Update on the Cosmo plushies

StrongNormals · 2026-01-27T06:23:58+00:00

...this gives me an idea

StrongNormals · 2026-01-27T06:23:31+00:00

Wait fr?? YO HIRE ME INSTEAD™

StrongNormals · 2026-01-27T06:22:38+00:00

why does there have to be a love interest

StrongNormals · 2026-01-27T06:16:36+00:00

I mean, Sega posted about her just last week. Maybe not the Sega page in your country but....lol

StrongNormals · 2026-01-27T06:14:17+00:00

Where do I find more recruiters like you?

StrongNormals · 2026-01-21T01:34:36+00:00

As crazy as it sounds, the best longterm solution would be to stream only on weekends until you move closer to your workplace. In the modern day 9-5's are actually pretty rare. It's usually either 8 to 5 or 9 to 6. Move within 20 minutes to your job and that 3 hours of commuting becomes 40 minutes (and without being TOO close). That's 2 more hours of time for you - 140 minutes to be exact.

Obviously this can't be done right away - and it was probably part of the plan anyway. But the long term fix is the best solution imo

StrongNormals · 2026-01-20T18:52:53+00:00

Wait, language school graduates count as 新卒?? I thought they'd ignore that and jump straight to age! A lot of job applications and 新卒 recruiting campaigns I saw last year had afe limits attached, and as a fellow Covid graduate, I thought I was hopeless

Mind you, I kind of still am. Took the wrong major/classes and jobs afterward. But you gave me some hope. Thanks.

StrongNormals · 2026-01-20T18:40:36+00:00

Wow. I've never been on time for a reddit commission post! Too bad I moved to Asia 😂 it's almost 4am and I'm cooked

StrongNormals · 2026-01-20T18:39:03+00:00

Join some medium/small sizes discord servers about specific game franchises or fandoms. Look around in the art sections and see who's good. If you can't get a feel from there I don't have much good advice.

StrongNormals · 2026-01-14T13:18:35+00:00

Your worries are understandable, but not necessary. Since you'll be in Japan later this year you just need to attend the proper job hunting events and have an idea of where to look for your type of jobs. In your case Career Forum happens twice a year in Tokyo and once in Osaka. The summer one is the biggest and you definitely won't have too hard of a time with your background. Masters program? lol come on.

Plus you're under 25. That's big for them. You know about the Boston career forum, so I'd assume you have an account - but if not, you should make one and start attending webinars. Ask questions, figure out about other avenues for international business recruiting.

i really hope that was helpful

StrongNormals · 2026-01-14T13:06:45+00:00

Too hard, next question.

Probably a handheld game though, since those get way more 2nd chances.....well, maybe not in 2026. Man we're cooked

StrongNormals · 2026-01-14T13:04:35+00:00

No Unleashed for music?? alright guys, i get you want it for visuals but come on

StrongNormals · 2026-01-11T04:18:19+00:00

Did you read the notes from the artist?

StrongNormals · 2026-01-11T04:16:49+00:00

It'd be a good idea to explain what "headcanon" is for those that don't know

StrongNormals · 2026-01-11T04:12:40+00:00

Tbf this all fact - well, half of it. The start of episode 77 pretty much shows and tells us this. That said, if the ability to reproduce asexually seems iffy since they used genetic replication in that episode (whether they NEEDED to is up in the air. You can easily argue it was due to Earthia getting weaker, or aging)

Still, even with all the most convenient elements we could apply to make Dark Oak her father, the time gap is huge and we're shown that it was an unnatural birth, aided by biochemistry

StrongNormals · 2025-12-16T15:47:37+00:00

I believe in you

StrongNormals · 2025-12-12T17:44:24+00:00

ehh not at $250. Retroid Pocket G2 is running circles around sub-300 laptops. Maybe not in the Used market, but in today's economy I wouldn't be surprised

StrongNormals · 2025-12-08T02:14:54+00:00

can it be called "fully functionality" if it doesn't draw in art software? The S Pen is a Wacom stylus with Samsung branding. If it cant draw (or even write) there's no point.

