miela583
6 months ago
This is wildly misquoted, but there was an old Roger Ebert review, I think for Spirited Away, that talked about a specific focus/viewpoint making something more universal. Your nonsense is funny *because* it's so specifically yours!
skep
6 months ago
Well in that case, y'all are welcome for enriching you. Also, just saw Spirited Away for the first time like two weeks ago. Figured I've been alive too long not to see the Ghibli films.
skep
6 months ago
(Not counting the time when I was 9 or 10 when my dad picked up Princess Mononoke from Blockbuster figuring "it's a cartoon, the kids will like it" and I ended up scarred)
silliestgoose-online
6 months ago
Telling a friend about Neocities, they responded that "it's charming to see an online community that's dedicated to seeking out each other's cranked unskippable cut scenes."
skep
6 months ago
Shucks, must have missed it, but I believe you! Thanks for keeping an eye out Asterion!
skep
6 months ago
Many, many thanks! My plan is to start dipping into your archives because I'm always looking for new albums to put on at work and I feel lame just picking whatever my streaming service is recommending that week.
skep
6 months ago
For all you dark mode-loving weirdos out there, Skep's Place now has a toggle on the home page. I may not understand you, but I do respect you! Kinda.
skep
6 months ago
On a somewhat related note, you are all my unpaid beta testers today. Ctrl-F5 yadda yadda.
acetaminophriends
6 months ago
The dark mode will be easier on my eyes when I have a headache, but I like both!
napreviewz
6 months ago
do a blinding neon green background next because i want to destroy what little eyesight i have left
miela583
6 months ago
My mom loved these extreme sports games when I was in high school so my family had stacks of them- Dave Mirra would definitely make my "top 10 Tony Hawk competitors that wouldn't seem too out of place on a top Tony Hawk games" list
skep
6 months ago
Hmm, now that's a list idea... no, no, I have too many other things to write already.
p7uen
6 months ago
Oof 2 games got beaten by demos! I've only ever played a GBA one at which I sucked, but I have over 4 billion hours in ESPN Extreme Games, does that count for anything?
skep
6 months ago
Oh yeah, I just renewed the domain without even thinking about it. Man it's been fun though.
p7uen
6 months ago
Oh man I skipped over your 1000xResist words because I can't wait to play it soon. My partner and I left HK after the protests, after which I immediately got what is medically termed 'real fucked up' by COVID, so I suspect it may hit quite close to home.
emilynhoward
6 months ago
Em-dash-loving humans forever. They will never take my em dash away from me. They call me Emily becuause I use dashes as much as Emily Dickinson. And because my name is Emily.
fri11s
6 months ago
I thoroughly—very much so— enjoyed this post, and makes me want to—as I'm sure it does many—write a blog post—or toot—with em dashes. In fact—I would love to learn the alt code—could you add it—maybe—am I using it correctly—or are there no rules? Have a great—fabulous—day
skep
6 months ago
@fri11s Looks perfect—I really think this will catch on. You see—even the most routine comment looks refined—considered—yet demure. Surely—a new standard is born.
harakanvarpu
6 months ago
Ooh, I think I've seen an AI model definitely using those a lot, but I didn't know it was a wider thing. Also, I thought it had been trained wrong since there was no space between the words and the em-dash, but that's how it's used correctly in English? In Finnish you're supposed to separate the dashes from the words with a space, apart from some cases like compound words.
skep
6 months ago
Depends! Hyphens always get a space (except for compound words like you mentioned), as do en dashes. No spaces for em dashes is more traditional I believe, but I've seen it both ways so now I'd say it's personal preference!
All right, well... by popular demand, Radioactive Mode can now be toggled on the home page. Go clear your cache first and don't say I never did anything for you.
Thankyou skep. I will never forget, that you have definitely done at least one thing for me