PC Board OT Thread Take 4 [No Politics]

[PaulieWal]

Honestly, I think it's kind of an embarrassment for Wade that he has to be there with Dirk.

"How does it feel to be here all these years later sharing the moment with the guys acted like an immature, cocky idiot against and then saw him make you and your team look like fools?"

I think Wade can own that the egg-on-face moment at this point, but he's not the one who comes off looking like the greater legend when their rivalry is discussed.

No lie, kind of a weird take.

Would you like to be reminded of an embarrassing failure of yours that related to pathetic behavior in your past while you're being celebrated?

Again, not getting your point here. That was a stupid thing to do but you seem to think that memory would be ingrained in Wade's head forever, and not the 3 championships including the 06 one where he literally played like prime MJ.

He's going to be up there celebrating his 3 championships and a great career.

[PaulieWal]

I feel sorry for Dirk that he has to enter the hall with Wade.

Why?

Both are all-time greats around the same tier all time regardless of their on-court animosity. They seem to have made up too now.

Dirk is way too nice to dig up the past but Wade questioning Dirk’s illness and mocking him in 2011 for the cameras was very low and unsportsmanlike. I guess Wade has matured as a person now so I hope some apologies were made behind the scenes.

I remember after the Finals ended Wade gave Dirk his flowers and said he just played great. That cough was a bizarre thing to do and I am sure he'd take it back now if he could. But it's also overblown - Wade and LeBron were just leaning into the villain thing those Finals and paid the price for it with Dirk just putting that series away in the clutch.

You and Doc are weirdly hung up on this thing from over a decade ago, when Wade won 2 titles after that loss anyways lol.

[Doctor MJ]

No lie, kind of a weird take.

Would you like to be reminded of an embarrassing failure of yours that related to pathetic behavior in your past while you're being celebrated?

Again, not getting your point here. That was a stupid thing to do but you seem to think that memory would be ingrained in Wade's head forever, and not the 3 championships including the 06 one where he literally played like prime MJ.

He's going to be up there celebrating his 3 championships and a great career.

It would be in mine. I certainly understand that not everyone is like that.

[Slava]

Why?

Both are all-time greats around the same tier all time regardless of their on-court animosity. They seem to have made up too now.

Dirk is way too nice to dig up the past but Wade questioning Dirk’s illness and mocking him in 2011 for the cameras was very low and unsportsmanlike. I guess Wade has matured as a person now so I hope some apologies were made behind the scenes.

I remember after the Finals ended Wade gave Dirk his flowers and said he just played great. That cough was a bizarre thing to do and I am sure he'd take it back now if he could. But it's also overblown - Wade and LeBron were just leaning into the villain thing those Finals and paid the price for it with Dirk just putting that series away in the clutch.

You and Doc are weirdly hung up on this thing from over a decade ago, when Wade won 2 titles after that loss anyways lol.

A lot of people found that classless even then and Barkley called them punks for it. So I at least think it wasn’t overblown that it left a poor taste in everyone’s memory.

[PaulieWal]

Would you like to be reminded of an embarrassing failure of yours that related to pathetic behavior in your past while you're being celebrated?

Again, not getting your point here. That was a stupid thing to do but you seem to think that memory would be ingrained in Wade's head forever, and not the 3 championships including the 06 one where he literally played like prime MJ.

He's going to be up there celebrating his 3 championships and a great career.

It would be in mine. I certainly understand that not everyone is like that.

Right so you'll only remember 2011 and not be thinking about 06 when you came back down from 0-2 and ran circles around Dirk.

I'll even add I am sure that Wade knows that ultimately that 2011 loss wasn't even on him, he did his job, LeBron just disappeared. So not following your logic here. I'd kinda get you if Wade had sucked in those Finals but he was fantastic.

[PaulieWal]

Dirk is way too nice to dig up the past but Wade questioning Dirk’s illness and mocking him in 2011 for the cameras was very low and unsportsmanlike. I guess Wade has matured as a person now so I hope some apologies were made behind the scenes.

