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@earlfriend.bsky.social

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Man Relaxing His Overwhelming Anxiety For Just A Moment Finally Gives Pack Of Coyotes The Opening They Need

Man Relaxing His Overwhelming Anxiety For Just A Moment Finally Gives Pack Of Coyotes The Opening They Need

Man Relaxing His Overwhelming Anxiety For Just A Moment Finally Gives Pack Of Coyotes The Opening They Need theonion.com/man-rel...

13.08.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4281    πŸ” 567    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 51

Yo link me to whatever site told you how to change that setting! A friend graciously bought me a pair of nice headphones a while back and I barely use them because they sound awful. Would love to be able to actually use them. ;___;

01.08.2025 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Motherfucking wind farms…

30.07.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 47066    πŸ” 17699    πŸ’¬ 1151    πŸ“Œ 2381

Hey this is some unsolicited feedback, but at a glance, it's really easy to parse your logo as TERROROROME. Love the logo overall, but maybe leave the D intact?

28.07.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gachiakusa is just up the street from Asakusa

09.07.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my faves in the whole game.

06.07.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mullein is pretty but it will take over a field if not controlled. Ask me how I know. πŸ˜…

06.07.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing it’s in such nice condition. Nice score!

06.07.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

DEEP CUT. I played this so much as a kid. How is your box so pristine??

05.07.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#indiegames #gamedev #indiedevs

04.07.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5951    πŸ” 1636    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 19

Not trying to well-actually you haha, just add some extra context. It’s a nice success story!

04.07.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It got bought recently (last year?) by folks who actually care and it’s been seeing a lot of success since then. They’re really on fire right now and it’s great! But hasn’t been that way for a good bit.

04.07.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It alllll returns to nothing.
It all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down.

03.07.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1086    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 13

Can’t believe the spinoffs and sequels these days. Kind of excited for Two Punch Man, but Half Punch Boy looks dumb.

03.07.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Waiting for this check from Bambu Labs to clear…

02.07.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this a new anime title?

28.06.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Drink water and get enough sleep are what I keep being told will stave off aging.

Also wear sunscreen and keep learning new stuff.

Let's do it, brother!!!

27.06.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Los Angeles Premiere at VIDIOTS "25 CATS FROM QATAR" 1:30PM | 25 Cats From Qatar Join us for the LA Premiere to raise funds for Del Gato Cat Rescue and Urban Panthers at Vidiots! Filmmaker Q&A + Giveaways! Presented by Meowtel

Los Angeles friends! Our new documentary release 25 Cats From Qatar will be screening with the filmmakers at @vidiots.bsky.social on July 13! Come get tickets! www.25catsfromqatar.com/event-detail...

26.06.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

New Marvel fighting game from Arc System Works looks RAD and I'm super excited. But there's one thing that irks me about it – the title:

MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls

Sounds cool enough, so what's wrong with it? Nothing. Except people. Let me explain...

05.06.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing a black leather jacket is making a funny face ALT: a man wearing a black leather jacket is making a funny face

hahahaha incredible

05.06.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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But that's okay. It doesn't matter! And you can bet your ass I'll be mashing buttons alongside all of them, no matter what they call it.

05.06.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A small Venn diagram of people in the world will be ever-so-mildly cursed to hear tōkon pronounced "wrong".

And some portion of the new MARVEL fighting game's massive fanbase will hesitate slightly when saying it aloud.

05.06.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What would've been a better name? I don't know! And even if there was, why ditch a perfect pairing of dramatic and beautiful Chinese characters?

I guarantee you people already have that exact same word tattooed onto their body.

05.06.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But as someone who used to do translation and localization (mostly JP->EN), it pains me – just a teensy tiny bit! – when a high-profile thing has a Japanese name that will inevitably be mispronounced when native English speakers try to read it.

05.06.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I suspect most Japanese creators tend not to consider (or care) whether something will be pronounced "correctly" in English. They don't have to, and it's unreasonable to expect them to.

05.06.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, to be fair, this is a very Anglo-centric gripe. Other languages might naturally pronounce it closer to the "correct" way. Why should they make an accommodation just for the English-speaking world?

(They shouldn't, of course!)

05.06.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You could argue that it's actually a PLUS, in a sort of niche/meta sense. Any attention you can get, even if it's people arguing over something as tiny as the pronunciation of the title, is hard-won currency in this day and age.

Here I am writing a much-too-long thread about it!

05.06.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But remember BlazBlue? Remember always being just a little bit unsure whether it was "blahz blue" or "blazz blue" or "blaze blue" (or "blay blue" if you read the katakana)?

It's not quite as bad this time, but it's the same deal.

05.06.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep putting "wrong" and "right" in quotes because there's no ACTUAL wrong or right here. Language is fluid, and I'm not the arbiter. I'm just some nerd.

I wouldn't be caught dead correcting someone saying "SA-moo-rye" or "kary-OH-kee". I'm not the speech police. You shouldn't be either.

05.06.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But the choice of a Japanese word that doesn't have a roughly accurate English approximation means that we're doomed to hear it the "wrong" way forever.

And that's only true for those who even know the "right" way. Ignorance is bliss!

05.06.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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