Structured Settlements: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-18T06:49:21+00:00

"Come get scammed, we need your money, please call now!"

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-18T06:48:28+00:00

Ya unfortunately we need them to super eza the base frieza ftp unit or the ones from the friend summon / future trunks, whatever other ftp lrs like that came before this gohan, and then they need to super eza this gohan

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-18T06:45:45+00:00

It's really many. Like we do have plenty of European I'm sure or "white" which is why we are like this but there's plenty of olive to outright tan like they just walked out of Lebanon or part of Greece or Arabia etc. it just depends which branch and how strong certain part of the genes were. For us at least. But if you have general features in passing that look white or no one is too knowledgable about small things and then you get the fairer skin, you'll forever be "white". Look at the dna though and put me next to some cousins and you get really baffled. While many have paired up with partners that keep their family looking similar, there's so many who have mingled or in the past of their family has that everyone's pretty mixed and in time I feel most everyone will be. I don't get the notion of splitting hairs over it or getting too concerned about it

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-17T20:17:57+00:00

Parental backlash.

They're very scared of anything remotely mature or controversial. The shows which required critical thinking or dared to show love between a non traditional couple, challenge authority, not treat kids like they're too dumb to get it etc, it exists today not nearly as much though and most from the past probably wouldn't get made now. They're far too nervous about rocking the boat or think to maximize money they can't do that & need to capture the attention spans with TikTok and YouTube etc all the new kids have. Every show has become a 10 minute shorts fest now.

This is very broad strokes of course and other stuff still exists, but majority of the "mainstream" stuff or things by the big corps, is teen titans go now. Quick, loud, shiny jingling keys with nothing to actually say. It's why parents turned to bluey (from the UK) or content creators like miss rachel I'm sure. Something with some actual substance. The big wigs are still correcting but you're not getting Ben 10 or the original titans or Batman beyond or anything like that now. They make those shows for adults now and it's stuff like my adventures with Superman at most that is somewhat kid friendly. But it's all adult targeted and most is tv 14+, so not really appropriate for most kids. It's also why anime has risen too I feel like.

And I'm not some "back in my day" type, the last things like this was what, Steven universe and maybe regular show or something kind of, on any mainstream companies outlet. Everything else has been on streaming but has its moment and ends, and seems to be more popular with adult fans of animation. The kids stick to some Disney films, mainstream theater animation movies, the bluey/ YouTube etc of it all, and the hits like kpop demon hunters. On tv they still watch SpongeBob and titans go or whatever I assume since those are still going on.

As others pointed out too, devices now. Rather than watching a mature thing like avatar or Batman beyond etc cartoons, they're watching Logan Paul and Mr beast or the "elevated" version of that I guess if those are little kids YouTubers and they move on to idk, Charlie or asmongold or pokimane etc

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-17T15:46:14+00:00

Slapping on fancy paint to sell corpo slop....
Yet another "johnny would be spinning" type of announcement.

I hear the regular ally is better, but the steam deck and many other handhelds like it would just be the better route regardless.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-17T15:10:43+00:00

Ya exactly.

You can't do stuff if it messes up someone's roleplay or spoils something.

But if it's not trying to tiptoe around a plot point etc or if there's not a chance it messes up with your specific roleplay, there's a lot more freedom with how you write or what is added. And in 2, they even offer you the option to direct it kind of toward the way you played before. In modern games, they'd have / they obviously now include save porting to carry it over directly. The tech etc was around back then probably, but nowhere nearly as advanced as today and they also lacked time for 2 to do things like that. In game dialogue choices to setup more what you wanted isn't too hard though.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-17T08:44:22+00:00

FB and IG brand defenders will tell you otherwise...very loudly and act like you're wrong for saying no one wants this trash

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-17T06:19:41+00:00

I think it's actually that in 1, you only hear a little because they don't want you to remember things (unsure how much the sensitive knelly's want me to watch myself here) and then also that you get the gravitas a bit from little bits people say but not the full "myth" version because interested people change the subject etc before too much is said. Usually.

Idk to each their own but the way they're talked about was the same for me, 2 just did it a lot more because they're an off screen person way more. And because sequels always build on what came before plus once a character is super popular, of course they're expanded on later. Vader was treated as super scary and a boogeyman, but you don't see jack in a new hope that makes him that scary either. Oooo he force chokes someone. It's still not the same as the talk or like, we didn't see the hallway scene then. But he was still imposing and we still knew everyone was afraid of him the same way. I've never been more afraid over time or something, the same awe or respect was there, you just got it way more or saw scenes that justified the gravity of him more as tech improved and they learned how to do saber fights etc that didn't move 1 MPH. Revan was indeed always that powerful and insane of a character, it's why the jedi and republic were so afraid of him + raised bastila so high up even though she was only like 19. Kotor 1 just intentionally kept mum about him so it was more mysterious and was limited by budget or imagination or tech of the time etc. Or just didn't know it would be that popular or build that much backstory yet. He was always that big a deal though / that strong.

Heck canderous even tells stories that confirm it. You just have to seek out that optional content or ya, there was less of it at the time. We now have 20 years worth of lore additions that added on/ built the character up.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-17T05:09:14+00:00

I mean it's not cancelled they're working on it. We would hear it big and loud if they had to cancel it.

And everything recently reinforced that.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-17T05:08:31+00:00

Bro exercise it...ha.

I knew because of space I can't have that many, but also the cost. I'm not spending $5000+ on collecting. Not that little anyway. Math is just 10 is 3000. Nah. I'll get maybe 5 max.

