“Sir, sorry ‘Sir’.. sorry-“

Happy Books!!!

a carton of oatly barista blend oat milk, listed for $4.79 on the shelf

a carton of the exact same product outside of the cold dairy section, listed for $5.79 in the same store

the two products side by side - they are identical and in identical volume but have /two separate upc codes/

my final ringup for the cheaper of the two, coming in at $4.99 - neither of the listed prices

i have been forced to conclude that i am being fucking gaslit by my grocery store

Fawn spots are currently a microtrend again and I am trying so hard not to get got, it doesn’t suit my current style, I dont need pants that I will feel tired of when I inevitably find the trend trite & boring later, I have enough pants, I have enough socks, don’t need it I don’t need it, I don’t ne

Sure would make sense to have that! But why have something distinctive about your dub when instead you can make your dub sound like every other dub instead

Surely with how profitable anime has been lately, companies like Sony & Netflix will jump to do more than overwork 1 person &/or run scripts through AI for translations, right?

…… right??????

My pie in the sky if I ran the zoo philosophy is that the subtitles and dub script should be fundamentally different translations, with the dub being significantly more liberal in how it translates cultural concepts, while sub focuses more on accuracy.

Sailor moons original dub was doofy but the line reads & acting are so iconic that if you see a clip from sailor moon online, chances are it’s the OG DIC dub, warts & all.

I get how much people hated 4Kids but like. A pinch and a dash of Localization is often a good thing actually. These characters need country accents, it’s vital to convey the setting.

Also… let your voice actors act, even if it makes their voice sound less *anime*. Please. For the love of god.

Dub trailer for the Summer that Hikaru Died seriously highlights all of the flaws of current trends in dubbing anime.

We figured out how to make English voices that sound approximately equivalent to their Japanese counterparts, and then got so excited about that we like, forget to do the rest.

What’s gunna die is the freshness levels of all the damn churros I cooked for the bazaar that I have to shove back in my storage for a week 😭😭😭

Wild West

A huge group of people are in a giant hole in the middle of a rolling field. There is a large sign with an arrow pointing to the hole that says "HOLE." Suddenly the group's attention turns to a new hole, complete with a giant sign with an arrow pointing to it that says "NEW HOLE." One person points to the new hole and says "hey look! Someone made a new hole!" The mass clamours out of the old hole and makes a bee-line toward the new hole. It's chaos. One person, now situated in the new hole says "this feels like how the old hole used to feel." Another person nods in agreement.

Rubber duck with sunglasses by an iron fence, stone staircase, and many flowers and leaves

Cool duck

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

A blue rock on the concrete, under the tall grass. he’s got a face, a grin, and a Mohawk.

Cool rock

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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

No media has managed to maintain quite the same deathgrip on my brain except perhaps sonic adventure

I hear a sound bite from dangan ronpa out of context, instantly half my neurons are electrocuted

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

Four frames comic about two types of Isekai I found and read lately. The first frame shows a young man with a sword. He says: "My name is Josh Itcantbehelped and I used to be a loser before a car crash brought me to a world where I am a god and half the population is made of SLAVE CATGIRLS". The second frame shows him crying and clenching his fist, with many a cat behind him, wearing bikinis. He says "To make it here I guess I have no choice but to own as many catgirls as I can...how tragic...". The third frame shows another character from another type of Isekai. She's a woman with a fluffy dress. She says "My name is Elise Robespierre and after being hit by a truck of terminal cancer I am now in my favorite 900 pages novel. With many a hot man.". The fourth frame shows her giving a board presentation to citizens, with graphs and pictures of plants on it. She says: "Hello citizens. This is my plan to modernize the agricultural system and prevent any further plague by creating medicine [...] taxes which ..." the text becomes unreadable as she keeps talking to her captive audience.

Been trying to read some isekai lately.

A large gourd with googly eyes on it so it looks like a snake with a round middle

Tsuchinoko real

These photos are excellent

PaRappa the Ally

Me leaning forward on a throne of CRTs

Me looking at the camera encased in a cage where the bars are covered in flowers

Glamour shots @maxkriegervg.bsky.social took of me at Ingenuity Fest

i told my landlord they're releasing the amelia earhart files and he lowered my rent 50%. i told my grocer and he gave me a free nectarine. i told my doctor and he said i didn't have to pay for the visit. try it. you never know who out there has been waiting for this moment.

Got an unwelcome reminder this week about how my body and brain act when under the amount of pain they use to be in regularly.

I am so glad I don’t have to be that person in my current life, usually.

Friend of mine apparently also saw one in Cleveland??? They are Wienermobilizing out here

We were getting in our car and just heard the music blasting behind us, turned around, jumpscared by the wienermobile

Me with my clothes soaked through posing in the bathroom mirror

Me covered in rain with my clothes and hair drenched posing in the mirror

Took the cans out in the rainstorm, a dubious decision but a good distraction from the mundane horrors of living