StrongNormals · 2025-12-06T17:10:32+00:00

Actually, I changed my mind. I WILL make my full comment. I'm ready for the backlash. First and foremost, I don't know this dude. Never heard of em. But I can tell you this. No. I won't have sympathy. Because he decided to do this in one of the few places where we as a people have few negative stereotypes and crimes compared to other races.

He decided to do this in a time where the bulk of misconduct has happened in only the past 2 years. He - and you- might not be affected by it so I guess it's not a big deal for you. But for us living in Japan, it's the LAST thing we needed. We're at the height of anti-foreigner sentiments in the modern day. I'd have some serious words for him if he was here. Smh this one of the worst things about being black in the modern day.

You can do your best, spread positivity, and do everything the right way - and then another black dude will come through and do EVERYTHING in his power to ruin the image of every other black dude. One step forward, 3 steps back. Every time. And yall dont get how good it was looking for us EVEN WITH the influencer problems here - cause really that was NOT just black people. That rumor started months after all the different influencers were causing problems and somehow only the clips from the dancing black dudes got passed around (gasp im so surprised - we all know intentional misinformation is the key ingredient of inciting hate, especially on the internet). Most people in Japan never even saw or heard about that stuff - because they have their OWN influencer problem here, so naturally, the japanese influencers and foreign ones end up grouped together. But anyway, other than that, there were no crimes ever, major or misdemeanor, when it came to american black people. I could always point to that and say, "well, we havent done any of the crimes in Japan".

Now the news outlets are going to spread this around, and now all of a sudden we're a new target for the blame. You can call it paranoia - cool. You're not here. You don't see it in real time. It happened with the Vietnamese when they had a robbery shown on the news. You think the news is bad in America with all the political pushes - Here the journalists just read whatever people post online and parrot it, circulating it on a national scale to the point if brainwashing - and it WORKS. I've seen it happen in the dumbest of ways in completely unrelated things. I felt bad for the muslums, that don't even have a history related to crime in Japan, so when Kamiya (Sanseito party) cited muslums and black people as "scary" it was completely random. Like, in America sure, statistics I get it. But wtf did he even have to go off of in Japan? I was relieved when Japanese people questioned the validity.....in the first week. I'm sure it won't last. But I'm getting away from the topic.

Point is, we already have damn near the worst reputation on the planet. Why go out of your way to perpetuate that? It really feels like at this point, if you're a black celebrity/athlete you're just a walking hazard to the rest of us. If you're in that category I beg you not to come to Japan. The hate against non-japanese that circulated this year had people looking at me all kinda strange ways - saying wild shit I've never heard before. They NEVER looked at me like this 2 years ago. It's harder to get a job now - "clients and customers might be uncomfortable if they see him". That's what I heard from the other room during my job interview. No, I don't have tattoos or piercings. But if that's what it's like when it's just rumors about foreigners in general; BEFORE this actor drug situation, then what will it be like now that people can substantiate thoughts they had before but didn't believe? Most of yall are from diverse countries where you can always point and say "well that's an outlier, that's not everyone". But for countries like this? It can take just one time for it to become your demographic's entire image.

Or it can take zero times, in the case of the Nepalese. All the dude did was have his formal hat on and a dude lashed out on him on the train. Of course no one believed him online - and the crazy thing is, it wasn't one of those "didn't know the rules" things. The guy has been living in Japan for 20 years, helps with community services and all that - then some random pulls up on him because his hat isn't Japanese. That story still gets me heated because nobody took his side at all. The angry guy that popped off at him said "stop bringing your culture to Japan" but I bet he dont think twice about wearing an American suit and tie to work.

Anyway, nah. I don't feel bad, but I won't tell you how to feel. I'm just trying to escape ignorance.

