I recently had a discussion here on reddit and few years ago with friends about this.

I think phone cases should only be used AFTER the phone is damaged.

I love how the new phones feel in the hand, the materials, the slimness, everything. And this all is destroyed by using any kind of case. They looks worse then the phone, they feel bulky, or they make button presses feel weird. I only ever use a phone case after damaging it.

My logic is that the case then hides the damaged back glass, or doesn’t let me feel the kinks on the border.

If i put my phone in a case from the beginning, i already lose the nice feel from the get go, and either will never get to feel the phone, or the person i sell it to, if i sell it. But i usually don’t sell my phones.

So why spends thousand on a new nice modern phone if i am going to purposefully downgrade myself a feature of the phone?

It seems like there’s a big negative view on ghosting people and I don’t completely agree. There’s no way to say “I don’t wanna be your friend anymore because of xyz” without it coming off as an attack to the other person. A lot of people can’t take criticism and very few people would actually be receptive to the breakup. Once I’ve spent long enough with someone I know them in n out and know exactly how they’d respond to situations and convos. Sometimes there’s no point in sending a breakup text because when you’ve known someone long enough, you know exactly how they respond to certain things and situations. Some people aren’t even worth having a breakup convo with cause they will just turn it around you when you’re really just being honest. I ain’t tryna deal with going back and forth and would rather just pull the plug without saying anything.

I've noticed a lot of posts talking about Tik Tok being banned, whether or not it will happen and whether or not it's a good thing. I think the truth is it'll have such a small impact, absolutely nothing will change, if it gets banned at all.

We already have nearly identical apps to Tik Tok: Instagram reels, YouTube shorts, even Facebook. Sure there's some slight differences, but the main idea is the same. You scroll through short form media, as an algorithm feeds you more. Sure maybe these algorithms aren't as good or function slightly differently but do you really think people will just stop using these sites when Tik Tok is gone? They'll just move on to the next.

There won't be any changes noticeable besides some people complaining about having to use a different app for a couple of weeks.

I'll admit to liking TikTok a fair amount, and it's not ever certain that it will be banned in the US next month, but I can't help but feel like it's causing a lot of harm in society. Such rapid fire short form easily consumable video content is, as much as I hate to use the term, brainrot. It's super addicting, and I think it's harming people's brains. I'm a full grown adult, and I do my best to moderate my use of it, but I can feel it damaging things like my attention span. Sure I've watched some interesting content on there, as I seem to have programmed my algorithm to point me to more educational things, but I can still feel it rotting my brain. I can't imagine what it's doing to young people, and people with less self control than I have. And that's not even to mention all the harm it's done with the various trends and challenges it's created.

Context that might help: Miyazaki's creative process starts purely with drawings without any story attached to them. The script/screenplay in his movies is literally an afterthought after the general idea of visuals are done.

His movies and creations have pretty parts, but when you put them together, most of them are truly terrible.

Most of his movies feel extremely disjointed and are riddled with plot holes or terrible writing. This is due to the creative process I mentioned above. Miyazaki will create a scene visually before writing it down, so the script has to adjust to the scene, instead of the other way around.

His characters, save for the main one, are just vessels for the script, they have no established form or personality, so in his movies you'll constantly find characters who suddenly act totally opposite to what they've shown to be like, because they need to figure out a way to connect the scenes together.

I think the "best" example for this disjointed style is in The boy and the Heron. List of things that happen there that I feel illustrate this problem (expect spoilers for BATH)

* The step-mom suddenly becomes hostile, hateful and form some reason desperate to go into the alternate world, even though she was shown as a kind person who was very content with her lot.

* The heron attempts to kill the boy several times, despite knowing that his master needed the boy to save the alternate world.

* likewise, there is no reason as to why the old master doesn't directly speak to the boy about his predicament/assignment. He sends him to the alternate world with no guidance and the boy actually barely survives.

* The maternity chamber scene has 0 context and once again, is a complete 180 on the character we saw the step-mom was. She suddenly hates the boy for no reason and is ultra aggressive.

