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MadeofMeat Since: Jan, 2001
#6976: Sep 14th 2009 at 3:02:59 PM

Hey, here's a practical use for my high, grating, girlish voice! I could be an anime voice actor.

Solstace Hexachordal Combinatorial from the Second Viennese School Since: Dec, 1969
Hexachordal Combinatorial
#6977: Sep 14th 2009 at 3:06:41 PM

Only in Japan. I haven't noticed very many high pitched voice actresses in dubs. But then again, I don't watch very many dubs. So you can probably just ignore this.

Ecstasy is Sustained Intensity
Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#6978: Sep 14th 2009 at 4:20:20 PM

They exist in Lucky Star, Excel Saga, and Stephanie Sheh. At least.

Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
[AOD] TV Tropes #1 Anime Fan Since: Jan, 2001
TV Tropes #1 Anime Fan
#6979: Sep 14th 2009 at 4:24:52 PM

..[AOD], you just made me imagine Congress in sailor fuku.

Kawaii desu-ne?

Imagine if Nancy Pelosi-chan had an oh-so-adorable Verbal Tic. I lean towards "Kyaaaan~", or something like that.

Feedback Of Heteronormative Gender Stereotypes in Anime
MadeofMeat Since: Jan, 2001
#6980: Sep 14th 2009 at 4:27:30 PM

Moebama. What's "Yes, we can!" in Japanese? That can be his Verbal Tic.

Eriksson Since: Dec, 1969
#6981: Sep 14th 2009 at 4:29:24 PM

Alright, I'll concede that that would be cute, [AOD], but John McCain in a sailor fuku... *cracks up at the thought of it*

edited 14th Sep '09 4:29:44 PM by Eriksson

WilliamWideWeb (weaving) Since: Jan, 2001
(weaving)
#6982: Sep 14th 2009 at 4:29:32 PM

John Moehner

SHIKI is dead.
Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
(srahc 84) eltit
#6983: Sep 14th 2009 at 4:36:09 PM

@Made Of Meat: Why bother translating it? Just have him say "yesuwikan".

edited 14th Sep '09 4:36:37 PM by Nyktos

I guess it is.
[AOD] TV Tropes #1 Anime Fan Since: Jan, 2001
TV Tropes #1 Anime Fan
#6984: Sep 14th 2009 at 4:36:37 PM

Mc Cain-Kun: "Moe-Moe Kyun".

Feedback Of Heteronormative Gender Stereotypes in Anime
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#6985: Sep 14th 2009 at 5:41:26 PM

Can't watch it, but I'm already thinking back to that thing with Obama-kun and Hilary-chan.

I can't compete with that, and yet I'll ask my question. I have ten or twenty minutes-worth of homework to do. I use a computer program and get it done in a minute or so. Is this lazy? Cheating?

The program took me half an hour to write. :P Lazy? Cheating?

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Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
Planescape Hijack
#6986: Sep 14th 2009 at 5:44:08 PM

"yesuwikan".

Wow. Britannia was based on America, and now it's come full circle.

Arrrr haiiiiur helto-keru!

edited 14th Sep '09 5:46:59 PM by Haven

Productivity is for people without internet connections. -Count Dorku
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#6987: Sep 14th 2009 at 9:46:59 PM

Has anyone actually read Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by the way?

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#6988: Sep 14th 2009 at 9:48:56 PM

I tried, I really did, but I thought that The Bible was boring and I thought that the satire/parody/whatever was too. I'll probably pick up a copy with annotations sometime, that might help.

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melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#6989: Sep 14th 2009 at 9:50:50 PM

Heh, I got through about halfway and then went "Screw it, this should just be a movie already."

The allegory's cool, but I can't focus my attention on the dialogue. WALL OF TEXT LOL

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#6990: Sep 14th 2009 at 9:54:11 PM

Wall of Text indeed. The problem with aping the format of something boring is that the result will be boring.

That's why I like the Principia Discordia, really. It has a completely different breezy tone, which is the sort of thing I usually like to read. I immediately start thinking "PRETENTIOUS PRETENTIOUS PRETENTIOUS" while reading that oldie dialogue.

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melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#6992: Sep 14th 2009 at 9:57:58 PM

Bah, people these days, no love for philosophical treatises and histories and genealogies.

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#6993: Sep 14th 2009 at 9:58:47 PM

Not so for me. When people start using Big Words, I immediately begin to think that they're using it to cover up the fact that they're not in fact saying anything, due to my personal experience. Let me try an example.

1. God is something of which nothing greater can be thought.
2. God may exist in the understanding.
3. It is greater to exist in reality and in the understanding than just in understanding.
4. Therefore, God exists in reality.

This could have been easily expressed as "bullshit", but there's lots of grammatical constructions like "of which nothing greater" and "exist in the understanding" which are archaic and silly and hide the fact that it is asking you to use The Power of Imagination.

Your Mileage May Vary, I suppose.

(ninja'd)

edited 14th Sep '09 9:59:02 PM by Tzetze

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melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#6994: Sep 14th 2009 at 9:59:52 PM

Rule of Cool, man. Purple Prose makes you look more convincing to stupid people.

Zephid Since: Jan, 2001
#6995: Sep 14th 2009 at 10:00:14 PM

Archaic. Yep, that's a word I'd use to describe an argument over a thousand years old.

I wrote about a fish turning into the moon.
WilliamWideWeb (weaving) Since: Jan, 2001
(weaving)
#6996: Sep 14th 2009 at 10:00:38 PM

That argument can be explained in simple words.

  • God is the best thing ever.
  • God can exist in your mind.
  • A God that is real is better than a God in your mind.
  • God is real.

Arguments for the existence of God are always so funny.

edited 14th Sep '09 10:00:54 PM by WilliamWideWeb

SHIKI is dead.
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#6997: Sep 14th 2009 at 10:00:55 PM

@melloncollie: I don't doubt that. It's a wonderful tool for lying. I know that intimately, and so I don't trust it.

Archaic. Yep, that's a word I'd use to describe an argument over a thousand years old.

I am aware of that, but it's still a dumb argument. I'm not the type to enjoy old things exclusively.

This avatar is encouraging me to type more formally, for some arcane reason.

edited 14th Sep '09 10:02:08 PM by Tzetze

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Zephid Since: Jan, 2001
#6998: Sep 14th 2009 at 10:07:13 PM

Ooh! This is intriguing! How exactly is it dumb?

I wrote about a fish turning into the moon.
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#7000: Sep 14th 2009 at 10:08:43 PM

It depends on the assumption that by simply imagining an entity, it exists. Less hypocritically, it only works if you believe in The Power of Imagination.

edited 14th Sep '09 10:08:52 PM by Tzetze

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