[Exesteils]

You really should watch Saitokai Yakuindomo :|

I fuudging love SYD.

 

[Spada05]

  Hey Alchemist, when are you planning on doing the FFVI multiplayer party? I'm still down for a gaming get-together at some point.

   
VI? You mean IX.
 
@Spada05 has been gone for the longest time, and it would most likely be in Kentucky, so...I have no idea.

 
Yeah, sorry. Work has been absolutely overwhelming in the past month or so. By the time I'm home I don't have energy enough for anything more than watching TV or playing games with a few beers before crashing.
 
I'm up for it still, though. Definitely. I am planning to invest a crazy amount of time for Destiny in a few weeks, though. Around how soon were you guys wanting to do it?

 

[shiorisekine]

You really should watch Saitokai Yakuindomo :|

I thought the show was good for when season it was released in. It was a good show to watch when you had already watched everything. I think it came around the same time as Ookami and Amagami SS. But I could be wrong.

I thought it was better than KxS

 

[miceblue]

Yes, I made it to the Anushole...episode. Episode 10. XD

Oh wait, that image was right after all. They're buying ice cream from the Anushole. I thought that was a joke. >.>

You really should watch Saitokai Yakuindomo :|

I might watch an episode or 2. I kind of have a thing for redheads though. :x

 

[Exesteils]

Had something called a Benzin at a German bar. It's a mixture of beer with vodka.... I like it.

Didn't like Sauerkraut though, they gave waaay too much of it.

 

[deadlylover]

Had something called a Benzin at a German bar. It's a mixture of beer with vodka.... I like it.

 

 
Which reminds me, I need to pick up some beer....all I have at home are a random assortment of spirits and single malts. #FWP
 
Quite surprised she can sing pretty well live!; (not sure if it's been edited or not for the DVD release)
 

 

[Tilpo]

Had something called a Benzin at a German bar. It's a mixture of beer with vodka.... I like it.

Didn't like Sauerkraut though, they gave waaay too much of it.

A German bar? Does such a thing exist?

I personally do like sauerkraut, though us Dutch always eat it mixed with mashed potatoes and served with smoked sausage. You can add apples and raisins to it as well. The best winter dish around.

 

[Exesteils]

:eek:

Which reminds me, I need to pick up some beer....all I have at home are a random assortment of spirits and single malts. #FWP

Quite surprised she can sing pretty well live!; (not sure if it's been edited or not for the DVD release)

Yeah. "Original Münchner Urtyp with Vodka". Very tasty, so tasty in fact, that I had 2 pints.

 

[Exesteils]

A German bar? Does such a thing exist?

I personally do like sauerkraut, though us Dutch always eat it mixed with mashed potatoes and served with smoked sausage. You can add apples and raisins to it as well. The best winter dish around.

It does over here. Everything from hühnerwurst to Rindergulasch.

They served it as sides to Smoked Sausages and Mashed Potatoes, yes, but the serving is larger than the sausages themselves.

I do like their Bottle Beers selection, Hacker-Pschorr Sternweisse is pretty cool

 

[Tom Yum Goong]

Had something called a Benzin at a German bar. It's a mixture of beer with vodka.... I like it.

Didn't like Sauerkraut though, they gave waaay too much of it.

I know only one single bar that serves this drink. Really not popular here

Well its cheap to make. Just like Kimchi.

 

[Tilpo]

It does over here. Everything from hühnerwurst to Rindergulasch.

They served it as sides to Smoked Sausages and Mashed Potatoes, yes, but the serving is larger than the sausages themselves.

I do like their Bottle Beers selection, Hacker-Pschorr Sternweisse is pretty cool

I personally like Weihenstephaner the best out of German beers, some other Weizen are pretty good too, though I have only tasted like 5 Germen weizen or so. I like Dutch lagers more than the German ones, the Czech are mostly good as well, but I've only tasted a couple. Dunkel lagers and Bock beers are pretty good too, but again the Dutch and Belgian ones are better.

In the end nothing beats Belgian tripels though.

