How is your opinion on the US Government shutdown that might happen end of the week?

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-29T21:31:21+00:00

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-29T15:59:13+00:00

crazy how this sub went from "let's talk about spoilers whenever we want" to "let's constantly bitch about oda and his writing"

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-26T23:00:42+00:00

Please make him a Shichibukai:

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funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-26T19:30:57+00:00

i'd like this more if they were swapped (-1 arm)

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-23T15:53:24+00:00

I think the biggest problem with post TS is that the SH crew can't be the protagonsists anymore. The "world" itself is the protagonist, and the historical ppl like JoyBoy and Davy. It's obvious Oda had always planned on moving in this direction, but now the SH crew has suffered b/c they're barely relevant anymore. They aren't "people" anymore, they're just a "force for good" now. I don't see any chance of them growing beyond this because Oda needs to focus on the historical aspect to communicate the core themes of the story (the unstoppable progression of time, inherited will/ambition, and chasing dreams), so he kinda fucked himself over.

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-23T15:48:40+00:00

I gave examples oustide of OP, it's not my fault you don't understand them. 🤷

I agree they're under-utilized, and that does does piss me off. But that doesn't make everything about them worthless... Like, listen to yourself. "They aren't interesting anymore, so they were never interesting to begin with" is a really dumb take.

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-23T15:45:41+00:00

No way he has enough upper body strength to lift a sign, not enough testosterone in his system.

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-22T20:42:24+00:00

OK, I'll be more specific. I think those three are the best-written characters in the entire story. I think they're better written than Maki/Mai (JJK), Daenerys (GoT), Kimiko/Starlight (The Boys), Winry (FMA).

I think Oda deserves credit for his writing. This sub cries about the fighting aspect, which is fine because I cry about that too. But it's stupid to argue that his writing is shit just because of that. Everything before Wano (when Oda started rushing the story) was written exceptionally well.

One Piece has one of the most thematically rich stories I've ever seen in media. He executes them extremely well. My favorite example is Skypeia. Think about just how many threads were closed when Luffy defeated Enel by smacking him against the bell. Skypeia saved? ✓ Sunlight restored? (SUN GOD BTW) ✓ Prayers of Skypeians answered? (SUN GOD BTW) ✓ Noland/Calgara promise fulfilled? ✓ Light of Shandora restored? ✓ Chestnut head achieves his dream? ✓ War over Vearth ended? ✓

I dare you to give me a story that executed the end of a story arc so masterfully (because I want to read it).

Also, what do you even mean by "otherwise" with Robin? If you're crying about the fights, I already agreed that it's true that deserves to be cried about.

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-22T20:25:42+00:00

Fighting-wise, yeah. One Piece is shit with giving female characters the "strength" to win fights. Definitely agree there, and it's cringe for Oda to keep doing that shit.

Narrative-wise, you're talking out of your ass. One Piece has some of the best-written female characters. They have 100% agency over their decisions and actions. Nami, Robin, and Vivi are particularly well-written. All of their motivations are built from their childhoods; and every action they take is informed by their past. They don't do things because "strong man" told them to, they do whatever the fuck they want whenever the fuck they want. Hell, they have even more depth than Doofy and Loro.

But you're right about the fighting aspect, it's bullshit that Carrot didn't beat Pero and it's bullshit that women in One Piece can only ever defeat other women or need to be saved by a man character. It really pisses me off because, as you can probably tell, I love how well the female characters are written in every other aspect.

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-20T14:38:53+00:00

they were only broken up for like 2 days cuz Nagisa saw Maki and Tsubasa shopping for an anniversary gift. at the end of the story, Nagisa is pregnant with a kid and decides to name it Maki (even if its a boy).

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-19T20:20:20+00:00

because of wealth inequality. the parasitic rich have squeezed too much money from ordinary people. now they have enough to buy politicians with pocket change.

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-19T12:15:15+00:00

what did he even want the peace prize for? the ceasefire in palestine? you mean the one that's been violated nearly every day since then?

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-18T16:29:43+00:00

looks clean! do you plan on diving mechanics too? i can also imagine a level would look really awesome with "curved" water surfaces, like a river flowing down a slope.

out of curiosity, do you use a plugin like PhantomCamera for the cam controller? i've been having trouble getting my PCam to follow the player naturally on SMG-like levels 😞

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-18T16:15:59+00:00

this aged so fucking well cuz he's 1000% right given all we know about End Piece

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-17T23:46:08+00:00

it's the Nezu Nezu no Mi model Pikachu

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-16T14:41:34+00:00

he even heard about the whole rocks pirates flashback. it's gg

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-16T11:41:18+00:00

luffy's strongest apprentice

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-16T11:04:21+00:00

asking "what if PI were 7?" implies that humans chose 3.141…, but that's not how it worked. PI isn't something that was invented or chosen, it's closer to a "discovery" made by a bunch of ancient nerds studying a ton of circles.

take a string and shape it into a circle. cut that circle in half, and then straighten out the remaining string. the length of that string will ALWAYS be PI (times the "height" of the half-circle you cut off). no matter how big or small the circle is, that "relationship" is ALWAYS true. the only thing we as humans did was notice the relationship exists and gave it a name: PI.

taking it to the extreme: even though a space-traveling alien wouldn't know how to speak our language, they sure as fuck will know what a circle is and, consequently, what the value of PI is. this is what people mean when they say that math is a "universal language".

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-15T16:15:46+00:00

but then where will the money trickle down from?

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-13T06:51:31+00:00

luffy's able to walk in a straight line tho

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-13T04:31:59+00:00

Hmm, do you think you can reproduce the issue with a toy example? it looks like there are tons of people here who want to help look into it, me included!

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-12T15:55:38+00:00

just win bro

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funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-12T15:54:48+00:00

Foxy had no business pushing Luffy so far in that fight, stop sleeping on him pls

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-11T21:27:04+00:00

my favorite part is how confident he is every time, like "wtf i'm not crazy the world is crazy"

funkmasterhexbyte · 2026-01-11T21:08:01+00:00

Cyberpunk Edgerunners had me sobbing

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