Jake!

In comms/psych this is called the “mere exposure” effect. Unfortunately it does often work and is a large part of why ads are the way they are today

Right?! I ski (or at least I used to) and I think I’ve solidly hit the 30-40mph range and felt like I was absolutely flying. Quadruple that is absolutely unreal. That’s like “if you make a mistake, you are instantly human paste” territory

I love “stupid” questions like this and answering them seriously when the answers lead to fascinating places

Now there was that space jump, but those circumstances were extremely exceptional and required rockets to reach altitude. Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier with his body and went 843.6mph. I watched it live, it fucking ruled

If environmental advantages are allowed, average terminal velocity is about 120mph and you can simply jump off a sufficiently high place for that

Speed skiers with optimized aerodynamics have reached 158mph. That’s the fastest a human can go powered entirely by their own body

No machines but a blade is a wedge and a wedge is a simple machine

“Under their own power” with no mechanical or environmental advantages whatsoever would be running or swimming. Level surfaces, no advantages. Ergo the fastest a human can travel like that is Usain Bolt

A photo of many Gundam plastic model kits at Book-Off in NYC

A close up of the box for the RE/100 Lindwurm Gundam plastic model kit, priced at $100

Current Book-Off NYC (45th) #gunpla stock. That Lindwurm was tempting, but those prices are highway robbery. Kit is $56 new on P-B…

Freakazoid, tho

shout out to my man for giving this kid the chuchu razzle dazzle

The indomitable human spirit will never quit

Back in the 90s I imported precisely one (1) CD from Japan and it was the SotN soundtrack

Obligatory “Symphony of the Night is one of my favorite games of all time and absolutely worth playing for its permanent mark on the design DNA of countless games that have come after it for the next several decades, you should absolutely play it” post

The wait is almost over.

Mina the Hollower launches Spring 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Steam.

If you buy it on Steam, you could play it on something like a Retroid Pocket for that Vita-like experience *and* you’d get Steam achievements for it

RP5 and beyond can handle that

Please tell the cats I said pspsps

As an audience member, it’s easy to see ZZ’s shortcomings and leave it at that

But as a creative? I guarantee I could not do better in those conditions. That it ever turns into something good, never mind something GREAT, is nothing short of a miracle. Incredible effort by that creative team

After I watched, I looked up more information on it. ZZ aired *weeks* after Zeta. It was brutally rushed by the network for no good reason, so they were making it up as they went along

Around 16 is when CCA was greenlit, so that became the narrative target. That’s when the show came together

What’s this “reference” thing? Do landlords have to refer you to other landlords when you try to move where you are? That sounds…wildly unethical

One of the prequel manga series, F90FF, is one of my favorite Gundam manga. It’s great

I doubt we’ll ever get a full F91 series, but I *really* hope we get Crossbone someday

The first 16 episodes are among the worst I’ve seen in all of Gundam and the first episode itself is maybe the worst episode of TV I’ve ever seen

That second half, though? Excellent. Gripping story, outstanding theme song, Haman Karn at her best and most terrifying

ZZ contains multitudes

That shot really puts into perspective just how much of a unit Sazabi is. The silhouette is readable even from the thumbnail, despite it being the farthest kit away in the shot

I try to regularly buy them in a drip feed so I never get that “oh…oh no…” feeling of how many I need lol

YouTube video by vamini123 YTCracker - Surgerunner lyrics

I spent 10 minutes trying to find this song just for you. Found it

I have seen this performed live lol

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They sell Cheerwine at the grocery store here (SE PA). I’m sure you can buy it online, but if you can’t I’m happy to mail you some

Drink is no more? Aw man, that place was fantastic

Seeing people online trying to argue that this clip from Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway’s Flash isn’t political and is not inspired by real world politics at all so I will present it here with no commentary so you can come to your own conclusion

Me with 12k+ trips driving people and food around: Yeah 🥲 Totally 🥲🥲

Honestly if you’re missing more than a few parts or you’re missing multiple entire runners, sometimes the best solution is a full kit replacement

I broke some parts on my RG Wing and if I couldn’t repair, it would’ve been ~$15-20 shipped for TWO PARTS. The kit is like $30-40 retail

Mr Bao is my go-to. Odin’s Mecha occasionally has stuff. AliExpress may have the parts you need, too

There are official channels for parts replacement but 2yr is too long, IIRC

What specifically is missing? Do you have photos?

If you don’t know what happened to ICQ, the Wikipedia page is a hell of a ride for the next 10 minutes of your life

I worked on a retro-setting game and I learned the actual history of ICQ while doing research for it