i have spent probably a good few hours by now reading through (some of) your site; absolutely love your writing style. i was not expecting the muji essay to be as fascinating as it was, but that might've been my favorite one. & this is definitely one of my fave sites i've encountered on here
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suboptimalism
1 year ago
thanks, i put way too much effort into writing on here... i hope that with enough practice i'll one day be able to write somewhere more prestigious, like at a substack or in "nonstop life", the allegiant airlines inflight magazine
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suboptimalism
1 year ago
it's the place for long-form independent writing on the internet now... and i do go there a lot... according to a "substack summer" graphic they emailed me i read 792k words in 345 posts there this summer...
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saltedslug
1 year ago
This one made me cackle uncontrollably... also the timeline of products on their company website is absolutely batshit -- https://www.ryohin-keikaku.jp/eng/about-muji/history/ -- I LOVE 2010's product: the right angle sock
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suboptimalism
1 year ago
oh yes the right angle sock, it's kind of a big deal, there's a big display and poster promoting it in the store. the 2020 product on the product timeline is the "cricket cracker", which appears to be exactly what it says on the tin...
for some reason all of my profile activity was deleted and while searching for an answer i came across your "some undocumented neocities mechanics" page and this info is so great!
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photohomo
1 year ago
even if this site glitch doesnt get resolved for me, i think finding your site is worth it haha
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suboptimalism
1 year ago
it wouldn't really be "suboptimalism" if it wasn't hosted on a platform with occasional glitches...
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red-white
1 year ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the scoring stuff, though it seems like you missed that it applies to all filter options except Newest (which is a hard 100 view minimum) and more recently the non-tag search. I miss being able to find low viewcount sites man
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meduka... rabu...
I'm not sure how well regarded Angel Beats! is nowadays, but it was the Ultimate show for an anime lover in 2010. it really had everything: a ridiculous premise, goofy highschool antics, original j-rock music, stylish action, extreme melodrama, 2 different girls... + a weird rocker guy with a faux-English catchphrase
yea angel beats was peak 2010 weeb CULTURE lmfao
i think it's largely forgotten now, i haven't seen anyone mention it in years, the only reason i was able to write about it was because i stumbled upon the OP song in a rhythm game recently and that unlocked memories. however, i do think it's more evidence for my "bad anime used to be better" theory (alternatively: "bad anime isn't as good anymore")
Excellent code geass review
booo I love CCS -_- but Doremi is fantastic as well
i never said it was bad... just not as good as doremi
Precure is the mahou shoujo to end all mahou shoujo anyway