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Rant Your Brains Out; ....and feed 'em to me :P
Topic Started: Sep 22 2006, 10:59 PM (472 Views)
FireOcean
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In response to someguy:

Yeah, I remember something like that happening once. Cartoon Network used to have this thing called Toonami where they would show anime (including that piece of trash DBZ I can't believe I used to watch that tripe zomgwtfhax), and once upon a time they used to show Sailor Moon...

Oh wait. Wrong time.

No, this one I remember it was Outlaw Star. I remember watching an episode where something happens to the android girl (Fiona was her name, I think?) and Gene (note that these are the English translations of the names lololololol) ended up getting pissed at some dude and yelled "You bastard!" right at him. Note that this is around 4:30 or 5 PM, when the little kiddies are supposed to be watching the cartoons. Now, I had assumed, judging from the additional "dammit" that followed (I was between 11 and 13 at the time, cut me some slack), that wasn't a good word. Still, I still remember that because it was the first time I had heard somebody swear in a cartoon before.

It comes as little surprise as to why Cartoon Network decided to create Adult Swim (perhaps to prevent backlash from additional situations).
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On mooching: What if it's like Robin Hood mooching? Or at the very least, mooching to scrape by? I don't really see anything wrong with that. I'm a mooch, I'll admit it, but I only do it when I really need it (and it's always whatever food's available), and I'm not the kind of persistent mooch. Is that really bad? :P I can understand the "rich getting stuff handed to them on a silver platter" thing though, as it happens to a lot of school people.

I question the "otakus are the hardest of nerds to find" statement. There are TONS of them here. TONS. And many of them look normal until they see you studying kanji cards and go, "OMG, WHAT'S THAT? JAPANESE?! I KNOW JAPANESE!" From anime, of course, which is usually just consisted of "baka", "kawaii", "wai", and maybe "oishii", in their minds. *sigh* I'd much rather prefer computer nerds or academic nerds.

Subtitling can have its disadvantages, too, though it is better than dubbing. The translations you read are sometimes not "the literal thing". If you understand Japanese and watch it while reading subtitles, you'll probably find that they don't match up exactly as they should, sometimes. I suppose this is to be expected, though, considering how different the Japanese mood is from the English mood.

And as a side note: Evangelion. Dubbing. Worst voices EVAR. Shinji's voice made me want to cry.
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I don't mind Shinji's voice, sure he is a whiny bitch... But the jap version makes him sound even more of a little bitch...
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Oh, my DVDs of Eureka Seven had some horrible subbing. Rachel mentions it could be fan-subbing, or usually the imports are like that sometimes. Probably translated by China or something. There's typos, mistranslations, the works. I get the gist of it, but it makes me wanna go the the people and throw a book in their face called "Japanese Dictionary" and see how that works.

Shinji was a little bitch, no matter what. An even bigger bitch is Kagome.. God I hate hearing how she talks...

I think they did pretty good on the voices of Eureka Seven. Well, the Japanese anyways. The English voices sound... I dunno... not very well auditioned. In the Japanese form, I can imagine each of them sounding like that in real life (minus the anime-type of facial expressions).
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Some of the time, the fan-sub usually has more effort put into it and sometimes is better. The actual released anime just substitute the quotes from the dubbed version into subtitling.

I would have to say it really depends on who did the subbing...
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New rant~

Not really a rant, more of an expression of though, so anyhow, here i'll give it a go. I wont know if many will relate, but some will.

Somtimes, when you have a moment of peace and silence, you spend your time thinking, an idea, a song, a person, or of yourself. In moments of isolation, you tend to start to pick at yourself "who am i really?" Because the reality is, there is more than one you. The you, you think you are, and the you that lives in the minds of other people, how they think of you. And you begin to wonder "am i what i want to be? do i know what i am" and you wonder if you have purpose, or if you make an impact on any one's life. you then start to hope, hope that you mean something to someone, anyone, and hope that someone is thinking of you. Sometimes you think of the people you love, and think about how well you know them, and then you shed a tear for them and then wonder if they'd shed a tear for you. Passing the day wondering if you're remembered, or worried that you're forgotten, and placing all your trust on the words they say " i do think of you". Trusting those thoughts and smiling, then you begin to frown, for the fear that it may not be true...

Later you chuckle at yourself, as you reflect on your childish thoughts of so much doubt, and you breathe a sigh of reliefe as the next day comes along and you see the faces you longed for the previous day of lonlyness and sorrow. Regardless though, it is these thought that keep us human, and these thoughts which keep us all connected.



There we go, there's Emmy's thought for the night :^_^:
(ignore any and all typos/mistakes i could care less to proofread ><)
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I know a lot of people think about that. Some of them still do, and they don't have that follow-up chuckle of realization. Those people are known as emos and/or Goths. Not to be confused as the same thing, because emos are more whiny, as already covered.
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New rant topic: Sticking it to the man.

I stuck it to the man today (or should I say the woman?) I'm actually usually a good kid, 99.999998520345% of the time. My mom was sharing some kettlecorn with my little brother but not with me. I know it's a petty thing to get into a fight over, but it's not the only time I see favoritism. I know it's inevitable (the "favorite child" thing... parents will deny it, but you know they're just lying), but all I would like is a little bit of effort and impartiality, and to be honest, it wasn't just involving this one particular time. Eventually, it boiled down to "Why won't you share? Sharing is caring, and there's enough for the three of us" and "GTFO". And then she got all pissed off. I would expect the pissed-off part, but honestly, it's pretty hypocritical for her to always tell me to share with my little brother (which I do, provided that he asks me), and then pull this crap with me. Silly.
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Well, most parents in this generation are hypocrites. Though me and Nell always say "You never know what kinda parent you'll be till you become one" and we promise ourselves we'll be good parents.