* probably the one I hate the most: The boy suddenly refusing to rebuild the alternate world because the building blocks "are filled with malice". What does that even mean? How tf did he suddenly know how to detect "blocks of malice", why were the blocks filled with malice? the final blocks aren't even different, its the cheapest cop-out to extend the movie direction because Miyazaki wrote (drew) everyone into a corner

But a lot of his movies have the same issue. The old witch from Howl's moving Castle and Haku from Spirited Away are essentially like 3 different characters, their motivations and personalities suddenly changing for no reason just to move the plot.

His movies are visually eye catching, but really the holistic product is all over the place. They're just "baby's first anime".

When Wild Robot came out there was all those raving reviews how it was Dream works best movie ever and amazing

Found it online and decided to watch it. Like it didn't suck, it was fine as a movie. The villian fight had me shocked that was the villian fight. Like oh its over. Oh that was it.

Nothing super admirable or special about the wild Robot. Just another kids movie.

It wasn't a bad terrible movie that no one should watch cos I hate it. I just don't understand why everyone was raving how it was the greatest movie dreams works had ever created. Which people online where definitely saying. Have they only been watching dream works teenage kraken movies and didn't watch their how to train your dragon or something like that?

While swearing isn't expressly prohibited on TikTok, the algorithm isn't kind to people who do it. This leads to a culture where people censor pretty much any word that vaguely resembles a swear word – kill, gun, the names of drugs, etc. Time to unalive some time with a water firestick. Someone was deleted. Someone was fed grapes by a celebrity. In teaching sensitivity, this actually teaches a lack of clarity and makes a mockery out of a sad reality.

TikTok also tends to encourage a culture of extreme social awareness. You can be deprioritized for your tone in ways you might not even fully understand.

TikTok's short form video format inherited from Douyin and Musically encourages a format where very little is said. It encourages one where you should be prepared to tailor your content for a mainstream audience, even if it's about diy electronics or obscure facts about synthesizers. It's harder to develop a niche on TikTok. I can't help but feel that it's a bit collectivist, almost like most American "web 2.0" social media on steroids.

TikTok's music policies are all over the place. Unlike YouTube with its generous Content ID program that allows copyrighted songs to be clearly licensed, TikTok will pull a sound from the library at a moment's notice.

TikTok, along with most server-side AI models, has led to an internet culture of censorship where you can be corrected over very little. It has attempted to breed a monoculture. It has gotten an entire generation to be less blunt and speak in riddles. It has given a platform to people who use hashtags like neurodivergent while still subtly pushing assimilation.

If you have a high end computer and use it on tiktok, you are wasting its clock cycles. Not that the site is really convenient on the computer. The captchas make my mouse seize up! And I have an M1Ultra Mac so man, it's messing with us!

Not saying it killed my hype but it certainly didn't move me or impress me like some.

We were once again shown a gloomy, brooding Superman all throughout the teaser even though everybody swore this one was going to be happy and upbeat this time around. I'm surprised nobody really complained at how not colorful it looks compared to Gunn's other projects.

Lex Luthor looked like a lazytown villain to me. Way too tv looking. Doesn't feel intimidating at all.

Seems like the general public doesn't like Superman... again. We already saw this play out in MOS and BVS but Gunn wants a crack at it for whatever reason. Take a shot every time the public begins to hate Superman.

Then there's the ridiculous amount of characters that are confirmed to be in the movie. Why do they even need all those characters, many of which, the mainstream hasn't even heard of? The justice league international have no business being introduced this soon this early. Its confirmed they'll be getting their own signature moments. Its clearly deeper than just foreshadowing because they'll be there in person actually fighting. Way to take attention off the main character shoving in all these other superheroes. Its giving Black Adam vibes.

Why are they going the early MCU route and having him fight an evil version of himself in one of his first major battles?