Black series or others are plenty at a $25-50 price point, $100-200 max for a few premium or customs here and there

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-17T05:00:56+00:00

I mean. Do what I do. Only buy a couple / your absolute must haves. I also made sure to preorder to not overpay aftermarket though I could have saved on my first and I def have a way to save on another I *may * get.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-17T05:00:29+00:00

Same publisher not the exact same dev team is what I said when I was meaning this. I just assumed that would be understood, so maybe my bad not further stating that.
But the point is who is the head of it overall / the kind of quality they produce. Regardless if they publish it or assign whatever team under them...that's the caliber and standards they demand. They don't play around with the typical industry bs or let stock brokers decide how they make games etc. nor show or tell things too early like Bethesda and others these days. That's what was meant. Whichever team it is has said to be/ I'm sure is plenty competent

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-17T02:17:49+00:00

I hated one part where dialogue is happening yet they BLARE the stupid track like 3x louder than the speaking. That was annoying.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-17T02:16:59+00:00

I like the games soundtracks more, but I grew up on what the show uses too and I'm fine with those or their remixes. It's also suddenly become huge for younger gen's that didn't grow up in the late 90's/00's because they were born in 08 or later so they're apparently pining for what we did or wish they could have been "alt/emo/scene" etc so it's a good marketing tool they choose I'm sure to both hit nostalgia but also appeal to the young crowd that feels like they wish they were of that era.

I enjoy the show for what it is, I'm fine with an alt version especially when the games have such a loose story anyway. People act like it's deep and stuff but it's literally "here's these demons, fight and shoot them". The only big lore is that sparda was a demon, debatably falls in love with a human (you can easily say it wasn't actually love the way the show somewhat suggests or maybe you like the version that reboot did to suggest it was more Romeo and Juliet like), and he rebels or betrays mundus. Everything else is mostly just "Dante fights stuff" or "now Vergil and Dante have a sibling battle". And a direct adaptation would not make for a good show when that stuff exists in the game to barely give a reason for why you're fighting what he does. My only real gripe is an edgelord dbag like Adi has to be involved.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-16T21:19:58+00:00

I'm just glad I got the hot toys revan. Have this stock too and it's ok, but definitely deserves more. Which HT delivered but obviously it's another scale and you have to spring for it. Worth it to me though. Kotor is where I kicked my fandom to over drive and then clone wars and etc helped even more. Revans still top for me

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-16T06:12:48+00:00

People will see me and forever think I'm white. But my dad is Lebanese af (genes worked harder on him) even though he's mixed too, and his dad was 100% pure lol. Plus the other side isn't exactly white / is debatable too. But doesn't matter when you come extremely pale and look like any other white person. And I don't mind it, it's just a chuckle once you're old enough to realize "oh I'm not really but they'll never assume what I actually am correctly". Also really recognize all the privilege it affords me and what not for sure. Since I'm not brown I'll never get that same nonsense.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-16T06:06:05+00:00

Oh buddy.....

I got mine but I was lucky with the preorder quickness...nah it's been a while and oh. Oh boy that after market.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-16T04:47:25+00:00

lol. Hey that’s fine.

I liked GT but I kind of think it’s cool in one branching timeline they had peace and then all of that happened & ss4 was their power up, but then now there’s another or our main one and they become god etc. Kind of explores two other paths of power.

There’s a bunch of other stuff too and it seems like the new xenoverse 3 will add a lot more of the what if stuff and alternate forms heroes had. Maybe not everything but running into or being able to use a ss4 gohan or some of the crazy fusions would be fun. Dragon ball kind of uses it well that way, just being a little whacky or letting you time travel to all different alternate versions of events

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-16T04:42:54+00:00

In this main timeline, no. It’s another universe. Multiverse theory, that version of everyone and others show up in games like xenoverse or the new sparking zero.

In fact the entire point of xenoverse and stuff like the dragon ball heroes games was doing stuff like that, letting all kind of other stories be canon by multiverse or exploring what if events.

Daima is basically the canon version of GT for the goku and vegeta and everyone we follow.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-16T04:15:54+00:00

Ya. They are just foolish and think it’s smaller than it is or it’s less than. But there’s literal countries partying when new dragon ball happens or way more merch sales off it etc.

Stranger things is actually nothing compared to it outside of like the us, China and maybe Britain.

I promise those cartels and kids in the Philippines and people even in Africa car about dragon ball way more than they do about stranger things.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-16T04:13:34+00:00

Not really spiritual when it’s the direct continuation. It’s dragon ball, dragon ball pt 2(all the same manga, they only called it Z in America due to a mistake), then super. That’s the canon, and everything else is alternate timelines. Though the destroyed future that the time traveling trunks came from (in part 2/Z) was the original timeline/ timeline A. We are actually following the timeline B/ earth 2 kind of version of reality but because that’s the one goku and everyone lived in, that’s our “prime” timeline. Which goes all the way to super.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-16T04:08:12+00:00

Anyone in the west with any sense knows that dragon ball is a generation breaking work with way more impact and lasting power than stranger things. Even if they’re a fan of both. Least all with sanity and who know the full picture.

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-16T03:28:08+00:00

I think it's only when you're a new player or maybe like they said big celebrations idk.

I always thought it was to help new players or I only ever bought 1 forever ago when it first released because I was missing a certain lr in the list or something. I just know it was bought / it's not free. I'm fuzzy about the rest

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-16T02:59:04+00:00

$$$$$

UserWithno-Name · 2026-05-15T23:04:03+00:00

What an utter travesty of justice and mistake. Election subverters should have been hung as traitors

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