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Going back to think about how brilliant Gold Roger’s execution scene was in the live action One Piece. It’s possibly the single most effective use of extras I’ve ever seen in live action.
Just take a moment to rewatch that scene and look at the crowd. Really look at them. Take in the absolute buck wild costume choices they made for people the camera barely pays attention to. Star Captain lady. Ace Ventura-looking dude. Blue afro. That one lady we all gaslit ourselves into thinking was Crocodile for a few weeks. Sometimes, the camera lingers on them for a few seconds. Some extras get more camera time than Smoker or Mihawk. In the rest of the show, they did a good job making the extras look like background crew, but here they made half the crowd look like main characters.
And that’s the point.
Everyone in that crowd was a potential hero or villain. A pirate, a marine, a rebel. It was a moment of unbounded possibility when *anyone* could have seized their dreams.
In the manga, it was just a crowd of randos with a few people we recognized because by the time we saw it, we already knew who was important and who wasn’t. But for the live action show, having that at the beginning really opens up the imagination.

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officialpenisenvy:

in my high school a few years ahead of me there was a polyamorous girl named luna who was dating a guy and a girl and the girl was named (i swear to god this is her birth name) marea. they were named moon and tide and they were lesbian lovers. i thought it was the most romantic fated thing ever as a tiny baby queer it would make me sigh in adoration. the boyfriend’s name was frank

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purblepenzart:

I think they might like each other ●°♡

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piratemadi:

cannot and will not get over how good it is on a meta level that what silver hates and fears most of all is being known and being forced to embody a character that he can’t shake off and they built this character based on one of the defining myths of western piracy

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holidayslaughter:

whenever i see people call random edgy but not-at-all harmful artists “degens” i would like to refer them to the first sentence of wikipedia’s “degenerate art” article

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atomikats:

calling all the monsters 📞👻⁉️

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currentlycryingaboutlancelot:

tbh say what you want about king arthur’s leadership competence but to be so honest with the kinds of people he recruited for the table (guy they found in the lake/nephew who loves to kill people/guy actively sleeping with said nephew’s mom) + seneschal who actively terrorizes his knights + vaguely evil wizard advisor it is frankly a miracle it lasted as long as as it did

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what-even-is-thiss:
I think that people on both sides of the political spectrum thinking that the government doesn’t do anything for them is unfortunately a product of people not noticing things when they work well.
Sure you notice when the government works badly. You notice the lines at the dmv, lawmakers getting nothing done, taxes being overcomplicated, lack of protections on this and that, hurting this or that people group, not punishing companies enough n
And that’s all worth criticizing. Absolutely.
However, it also does a lot of stuff you don’t notice. Making sure companies don’t take more out of your bank account than they should, forcing your boss to pay you, maintaining the roads, building a new gym at your kid’s high school, making sure there’s no lead in your coffee, stopping random soldiers on leave from breaking down your door and stealing your Cheerios, standardizing nutrition labels, making sure your house won’t collapse during your local natural disasters, getting internet to people, putting fluoride in the water to protect your teeth.
There’s a million things every day that governments do that people just don’t seem to understand. And they can absolutely be better.
Most governments are messed up in their own special way. But claiming that they do nothing is like saying “we don’t need to hire a guy to clean kelp off the beach because the beach is always clean” when the beach is always clean and free of rotting kelp because the local government hired a guy to clean it.

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dozydawn:

Modern Bride, 1988.

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Watched 'It Ends' last night & loved it; been having a read of others posts about it but it felt weird replying to 3 month old comments. So I wanted to say, maybe the 90 seconds thing is relevant because of the Doomsday clock? It was 90 seconds in 2024 but has been moved to 85 seconds now, yay. Or it might be the 90 second rule, which is the time it takes for the chemical result of an emotional reaction to leave the body. (Also, and thanks AI summary, in medieval times a moment was specifically defined as 1/40 of an hour, or 90 seconds..)

