Tuned in to Random Acts of Kindness!

>>6922
Very late reply, but thanks anon, it looks like I'm able to view it. Must've been something on my end.

>>7049
Thank you for the stream!

Paprika this Saturday at 8pm UTC.

>>7084
Starting soon.

Angel's Egg this Saturday at 8pm UTC.
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?pl=1&lid=100&h=100&hf=1

>>7095
Oh I love Angel's Egg

I know what you mean, I think. I remember trying to talk to this non-wapish person about an anime I liked, I mentioned not wanting to talk about it around kids who were there at the time, and the person was chiding me pretty hard for being into raunchy stuff like that and I had to explain to them I was thinking about a character in the series killing themselves. It struck me as really odd, because I've put myself in this position where I forget horny anime/manga like that even exist because I don't interact with that beyond the weird one-off jokes some series have (like that cat from Soul Eater), that's not what I'm attracted to the medium for. But then, when I do find other waps, they too assume I mean something I don't in that kind of way when "adult matters" are brought up. I think the outsiders have stereotyped me, but then everyone I talk to about it seems to fit the stereotype, so I have no companion on either side of the issue. It's very alienating. It makes me feel dreadfully alone in my interests. I try to talk about how this romance exemplifies the fear I feel when being vulnerable, or how this gritty underground story shows the hearts of darkness we all try to hide, or how this racing story shows that it's okay for our passions to be perennial, but it seems incomprehensible to non-waps and waps alike that I would be into this stuff for any reason other than extreme titillation, sexual or otherwise. I'm sorry I have no solace for you; there really is no one to talk to about this kind of stuff, you're spot-on. I cope by trying to dive ever deeper into the anime/manga I interact with, by posturing as some kind of keeper of it, so you could perhaps try that, but then maybe that's not healthy…

>>7064
The comparison to superheroes is true too; I've come to the conclusion that battle shonen is the Japanese equivalent of superhero movies. They share the same perks within the media and within their audiences. Also like superheros, there are meaningful and impactful stories beyond those things, but the idea of really being into that seems ridiculous to everyone else. Anime seems worse though; at least people at large generally agree that Watchmen is great. This also relates to being pressed by both sides; a non-wap is going to assume I just want some weird exotic stuff thrown in to my good guys pwning the bad guys epic style indulgence, but then a wapPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>7079
>Also like superheros, there are meaningful and impactful stories beyond those things, but the idea of really being into that seems ridiculous to everyone else.
Ueaht's not like I never ejoyed the super hero movies or comics I read as a kid, I just found tropes lije the costumes or secret identities silly. I also read through all of Dragon Ball and HxH (after watching the anime, which I liked enough to read the manga), they both served as series I could get through without much thought or too much emotion, which is what I wanted after going through too many heavy series like NGE or Haibane Renmei (cannot recomend highly enough by the way). But it did cause me to decide while I liked both to varying degrees over their long runtime they weren't for me. I feel like I've done my diligence with both genres to decide I don't need to dig deeper anymore and can ignore recommendations from them.
>Also, how old is an old book? I've been trying to read more canonized books recently; I claim to be a lover of old books, but then I'm a bit of a poser because I haven't read many, in fact very few older than the early twentieth century.
I'm a poser too, I buy way more books than I read. I get them from antique shops and so don't bother to check how old they are in specific, but generally they'll be at least fifty years old. Unfortunately my attention span has been raped by youtube and so I can usually only get thirty minutes of reading in at a time. I'm going through a good short story collection now called Twice Told Tales that's great for this fact, as that's about how long one story takes me. I posted about it in /lit/ and would love to see the board more active. It's from the early 20th centry itself and can be found in full online easily (I hate reading books on computers or phones but if you can do it it's so easy to find things ti read) if you want to join me over there, I'd love to talk about it with someone who's also read it, as opposed to talking at someone who's only politely listening. That board in general needa more activity.

Otaku culture feels like its gone off the rails. Instead of shows with fan service, we now have shows that are just fan service. The mainstreaming of anime has created a generic Japanese culture fan that's engagement with the material is extremely surface level. Nobody discusses anything they watch with detail. No speculation about what the backstory is or the world. There's no creativity involved from the fan side now. Its just casual superficial consumption where there's a 2D girl for everyone and the regurgitation of the same worthless shit. Its girl collecting and really that makes people no better than the normalfrens that watch baywatch. Like it really does feel that people are no longer actually fans of any series in a deep way and they consume stuff for the sake of it. Really not different to porn addiction. You look at these people and they are embarrassing. It would be nice to talk to someone about an anime or manga they actually liked, that they are passionate about discussing, that can speculate on the lore or say something meaningful about it. I guess you kinda still have that with Touhou and even that's stale, but what else? Long gone are the days when there was any sense of community built around something.

I'm just frustrated so this is obviously a rant that will seem unfair to some. I get it, you can always point to exceptions sure, but take the average anime fan today and don't tell me you don't feel slightly embarrassed. They are just like TV addicts in the 90s and 2000s consuming their regular dose of trash tv.

