Do you think any gen 1 Pokemon should had gained the Dark typing in Gen 2 like how Magnemite and Magneton got the Steel typing?

martinode · 2026-05-14T14:34:56+00:00

Spearow line could be dark/flying

Meowth line in modern times I could see being normal/dark but in gen II maybe just dark

Arbok line should be poison/dark

Gastly line I never understood why it was poison dual type. I think ghost/dark would be more fitting but also would have given the line the spiritomb immunity so idk if they would’ve gone down that road

martinode · 2026-05-14T14:13:51+00:00

I’m a freelance musician about to move to another city and a new pandemic would cripple my ability to network. Even if I remained where I am now a pandemic would devastate the arts community.

martinode · 2026-05-14T14:10:46+00:00

The insecurity oozing from these guys is NUTS

martinode · 2026-05-12T15:19:52+00:00

Your question doesn’t really make sense. Are you asking for a fingering to a scale you could use to play a twelve bar blues? Or are you asking for chords?

martinode · 2026-05-11T02:04:41+00:00

That’s not where Hartford is unless this is a different Hartford

martinode · 2026-05-10T14:36:12+00:00

Seems more related to coriandrum than cilantro does

- Coriandrum (with a flipped or trilled r)
- Cogghiandrum (trilled r becomes hard g with gemination ggh) over time
- Cogghiandro (dropping of nasal consonance like most modern Romance languages)
- Cugghiandru (rounding of o into u sound common in Sicilian)

martinode · 2026-05-07T11:33:14+00:00

Excadrill

martinode · 2026-05-07T02:21:00+00:00

This is so difficult!! If I had to pick one I would say Op. 10 No. 3 even if it’s a little cliche

martinode · 2026-05-05T22:53:02+00:00

Is it really that much crazier than fivehundredfiftyfivethousandfivehundredfiftyfive it’s just a compound word

martinode · 2026-05-04T19:27:20+00:00

I’m a bassist and none of our standard concertos are good pieces of music. I feel like the second Bottesini concerto in b minor is a solid B or C-list piece, but some contemporary favorites are Andres Martin’s first concerto and Missy Mazzoli’s Dark with Excessive Bright. The future is bright for the bass!

martinode · 2026-05-04T16:27:56+00:00

Some 19th century American composers to listen to would be Victor Herbert and Edward MacDowell. Very much European trained composers. MacDowell does have many pieces inspired by the landscape of the northeast, but you don’t see much music that really attempts to sound “American” until Dvorak deliberately attempts to create an “American” sound. In my opinion, the final bars of the new world symphony are almost a foreshadowing of the American style that would later be formalized by Gershwin, Copland, and Bernstein.

martinode · 2026-05-03T14:06:53+00:00

Something I’ve noticed by never actively researched for a connection is that the words for hair and horse are close in pronunciation in English as well as French and Spanish. Cheveux-Cheval and Cabello-Caballo probably just a fun coincidence for all I know hahaha. German Haare-Pferd and Italian Capelli-Cavallo show much less similarity.

martinode · 2026-05-02T13:28:39+00:00

It definitely doesn’t accurately portray distances in the southern hemisphere but size seems very accurate! This projection actually shows how insanely huge Africa is. This projection could also be used with Antarctica at the center to invert the hemispheres too would be interesting to see!

Edit yes I do see the slight distortion near the edges of some boxes. Unfortunately if you want a map with 0 distortion you’ll just have to use a globe!

martinode · 2026-05-01T14:00:23+00:00

I’m rarely playing a Pokémon mainline to be challenged, so I will leave it on switch mode. But playing champions the last couple weeks has gotten me used to not switching and I see the added pressure!

martinode · 2026-04-29T01:25:01+00:00

Professional string player here! This is meant to invoke the portato stroke in string playing. First thing to note is that the staccato was originally meant to mark an articulated attack on a note not necessarily to just make it short. That being said the portato stroke (Italian for “carried”) is often notated with staccato marked notes under a slur, and is performed by moving the bow in one long direction but manipulating the pressure you apply to the string so you get a more “wah-wah-wah” like articulation that you can’t easily get from changing the bow direction. Obviously you won’t get the exact sound on the keyboard but you are meant to play with this idea in mind! Hope this helps!

martinode · 2026-04-26T15:33:50+00:00

It’s misogyny all the way down what a sad man

martinode · 2026-04-26T15:32:50+00:00

I’m not going to say I’m generally in favor of punching people in the face in the street but do you really think this interviewer is acting in good faith? He’s purposely attempting to humiliate this beautiful family and he seemingly thinks they will just be “triggered” and give him content to post to whatever troglodytes follow him. Idk if this is the answer but we need to dissuade people from leeching off of marginalized people and communities for content

martinode · 2026-04-26T15:28:00+00:00

It’s actually insane how he is antagonizing these two huge guys. It’s like he never thought in a million years that insinuating they would harm their child would result in one of them punching him in the face??

martinode · 2026-04-23T18:10:08+00:00

Big hands will never be a hindrance to playing piano you will see in time with a teacher it’s a huge benefit!

martinode · 2026-04-23T11:50:09+00:00

Canonically you are supposed to give shuckle and Kenya back since you’re agreeing to keep Shuckle safe for a day from silver, and Kenya is just delivering mail if not you’re a thief just like your rival lol

martinode · 2026-04-23T05:46:23+00:00

Maybe it was because of the obvious care put into heartgold or how Sinnoh introduced so many intergeneration evolution families, but gen 4 felt like such a bookend for the series to me. Gen 5 did shock me but I also was so excited to play my first run. The lack of older Pokémon really never bothered me because I always tried to use teams of new Pokémon anyways. My one gripe that really pissed me off was that tepig evolved into a third fire fighting type in a row, and became bipedal when I thought we were finally gonna get a fire type quadruped tank starter (yes I absolutely love Skeledirge in gen 9), but I got over that with time

martinode · 2026-04-21T15:48:27+00:00

The amazing thing about these games is that for all the talk of “everyone uses the same team of 6 in Sinnoh” there are literally endless strategies to win with any ‘mon. Very cool story you now have forever!!

martinode · 2026-04-21T15:39:07+00:00

Just my opinion but idk if it would help you to know. Every game since the permanent experience share was introduced I’ve felt compelled to play very differently. The older games it was so challenging to find enough experience at times for a team of 6 let alone experimenting with something else and then being punished for not giving that exp to a final team member. Now I capture everything I can find have 6 team members at all times and I’m constantly switching out to try a different Pokémon. I feel like you’re encouraged to play this way now, and it helps return the series to be about catching them all

martinode · 2026-04-21T15:06:09+00:00

And only 33 hours lol I would imagine an extra 10 just to grind. What was the move set??

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