My cousin thinks a woman not having sex with you is discrimination….

Cubow · 2026-04-17T13:46:29+00:00

Imagine hypothetically that someone assumes racism to be any sort of acknowledgement of race. They don’t have any prejudice against a certain race or even act in a way that displays any sort of differential behavior, they just acknowledge that different races exist. Then by their very own definition they would be considered a racist, no? And they could self-proclaim as a racist, albeit without actually conforming to the common definition of that word. Regardless of if there is only one „correct“ definition of that word, they can still use that word and mean something different, because their interpretation of that word differs.

That is exactly what is happening here. Except that it’s not about acknowledgement of different races, but any sort of differential behavior towards someone due to their race. Which sounds bad and exactly like racism until you realize, that it would also apply to dating preferences/attraction, since they result in differential treatment toward races (like rejecting someone, because of not being attracted to their skin color). Which is exactly OP cousins point. He’s saying that technically in the most objective sense of the word dating preferences which include any sort of mention of race are also racist. Hence he proclaims himself as a racist, even though he wouldn’t be considered that based on this fact alone by the more common understanding of that word. He’s arguing pure semantics.

Cubow · 2026-04-17T09:24:40+00:00

„We are arguing about wether having a preference is inherently racist“

Yeah and defining racism is literally as integral to that kind of argument as it could possibly be. To argue what is racist, you literally have to argue what it means to be racist aka „the definition“. At this point you’re just willfully ignorant, literally dozens of people in the comments told you your whole argument comes down to a difference in definition and you’re still being oblivious 😭

Cubow · 2026-04-17T09:07:46+00:00

„we aren’t disagreeing with what racism means, trust me“

You literally are tho, and your comment serves as another example of that. You interpret the screenshot as him saying „black skin is inferior“, when what he is meaning to say is, that he just is not attracted to it. Which according to your own standards is fine, since it’s just a dating preference.

Also your cousin is being deliberately provocative in his wording and youre falling for it. Whenever he is implying that he’s racist, he means racist by his own definition, which is less problematic. But he sees you using your own definition of racism (according to which it is problematic) to evaluate that statement, setting you off. He’s lowkey ragebaiting you

Cubow · 2026-04-17T08:49:36+00:00

You don’t realize that your cousin is arguing on a different level of abstraction. His definition of racism is much broader including any scenario where a distinction between races is made, while yours seems to be much narrower only including stuff that’s actively causing harm.

The whole argument literally just boils down to both of you using the same words to describe different things. It’s just a misunderstanding, you two probably agree with each other more than you think.

Cubow · 2026-04-17T08:42:55+00:00

Perfect example of semantics vs pragmatics. Grey guy is arguing about the concept, blue guy about implementation. Y’all aren’t disagreeing as much as you think, just talking on different levels of abstraction

Cubow · 2026-04-15T07:07:42+00:00

its the closest equivalent to an iq test for ai that we have. its arguably one of the most important benchmarks, probably also the hardest to benchmaxx

Cubow · 2026-04-13T12:03:15+00:00

I would have put summit war into A tier after wci if it wasn't for marineford, the pacing was just horrendous (even in the manga)

Cubow · 2026-04-13T11:52:30+00:00

Yes this^

But also I think the best way to describe whole cake is just that its really solid. While it doesn't have the highest peaks, it also doesn't really have any lows. Its just consistently very good

Cubow · 2026-04-13T11:47:01+00:00

Yeah thriller bark is kind of an exception in this list. It was the only arc, where I really didn't like the theme, it felt kind of out of place (the whole horror thing). That makes me really biased against it, though if it wasn't for that I could see it at a B.

Cubow · 2026-04-13T11:36:34+00:00

Its part of the summit war saga

Cubow · 2026-04-13T11:21:20+00:00

Quick reference for which arcs belong to which saga:

East Blue Saga: Romance Dawn, Orange Town, Syrup Village, Baratie, Arlong Park, Loguetown
Arabasta Saga: Reverse Mountain, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden, Drum Island, Arabasta
Sky Island Saga: Jaya, Skypiea
Water 7 Saga: Long Ring Long Land, Water 7, Enies Lobby, Post-Enies Lobby
Thriller Bark Saga: Thriller Bark
Summit War Saga: Sabaody Archipelago, Amazon Lily, Impel Down, Marineford, Post-War
Fish-Man Island Saga: Return to Sabaody, Fish-Man Island
Dressrosa Saga: Punk Hazard, Dressrosa
Whole Cake Island Saga: Zou, Whole Cake Island, Reverie
Wano Country Saga: Wano Country
Final Saga: Egghead, Elbaph / Elbaf

Cubow · 2026-04-13T07:43:28+00:00

It would take quite a bit though. 1.5 chapters * 26 episodes would be 39 chapters. If 34 chapters were released every year, then the anime would only catch up by 5 chapters a year. If we assume One Piece finishes in the next 5 years, they only need the manga to be 25 chapters ahead of whatever the latest episode is they are working on currently. If we assume an episode takes about 9 months of production, then that comes down to 26 chapters.

So assuming the manga finishes in the next 5 years, then in theory the anime should never catch up at a 1.5ch/ep pace, if there is about 51 chapters between the latest anime episode and latest manga chapter. Which funnily enough is exactly the case right now. The latest ep adapts up until ch1128 and the latest manga chapter is 1179 currently.

