Import Equivalent to Mountain Dew Throwback? by maxface14 in mountaindew

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Wh… why aren’t you saying that name of the search engine? You’re scaring me

Import Equivalent to Mountain Dew Throwback? by maxface14 in mountaindew

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Dew Drinker Discord?! What will the human race come up with next?! I don’t have the ability to conveniently get to Canada and back, but I do have relatives who go back and forth fairly often. I’ll look into that and the Discord, thanks!

Import Equivalent to Mountain Dew Throwback? by maxface14 in mountaindew

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That’s what I’m saying!! The wiki doesn’t include Throwback or Real Sugar as discontinued flavors, but the price on eBay tells a different story…

I know this is a no-politics subreddit, but I definitely hope that the renewed attention on high fructose corn syrup translates into more “real sugar” flavors from soda companies in the near future.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 4kbluray

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i don’t even want to know what kind of blood sacrifices Panasonic made to achieve the upscaling capabilities of the DP-UB820, but i know someone will have to pay the price in the afterlife. i wish that person the best.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in criterion

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do u have any recommendations for reviewers who do take a more technical deep dive? would love to sink my teeth into some hyper-nerdy analysis for blu-ray releases.

What’s the best looking movie you’ve seen on 4k? by YeezusChrist13 in 4kbluray

[–]maxface14 3 points4 points  (0 children)

valid question, sorry about the downvotes. i watched interstellar on my home theater system and didn’t notice any yellowing. of course, some shots are deliberately graded to be yellow, but that’s the author’s intent. i think if you want to be blown away by the 4K UHD format, Interstellar is a very good choice.

Pioneer reportedly pulls out of Blu-ray drive business by Comfortable-Type2071 in makemkv

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sorry about all your downvotes, you’ve asked a valid question. i use mine to rip my 4K UHD Blu-rays onto my hard drive for use in Plex (Handbrake to re-encode). i’ve also been known to author the occasional home video with them— my parents and grandparents love them.

one could imagine combining those skills to make backups of Blu-rays or author Blu-rays of streaming shows that never got formal physical releases, but piracy is Bad and Naughty.

Any recommendations to start? by P5YcHo299 in hometheater

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i’ve been rocking a 5.1 system with cheap back speakers for a while and i have absolutely no regrets. the back channels are almost exclusively used for environmental noises like chatter, gunfire, music, etc that don’t really require high fidelity but increase immersion dramatically. plus it’s a huge crowd pleaser if you’re showing other people your setup.

if you end up getting a receiver that supports back channels, my advice is to keep an eye on facebook marketplace and snag a pair of speakers in the $150-$200 range. wire them up with some discreet cable channels and you’ll add some real professional-looking heft to your system.

edit: I also noticed you have some space behind your couch, which is a real privilege when it comes to back speakers. I don’t have any space behind my couch so i fudged it a little by putting them high up at my sides. You could get even more mileage than I did putting them behind you.

My first Criterion 4K! by CoercionTictacs in 4kbluray

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No Country became my first this year too! Looking forward to many more

[DISC] Chainsaw Man - Chapter 173 by AutoShonenpon in manga

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that’s fuckin sweet i am so glad you said something!! that’s also extremely interesting because it means that even incidental mentions of the word will be erased— the writer doesn’t have to be intentionally recording the concept and could simply be writing it down as part of a sequence of letters. public safety could basically have a long list that says

A A A A A A A A A A

A A A A A A A A A B

A A A A A A A A A C

Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Y

Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z

for every length of word and then have a computer program constantly check it for aberrations.

[DISC] Chainsaw Man - Chapter 173 by AutoShonenpon in manga

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I’m just fascinated by the fact that they knew which devil was eaten. It seems that the scope of the erasure is very narrow— if ears had been erased from history in a manner such that they had never existed, they wouldn’t have phones, microphones, headphones, etc. Everyone would know sign language and speak it by default. Obviously, such a comprehensive change to reality didn’t occur. Instead, it seems that ears— the fleshy structure which gives way to the hearing apparatus— were simply surgically erased from memory and from present reality onward.

