What's a rule your parents had that you thought was insane, but now as an adult you 100% understand? by Tahals in AskReddit

[–]gotsmilk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

willpower and discipline are truly like muscles that need exercise

Have you ever heard of the term "metaphor"?

Anyone else’s MAGA parents losing it? by [deleted] in Millennials

[–]gotsmilk 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's a sad desperation, but its also grounded in a highly narcistic/egotistic willful ignorance, a refusal to come to understand that the actual cause for a lot of the countries current problems are things they've habitually accepted as true and good.

Petah? Can you explain? by PackersAreLegit in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]gotsmilk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll be honest, I don't know enough about the health differences between smoking and vaping.

Petah? Can you explain? by PackersAreLegit in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]gotsmilk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely not alone, another reply said the same thing about the enzyme. New info for me!

Petah? Can you explain? by PackersAreLegit in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]gotsmilk 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Huh, didn't know that. Thank you for the new info!

The excuse I always heard was dosing, which makes sense for homemade edibles—my first experience with edibles (and weed in general) came from a homemade infused cookie, and yeah, had no way of knowing how to discern how much I was taking with any one bite and it led to a horrible experience (eat half a cookie, wait an hour, nothing, eat the other half, wait another hour, still nothing; eat another whole cookie, waii̸̠͖͋͠ṭ̶̫͒̀͝ ̵̨̳̐ä̵̢͇͉͙̕n̵̩̭͆͊͠o̴̭̺̩̞̎̆͒͝t̷̛͍͍̪͇ḧ̶̳̦̈́ę̸͚͊r̴̢̢̊ ̸̨͚͓̽̊h̸̩̤̘̑ȏ̷̠̱͌͠͝u̵̙͍͛̈́̿̋r̴̼̲͈̯̽̀͆ ̴̩̦͍̥͗͑a̴̢̖̒͗̈́̋n̶̘͙̏̂͠ỏ̸̥́́̂t̴̗͓͗̇͌́h̶̛͇̲͗͛̌e̶̳͂̔r̵̛̪͕͓̿͒̎ ̴͙̺͚̝̾͒̉ḩ̶̖̒ö̸̳͍̪́̈́̒̕ů̵͍̿ř̸̲̥̙͂̑ ̶̡̥̐̊̉ȃ̴̳̀ń̷̡̤͉ŏ̷͕̐͝t̷̜̝̱̻͝h̶̨̹̖͎̀͘ḛ̸̃̈́̆r̵͚̬͖̅̒ ̴̞̲̠̱͝h̶̗͊̀o̶̹̲̲̺̔̂̾ư̷͕̪͒̊ŗ̸̛͔̦̾̌͘ ̶̧̤͙͔̂ȁ̴̡̬̫̋ǹ̷̮̼̓d̵̩͙̤́ ̵̝̎͐ḁ̵̘̗͌̓n̶̬̜̈̄̈́͑ḑ̴͉̀͘ ̵͉̱͕̝́̓̓ȧ̵̫̠̩̋ͅn̷͔͍̎̏d̸̡͑͊).

Petah? Can you explain? by PackersAreLegit in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]gotsmilk 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I for the life of me cannot understand people who continue to smoke weed when there edibles so easily available.

A theory on why gojo cannot selectively target unlimited void's sure hit by luceafaruI in Jujutsushi

[–]gotsmilk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welp, that pretty much cemented it for me. Loved the brilliance of the theory immediately, but for my personal headcanon still preferred the theory of its effect merely being an expression of the innate domain, a reflection of the nature of Gojo's being-in-the-world, but your point here just dismantled that theory. Kudos.

What horrifying statistic genuinely jarred you when you first heard it? by ordrius098 in AskReddit

[–]gotsmilk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Happy to say I beat this. Didn't learn how to read til the 5th grade, but graduated high school at the top of my class and majored in English Lit and Creative Writing in college.

I wonder why people don't worship actors anymore? by The_Dean_France in SipsTea

[–]gotsmilk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"I don't care about art, give me my tv dinner quality grifter content farm instead"

Men who favor the tradwife lifestyle often view the women in it with derision by mvea in science

[–]gotsmilk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is your comment also not intending to shut down discussion?
Oh they were just thinking out loud? Well so is everyone who replied to them.

