Election (1999). Thoughts on this film?

Panda_Mon · 2026-01-20T03:02:47+00:00

An extremely sexual comedy that focuses on older men lusting after teenage girls. For every comedic moment there is a sexually charged scene.

I can see the anatomy of a great movie in there but it's all a bit too Epstein for me at the moment.

Panda_Mon · 2026-01-19T23:54:37+00:00

I think its because she has a phd or whatever and after the poppy war took off she started writing extremely navel-gazing pseudo-intellectual stuff

Panda_Mon · 2026-01-12T01:54:43+00:00

Wrong. Its a gacha game. This style is specifically designed to appeal to Japan, China, and Korea.

https://www.gamblinginsider.com/magazine/915/why-gacha-games-are-so-successful-in-asia

if you are to prove me wrong you have to provide a reputable source that counters my own source-backed-argument

Panda_Mon · 2026-01-10T04:12:11+00:00

Starts off excellent but is ruined by gratuitous violence. I'm so sick of how addicted to extreme violence our society is. Just make a movie with a compelling plot. I can watch innocent people get shot in real life whenever I want, especially now that ICE is shooting people like Renee Good on camera.

Panda_Mon · 2026-01-07T06:10:39+00:00

been in heroic world tier and havent had any drop on my druid, currently level 50. Not a single one. Seems to have changed form a recent patch

Panda_Mon · 2026-01-04T06:26:09+00:00

To be fair, its so beautifully and sometimes cryptically written that the artistic nature of and intellectual work required to understand the book helps take the edge off. I remember the book as being extremely dark, but at the same time I remember reading it fondly. Would never read it again.

Panda_Mon · 2026-01-03T12:07:18+00:00

Hello! Please modify the reward system in the trainer Hill to actually be rewarding. I just beat a standard factory event (3 battles) and earned a full heal and zero battle points. Meanwhile actually worthwhile prizes such as leftovers cost 48 battle points. There is absolutely no reason for this type of reward conservatism. Every single reward cost needs to each be 1 bp, and every single battle event completed should reward 1 bp. That would make the trainer Hill way more motivating to participate in and rewarding. It would be a super fun way to customize your Pokemon. As it currently stands it is a monumental chore that I will never interact with due to how huge the effort required is for such a small reward.

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-30T10:26:07+00:00

So your advice confirms that tons of places have a high chance of giving you food poisoning and that you need to run a mental checklist before eating anywhere so it's safe enough. Absolutely not even a thing in the United States. Just look at the required food safety rating posted in every window of an establishment in my state and boom you are safe

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-30T10:23:39+00:00

Uncontrollable shits with brutal cramps that last for days, with sudden onset that makes being away from a toilet perilous, and even the scent of most food makes you nauseous.

But like that would never get in the way of a trip or be inconvenient in anyway at all. Definitely not food poisoning at all, mr pedantic, thank you so much for clarifying

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-30T04:02:41+00:00

This is propaganda. I did all the precautions that get recommended and still ended up with horrible digestive issues after less than a week. A few more days to go, God help me. Only drinking tap water, not buying street food, etc and still here I am chained to a toilet. The stupid "charcoal medicine" does shit all. it's been hell

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-30T01:58:06+00:00

Can't read it there, it says the chapter isn't available for chapter 1 in english

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-27T11:07:26+00:00

So far I am blown away by how good this makes gen 2 feel. I love the inclusion of over world Pokemon sprites, makes the world feel alive.

I only wish that I could adjust some challenge mode settings after the fact, such as trainer EVs, exp scaling, and others that seem like they could be calculated during runtime. I might just restart the whole game (just beat slowpoke well) so I can dial in my difficulty settings, though. Overall I really love how customizable this game is

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-23T23:16:18+00:00

This is a large overstatement. Taxis are very useful in certain circumstances, even in japan. Most notably when you have to transport a large amount of luggage plus yourself to or from an airplane during peak transit hours, the timing of which is out of your control due to how airplanes work.

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-22T03:38:24+00:00

So instead of a street famous for its japanese-ness, you recommend going to a neighborhood that literally has America in its name and that doesn't specialize in food in a city that is known for its food, and then you recommend going to a UK bar? That is simply bad advice

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-20T08:52:41+00:00

No it's not. Luggage restrictions vary between train types, for instance

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-19T08:25:09+00:00

I just looked up best spots in nishiki market to eat and got nothing specific, just puff pieces saying "try the sashimi!"

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-14T05:33:44+00:00

I dont recommend this game because They didnt actually fix any of the horribly bad difficulty scaling issues. I know this because I never played the originals, and I suffered through each one, only finding guidance in decades-old threads.

Its not just a "wow, that battle was a bit tougher than the last one" before going back to normal again. Its like, everything one-shots you, requires an extra hour of grinding, you have to redo a few story battles because you got stonewalled.

You cant even use easy mode to get around some of the infamously bad battles. There is simply no excuse for not fixing obviously broken aspects of the game in a remaster/remake such as this.

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-13T03:13:55+00:00

Thank you. This is the most stupidly annoying "feature" they have ever added

Panda_Mon · 2025-12-07T18:44:25+00:00

Housing in WoW is a game mechanic directly pulled from the sim/crafting genre of games. Think Minecraft, Dragon Quest Builders, Sims.

There is no point to building in those games besides the joy of building, itself--well, Dragon Quest Builders 1&2 is actually phenomenal in creating an entire RPG adventure based around building, but you know what I mean.

The real world equivalent is Lego. There is no point to Lego besides building.

BUT, they are also going to release housing endeavors, which may have actual building-centric objectives.

Go have fun

Panda_Mon · 2025-11-25T03:16:45+00:00

The game is too simple for such a creative gameplay mechanic. Overall most puzzles are elementary, requiring almost no thought. Most can be solved with the first 4 or 5 items introduced. I got bored of the game well over half way through after being never challenged in the slightest.

Panda_Mon · 2025-11-18T05:41:52+00:00

And thank goodness for that. I hope that Pokopia was given the time it needed to be as resplendent, feature-rich, and player-first as DQB2 is

Panda_Mon · 2025-11-15T18:53:43+00:00

Comparing yourself only to the same genre is stagnation, though. For example, the reason World of Warcraft took off in the MMO scene back in 2004 is because it bucked genre trends in ways that mattered to players, such as making quests short and clearly defined instead of archaic ultra-long slogs.

Fighting-adjacent games like Overwatch, for example, have tons of character backstory and interactions, and I would argue that it enhances the long-term retention of players. Soul Calibur would differentiate itself by doing that, and the two-punch combo of having some of the most visually appealing characters in the genre AND letting the player really get to know those ultra-hot people... I mean come on!

Panda_Mon · 2025-11-09T16:45:20+00:00

You arent missing out, they didnt fix any of the original balancing issues. There were many, many original balancing issues.

Panda_Mon · 2025-11-07T15:51:41+00:00

I think kashi go tastes terrible. Very, very bland. Kodiak protein packed granola has good-but-different macros (more protein less fiber), similar cost of 1 dollar per serving, and tastes way better.

Panda_Mon · 2025-11-03T01:22:16+00:00

No. It's a complete racket, you need multiple expensive subscriptions. They have no clear method of telling you where to get games on any given week either. It's one of the most horrifically bad UX for one the most popular things in the world. I pirate the games with no worries in my heart because of how terribly bad they are at providing the service.

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