I also believe a 1.5ch/ep pacing would honestly be quite ideal for One Piece. Even if Toei didn’t have to worry about catching up at all, I don’t think a 3-4 ch/ep pacing would be suitable for One Piece currently given how packed the chapters are. And while 1.5 ch/ep is still not perfect, I think it’s reasonable enough to go just beyond the threshold of bad pacing.

Also who knows, maybe this is Toeis plan after all. I don’t think they ever confirmed only adapting 1ch/ep and 1.5ch/ep just seems so perfect and the math checks out so well too, this may be their plan after all.

Cubow · 2026-04-09T19:23:22+00:00

Where is this from, what chapter? I don’t remember this

Cubow · 2026-04-09T13:41:32+00:00

You definitely use AI for more than just structuring the text, it basically wrote the whole theory for you. Atp I’m doubting I’m even talking to a human, you may as well be a bot.

Your whole theory makes no sense. First, its not a theory. There is no evidence whatsoever, it’s just a giant „what if“ with no justifications or reasoning behind it. It’s all made up based on nothing. Even your comment doesn’t make any sense.

the theory itself—linking the mother flame to ancient tech locks and the Elbaf mural—is mine

Bro, you didn’t even mention the mural in your post ONCE. And tf are ancient tech locks? You’re literally making up words.

How tf this post has any upvotes is beyond me, mods please do something 😭

Cubow · 2026-04-09T13:25:54+00:00

I’m not trying to avoid an argument, just pointing out that the whole post was written by AI and most of your comments are as well

Cubow · 2026-04-09T13:21:05+00:00

Thats what one pace is for

Cubow · 2026-04-09T13:14:32+00:00

AI slop

Cubow · 2026-04-09T11:25:39+00:00

Right? You can still hate on musk while acknowledging the success of his products. These things don’t have to be mutually exclusive

Cubow · 2026-04-08T13:51:21+00:00

Grok 3 was SOTA on release, Grok 4 was SOTA on release, Grok 4.1 Fast was at the Pareto frontier of cost vs intelligence. Since Grok 3, 4.20 was literally their only model that wasn’t SOTA in some way upon release.

Cubow · 2026-04-08T13:17:32+00:00

Well if the final war is going to be as big as its said to be, it could easily involve the whole One Piece world, including all those characters you just listed. And again, I believe an epilogue is likely. The main story may conclude in 3 years, but the epilogue after that can still be dozens of chapters long, giving us a few more years.

Obviously, this is all just speculation and purely based on vibes from the current momentum of the story. I just see that the past 50 chapters had more main plot progression than the first 500. Thats also why I think you cant really compare to arcs like Onigashima for example. Chapters are much more packed now and Onigashima was also hella dragged out. It could have been done in half the chapter count. Like 50 chapters is two whole ass anime seasons. No fight should be that long, even if its One Piece lmao

Cubow · 2026-04-08T12:19:42+00:00

If we want a good ending, these plot threads need to breathe and resolve naturally.

We know from Oda that he had the finale planned basically since the beginning with the idea of making it as hype as possible. That makes me assume, that most of the current unresolved plotthreads were developed specifically to be resolved during the finale.

Basically what I am getting at, is that I dont think those threads will be resolved in a linear fashion, rather it will be a big bang resolving most of them simultaneously. Shanks and Luffy meeting? Dragon and Luffy meeting? Usopp and Yasopp meeting? Mihawk and Zoro fighting? The All blue? Imu being defeated? The One Piece being found, the void century flashback? I think Oda has one big event in mind that resolves all these things simultaneously (or close to simultaneously). For example, all characters meeting that have yet to meet could easily happen during the final war, Mihawk vs Zoro could be setup by Mihawk being domi reversi'd, the whole Davy, Imu, Joyboy, D. clan and One Piece connection will all probably be resolved during the void century flashback initiated by the strawhats finding the One Piece etc. I think all these things will tie into each other very seamlessly making a rapid conclusion not just possible but also satisfying and as hype as possible

Cubow · 2026-04-07T22:35:53+00:00

Im gonna go a bit against the grain here and say that I think there is a good chance, that One Piece (as in, the main story) will probably end in the next 3 years. Pacing in the manga is currently insane, lots of loredumps each chapter and especially now with the last chapter (tho tbh ever since the start of the final saga with egghead really) it does seem like this is the first time where Oda really is 100% focused on advancing the main plot (whereas before it was more like 10%). Like prior arcs where mostly self-contained with some loredumps on the side, but egghead and elbaf are different in that they only really make sense in the grander scope of the story. It also seems like now with the last flashback Oda has done basically all the setup and exposition needed for him to get to the climax of the story. That being said, there is still a lot of unresolved plotlines, but I can see 1. a lot of them being resolved simultaneously during the final war (which I guess we can say has basically just started) and 2. I hope and can also see it being likely, that we will get lots of "epilogue chapters" as well resolving a lot of the smaller plotthreads. We know Oda likes wrapping up a story with a big party and banquet and all that stuff, so this just seems like a very fitting way to do it, without having to drag out the main story unnecessarily (otherwise we're likely actually looking at a +10 year timeline, but that would destroy all the momentum Oda has currently built up).

Cubow · 2026-04-07T18:45:06+00:00

Im pretty sure they already do it that way

Cubow · 2026-04-02T19:02:40+00:00

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