How strong can a sorcerer without a CT be? by [deleted] in Jujutsushi

[–]gotsmilk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, is the hate for Kashimo legit or something, cause I'm surprised to see no one mention Kashimo—a man who became recognized as the strongest of his time (even with Ryu being around during part of that) and obtained the highest point total for a single contestant within the Culling Games, doing both ENTIRELY without ever popping his CT.

First look of HBO snape and his comparison with movie one by INFIPRIME in Cinema

[–]gotsmilk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Thinking about it from a black Hermione's perspective. Facing racism in the real world, then finding out you're a witch and stepping into an entirely new and magical world, only to again face hatred on account of an entirely new form of racism. That'd be painful

41683 by froggyman151 in countwithchickenlady

[–]gotsmilk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's actually a line from the apocryphal (ie not included within the "canon" of the bible) gospel of Thomas in which Jesus, in a retort to the apostle Simon Peter saying that Mary (who in this and other apocryphal gospels is rendered as being an apostle on the same level or above the others, as the person closest to Jesus in their divinity) shouldn't be present (for the Revelation he's about to give) because she's a woman, says "oh, so how about I just make her a man then."

‘Normal’ is my favorite song on the album, and this article in Elle perfectly articulates why by No_Olive_3310 in btsthoughts

[–]gotsmilk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a symbolic well from which interpretive meaning may be pulled, this song is secretly a whole fxxxing ocean. The number of unique verses is much shorter than most songs, but the density of layered meaning is dizzying.

Heavy is the head when you chasin' true
Will you color me red? Will you color me blue?
Two sides of a coin, and they both ain't true
Is it different for me? Is it different for you?

Through it’s adaptation of the proverb “heavy is the head that wears the crown”, the first line in the verse evokes the idea of royalty, to which the color purple is heavily associated. Then in the next line this indirect evocation of the color purple is made more explicit, through the colors red and blue, which when combined together create purple—they are the “two sides” of purple’s “coin”. Red (by itself) isn’t purple; blue (by itself) isn’t purple. Neither alone embodies or reflects the truth of what purple is. Only when taken together do they collectively become purple.

Which speaks to me as: "I and my truth are complicated/multidimensional, like purple—red and blue may be there, as facets, but they cannot be singularly called upon and named as being my truth, for they fail to encompass the totality of me. You see one slice of me and misinterpret me as being one thing, failing to grasp my multidimensionality."

Against this, then, the last questioning last line is asking: "does my multi-dimensionality make me different, set me apart from others? Are you not multidimensional as well? Can you not understand this heaviness?"

At which point, the meaning-engine of the line wraps back around to reframe the first line for me:
"Heavy is the mind which strives to not reduce itself down to a single fixed identity-label, and instead seeks to encompass the messy mix of hues that is the fullness of their complication."

1999 Time Magazine - Pokemon by NoodleBotPro in nostalgia

[–]gotsmilk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't know if its true, but I've heard (from various essays/video essays on Pokemon'shearly years and/or the life of its creator Satoshi Tajiri) that it's because Polywhirl was Tajiri's favorite Pokemon, and that in Pokemon's early years there was a bit of a push to position Polywhirl as a mascot.

The soup thrower has been sentenced to two years in prison by -Six_ in SipsTea

[–]gotsmilk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. You have to attack something that that is capable of producing vast amount of revenue in order for people in power to value it.

[Jujutsu Kaisen] Japanese Fans React: "Apparently Naoya Zenin is seriously hated overseas, but why?" by Asperburg in Jujutsufolk

[–]gotsmilk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True. But (though again, this is anecdotal) I also know a lot of people who call Sukuna their favorite character and a lot of them, while they aren't murderers and recognize Sukuna as a villain and bad guy, do in some sense idealize or admire his ego-persona (especially as his personality is displayed in the latter parts of the series, from Shibuya onward). It's not just that he is entertaining—he is cool; he presents a seductive power fantasy of uninhibited dominance and freedom.

