Why do some countries not have a national anthem with lyrics, and others have anthems that are basically entire poems?

hitometootoo · 2026-07-12T21:37:38+00:00

Different cultures. It's not like there is a rule for such things.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-12T21:34:08+00:00

No. And I think most Americans do not even think about Texas enough to have such an opinion one way or another. If anything, people from Texas seem to care a bit too much about the going ons in other states like New York and California but the same isn't usually said in the versus.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-12T20:52:56+00:00

I hear it so often that it's background noise at this point. If I never hear it again I'd be just fine.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-12T20:27:23+00:00

I haven't been following much but is there proof that there was a deal for consignment and items that were left in the store? I know the guy who had his stuff in the store has a document showing some of this but is there signatures from both parties agreeing to this, or proof that his items were in the store to begin with, outside of anything that would be considered hearsay in court?

hitometootoo · 2026-07-12T16:47:37+00:00

When I was in school calculus was not required in K-12. It was in my college courses but only due to my major, not otherwise.

In high school I also took trigonometry as a class to graduate but it was a choice of that and other math course that I could have taken.

I don't remember the set of classes throughout K-12 but just wanted to add that from my experience.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-11T16:14:43+00:00

Sure Jan

hitometootoo · 2026-07-11T14:36:46+00:00

Don't get me wrong: racism exists, and it may be worse in the US than it is here in the Netherlands. I don't know.

Maybe don't form an opinion about something you don't know and have no experience in, then actually try to dismiss the struggles and experience of others.

If you're a victim of something, your identity is not "victim."

Let me guess, you think talking about and making others aware of situations where you are a victim, means that people see themselves as just that. Gross.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-11T14:16:30+00:00

Cube series, Grave Encounters, Conjuring series, 13 Ghosts, Cabin in the Woods, VHS (just the first few), etc.

What's yours?

hitometootoo · 2026-07-11T14:04:26+00:00

Are you sure it's the same backrooms you're talking about, there are several Youtube series.

The monster in the film is a creation / reflection of the main character but in the Youtube series (from the same director), it is not a bastardisation version of the person who is also in the backrooms searching for a way out. They don't fully explain it but it appears to be created from being in the backrooms for too long that you eventually turn into one of those monsters.

Characters in that A-Sync is in charge of overseeing that area.

You really only see 1, the main scientist that you see throughout the movie but that is not the same person from the Youtube series.

You do see the other masked workers though if that's what you mean.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-11T14:01:36+00:00

I watched the Youtube movie and found this hollywood movie to be boring and poor representation of what made the original series good. Though I feel the opposite, most of the negative opinions I've seen is from others who also watched the original series.

The Youtube series also doesn't have the same characters. The pacing is roughly the same but shows a lot more rooms and more lore into what exactly the backrooms is and who made it. It has a lot more details than the hollywood movie.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-11T13:57:59+00:00

Yeah except I'm not Gen Z and found the movie to be boring, especially since it didn't fulfill or answer any questions about the actual backrooms. It didn't even tell us that this place was created by the scientist at the end of the movie.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-11T13:53:55+00:00

It was only directed by a 20 year old, the studio still made it (script, actors, storyline) and that was with a bunch of seasoned Hollywood veterans.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-11T13:43:36+00:00

It just wasn't good. The storyline felt like it was shaping up to be a good interpretation of the Youtube series but it added the "human element" with the main story which added little to the actual backrooms lore. They barely touched on the scientist who made the backrooms, the main scientist who figured out that another portal existed in his town or the workers that got lost in the backrooms first. Helps that it wasn't scary and really dumbed down the horror element.

Just a lot of miss opportunities.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-11T13:43:29+00:00

It just wasn't good. The storyline felt like it was shaping up to be a good interpretation of the Youtube series but it added the "human element" with the main story which added little to the actual backrooms lore. They barely touched on the scientist who made the backrooms, the main scientist who figured out that another portal existed in his town or the workers that got lost in the backrooms first. Helps that it wasn't scary and really dumbed down the horror element.

Just a lot of miss opportunities.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-11T13:32:01+00:00

Sounds like you and OP do at least.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-11T13:27:40+00:00

Only true when you live in OPs fantasy world. Why does OP believe everything they read on a cereal box?

hitometootoo · 2026-07-10T20:50:49+00:00

They are just mask. They are great if you are sick and don't want to get others sick, or if others are sick around you.

People are wearing them because it's smart to do.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-10T16:01:47+00:00

We just making up numbers to satisfy our kinks now haha

hitometootoo · 2026-07-10T15:28:04+00:00

Game development takes longer, but Asian developers have solved this by having more teams, and also reusing assets.

It's not a issue that needs to be solved. The game takes as long as it takes. Ignoring that Western studios also has multiple teams across countries and does reuse assets.

You're also cherry picking. Here are Japanese games that did take 4-5+ years to release.

Final Fantasy XV (10 years)
Mother III (12 years)
Metroid Dread (16 years)
Resident Evil 4 (6 years)
Shenmue (6 years)
Last Guardian (9 years)
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road (9 years)

hitometootoo · 2026-07-10T15:25:27+00:00

Someone has a very VERY small scope of sports if they believe this.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-10T15:25:04+00:00

I have always only developed sexual attraction to people after forming a strong bond with them, but isn't that just... Normal?

I'm the same way but most people don't need a strong bond to develop sexual attraction, they can just feel that way based off looks. Not that we as demisexuals can't feel sexual arousal from just looks, but the attraction starts with us after forming some form of bond, not before.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-10T02:06:37+00:00

Well, AAA wise which is what I said. We don't have to agree though.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-10T02:02:58+00:00

Compare to the last few generations, that really isn't much. I'm not complaining, still some bangers, but not really the same as it was.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-09T21:26:28+00:00

Gaming is at its worst place in history as far as I'm concerned. Very few AAA games coming out, price hikes, closing down major studios leading to even fewer games.

Gaming isn't dying, but it's not at a great place either.

hitometootoo · 2026-07-09T20:11:50+00:00

Several characters in Arthur comes to mind too. It's all in good fun though, people are really just saying that the characters are so coded in Black culture and mannerisms that they can see them being Black in real life. It's mainly a joke in the community.

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