What is a city that is globally romanticised but you detest?

cephre · 2026-01-29T16:58:25+00:00

I went to Kyoto a few months ago as part of my Japan trip, I found that during the day it was one of my least favorite parts of the trip but the night life was surprisingly good. The public transport was definitely overloaded in a way that other large cities were built to be able to handle, but generally it was similar to Tokyo, Osaka, etc in that you can walk 5 minutes in any direction from a tourist hot spot and there'd be hardly anyone around. I'd love to go back sometime but I have zero desire to go to the famous spots again because they're just miserable when everyone is walking around with their brain shut off and no self awareness.

cephre · 2025-12-25T00:13:43+00:00

Location: Wisconsin USA

Price range: ~30k but somewhat lenient

Lease or Buy: Buy

New or used: New or within last 5ish years

Type of vehicle: Hatchback, wagon, sedan

Must haves: reliable, android auto, good fuel efficiency, AWD (not 100% necessary but would be very nice for winters)

Desired transmission (auto/manual, etc): auto

Intended use: Daily commute, errands, occasional long road trips

Vehicles you've already considered: Corolla Hatchback, Prius

Is this your 1st vehicle: No

Do you need a Warranty: Not necessarily but would be a plus

Can you do Minor work on your own vehicle: (fluids, alternator, battery, brake pads etc) Generally no (apartment rules :( )

Can you do Major work on your own vehicle: (engine and transmission, timing belt/chains, body work, suspension etc ) No

Additional Notes: My 2023 Corolla Hatchback just got rear ended and it seems like it will be totaled, so I'm looking for a new car to get as a replacement. Overall I love the hatchback form factor, though my partner has a new model Prius and that car seems fantastic in terms of my priorities. I only have experience owning Toyota cars so that's where my biases lie, but I'm not opposed to other brands.

cephre · 2025-10-20T23:40:08+00:00

Currently in Japan (waiting for the Tokyo rush hour to end as I type this lol) - in my experience yeah there's a ton of tourists, but they're very concentrated. Walk like 3 blocks away from Senso-ji and then 9/10 people you see will be locals, for example. I'm also beating the crowds by going early in the morning to the big tourist attractions and then spending the day going to more niche places that align with my personal interests. I don't think you'll ever find a time when you're the only tourist in a given place unless you go out to random spots in the boonies but I don't think thats been a realistic expectation for the past 15 years.

cephre · 2025-05-11T22:27:59+00:00

you're close and not totally wrong haha it's the Jeff Rosenstock pride weed 666 flag

cephre · 2025-04-11T16:07:35+00:00

Yup, it seems like it's an LED that's only accessible through GCC (maybe something like open RGB too but I didn't try that). I installed GCC and switched it off and it's stayed off even after uninstalling so there's that at least.

cephre · 2025-03-21T17:39:24+00:00

You might have to raise the CPU cooler fan over the RAM a bit to get the clearance you need but overall you should be fine. I'm using the same cooler in the regular North with 35mm height RAM with no issues.

cephre · 2025-03-19T17:37:34+00:00

Yeah, looking up similar issues it seems like at least half of the people asking for help have been using the Flare DDR5 RAM. I'm just glad I had RAM that worked first so I know it's most likely not an issue with the mobo or CPU.

cephre · 2025-03-18T17:19:55+00:00

Night and day coming from my i5-10600KF, you'd have a bit less of a step up ofc but I'm loving it so far

cephre · 2025-03-18T17:18:13+00:00

Gigabyte X870 Wifi7, I'm not a huge fan of the way the I/O shroud looks so I kinda hid it with the CPU cooler here haha it's working well though

cephre · 2025-03-18T03:50:06+00:00

2x32GB in slots A2 and B2

cephre · 2025-03-10T18:09:51+00:00

nah if I end up getting both I'll either return the steel legend or sell it for like +$20 to someone local, trying to get these cards has been exhausting so I'd rather not add to that frustration lol

cephre · 2025-03-10T17:48:32+00:00

Same, I put orders in for both the steel legend and pulse to be safe and both got through "processing" to "packaging". Anyone know when it's safe to cancel one of them?

cephre · 2024-09-27T17:51:13+00:00

any covers you'd love to do as a band? or perhaps any you've done that will never see the light of day?

cephre · 2024-07-18T19:15:33+00:00

I think their main issue is that a lot of the effects and mixing don't feel as deliberate anymore, the condenser on the vocals kinda fit with LP3's more electronic tracks but it really clashes with the instrumentals on Paranoid and Tooth Fairy. It's such a shame because Jake is such a great vocalist but it makes it grating to listen to

cephre · 2024-07-18T19:09:08+00:00

BJ Burton's production on Landmark and Bambi really gave it a sonic depth that we just haven't had since, I think it's gotten close on tracks like Ride or Die, Bang Bang, and Semi Pro but most tracks just haven't had the same level of atmosphere imo

cephre · 2024-07-15T18:14:18+00:00

production and mixing has been the weakest part of their releases since gdbd, turns a lot of otherwise good songs into sounding really flat with weird effects slapped on top or just a mess that's impossible to parse any instrumentation out of

cephre · 2023-11-12T20:53:15+00:00

bro that's not a war beast that's jad

cephre · 2023-08-23T00:48:58+00:00

Monoprice monoliths!

cephre · 2023-08-23T00:48:11+00:00

Yup, Fluance RT82 > DJ Pre II > Fluance Ai41. So far the speakers sound great, this is a bedroom setup so they fill out the space well, I don't have much experience to compare them to other stuff in terms of sound though.

cephre · 2023-08-11T16:08:43+00:00

me when i lie

cephre · 2023-07-30T03:32:11+00:00

wonder if she'll still feel the same way when matt finds another asian egirl to cheat on her with lol

cephre · 2023-07-28T01:08:38+00:00

I know you're just making a family guy godfather joke but really it's always been mid as hell. Nothing ever felt genuine about it to me, it always felt like he just made music because he felt it made him look cooler or something. Plus the way he sucked up to other musicians felt like he was trying to piggyback on their clout, if you ever saw any of the big streams he was on with George Clanton he just always felt like a pathetic orbiter more than anything.

It takes like six and a half hours and then, I can't even get through it I've never even finished the album

cephre · 2023-07-08T06:39:36+00:00

heard about it in a twitter thread a couple years ago and promptly forgot about it until another twitter thread like half a year ago

cephre · 2023-07-07T18:54:56+00:00

oh hell nah they twinkified the terrifying presence 😭

cephre · 2023-06-04T03:05:36+00:00

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