I remember after the Finals ended Wade gave Dirk his flowers and said he just played great. That cough was a bizarre thing to do and I am sure he'd take it back now if he could. But it's also overblown - Wade and LeBron were just leaning into the villain thing those Finals and paid the price for it with Dirk just putting that series away in the clutch.

You and Doc are weirdly hung up on this thing from over a decade ago, when Wade won 2 titles after that loss anyways lol.

A lot of people found that classless even then and Barkley called them punks for it. So I at least think it wasn’t overblown that it left a poor taste in everyone’s memory.

Ok and? Barkley says a lot of things. Both Wade and LeBron have acknowledged on various occasions how great Dirk was in 2011.

But even then, to act like it's some sort of affront to Dirk or that Wade should be embarrassed

They have both had great careers and doubt they care one bit about that at this point.

[PaulieWal]

I am so sorry for Dirk here and super embarrassed for Wade.

[Doctor MJ]

Again, not getting your point here. That was a stupid thing to do but you seem to think that memory would be ingrained in Wade's head forever, and not the 3 championships including the 06 one where he literally played like prime MJ.

He's going to be up there celebrating his 3 championships and a great career.

It would be in mine. I certainly understand that not everyone is like that.

Right so you'll only remember 2011 and not be thinking about 06 when you came back down from 0-2 and ran circles around Dirk.

I'll even add I am sure that Wade knows that ultimately that 2011 loss wasn't even on him, he did his job, LeBron just disappeared. So not following your logic here. I'd kinda get you if Wade had sucked in those Finals but he was fantastic.

I didn't say that.

Look, if you don't know what it's like to be neurotic, congratulations on your blessed life.

[jalengreen]

I feel sorry for Dirk that he has to enter the hall with Wade.

Why?

Both are all-time greats around the same tier all time regardless of their on-court animosity. They seem to have made up too now.

Dirk is way too nice to dig up the past but Wade questioning Dirk’s illness and mocking him in 2011 for the cameras was very low and unsportsmanlike. I guess Wade has matured as a person now so I hope some apologies were made behind the scenes.

I really think that was one of the most overblown (unsurprisingly given the context...) moments I've seen in the NBA. It just wasn't that serious. I find it wild that we're here 12 years later talking about how "low" it was. It's a fake cough lol.

[MyUniBroDavis]

It has been 12 years and there are 12 year olds who wouldn’t take it that deep lol

[HeartBreakKid]

^ 70sfan doesn’t live in America, so if some things might seem obvious living here just keep in mind he doesn’t live here so certain things might not be super apparent to him

Anyway this is a weird convo in general lol

That doesn't answer my question. What's the reason behind white Americans being less skilled than black Americans? Do you think it has anything to do with their race or something else?

Genetics. In the same way that Asian people tend to be shorter on average, African Americans tend to be extraordinarily good at running and jumping and the kind of fast twitch movements which are very helpful in basketball. There are no cultural factors keeping white people from playing football and they’re very heavily represented at many positions, but at the position most reliant on running and jumping, cornerback, not one of the NFL’s 64 starting cornerbacks has been white for the last 20 seasons. Currently, there isn’t even a white backup cornerback in the NFL. You can pretend there’s no genetic basis for certain ethnicities having strengths and weaknesses if it fits your agenda, but the data’s pretty overwhelming in the other direction.

I mean there is also racism and stereotyping in sports so I'm not sure if that's the best example. There weren't any black quarterbacks for a long time too. There weren't any Asian-Americans or even East Asians in general in the NBA before Lin showed up. Was Lin stereotyped into lesser roles than his capabilities or sent to weaker programs due to his race? I think it is likely.. There are definitely white people who are faster than cornerbacks anyway, so that theory kind of falls apart.

America is hardly a black country, and there are quite a few countries that are a lot "blacker". So I wouldn't say that because the NBA has more African-Americans that they are genetically superior at basketball. It plays a factor for sure, but basketball isn't exactly track and field, it is still by and large, a very skill oriented sport. Being tall is also by far the largest physical component needed to succeed in basketball.

