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going to korea for a bit to get my Pump It Up dance game fix, there are basically no cabs in japan because of Evil Konami
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johndavid's avatar johndavid 2 days ago

This is funny because I remember searching everywhere for the most out of the way arcades just to play DDR in korea lol

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daliwali's avatar daliwali 1 week ago

reminder: serial experiments lain is required viewing

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suboptimalism's avatar suboptimalism 1 week ago

and i don't seem to understand

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projectc190's avatar projectc190 2 weeks ago

my girlfriend has gotten into an airport lounge by literally just walking in really confidently. she was holding a trash bag to carry her stuff too because she didn't have a suitcase that met size requirements. it was hilarious just hearing about it over text

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i have no idea when it went up but your notebook entry about mahjong soul is so spot on lmao. it took me a long time to get into the game ngl; i started by miserably losing in ranked, came back to it a year later and basic defense strategy finally clicked after playing on and off for a couple months
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suboptimalism's avatar suboptimalism 2 weeks ago

yeah i wrote that a couple weeks ago right before going to vegas, haven't really played at all since then, had a resurgence of interest in dance games instead

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projectc190's avatar projectc190 2 weeks ago

completely understandable lol

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balckwell's avatar balckwell 2 weeks ago

good luck!

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daliwali's avatar daliwali 2 weeks ago

one-way trip to a foreign land in seek of enlightenment... many such cases!

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sorbier's avatar sorbier 2 weeks ago

@daliwali and it always works. live laugh love xoxo sorbier

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saddleblasters's avatar saddleblasters 2 weeks ago

if you ever return to the usa, you should stop in shanghai for a few days on your way back. apparently you don't need a visa anymore if it's under 10 days and you have a departure ticket...!

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suboptimalism's avatar suboptimalism 2 weeks ago

ah yes i think i heard about that...

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siqu's avatar siqu 2 weeks ago

ok got a ticket c u 2mrw

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derekgodin's avatar derekgodin 2 weeks ago

I hope you find what you're looking for out there, brother, and have fun

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I made the mayoyster chicken. cornstarch everywhere. worth it.
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suboptimalism's avatar suboptimalism 4 weeks ago

wow, probably the last one i expected anyone to actually make

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saddleblasters's avatar saddleblasters 1 month ago

I continue to think about an anecdote related in Soseki's novel Mon of a geisha who read the Analects over and over and talked about Confucius's disciples like they were characters in a tv show

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saddleblasters's avatar saddleblasters 1 month ago

you should read The Carnal Prayer Mat. it might help for your VN research

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projectc190's avatar projectc190 1 month ago

note no. 4 made me smile lol. great points about how "great classics" were viewed in their time though; i wonder what books/tv shows/etc. from our time will be revered as classics later on. maybe one of those uninspired booktok romance novels bc they're indicative of this era? i mean romeo and juliet was mid too

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suboptimalism's avatar suboptimalism 1 month ago

you never know, especially in america there's a long history of writers being rediscovered and appreciated only far after their own time..."Vast populations, towering cities, erroneous and clamorous publicity, have conspired to make unknown great men one of America's traditions. Edgar Allan Poe was one of these; so was Melville."-jlb

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balckwell's avatar balckwell 1 month ago

"analyzing themes" can also be fun outside of a school context. i see it as a form of play. i despised english class but now i act like an english teacher online...

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nullmi's avatar nullmi 4 weeks ago

very true - i like reading classics but i find myself doubting if im 'reading it the right way'.

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sorbier's avatar sorbier 3 weeks ago

reading can be so performative too (either listing/reviewing what you've read publicly or holding the "aesthetically correct" book on the subway) that people approach reading joylessly... i gotta read The Classics so i can impress The Onlookers... agreed re: reading has developed this patina of ERUDITION that so need not be the case

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erieweb's avatar erieweb 2 weeks ago

don quixote is interesting because it really does feel like it contains every idea in any novel ever written subsequently. also a "cute girls reading" anime does exist (Bernard-jou Iwaku) and as one of the MAL reviews points out, actually faithfully replicates several aspects of 2016-era /lit/ discourse (the power of convergent evolution).

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zerock's avatar zerock 1 month ago

chicken thighs are so underrated

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daliwali's avatar daliwali 1 month ago

i basically self-insert as Rei from NGE... i'm never gonna make it

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suboptimalism's avatar suboptimalism 1 month ago

fwiw i didn't have self-inserters in mind when i wrote that...

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siqu's avatar siqu 1 month ago

kaworu lads rise up

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siqu's avatar siqu 1 month ago

also where's the obligatory review on gurren lagann?

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suboptimalism's avatar suboptimalism 1 month ago

what i review is entirely based on random whims... i haven't even reviewed the majority of my favorite shows yet

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siqu's avatar siqu 1 month ago

now that you mention it there's no review of iruma either... though I can only guess as to what your favorites are

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suboptimalism's avatar suboptimalism 1 month ago

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lotus-cube's avatar lotus-cube 1 month ago

You read, right? Have you read Xxxholic or Land of the Lustrous? (I want to give you trauma.)

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suboptimalism's avatar suboptimalism 1 month ago

i'll look for those

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saddleblasters's avatar saddleblasters 1 month ago

"but i HAVE to get the most out of my vacations." Shocking words to hear from the lips of a man who calls himself "The Suboptimalist"

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suboptimalism's avatar suboptimalism 1 month ago

oops, was i not optimally suboptimal

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