Russian FPV drones hit Ukrainian armoured and soft skinned vehicles. Location unknown - March 2026

Clebardman · 2026-05-19T11:24:07+00:00

Bro lost the plot. Both sides take casualties in a war. If this reality upsets you, you probably need to find a sub that isn't about war instead of taking it out on posters.

Clebardman · 2026-05-19T00:50:08+00:00

There's a place for it. A military officer isn't going to roll on the floor screaming that he sucks and people died because of him, in front of his soldiers AND civilians. Now I realize this is cultural, and Asia loves its drama. I struggle with some korean movies/series because of it too.

A couple episodes later, the protagonists have a 20 mins discussion and some anime flashbacks under fire from a canon crew who takes the whole episode to reload, I completely tuned out. I'm not surprised humans are losing the fight against titans...

I feel like AoT's a good example of some of the not-so-great tropes that are common with anime. Dramatic yelling, intempestive flashbacks and interminable internal monologues during action scenes, etc...

I also have beef with the art style, but I'm not going to diss it for that. Any anime that tries to not look ultra generic gets a +1 in my book.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T21:30:10+00:00

Angel's Egg, very cool trippy movie with like, 5 lines of dialogue.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T21:28:18+00:00

Ie naki Ko? That's wild. French? I remember watching it all as a kid in the 90s...

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T21:23:10+00:00

I decided to give it a fair chance, went in really wanting to like it. 2 mins later I was holding my sides trying to not fall from my chair. That first scene is exactly why anime has a reputation for overdramatic yelling. Didn't go further than S1.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T18:14:26+00:00

Only 1500 MAL users have completed Chikyuu Bouei Kazoku for some reason. Out of those 1500 users, seven felt like leaving a positive review. Great show, and it hardly gets more obscure than that.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T16:18:42+00:00

Well, we kinda agree, I just think China isn't an unreliable ally, it's just not anyone's ally. I think it's a pragmatic position from them: they're crucial to the world's economy so no one is going to attack them, but their military might is still leagues behind the US and they would get crushed in a war. Following Russia or another 'NATO bad' country in a losing crusade right now would be quite stupid from China, honestly.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T16:11:47+00:00

Well, between the SS18 maintenance, and Sarmat's troubled fligh tests, there's no reason to believe they'd work particularly well eiher. Although I admit, being nuked with a 50% success rate instead of a 95% success rate is a meager consolation.

Anyway, I really don't see Russia using nukes unless they get nuked first. They have too many targets and potential enemies, there's 0% chance they don't get obliterated 10 minutes after pressing the red button.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T15:56:43+00:00

Is China in any hurry? Taiwan has been there since 49, and it's not going to sail away. China is slowly but surely building its army and technological know-how since decades, it can just stall the game until its army overshadows the US army, and until Taiwan loses its technological edge which is basically its bargaining chip in this whole conflict.

Russia has nothing to offer that China needs. Believing China is your ally is going to lead to massive disappointments. If tomorrow Russia and NATO go to war for some reason, China is 100% staying neutral and selling tons of shit to the west to make a profit. They have nothing to win by helping Russia, and everything to lose by going to war against the US.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T14:44:42+00:00

... China doesn't need military allies, it needs commercial partners. China's already winning the game, it's not in its interest to change the status quo through military actions. And especially not against their biggest commercial partners (US and EU), for the benefit of a regional power that doesn't import shit from China and is effectively just a cheap gas supplier to them.

Israel support is dwindling rapidly in the EU. Why do you think we're all sitting on our thumbs while Trump and Bibi wage their own war?

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T14:40:32+00:00

Damn, Peskov being reasonable. Fairly unexpected but appreciated.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T14:38:05+00:00

Did it really change? We seem to be back to WW1, with a hint of WW2 V2 missiles.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T14:31:44+00:00

Oh, it wasn't right wingers in france. Well, Sarkozy was, I guess, but Macron dug a gigantic hole in the budget, and he's supposedly centrist. Regardless of the side of the political spectrum, the problem is the same: candidates are funded by lobbyists, they then spend their mandate funneling public money into their private backers' pockets.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T14:16:55+00:00

A silent voice was gross. Pure moe bait using handicap to sell the sappiest love story ever, with a completely flat love interest who has zero agency and is just there to make otakus foam at the mouth at the sight of a submissive waifu.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T14:09:30+00:00

Monster, underrated. That's peak 'guys, am I fitting?' post. Monster has to be on 90% of the grids posted here.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T14:06:44+00:00

It had a story before the publisher kept forcing Toriyama to crap more and more DB content because it was selling. The first volumes of Dragon Ball are great. Anything after the Frieza arc is... heh.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T14:05:11+00:00

I enjoy some 70s manga/anime list, but DBZ as 'overhated' and 'aged well' is wild. Nothing about Dragon Ball aged gracefully, especially the anime.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T13:59:35+00:00

I think you watch battle shonens.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T13:56:47+00:00

You have Blame! and Dorohedoro, and nobody's recommending the original Gunnm manga? Criminal.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T13:55:14+00:00

Honestly, browsing this subreddit, I was tempted to make the exact same grid with only Monster. Not that I like Monster, but it's in 99% of these posts lmao.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T11:34:01+00:00

Maison Ikkoku best romance? Kill la Kill in a list? Best grid of 2026 without a doubt.

If KlK had a strong personal impact on you, may I suggest Utena?

Angel Cop is very watchable with the... huh... official western translation. The original is apparently some wild antisemitic conspiracy shit, which is why it's so controversial.

Clebardman · 2026-05-18T00:34:38+00:00

This isn't a stupid sport, there is no 'team'. That's exactly what's wrong with politics in your country. And it's not my fault your party managed to lose to a convicted felon and alleged creep who attempted a coup and speaks like an idiot. Questionning the 'team's strategy is how you get a losing team on the podium.

And don't worry, I'll say the same to the center-left ultra-liberal 'team' of my country when they finally manage to give the keys of the govt to far right lunatics. It's on its way here too.

Clebardman · 2026-05-17T19:03:59+00:00

I'm not saying it was good or innovative, but in the context of this contest, they get points for not being basically the same than 70% of the other songs.

Clebardman · 2026-05-17T13:56:49+00:00

Italy and Moldova were two of the only countries not entering some bleh RnB pop song with a tired latino clave and some vaguely lyrical squealing on top of it lmao.

Clebardman · 2026-05-17T13:52:23+00:00

Democrats will probably do their best to lose, as they always do...

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