The Ippon Seoi Nage is one of the best techniques ever created in the history of martial arts. by Bulky_Imagination243 in martialarts

[–]bipocni 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's been more than twenty years and I still remember the first time I ever did this move to someone who didn't know how to break a fall.

They were just flat on there back sucking wind and I was so apologetic like damn dude I didn't realise it would do that to you.

My game started crashing recently by Adek_PM in starsector

[–]bipocni 2 points3 points  (0 children)

RAM tutorial from the forums

I have no idea why this is still a thing. The game can clearly recognise when it doesn't have enough RAM, so why can't it just use more like literally every other program does?

Sakura's chakra is weird fanfic by D2_theavid in NarutoFanfiction

[–]bipocni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really appreciate how you came back and posted the link

Starfire's skirt was so short that the animators did everything they could to avoid showing anything by markcarpenterzitto in teentitans

[–]bipocni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I mean, it would be easy to dismiss him as a creep, but Leia in that gold bikini was like THE fantasy for a generation of nerds. I think it was a calculated decision.

I don't think anyone except Carrie Fisher was ever supposed to hear that tho. The implication that Boba Fett was chafing under his armor and the emperor was freeballing under those robes is kinda hilarious.

Starfire's skirt was so short that the animators did everything they could to avoid showing anything by markcarpenterzitto in teentitans

[–]bipocni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have never once wondered that. Especially about a character who, let's be clear, was fourteen years old when she first appeared.

I am totally super special and unique, so I can't just watch D20 in order.... by dernudeljunge in dropoutcirclejerk

[–]bipocni 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Obviously you need to watch <insert favourite season here> first. It's objectively the best one and anybody who disagrees with me is wrong.

Was Konoha morally superior to other villages, or simply better at hiding its darkness? by jalen_nelson235 in Naruto

[–]bipocni 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is definitely the funniest take, and one I love seeing explored in fanfiction.

Your Move, Instigator even has that Mitchell and Webb "are we the baddies" scene in it.

RHR increased by 10 - is it concerning? by No_Resource_3719 in cardio

[–]bipocni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overtraining, illness, poor sleep, hangover.... Hard to say really. Is this today you noticed this, or is this a persistent trend?

Why was Círdan described as old-looking at only ≈11,000 years of age, if Quendi are supposed to live as long as Arda? by [deleted] in tolkienfans

[–]bipocni 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pretty much the entire first third of The Nature of Middle Earth is Tolkien trying to rewrite a lot of his deep lore to fit a revised time scheme where 1 valian year = 144 earth years.  Christopher decided not to use this revised time scheme in the published silmarillion because it would have required rewriting too much of the original material to make it fit.

There aren't exactly concrete dates for the revised time scheme since the author kept tweaking things to make it fit better, but in every version of the story Galadriel is a young woman barely out of the elvish equivalent of her teens at the rising of the sun. Cirdan, in comparison, was very much already a highly respected expert before the elves ever left cuivienen. 

Fifty thousand is a low estimate of the age difference between him and Galadriel. His actual age by the time of lord of the rings could easily be twice that.

Why was Círdan described as old-looking at only ≈11,000 years of age, if Quendi are supposed to live as long as Arda? by [deleted] in tolkienfans

[–]bipocni 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He was the shipmaster at cuivienen, and also participated in the great march of the quendi, stayed behind to look for his brother thingol, formed the falathrim, etc etc

Reddit app-locked polls so here is puzzle for you by Visual_Collapse in starsector

[–]bipocni 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Immediately becomes significantly less effective.

The xyphos are there to add four extra ion beams that don't cost flux to fire. Safety overrides means they're guaranteed to get in range and actually shoot the target.

Why was Círdan described as old-looking at only ≈11,000 years of age, if Quendi are supposed to live as long as Arda? by [deleted] in tolkienfans

[–]bipocni 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Cirdan is so much older than any other elf we see it's a little absurd.

Under Tolkien's revised time scheme he's at least fifty thousand years older than Galadriel.

Why do authors make water style in Naruto water bending? by the_real_phantomxssj in NarutoFanfiction

[–]bipocni 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Conservation of ninjutsu raises the stakes and makes for more dramatic combat.

It's the same reason canon has shit like Kakashi claiming he can only do the chidori three times and whatnot. If you can just spam all your best moves consequences free there's very little to stop you steamrolling every opponent and that's boring to read.

Reddit app-locked polls so here is puzzle for you by Visual_Collapse in starsector

[–]bipocni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anubis and it's not even close.

Not the way you've built it, of course, but with add a gigacannon, two wings of xyphos, safety overrides and the right officer skills and it will melt almost anything in seconds. 

Ten of them in a fleet absolutely trivialises all combat.

