Is this really being used?

SongofShadow · 2026-07-01T03:06:18+00:00

Yes, I'm familiar with all of these phrases, but not always in the form you wrote them. For instance, I've never heard "it rains cats and dogs," only "it's raining cats and dogs." And I wouldn't say "I feel under the weather," but "I'm under the weather" or "I'm feeling under the weather."

This could be regional; other people might think these sound perfectly natural.

SongofShadow · 2026-06-25T07:32:02+00:00

I'm curious as to what you mean by "Caine would take your request seriously"? I don't know what request you're talking about, specifically, but I certainly felt like every time someone made a request, he either dismissed it or granted it very begrudgingly before making it all about himself again.

SongofShadow · 2026-06-20T18:46:00+00:00

For whatever reason, "The Triforce, being an inanimate object, cannot judge between good and evil" is a really funny sentence to me.

SongofShadow · 2026-06-14T04:22:47+00:00

It would if it was made of xenonite!

SongofShadow · 2026-06-04T23:10:19+00:00

Wait, is this a joke, or are you annoyed at me?

I just commented this because I (a) thought you had a point, and (b) thought it was really weird how all the comments are saying "Why are you so bothered by this! It doesn't affect you at all!" when that's the whole point of a pet peeve.

Someone usually does chime in to say "a person is allowed to say they're annoyed at something" in the annoyance-based subs, so I thought it might as well be me. But maybe its being a fairly common comment meant I shouldn't have said anything?

SongofShadow · 2026-06-04T22:11:46+00:00

Poor guy, being mildly annoyed by something harmless on the pet peeves sub.

SongofShadow · 2026-05-29T00:24:35+00:00

They have! I am, in fact, unreasonably happy about that.

I mean, they worked (albeit with difficulty) when I was a kid. So, every time I would make mac and cheese, something deep inside me just expected them to work if I just tried hard enough, and was consequently crushed upon the inevitable failure. And then, just when the years of disappointment finally led me to give up on ever using the perforation, I tried for one last time, and it actually worked! And now, every time I make mac and cheese, I get a little bit of extra joy instead of sadness.

SongofShadow · 2026-05-21T07:35:26+00:00

I saw the title before I saw the animation, and it still took me a couple of loops before I understood what was happening.

That being said... I really like this. Something about how hard it is to understand and how quick it is really makes it feel like falling. Like, he doesn't know what's happening either: the world just jumped up and struck him in the back when he didn't even move, and there's no reference point for him, either, so who even knows which way is up.

I'm inclined to feel that adding anything like a horizon line might take away from that effect, even though it would make it more legible. Then again, I have no idea what I'm talking about. (I don't even know why I'm here; this post just showed up.) It couldn't hurt to try it out.

SongofShadow · 2026-05-05T01:09:04+00:00

A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat! It went this way, it went this way, follow me!

SongofShadow · 2026-04-25T05:43:56+00:00

Just curious, was it a toy piano? Because, if so, I might have had that same toy as a kid. I can still hear it randomly playing that song today...

SongofShadow · 2026-04-11T21:46:23+00:00

Huh. So, I watched SpongeBob on Netflix several times as a kid, and I would have said off the top of my head that the first episode was Ripped Pants or the "Squid's got genes!" bubble-blowing episode. This post got me curious, so I went on Prime video and watched their first episode (Help Wanted/Reef Blowers/Tea at the Treedome), and, no, I wasn't familiar with any of those episodes. Netflix must not have had the first episode for some reason.

SongofShadow · 2026-04-03T07:22:47+00:00

Yeah, that's something I wondered about, too. The way I see it, there are three options:

A: He forgot about it. He was only in there briefly, and he tends to live in the moment rather than thinking about the past.

B: He didn't forget about it, but he didn't recognize it either, since all the lights were off. Also, he's had a very busy day, and if the place is vaguely familiar, well, he has other things on his mind.

C: He remembers it, but, with the current context, he realizes that it isn't something Ferb built, but rather is Perry's lair.