Wrestling and gymnastics have fast twitch muscles also and they are not dominated by blacks. They have good black athletes in those sports as they do many other races and ethnicities. Wrestling and Gymnastics are more "athletic" than basketball players - by a lot. They should be dominated by ethnic groups that excels in twitch muscles since they lack skill compared to basketball, but they are not.

While on average an African-American may have slightly different genetics that help them with sports it wouldn't explain the large gap still. There are still only 30 million African-Americans and say, 1.3+ billion Han Chinese people and yet zero Chinese in the NBA more or less. It seems unlikely that there isn't a tall Chinese person with fast twitch muscles, even more so when China does so well in the Olympics in sports that are more reliant on that than Basketball.



There are a lot of variables other than genetics that play a gigantic role in why the NBA is overwhelmingly African-American. The most obvious one is simply black people do not envision themselves in white collar jobs. I'm black and grew up upper-middle class and still thought that me becoming a lawyer, doctor or accountant was a long shot.

I thought maybe I could be a producer or rapper or something since as a teenager you tend to think either go big or go home. Are black people dominating music because of genetics as well? Many minorities in other countries have the same relationship with entertainment and athletics.


Ethnicities that are affluent and have more options to other careers do not take professional athletics as seriously because professional athletics pays poorly and isn't much of a career at all. Genetics isn't the largest factor for why African-Americans are the best at basketball, that doesn't even make that much sense as they are a diaspora ethnicity. It's very complex, and every relationship we can think of with an ethnic group and a sport (or a career) can be explained by different unique variables and phenomenon.

Anyway, I'm saying it in this thread instead of the #15 thread in the top 100 because it is starting to become off topic.

[Dr Positivity]

Black people's ancestors evolved in hotter areas compared to colder ones for white people, so I assumed this had some impact on their style of bodies depending on whether you wanted to conserve heat or sweat to cool off etc., evidently it must have made black people athleticism work better for most professional sports. I heard white people's bodies are good for swimming and weight lifting as it has something to do with the torso size/upper body strength whereas I think black people's lower body strength is better which is perfect for run/jump sport like basketball. Then as mentioned you add in the cultural factor of popularity for black people and young black males from the hood going all in on rapping or balling as their golden ticket out, that makes it more dominant.

[OhayoKD]

Okay, I need to rant about a song. The music is awesome. But check the words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=55&v=0EHzC0xD0rM&feature=youtu.be

Love the instrumentation. But the lyrics go crazy.

There's alot of bits that are cool in isolation like

-> At the linked time stamp the language barrier is broken in order to rhyme, "one-dimension, two-dimension, three-dimension" with..."easy game, easy game"
-> (0:22) intro is interrupted for a bridge which switches between a conversation in another language and scat
-> (0:57) singer trails off at the end of "a supernova is spreading from west to east"(non-reversible process!) -> does it again at "the way there is fine, but what about coming back -> music explodes, so to speak

but what really sets dimension x apart is how well it all comes together.

If we go back to that intro, our singer is greeting the eventual recipient of their "wonderful, milky kiss" as "Everett", a physicist and "p..hd" who theorized about there being parallel worlds. While the singer is being driven "crazy" by the rules, "everett"(or really dandy?) is telling them of all these different worlds and "blows their mind" with how their "alternate worlds always overlap and never interfere". Ultimately, they end up believing and pondering things the "rules" of their world say are impossible(forever expanding universe, never-ending dream,) with a "wonderful, milky kiss(x2)" sandwiched between.

Without looking any further, we've got a functional motivation behind a functional character arc tying into a functionally developed relationship. Cool. But as I said, Etsuko connects everything

There are actually several non-reversible processes mentioned: "Things get harder when they cool", "things melt when they're heated", "a supernova spreading from west to east", "a dream of never-ending dream", and "will this universe expand forever?"

