The contents of your site and the places it links to have kept me occupied for two days and it just keeps giving.
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"https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/character" i kind of know what you mean, but it's a bit harsh to say "vtubers are to fake simulate dating an anime girl" as someone who is kind of a vtuber themself. it is LITERALLY just using an animated avatar of yourself and streaming. again, i think you're trying to just talk about hololive and nijisanji, but i still think it's a bit rude :(
suboptimalism
10 months ago
yeah, the social dynamics of streaming are vastly different at scale and i was mainly talking about the biggest vtubers, though i think it is fair to generalize to them because that's where the vast majority of viewer-hours are spent.
suboptimalism
10 months ago
i think the main problem is that the same word (streaming/vtubing) is used to refer to what might as well be two completely different means of social interaction, depending on the audience size
suboptimalism
10 months ago
a stream with a very small audience is similar to hanging out on the couch with the fellas while one person plays a video game on the tv, a stream with a very large audience is more like attending a concert or sports game
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genuinly such an interesting site... had me glued to my screen
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balckwell
10 months ago
I'm not sure how well regarded Angel Beats! is nowadays, but it was the Ultimate show for an anime lover in 2010. it really had everything: a ridiculous premise, goofy highschool antics, original j-rock music, stylish action, extreme melodrama, 2 different girls... + a weird rocker guy with a faux-English catchphrase
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suboptimalism
10 months ago
i think it's largely forgotten now, i haven't seen anyone mention it in years, the only reason i was able to write about it was because i stumbled upon the OP song in a rhythm game recently and that unlocked memories. however, i do think it's more evidence for my "bad anime used to be better" theory (alternatively: "bad anime isn't as good anymore")
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i have spent probably a good few hours by now reading through (some of) your site; absolutely love your writing style. i was not expecting the muji essay to be as fascinating as it was, but that might've been my favorite one. & this is definitely one of my fave sites i've encountered on here
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suboptimalism
11 months ago
thanks, i put way too much effort into writing on here... i hope that with enough practice i'll one day be able to write somewhere more prestigious, like at a substack or in "nonstop life", the allegiant airlines inflight magazine
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suboptimalism
11 months ago
it's the place for long-form independent writing on the internet now... and i do go there a lot... according to a "substack summer" graphic they emailed me i read 792k words in 345 posts there this summer...
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saltedslug
10 months ago
This one made me cackle uncontrollably... also the timeline of products on their company website is absolutely batshit -- https://www.ryohin-keikaku.jp/eng/about-muji/history/ -- I LOVE 2010's product: the right angle sock
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suboptimalism
10 months ago
oh yes the right angle sock, it's kind of a big deal, there's a big display and poster promoting it in the store. the 2020 product on the product timeline is the "cricket cracker", which appears to be exactly what it says on the tin...
for some reason all of my profile activity was deleted and while searching for an answer i came across your "some undocumented neocities mechanics" page and this info is so great!
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photohomo
1 year ago
even if this site glitch doesnt get resolved for me, i think finding your site is worth it haha
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suboptimalism
1 year ago
it wouldn't really be "suboptimalism" if it wasn't hosted on a platform with occasional glitches...
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red-white
6 months ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the scoring stuff, though it seems like you missed that it applies to all filter options except Newest (which is a hard 100 view minimum) and more recently the non-tag search. I miss being able to find low viewcount sites man
it's kept me occupied for over two years...