>>7087
It feels like Touhou or EVA or Hatsune Miku are popular because they are popular. People pretend to like them or force themselves to because that is what is expected to fit in. In fact people love to pretend they hate EVA or say EVA is overrated just to fit in with the cool kids.

I think it's kinda silly to be so concerned with appearing respectable to the kind of people who dismiss entire mediums based on their own shallow preconceived notions. Boring people do that shit with everything, they aren't worth your time.

>>6994
because you were already well on your way

>>6997
You're not really well on your way without the proper mindset for the task. Discouragement, demoralization, and anxiety can all stop you from accomplishing anything. Times like those are when I've found encouragement helpful.

Just went back to college.
It's online college, but better than nothing.

>>7090
Congrats Fren! Depending on the classes you are taking, there won't be much to worry about. I'm going through uni right now, and it's ezpz. You are way more competent than you will ever really know, give it ur all! I wish you luck on ur studies.

As for cool things I did, I recently quit my job because I hated doing multiple positions worth of work for minimum wage. I am focusing on my studying and went back to budget buying food. A little less dinner each night, but I'm wayyyyyy happier.

>>7091
Thanks!
>As for cool things I did, I recently quit my job because I hated doing multiple positions worth of work for minimum wage. I am focusing on my studying and went back to budget buying food. A little less dinner each night, but I'm wayyyyyy happier.
May your studies bear fruit and you get a good source of income in the future.

I did not enjoy Tai-Ari Deshita ending sufficiently. I was expecting at least a Gunbuster.

>>7033
Friend, stop chasing women. Imagine how real women feel when hordes of people like you are chasing after them. Let them live. Unraped. Unpenetrated. Let them meet other women.

Ironically, this will also kill all the catfish.

>>7035
I don't see how being messaged by a scammer and missing their company afterwards has anything to do with the bad-faith accusations you're implicitly making.

My tongue hurts. The tip of it, slightly to the left, and only when I move it around. It kind of feels like I cut it, but visually it looks the same as the other side, which does not hurt at all. This is not the first time, it feels like this from time to time. But I can't think of anything that would cause it, I can't think of any food or drink that could have caused it. Maybe I need to pay closer attention to it?

I can't feel God. I've spent some time in very rural and traditional places and what really impressed me is how God saturates the everyday lives of these people. God isn't some abstraction, but simply there just as the birds or the wind are there. God seeps into everyday speech. When I'm in that environment I slip into it easily. God is just there, nowhere specific but there.

For first worlders, nothing could be more antithetical to our world than this literal creator God at work everywhere. Even those of us who are theists find it uncomfy, we prefer an impersonal philosophical theory and we don't like the idea of being beneath a higher power that we can't touch or see. God is such a strange idea. Put your faith in something you can't define, see, touch or reason about. Some people see that as a crutch but they are wrong. To believe in something so apophatic is existentially demanding and not an easy way out.

I know I should believe in God and when I'm in some places it comes very naturally and without reaching for proofs. The trees, animals, and rivers all feel part of the God world. Now I live in the concrete jungle, a big modern urban city with faceless crowds and schizo net users. God is nowhere to be found. I have a hard time relating to God as a person, and some theologians say we shouldn't. Belief is a mix of confusion with moments of clarity and lots of numbness.

I do know for a fact that I'm not an atheist or an agnostic. I don't find either believable.

>>6745
That's pretty nice, thanks for sharing!

Would you like to play a literary role-playing game, /kind/? If you would, then write a piece of a modernist prose about a carburetor.

is this a cute posting board now

>>6912
always was

Hi, I'm new here. I like what I've seen so far.
Being bored, I thought I'd add to the theme of the thread, talking about my life and current situation. Or just whatever feels interesting to write about.

I think I'm in a similar headspace to many here, mid 20s, often pained by how much of my life it feels like I wasted.
But I always feel hopeful, optimistic. Not always happy, necessarily. Generally ambivalent, or numb. But always with this feeling that I'll get everything I want, eventually.

(putting this here after the fact, there's not much of a point to this story, it's just what's been on my mind and I felt like writing it out.)

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I accompanied my mum to the doctor yesterday morning, and before driving us home she thought to get me something to eat. It was really busy so my mum told me to get out the car and order for myself while she found somewhere to park, I was hesitant, and if this kind of thing happened back 5-6 years ago I wouldn't have been able to do it. I can order for myself at certain places, if I've done it at that location before, I'm generally comfortable enough doing it again. I hadn't ordered here and was always anxious about the idea of doing so, it's a pie shop and it's one of those places where they have all the seating out front, and you walk past the people eating, to go inside and order. I also don't like the aspect of ordering somewhere where I haven't done so before, where, it depends on the place, how you wait to receive your order, how they inform you that it's ready. So I had that on my mind when I was walking in.

