Chicks love studio ghibli. I grab anything with this art style from the DVD section in the library and my wife loves it. I prefer older stuff but it’s consistently high quality over time.
Clearly made for ‘coming of age’ young girls but the visual detail in each one makes you not care. Moike got bored but ironically Howls Moving Castle is in my top 3 of all of them.
JackBootnik
March 29, 2025 11:14 am
I’m putting the video on my tv in appreciation for the return of video
Sevatar
March 29, 2025 1:49 am
Ugh, (((video))) is back
Haberdasher
March 28, 2025 10:20 pm
I fucking completely klutzed myself this morning getting ready for the gym. Put gym bag in passenger side doorway. Proceed to walk around behind my carmobile. Step my left foot where the concrete slab meets the grass and fall on my side and bust my ankle. Phone was in my left pocket; phones falls out during the tumble and lands in the gravel and now has a ‘spider-crack’ in the protective glass shield. > still went to the gym (probably wasn’t smart, ankle is now quite swollen 12 hours later) > ordered replacement 2-pack of protective glass covers for my… Read more »
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tombrady1599
March 28, 2025 8:17 pm
Lol roundhead
BenMatlock
March 28, 2025 4:40 pm
Fucking Mike, watch some Kiki’s Delivery Service, if you don’t find that to dome soulful kino then you really are a soulless sharkman.
Rickert
March 28, 2025 4:03 pm
speaking of notifications for turning off notifications.
My phone keeps informing me that it has turned off apps am not using. This is obviously something i want to know, given i do not use these apps and never have.
Last edited 3 days ago by Rickert
Autistic Realist
March 28, 2025 3:14 pm
Sven: who said that? That sounds stupid.
Mike: Borzoi
Sven: actually that’s a pretty good point
Try “Samsung Internet Browser”, it’s on the google play store. If you’re on Apple you’re on your own
BenMatlock
March 28, 2025 1:55 pm
OK, I did used to copy books I borrowed from the library, I would type them out as I read them and saved them to text files so I’d have a copy for my own personal use. Very autistic and I guess highly illegal, but it’s what ancient people used to do.
I doubt he could refrain from adding commentary- so it’d probably be well north of 80 hours in length.
Matamoros
March 28, 2025 12:37 pm
Abolish all copyright until Jews are out of power. Every law will be judged against us under their system. Pirate (their stuff) as a matter of principle.
“Roundhead” is what they called the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War, since they all had Dylan Roof tactical bowl cuts.
Matamoros
March 28, 2025 12:24 pm
About Jews in Spain from last show, yes the idea of “Cristiano viejo” (old christians) meant Christians before the reconquest as the new christians were mostly Jews (the ones who were moors were expelled after converting). And (this one is the best), a very very famous saint is Saint Theresa of Avila who was a Jewish convert and she has a very lurid book where she describes mystic experiences like “being pierced by the love of Christ” and people have been cracking jokes for centuries about how overtly sexual and weird it is… and only now it all makes sense.… Read more »
Not for quite some time. The Hobbit will in about 2033, LOTR another 15 or so years after that.
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borzoi
March 28, 2025 11:59 am
Ghibli has visibly middle age characters. It’s an AI generation issue, not Ghibli. AI Art is just inherently sterile and can’t generate the subtleties and nuances of actually good art. I played around with it for a while and while I could generate stuff in styles that made it look pretty enjoyably aesthetic it’s very clear that there’s a soul of some kind missing in it because the human touch betrays the inner life of an artist.
Just type seventh son argent beacon into your favorite search box
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borzoi
March 28, 2025 11:50 am
20 pounds in 12 weeks is easy losing 1.5 lbs a week
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borzoi
March 28, 2025 11:42 am
There’s only a handful of audiobook companies so they can scan for their material being posted as well.
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borzoi
March 28, 2025 11:41 am
Literature has the same copyright complications especially when it comes to international publishing. Some guy tried to make his own sequel of LOTR and Tolkien estate shut that down.
There’s a scene in the IT book iirc (I heard about it secondhand and I refuse to read the book to confirm) where one of the characters watches Rodan and while other monster movies were mentioned and Pennywise takes their forms, instead of turning into Rodan he turns into a generic giant bird thing. Guess the one true weakness of the eldritch predatory abomination of Pennywise was Toho’s merciless lawyer team! Also speaking of Toho there’s a complete (it just needs to be edited into a proper film) fan film called Godzilla vs the Wolfman that was made in the… Read more »
Chicks love studio ghibli. I grab anything with this art style from the DVD section in the library and my wife loves it. I prefer older stuff but it’s consistently high quality over time.
Clearly made for ‘coming of age’ young girls but the visual detail in each one makes you not care. Moike got bored but ironically Howls Moving Castle is in my top 3 of all of them.
