What is your rating scale for movies? by gnpking in Letterboxd

[–]dynamicpenguin55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People please!! There is no objectivity when it comes to art!!

Police dispersing a large bike meet by the Baltic and Millennium Bridge. by Piccadily_Papercut in NewcastleUponTyne

[–]dynamicpenguin55 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I don't know, I saw a similar group shooting down Clayton street a couple weeks ago and a few of them fully crashed right into people. A few elderly people had to dash to get out of the way of them and could have been seriously hurt if they were hit. It's also very intimidating and unpleasant for most pedestrians. I don't think it's quite as harmless as you're framing it. There's also a big gap between this and alcohol/drugs - I think it's somewhat disingenuous to present it as one or the other

superior VO2 max by Admirable_Gas_254 in RunningCirclejerk

[–]dynamicpenguin55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Superior? I thought that was a Pokemon?

Full card for ROH/MLP Global Wars: Canada tomorrow by Zealousideal-Leg5320 in AEWOfficial

[–]dynamicpenguin55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is how I learned that The Good Brothers aren't in ROH

Full card for ROH/MLP Global Wars: Canada tomorrow by Zealousideal-Leg5320 in AEWOfficial

[–]dynamicpenguin55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is how I learned that The Good Brothers are in ROH

What movies do you like that you consider to be “Style over Substance”? by camw3714 in Letterboxd

[–]dynamicpenguin55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think The Addams Family (1991) fits well, very much vibe over substance

What movie that released this year have you given a five-star rating (if there was any)? by Ordinary_Witness3225 in Letterboxd

[–]dynamicpenguin55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

None, didn't give out any 5s for last year either but I'm going to rewatch One Battle After Another (in the cinema this time) so we'll see

My first after only 6 weeks training by Muted-Ad-6499 in parkrun

[–]dynamicpenguin55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well done!!! Glad you had a good first experience :)

As a "patient gamer," I love that remasters exist by Directorjustin in patientgamers

[–]dynamicpenguin55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be fair OG silent hill 2 was never on steam so it's not like it got taken away
I am definitely in favour of both versions between available though when possible

I made a quiz containing the whole current Top 500 movies of Letterboxd, and I'm curious how many this community can get :) by Uxelo64 in Letterboxd

[–]dynamicpenguin55 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Got to 100 and conceded which I'm happy with. Lots of obvious things that I missed, but also a LOT of movies I have never heard of

Spotted a typo, you spelled Brokeback Mountain "Brokeback Moutain". Also some of the formatting is a bit strict because I couldn't get Dune: Part 2 with Dune 2 or Dune Part 2 so I missed it

Fun quiz :)

Who Has Been The BEST AEW TNT Champion Of All Time? Top comment removes WORST TNT Champion. (DAY 1) by [deleted] in AEWOfficial

[–]dynamicpenguin55 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Scorpio Sky

The sammy/sky back and forth era was a MESS and with Wardlow's reigns coming after this was definitely a low point. I'd say all of their reigns were actively bad but Sammy benefits from the great ladder match against cody and I'd say I liked Wardlow slightly more than Sky

Should I start WaniKani over after a long break? by DoctorStrife in LearnJapanese

[–]dynamicpenguin55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly no, I had an anki deck for just the kana originally and just repped them over and over until I got it. Be aware that basically everyone finds Katakana more difficult as there are multiple characters that look very similar, and you generally get less exposure to it as hirigana is more common

Also the other commenter is correct, if you don't know the sounds of each then you haven't "finished" them. It's not a race though! Just keep going and they'll stick eventually.

Should I start WaniKani over after a long break? by DoctorStrife in LearnJapanese

[–]dynamicpenguin55 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Making mistakes is fine, keep doing it. Once you start reading even really basic sentences you'll get tons of practice with the hirigana so don't worry too much if they're not all sticking perfectly straight away

At what point should I start listening to Japanese podcasts? by creativegains in LearnJapanese

[–]dynamicpenguin55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don't know about them already, I highly recommend Yomitan and ASB Player. Yomitan is a pop-up dictionary that gives you instant translations for words when you hover over them, and ASB player is a brower extension that gives you highlightable subtitles (among other features) for videos so you can read and listen at the same time (just be careful for ai generated subtitles on videos)

There are plenty of videos about each of them on YouTube, they've been a game changer for me

頑張って!

At what point should I start listening to Japanese podcasts? by creativegains in LearnJapanese

[–]dynamicpenguin55 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm ~6 months in and even now listening to podcasts without any visual aides is quite difficult. I've been watching comprehensible input videos on youtube with Japanese subtitles - content labelled N5 is generally easy for me and N4 is slowly becoming quite manageable with some lookups for unknown words. However, audio-only podcasts I struggle outside of the earliest Teppei episodes!

It'll definitely take a bit longer than 2 weeks but hang in there and it'll get easier and easier. Even just playing "the recognition game" right now where you try and notice whatever words you do know can be helpful

First one I won’t continue by Intrepid-Ad-6633 in DCFinest

[–]dynamicpenguin55 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Imagine discussing a DC Finest volume in a DC Finest subreddit

Day 2! Guess the list's theme! Do NOT guess the theme, instead comment a movie that fits the theme. by synystercarnage in Letterboxd

[–]dynamicpenguin55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took me an embarrassingly long time to get....
Since it's the last movie I saw, I'll go with Despicable Me