When I walked in I noticed like 3-4 different staff members, and they were all really cute girls. Which heightened my anxiety a bit but I guess also made me happy. Being in your mid 20s, with no friends, being NEET, you don't get chances to interact with cute girls all too often. One girl was going was going around cleaning I think, she needed to get past this guy to open a door to put something in there or clean something, but he didn't notice and she seemed too shy to ask him to move, so she was just standing there for a bit, which I thought was cute. I worked retail for a few years so I know exactly what that shyness feels like, in that kind of moment. There was also this older lady who literally had to brush past him when she was leaving the store, so I think he was just kind of a jerk. We also stared each other down for a bit for no particular reason whPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Patchouli is really cute with messy hair… ufufufu….

>>7081
Among the cutest in the thread.

>>6201
Because I don't have a metal 3D printer, nor do the vast majority of consumers.
>Plus it'll be harder to destroy and would probably last a lot longer then a plastic one.
She has lasted for quite a while once I worked out the design kinks. The 3D print actually has a low infill, because I needed to reduce weight and keep her lightweight, which is also a disadvantage of metal. It's not like I'm sending her to war or to the wilderness.

I have updated her to v3.0.9. She has a new body now and new accessories.

The right hand and the gripper claw feel uncomfy. Maybe if I mask it with a glove and put a bit of stuffing inside to pad it out?

>>6649
Your site seems to be down.

>>6650
The site was down temporarily, but it's back up now
There's the humanoid hand on the left arm. The claw is meant to hold accessories, which adds plenty of uses. It's not that uncomfortable to hold, trust me.

Made some upgrades, including to the AI manual

How can a part of melody music sample could become into something really big? its been a decade old ever since and elf-san really did surprised me lol.

How do I get over my fear and dislike of dogs?

>>7043
First you have to really want to do it

Then just start slow. Look at pictures of dogs, watch videos of dogs. When you're comfortable, find someone with a lazy, nonthreatening dog and hang out near the dog without interacting with it. When you feel comfortable, pet the dog. Keep going like that

It's all right to dislike dogs, though

>>7051
I am fine with pictures and videos but irl I just can not stand them or being near them and get scared when they come near me. Its pretty embarrassing.

>>7052
I'm in a similar situation. I even think they are cute. But I'm still afraid. Worst of it is that dogs have a tendency to run up to you, and their owners expect you to like that. The owners don't seem to like to put them on leash either, even though the law here obliges them. Not that it matters, when I was bit by a dog two years ago, it was on leash. I usually avoided dogs even before that, but in that case I was walking on the sidewalk, and I couldn't just cross the street due to traffic, so I thought it would be okay to pass a dog, on leash, with its owner right behind, but the dog had different plans. Every time I talk about this, the first question everyone has is what did I do to make the dog attack me. I did nothing. I was just walking. Dogs are weapons, they are kept to scare you away. Is it really that surprising that one would attack unprovoked? I don't care if it is embarrassing, I avoid dogs as much as I can, and I try to make it clear that the dog is the reason I cross the street or stop dead in my track or try to hide in the bushes or whatever. I have been laughed at, people tell me their dog does not bite (there's always a first time), or that the dog is more afraid of me than I am of it (aren't afraid animals more likely to attack?), or order their dogs to sit or do tricks (cute, but you had to call it five times before it went back to you). There used to be a dog around here that would run up to me, stop like two meters away, and just bark like it went insane. Its owner, an old lady, would very slowly catch up with the dog and tell me that the dog just hates men and it won't hurt me, and that she deliberately walks it so late (9 pm) so there's less people outside. But she still did not think it should be kept on leash or anything. I swear there's something wrong with people who keep dogs.

So yeah, I don't really have any advice. I don't enjoy being afraid of dogs but I think it's the sane response to them.

>>6835
very good suggestion.
i think the director did key animation on end of eva, the show looks awesome, and i like the vibe

>>6775
Finished watching the newer seasons of Slayers a little while ago, finding this post again now I wanted to follow up. I went in with low expectations because the prior season was made 11 years earlier, but I still enjoyed it a fair bit. I was worried they would change stuff about the existing canon and characters in order to appeal to a wider audience and people who weren't familiar with the older seasons, but they actually kind of did the opposite. The story heavily references prior events and they bring back old characters even if they don't really have much to do (Sylphiel). At times it feels like frank fanservice for those who liked the old seasons, but since that includes me I thought it was pretty good.

My only hope for the series now is that they leave it alone forever. The chances of making a good followup over a decade later was pretty unlikely, so the chances of making two good followups is basically zero. Maybe I'll read the manga.

I have been a fan of the one-off series regarding hobbies as they always have a passion project flair that makes it feel very pleasant to watch. Diary of our Days at the Breakwater has been fun and is honestly hard to watch on an empty stomach.

>>7013
Don't be fooled! This woman is a thinly disguised fox.

>>7015
It is morally acceptable and an obligation to make your juniors do club chores and profit off their hobbies.