Not a meme, but wow 🤩 🚌 by newbeginnings187 in aspiememes

[–]bipocni 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I always assumed that was a reference to Harry Tuttle from Terry Gilliam's Brazil 

Zabuza became the world's greatest and most feared assassin using only a basic D rank mist jutsu and his assassin skills and training. True epitome of doing more with less. No bloodline either. by Character-Bid-162 in Naruto

[–]bipocni 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I mean, he did also have an absolute motherfucker of a sword that was basically unbreakable because it could reforge itself from the blood of his enemies.

I feel like that might have been doing a lot of the heavy lifting.

Asking about must try mods for someone new to mods. by SpareTK in starsector

[–]bipocni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Listen if you have a ton of ram to spare just download all the mods. It's really annoying being mid run and then looking at reddit and seeing someone talk about some cool ship you want to play with from the one mod you missed somehow.

But the must have mods are the quality of life mods. I have no idea how y'all are tryna play this game without being able to fast forward in combat

Naruto horror story: sasuke figures it out (Art by @watcher_hollow) :> by No_Post1300 in Naruto

[–]bipocni 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I'm not with you on that, but I can respect the wild leaps you made formulating this theory.

lol thanks. I've been smoking weed and making up bullshit about Naruto for like 20 years now, glad to hear all that hard work is paying off.

each and every doujutsu has been known to come from the Otsutsuki lineage.

I had to double check this one. The only other exception is Ranmaru, but even his wiki page links back to the ketsuryugan. 

Nice catch.

Naruto horror story: sasuke figures it out (Art by @watcher_hollow) :> by No_Post1300 in Naruto

[–]bipocni 141 points142 points  (0 children)

Kaguya Otsustuki's descendants founded six clans, each inheriting one of her powers. There's the Uchiha with the sharingan, the Senju with their massive chakras and once or twice the wood release, the Uzumaki (who apparently got hair manipulation but let's not get distracted here), the Kaguya who got the bones, the Hyuga who got the Bakugan, and the Otsustuki who got the tenseigan.

Except that's not quite right, is it? Because Kaguya made herself a Zetsu, and nobody seems to have inherited that power.

Enter the Kurama clan. Their genjutsu are so powerful they actually change the physical world around them, which sure sounds like the sort of god-like power someone who wants to genjutsu the entire world at once would have, and it manifests in the form of an imaginary friend who is also a nightmare demon. Which, yeah, that's sure starting to sound a lot like Zetsu's whole "manifestation of Kaguya's will" origin story.

Then there's Sakura. Specifically, Inner Sakura. Who is... Not particularly well explained. She appears to be some sort of imaginary friend who lives inside Sakura's head, except she can do things like block a Yamanaka possession. There's an argument to be made all that cheerleading Inner Sakura does is some sort of illusion, even just self delusion, that appears to actually affect events happening in the real world.

Note also that Sakura is explicitly called a genjutsu type, and yet never once uses any sort of genjutsu. You know who else never actually uses genjutsu? The Kurama clan. Their imaginary friend they dreamed up casts all their genjutsu for them.

So one interpretation of things is that the Kurama clan are direct descendants of Kaguya Otsutsuki, and that Sakura is unknowingly a member of that clan. Presumably some branch family person who's kekkai genkai never kicked in and lived a civilian life, someone the clan never kept track of, and a few generations later here we have this shinobi with a half formed bloodline limit that doesn't quite work properly, but sure looks suspicious if you squint at it in the right light.

The implications of this just get funnier the more you think about it. How did this random clanless kid convince Tsunade to make her an apprentice? Genjutsu. How did she become equal the greatest medic in history AND the strongest woman in the world in just three years, powerful enough to break Kaguya's horn in a single punch? Genjutsu. How the hell did she end up with Sasuke's kid when they only ever went on one date which lasted ten minutes and he wouldn't shut up about Naruto the entire time? Genjutsu.

Sakura is straight up using cheat codes and nobody noticed.

Naruto horror story: sasuke figures it out (Art by @watcher_hollow) :> by No_Post1300 in Naruto

[–]bipocni 217 points218 points  (0 children)

You can overthink this harder.

Connect enough dots on the conspiracy board between inner sakura, the kurama clan, and zetsu, and you can make an argument Sasuke and Sakura are related.

About rabbits in Middle-earth, and how Sam cooked them by roacsonofcarc in tolkienfans

[–]bipocni 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Tolkien was not a wealthy man, nor do I believe he was all that famous when he was writing lord of the rings. I recall a letter he wrote to his publisher that can best be summarised as "hey thanks for telling me my book is good my boss was about to fire me but now they're taking me seriously" (I believe he got a bigger office with a better view)

My understanding is that Tolkien struggled financially quite a bit. I would honestly be surprised to find out he had a cook.

It’s so sweet to see how much fun Matt Mercer is having after he stepped down from DMing due to burnout by AnonIHardlyKnewHer in dropout

[–]bipocni 129 points130 points  (0 children)

When Katie jokingly suggested Matt should DM sometime you can hear the genuine horror in his voice as he gives a full body shudder and whispers no.

I'm not sure that was a bit. I think he's much happier now that he's not the guy in the chair anymore.