Between the kaiju, Maxwell Lord, the general public, Lex Luthor, Ultraman, and now the engineer, why does Superman need so many freaking antagonistic forces in just his first movie? It shouldn't be Superman vs everyone this soon this early. But wait! they also have to juggle the introduction of metamorpho!

Before the teaser, I thought this movie was going to be small scale. It feels way too grand and packed in an opening Superman movie. You've got Nerdrotic having people talking about can this movie save Hollywood... lol. The fate of Hollywood resting on the performance of a superhero movie is pretty crazy.

I want to make it clear that there is nothing wrong with excess skin or stretch marks. They are 100% natural, especially if someone is loosing weight or battling obesity.

But I think it would be a huge incentive to those wanting to get healthier if they knew any excess skin they may have can be removed if they would like it to be (without costing an arm and a leg).

He might be on his own on this one.

I hate the pressure and obligation of gift giving. This is not just the usual "it's too capitalist". I don't want things, and I don't want to be forced to give things. If I want things I'll get them myself. If someone wants to get me a gift, I want it to be something organic not just that it's that time of year again. Similarly, when I give gifts I want it to be something I made or came across naturally.

I hate that once November rolls around everything becomes about having to buy all this shit for everyone and if you miss someone and they get you something you just feel so guilty.

I hate that it's supposed to be about family and whatever but it just becomes this big thing full of obligations including giant gatherings and appearances and gift exchanges. It certainly doesn't help when you're not in a position to really contribute much other than your time, and you just feel like a giant drain on it all.

If it was just a time of the year to relax and spend time with your family that would be great. But Christmas is in no way relaxing. It sits in the middle of our culturally accepted holiday time off and uses up a big chunk of it with preparation and obligation. My birthday is also 2 days before Christmas and though my family has always been good about keeping them separate, trying to have a party is always an exercise in scheduling hell.

I dread it every year and wish I was part of a family/society that celebrated other holidays at this time of year.

You know those articles that make claims like “75% of men love carrots” or some shit, and then you read more into it and the study says “research group took a poll of 3,800 men and asked if they loved carrots”..? That shit is nonsense to me.

Let’s be real: who the fuck willingly answers polling questions? I get phone calls every now and then asking me if I’d like to answer a survey and I never, ever, ever do. I can’t imagine the kind of person that has the time to do that shit, and I probably can’t relate to that person.

Whenever I hear about a movie getting screened for “test audience”, I never believe the results. I understand when studio execs watch a movie they’re in charge of and make notes to insert or remove elements, but, again, who are these “test audiences”? How do you even determine if what the test audiences say are valid or not? What if you show a historical biopic and half of the test audience dislike that genre? Does that mean the movie is bad?

I genuinely think polls are largely unreliable and do more harm than good. There are more than SIX BILLION of us in this planet, and using a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of that to make a point that MOST of us are okay with people spoiling movies for others, or that mint is superior to vanilla, is just some silly ass shit.

Have YOU ever taken a poll?

In society, men are generally expected to wear towels around their waists after getting out of a bath/shower. However I, as a man, feel much more comfortable wearing my towel around my chest, in the way women are generally expected to wear theirs.

I find that I feel the cold more in my upper body than I do in my legs, so covering more of my upper body is preferable. Wearing the towel around my waist results in it hitting my ankles or even dragging against the floor, which is annoying. I also personally feel more comfortable in general exposing my legs than exposing my upper body, especially my nipples. I don't really know why, but walking around shirtless has never been comfortable at all for me.

I think women, unless she prefers it too, shouldn’t trust men who don’t use a condom and their excuse is something about it feeling better or whatever. Sure it might, but the risk is not worth it.

However, I think men should follow the same thing. As a woman who has sex, with or without the condom it literally feels the same for us. The penis feels the same, it’s not more skin like. It feels the same. So there’s no reason why a woman would care about a condom or not, preferences exist and it’s all about what you guys are comfortable with, I personally don’t care but if you have it in your gut that you don’t wanna take the risk of any pregnancy or diseases

just use a condom, it will not feel any different for her. trust me.

ofc if you’re cancelling plans or smth like that you should let them know in some way, but if someone is just texting you for a random conversation why is it rude for me to not reply? I’m likely with other people and it would be rude for me to be sat on my phone the whole time getting back to people. or maybe m by myself- in which case, this is the only few hours per week I have to myself.

