn’t include the good stuff, as there isn’t any.

Doing this, however, would require a lot of money if you wanted to obtain these legally. If you would like to pirate every anime, bandwidth is the limiting factor. Let’s say that high quality rips of anime are around 15GB. Let’s say there are about 7,000 anime movies in existence and about 14,000 anime tv show episodes. This is around 315 terabytes of data. Downloading this over an average 30Mb/s connection would take an enormous amount of time.

He’s not going to give any knew or truthful responses. He’s just lying through his fingers, and he thinks it’s funny, I guess.

Tyrphanax said:

DominicCobb said:

Are you allowed to watch anime if you don’t own any fedoras? Serious question.

No. You have to have at least one ounce of Cheeto (or Dorito) dust covering your Naruto shirt, too.

And at least one “body pillow” with questionable stains.

I hate Naruto.

DominicCobb said:

Are you allowed to watch anime if you don’t own any fedoras? Serious question.

Yes.

For the record, though, I do own a fedora.

TV’s Frink said:

The difference is I’ve seen every anime…

That is total BS.

…and it is objectively stupid.

And so is that.

imperialscum said:

Dek Rollins said:

One thing that I can hardly stand is the kind of person who sees “anime” differently from other animated media. Even use of the term “anime” bothers me at times, because it’s already displaying it as being different from other “cartoons”. I say this regarding both sides of the matter.

Well it is different. The term “anime” is used (at least in the west) to describe a style of animation from Japan.

Well, that’s not my point. Anime simply refers to Japanese animation, and the inherent styles (the term is a shortening of “animation” spelled in the romanization of phonetic Japanese: animēshon).

People see anime differently than animation from any other country. There are specific trends and styles in anime that make it almost instantly recognizable. What makes it so special, and why is it that people often fail to realize that anime is not all the same exact style?

Western art often has a generalized look to it, but I certainly doubt anybody thinks that all western artists draw in the same style. Why can’t people see differences in Japanese art?

Just because you can see similarities and similar inspirations in various pieces of Japanese art and animation, that doesn’t mean it’s all the same. Most Japanese comic art and animation is of a trending style, just like in America.

EDIT: To stay kind of on topic…

From Dragon Ball:

From One Piece:

Different art styles with visible similarities.

Tyrphanax said:

I went through an anime phase when I was younger, but then I grew up.

I still can’t understand how animation media specifically from Japan is inherently juvenile.

One thing that I can hardly stand is the kind of person who sees “anime” differently from other animated media. Even use of the term “anime” bothers me at times, because it’s already displaying it as being different from other “cartoons”. I say this regarding both sides of the matter.

I have a close friend who’s the kind of guy who pretty much takes anime religiously (not like he literally worships anime). He will watch any anime because it’s anime. He doesn’t like all anime because it’s anime, but it will still get special consideration for being anime. I love the guy, but I am constantly bothered by his mindset on anime.

Then you have people like Tyrphanax seems to be. They think all anime is terrible and juvenile, because it’s anime. It’s like they have this hateful grudge against it’s existence. Or my racism jokes might actually be true for some, who knows?

Tyrphanax has insinuated his being annoyed by the use of goofy/over-the-top artistic expressions in anime. If you don’t like the way most Japanese artists display such things, that’s fine. Nobody should be forced to like anything. I just ask that you stop being so insulting whenever you speak about it; to the content, the creators, and the viewers.

Also, thinking about the topic of expressions, I’d just like to make a note. Most animated TV series’ in Japan started out as comic books. I’m pretty sure that a lot of the development of those expressions happened through the motionless pictures on the page, not on the small screen.

END OF RANT

Mark’s Down On Your Syntax said:

False memory syndrome is a real thing. There’s a lot of threads on this site where people discuss things they remember but didn’t (and in a lot of cases, couldn’t).

I can distinctly remember an X-Wing flying into the Death Star shields and exploding in Return of the Jedi when I saw it in a triple-bill showing nearly 30 years ago. I remember it happening and it’s a real memory. But it didn’t happen, ever.

As much as we human beings can rely on our memories we simply can’t trust them. They don’t work like video recordings and even established details in genuine occurrences are able to be changed, reordered or just plain invented after the fact.

Try remembering what colour socks you wore that day, exactly how many other people were in the theatre or how much the ticket cost. Try remembering practically anything from back then with as much absolute certainty as “human jabba was in the movie”.

