Your pointless thoughts & observations

[user]

He's taken a vow of silence so allow me to be the voice of the voluntarily voiceless;

People gathered in a small space like there is no global pandemic, mask the fuck up ffs.

No epic vocals like on Sky and Sand

Weird oktoberfest vibes

Unlike Paul, Fritz clearly does not have a crippling cocaine habit so what's his excuse for this descent into poor taste?

 

[Nebraska]

is there any culture on earth that interprets the shoulder shrug as anything other than someone's expression of not knowing something? if not, if someone was not "taught" or had grown up in a closed culture where they had never observed a shoulder shrug, do you suppose they would be able to interpret or deduce the meaning correctly?
eg. when the conquistadors landed in the new world, and tried to communicate with the aztecs, do you suppose one of the two expressed a shoulder shrug in frustration at the lack of understanding betwix the two cultures and this was interpreted correctly by the other party or was it added miscommunication leading to further delays in understanding for both communities?

Edited September 7, 2021 by Nebraska

[zero]

52 minutes ago, Nebraska said:

is there any culture on earth that interprets the shoulder shrug as anything other than someone's expression of not knowing something? if not, if someone was not "taught" or had grown up in a closed culture where they had never observed a shoulder shrug, do you suppose they would be able to interpret or deduce the meaning correctly?
eg. when the conquistadors landed in the new world, and tried to communicate with the aztecs, do you suppose one of the two expressed a shoulder shrug in frustration at the lack of understanding betwix the two cultures and this was interpreted correctly by the other party or was it added miscommunication leading to further delays in understanding for both communities?

no clue about the aztecs, but this reminds me of something a friend of mine told me years ago after visiting India. he said people trying to sell you stuff in India don't all do the universal head nod for "yes" or shaking the head for "no." they do some sort of in between, like a head wobbling side to side, which you are essentially left to interpret it as a possible yes or a no based on however the interaction is going. 

[Nebraska]

1 hour ago, zero said:

no clue about the aztecs, but this reminds me of something a friend of mine told me years ago after visiting India. he said people trying to sell you stuff in India don't all do the universal head nod for "yes" or shaking the head for "no." they do some sort of in between, like a head wobbling side to side, which you are essentially left to interpret it as a possible yes or a no based on however the interaction is going. 

i think i know what you mean about the "in between" head wobbling. similarly, when i was growing up i had a couple of hindi friends and i noticed a lot of them said "sure" for yes and "i don't believe so" or "i'm not sure" for no. this felt more like polite or comforting ways to agree/disagree with someone rather than an assertive and sure yes or no. 

it makes me wonder whether there is something in the language: i.e. in hindi (or punjabi) a yes more closely associated with the word "sure", or is it more a cultural thing where being assertive/definitive can be looked upon as having poor manners.

[cruising for burgers]

7 hours ago, Nebraska said:

is there any culture on earth that interprets the shoulder shrug as anything other than someone's expression of not knowing something? if not, if someone was not "taught" or had grown up in a closed culture where they had never observed a shoulder shrug, do you suppose they would be able to interpret or deduce the meaning correctly?
eg. when the conquistadors landed in the new world, and tried to communicate with the aztecs, do you suppose one of the two expressed a shoulder shrug in frustration at the lack of understanding betwix the two cultures and this was interpreted correctly by the other party or was it added miscommunication leading to further delays in understanding for both communities?

 

6 hours ago, zero said:

no clue about the aztecs, but this reminds me of something a friend of mine told me years ago after visiting India. he said people trying to sell you stuff in India don't all do the universal head nod for "yes" or shaking the head for "no." they do some sort of in between, like a head wobbling side to side, which you are essentially left to interpret it as a possible yes or a no based on however the interaction is going. 

4 hours ago, Nebraska said:

i think i know what you mean about the "in between" head wobbling. similarly, when i was growing up i had a couple of hindi friends and i noticed a lot of them said "sure" for yes and "i don't believe so" or "i'm not sure" for no. this felt more like polite or comforting ways to agree/disagree with someone rather than an assertive and sure yes or no. 

it makes me wonder whether there is something in the language: i.e. in hindi (or punjabi) a yes more closely associated with the

word "sure", or is it more a cultural thing where being assertive/definitive can be looked upon as having poor manners.

 

https://www.alsintl.com/blog/interpreting-body-language/

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Shaking the Head No and Nodding Yes

If you’re unfamiliar with the language of the country you plan to visit, you’ll likely be doing a lot of nodding and pointing. That’s why you should make sure that nodding means what you think it does.

In the US, we think it’s universally known that shaking your head from side to side clearly means “No,” while nodding the head up and down means “Yes.” The same goes for China, Canada, Mexico, and most parts of Western Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

But, there are some exceptions. Pay close attention when interpreting body language while you are traveling in other countries. In Greece, for example, tilting the head first to the left and then to the right means “Yes.” Tilting the head up and back means “No.”

Similarly, in Bulgaria and Albania, a head shake means “Yes” while nodding means “No.” Residents of Saudi Arabia shake the head to say “Yes” and tip the head back to say “No.” And in Iran, dipping the head down indicates “Yes” while jerking the chin upward means “No.”

 

[cruising for burgers]

9 hours ago, zero said:

so tell us Tim J, in 500 words or less, what exactly is so facepalm inducing here? you have to use words.

[iococoi]

[zkom]

9 hours ago, zero said:

no clue about the aztecs, but this reminds me of something a friend of mine told me years ago after visiting India. he said people trying to sell you stuff in India don't all do the universal head nod for "yes" or shaking the head for "no." they do some sort of in between, like a head wobbling side to side, which you are essentially left to interpret it as a possible yes or a no based on however the interaction is going. 