It doesn’t mean I don’t love my boyfriend because I don’t initiate texting conversations or don’t get back to you for a few hours.

It doesn’t mean I don’t care about my job or colleagues if I don’t respond to my bosses ‘happy christmas’ texts. (seriously- why are there passive aggressive messages in the work chat about how u haven’t heard from my for three days - I AM WITH MY FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS, DO NOT FUCKING DISTURB.

It doesn’t mean we aren’t friends, or that I’m not interested in being friends with you. call me or arrange real life plans.

I don’t really think texting ‘counts’ as a large part of a relationship/friendship, i use it as a functional thing for the most part- or sometimes i’ll send someone something funny if it relates to something we’ve talked about before, but i don’t expect a response. i’m so sick of people feeling like they’re entitled to my time, i feel like saying ‘i prefer face to face/ im not much of a social media person but lets hang out sometime!’ is actually better than sending a text. I’m an adult with a job and shit to do, I don’t have the time, energy or interest to sit about like a teenager always on my phone??

I don't know if this genre is universal, but whenever I get recommended life motivational videos on YouTube, they turned out to be useless ones that distort my view on life.

They are always pessimistic about life, they give advice and tips to be nothing but pro-introvert and anti-extrovert, or even anti-ambivert. When I dig further, it also turns out to be a pathetic manosphere that follows the typical NPCs. They badly generalise certain people, e.g. 99% of white western young people in gen z are all bullies, entitled, spoiled, etc more than previous generations or other societies when in reality, young people have been like this always everywhere; the way it is said sounds as if everyone back my school would all be in ice, detentions, report cards etc and detention rooms will be densely packed.

As a result, it gave me social anxiety instead of being happier.

I've seen the eggs with steak and (sometimes) avocados trend all over every social media platform, with captions like "this is what you should be eating every day," "Who cares about cholesterol," and "no plant diet."

I understand: that shit is good for your testosterone levels, it can be a good source of fats but it's not a balanced diet. Where are the fibers? Where are the other essential nutrients? If you ask any nutritionist about going 100% on a carnivore diet, they will say it's bullshit. Humans are omnivorous.

Cutting on carbs and getting in more protein is a good thing, but I don't want to struggle to take a shit when I can eat fruits & veggies which contain fibers and minerals.

I have seen some people express slight annoyance at common instances of using the wrong word, like when people write "barley" instead of "barely." but I find things like that really funny for some reason. "you barley (🌾) made it in time!" lol

Another one I find funny is when people write "defiantly" instead of "definitely." Like "he DEFIANTLY added cinnamon to this cake." It's so silly to me because it's like 'he went against all conventions to add cinnamon,' as if it was such an act of defiance. Idk I just find it funny and I laugh sometimes when I see misworded text like that, I don't find it annoying when people do it.

Multiple times on the Internet when I've mentioned having a movie on DVD, I've had people wonder why I don't get it on 4K. The simple answer is that most of my physical media shopping is at Goodwill and I don't ever see 4K discs there. However, I would also argue that DVDs aren't bad at all, even in today's world. It's not that I can't notice a difference in quality, it's that I don't find the quality on DVDs to be bad enough to justify ditching the format. Owning a movie on anything above VHS is perfectly alright with me. Thoughts?

Lovecraft is probably the most overrated author in all of modern history (In my opinion). I have no idea why his works have generated so much appraisal throughout the last decade or so, although I suspect it's because of the popularity of "Lovecraftian Horror" in other forms of media, especially video games. Compared to authors who were popular during Lovecraft's time like H.G. Wells, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and George Orwell, his books are painfully lacking in a lot of areas, from writing, to plot, to characters, and general themes. I'm not saying he's a bad author; the concepts he came up with are genuinely interesting, and somewhat terrifying. But he definitely doesn't deserve the severe amount of popularity he has as of now, in my opinion.