Two of those processes, mentioned before "this world is so full of rules, it's going to drive me crazy", actually follow the rules of "this" world. The rest, mentioned after, follow other rules you might find in "pararlell" worlds. Instead of rising in the east and setting in the west, a supernova spreads "west to east". This actually ties to "one-dimensions, two-dimension, three-dimension" referencing an episode where a 1d being forced a 3d universe to phase with his 2d universe in order to impress a 4d ex. In such a universe, a supernova could spread west to east.

A dream that never ends is self-explanatory and as we currently understand things, the universe will eventually stop expanding.

But between these there is a further distinction. Every process before "the way there is fine, but what about coming back" is finite/ending. Every process after is "endless/infinite". And this gets us to our overarching payoff here. "the way there is fine, but what about back" isn't just a note about the processes explicitly highlighted. It is also alluding to an "Invisible" irreversible process taking place as our singing character starts looking to escape the rules. Sucked into everett(or dandy's?) "alternate worlds", there's no going back. They are so deep in, the next step is wanting it to last forever. And pretty much all of the song builds to this. It's a straightforward plot, but the magic is in the execution.

Just looking at the lyrics isn't going to do this justice but I don't want to be writing a whole essay here so i'll do a flyby on the other stuff

-> the instrumentation is extremely intricate and diverse yet very very precise. whether it's the staggered sax(there is a notional term for what produces that sound i cannot recall) with "hello", all of 0:39-0:53, or 1:12-1:26(so many sounds yet they all synergize perfectly). Even "minor" parts like the electronic bass develop as the song progresses (ex: the psuedo kick getting an echo at 0:12)

-> the dynamics, timbre, and speed of the singer's singing(at times melodic talking) maps very well to where the character is emotionally. 0:21 to 0:38 is an excellent example of this where the singer goes from slow and cool talking with everett, to fast as they intellectualize, to somewhere in the middle as they stop beating around the bush

-> song switches between a wide variety of vernacular seamlessly(out-there metaphor -> direct conversation -> causal phrases and saying -> scat -> cheesy pun -> flowerly and poetic)

-> english is used instead of japanese when the singer is faking being on-top of things/in control("hello dandy", "easy game, easy game", "kiss"): i think the combination of thick accentuation, a language with uneven stress, and extremely base vernacular works well here

Alright. Rant over. Will revert back to basketball for future posts

[MyUniBroDavis]

Okay, I need to rant about a song. The music is awesome. But check the words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=55&v=0EHzC0xD0rM&feature=youtu.be

Love the instrumentation. But the lyrics go crazy.

There's alot of bits that are cool in isolation like

-> At the linked time stamp the language barrier is broken in order to rhyme, "one-dimension, two-dimension, three-dimension" with..."easy game, easy game"
-> (0:22) intro is interrupted for a bridge which switches between a conversation in another language and scat
-> (0:57) singer trails off at the end of "a supernova is spreading from west to east"(non-reversible process!) -> does it again at "the way there is fine, but what about coming back -> music explodes, so to speak

but what really sets dimension x apart is how well it all comes together.

If we go back to that intro, our singer is greeting the eventual recipient of their "wonderful, milky kiss" as "Everett", a physicist and "p..hd" who theorized about there being parallel worlds. While the singer is being driven "crazy" by the rules, "everett"(or really dandy?) is telling them of all these different worlds and "blows their mind" with how their "alternate worlds always overlap and never interfere". Ultimately, they end up believing and pondering things the "rules" of their world say are impossible(forever expanding universe, never-ending dream,) with a "wonderful, milky kiss(x2)" sandwiched between.

Without looking any further, we've got a functional motivation behind a functional character arc tying into a functionally developed relationship. Cool. But as I said, Etsuko connects everything

There are actually several non-reversible processes mentioned: "Things get harder when they cool", "things melt when they're heated", "a supernova spreading from west to east", "a dream of never-ending dream", and "will this universe expand forever?"

