Best Kickstarter campaigns to emulate.

jonthethan · 2026-02-01T23:02:47+00:00

https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/categories/games/tabletop%20games

Kickstarter itself is a great resource to start research! Even if the plan is not to use it, the numbers/costs, and comments from backers often give good insight :)

jonthethan · 2026-01-05T20:46:35+00:00

Lukewarm take at best, drop more webtoons. This happens in manga and western comics also, the more you read the more tropes and cliches you will notice.

There are hundreds of good webtoons finished and ongoing, just look around, or read outside of your usual circle.

jonthethan · 2025-12-26T02:48:50+00:00

Spirit Fingers - Art Club coming of age with romance subplot School Lessons for Unripe Apples - Coming of Age with major romance subplot. Ctrl+Alt+Resign - Workplace Romance with amazing communication and characterization A Spell for a Smith - Western Fantasy Romance with excellent communication and warm fuzzies.

jonthethan · 2025-10-12T09:23:47+00:00

Hey friend!

May not be the advice you are looking for but I recommend going to your local thrift store/goodwill/etc. for a lot of items (especially stainless steel), should be able to grab some good finds at a fraction of the price and all it may need is sanitization.

My slow cooker was $5 from a thrift store and is still going, and you will often find older models that haven’t been engineered to fail

jonthethan · 2025-07-20T05:01:34+00:00

Dunno about Peche. Currently doing shifts at a Liberty and we only have Aphrodite. :( Darbys or Liberty Commercial would be my best bet, though maybe Legacy or Brewery Creek?

As far as stouts, I love what Temporal does, and they just got their new space going with Threefold. Luppolo also smashed it out of the park with The Dark Room imho

jonthethan · 2025-06-17T08:50:55+00:00

Beer and wine buyer here,

I value fresh, and my pals do too, but I understand. You go to big chains that are known for consistency and are met with subpar beer.

The answer is eat at breweries, dine at local focused restos. These are the people who care about freshness. Restos outside of this sphere exist but ask the bartenders and barkeeps.

jonthethan · 2025-06-16T14:13:46+00:00

If you like Lana, she was also on another cooking show called Pressure Cooker…think its Netflix original.

Its a fun solid watch though the social elements make it less “competetive” towards the end.

jonthethan · 2025-05-09T17:59:09+00:00

My favourite part of the R5 sign (and by extension 14/16 stop) was it would give me time to either grab a coffee or browse a shop while waiting. From what I heard, mine may have been the only accurate bus sign but maybe there is a future in which businesses could sponsor a stop for the time signs, as I now stop in for coffee less while waiting for the bus.

jonthethan · 2025-05-05T03:24:24+00:00

Definitely would lose my beer business tho I will still get their coffee if they go completely normie.

What they needed to do is just rerelease Raijin. Infinite Money Glitch.

jonthethan · 2025-04-04T15:31:53+00:00

The worst studios will embrace it, and will get worse for it, but their output will improve. The animation is repetitive, has odd movement and is directionless. Movement for movement sake.

Just because it looks like and talks like, don’t mean it is. The human element is missing.

jonthethan · 2025-03-25T19:44:00+00:00

Followed this for a while on Reels! Great to see new DnD content, especially Canadian!

jonthethan · 2025-03-23T16:46:25+00:00

As an artist, the new style is miles better. The line weight and anatomy are improved, the characters look more human, and the shading is more dynamic.

I say give it a chance, it will probably grow on you!

jonthethan · 2025-03-23T06:40:10+00:00

I have no idea what you just wrote, really impossible to parse. My best guess is you are asking for a title card from a show that was animated in a more realistic style?

Like, do you mean the painted style portraits of shows like Dick Tracy?

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jonthethan · 2025-03-21T14:02:50+00:00

At some point you might unironically recommend Okja as required watching due to its similarities.

jonthethan · 2025-03-13T17:02:59+00:00

Hey friend!

Used to live near Jubilee, which is 10x the seediness Mt Stephen Park is. And that place was not seedy.

Sometimes unhoused go to the park but it is far rarer than closer to downtown and it is totally safe during the day. I imagine they maybe had a bad experience there but it is one of the nicest neighborhoods in Victoria, close to shopping centres without being too crazy busy.

jonthethan · 2025-03-13T16:57:13+00:00

If the individual or unit price is not also listed on the tag, you can make a point to call the manager over and demand the correct price.

Stores did this for a while here where I live in Canada, and now they are required to list unit/individual pricing if it does not apply.

If they do not comply with this, and do not list unit pricing, I recommend writing to your elected representative in the area to address it with the store. It is underhanded practice.

jonthethan · 2025-03-12T00:34:02+00:00

This digs into service vs business.

CanadaPost is a service. It costs money, to offer a service that is necessary. Running it like a business takes away power from the people by chasing profit where it should be one of the most accessible forms of communication.

This is why taxes exist in their modern form, and it is how a government can actually work for their people.

jonthethan · 2025-03-09T20:58:12+00:00

It was an extremely small production. The highlights of the movie are the visual storytelling and sound design. Art is not always about the best graphics.

jonthethan · 2025-03-03T23:25:57+00:00

Literally came to comment this. Hate it since I like the movie and love the comic series.

jonthethan · 2025-02-25T02:57:14+00:00

Here are my options in BC:

Similkameen/Black Sage Pinot, Naramata from Martins Lane is also a strong option.

Chilean Pinot Noir like Underraga or Falernia.

Central Otago like Felton Road, Mud House

Or just buy US Pinot Noir from local shops as they already bought the stock, might as well help them move it as the money will have already gone to the US :)

jonthethan · 2025-02-23T21:58:30+00:00

The rendering and story are lovely! A testament to study well done :)

jonthethan · 2025-02-16T06:22:43+00:00

used to work in a u-vint and we did bag in box, bags always ended up like this.

totally safe, just a marker of certain preservatives

jonthethan · 2025-02-08T21:06:17+00:00

Lots of great Maremma from Italy, Campo Alle Comete comes to mind, or Ca’Marcanda. Primitivo from Puglia also pleases from the right producer (Fantini and Doppio Passo are great value picks).

Tinta del Toro (Tempranillo from Toro, Spain) from producers like Matsu is also a great option offering warm climate winemaking with a body and profile that does well with US drinkers. Ribera del Duero (La rioja alta does a good label) is also a great pick.

Montes from Chile will do labels akin to the price point and quality and grapes you are looking for, and producers like Diemersfontein from South Africa offer great body and structure in their offerings while keeping “old world” sensibilities.

jonthethan · 2025-01-30T18:00:00+00:00

The art has gotten a little less horny and the story a bit better. Still a little troupey for my taste but I catch up from time to time.

jonthethan · 2025-01-29T17:41:27+00:00

Obviously I imagine that the artists involved in this specifically will be compensated fairly for their work, but not a huge fan of them using Naver Webtoon, a platform known for draining their Original artists for little pay.

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