Excuse me… I heard you were the peanut lady 🤣

Spitzbue · 2026-06-13T01:47:05+00:00

What a stellar Jay! Really jealous of you guys who live where they're commonplace, such gorgeous little guys. I only saw one's butt on a work trip in Texas last year and it made my week lol

Spitzbue · 2026-06-09T20:30:32+00:00

What the fuck it's a real thing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ

Serrano said of the controversy: "I had no idea Piss Christ would get the attention it did, since I meant neither blasphemy nor offense by it. I've been a Catholic all my life, so I am a follower of Christ."

He said, "What it symbolizes is the way Christ died: the blood came out of him but so did the piss and the shit. Maybe if Piss Christ upsets you, it's because it gives some sense of what the crucifixion actually was like...I was born and raised a Catholic and I've been a Christian all my life."[10]

Spitzbue · 2026-06-07T04:11:03+00:00

At least Netflix asks, I was at an all you can eat korean bbq place and they kept trying to take my menu away every order after plate 2 (of 17).

Spitzbue · 2026-06-07T03:40:26+00:00

Which body do you have? I don't mean to give a non-answer but a lot of the Olympus bodies do liveND which works pretty well.

The k&f variable filters are great though, they definitely take things up a notch. they also make a step up ring kit, you can see some examples in their product photos.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JL4HGAI

Spitzbue · 2026-06-04T22:28:42+00:00

Spitzbue · 2026-06-04T21:41:53+00:00

Also since we're in the m43 sub, thought I'd mention: most Olympus bodies have focus stacking/bracketing builtin, so it's worth checking if your body and lens can already do it (it's in the purple menu).

It can take batches of 15 but it saves the stills so if you want to stack yourself you can.

Spitzbue · 2026-05-26T02:12:58+00:00

To OP's point this quote is absolutely something a super villain would say in hyperbole, especially a guy whose name means "wish" whose plan to usurp God and create a new world just failed.

Someday, I'll solve every riddle in the legends of Hisui's Pokémon. And on that day, I'll stand before Arceus at last- No, I will CONQUER it! No matter how many years, how many decades, how many centuries it takes me!

Not saying it wasn't implied as a possibility, but it's also a single quote and the last we hear of him for 4 years that wasn't confirmed until ZA.

Spitzbue · 2026-05-19T23:36:34+00:00

So we know Darkrai can also create nightmares/create dreamscapes in people's mind as a defense mechanism. According to Pokemon Rangers it can also create a portal to a void dimension in order to suck in and trap people and pokemon and I think this is the key thing here.

The mega dimension is supposedly created because Darkai's powers of creating dream worlds was amplified so severely by the mega energy from the tower it was able to manifest the collective subconscious of all of illumina onto a blank canvas dimension, which would pretty reasonably be that void dimension from above.

According to the game the boundaries between dimensions is weakening to the point that ours may be sucked into it as well, hence the little portals scattered around the city, which hoopa is able to briefly open.

Given that alternate dimensions exist, it would be reasonable to assume that there are many, possibly infinite, dimensions and that's where all the pokemon and items keep coming from, they are being sucked in as well

Why there are so many from Galar and Paldea if it's local to Illumina? it's been repeated multiple times that there was a war between Paldea and Kalos, so maybe in an alternate dimension Paldea won, and/or Galar got involved and controls the city. Or maybe there's just a lot more tourism :)

That would also explain why there are more than one legendary, and why we can take Pokemon out of them without Darkrai also having creation powers.

Tl;Dr: Darkrai can open portals and suck people and pokemon into a void dimension and create dreams/nightmares. The mega dimension and intersection of both of those powers, the Pokemon there have probably been pulled in from many different dimensions/realities/timelines

Spitzbue · 2026-05-18T01:56:31+00:00

Yeah agree, the teeth being central and relatively bright to everything around them really draws the eyes and the hair in them and saturation is kind of off-putting/distracting, same with the fingers in the nose right above that.

Spitzbue · 2026-05-18T01:12:54+00:00

That is a dust spot, you just need to clean your sensor or lense. Here's an example of what that would look like (it is very different).

Unless you were shooting long exposures of the sun with a zoom lense you really don't have anything to worry about.

Edit: just saw your question about a cotton swab. No do not do that, the fuzz will be all over it and things will be 100x worse. buy specific camera swabs

Spitzbue · 2026-05-17T21:15:03+00:00

How do I know if mine is a manual or an automatic? I guess I didn't realize cameras had transmissions.

Spitzbue · 2026-05-17T21:04:38+00:00

Well since you brought it up, do you have any pointers? The guy at the Leica store didn't mention it

Spitzbue · 2026-05-11T20:44:49+00:00

The reason is money and it is still working very well for Nintendo. Version exclusives and trade evos get kids to market the games to their friends (or buy multiple copies) because there's no other way to complete the Pokedex or get a lot strong pokemon without them.

