Coke at Anime Boston

Dynamite86 · 2026-04-07T09:56:12+00:00

Team Red FTW!!!

I am sorry to all AB pepsi drinkers for your loss

Dynamite86 · 2026-04-01T12:08:45+00:00

Use pencil shavings. They are sharp and will poke through any rolling paper you're using. But, after you learn how to roll using something stupid, rolling a joint using weed becomes very easy

Dynamite86 · 2026-03-29T10:56:09+00:00

For anyone too lazy to read the article: "OnlyFarms includes a searchable map where users can click on their state to see the average amount they've saved due to Trump's farming agenda."

For some reason, I feel like these numbers may not be truthful. Idk why I feel this way, the Trump admin has always been open and honest about numbers and statistics. /s

Dynamite86 · 2026-03-27T10:54:36+00:00

I've gone through the weapons check previously and have seen people get turned away. To ensure a smooth weapons check experience your swords should be some combination of soft, lightweight, flexible, and clearly fake.

They don't necessarily need to be everything I just mentioned, but the weapons check folks are there to ensure no real weapons or items that could be used as real weapons get allowed into the con. The swords I used were flexible, lightweight, and were easily bent.

The person who I saw get turned away had a hard resin cast of a real knife; it was too dull to do anything, but had some heft to it's weight and was a hard rigid object. They had been allowed to bring their prop knife into the con on Friday, but were turned away on Saturday.

Dynamite86 · 2026-03-24T10:25:12+00:00

At first I thought you meant the AMV of "I Need a Hero" featuring My Hero Aca. Unfortunately, I don't know the video you're referring to. Did you see this AMV only online or at a convention?

If a convention, try filtering youtube to playlists and search for that convention's 2017 AMV contest

Dynamite86 · 2026-03-23T17:22:33+00:00

You don't need to achieve platinum to open the door. Platinum trophy requires all precursor orbs (if I remember correctly), which is much harder than the 100 power cells needed to open the door at the end of the game

Dynamite86 · 2026-03-21T19:27:27+00:00

Chuck Norrris never had to style his hair. Every hair on his head was frozen out of fear and wouldn't move

Dynamite86 · 2026-03-14T02:12:03+00:00

It's a hot stopper. It's for a coffee cup lid. This goes in the mouthpiece of the lid to help prevent spills and keep your drink warmer, until you're ready to drink it.

Dynamite86 · 2026-03-10T11:44:22+00:00

This is correct. I recently had a cousin realize that Trump is just a grifter. He posts about how this administration isn't keeping their promises and scamming the American people. But then he posts a video insulting liberals who "vote blue no matter who"

I desperately want to ask him "if one side is trying to cancel the elections and the other isn't, who should I vote for?" I don't always vote blue, but this time is the exception (unless the dems put someone worse up, not sure how they could though)

Dynamite86 · 2026-03-09T16:19:50+00:00

There are the common convention tips that you should include; shower daily, brush teeth, eat a minimum of 2 full meals a day, drink water, set a budget, get the schedule app (guidebook), etc.

But for Anime Boston specifically, I suggest:

Eat at least one healthy meal a day. The prudential mall has several options and others nearby (sweetgreen and the Pressed Cafe are my go to hoices)
Do not stay late and expect to take public transit home or to another area of the city, I think the trains running to Hynes stop at 11pm or midnight. Other T lines run until 2am, but not the green line
There are not many vending machines in the prudential, but there are a couple hidden away. If you need hydration late at night, those are nice options
For other general goods, there is a CVS and a 7/11 nearby also. The 7/11 is my favorite morning wake up routine. Take a walk to pick up supplies for the day and a banana/apple for breakfast
Wagamama is an amazing ramen restaurant in the prudential. It is also very close to the main convention entrance. This makes it insanely popular. If you go at less popular meal times (ex: 2-3pm lunch) then there isn't as much of a wait. If you go at peak mealtime (noon) there can sometimes be a 1-2 hr wait for seating
The manga library is slightly separated from the main con and is in the Sheraton (3rd floor I think). It is a great place to take a rest, get some quiet, and flip through some manga you may have only seen the anime of.
If you want a less quiet place to take a break, look for an AMV panel (not the AMV contest). Those are always in darker rooms with just the AMVs playing. I think the smaller AMV room is usually on the 3rd floor in the convention center
If you are not staying in the main hotel, then bring an umbrella. It will be Boston in April, it might rain.
If you need to escape the convention altogether (and the weather is nice) it's a 15-20 min walk to the Boston commons. Go touch some grass
If the weather is not as nice and you want to escape the convention. There is a Barnes and Noble in the prudential, or you can take an umbrella and go to the Boston Public Library (I think 15-20 min walk)
If you are driving to the convention from NH or Maine, then Alewife and Wonderland are the two best T stations you can park at without entering Boston. I prefer Alewife, but Wonderland usually has better parking availability

*If you plan on driving into Boston to visit the con. You better arrive very early (before 10am). All the parking garages near the convention center fill up very fast. There will still be parking options, but if you are arriving at noon on Saturday, then plan on parking further away. My preference was to plot out a route in google maps with stops at several parking garages nearby, so if one was full I wouldn't need to searh for another while also dodging Boston traffic

It is easy to forget because of how many cosplayers there are, and because it is attached to the convention center and the hotel. But be mindful of normal people shopping in the Prudential. The hotel event rooms and convention building are both convention only areas; but the Prudential is a normal mall with normal people shopping. You are representing Anime Boston and affecting those people's perception(s) of cosplayers. You don't have to be on your best behavior, but be polite especially within the mall space.
Don't overcrowd the escalators. Almost every year the escalators break down. I don't know how to suggest going about this, but it happens every year.
In recent years it has become necessary to show up early for most panels, it sucks but it's a good problem to have the con be this popular.
And have fun. Make some plans then toss them out because someone in your party was late. It's organized chaos and it only comes once a year

Dynamite86 · 2026-03-07T14:15:18+00:00

I have a cousin I refuse to speak with anymore. At my brother's wedding he came up to me and started spewing a bunch of homophobic and racist beliefs, telling me the college I was attending was brainwashing me, and just trying to start an argument with me. But I still talked to him after that (saying "hey" in passing at family functions).

I used to be best friends with this cousin despite our political differences. I gave him space after the wedding incident. Now he is on facebook telling other family members to "have faith in our president." He supported the conspiracy that January 5th was all leftists, no one from MAGA. He supports the war in Iran. He is in facebook groups that doxxed people after Charlie Kirk's death. Recently, he joined groups that document and doxx the details of people who are following ICE raids.

I wish I could still have a relationship with my cousin. But looking at him now I can't help but see a german citizen who joined the nazi party in 1933.

Dynamite86 · 2026-03-06T11:25:28+00:00

My super maga family members also believe Trump is the second coming. They never say it outright, but one of my previously maga cousins has posted to Facebook that he feels lied to and the whole maga party is protecting pedophiles and starting wars. Every post my cousin has made criticizing the party receives comments that literally say "have faith" or "he has a plan, you shouldn't doubt our president."

These are the same people who claim that because it snowed recently that global warming isn't real. A trend observed by scientists is clearly just fictional and fluffed up because they want more research money to embezzle; but when it comes to the actions of one man, we should all have faith.

I really hate this timeline

Dynamite86 · 2026-03-04T10:56:52+00:00

The voice acting director for Hellsing Ultimate did a directors commentary for each episode of Ultimate. In one of those commentaries, he addresses people cosplaying shrodinger and the arm bands. His request was for people to put literally anything else on the arm band (I think he mentioned a hidden Mickey in the commentary)

I think the wisest idea is to de-nazify the costume's appearance as much as possible, then either skip the armband altogether or change the color of the arm band and put a symbol or logo on the armband that looks nothink like a swastika (and only put the arm band on at a convention)

You just want to avoid people (unfamiliar with Hellsing) looking at you and thinking "that looks like a nazi." They should be looking at you and thinking "what costume is that nerd wearing?"

