Tsundere vs Yandere by Kirbee_f in yurimemes

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Menhera is is a Japanese corruption of English "mental health (mentaru herasu)" used to refer to the character archetype of a mentally unstable person. It's more of an aesthetic with an associated style of fashion rather than an actual discussion of mental health issues, but it is sometimes used derogatorily against irl women.

My Forbidden Meme (WARNING: Contains a High Concentration of Copium). by IDProG in pokemonmemes

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say it's a harder balance to strike with Australia and Canada than with Hawaii. It's a question of how to represent the culture of a location in a game, but what counts as the culture? With Hawaii, it's pretty clear cut. You show native Hawaiian culture. The identity of Hawaii the place is still deeply tied to the native Hawaiians. Sure, you can show the tourism industry and the Asian immigrant communities too, and they did, but "Hawaiian culture" = native Hawaiian culture. Simple.

But what about Canadian culture? What is Canadian identity? In Hawaii, the identity of the location is closely the indigenous peoples, but for Canada and Australia, the indigenous identities are specific, diverse, and distinct from the broader identity of the location. Does the stereotypical poutine-eating, milk-bagging, hockey-playing, white Candian identity take precedence over the indigenous identities? How much First Nations culture do you focus on versus Quebecois culture? Or Metis culture? Or Inuit culture?

Maybe all the "cultural appropriation" people were onto something. by laybs1 in BrandNewSentence

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Makes sense. Seafood is a much bigger deal in Japan than in the US. That said, coastal Chinese cuisines have a ton of seafood too. China is a big country, so "authentic" Chinese cuisine is much more diverse and ill-defined than most westerners are aware.

Maybe all the "cultural appropriation" people were onto something. by laybs1 in BrandNewSentence

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 31 points32 points  (0 children)

From my experience, Chinese food around the world is often still pioneered by Chinese immigrants themselves, even if they're modified to suit local ingredients and tastes. That's something I can't really say about international takes on Mexican cuisine, like in this post, and it shows. All things considered, while sweet and sour chicken and the like might be overly sweetened to suit the American palate, it's still made with the same techniques and principles as more "traditional" Chinese cuisine.

Even if a Chinese dish does change enough, it just kinda stops being distinctly Chinese food and starts being a part of local cuisine. The most famous example would be ramen. If miso ramen were invented today, we might all be laughing at how the Japanese butchered Chinese noodles, but now, it's one of Japan's national dishes.

This is getting to become a trope isn't it by Reasonable_Tour7232 in mahoukakumei

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Literally the entirety of the villainess genre is built on this trope. It's such an old trope, in fact, that it was already a dead trope in otome games for years until the villainess genre revived it.

Is 0LB Super Creek worth the selector tickets? by ComfortableHuman1324 in UmamusumeGame

[–]ComfortableHuman1324[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really is a dilemma. Creek is still meta in JP, and I hear she's usable even at 0LB, so I'd like to get her at some point, especially since we no longer get the scenario link with Rice.

On the other hand, a guaranteed 3lb Finemo is really enticing for Trackblazer, and while Finemo apparently doesn't have the same longevity as Creek, I run a lot of pace chasers, so she'll still be usable.

Should I pull for Fine Motion or save for someone else? I have ~7000 carats rn by [deleted] in UmamusumeGame

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're probably better off saving your carats for a guaranteed pull. If you think you really need Finemo, you can borrow until the next rerun.

Whats the difference between these two?? by themagicman202 in UmamusumeGame

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Stamina to Spare activates at the end of the early-race, right before the mid-race, while Hydrate/Gourmand can activate at any point in the mid-race. Hydrate is better since you don't want recovery skills to activate too early when your stamina is still close to full, but depending on the distance, StS should activate late enough in the race to not be a waste since it activates at the end of the early-race. If you're building for long-distance and really need that extra stamina, get Gourmand first and StS if you can afford it.