I'll preface this by saying I do not like the song "Santa Baby". It focuses entirely on the material side of Christmas, and the overly-breathy vocal in every version was already obnoxious.

But if you're going to do a song focusing on the material side of Christmas, doing it as a pastiche that looks at the uglier side of that is a more interesting way to do it. That breathy vocal works better as something unsettling than just the usual smarmy.

The visuals really suit the mood that they're going for. It's got the grainy home movie look to it, people playing Twister, intersected with hedonism and debauchery, as well as Christmas traditions like carol singers.

All the stuff going on, but no two different cohorts interacting with each other, with the whole thing filmed with one continuous shot, like it's someone just passing through, as Kim Kardashian takes you on a tour of the underworld.

A lot of people have been calling it things like demonic and nightmarish, and frankly I agree. But I have no love for the legacy of Santa Baby, and a self-reflective take by someone who is fully immersed in the very self-absorbed world that the original describes gets more out of that song than the original itself, or any of the more-faithful covers.

I really don't like Hunter x Hunter

I will admit I do like some aspects and parts of it, but as a whole I wouldn't even put it in my top 50 which is crazy cause I don't even think I've watched 50 anime in all my life. Anyway here are my reasons, also please keep in mind that I write most of this in an objective manner, but by no means is it not completely subjective.

Fights: -

Ngl I love a good beatdown in a show, but hxh just has entirely too many completely one sided fights. It makes things too predictable, cutting out the suspense. The only relatively even fights are the Phantom Troupe vs the Chimera ants, but again a lot of them end in a complete stomp once the troupe member reveals their power. Don't get me wrong I love most of hxh's fights, some of my favorites like Gon vs Pitou or Meruem vs Netero are completely one sided. But like I said it gets old and lackluster after a while. Some fights even pretend to be balanced like Morel vs Cheetu and then flip the script and reveal that it wasn't at all. Or a fight like Chrollo vs Hisoka which is legitimately balanced but of course the author found a way to make it a stomp.

Greed Island Arc: -

This was honestly one of the worst arcs I've ever read in my entire life. Like did some fucked up shit happen in the author's life to make the quality dip so badly out of nowhere? I'll explain why I dislike it so badly.

First of all the villains in this arc were terrible. Genthuru and pals were extremely shallow, poorly developed, cliche psychopathic murderers looking for a quick buck. Genthuru himself is generically evil with no real reason for it besides "money XDDD". Not that motivation itself always need to be some deep complex stuff but if it's not then there has to be some redeeming factor to the character. None of which can be found here. Genthuru's pals have zero unique or even slightly distinctive personality and Genthuru is again just some saturday morning cartoon villain on steroids with the murder aspect. But holy shit he also likes his friends I guess? Damn guess he doesn't deserve to die for what he did because "they're the same". Killua really came out of nowhere with this shit argument that he killed people so he can't be the one to judge. And then this donkey kong motherfucker says "it's because I like you". Shut up. Such shit and shallow arguments from both sides. Well Killua, do I really need to explain that you are a 13 year old kid conditioned by your family and quite literally mentally manipulated by your older brother to murder people in cold blood, and the first person you meet outside your killer life instantly becomes your friend while you make a conscious decision to go against your very instincts and abandon the killer life? Who holds you responsible for these actions? Meanwhile this grown, fully developed 30 year old man is murdering innocents in cold blood because he wants to and enjoys it. Total failure on the author's part to present an interesting moral argument. Way too in your face preachy and surface level.

The second new villain was the scissors serial killer. I actually had to take a minute to check if I was watching hunter x hunter and not Naruto because that's the only other show I've seen turn a brutal murderer good in a couple minutes. This shark looking guy is some violent psychopath who has spent his life torturing and killing innocent people with some safety scissors and eating hair(???) and then he gets beat by Bisky and showed up by some kids and then suddenly has this epiphany like "wow I used to be a kid too" and decides to turn himself in... Completely unrealistic transition with zero buildup to it.