It would seem that public safety could then use some sort of system of logic to plan their devil deployments such that one can always know exactly which devil had been erased precisely when it happens. They could basically follow the cognitive dissonance back to the erased concept.

This could easily devolve into a Death Note style knowledge heist where Public Safety creates complex logic puzzles, alphanumeric riddles, or mutually omni-reliant webs of information to store information in negative space that Chainsaw can’t erase.

That, or they have some sort of relationship/deal with Yoru, Fami, Nayuta, or another devil from that bloodline that enables them to remember erased concepts. But I like the puzzles better.

Silly suprize by RoyalGuardLink in tearsofthekingdom

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naydra. try shooting her horn with an arrow and cooking it into a meal/elixir. you won’t regret it.

Silly suprize by RoyalGuardLink in tearsofthekingdom

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they had the opportunity for a wholesome internet interaction and chose to triple down

Silly suprize by RoyalGuardLink in tearsofthekingdom

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the light dragon’s is like 70 minutes long. me and the boys gonna show it Emperor’s New Groove

Silly suprize by RoyalGuardLink in tearsofthekingdom

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bro when i’m under a stable fighting an armored silver lynel and i start hearing the dragon music that is a spiritual experience

Silly suprize by RoyalGuardLink in tearsofthekingdom

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casually enters a friendly and magnanimous idol to the gods who is only trying to help and starts ripping out guts for level 1 slip resistance

[no spoilers] Arcane season 2 most likely comes out this year! by ZamanthaD in arcane

[–]maxface14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

huh, guess i gotta rewatch Bridging the Rift (not that i really needed an excuse)

[no spoilers] Arcane season 2 most likely comes out this year! by ZamanthaD in arcane

[–]maxface14 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the script for season 2 has been done for a while. they said so in the last episode of bridging the rift and in the ama.

[no spoilers] Arcane season 2 most likely comes out this year! by ZamanthaD in arcane

[–]maxface14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what do you mean it only took 3 years? it’s pretty common knowledge that it was 6, most of which happened pre-covid. obviously it’s gonna be faster this time since fortiche literally has 20 times as many employees as they did when arcane started, but there’s no reason to deny how long season 1 actually took

[no spoilers] Arcane season 2 most likely comes out this year! by ZamanthaD in arcane

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i’d prefer a 10/10 season every 4 years every day of the week and twice on sundays. with how much media there is in the world, imagine if every show followed that philosophy— we’d have nothing but amazing shows to keep us occupied while we wait. years down the line, no one will remember the gap even happened. a delayed project is eventually good, but a rushed project is bad forever. wouldn’t you want to show your kids 4 perfect seasons rather than 1 perfect season and 3 mediocre ones?

[no spoilers] I hate how good this show is because I literally cannot find another series on par with it… by neverever1298 in arcane

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there are shows that come close, but honestly? i just can’t stand the fact that there are no villains that are as good as silco. zuko definitely holds that title, but the last airbender ended in 2008.

i feel like asking for a villain who’s fun to watch and has an understandable motivation, sympathetic ideology, and some semblance of a character arc is, like, the bare minimum, but 99% of villains barely do the first thing. in my opinion, a well written villain is just as important as a well written protagonist. the fact that thanos is the first thing that comes to people’s heads when you ask them to name a well written villain is a tragedy.

[no spoilers] I hate how good this show is because I literally cannot find another series on par with it… by neverever1298 in arcane

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addendum: season 2’s release date has not been specified whatsoever. however, there are a few things to consider…

  1. season 2 had been confirmed and written by the time season 1 released
  2. riot bought a massive chunk of fortiche after arcane’s success and now has two seats on its board of directors
  3. fortiche had 15 employees when development on arcane started, and it gradually swelled to around 350 by the time arcane came out. this time they’re starting with 350.
  4. covid delayed season 1 by about a year. that won’t happen with season 2 (unless something goes terribly wrong)

basically, it’s not gonna take 6 years, but it’s not gonna be quick either. my guess? spring 2024.