I’m putting the video on my tv in appreciation for the return of video
Ugh, (((video))) is back
I fucking completely klutzed myself this morning getting ready for the gym. Put gym bag in passenger side doorway. Proceed to walk around behind my carmobile. Step my left foot where the concrete slab meets the grass and fall on my side and bust my ankle. Phone was in my left pocket; phones falls out during the tumble and lands in the gravel and now has a ‘spider-crack’ in the protective glass shield. > still went to the gym (probably wasn’t smart, ankle is now quite swollen 12 hours later) > ordered replacement 2-pack of protective glass covers for my… Read more »
Lol roundhead
Fucking Mike, watch some Kiki’s Delivery Service, if you don’t find that to dome soulful kino then you really are a soulless sharkman.
speaking of notifications for turning off notifications.
My phone keeps informing me that it has turned off apps am not using. This is obviously something i want to know, given i do not use these apps and never have.
Sven: who said that? That sounds stupid.
Mike: Borzoi
Sven: actually that’s a pretty good point
What’s funny to me is how blown out of proportion my offhand remark became lol
Studio Ghibli is good stuff. Many of the stories are written like fables and the animations are top tier.
I still have not watched all the movies, because I need to save some for hard times. They are all fantastic.
Don’t watch Grave of the Fireflies. I haven’t had the courage to watch it. But I know what happens.
I’ve tried to play the video in “Prep” for the past two episodes- won’t play. Any recommendations? I’ve tried various browsers, stumped.
Try “Samsung Internet Browser”, it’s on the google play store. If you’re on Apple you’re on your own
OK, I did used to copy books I borrowed from the library, I would type them out as I read them and saved them to text files so I’d have a copy for my own personal use. Very autistic and I guess highly illegal, but it’s what ancient people used to do.
BASED
I’m going to use this audiobook discussion to shill for the countless HP Lovecraft audiobooks on YouTube.
Excellent and white man story telling and you WILL increase your vocabulary
HorrorBabble & Classic Ghost Stories w Tony Walker are the best I’ve found.
HorrorBabble readings of HP Lovecraft on YouTube are very good.
Tell that guy that Seen Kyle is on the Argent Beacon. Also I’m fairly certain most of Sven’s parody songs are on archive.org for download.
Mike you should to Culture of Critique Audiobook
I doubt he could refrain from adding commentary- so it’d probably be well north of 80 hours in length.
Abolish all copyright until Jews are out of power. Every law will be judged against us under their system. Pirate (their stuff) as a matter of principle.
I look very Alpine
Sorry to hear that.
“Roundhead” is what they called the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War, since they all had Dylan Roof tactical bowl cuts.
About Jews in Spain from last show, yes the idea of “Cristiano viejo” (old christians) meant Christians before the reconquest as the new christians were mostly Jews (the ones who were moors were expelled after converting). And (this one is the best), a very very famous saint is Saint Theresa of Avila who was a Jewish convert and she has a very lurid book where she describes mystic experiences like “being pierced by the love of Christ” and people have been cracking jokes for centuries about how overtly sexual and weird it is… and only now it all makes sense.… Read more »
Wow never realized st. Theresa was a Jew. Definitely sheds light on that weird story. The Bernini statue based on her is good anyway.
Is LOTR about to age out of copyright protection?
Not for quite some time. The Hobbit will in about 2033, LOTR another 15 or so years after that.
Ghibli has visibly middle age characters. It’s an AI generation issue, not Ghibli. AI Art is just inherently sterile and can’t generate the subtleties and nuances of actually good art. I played around with it for a while and while I could generate stuff in styles that made it look pretty enjoyably aesthetic it’s very clear that there’s a soul of some kind missing in it because the human touch betrays the inner life of an artist.
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ponyo/images/4/4b/Fujimoto.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171112025331
More soulful than the shitty contemporary corporate art. I’ll take my vintage style illustration sloppa from the robots, thanks.
Some of their animators worked on other stuff like the late 80s Devilman OVAs and imo it’s pretty solid animation.
Someone tell me the super secret site I can download Sven’s songs.
Isn’t it supposed to be Argent Beacon?
Yeah it’s argentbeacon.com
Just type seventh son argent beacon into your favorite search box
20 pounds in 12 weeks is easy losing 1.5 lbs a week
There’s only a handful of audiobook companies so they can scan for their material being posted as well.
Literature has the same copyright complications especially when it comes to international publishing. Some guy tried to make his own sequel of LOTR and Tolkien estate shut that down.
There’s a scene in the IT book iirc (I heard about it secondhand and I refuse to read the book to confirm) where one of the characters watches Rodan and while other monster movies were mentioned and Pennywise takes their forms, instead of turning into Rodan he turns into a generic giant bird thing. Guess the one true weakness of the eldritch predatory abomination of Pennywise was Toho’s merciless lawyer team! Also speaking of Toho there’s a complete (it just needs to be edited into a proper film) fan film called Godzilla vs the Wolfman that was made in the… Read more »
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