To keep it soiler free, the specifics don’t matter. I read fan translations of the manga Attack On Titan because I got tired of waiting for the anime to be dubbed or released or whatever. So I finished the series a long while ago.

My brother has been watching the anime as it gets released. I’ve been saving memes I found about it and after the next section comes out I’ll send them to my brother.

Well. One time I over estimated how far the anime had gotten and sent him a couple memes of events that he hadn’t seen yet.

Now that I think about it, I also spoiled Hereditary in about the same way, through memes. I sent a couple in a group chat that reference

forgetting that one person in the group chat hasn’t watched it yet but was planning on watching it soon.

That whole scene of Norwegian Black Metal was a wild circus.

Crazy when I stop and think about how damn young they all were, too. Dead was dead by 22, Euronymous was dead by 25, Faust was I think 19 when he committed a random murder because “…I guess he wanted to know what it’s like to kill a person” (according to a band mate).

Just an absolutely crazy little world.

What drives me crazy about this the most is that it was technically public knowledge as far back as the mid-90s, but it was mostly ignored. That man was left out for way too long before anything was taken seriously.

As someone also in their mid 30s, I think a lot of people really misunderstand how the confederate flag was viewed so casually by many people up until recently. It was always offensive to some, but I genuinely was unaware of that as a teen growing up in the 2000s. It was just an image of being kind of edgy and rebellious but I genuinely didn’t think much of it seeing any band using them. Watching Skynyrd or Guns N Roses videos of live concerts? There were “rebel flags” pretty often and I just kind of let it go. It meant nothing to me.

I was in my mid 20s, probably, when it really was explained to me how insensitive that can be. I never associated it with racism or slavery up until that point - and I’m pretty sure that’s the same thought that a lot of these bands had. The absolute best thing to do is exactly as you said: own up to it, change your ways, and grow.

This one gets to me. Not because I liked them that much, but because Justin has always been a dick and I could just write it off as “yeah they were a bunch of dicks but they put on a good show”. An Anti-Flag show in the 2000s, here at least, was one of the few times a punk show wasn’t in a basement somewhere, so it was absolutely THE place to be if you were in the scene. They also frequently had great bands with them so it always made for a great time.

But after the accusations came out it left a real bad taste realizing that he’s probably much more than “just a dick”.

I can very thankfully say that no, no I do not wake up alone.

Well. I wake up before anyone else typically, but I’m in a home with other people.

I have a 100% positive feedback on ebay as a buyer, so that’s cool I guess.

I haven’t driven for Uber in years, but I was a 4.93 (last I can find. I looked for an old screen shot).

I was around Elo 1100 in Age of Empires 2 for a while, but I’m sure I would be lower now (and honestly 1100 isn’t impressive. It’s barely above average, but it’s the only other rating I can think of).

And this made me realize that I’m not rated in many situations on a scale beyond “Hey good job”/“this could be better”.

I think this really is just a personal preference deal. I WANT games with scores and grades. Come on, game, tell me that I’m horrible and that I need to do better! Maybe I’m into the punishment, I don’t know. Played too much Bop It! as a kid and got used to the guy screaming when I messed up.

This is why I play so many arcade style games, and so many rhythm games. This is why communities for speedrunning, rhythm games, and high scores still exist - otherwise I would think I’m completely alone in this 😂

On one hand I am always amazed at what kids can learn and latch onto in the weirdest ways. So I have no doubt that a lot can be learned through context. Watching movies can absolutely demonstrate a seemingly endless scenarios in a way that can be understood.

However, as someone raising a child, let me tell you how often I have to stop and explain that certain things are not real just because there’s a video of it. Or how many words are being used incorrectly because they were heard in one context that was misunderstood.

I think a child who only had media to teach them, with no one to correct things, would have an endless amount of misunderstandings - nevermind the amount of things they’d believe that are entirely fictional. Basically, no, this kid would be screwed.

I’m not sure why there would be an argument at all? Most Christmas groups talk about food, music, decorations, other traditions…

Not usually a ton of actual arguing.

That’s why !christmas@lemm.ee exists! I realize it’s only me for now, but maybe someday I’ll have people join me.

It is hard to just start conversations on your own but it really is kind of how you have to do it.

Oh this is absolutely incredible. Thank you 😂

Huh, I’ll be honest I actually don’t even know who that is. That’s a new one to me.

But yeah, OJ sounds like a great name! I’ll start the process ASAP. Absolutely nothing bad can come out of that

I think the most famous person that I share a name with is a very famous serial killer.

I already think the fascination with serial killers is incredibly weird (this is putting ut lightly), but the past 5-10 years has only seen it become even more mainstream. My response to anyone referencing the killer to me, because of my name, is very stern and very simple:

If you can’t tell me who the victims were, then shut up about it. At least have the decency to pretend you actually care about the events and not just the “oh how weird and creepy” factor.

Absolutely this. As if browsing Popular on reddit wasn’t bad enough, but I really only look at my subscriptions on Lemmy

Thank you, it was a pretty crazy experience. Too many years in college and then years afterwards just job hopping - only to end up in the most unrelated career path possible. But hey, it all worked out ok!

Necessity, multiple times. I had incredible luck out of college - and by that I mean that places I worked at kept closing or getting bought out by other companies and doing major layoffs. I kept going back to my fast food job I had in college because it was better than nothing. I went back 4 separate times before I found a job that didn’t close within a year.

So it wasn’t exactly by choice!

Killer Instinct, arcade and SNES Killer Instinct 2 (arcade) which was kind of ported as Killer Instinct Gold (N64)

Those are my top tier without a doubt.

Bloody Roar : Primal Fury was absolutely excellent as well.

I’m new to Distractible as of only a few weeks ago. I was working backwards until my brother said “no. Stop what you’re doing and listen to ‘Bob’s Fridge’”

It was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

Ah hello, Tim.