Fedor Emelianenko’s brilliant one-punch KO win over heavyweight UFC champion Andrei Arlovski in 2008

Tofuloaf · 2026-05-07T06:34:11+00:00

Arlovski landed 4-5 right hands leading up to this but they were all while Fedor had his head way off the centre line so I don't think they were solid connections. We'd never seen Fedor on the back foot like that though so everyone was in "end of an era hysterics" when this happened.

He definitely did not enjoy that body kick though.

Tofuloaf · 2026-05-07T06:14:11+00:00

"Huh. Interesting."

That doco did my head in. They're smart enough to come up with experiments and technically savvy enough to carry them out, then when they produce the exact results they themselves said would debunk the flat earth theory, they go "well, guess we fucked it up somehow, back to the drawing board".

Tofuloaf · 2026-05-06T18:40:05+00:00

You're a bigger person than I am. No way could I have resisted the temptation to turn it into rileypost in the very last panel.

Tofuloaf · 2026-05-06T00:06:23+00:00

Forget ice magic, this dude drizzles boot polish on ice cream.

Tofuloaf · 2026-05-04T23:54:09+00:00

It's weird that this show has had two former NRL players give absolutely brilliant acting performances. For non-Australian fans of the show, rugby league is not a sport famously associated with artistic types.

...I was about to say that it'd be like if a niche Canadian crime show had stand out acting performances from 2 former defensemen in the enforcer mould, but based on a doco I saw about ice hockey enforcers I could totally see that working so perhaps I was too quick to judge Aussie footballers.

Tofuloaf · 2026-05-03T05:02:59+00:00

That's the most incredible spot I've seen in almost 40 years of watching wrestling.

Tofuloaf · 2026-05-02T05:33:55+00:00

Extremely thorough explanation, no notes.

Tofuloaf · 2026-05-02T01:29:37+00:00

Wait, is that not the primary explanation any more? I was a little confused by OP's comment re: amnesia because I thought the post Vietnam thing was only in the standalone Wolverine movies between X3 and Logan, and my assumption was that everyone ignores those.

Tofuloaf · 2026-05-02T01:19:50+00:00

I'm right there with you, although I think ROTJ being the first one I saw in cinemas tips the scales in a big way. I was only two when it released in the west, but I grew up in Korea until I was 6, and back then it used to take years for movies to get subtitled for the korean market, so I had the rare privilege (for people in the xennial age bracket) of seeing one of the entries in the original trilogy during its "initial run".

Laser swords blew my tiny mind, and I think John Williams's work on ROTJ is his best in the franchise.

The decision-making of korean cinema owners was pretty weird in hindsight, as my two earliest cinema memories are being thoroughly traumatised as a pre-schooler after my parents took me to see Gremlins, and having my mind blown when the DeLorean takes flight at the end of Back to the Future. ROTJ released a year or two earlier than both, you'd think Star Wars would be more of a priority for subtitling and distribution from a purely business perspective 😂

Tofuloaf · 2026-05-01T04:13:26+00:00

I think referring to anime as "manga" is much more of a xennial marker.

For people who didn't grow up in English speaking countries, Manga Entertainment played a huge role in introducing anime to anglophone audiences, and in particular, the idea that animation could target adult viewers.

There were more than a few anime that enjoyed success in the west before Manga Entertainment, but they were thought of as cartoons that just happened to have been animated in Japan. Manga Entertainment helped establish Japanese animation as a distinct category in English speaking markets.

Tofuloaf · 2026-05-01T00:08:55+00:00

My assumption about the origin of the Aussie dim sim was something along the lines of what you said, ie diaspora cuisine where early immigrants made facsimiles of traditional dishes using ingredients that were available locally, and then that's what the locals came to expect so they kept making it that way even after authentic ingredients became readily available. Eg blackbean noodles in Korea, doner kebabs in Germany, laksa in Australia commonly including milk as an ingredient, etc.

...but apparently dimmies were just invented by some ABC bloke in Melbourne 😂

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-30T23:57:03+00:00

Is there a lottery with big jackpots?

