Random thoughts thread

floattube wrote
seel wrote

I made a joke with a friend about writing a porn visual novel. Fastfoward and I'm writing up the basis for it because we ended up discussing it and thinking it could be an alright idea. What even.

I'll playtest when it's ready :3

Far from ready for that, but I'll probably make a thread regarding it here for feedback and what not! 🙂

Anyone ever noticed how a ton of comics by Baby Boomers tend to center around hating your partner? (An egregious example.) From the perspective of that generation, it makes sense: Strong societal pressure led them to marry early, often as young as nineteen or less, so it's understandable why they'd see "getting hitched" as the end of their life. But as someone who got caught in the eddies of that mindset, I can't help but wonder how many relationships it's ruined.

Happily, I did recently have the chance to befriend a few people who waited till their late twenties to thirties. From everything I've heard, that couldn't be further from the truth. ^_^

Backlash wrote

Anyone ever noticed how a ton of comics by Baby Boomers tend to center around hating your partner? (An egregious example.) From the perspective of that generation, it makes sense: Strong societal pressure led them to marry early, often as young as nineteen or less, so it's understandable why they'd see "getting hitched" as the end of their life. But as someone who got caught in the eddies of that mindset, I can't help but wonder how many relationships it's ruined.

Happily, I did recently have the chance to befriend a few people who waited till their late twenties to thirties. From everything I've heard, that couldn't be further from the truth. ^_^

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I see a related trend in the depiction of family in Anime and Manga. Ever noticed how in a lot of works the dad is either entirely absent (i.e. "abroad on a buisness trip") or solely shows up in the customary "family has dinner" scene with his head buried in a newspaper the only piece of interaction with the main character being a short inquiry about "how school is going".

On the flip side, mothers are sometimes depicted in exactly the opposite way, appearing as angle like figures that the main character is completely devoted to.

I wonder if this reflects the family situation the authors grew up with. After all, these types of family are most of the time depicted as pretty "normal" by japanese standards. One might argue the absence of parents is used as a convenient plot device by the outhers, but I think the reason has more to do with gender roles in japan.

I found this essay on Gender and Gender Relations in Manga and Anime quite interesting. A quote:

And too many men are expected to sacrifice themselves to their jobs, to the point of having no family involvement. When a man retires, he sometimes becomes trapped in a family he doesn't know, with nothing to do, and he tends to die soon after from his sudden lack of purpose.

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As I've said of men before, often they are expected to spend most of their waking hours at work, or on business-related entertainment outings. He feels he must shoulder the entire burden of financially supporting the household, and for this, he needs to sacrifice himself to his job. Children sometimes grow up without knowing their fathers, and sometimes the mother will admit she prefers not having her husband around, because he gets in the way.

Of course, there are a lot of great dads and families depicted in Anime and Manga, too (like eg. in Kare Kano). This is just a thing I notice sometimes and I'm always wondering what the authors intentions are, when depicting a family in that way.

Backlash wrote

Anyone ever noticed how a ton of comics by Baby Boomers tend to center around hating your partner?

floattube wrote
Backlash wrote

Anyone ever noticed how a ton of comics by Baby Boomers tend to center around hating your partner?

It's only missing the kid wearing a saddle with Pikachu on it.

All in One wrote
floattube wrote
Backlash wrote

Anyone ever noticed how a ton of comics by Baby Boomers tend to center around hating your partner?

It's only missing the kid wearing a saddle with Pikachu on it.

And a minion telling me how to react to the joke

I get a week off before I start my new job, but I don't know what to do with an entire week of free time >_<

floattube wrote

I get a week off before I start my new job, but I don't know what to do with an entire week of free time >_<

Ever read the doujin called "Golden Week"~?

malmon wrote
floattube wrote

I get a week off before I start my new job, but I don't know what to do with an entire week of free time >_<

Ever read the doujin called "Golden Week"~?

Can't say that I have :3

floattube wrote
malmon wrote
floattube wrote

I get a week off before I start my new job, but I don't know what to do with an entire week of free time >_<

Ever read the doujin called "Golden Week"~?

Can't say that I have :3

I've actually read that one hah.

Angel wrote

Making late night ice cream cake is always good

oh no i want ice cream cake now

Kukuru wrote

jokes i always want ice cream cake

Hungry qtie

I need to fix my sleep schedule, which unfortunately is insanely hard when you have to stay up all night taking care of your dog.

It sounds like street racing's getting more common in my area. It's starting to sound like a fast & furious film set. tfw 0-60 in 12 seconds ._.

I know this is probably better suited elsewhere, but can ya'll give me some music recs?

I like a lot of things so feel free to shoot whatever my way, my favorite genres are metal, edm, and rap.

seel wrote

I know this is probably better suited elsewhere, but can ya'll give me some music recs?

I like a lot of things so feel free to shoot whatever my way, my favorite genres are metal, edm, and rap.

For Metal can list a few for a whole post.

EDM I would say Headhunters (old) and Pendulum's Tarantula

Rap...If you want good 90s old school gangsta rap I can list a few 30. New rap that is basically pop I don't hear