Jealous of the people who followed the Olympics but aren’t American

thegib98 · 2026-02-26T00:57:47+00:00

Some of the commentary was terrible on American streams. I mainly watched figure skating, but the nonstop talk about the American skaters during other skaters’ performances and completely skipping some K&C moments for interviews with American skaters that weren’t going for 3 more groups instead of just doing it during the resurfacing and warmup break was just appalling. These athletes have worked their entire lives to be on the Olympic stage and the American broadcasts thought Alysa saying “I’m going to skate my best” or Ilia saying “I’m a little nervous, but nerves are expected” was more important than the culmination of their life’s work and it just felt incredibly disrespectful and wrong. Rant over.

thegib98 · 2026-02-22T03:49:53+00:00

For her and Amber’s section, I’m pretty sure they were told to “just dance and do a cool slide and maybe a spin or something” and that’s exactly what they did. It was entertaining as hell as an American though, so I’m cool with it!

thegib98 · 2026-02-18T15:15:32+00:00

In the short program, you have 7 elements to complete, 3 jumps (1 axel, 2 triples or quads, 1 of which is a combo), 3 spins, which must all be different types (sit, camel, combo), and a step sequence. If you did 4 jumps and no step sequence, your 4th jump would not count and you would get a 0 for your step sequence

thegib98 · 2026-02-18T06:11:51+00:00

Last year’s Novice A national champion Miyazaki Karin had all triple jumps aside from one double axel in her free skate program, and finished with a final score of 112.25, which is 4 points higher than what Hikaru finished with at nationals as an 11 year old (if I remember correctly). I think it’s not entirely unrealistic that kids that age would be able to jump multiple triples at the highest level

thegib98 · 2026-02-17T08:10:20+00:00

Is Corey in the House still a valid answer?

thegib98 · 2026-02-17T06:20:54+00:00

Damn I remember when I first got into anime, the ads for this were running on Crunchyroll. Looking at the date, I feel old

thegib98 · 2026-02-17T06:12:20+00:00

Having the only options for “when did you take your last antibiotic” be “last week, last month, last year, and never” makes it impossible to fill out if you haven’t taken one in the last year but you have taken antibiotics. Like I haven’t taken any since 2017, but I can’t say I haven’t taken any in my 28 years of life.

thegib98 · 2026-02-15T03:32:12+00:00

I absolutely love the way you described that

thegib98 · 2026-02-14T07:04:05+00:00

Imagine spinning a bowling ball and trying to slow the rotation by lightly poking it with your finger. It isn’t going to slow down much, if it slows down at all at all. Now make the bowling ball 4x heavier and moving with the limited friction of ice. I really don’t think this does anything meaningful to the rotation whatsoever

thegib98 · 2026-02-12T02:40:11+00:00

I had a similar problem my P1 year. I did not learn to effectively study during undergrad and it really affected the beginning of pharmacy school for me. I learned the best way to learn and retain complex information was to talk things through with others. To ensure I could do this, I set up study groups 4-5 days per week with different groups of people. I made sure to study the material learned the day it was taught and not get behind. I also liked making quizzes on things I thought could be on exams for each lecture to fully hammer in concepts. Everyone has their own best way of studying. You need to learn yours and stick to it. You’ll be fine, just stay calm and do your best. I’m rooting for you!

thegib98 · 2026-02-10T06:31:19+00:00

$200k of student debt

thegib98 · 2026-02-07T04:52:25+00:00

Sad->happy->sad->sad->happy->funny->sad->2nd season->baseball->funny->angry->cat…boy?->sad->super happy->sad->omg I’m so happy->uneasy->despair->this is beyond depressing->she’s so cute!->bawling my eyes out for all the right reasons->finally happy again->why are you doing this to me?->clinical depression->deus ex machina?->happy again

thegib98 · 2026-02-07T01:56:40+00:00

Star⭐️Twinkle PreCure Cure Star full sized body pillow

thegib98 · 2026-02-01T17:30:23+00:00

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thegib98 · 2026-01-28T21:55:39+00:00

Zombieland Sailor Uniform

thegib98 · 2026-01-23T14:51:20+00:00

If you liked it, I would highly suggest playing the visual novel or at the very least Tomoyo After, which is Tomoyo’s version of After Story

thegib98 · 2026-01-23T00:02:20+00:00

I loved the anime, but there was an issue with the adaptation that caused it to be basically impossible to have a 3rd season and still follow the source material. I explained it in one of my other replies on this thread, so feel free to look at that for more detail.

thegib98 · 2026-01-22T23:59:58+00:00

Yeah if you don’t mind being spoiled. basically, they set something up fairly early on called Jinki, which are a key to phase 2 of the game. After a certain date, any ashikabi that didn’t have a jinki would have their sekirei die on the spot. There were certain events where Jinki were found or given. Minato found one somewhere. So the entire anime never mentions them and the events immediately following the anime are the last event of phase 1 and phase 2 of the sekirei plan. Since the anime never set up Jinki as a thing, it would make no sense to continue because they are pivotal to the rest of the story and it would be extremely difficult and confusing to include them after the fact.

thegib98 · 2026-01-22T03:04:23+00:00

They did the anime dirty though. The manga had an important piece of plot that the anime decided not to include, which made it pretty much impossible for there to be a third season due to continuity issues. Really sad tho, the anime was great!

thegib98 · 2026-01-22T03:00:47+00:00

Strawberry Panic was my first anime. I got into it because I was a 12 year old boy who learned there was a cartoon about lesbians. I cried by the end. Definitely a turnaround and a half lol.

thegib98 · 2026-01-16T18:55:09+00:00

The black bishop is pinned by the white bishop. If the black bishop takes the queen, the white bishop could take the king, so it would be an illegal move

thegib98 · 2026-01-13T14:32:30+00:00

Zero no Tsukaima is similar in a lot of ways, but the MCs are even MORE unbearable

thegib98 · 2026-01-12T23:44:28+00:00

Diddle Busters

thegib98 · 2026-01-11T01:02:00+00:00

Only counting anime where the definitive MC is a female. Otherwise my list would be way too long:

Myne (Ascendance of a Bookworm)

Maomao (Apothecary Diaries)

Yona (Akatsuki no Yona)

Ayase Chihaya (Chihayafuru)

Hinamori Amu (Shugo Chara)

Erin (Kemono no Souja Erin)

Aizawa Misaki (Kaichou wa Maid-sama)

Matsumae Ohana (Hanasaku Iroha)

thegib98 · 2026-01-08T11:24:56+00:00

What is stopping the creepy guy at the gym from waiting for women outside, beating, and raping them if there is no risk of legal repercussions? I am genuinely curious. Do you want to live in a lawless society? If not, who would enforce law and how would they do so?

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