And the third new villain Razor had a really great fight that gave a lot of characterization to Gon and Killua and foreshadowed Gon's fight with Pitou, but I found myself rolling my eyes at the cliche big black guy with gay rape vibes who is just there to make others look cool and I don't really like the ending where Razor just stared into Gon's eyes thinking about Ging but then they barely even talked.

Second, the arc begins with a lot of development for the actual game and how it works, but then never actually does anything with it. We don't get to see much actual "gameplay" to the point where the actual game aspect barely even matters in the first place.

Nen: -

Nen as a power system is pretty good, but some of the abilities that people have just don't make any sense within the limitations of nen. For example Kurapika, in order to conjure up chains, had to spend every waking moment thinking about them, feeling them, even tasting them. Killua was only able to use his powers because he was tortured with electricity as a child. But then we get to Knov who can.... create portals.... How exactly is this possible? How the hell do you taste a portal?

Another example of weirdly explained abilties is Phinks'. What exactly are the limitations on his power? Can he wind up forever and keeping gaining power or is he limited to however much nen he has? And the restrictions for these overpowered abilities get less and less strict as time goes on. Chrollo has become one of the most versatile and insanely powerful people in the story to be able to turn a relatively balanced match into a complete stomp, while not having the insanely strict restrictions to make up for that aspect. Even the simple but very confining restriction he had before of needing to hold his book in his hand is now gone, albeit the restriction for the bookmark technique is never given to my knowledge but I have no doubts that it will not be very deterring to Chrollo’s combat efficiency.

It seems like at one point the author watched jojo and was like wow that's pretty cool let me do that except much less visually appealing. Doctor Blythe, APR, Nen beasts, Cookie chan, etc. they're all just stands lmao. I even heard that King Crimson is literally in the manga later on. None of this is a diss though, I mean what shounen manga wasn't inspired by Jojo? I will also say this, I think that La Squadra is a much better Phantom Troupe, don't @ me.

Lack of negative consequences for the main cast: -

There are zero lasting consequences for the main cast in this show. Everything always conveniently works out in the end. Killua can't face some rabbit because he's been conditioned to not fight people he is scared of? It's fine he just has to remove some needle in his brain and one shot them. Gon loses his arm in the Genthuru fight and very explicitly states that he is "straying from the plan" implying the result will be permanent? Too bad, it's actually not cause the plan was to heal everyone at the end anyway. Both Kite and Hisoka biologically die (decapitation and lack of oxygen to the brain for a prolonged time)? What makes these moments bad storytelling is that the author establishes a set back for a particular character and then is presumably too scared to go through with it since he got caught up in the hype of the moment, so he retracts it. Some instances I'm not even sure why. Like what was Togashi thinking when he brought back Kite? Not only does it devalue Gon's sacrifice, it just has zero purpose. Kite hasn't done anything yet, and from the looks of it he never will. Or she I should say I suppose. Which brings me to my next point.

Wasted potential: -

So much wasted potential in this show. Going back to the last section, Kite's transition into a young girl's body from an adult male. It would be so interesting to get some insight into his thought's and feelings not only on his younger body, but his gender change as well.

Characters:-

I have an issue with loads of characters in this series. I'll just make a bullet list of a few.

Palm Siberia - This character is just really weird. At first she is obviously portrayed as a horrible person who is very clearly mentally ill and desperately needs help. But then her obsessiveness with Gon and creepiness in general starts to become displayed more like some funny quirk of hers then a legitimate concern. This is so awkward for me to say but she even seems like a pedophile? And it's portrayed in a positive manner like it's therapy for her. It's just so creepy and uncomfortable to watch these scenes play out the way they did. Everything about her is inconsistent from her personality which switched back and forth from insane stalker to some lady and the tramp bullshit with Gon, to back to insane after she became a Chimera ant.