Two of those processes, mentioned before "this world is so full of rules, it's going to drive me crazy", actually follow the rules of "this" world. The rest, mentioned after, follow other rules you might find in "pararlell" worlds. Instead of rising in the east and setting in the west, a supernova spreads "west to east". This actually ties to "one-dimensions, two-dimension, three-dimension" referencing an episode where a 1d being forced a 3d universe to phase with his 2d universe in order to impress a 4d ex. In such a universe, a supernova could spread west to east.

A dream that never ends is self-explanatory and as we currently understand things, the universe will eventually stop expanding.

But between these there is a further distinction. Every process before "the way there is fine, but what about coming back" is finite/ending. Every process after is "endless/infinite". And this gets us to our overarching payoff here. "the way there is fine, but what about back" isn't just a note about the processes explicitly highlighted. It is also alluding to an "Invisible" irreversible process taking place as our singing character starts looking to escape the rules. Sucked into everett(or dandy's?) "alternate worlds", there's no going back. They are so deep in, the next step is wanting it to last forever. And pretty much all of the song builds to this. It's a straightforward plot, but the magic is in the execution.

Just looking at the lyrics isn't going to do this justice but I don't want to be writing a whole essay here so i'll do a flyby on the other stuff

-> the instrumentation is extremely intricate and diverse yet very very precise. whether it's the staggered sax(there is a notional term for what produces that sound i cannot recall) with "hello", all of 0:39-0:53, or 1:12-1:26(so many sounds yet they all synergize perfectly). Even "minor" parts like the electronic bass develop as the song progresses (ex: the psuedo kick getting an echo at 0:12)

-> the dynamics, timbre, and speed of the singer's singing(at times melodic talking) maps very well to where the character is emotionally. 0:21 to 0:38 is an excellent example of this where the singer goes from slow and cool talking with everett, to fast as they intellectualize, to somewhere in the middle as they stop beating around the bush

-> song switches between a wide variety of vernacular seamlessly(out-there metaphor -> direct conversation -> causal phrases and saying -> scat -> cheesy pun -> flowerly and poetic)

-> english is used instead of japanese when the singer is faking being on-top of things/in control("hello dandy", "easy game, easy game", "kiss"): i think the combination of thick accentuation, a language with uneven stress, and extremely base vernacular works well here

Alright. Rant over. Will revert back to basketball for future posts

No way ur talking about this song here too dork

[rk2023]

Okay, I need to rant about a song. The music is awesome. But check the words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=55&v=0EHzC0xD0rM&feature=youtu.be

Love the instrumentation. But the lyrics go crazy.

There's alot of bits that are cool in isolation like

-> At the linked time stamp the language barrier is broken in order to rhyme, "one-dimension, two-dimension, three-dimension" with..."easy game, easy game"
-> (0:22) intro is interrupted for a bridge which switches between a conversation in another language and scat
-> (0:57) singer trails off at the end of "a supernova is spreading from west to east"(non-reversible process!) -> does it again at "the way there is fine, but what about coming back -> music explodes, so to speak

but what really sets dimension x apart is how well it all comes together.

If we go back to that intro, our singer is greeting the eventual recipient of their "wonderful, milky kiss" as "Everett", a physicist and "p..hd" who theorized about there being parallel worlds. While the singer is being driven "crazy" by the rules, "everett"(or really dandy?) is telling them of all these different worlds and "blows their mind" with how their "alternate worlds always overlap and never interfere". Ultimately, they end up believing and pondering things the "rules" of their world say are impossible(forever expanding universe, never-ending dream,) with a "wonderful, milky kiss(x2)" sandwiched between.

Without looking any further, we've got a functional motivation behind a functional character arc tying into a functionally developed relationship. Cool. But as I said, Etsuko connects everything

There are actually several non-reversible processes mentioned: "Things get harder when they cool", "things melt when they're heated", "a supernova spreading from west to east", "a dream of never-ending dream", and "will this universe expand forever?"