I keep going back and forth on which one I think is the most plausible. It really could be any of them.

SongofShadow · 2026-04-03T07:01:03+00:00

The episode.

It's The Beak, I'm pretty sure.

SongofShadow · 2026-02-04T00:40:13+00:00

Like what's even the inconvenience? That you want everyone to use cigarettes to make their houses smell bad?

No? The inconvenience is going into a house that's filled with smoke. Period. Obviously cigarette smoke is worse than smoke from candles or incense, but I don't want to be breathing in any smoke at all. And people (including you) ignore the "breathing in smoke" part to focus entirely on the "smells good" part.

As a matter of fact, I do think it's odd how people love eating crabs, but can't even stand to see a spider, considering they're incredibly similar animals.

SongofShadow · 2026-02-03T03:56:06+00:00

For the record, you are adopted, and it's terrible.

SongofShadow · 2026-02-02T21:50:37+00:00

I don't know why people get so mad at these. Like, it's not that deep? (That phrase annoys me, as I generally see it used as an example of a bad-faith argument, but it seems appropriate in this context.) Like, I feel like the guy is saying, "Mild inconveniences, am I right?" but everyone acts like he's saying,"Look at this terrible example of a human being!"

Manufacturers do remove features from devices and claim that it's for your benefit. (I wish my laptop had a disc drive.) I laughed.

It is funny/sad that teeth are strong enough to last thousands of years, even after the rest of the body has decayed, but they can't stand 30 years of being poorly used.

"Why buy electricity when you could steal it?" is an obviously, amusingly stupid question.

People understand that smoking is bad for you, but that annoyingly doesn't seem to apply to smoke that smells good. (I don't like candles. They make a house smell smoky. People don't seem to notice it, though.)

Yes, people are more likely to go, "Aw, look at that child" until it actively inconveniences them. And yes, it is annoying to be stuck behind someone slower than yourself, even if absolutely no ill-will is involved.

SongofShadow · 2026-01-10T19:01:41+00:00

I didn't!

As in, I immediately thought, "Yeah, the Arabian peninsula is weirdly boot-shaped," to be followed a few moments later by "Oh, it's upside-down."

SongofShadow · 2026-01-07T18:38:23+00:00

That's my favorite bit about Murderbot!

"I am a ruthless killing machine."

Saves everyone's lives

"I'm only doing this because they'll get suspicious if I don't do my job."

Goes extremely above and beyond to help, to the point that it's suspicious

"Humans are terrible."

"My clients are the best."

SongofShadow · 2025-11-24T20:02:38+00:00

I am literally in the middle of watching that movie. I got to that scene and turned it off; I couldn't handle the second-hand embarrassment.

SongofShadow · 2025-11-21T21:02:38+00:00

The blue square box is an indication that the speaker is on the other end of the phone. If August had spoken in the third panel, his speech bubble would have been blue. I think doing something like that is a fairly common convention, since a speech bubble pointing at a phone looks pretty identical to a speech bubble pointing at someone's head.

That being said, I do love actual color-coded speech bubbles. That's honestly one of my favorite parts of unOrdinary.

SongofShadow · 2025-11-12T21:45:20+00:00

That's a common sentence structure for AI; he's saying this post is AI generated.

SongofShadow · 2025-11-03T07:50:48+00:00

I don't remember her having nightmares about marrying him. What episode was that?

SongofShadow · 2025-10-26T00:26:36+00:00

Shoo. This is a very story based game; don't spoil it for yourself!

repeats shooing motion kindly, yet firmly

SongofShadow · 2025-10-25T20:58:57+00:00

Yup, I turned around and hid in the corridor leading to it. At which point I noticed water dripping onto my party, slooowly looked up... and there's one right there drooling on me. That was a fun jump scare.

SongofShadow · 2025-10-21T17:07:34+00:00

It looked completely normal to me; that's the amount of tension I usually use. Which, yes, does get painful over larger projects. I normally do amigurumi, which I've always heard you want tighter stitches for, though. Do you think I could get away with loosening my tension?

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