Also I'm not really sure what they were thinking with Palm's "plan". It took me out of it when it was being revealed because there was a nonexistent chance for it to ever work out in any way. First of all Palm had to be chosen specifically by this creeper motherfucker out of tons of women. I guess she just assumed she was all that. Then she had to pipe that dude with a dildo and drug him afterwards, sneak over to the palace, pass by Pitou's nen (they had no idea it was gone at that time) and somehow see the extremely powerful king who murdered Kite and drove Knov to madness without being spotted or somehow being quick enough to escape. Yeah, no. That isn't happening in any timeline. I get that they were desperate but that plan was made to fail. Seems like Palm just wanted some sexy time with that creepy guy.

Killua - Killua started off really good as a character I loved his development and relationship with Gon, which culminated in the Chimera ant arc where he learned to not idolize him, and truly become his own independent person even making a new friend that wasn't just "Gon's friend that I know". But then it all goes down the drain when Alluka is introduced. Alluka in general I have a load of problems with because of how she flipped the power scaling upside down with her extremely overpowered ability to grant any wish and even bend reality to grant it, but her relationship with Killua is really bad. So she has established rules and restrictions to her powers, with many people dying depending on the wish she grants, but then apparently Killua is exempt. Which can only mean that Alluka/Something freely chooses to murder people in exchange for granting wishes, and only has Killua as the exception because he makes her feel good. Why is this a problem? Because Killua just spent an entire arc realizing that his glorified love interest Gon is not as morally perfect as he made him out to be. Then he goes on to glorify his demon spawn of a sister? Alluka gets mad because Killua does the right thing and tells Something to go back to hell and then he is just like "whatever then, the safety of others be damned", and calls her perfect the way she is. You gotta be kidding me. So you go from Gon the kid threatener to Alluka the mass murderer. Great. He hasn't learned a thing.

Gon and Ging - I want to include them both here since a lot of my issues with Gon stem from his relationship with his father. But first of all I'll tackle Gon by himself. The entire show with moments like the auction guy thinking about Gon's dangerous world view of not caring about good or evil, to the dodgeball match with razor where Killua's hands were messed up by him, or his fight with Genthuru where he gave his arm in exchange for beating an opponent his own way, all these moments lead up to a climax where Gon would do irreversible damage to someone or something. And this moment did come... for a short time. Gon powered up against Pitou by sacrificing his own life or potential or something (it's never explained just what he gave up) and brutally beat her to death in that state. But then afterwards he just walks it off, again. The author just can't seem to make a consequence stick. When you build up to a moment where Gon is supposed to seriously mess himself up, but then he gets right back up without consequence besides supposedly not being able to use nen (of course it is most likely temporary, he just has to re-learn), then all the previous build up falls apart, since the climax never came. The only real effect was that Killua and Gon are separated, but again that is only temporary and there are of course issues with Killua in that too which I explained earlier. Gon doesn't change from that event, he would definitely do it again in a heart beat. He's the same old Gon, because there was no real consequence of that action.

Gon and Ging's relationship always felt so incredibly forced to meThe series always glorifies Ging as some sort of ultimate treasure and an amazing hunter. You might say "oh many people hate him and point out that he sucks as a dad". Ok true but the series portrays those moments as comedic and not at all serious, and Ging is always in control regardless of what they say. Leorio calls him trash and attacks him, well he actually let himself get hit. People are trash talking him and he just beats them up in a comedic moment. Nobody of actual relevance dislikes him unless they're a villain. They either respect him at least a little or outright nut over him like Kite. Like dude, the kid you beat up one time sees you as more of a dad than he does Ging, his real father. Maybe he's not so great a guy huh. Ging can really do no wrong in the story. His abandonment of Gon and his own family is painted as a call to adventure that should have been taken, he is widely respected by many great hunters and even considered one of the top hunters in the entire world, he can copy someone else's technique just by getting hit by it, that's not even his main ability just something he can do cause he's so amazing, he's a strategic mastermind and genius, able to predict other people's moves in advance with insane accuracy and make plans years before they come to fruition, he has incredible amounts of wealth, able to change someone's life in an instant without worrying about it, and on and on.