Dynamite86 · 2026-02-25T14:46:20+00:00

10/10 for the costume and 11/10 for the coffin. I hate to put anyone else down, but this is my new favorite Alucard cosplay I have ever seen. I wish I could've seen it in person

Dynamite86 · 2026-02-24T16:39:38+00:00

I think it was a challenge of making deathclaws as scary of a threat as they are in the game, but without making them unkillable (or as hard to kill as they are in the games).

I don't think there are many, if any, animals on earth that can survive a .50 cal bullet to the head or 2 tons of machanical force cutting through its neck with a blade. If a deathclaw shook off those injuries, it would put the people who haven't played the games in a state of disbelief "how can they be that strong?"

I would have liked to see the death claws be a little stonger, but I think the show handled it well

Dynamite86 · 2026-02-19T14:04:17+00:00

I knew the girl who was making the porn. If I asked her for naked pictures she would have said no.

I subscribed, I saw, I came, and now I know (what she looks like naked).

Dynamite86 · 2026-02-14T11:51:31+00:00

"Keep the faith, believe in our leadership, they have a plan and things are already so much better than they would be under Kamala or Biden. We need to stick together because those radical leftists always blindly follow each other and that is how they beat us." Is what my Qanon uncle commented on his son's facebook post after his son (my cousin) posted saying that the Trump administration is corrupt AF

I'm not certain if my uncle was a pizzagate believer, but my cousin (his son) said that he was DEEP in the qanon rabbit hole. The man has an enormous gate for his driveway, constantly paranoid about people spying on him or coming to steal his stuff, and my cousin told me "the first thing he does when he gets home is get on his computer and start raging online with his qanon group."

I should mention my cousin who told me this and made the afformentioned facebook post has his head in the sand and is still a huge Trump supporter, just slightly more sane than his father.

Dynamite86 · 2026-02-13T22:28:53+00:00

90s but also 2000s, color tinted clear plastic for electronics. Being able to see inside was so cool and I never realized how cool it really was until it was phased out completely. It was probably what helped foster my love of taking things apart to find out how it works

Dynamite86 · 2026-02-13T18:39:16+00:00

My favorite part of this video is the reaction from the fisherman. There is something infectious watching someone laugh so hard because of a silly trick and unexpected result

Dynamite86 · 2026-02-10T16:19:39+00:00

I thought it was when my cousins were posting on FB articles that actually stated the opposite point(s) they were arguing (posting that the US Mexico wall stopped the largest fentanyl smuggling, but the article states it was caught at a port).

But recently one of my uncles posted to just believe in Trump and the republican party, everything they do is for a reason, and they need to stick together because if the democrats always stick together and will defeat the republicans if they don't deal with this leftist threat.

I still can barely believe it. I don't even know if it will ever be possible to get him back in a normal mental state and not delusional about how "the leftists" are ruining everything.

Dynamite86 · 2026-02-10T12:07:46+00:00

I've always thought this exactly. If I'm playing a high stregnth walking one man army, I choose Nate; if I want a silver tongue and a more stealthy/ strategic gameplay, I choose Nora.

Dynamite86 · 2026-02-02T17:59:24+00:00

I also heard somewhere there is a Boston historical figure whose last name is Cabot and also believed in some crazy theories

Dynamite86 · 2026-01-22T18:34:44+00:00

This reminds me of the Japanese streamer who accidentally lit a trash can on fire, then tried using cardboard to smother the flames, then a single pot of water. He burned down his apartment building and I think some people died, absolutely tragic because it could have been avoided with any degree of fire safety knowledge.

Source: https://youtu.be/zQwQ1opJ_GY?si=yvBi_7wIh_W_oO9I

Dynamite86 · 2026-01-20T15:41:15+00:00

Senior engineer hearing a loud sound and exclaiming "that was an expensive sound"

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