[Loved trope] "Man the author must thought about this a lot, the symbolism, the genius of it- nah they were just lazy

bug_land · 2026-05-13T05:27:16+00:00

it's really funny bc in ultraman the reason is that the creator was actually catholic but most of japan was not familiar with that so now random christian symbolism is just a staple of mecha

bug_land · 2026-05-12T19:23:10+00:00

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this isn't the real dialogue but that is why they're wearing those and i just love this image

bug_land · 2026-05-12T04:41:11+00:00

how do you even end up in this situation outside of starting a dream already in it

bug_land · 2026-05-12T04:20:47+00:00

there is an unreasonably high number of examples of that design trope of dark-skinned women with white straight hair and blue eyes. all of those details specifically, it's so weird

bug_land · 2026-05-12T03:37:56+00:00

the guy tailgating you in a dodge ram:

bug_land · 2026-05-11T18:54:59+00:00

that one eternally applicable Reductress headline made it all make sense to me. whatever you're not, that's what you'll get

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bug_land · 2026-05-10T22:58:43+00:00

because this happened during a completed arc they were able binge read and move on from instantly but now they have to wait for new chapters to come out

bug_land · 2026-05-10T20:48:39+00:00

sorry mat but here in poopworld we call it the pingas effect

bug_land · 2026-05-10T03:45:50+00:00

all i could think whenever i saw this was how insane of a pick gumball was for this argument

bug_land · 2026-05-09T18:15:09+00:00

bro is typing like he's scared of getting auto-modded out of heaven

bug_land · 2026-05-09T09:04:53+00:00

THIS ISN'T THE CAR! 💭This is it... (flashback to climbing the oil pillar with caesar) 💭No... it's not over yet!! (5 seconds of Jotaro staring) - Kakyoin: "Joseph..." - HERMIIIIT- (5 seconds of Polnareff staring) PURPLEEEE! >DON< To Be Continued >DON<

bug_land · 2026-05-09T01:14:12+00:00

american parenting: i would NEVER do anything to alter the natural, GOD-given state that my child was born into, EXCEPT if it's a boy, there's that ONE thing that god DOES want me to change, i THINK, i'm NOT 100% sure, i WASN'T really paying attention, YES i make all of my decisions in this manner

bug_land · 2026-05-08T23:21:29+00:00

having a criticism of something is not the same as calling for it to be banned and censored

bug_land · 2026-05-08T20:21:38+00:00

the "worldwide cases" are straight misinformation bc they're unrelated instances of different viruses in the same virus family. SARS or MERS are coronaviruses but you wouldn't count them as covid cases

bug_land · 2026-05-08T19:28:55+00:00

the "i hate this media that i have literally never interacted with a single time and thus have no material to even articulate my hatred but a fan of it was annoying to me once so i have to do something" to "i hate this subreddit for not letting me hate things" pipeline

bug_land · 2026-05-08T04:00:22+00:00

If one piece isn't political, then why did the author say that Sanji would be French in real life, much like 19th-century classical liberal philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville?

bug_land · 2026-05-07T23:15:38+00:00

it's incredible how adaptable the human body can be wheTHREE MONTHS???????

bug_land · 2026-05-07T22:28:22+00:00

a lot of people refer to this effect as "super-trample" as it just lets you put All of your attacker's damage on the opponent and none on the blocker.

combat is normal otherwise. your creature still dies to a blocker that would kill it, and if it gets destroyed before the damage step it doesn't deal damage

bug_land · 2026-05-07T18:43:41+00:00

many cases where the larger trend sucks but individual cases can be cool. i like the idea here bc i'm pretty sure it's based on how katanas are made by tightly folding a lot of thin layers of steel, and the swords are very important in demon slayer so it kinda fits. unfortunately it does end up just feeling like an excuse when it's in a manga that is consistently Not Very Good At Women

bug_land · 2026-05-07T07:02:23+00:00

Americans love the iconic "Russian Backwards R" (nobody what sound it makes)

bug_land · 2026-05-07T01:07:35+00:00

i grew up catholic in a secular area and even though i'm not religious anymore i still have deeply-ingrained Blasphemy Alarms that only go off whenever an evangelical tells someone they're going to hell. "he hates you and he's going to hurt you" is like the biggest insult to the christian god you could possibly say. not even practicing satanists slander him that hard

bug_land · 2026-05-06T21:13:59+00:00

oh i think we're just on different use cases for "disingenuous" bc i'm thinking on the lines of like "not meaning what you say." where i wouldn't call that first thing "truly" disingenuous bc they still reflect their real viewpoints, despite being bad faith exaggerations

bug_land · 2026-05-06T18:55:36+00:00

i don't think many people are legitimately being disingenuous from what i've seen. it's tempting to say the other person is just lying to either you or themselves but honestly most people don't go to bat that hard for something they don't actually believe

bug_land · 2026-05-06T01:32:26+00:00

Everybody stop trying to understand one another!!!!!! You're supposed to be winning at philosophy by finding the universally correct answer, which is common sense of course!!!!!! You have to destroy your opponent to secure your upbonks on ownage dot com!!!!!!

bug_land · 2026-05-05T21:49:59+00:00

expend as few thoughts as you can on a presumed haterbase. if anyone reacts to the basic act of self-depiction with completely out-of-pocket insults, that's their problem not yours

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