Two of those processes, mentioned before "this world is so full of rules, it's going to drive me crazy", actually follow the rules of "this" world. The rest, mentioned after, follow other rules you might find in "pararlell" worlds. Instead of rising in the east and setting in the west, a supernova spreads "west to east". This actually ties to "one-dimensions, two-dimension, three-dimension" referencing an episode where a 1d being forced a 3d universe to phase with his 2d universe in order to impress a 4d ex. In such a universe, a supernova could spread west to east.

A dream that never ends is self-explanatory and as we currently understand things, the universe will eventually stop expanding.

But between these there is a further distinction. Every process before "the way there is fine, but what about coming back" is finite/ending. Every process after is "endless/infinite". And this gets us to our overarching payoff here. "the way there is fine, but what about back" isn't just a note about the processes explicitly highlighted. It is also alluding to an "Invisible" irreversible process taking place as our singing character starts looking to escape the rules. Sucked into everett(or dandy's?) "alternate worlds", there's no going back. They are so deep in, the next step is wanting it to last forever. And pretty much all of the song builds to this. It's a straightforward plot, but the magic is in the execution.

Just looking at the lyrics isn't going to do this justice but I don't want to be writing a whole essay here so i'll do a flyby on the other stuff

-> the instrumentation is extremely intricate and diverse yet very very precise. whether it's the staggered sax(there is a notional term for what produces that sound i cannot recall) with "hello", all of 0:39-0:53, or 1:12-1:26(so many sounds yet they all synergize perfectly). Even "minor" parts like the electronic bass develop as the song progresses (ex: the psuedo kick getting an echo at 0:12)

-> the dynamics, timbre, and speed of the singer's singing(at times melodic talking) maps very well to where the character is emotionally. 0:21 to 0:38 is an excellent example of this where the singer goes from slow and cool talking with everett, to fast as they intellectualize, to somewhere in the middle as they stop beating around the bush

-> song switches between a wide variety of vernacular seamlessly(out-there metaphor -> direct conversation -> causal phrases and saying -> scat -> cheesy pun -> flowerly and poetic)

-> english is used instead of japanese when the singer is faking being on-top of things/in control("hello dandy", "easy game, easy game", "kiss"): i think the combination of thick accentuation, a language with uneven stress, and extremely base vernacular works well here

Alright. Rant over. Will revert back to basketball for future posts

No way ur talking about this song here too dork

“He got me,” OhayoKD said of MyUniBroDavis’ reply to him. "That f***ing MyUniBroDavis boomed me."

OhayoKD added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times.

OhayoKD then said he wanted to add MyUniBroDavis to the list of posters he works out with this summer.

[OhayoKD]

Okay, I need to rant about a song. The music is awesome. But check the words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=55&v=0EHzC0xD0rM&feature=youtu.be

Love the instrumentation. But the lyrics go crazy.

There's alot of bits that are cool in isolation like

-> At the linked time stamp the language barrier is broken in order to rhyme, "one-dimension, two-dimension, three-dimension" with..."easy game, easy game"
-> (0:22) intro is interrupted for a bridge which switches between a conversation in another language and scat
-> (0:57) singer trails off at the end of "a supernova is spreading from west to east"(non-reversible process!) -> does it again at "the way there is fine, but what about coming back -> music explodes, so to speak

but what really sets dimension x apart is how well it all comes together.

If we go back to that intro, our singer is greeting the eventual recipient of their "wonderful, milky kiss" as "Everett", a physicist and "p..hd" who theorized about there being parallel worlds. While the singer is being driven "crazy" by the rules, "everett"(or really dandy?) is telling them of all these different worlds and "blows their mind" with how their "alternate worlds always overlap and never interfere". Ultimately, they end up believing and pondering things the "rules" of their world say are impossible(forever expanding universe, never-ending dream,) with a "wonderful, milky kiss(x2)" sandwiched between.

