The anime Armitage III: Polymatrix is fairly adult in the fact that most of the themes and ideas behind it, even when they are openly trotted out in the movie, are beyond the grasp of children, and a good deal of adults for that matter.
Also, clearly he's never heard of the 'warm quivers.'
/me shivers.
I hang out with too many creepy morticians... On the other hand, there's always coffee at the morgue, and they pay me well to put down the Zombies and get rid of Cthulhu cultists.
While I do not know off the top of my head what the word for 'geek/nerd' is in Japanese, I do know that the word Otaku (which is a very formal/polite way of saying 'you,' literally 'Your House') is in modern vernacular a derogatory term, meaning something along the lines of 'obsessed fan boy.'
It's not something you call yourself, like 'geek' or 'nerd' in America. The stupidest thing you can do is call yourself 'otaku.' After having been a member of the (Sub)cult(ure) of Anime in this country for about eight years I stare in amazement at people who proudly announce they are otaku in broken japanese without ever knowing the cultural connotations of the word.
It would be like proudly proclaiming yourself to be 'a serial child rapist and murderer' in America.
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Do not measure the meaningfulness of a person's life by how much they achieve, but by how happy they are with their life. If you can sit around in the bottom of a ditch covered in shit and truthfully say that you have nothing to regret and would not have it any other way and are happy, then your life is far more meaningful than someone who is rich, has a handsome spouse, and all of the modern conveniences, and is miserable with them.
You've got to be plain stupid to think the United States could ever take China out by itself, or even with the help of nothing short of the rest of the world.
China's population is several times the population of the United States, and if I recall correctly, its standing army is larger than the population of the United States. It doesn't matter if the US 'has the best weapons in the world for the best soldiers in the world,' as one man with an M16 can easily be disabled when there are 100 expendable persons with clubs and sword and whatnot aiming to kill him.
The only way the United States could destroy China (as there is no hope for occupation) would be to nuke it, and China would nuke us right back, and no one would win.
Regina in latin (which means 'queen') has 3 syllables. Re-gi-na.
Vagina in latin (which means 'sheath') has 4 syllables. V-a-gi-na. V is a vowel in latin. Also the first 'a' and the 'i' in vagina are long vowels in Latin. In Regina, the 'e' and the 'i' are long. They'd sound like 'ew-eh-gee-na' and 'ray-gee-na'.
It's not quite funny to someone who speaks latin, as Regina has one fewer syllables than Vagina. And in latin they sound disimiliar to the english pronunciations.
Not that I really need more than one shot if someone's within about twenty feet of me, but I can fire about 10 bolts a minute if I use the clip and the crank -- I never said it was a European Crossbow.
Whoever modded this post insightful is a boob: They weren't aliens, they were the advanced robots of the future that had survived whatever killed off the humans.
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I'd hazard a guess that they never read it in the first place, or, rather, they had stopped reading it before I became part of the community.
Can we get some older geezer in here for commentary?
Er, that was the Summoner movie, baka.
Before or after we set it ablaze?
/. jumped the shark when we had our first dupe.
I feel sorry for the ten people who were here to witness the end of an era.
But you forgot the most important language of the middle ages!
[The Elder Doctor Jones]But In Latin, Three is Tres.[/The Elder Doctor Jones]
Average Gaikoku-jin getting a grasp of the Japanese Language: Hilarious to view from a distance.
The anime Armitage III: Polymatrix is fairly adult in the fact that most of the themes and ideas behind it, even when they are openly trotted out in the movie, are beyond the grasp of children, and a good deal of adults for that matter.
Like moths to the flame, eh? No wonder they're dying out in search of their singularity.
You fool! I bukkake for justice!
The calculus finally came in handy.
Also, clearly he's never heard of the 'warm quivers.'
/me shivers.
I hang out with too many creepy morticians... On the other hand, there's always coffee at the morgue, and they pay me well to put down the Zombies and get rid of Cthulhu cultists.
If I recall correctly, you're refering to the 'kawaii' or 'moe' 'culture,' or the 'culture of cuteness.' See Hello Kitty for more details.
If you're going to do it, do it right, lest the Great Lord Kelvin will frown upon you.
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While I do not know off the top of my head what the word for 'geek/nerd' is in Japanese, I do know that the word Otaku (which is a very formal/polite way of saying 'you,' literally 'Your House') is in modern vernacular a derogatory term, meaning something along the lines of 'obsessed fan boy.'
It's not something you call yourself, like 'geek' or 'nerd' in America. The stupidest thing you can do is call yourself 'otaku.' After having been a member of the (Sub)cult(ure) of Anime in this country for about eight years I stare in amazement at people who proudly announce they are otaku in broken japanese without ever knowing the cultural connotations of the word.
It would be like proudly proclaiming yourself to be 'a serial child rapist and murderer' in America.
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Do not measure the meaningfulness of a person's life by how much they achieve, but by how happy they are with their life. If you can sit around in the bottom of a ditch covered in shit and truthfully say that you have nothing to regret and would not have it any other way and are happy, then your life is far more meaningful than someone who is rich, has a handsome spouse, and all of the modern conveniences, and is miserable with them.
You've got to be plain stupid to think the United States could ever take China out by itself, or even with the help of nothing short of the rest of the world.
China's population is several times the population of the United States, and if I recall correctly, its standing army is larger than the population of the United States. It doesn't matter if the US 'has the best weapons in the world for the best soldiers in the world,' as one man with an M16 can easily be disabled when there are 100 expendable persons with clubs and sword and whatnot aiming to kill him.
The only way the United States could destroy China (as there is no hope for occupation) would be to nuke it, and China would nuke us right back, and no one would win.
Regina in latin (which means 'queen') has 3 syllables. Re-gi-na.
Vagina in latin (which means 'sheath') has 4 syllables. V-a-gi-na. V is a vowel in latin. Also the first 'a' and the 'i' in vagina are long vowels in Latin. In Regina, the 'e' and the 'i' are long. They'd sound like 'ew-eh-gee-na' and 'ray-gee-na'.
It's not quite funny to someone who speaks latin, as Regina has one fewer syllables than Vagina. And in latin they sound disimiliar to the english pronunciations.
Not that I really need more than one shot if someone's within about twenty feet of me, but I can fire about 10 bolts a minute if I use the clip and the crank -- I never said it was a European Crossbow.
Knex is more like the old Erector Set toys, not like Legos.
Fine by me. A crossbow is just as deadly, and oh, my, what do you know? I can use one.
I liked Stranger in a Strange land. Haven't had alot of time to read RAH's stuff lately, though.
Poor Brennan-monster. Coulda killed Roy if he wasn't a family member.
Whoever modded this post insightful is a boob: They weren't aliens, they were the advanced robots of the future that had survived whatever killed off the humans.
I second the emotion. That movie made my cry like I haven't cried since the first time I read The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and got to the end.
Pardon me, but the Cato in your Siggy -- Cato the Younger, right?
Sorry, but you're not taking into account inflation... Mine's about to go off in August, when I turn 20...
See, it's been deemed that since I like the 80's so much, they've stepped mine up to accomodate my tastes.