 

[bowei006]

The more I think about and remember the video on anime. The more I get impressed by White Album 2.

It wasn't a perfect series but when you think about how much work had to go into it politically from the director, creators and key production people so that it won't suck. The more I am amazed at what it did.

Its OST is fabulous as balls as well

I hope it sold well enough and broke even enough to get us a season 2

 

[Tom Yum Goong]

Why nobody loves the weeabo (from ANN):

 

Spoiler: Lots and lots of words.

Oliver asks: This is a question regarding the negative stigma that a lot of people seem to associate with otaku that watch and enjoy anime. I'm wondering why do such negative feelings exist? Why is it "wrong" to be a genuine fan of Japanese culture, yet there's seemingly nothing wrong with being interested in, say, Chinese or Korean culture? The terms "weeaboo" and "wapanese" get thrown around a lot too. In your opinion, what's the difference between being a weeaboo and someone who actively studies to learn Japanese and the culture?
 
This all comes down to one of life's great, basic truisms, and it is this: Nobody cares what you're into. Nobody. They only care if you're annoying about it and constantly shoving it in their face. At that point you become annoying and need to shut up and sit down.
Nobody cares if you're into Japanese culture, Korean dramas or Bollywood movies. Nobody cares if you're into violent furry incest porn, first-person shooters, or painting calligraphy of literary quotes on your living room wall. Seriously. Nobody gives a crap one way or the other.
 
The problems arise when you WON'T SHUT UP ABOUT IT and annoy the hell out of people. When you won't stop talking in a language nobody around you understands, call attention to yourself, talk crap about the tastes of everybody around you because they're into that totally lame and boring American stuff. When you can't stop talking about how someday you're going to move to Japan because it's so much better there, and you're totally going to marry a high school girl and learn martial arts and start drift racing because EVERYBODY in Japan does that. When you won't stop talking about how hot Japanese girls are because they all have exotic features and yet are all gentle and subservient.
 
See, nearly everybody is just fine with you liking anime and Japanese food and Shinto mythology. Nobody will judge you for watching Kurosawa movies or taking up a martial art. But people get more than a little irritated when you started wearing Naruto headbands to church, or you insist on eating spaghetti with chopsticks, or you yell at people in the handful of broken Japanese phrases you picked up from Bleach. People tend to not respond very well if you incessantly play them J-pop songs they clearly hate every time they're in your car, if you start using a high-pitched squeeky "cute" voice and glomping people, or start bowing to people for no reason.
 
Now, I'll bet at least a handful of the things I've listed above sound familiar. That's because people do them. A lot. Heck, even *I* did a few of those things when I was a teenager. Anime, manga, and fandom have introduced millions of young people to the world of Japanese culture, far moreso than most other countries, and that's great. The problem is that when you're that young and your worldview is that narrow, the abstract foreignness becomes the obsession, rather than the actual culture, and that becomes the vehicle for immature acting out. Unfortunately, there's enough of these specimens out there that they now have a name and a reputation, And I found at least 10 Tumblr pages and a subreddit dedicated to horror stories of their behavior.
 
Being into Japanese stuff by itself isn't the problem, it's the special hell that results when the Japanese fixation combines with obnoxiousness, immaturity and ignorance that makes a weeaboo. And THAT'S why those people suck. And they're EVERYWHERE. I can imagine that if you're not into any of this stuff, and your sole experiences have been through these human disasters, you'd be suspicious of anyone brandishing a Crunchyroll subscription. Normal people who are into Japanese stuff might get lumped in with them initially, but if you're actually a socially functional person I'm sure you can find ways of overcoming the stereotype.

Sooo true.

 

[Tilpo]

[quote="Tom].
Sooo true.
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Sorry brah. TL;DR

 

[Tom Yum Goong]

Sorry brah. TL;DR

TL;DR version for you:
Nobody cares about your hobbies. Have as many of them as you want as long as you don't start rubbing them into other peoples faces. Weeabos tend to do that by eating their spaghetti with chopsticks, talking nonsense in broken Japanese, wearing a Naruto headband in public etc etc.