Without looking any further, we've got a functional motivation behind a functional character arc tying into a functionally developed relationship. Cool. But as I said, Etsuko connects everything

There are actually several non-reversible processes mentioned: "Things get harder when they cool", "things melt when they're heated", "a supernova spreading from west to east", "a dream of never-ending dream", and "will this universe expand forever?"

Two of those processes, mentioned before "this world is so full of rules, it's going to drive me crazy", actually follow the rules of "this" world. The rest, mentioned after, follow other rules you might find in "pararlell" worlds. Instead of rising in the east and setting in the west, a supernova spreads "west to east". This actually ties to "one-dimensions, two-dimension, three-dimension" referencing an episode where a 1d being forced a 3d universe to phase with his 2d universe in order to impress a 4d ex. In such a universe, a supernova could spread west to east.

A dream that never ends is self-explanatory and as we currently understand things, the universe will eventually stop expanding.

But between these there is a further distinction. Every process before "the way there is fine, but what about coming back" is finite/ending. Every process after is "endless/infinite". And this gets us to our overarching payoff here. "the way there is fine, but what about back" isn't just a note about the processes explicitly highlighted. It is also alluding to an "Invisible" irreversible process taking place as our singing character starts looking to escape the rules. Sucked into everett(or dandy's?) "alternate worlds", there's no going back. They are so deep in, the next step is wanting it to last forever. And pretty much all of the song builds to this. It's a straightforward plot, but the magic is in the execution.

Just looking at the lyrics isn't going to do this justice but I don't want to be writing a whole essay here so i'll do a flyby on the other stuff

-> the instrumentation is extremely intricate and diverse yet very very precise. whether it's the staggered sax(there is a notional term for what produces that sound i cannot recall) with "hello", all of 0:39-0:53, or 1:12-1:26(so many sounds yet they all synergize perfectly). Even "minor" parts like the electronic bass develop as the song progresses (ex: the psuedo kick getting an echo at 0:12)

-> the dynamics, timbre, and speed of the singer's singing(at times melodic talking) maps very well to where the character is emotionally. 0:21 to 0:38 is an excellent example of this where the singer goes from slow and cool talking with everett, to fast as they intellectualize, to somewhere in the middle as they stop beating around the bush

-> song switches between a wide variety of vernacular seamlessly(out-there metaphor -> direct conversation -> causal phrases and saying -> scat -> cheesy pun -> flowerly and poetic)

-> english is used instead of japanese when the singer is faking being on-top of things/in control("hello dandy", "easy game, easy game", "kiss"): i think the combination of thick accentuation, a language with uneven stress, and extremely base vernacular works well here

Alright. Rant over. Will revert back to basketball for future posts

No way ur talking about this song here too dork

shut

[rk2023]

Second time’s the charm for Novak against (presumably) the final prominent challenger in his illustrious career. Their face-off today was one of the most intense duels I’ve seen across any sport.

[HeartBreakKid]

No more traveling until I go to Japan in October.

How long are you going to japan for?

[Colbinii]

No more traveling until I go to Japan in October.

How long are you going to japan for?

2-3 weeks. Not as long as we [Girlfriend and I] would like. We both work remotely but neither of our companies are allowing us to work Remotely OUS [Mine is because I work with live personal data like SSN while her company is simply being difficult].

We have a friend who lives on Okinawa [Military Wife ] so we may go there for 2-4 days. Tokyo and Osaka were the two cities we are planning to stay in.

Do you live or have you lived there?

[HeartBreakKid]

No more traveling until I go to Japan in October.

How long are you going to japan for?

2-3 weeks. Not as long as we [Girlfriend and I] would like. We both work remotely but neither of our companies are allowing us to work Remotely OUS [Mine is because I work with live personal data like SSN while her company is simply being difficult].

We have a friend who lives on Okinawa [Military Wife ] so we may go there for 2-4 days. Tokyo and Osaka were the two cities we are planning to stay in.

Do you live or have you lived there?

Nope, but was thinking of going to Fukuoka for a job but that time passed now.

I'm going back to Asia in September but probably back to Taiwan or or Thailand.