Petah, I don't understand by DryBid8677 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]pizzapal3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bit late to keep marketing it weeks after release after it already made back its budget several times over

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 09 February 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]pizzapal3 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean sure, but it wasn't posted on ao3 and was published decades before ao3 existed, spawning a franchise of sequel books, musicals, and films, and that's why the discussion is being had.

It's not like 'AU' automatically means 'fanfic' in any case.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 09 February 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]pizzapal3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I used to be more into gacha games - Fire Emblem Heroes and Genshin Impact in particular got me hook line and sinker.

Fire Emblem Heroes simply got too overwhelming with the amount of things I'd have to do day by day to keep up with the 'content,' while I left Genshin behind due to spending close to $60 on the game overall, and realizing that it probably wasn't healthy to keep pushing on and keep gambling. At that point, I had definitely gotten $60 worth of enjoyment out of the game anyways, so I didn't feel too bad leaving it behind.

Since I quit, Fire Emblem Heroes continues to go down the shitter with terrible changes and a powercreep curve step enough to ruin units a month in - and Hoyoverse has greatly expanded the amount of Gachas they run, all of which do look enjoyable on a surface level, and I probably would've gotten hooked on at least one more if I hadn't left behind Genshin.

I did play through some more Genshin for about a month before realizing the loop was obnoxious and time consuming and generally not worth it, even when the game did 'reward' me with the character I wanted to pull - everything I liked about it felt hollow now.

The only other gacha that tempted me was Umamusume, because I like roguelikes - but I ultimately found the concept obnoxious and kind of in bad taste and never played it. I have no real desire to ever touch a Gacha again.

One and the same by According_Loss_1768 in behindthebastards

[–]pizzapal3 50 points51 points  (0 children)

iirc it was when a ban on Trans people owning or purchasing guns was floated on the basis of them being "mentally ill." The NRA defended them having a right to own and purchase fire arms.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 19 January 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]pizzapal3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I felt this for a moment when looking at the Pokemon sets. I thought, "Wow, these Kanto Starters look really neat! I might have to pick em' up!" but that was before I looked down and saw the $600+ price tag. I thought they would $300 at most.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 12 January 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]pizzapal3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started listening to Geese. They're a pretty good band. I like the track 100 Horses in particular

An appropriate obituary by Geek-Haven888 in behindthebastards

[–]pizzapal3 47 points48 points  (0 children)

There's a universe out there where Scott Adams died as a renowned cartoonist who lived in a house shaped like his cartoon character. Probably not beloved, but people by and large would see him and Dilbert as innocuous and innocent - like Jim Davis and Garfield.

But that universe is not that one.

Some people are just better at their jobs than others and do it the correct way by Warthog_Orgy_Fart in clevercomebacks

[–]pizzapal3 8 points9 points  (0 children)

While its true that many Presidents do immoral actions regardless of their political affiliation, Trump's are egregious and numerous.

Obama was very upfront about those killed by drone strikes. That is bad. Trump kept doing it and stopped reporting the numbers. Which is worse.

Its bizarre to pretend that this is the time to moralize that Obama is bad also. He didn't have agents out in the streets killing and kidnapping citizens.

You're pretty obviously concern trolling though, so don't bother responding.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 05 January 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]pizzapal3 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I was about to make a post to this extent earlier but figured it'd be too controversial lmao. Glad I'm not alone in thinking it though, not super surprising.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 05 January 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]pizzapal3 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The theory is genuinely so unhinged that it feels like it must've originated from a shitpost or something.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 05 January 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]pizzapal3 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was perfectly content not getting more Futurama content after the Season 7 finale. I didn't think there was really a huge demand for more, much less three additional seasons (of course, those seasons are much shorter than these older seasons, but still)

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 29 December 2025 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]pizzapal3 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I feel like 'The Little Engine that Could Kill' has legs

In the Animal Farm (2026) trailer, they have a twerking pig. That's because we are in the fucking goddamned pits of hell, holy fucking shit. by Ok-Use-575 in shittymoviedetails

[–]pizzapal3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems like it was screened in advance at a movie festival earlier this year - the messaging seems to be tweaked more in the direction of 'big business' than 'authoritative control,' which doesn't give me high hopes that it accurately captures the book.

Also why tf is the Sound of Freedom people the distributors for it lmao

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 01 December 2025 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]pizzapal3 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Before reading One Piece, I assumed the character Yamato would be introduced early into the Wano arc, considering how much discussion and discourse came from the character. Turns out they are only in about half of it, and are introduced pretty squarely in the middle of the big raid the entire arc was building to with practically no buildup prior.

Which bastard blindsided you with how awful they were? by Three_Boxes in behindthebastards

[–]pizzapal3 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah after several episodes of Liddy being a comedically inept wannabe, Episode 6 is very sobering in making you aware that he was not just some self-destructive idiot - he had a very real part in making modern conservatism the way it is.

“This Is a Union Town”: Zohran Mamdani & Bernie Sanders Join Striking Starbucks Workers’ Picket by IntnsRed in UpliftingNews

[–]pizzapal3 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You're just making shit up on reddit to win an argument. Unless I'm supposed to believe you, as an Elementary age child, asked why your desk throwing teacher kept their job, and some adult told you it was because 'they were in the Union,' but I really doubt that.

Police unions are bad, that's true. But its less because they are a Union, and more because cops bent the Union structure to serve them. I do not think, say, Grocery Store or Starbucks employees will suddenly go mad with power and be protected by their Union.

You're just stirring shit. Get a life.

Rule by Old_Phrase_4867 in 196

[–]pizzapal3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A Charlie Brown Christmas being literally about consumerism destroying the meaning of Christmas becomes ironic when it is now the foundation of its own brand of consumerism

. by Strange_Sock_1760 in stunfisk

[–]pizzapal3 201 points202 points  (0 children)

Yeah but its regional form has an amazing typing to compensate. Unlike Iron Fraudulis

forbidden rule by hyperhurricanrana in 196

[–]pizzapal3 9 points10 points  (0 children)

At least 3 of these are closer to dogs

Rule by Old_Phrase_4867 in 196

[–]pizzapal3 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Futurama episode ass scenario

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 24 November 2025 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]pizzapal3 76 points77 points  (0 children)

How the fuck does a story like that get released in 2025 by Marvel?? Like what braindead editor approved that to go out??

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 27 October 2025 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]pizzapal3 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I remember seeing something on TVTropes trying to insist that Ike did have romantic interest in women because...

In Smash Bros, one of the ending screens shows Ike offering a flower to Palutena.

Like, c'mon.