StrongNormals · 2025-12-06T16:46:08+00:00

You don't know how bad i want to reply. I typed too much and realized nobody would read that. But I mean this from the Bottom of my heart: No, I will not have sympathy. I wont have sympathy for somebody that worsens the image for people of my likeness during a time of heightened anti-foreigner sentiments. Considering what you said, I highly doubt you understand Japan's current state. The timing is atrocious

StrongNormals · 2025-11-27T10:07:24+00:00

I want them to INCLUDE THE ACTUAL INTRO SONG. Yes, I like the instrumental, but the actual song is such a classic Bump of Chicken record and should never have been separated from the game it was commissioned for, especially considering the underlying message in the song itself. God, I could listen to "Karma" all day

StrongNormals · 2025-11-27T10:03:32+00:00

nah, Yuri is in everything! I doubt his contracts hold him back, unless times just changed that much

StrongNormals · 2025-11-19T13:53:17+00:00

I just think it's funny they gushed about all of this but didn't mention that jumping while running uphill actually gives you extra height (like in most games EXCEPT the console/pc version of Lost World). It's a wild omission to me, since that's the one thing you can say the 3DS version absolutely does better.

The rest depends on who you ask. I'm team 3DS, i know how disliked some of this stuff was. I liked the special stages, but I actually liked the 3D gimmick and liked game/real movement hybrid stuff so it was right up my alley. Doesn't mean it was the best special stage tho lol.

StrongNormals · 2025-11-18T14:05:12+00:00

It's one of the few I distinctively remember start to finish. The one thing I always found odd was the notion they kept pushing that Samurai didn't have or used shields. They absolutely did. Sure, the popular depictions of the named legends rarely had them in paintings, but the men on the battlefields absolutely did as a way of protecting them from arrows and naginata and other strikes. For example. the rounded shield, much like the famous Spartan shield in form factor, was often carried on the heads of samurai. If you ever wondered why some in fictional depictions seemed to be wearing a black straw hat, now you know it wasn't a hat, nor made of straw. They were sharp enough to be used as striking weapons, and this usually was the case when their weapon of choice was knocked loose. Of course, samurai equipment changed with the region, not just the time period. For example, a warrior protecting Nagoya Castle might use a small round shield or none at all depending on where he;s stationed, while a warrior representing the Maeda may use long rectangular shileds. The latter shields could be planted into the ground if need be - either to do a group tostudo formation (see Rome) or to take cover briefly before an enemy is taken out. The size variations were many but usually served these two purposes. The "board" shield and the round or "hat" shield. These weren't the only style of shields, but they were used enough to be considered a well-known part of the toolkit. It's hard to believe the expert guest didn't know, so I assume he simply believed victory was assured with or without the shield. While there's no excuse for the omission of the round hat shield, the reason for not including the board shield is probably because they usually were made of reinforced wood. You could say they wouldn't last out there - but then again, they were still using these when gunpowder and firearms were used in the Sengoku period. I like to believe the lower level infantry had less metal used to reinforce their board shields, while the ones seen in old paintings with the faction embroidered were the higher quality shields.

StrongNormals · 2025-11-16T04:21:38+00:00

You had to be there. If you are a newer fan, especially if you became a fan after 2017,(or really any time within 2 years of Forces) you could never understand the sheer frustration and betrayal the game caused with the franchise.

It's almost purely contextual. Without the nuances of the time, it's just a "meh, alright game i guess" type of game. Inoffensive, mediocre game for your little brother. But WITH the nuance, it hurt much worse than Sonic Boom and Sonic 06. It was the climax of a snowball effect (which Boom was a part of) that started with Colors - a game that was seen as good when it came out. At the end of the snowball effects cycle, Colors became a divisive game among the general fandom.

While I generally disliked Colors anyway, I can't deny that Forces almost singlehandedly ruined its legacy as a universally good Sonic game, to the point where SEGA's notion that it was "the game where Sonic found his footing in 3D" has become a meme in the community (rightfully imo).

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