And I know damn well I will not make the same mistakes my parents made. My kids WILL have a "normal" childhood. Sharing, caring, and music fuckin' blaring.
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Heh, I could never be a good parent. I have way, way too many personality flaws. But it's a good thing that I know I can't be one, because then I won't try and end up hurting someone. And I know for sure that I could never be one; many things you don't know, but some you do. That kind of puts me in an awkward position, though. I'm not sure how many men want to marry but don't want to have kids. Much less marrying a girl like me, lol. I know it's inevitable, but that won't mean that I'll change completely.
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Ah, parenting. I have numerous friends who are my age or a couple years older, and only married because they didn't know how to use a condom. Someone that age generally won't be a great parent. I see a lot of girls that I went to high school with coming in with a child, and it takes a great deal of effort not to randomly start laughing hysterically. Partially because many were preppy and I'm spiteful as hell, but also because it's completely ridiculous. There have always been parents at a young age, but it's increasingly common these days. The same idiots who spend all their money on drugs and trendy clothes, and "pimpin'" their cars or other things that should come after bills, are the ones raising kids who will probably grow up to be screwed up. Granted, I turned out fine, and the dude I thought was my dad for many years isn't really, and after my folks divorce I don't even talk to him anymore, but not everyone will deal with it that well. And for good reason, since these people knock each other up before they really get to know each other, and then they live together and get married under the false premise of love, which is really just forced to be thought of due to the child. Then they spend all their time bitching at each other, and so on and so forth. A generation that's not responsible shouldn't bring up the next generation. Not to mention, these people generally don't attempt to do much with their lives, and then taxpayers pay for their bridge cards and welfare and what not. There are always exceptions, it's just been bugging me since I know a few said people and my mom was ranting the other day about such things. Oy.
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Okay, I'm going to go on a rant about myself, which will definitely sound a little bit egotistical and emo at the same time, but bear with me.

Okay, I understand that the majority of you guys have family issues, and I don't, so I feel kinda bad because I take my family for granted. That's all well and good, but this leads me straight into a different problem.

I just feel like, other than my family, God (if He exists) has given me a raw deal.

To quote the late, great Rodney Dangerfield's most memorable line: I don't get no respect. At birth, it was said that I was going to be roughly six feet tall. Seventeen and a half years later, I'm just a shade above six inches below that mark. I'm shorter than pretty much every guy I know (including my younger brother). Naturally, I have problems that go along with this lack of stature.

Also, I am not physically attractive. I have a triangular face (and a very elongated face as well), and my hair is incredibly ugly no matter what length its in. Not only am I short, but my arms are tiny because for some reason none of the protein I ingest actually does anything. And then, the clincher: I probably shouldn't tell you this, but I'm hairy as all fuck. I shave every day, and a thick layer of red covers my arms and legs. That's not very attractive either.

My personality isn't the most endearing either. I'm a smartass to my family a lot of the time, and I can hardly be around my friends for a period of twelve hours without experiencing some kind of negative emotion. So, I always come off as moody, and because no one ever invites me to any parties or anything, I'm also seen as a loser as well. So, therefore I end up getting entrapped in a social circle of hell that I'd rather not elaborate on. I don't really have any wit to save my personality either; I can never think of the right comeback or the right joke to make.

Not only that, but I'm incredibly competitive. When I don't win, I always feel some sort of despair. So it's like I always end up feeling some sort of despair because I'm always feeling like I don't belong with anyone - it seems like my friends don't accept me, and yet no one else will accept me because they've branded me as a loser.

Okay, I'm done. That's it.
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Everyone feels that life has given them a raw deal :P.

The truly successful people command respect, rather than demanding it. It is not just something that "comes naturally", I think.

I can't say that physical traits don't count, but you do what you can. There are actually ups and downs to being really physically attractive. For example, the upside is that physical attractiveness really does count, but the downside is that people actually prefer what looks fairly "average", actually. And it can also be troublesome if you're shy and really good-looking, because then people will assume you're really prideful. Kind of like a Mr. Darcy syndrome.

There's not much you can do about your height. But if you stress out over it, you'll deplete your energy and exhaust yourself, potentially making your health and mental self less capable.

Competitiveness has its place. Without motivation, nothing gets done. It's not necessarily a flaw; it just needs to be tweaked for you to benefit from it.

But if you'd like things to change, you'll either have to wait for a change in situation or change yourself. Either one might do the trick, for better or for worse...

Oh, by the way, the hairy thing just makes me laugh, because, to be quite frank, everyone gets so self-conscious about it, but the truth of the matter is that it's quite common. And girls have the same problem, except for me. The girls at my Japanese camp were so jealous of me, because I don't have to shave. Hahaha. Whereas they say they have to shave every couple of days or else it will be really apparent. Hardly anybody is perfect. I don't have to shave, but I get bruises and cuts and they don't go away for quite a while (apparently, according to a Korean acquaintance of mine, it's an Asian thing, but of course, who knows?)
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