Also Gon and Ging's actual first meeting felt very unsatisfying. It didn't feel earned. All the time Gon spent looking for Ging just for him to find him in a random place he just happened to be at at the time.

Pacing: -

Ah finally. We get to the one actual criticism that hxh fans actually discuss. This is mainly with the chimera ant arc. You've all heard this before. The narrarator adds to some moments and really ruins others by talking so much. It just feels unfocused. We have time for like 10 episodes with Ikalgo fighting a no name chimera ant which honestly just felt like filler (though it was slightly enjoyable I guess), but can't go back to Gon and Meruem who are both much more interesting.

Obligatory would love the kid regardless but I was thinking about if I were to have preference on my kids sexuality what would they be and I came to these conclusions.

With daughters the decision was instant. Gay daughter>Bi daughter>Straight daughter

In a general sense I’d be less worried comparatively about the danger of abuse if my daughter with another woman than if they were with a man. I’d also feel more confident about handling the situation if it were to turn abusive. And it’d be great to not have to think about unwanted or sudden pregnancies and if they do decide to have kids if my daughter is the one who gets pregnant I’d still get the benefit of the family bloodline being continued.

Sons took some more thinking but the final conclusion was the same. Gay son>Bi son>Straight son

The thing that made daughters easy to choose was the prevalence of domestic violence and at first I thought gay male couples would high but after looking into it a bit it seems they have the lowest out of anybody so that’s a big positive. In fact the only negative is that if it became abusive I’d feel less confident about handling it but otherwise everything about daughters also holds true for sons. Less risk of sudden and unwanted pregnancies and they can also get a surrogate.

I don’t mean tooth pain from a cavity (I’ve never experienced that but I can tell it absolutely sucks), but I remember when I was younger and had loose baby teeth I liked pushing on them even though it hurt. Like it hurt but it felt good. Same with today when I was getting a shot around the roof of my mouth to numb me for wisdom tooth removal it honestly felt kind of a good and I know that sounds weird which is why it’s getting posted on here. And no i do NOT have a pain kink. i think maybe it’s almost similar to how pressing on a bruise or sore spot can feel good ?

Wasn't always like this though. I'm in my late 30's and grew up with movies and lost count of how many times I went to the movie theater.

However with COVID, obviously everyone had to take a break of that. It's only last year that I started experiencing theaters again and it kind of hit me how bad the experience has become. The reason I go is to enjoy a movie, free of my phone, of distractions, of anything: just me, a good story, good surround system, and popcorn. However lately it has become impossible to do any of that. Whether it's people checking their phone here and there (which is a true distraction when it's pitch dark and you see that bright light hit your face), kids laughing or chatting, some a-hole knocking your seat, people moving around, some nerd with the main character syndrome yelling references, etc.

Not to mention, the last movie I watched literally showed its trailer minutes before it started. Now I'm a picky one for those, but I absolutely hate getting spoiled any detail about a movie. I won't even watch the trailer because I want it to be a surprise, and here I am getting blasted on a giant screen with the key moments of the movie I paid for, like wtf? Pretty sure someone dropped the ball on that and it was a one-off, but still.

Lastly the ads: I timed it, 25 minutes worth of shitty ads. Sitting through 25mins of ads feels like it's 1995 again and I have to suffer commercial break for 5mins before I can watch another 5 mins segment. Yea I could arrive later and show up on time to avoid those, but sue me for wanting to settle in before the movie starts.

A few years ago I thought ''who are the crazy ones who are going to pay $25 for a movie on Amazon Video?'', well I'm joining that club. 25$ to have complete silence, no need to drive, no $250 for a popcorn and a soda, having to find parking, and having my experience ruined by people who have no manners or are clueless about the 101 of movie theater.