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That kind of stuff really bothered me at first, to the point that I almost gave up on the album, but then the individual tracks were so good I guess I forced myself to get over it. That probably makes me a bad person.

The best thing about Molyneux is he's made very few actually bad games. He just delivers less than he initially promises, every time. Godus is obviously garbage, and Fable 3 I've heard terrible things about. Same for Black & White 2. But all of his games that I've played (I've played none of those three), I've very much enjoyed. But because he delivers less than he initially promises... Everybody hates him. I don't though! Nyeahehrher.

Hahaha whoa Jesus I was like "the opening question can't be THAT bad can it?" And then I read it. Damn. I like Molyneux. I know that's not the popular thing, but I like the guy a lot. I think he gets in over his head. He has ambitions and isn't necessarily capable of carrying them out. That sucks for him and for us, but... I still really like him. Now I'll read this interview and maybe change my mind. Who knows.

That's how the Japanese language was taught to me. It's very rhythmic. a-i-u-e-o-ka-ki-ku-ke-ko--- etc. Those are all individual syllables in Japanese. There are special combinations of some things, like we have s+h=sh, for example, and they have ki+ko=kyo or ri+yu=ryu. Also ryu is one syllable as opposed to the two most English speakers go with (ree-oo, or in some cases the hopelessly incorrect rai-oo). And then ryuu is two syllables. Or two beats, if you prefer. Ryu-u. It's not a stretch of a definition, I think. It's a difference in the way languages are spoken. (Someone who ACTUALLY speaks Japanese - I know there's someone here who does!!! - is welcome to jump in and start correcting me... Please! I'm by no means an authority!)

No, I don't!

i don't get what's happening but that tiny mcdonald's meal is cool

I train-surfed for a brief moment. It was beautiful. I'm beautiful! I have a few beats written down, but I'm at work and can't access it at the moment.

Personally, I appreciate the likening to terrorism. Remote terrorism seems like a good phrase to describe it. I don't know which punishment is worse, according to the law, but I think terrorism definitely applies, as I feel like the bigger effect of swatting is that it makes people scared to stand up to these people.

I still don't have a little mac. ]:

Well fuck that.

Zoe just posted this on Twitter: "Nothing has changed. Not a single fucking thing, other than watching a similacrum of me be gang raped on national TV and quit her job." Really? That's where the SVU episode went? Christ.

The same thing was true for (non-micro) SD cards and the (normal) 3DS, but you could reformat it in a specific type (I forget which) and still use all of the space. I have no idea if that's true here, too, but...?

I buy everything digitally, but I'm perpetually annoyed at Nintendo's shitty account issues. If that's a thing that concerns you, I recommend physical. It doesn't concern me enough. It's so nice to have all my games always available (so far, anyway, I haven't filled my SD card).

This is the recipe I'm going by, FWIW. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2015/02/veggie-chili/ I literally don't know anything about the process of cooking. These instructions seem straightforward enough, and I figure it's harder to mess up Vegetables than it is to mess up Meat. I'm probably wrong, though. HEY WAIT THIS ISN'T THE COOKING THREAD!

No, please, go ahead!

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I bought all the ingredients for some veggie chili and realized I didn't have a pot big enough to actually make it. So I bought a pot and it will be here tomorrow (assuming delivery guy doesn't fuck up again as they usually do when I have them deliver it to my apartment). I don't know how to cook, but this seems super easy so I'm excited! Also tonight I went and had coffee with a girl I met on Tinder (despite my previous complaints about it!) and it was fun and we'll be seeing each other again. But that chili, though!

It's a long 'nnnnn' sound basically, rather than the cut off 'n' at the end of, say, "Asian". I mean maybe that's still a glottal stop. I don't really know.

For purposes of learning to speak the Japanese language, it's an actual full syllable. In practice, it often turns into a glottal stop. When Japanese people explicitly enunciate words, though, like for emphasis or whatever, it's always its own syllable. Another fun example: in specific instances, "su" is just shortened to an "s" sound, as if it's attached to the preceding or proceeding syllable. "suki" (Japanese for "like" or "love", depending on context), for example, is usually pronounced "skee". Or, in the case of "desu" (basically, "it is"), it's often just pronounced "des", as if it's a single syllable. Buuuut sometimes it's fully enunciated! "Deh-soo"! ...I really wish I'd kept up with my Japanese language studies after leaving Japan.

This was a really great episode. I don't have much to say. It was just really great!

Yep. This is one of those things I was alluding to. They can't be blamed for being victim to swatting themselves, but they can definitely be blamed for not properly combating the thread of swatting.

Damnit Ben you made a thread for this!

I don't think anyone's blaming the cops in this. (Though they can certainly blamed for a lot of other things...)

It varies, but this one for sure is not pronounced like "m". It's just the way the "n" and hard "p" blend together that makes it sound like "m". So it's still incorrect. Also you definitely don't pronounce it "gengki" what is happening. It's geh-n-kee. Three syllables! (seh-n-pah-ee. FOUR SYLLABLES!) (n is often blended into the preceding syllable in all practical circumstances though) This was drilled into me by my Japanese teacher who frequently corrected people for making these exact mistakes!!!

*continues rambling to himself* Durarara is kind of way more boring than I remember it being... I forgot basically all of it, and so I figured I'd rewatch in order to watch the new season airing now. I guess the problem is instead of focusing on the characters I like, it devotes entire episodes to characters I'm not all that interested in. If it was all mixed up together I'd probably like it a lot more.