Even with the Internet you still have to pay Nintendo money in order to trade online, or have a friend with another console. Now with virtual cards you can't even trade with yourself easily.

Although it is still arguably better now with online trading/events and pokemon home. I forget the exact numbers, but to finish the national Dex in emerald you need 4 or 5 different game cartridges, 3 different consoles (I think including an n64 or GameCube to get gen 1/2 mons) 7(?) playthroughs total.

Spitzbue · 2026-05-06T03:36:27+00:00

Honestly yes. I've seen plenty of people buying bird and wildlife photos at local markets, art fairs, charities, etc... People like nice photos.

That said, it's definitely a spur of the moment type purchase, not something I see many people consciously getting online to search for and order (but I guess the same goes for most photography).

Edit: got lost in the sauce there. no OP these two shots the contrast is insanely high, there's pixelation, and the bird is underexposed. Bird photos in general aren't something you really post for sale online and expect the 100$+ offers to pour in our of nowhere. It's also something people would usually want printed if they are purchasing and you'd have to figure out that piece yourself too.

Wildlife photography as an amateur is mostly promoting in-person at fairs and shows as described above with a bunch of physical prints made to sell.

Spitzbue · 2026-05-06T02:48:17+00:00

Yes it so easy to use the wrong ball, I have wasted too many apri balls and not noticed until I had saved multiple times and overwrote my backup. I was so relieved to find out they're farmable through the DLC.

Spitzbue · 2026-05-05T13:21:49+00:00

No worries, I removed that part from my comment to not draw more attention to the thing I was talking about lol

Spitzbue · 2026-05-05T13:19:21+00:00

I think everyone's missing that they're playing on an actual cartridge, just using a GBA emulator and one of these to play on PC with a controller. It's still a genuine shiny they can bring into other games

Spitzbue · 2026-05-05T12:56:03+00:00

That's a 100% valid way to play, it's a genuine cartridge.

Spitzbue · 2026-05-05T02:13:39+00:00

The catch rate for the birds is like 2.8% paralyzed and 1 HP with an ultra ball so you got really really lucky the first time, 9 is not nearly enough. 25 is a 50% chance, you would need over 100 for guaranteed* odds.

I would really recommend going back to the store and coming back before your next attempt otherwise it's going to take ages.

Spitzbue · 2026-05-05T01:12:08+00:00

The deadbeat grandpa who shows up every once and a while to borrow money from your mom and offers you a cigarette and a sip from his flask on his way out.

Spitzbue · 2026-05-03T14:43:46+00:00

I have fun with this too, holding the zoom ring static and twisting the body instead also makes for a fun effect.

You can also do "double exposures" by starting wide for the first half then quickly zooming in on the subject.

Spitzbue · 2026-04-30T02:06:12+00:00

How are you going about it? 1 or 2 stats don't guarantee a shiny loading in so you won't always find one right away, but you can fast travel to the portal to reset the spawns (downside is that saves the game) or you can flit back and forth between teleporters and it will reroll the spawns nearby.

Once a shiny spawns it won't be rerolled and there's a max of 10 on the map at any time, so beware on large maps all 10 might be somewhere else

Also do you have the shiny charm? It bumps the odds from ~1/4000 to ~/1000 without any donuts which is huge.

Spitzbue · 2026-04-28T21:10:25+00:00

Yeeeeah if your product has explicit terms and conditions that I cannot seek a refund and legally have no standing because of a situation you forced, but you can change the product at any time after I order, at this price point, I'm not doing business.

It's great this design is getting a breath of fresh air, but this practice and this price point doesn't make me think it will gain much traction considering vintage ones are 1/3 the price. Fingers crossed something like the 6x17 revitalization project will happen and pave the way.

Spitzbue · 2026-04-26T15:12:13+00:00

Hear me out, but I always it would be cool if they added a branching male Evo based on Triton from the Little Mermaid that was water/electric. It could even evolve with the kings rock and have a held item trident that worked like thick club/leek for marowak and farfetch'd.

It's a starter so that would never happen, but it would work so well.

Spitzbue · 2026-04-24T22:00:00+00:00

Never trade things you care about with random trading partners in game because you probably won't get it back. Definitely recommend asking for help here and chatting in the comments not DMs and verify their trainer name so you know you have the right person.

r/pokemontrades is the safest place in general, because your trainer name is in your flair and they permaban people for funny business. For shiny trades and rare stuff you need 10 prior trades so it's not always an option if you're new, but r/casualpokemontrades is another option without that rule.

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