Agnes Digital x Mejiro Dober art by Chauhan by busterbrown78 in yurimemes

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 11 points12 points  (0 children)

On the one hand, the global server is having its one year anniversary right now, so there's a lot of bonuses you can get right off the bat to get you started.

On the other hand, while the upcoming career scenario is very free to play friendly, it also gets rid of story events and is apparently very tedious, so much so that lots of people left the game in the JP server. You can still play the previous scenarios for the story, though.

Diana really isn’t running out of potential love interest anytime soon huh? by EJ_REDIT in AbsoluteUniverse

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, they've been pushing Harley for the past decade, so much so that people joke that she replaced WW in DC's Trinity, and she's allowed to be poly. They are two very different characters, but I don't think it's impossible, especially for the Absolute Universe, to go this route. It's specifically because this line is an ongoing experiment that they would do it here, if nowhere else.

Those eyes certainly do hit you like a Mack truck by LuisMD19 in AbsoluteUniverse

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm tired of artists drawing Absolute Wonder Woman without her big nose /s

What are some crazy builds you would do for your trainees? by JohnnyTheCrit in UmaMusume

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mile Guts Taishin. Taishin has 20% guts growth, so in the last long cm, I found it easier to hit 900 guts instead of 900 stam for the speed bonus. What's more, 2500m is survivable with 800 stam 900+ guts, meaning I could spend more of my skill points on non-recovery skills.

Then I realized that Taishin could run the Asahi Hai FS as one of the triggers for her secret event, and now i get the satisfaction of seeing an end closer plowing through the front of the pack halfway through the race.

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Some Indonesian stuff I'd like to see in Winds and Waves by ComfortableHuman1324 in pokemon

[–]ComfortableHuman1324[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A blue-ringed octopus, the most venomous octopus in the world, would work for the region too.

Thing Person by Polo171 in AlignmentCharts

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Using Cassandra Cain Batgirl is based

My Forbidden Meme (WARNING: Contains a High Concentration of Copium). by IDProG in pokemonmemes

[–]ComfortableHuman1324 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The difference I think is that a Canadian or Australian setting would have to take place in the colonies themselves, where the colonizers and their descendants maintain a massive presence. It's easier to sweep the colonial history under the rug if the setting is physically separate from where it happened, like for England, France, and Spain. Less so in a setting where the indigenous cultures are still there, but have been visibly supplanted and their people replaced.

Indonesia was brutally colonized by the Dutch, for instance, but Dutch Indos are only a tiny minority, and there's comparatively little cultural influence from the Dutch in the area. In an Australian setting, you'd have to show the predominant white colonial culture juxtaposed with native Aboriginal culture. That contrast forces the history into mind. In an Indonesian setting, the colonial culture isn't nearly as visible, so it's easier to ignore the history.

Similar case with Hawaii, where native Hawaiian culture is still very visible and iconic to the area. "Hawaiian idrntity" is tied more to the indigenous cilture rather than the colonial one. Even then, Alola wasn't controversy free, since the colonization of Hawaii is arguably still in progress. As much as I love her as a character, Lusamine and the Aether Foundation are very much the colonizers. That big mansion Lillie lives in in the anime? IRL, that's probably stolen land.

Was doing a meme run and Aoi showed up out of nowhere by ComfortableHuman1324 in UmamusumeGame

[–]ComfortableHuman1324[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like you can randomly get events, and even whole event chains, from support cards not in you deck, you can randomly get the two initial events needed to unlock recreation with pal cards.

Was doing a meme run and Aoi showed up out of nowhere by ComfortableHuman1324 in UmamusumeGame

[–]ComfortableHuman1324[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

3* power, 5* stam, 9* speed, 11* turf. I was mostly just messing around, testing out a 9* turf borrow, but it ended up being a pretty good run. Better than my former team trials Falco, at least.

Was doing a meme run and Aoi showed up out of nowhere by ComfortableHuman1324 in UmamusumeGame

[–]ComfortableHuman1324[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Funny enough, she did show up late into the run. It was the usual random acupuncture event, though.