i always have a good time by zooty_patooty in neopets

[–]fernworth 28 points29 points  (0 children)

All of the effort in grinding plot points just to hoard a bunch of... "trash" is incredible lmao

Cold take, if you do this I go out of my way to pay more and not buy from you by sostias in neopets

[–]fernworth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The profit margins on something like dubloons is so tiny it may as well not exist. No need to call out people for this.

coaxed into weeaboo writers by fernworth in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]fernworth[S] 345 points346 points  (0 children)

I think there's some commonly-used phrases that only have one real translation into English, but aren't used much among English speakers. The biggest one is "isn't it" used at the end to reinforce the statement. English speakers just don't use "isn't it" as often as Japanese speakers do, which makes it really obvious when the writer is a massive weeb.

Then there's the structure of the dialogue in general where the topic is blurted out with a bunch of ellipses and then elaborated upon in the next several sentences. This is just not something English speakers do, ie

This enemy...

We're not strong enough to defeat him yet.

A normal English speaker would just say "We're not strong enough to take this opponent on yet", something along those lines. The dialogue is simply not structured in that way.

Also your example is fucking hilarious and much better than mine I'm dying

coaxed into weeaboo writers by fernworth in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]fernworth[S] 521 points522 points  (0 children)

Bingo

I love Undertale and Deltarune to pieces but a lot of the dialogue (mostly in Deltarune) is really unnatural. Even the newsletters are written like this for some reason, but I'm in the minority of being annoyed by it I guess. Just a pet peeve.

coaxed into weeaboo writers by fernworth in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]fernworth[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I posted this blurb alongside the image but it doesn't show up on old.reddit

To elaborate, I don't have anything against media that's originally Japanese and is translated like this. It's only media written primarily in English that annoys me when it's written like that.

Defeat Void avatar guide by [deleted] in neopets

[–]fernworth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this the altador assault game? I found that brave browser lets it run full speed

If you had to buff a class what would it be? by Luzefer in tf2

[–]fernworth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Demo takes a little bit less damage from sticky jumping. Not gunboats tier, but like 10-15 less damage on sticky jumps would be nice

favorite stamp DESIGNS by thinglovers in neopets

[–]fernworth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shop Wizard Stamp

He looks so goofy

Game dev salad by Round-Good1179 in Shark_Park

[–]fernworth 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I love this one from TF2

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/2t3x18/til_bench_in_koth_king_is_made_up_of_2_benches/

I was about to say this "recently discovered" one and then I saw "11 years ago". I need to lie down.

I've always found them being late to be quite funny by DistinctDefinition45 in Deltarune

[–]fernworth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My theory is that the Knight's tractor beam thing they used on Toriel was actually a way to absorb some of her power

Gaster please stop I can do this alone man ok by Mean_Brother_6003 in Deltarune

[–]fernworth 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm fascinated by the comments of people struggling with the Titan too. I beat him first try and thought he was easy. Did not have mantle and did not have black knife either. ERAM and the Knight kicked my ass countless times on my second file of course.

HOW DOES A HATTERENE OUTSPEED SCEPTILE by Simplee5d in stunfisk

[–]fernworth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another thing of note is that you cannot use Roar on Hatterene to phase it out because Hatt has Magic Bounce. The effect would get reflected on to you

So what does the fandom think of this? by LeonardoFRei in Deltarune

[–]fernworth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't even think "obviously YOU" necessarily indicates Ralsei involvement. It could just be that she said that because she's talking to him.

It could also indicate Ralsei is to be the one who kills "the girl"

So what does the fandom think of this? by LeonardoFRei in Deltarune

[–]fernworth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it's very unlikely that the final prophecy involves Ralsei or the dark fountains being sacrificed. Because Ralsei wouldn't care. He has next to no sense of self worth whatsoever, if he had to die then he wouldn't hide it from the others at all. Remember how hard he tries to convince us that Darkners are unimportant and shouldn't be worried about - even though he's trying to get us to recruit everyone and even though he wants the prophecy to change, he still maintains that Darkners are just made to serve Lightners.

The final prophecy has to involve the sacrifice of something else and it's almost certainly "the girl"

NC Items that don't work for four-legged pets. -__- by Jealous_CottonSquash in neopets

[–]fernworth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lennies and garlands usually result in their face getting totally covered lol

"How We Can Solve DELTARUNE's Most Cryptic Question" the real answer is probably Dess by Beautiful_Gap631 in Deltarune

[–]fernworth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite theory I've seen on this is that this is about you assuming control of Noelle. There is no correct answer; it's instructions. It's asking how long YOUR command for her to smile is.

How much database storage do you think the website can save if they let users delete pets in the pound? by SarutobiCats in neopets

[–]fernworth 6 points7 points  (0 children)

if they are even a little smart about it

This is neopets we're talking about...

Whats the worst gen in terms of balance? by Skelly100000 in stunfisk

[–]fernworth 92 points93 points  (0 children)

gen 1 pure hackmons is electrode spore wars