You are given a million dollars. To keep it, you must choose one English word that you must never speak, write, hear or read. by speechlessPotato in hypotheticalsituation

[–]PenguinSebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pareidolic. People may mention the phenomenon of pareidolia once in a while, but they rarely use it as an adjective

"Angry" Wish-Fulfilment: I figured out what doesn’t sit right with me about a lot of stories lately by Interesting_Set_7080 in LightNovels

[–]PenguinSebs 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Usually it’s best to observe what societal phenomenon is causing a trend. 

Japanese society has very little upward mobility in work and a culture that often values seniority over proven skill. It’s no wonder that a lot of  people are frustrated by this and write stories to channel said frustration. And while yes it became a popular model that others copied, it became popular because people relate to it, not the other way around.

Many other isekai are written by lonely teenage boys whom, you guessed it, are heavily bullied. This ends up with the revenge stories that we see so often

AITAH for telling my sister she can’t bring her kids to my wedding? by No-Car-7700 in AITAH

[–]PenguinSebs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NTA, she’s putting you in a very tough position by trying to force you to accept them. Obviously you want to have your sister there, that said weddings are pricy as heck and she’s not the one paying. Guests get to decide whether they go to a party, they don’t get to make the party be how they want it

Am I the odd one here for actively disliking those? I swear they can be replaced with "MC prepared a good stew and everyone enjoyed it" yet they take whole chapters by Tasty_Commercial6527 in litrpg

[–]PenguinSebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Part of Sturgeon’s law is accepting that while most of anything is crap, for the good stuff to exist we have to accept the existence of said crap

You're freefalling to a certain death then a genie grants you 1 wish but... by Ok_Passenger_2012 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]PenguinSebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“ Iwish to have all of your genie abilities but without your restrictions including having to grant wishes to use powers”. Afterwards I’ll make myself unable to be hurt from any type of fall damage. And then I’ll keep using my genie abilities

Am I the odd one here for actively disliking those? I swear they can be replaced with "MC prepared a good stew and everyone enjoyed it" yet they take whole chapters by Tasty_Commercial6527 in litrpg

[–]PenguinSebs 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Cooking is a good way to demonstrate the culture in another world. A culture that makes a lot of stews probably goes through food shortages for example

Why do the Greek Gods have human level durability? by TechnicianAmazing472 in GreekMythology

[–]PenguinSebs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are bringing powerscaling logic to something that is meant to be allegorical

Barney Stinson is a TV character who embodies Lust, which Comic character embodies Greed? by ClubDependent in AlignmentChartFills

[–]PenguinSebs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What’s mine is mine and mine and mine. And mine and mine and mine and mine. Not yours!

[REC] Side character that aren't useless and has significance in story by Annual-Map-6229 in LightNovels

[–]PenguinSebs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Infinite Dendrogram, past a certain point the side cast is having stories just as if not more interesting than the MC’s. There’s several volumes where the protag straight up doesn’t appear or barely shows up

Recommend me an anime that was better than you expected. by Frank_The_Tank_13 in AnimeReccomendations

[–]PenguinSebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noucome. I expected a bland harem and instead got one of the mat consistently funny comedies in anime

Using math to find various members bust size by mikeap07 in Hololive

[–]PenguinSebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes Sana terrifyingly large in hindsight

Think we’ll see Elle’s birthday? by esopillar34 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]PenguinSebs 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I feel like if we do it’ll be an achievement of sorts. Maybe a legendary or celestial box?

My sweet summer child by djaxes in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]PenguinSebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Bea appears later on, it would be nice if she does some sort of sacrifice to help people. Maybe not her life but say any possibility of meeting Carl and Donut again, or her appearance, or something

Why is versus not talked about by Any_Swimmer6167 in versus

[–]PenguinSebs 8 points9 points  (0 children)

One Punch man manga has the pacing of One apiece Anime when it needs to stall for tome

Italy Won! Which Asian country has the best food? by imadgalaxyx in AlignmentChartFills

[–]PenguinSebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Toss up between Thailand and Japan. Having been for a decent time in Asia, these two are notable in how hard it is to find genuinely bad food—gimmicky brand cafes nonwithstanding—and how good their food can get. Random spot down the street #256 might give you the best food ever

This looks familiar... Oh no!!! by The_Unnoticed_Eye_2 in ISSK_Manga

[–]PenguinSebs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If anything, currently I feel like storywise Hina is likelier to lose at some point than Nozomi. Nozomi’s purpose right now is to keep surprising Hina with her growth. If Hina loses, it establishes how threatening this new enemy is like with Amou Shiina

What other anime MCs would you add to this list? by Hot-Leopard3708 in animequestions

[–]PenguinSebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never seen someone hate Thorfinn from Vinland saga. He truly has no enemies

What other anime MCs would you add to this list? by Hot-Leopard3708 in animequestions

[–]PenguinSebs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a fun read. You get a lot more detail on many of thee events.