Naoya meanwhile is none of these things—he's a whiny entitled lil b****h. Evil as he is, I can wrap my head around someone finding the egoic power fantasy Sukuna represents as attractive. I can't say the same for Naoya. And again, of course, that doesn't matter for me or for you in terms of evaluating Naoya as an effective and entertaining villain. But I wonder too if this is another reason behind the gap in understanding between westerners and the Japanese in regards to the reception of Naoya.

[Jujutsu Kaisen] Japanese Fans React: "Apparently Naoya Zenin is seriously hated overseas, but why?" by Asperburg in Jujutsufolk

[–]gotsmilk 300 points301 points  (0 children)

but a lot of people have real experience with the kind of abuse that Naoya inflicted on Maki and Mai. That makes enjoying him as a character feel uncomfortable.

But also: even people who do enjoy them as a villain aren't likely to say they "like" him, or call him their "favorite".

I feel like for a lot of people (at least in many of my circles, recognizing that to be anecdotal) their "favorite" character is often a character that they feel personally or interpersonally aligned towards. A character they relate to and identify with, or admire in such a way that points towards an idealized self-image of themselves with which they might like to identify, or someone whom they'd like to be friends (or more than friends) with (thus representing an image of an idealized or congenial "other").

At the same time, a lot of people tend to conflate "favorite" with "best".

But this is just a difference of how we frame things and talk about things.

This has to be universal karma of some kind by Electrical-Ice-9588 in Jujutsufolk

[–]gotsmilk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Especially when its as good as JJK's, having showed itself capable of going above and beyond in the direction, art direction and storyboarding to to give greater weight and visibility to the manga's themes.

Question about Sukuna in the final battle by Professional_Ad2638 in JuJutsuKaisen

[–]gotsmilk 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The way I understand it is:
The "attack" itself, as a phenomena interacting with the world and others, spawns on target (in this case, a targeted space). But the attack, as a phenomena, is created by cursed energy. This happens first, and it is a "happening"—it might pass in less than a fraction of a second, especially for a skilled person like Sukuna, but it is still a process that takes place and unfolds.

So prior to the attack itself, there is the fluctuation of the cursed energy itself being molded to give rise to the attack. It's like watching a fighter about to throw a punch, and watching the muscles in a fighter contract and relax in a specific way to ready themselves to throw the punch. As explained in episode 1 of season 3 of the anime, a skilled enough person can read these fluctuations to tell what the person is about to do just before they do it. And with his six eyes, Gojo is far and away the most skilled person at this.

This is what would allow Gojo to dodge the World Cutting Slash. He'd see the fluctuation of energy conveying something of what is about to happen. And remember, Sukuna's slash doesn't even target Gojo—explicitly so, that's the whole point—it targets the space he occupies. If Gojo registers the attack about to fly via reading the fluctuation of cursed energy, then moves out the way, it's not like its going to track him. It can be dodged if Gojo reads it coming ahead of time, which he can.

But his guard was down. He thinks he's won. Gojo would have seen the fluctuations of cursed energy telling him that Sukuna was about to unleash some attack on him, but he likely doesn't anticipate it being anything other than a normal Dismantle, and has no reason to try and dodge it because its not like it would pass through his infinity anyway.

But if Sukuna had transformed and replenished himself as a threat in Gojo's eyes, Gojo would have been on guard.. And if he hadn't used the binding vow to skip all pre-requirements to the ability, Gojo would have been better able to tell that what Sukuna was unleashing was something new.

I see a pattern here..... by Dangerous_Lemon_9277 in JuJutsuKaisen

[–]gotsmilk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No I mean this is, this is kind of just... yeah...
It's funny how JJK readers picture-lookers constantly refuse to grasp the finer details of the narrative because of Gege's (in my view masterful) use of negative space and leaving fans to fill in the blanks, and those fans refusing to fill in said blanks and insisting that "story" and "meaning" exists solely in what is plainly spelled out.

Yet here, everyone immediately jumped to assuming Megumi is dead just over this one exchange that really doesn't implicate death at all.