I’m not saying there’s no chance you’re right - you could be, I wasn’t there - I’m just saying there’s a reeaaally strong chance you’re probably misremembering.

DuracellEnergizer said:

I personally remember Leia in TESB having the cinnamon bun hairstyle and Luke having a blue lightsaber in ROTJ, so yes, memories definitely cannot be relied upon to be 100% accurate.

I wouldn’t say the examples you two gave of your own are really comparable to having memories of whole scenes existing that are missing from the official cut (all of which are actual scenes that were filmed, not figments of imagination).

No, he’s a subjectively unhealthy speciman.

moviefreakedmind said:

imperialscum said:

It is just an artificial table, that is at best grounded on some overall statistics, which is useless when it comes to different groups of people, let alone individual specimen.

This is like saying that it’s safe to play Russian Roulette with all but one chamber filled because some people finish a game without blowing their brains out all over the table.

FTFY

Wait… is this whole forum just a study??? Are we all just individual specimen??? Without purpose but for imperialscum(who’s true identity is now known to be extra terrestrial)'s curiosity???

Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano

EDIT: This one has video.

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

Still I’m Sad - The Yardbirds

Stinky-Dinkins said:

Dek Rollins said:

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Stinky-Dinkins said:

Dek Rollins said:
I measure volume in cats

What do you measure the cats’ volumes in?

1 Cat.

But what about a baby cat? A kitten if you will.

Well, think of it like Tablespoon to Cup; Kitten to Cat. A Kitten is its own measurement, in the Cat standard form.

How much is a kitten?

Have you ever seen a kitten?

Yeah sure, but trying to imagine its weight in cats is blowing my ass out.

I’m not sure why you’re trying to figure out a weight with a measurement of volume.

yhwx said:

It was before from my perspective.

My thread: 25-Jun-2016, 1:27 AM

Your thread: 25-Jun-2016, 1:30 AM

I didn’t say my thread was posted before yours.

I said that I was going to make one, and then I took a couple minutes to put together my first post and start the thread.

Why? I said in Politics that I was going to make one.

Why did you start a thread immediately after I stated I was going to make a thread?

EDIT:

Here’s the better thread:

http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/id/50605/

Here you can discuss things regarding measurements, measurement standards, etc…

From The Politics Thread:

Stinky-Dinkins said:

Dek Rollins said:

Stinky-Dinkins said:

Dek Rollins said:

Stinky-Dinkins said:

Dek Rollins said:
I measure volume in cats

What do you measure the cats’ volumes in?

1 Cat.

But what about a baby cat? A kitten if you will.

Well, think of it like Tablespoon to Cup; Kitten to Cat. A Kitten is its own measurement, in the Cat standard form.

How much is a kitten?

Have you ever seen a kitten? If you can’t remember how big they are, just look up a picture. 1 Kitten is the volume of a kitten.

yhwx said:

Doing his taxes? Furiously, I might add?

That’s not what I meant… and you just openly admitted that you are doing Frink’s taxes.

DuracellEnergizer said:

As it is with the original Death Wish, I have no desire or inclination to see the sequels.

But… in Death Wish 3 Charles Bronson murders everyone!

yhwx said:

Some back of the envelope calculations:

I wanted to figure out how much Frink would get paid if he were actually paid every time he posts. He has said that he gets 5¢ every time he posts. Now he has said that he gets 15¢ for every link.

Frink has posted, as of June 24 at 8:05 PM, 46181 posts. I selected a random sample of 624 Frink posts to figure out that 8% of Frink posts have links. So, in total, that’s 3695 Frink posts that have links. These would make them cost 20 cents (5 cents per post + 15 cent link fee). So, Frink has made $739 for posts with links. Frink has made $2142.50 for posts without links, which brings to a total amount of $2863.5. That is $409 per each year that Frink has been on this forum.

You should create a “Doing Frink’s math because he apparently doesn’t do his checkbook” thread.

TV’s Frink said:

Here’s five bucks, go get an ice cream while I “talk” with Ray.

Wow, thanks! You’re a real cool guy, Mr. Frink!

*scurries out of the room*

ray_afraid said:

Dek Rollins said:

Doesn’t everybody love Frink, though? Even just a little? I know impscum does at least.

Sure, but not in a first crush giggly kinda way.

I’m pretty sure that’s how impscum feels.

It’s a true adult romance in my case.

I suppose I should leave the room, being a minor.

Doesn’t everybody love Frink, though? Even just a little? I know impscum does at least.