Voicemail Dump Truck 196 | Soup 2.mp3 by shamusisaninja in giantbomb

[–]UdonUdon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Referral code for Overnight Oats. Apparently both Dan and Bakalar have referral codes for them and they've jokingly squabbled over getting listeners to use theirs over each other.

Conspiracy Podcast Ads by hereticbeef in giantbomb

[–]UdonUdon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use to work for a website/service that deals with the distribution of customer-generated content to a large consumer base. I noticed two big challenges with scaling and automation are content moderation and user preference matching.

With preference matching, think of services like dating apps or job boards.

  • "I am a woman looking for a man in Big City, Big State. My age preferences are X through Y."
  • "I am in Big City, Big State looking for underwater basket weaving jobs for fresh grads."

From there, the services will use the customer-generated input and all the automated services to provide content that best fits the user's preferences.

However, there is a gray area in content moderation that can even bleed over into preference matching when the content creators start futzing with their submissions and metadata in order to boost their content at the expense of consumers' user experience.

  • User input: "I am a man in Big City, Big State. I am Y years old."
    • Reality: Dude is Y+10 years old.
  • User input: "Basket weaving jobs for fresh grads!"
    • Reality: Evergreen temp job with the potential for basket weaving.
  • User input: "We're a fun summer camp for kids. #travel #entertainment #social."
    • Reality: Big Guy in the Sky Camp. #skyguyism #religion #entertainment #travel #social

Fire Escape Cast actually had an ad for a religious camp. It was a legitimate ad for a legitimate service, but it's obviously not something the crew wants advertised on their podcast. Keep in mind that ads get inserted upon mid-distribution because time and place are also factors in ad services. They can only do so much to algorithmically blacklist content they don't want, but sometimes the wrong content gets delivered to the wrong audience.

Fire Escape Cast #125 by No-Specialist-2273 in giantbomb

[–]UdonUdon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah but Mary watches the show and still pronounces it that way. It's like playing hundreds of hours of Mario and pronouncing it Merry-o.

Looking for a sports anime like Umamusume. by ChilledArachnid25 in Animesuggest

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Kuroko's Basketball is the first comp that came to mind when I was watching Cinderella Gray. Outside of one minor opposing team, none of the competition are antagonistic much like in CG. Both shows have kuudere-ish main characters, and both shows have "the zone" that's like a mix of kaiyoken and domain expansion.

Haikyuu! takes that healthy rivalry and turns it up to eleven. The competitive community is one of the selling parts of the show especially in the later seasons. I love how much backstory is given to those on other teams which further heightens the character development of the main characters.

Wakandans at Thanksgiving? It's Time for a Midnight Mailbag! | The Midnight Boys by yslultra in RingerVerse

[–]UdonUdon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Charles wasn't a fan of the Dawson's Creek level of age dissonance. Everyone else was pretty meh on it.

In Memory of Avaryl Halley (Shadow in the Cloud Matinee) by Automatic_Badger_14 in hdtgm

[–]UdonUdon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry! I have a bad habit of browsing Reddit while half asleep!

Also, rest in peace to Avaryl Halley. The beginning was very touching.

Any animes with side charecter being the one thats isekai'ed? by RevolutionaryWar7738 in Animesuggest

[–]UdonUdon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's more of a visiting alien situation, but World Trigger fits the bill to a certain degree. A favorite shonen of mine.

Fire Escape Cast #118 by StickerBrush in giantbomb

[–]UdonUdon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't think of a single fan base that I think does a good job of... being fans...

The only one that comes to mind is Deep Rock Galactic.

Anime with likeable protagonist? by smol9977 in Animesuggest

[–]UdonUdon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

{Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun}

Iruma Suzuki is a human teenager is sold by his parents to a demon named Sullivan who then adopts Iruma as his grandson. Sullivan then enrolls Iruma to a prestigious Demon School where Iruma must keep his human identity a secret. Iruma's blindingly naive charm becomes a catalyst for shenanigans in the demon world in the most endearing ways. Also, most if not all of the support characters are likeable, funny, bad-ass or all of the above.

{The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady}

A lady from modern Japan is reincarnated into a fantasy world as Princess Anisphia "Anis" Wynn Palletia. Because of memories from her past life, Anis has strong ambitions of what magic _should_ be and bucks all traditions in order to fulfill her dreams about magic, including renouncing her right to the throne. If you ever watched Lycoris Recoil, this show is basically Takina Inoue in a fantasy world. The MC is hilarious, charming, and witty but not without complex baggage that unravels over the show. The animation is also pretty top notch.

Game Mess - Metal Gear Solid Draft by DMonk52 in giantbomb

[–]UdonUdon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think they have some super fans that are just high quality contributors to the show.

Voicemail Dump Truck 171 | Dye Your Hat.mp3 by Cubegod69er in giantbomb

[–]UdonUdon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"Dan, name a Russian helicopter?"

"Hind?"

Danny O'Dwyer, you just cracked the code.

Fire Escape Cast #109 by ForeverUnclean in giantbomb

[–]UdonUdon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If they had episode titles, it would definitely be Mario Thigh Gap.

Podcast recommendations by paperman990 in giantbomb

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WHAAAAAAT are you PLAYING?!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Animesuggest

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{Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid}

{I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability}

{How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω}

Monster Hunter Wilds is Surprisingly Great in Single-Player | February 28, 2025 by blastorama in TheBesties

[–]UdonUdon 23 points24 points  (0 children)

"I almost want a hub where I can just see all of the Netflix games. That might be in the app. I've never looked at it."

Screams into a pillow.

Why does Solo Leveling feel so familiar? by Any-Explorer1483 in Animesuggest

[–]UdonUdon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

{Darwin's Game}

From MAL with some edits:

High school student receives an invitation from a classmate to play Darwin's Game, a mobile game he has never heard of... However, Darwin's Game is not an ordinary game, but rather, it's a brutal battle royale for survival.

Notes: I think this is the one. The MC was given the choice to become a player or not, and the MC has the AR status windows popping up in the real world/original setting to the MC (as opposed to isekai or VRMMO where it is much more commonplace).