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2026/040: Enshittification — Cory Doctorow

Compared with the climate emergency, genocide, inequality, corruption, democratic backsliding, authoritarianism and sustained racist, homophobic, misogynist and transphobic attacks, the internet is just a sideshow. But the internet ...is the communications medium we will use to organise to save our species and planet from their imminent eradication. We can’t win these fights without a free, fair and open internet. [introduction]

Audiobook, read (with vigour and enthusiasm) by the author. Doctorow's foundational argument is something most internet users will agree with: that big internet sites, such as Facebook, Amazon, and the-site-formerly-known-as-Twitter, have become much less usable and user-friendly over recent years. (I would add Del.icio.us, Vinted, Goodreads, LiveJournal...)

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Posted by Briana Viser

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Dopamine hits come in all different forms, so let this one be from meowlarious cats.

Cat memes are great because they're so simple, yet hilarious. We don't expect them to get us out of a funk, but they manage it anyway. There's something so purrfect about the combination of cats and dopamine. On the surface, it seems like they wouldn't be related, but they are. These small bursts of joy give us more than a dopamine hit, it gives us a reason to love. We love our cats like we love a partner, a friend, or even ourselves. Never underestimate the adoration, devotion, love, and connection you can have with your cat, and don't let anyone tell you it's silly. It's a deeply emotional experience that should be respected and cherished. And even if it doesn't seem related, flag football is also one of those things that boosts our dopamine receptors, and feels akin to the affect of cats.

Dopamine is the brain saying, "that felt good, let's do it again!" It's released when you accomplish something, experience pleasure, or even anticipate a reward (which is why it's attached to motivation as well). In flag football and cats, they both show us the light, thrilling enjoyment of something. Cats operate on their own mysterious flow. They're surprisingly good at delivering the same little dopamine boosts that we get in flag football. They both carry a certain athleticism too. Cats love to run, jump, play, and pounce around as if they were playing flag football. So enjoy anything that gives you that dopamine rush, especially cast.

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Posted by Sarah Brown

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A storm rolled in… and so did six cats.

Sometimes the Cat Distribution System doesn't send just one cat, it goes all in. This time, it showed up with a full package deal: one very determined mama cat and five tiny kittens, arriving right before a Texas storm.

As the rain started picking up and the thunder rolled in, mama had to be convinced that inside was the better option. It took a little trust, but she made the call, and one by one, her kittens were brought in out of the storm and into somewhere warm. Not exactly planned, but it all came together at the right moment.

Now it's Day 11, and everyone is settled. Mama is taking her job seriously, keeping her kittens close and well cared for, while also making sure her hooman stays on top of things, especially when it comes to feeding time. The kittens are safe, warm, and growing, and the house has officially turned into their space.

And like most CDS stories, this didn't happen overnight. Mama had been around for weeks, checking things out, making sure this was the right place before making her move. Once she decided, that was it. Now there are six new roommate and a house full of tiny paws.

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Posted by Blake Seidel

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'X' might just be the best place to find all the latest and greatest feline news nowadays. From adorably purrfect cat pictures to hissterical cat memes, to even the meowst heartfelt rescue stories. That's why we take the time to do a weekly roundup of the best, the silliest, and the most viral cat tweets so you can start your week with purrfect pawsitivity.

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oursin

Happy birthday,

robot_mel!

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From Frederick Newmeyer: "A sign in the breakfast room of a not very classy hotel in Amsterdam:"

"The middle language is Esperanto! Who could have decided on Esperanto as the third language and who can read it? The hotel receptionists have no idea."

I don't have much to add, except that Google Ngrams suggests that Esperanto is gradually dying out:

And why the ~20 year oscillations?

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andrewducker

It always surprises me that Boots isn't open until 9am. You would have thought that there'd be enough people wanting to pick up painkillers or similar on the way in to work.

sonofgodzilla

Title: Haunted
Universe: Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya
Series: Season One | Season Two | Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie | Ninja Quest (1, 2, 3, 4)
Character(s): Yamaji Kei, Yagyu Rei
Rating: U
Warnings: N/A
Summary: 27-years-old, she had retired her childish armour as Princess Ninja Emiha long ago, taking up the sacred Jiraiya armour after Touha had gone into space alongside the Space Sheriffs. The thirty-sixth Jiraiya, she thought, placing her hands around the glass. Thirty-five people before her, all working from the shadows, and the only two she knew anything about were Touha and her father.
Length: 808 words
Author's Notes: external link .

kasumi!