 

[Rubin Farr]

1 hour ago, iococoi said:

Notice they conveniently left women out of the equation 

[zkom]

Back to old game box art. Is this the most badass 8-bit/16-bit era game cover art?

It has:

1. Two shirtless dudes with big guns (one of them is firing both the rifle and the grenade launcher at the same time?)
2. Baphomet
3. A stormtrooper
4. An ape/Sasquatch thing

And explosions

[Silent Member]

And an ominous castle / mountain combo with lightning.

The only thing that isn't top notch is the title font looking too clean and a disturbing lack of lady in ripped dress with exposed booba. Still 9.999999/10

[ignatius]

in Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex they could've given the Major some pants. 

[zkom]

4 hours ago, ignatius said:

in Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex they could've given the Major some pants. 

What's funny is that the movies and the TV series sexualize the Major less than the original manga. I wouldn't be able to post some pages of the original uncensored manga here.

[usagi]

On 9/8/2021 at 3:53 PM, iococoi said:

so funny when you see this sort of thing and realise how those JBP diagrams are just a knockoff of it.

[zero]

why does it take so long to clear a wreck on a highway? so many times I'm sitting in the back-up, then finally get to pass the accident, and it's like 1 damaged car with a tow truck/fire truck/police sitting there blocking an additional lane. everywhere I've driven in US/Canada it's the same. I get safety is a priority, but seems like there should be a more efficient way to do this.

[cruising for burgers]

48 minutes ago, zero said:

why does it take so long to clear a wreck on a highway? so many times I'm sitting in the back-up, then finally get to pass the accident, and it's like 1 damaged car with a tow truck/fire truck/police sitting there blocking an additional lane. everywhere I've driven in US/Canada it's the same. I get safety is a priority, but seems like there should be a more efficient way to do this.

[ignatius]

1 hour ago, zero said:

why does it take so long to clear a wreck on a highway? so many times I'm sitting in the back-up, then finally get to pass the accident, and it's like 1 damaged car with a tow truck/fire truck/police sitting there blocking an additional lane. everywhere I've driven in US/Canada it's the same. I get safety is a priority, but seems like there should be a more efficient way to do this.

sometimes there's an investigation or ambulance has to take time to help injured person or fire dept use 'jaws of life' to extract a person from a car.. or there's fluids all over the road that need cleaning up or...

[ignatius]

11 hours ago, zkom said:

What's funny is that the movies and the TV series sexualize the Major less than the original manga. I wouldn't be able to post some pages of the original uncensored manga here.

ha! i haven't seen original manga. i guess i should. it seems so out of place sometimes when she's in that get and everyone else is in suits or gear. i get that she needs to go therm optica camo mode whenever. but she's walking around in this get up meeting w/the prime minister or just in the office. they giver pants sometimes i guess. i guess as a series it was part of the marketing for horny fans wanting big anime tiddies or whatever.

[Zephyr_Nova]

Well if it's a manga with "gear" involved, I have to assume it takes place in the future, and g-string thongs as casual wear is a natural progression from where fashion's at now.  Maybe they were just trying to get it right.

[zero]

35 minutes ago, ignatius said:

sometimes there's an investigation or ambulance has to take time to help injured person or fire dept use 'jaws of life' to extract a person from a car.. or there's fluids all over the road that need cleaning up or...

yeah I get those. I guess I was just bitching about the ones that are relatively minor, but they still block an extra lane. I was sitting in some gnarly traffic earlier and needed to vent...

[ignatius]

14 minutes ago, zero said:

yeah I get those. I guess I was just bitching about the ones that are relatively minor, but they still block an extra lane. I was sitting in some gnarly traffic earlier and needed to vent...

have been there many times. often it's a bunch of fucking rubber neckers. 'on-looker-delay' and that shit makes me crazy. 

18 minutes ago, Zephyr_Nova said:

Well if it's a manga with "gear" involved, I have to assume it takes place in the future, and g-string thongs as casual wear is a natural progression from where fashion's at now.  Maybe they were just trying to get it right.

but then all the other women would be dressed that way. some are sometimes but usually everyone is dressed pretty normal. 

 

[zkom]

10 hours ago, ignatius said:

but then all the other women would be dressed that way. some are sometimes but usually everyone is dressed pretty normal. 

 

She's basically a cyborg with a human brain and a fully prosthetic body so she doesn't really need pants to keep her buttocks warm. Why she doesn't walk around naked with just a gun holster or similar then, idk. Masamune Shirow's fetishes showing I guess.

The uncensored manga has at least pretty explicit lesbian orgy scenes veering into pornography, but they are censored on various levels in the western prints depending on the publisher.

[Rubin Farr]

Came home from work last night, found a big animal turd in the kitchen. “Great, there’s a rat in my house and it’s gonna kill me in my sleep”.

But later while on the toilet, I looked over in shock to see a giant ass frog on my shower wall. After some slippery shenanigans, I evicted his ass.  

[Zephyr_Nova]

21 hours ago, ignatius said:

 

but then all the other women would be dressed that way. some are sometimes but usually everyone is dressed pretty normal. 

 

Well then this is deeply troubling.

[ignatius]

12 hours ago, zkom said:

She's basically a cyborg with a human brain and a fully prosthetic body so she doesn't really need pants to keep her buttocks warm. Why she doesn't walk around naked with just a gun holster or similar then, idk. Masamune Shirow's fetishes showing I guess.

The uncensored manga has at least pretty explicit lesbian orgy scenes veering into pornography, but they are censored on various levels in the western prints depending on the publisher.

lols.