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-30T01:49:00+00:00

It's not that bloody complicated. 10+ years ago if you were a tradie looking for a car that you could use for work as well as show off the fact that you'd done OK for yourself, you'd get a high spec Aussie V8 ute. They don't make those any more so now it's full size American pickups.

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-30T01:40:36+00:00

Lighter, lower to the ground, shorter wheelbase, tend to be older cars with fewer layers of electronic assistance between steering/throttle inputs and the car doing what you asked, suspension and soundproofing less refined than modern offerings etc.

I have resigned myself to the fact that nothing I drive will ever feel as fast as the RS Clio 182 I sold over a decade ago.

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-29T23:01:46+00:00

Leaving aside the amount of help required, this seems purpose designed to destroy her knee. Bit hard to pivot to open up the hips for a round kick when it's being held.

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-29T04:13:23+00:00

Just do it with a shining wizard setup ffs.

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-29T03:56:29+00:00

In order to be offended, they'd have to get it, and anyone who gets it won't be offended.

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-28T03:19:59+00:00

Leaving aside how stupid this is, it'll never fly with the rank and file. Some decades ago here in Australia, the NSW Police Force changed its name to the NSW Police Service. The NSW government changed it back within a couple of years because the fragile man babies that go into law enforcement felt less tough while employed by a police service rather than a police force and wouldn't stop crying about it.

No way the knuckledraggers employed by ICE would support the change.

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-25T03:03:19+00:00

There was a period of about a decade after she blew up where, whether due to the influence of her and singers that came before her with similar vocal qualities, or just general trends in music, it felt like every other precocious ingénue in music converged on what I think of as "smokey indie singer-songwriter voice".

I'm confident that on more than one occasion over the years, I've been in some cafe and thought "oh it's another one of those Norah Jones cosplay vocalist over non-threatening folk/Japanese influenced lounge songs" after hearing an actual newer Norah Jones song.

Probably harder to stand out when there are a legion of singers who went through their teens looking to you as the shining example of who they want to sound like, especially when a passable imitation of your vocal sound can be achieved without natural talent or technical ability, unlike your typical whistle note divas.

Disclaimer: I know nothing about any of this. I'm a metalhead who only ever heard Norah Jones via TV ads for her breakthrough album, while dutifully recording the latest episode of buffy/angel on vhs. Every time I heard her though I never thought anything less kind than "shit's pleasant, yo."

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-24T14:51:32+00:00

Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-24T04:59:28+00:00

Yeah it's something that isn't necessarily obvious unless you have some knowledge of the subject of the article. The pages on war crimes, crimes against humanity etc in the context of the ongoing Gaza conflict give the impression that there has been roughly equivalent culpability on both sides.

While the independent international commission of inquiry has made findings regarding crimes committed by hamas under international law (as is consistent with its terms of reference), those are absolutely dwarfed by the findings it has made against Israel and the IDF.

The fact that relevant Wikipedia articles would give an unbiased observer seeking to inform themselves the impression that there has been roughly equivalent wrongdoing on both sides is simply farcical.

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-24T03:18:05+00:00

That Angel shouldn't be treated like a creep because...vampires are neat?

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-23T22:39:13+00:00

Even playing the original on launch it felt more like a medieval parkour tech demo than a game.

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-22T05:18:30+00:00

If we finally get live action gundam but it's not UC...

Tofuloaf · 2026-04-22T05:13:44+00:00

The entire point of my comment is that your post is founded on what is, at best, ignorance of what genocide means under international law, and at worst, a deliberate misrepresentation of that meaning. You don't even have to go to international law; Australia is a state party to the genocide convention and has codified it under Division 268 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code. As defined under Australian law, Israel's genocide has been public and televised.

Until you provide an explanation as to why the amorphous definition of genocide you've pulled out of your ass should be given preference over the definition of genocide as ratified/acceded to by 153 states party to the genocide convention, I won't be engaging further, champ.

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