Tag: Idiots
Memo to Funimation
I had been planning to purchase the the first few discs of Soul Eater when my budget permits. However, if you force me to endure the preview of the SE dub every time I watch an episode of Baccano!, I might change my mind. ((Yes, I know ways around this, but it’s still inexcusable. Also, every time I see the unskippable antipiracy notice, I feel a sudden strange urge to make illegal copies of every DVD I own.))
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I don’t know which is more depressing: the number I don’t recognize, or the number that I do.
(Via Anime Raku.)
Update: Raiga in the comments links to a spreadsheet with explanations.
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Naming your kids after anime characters is a dumb idea, but it’s no worse than calling them “Jimi Hendrix” and “Janis Joplin,” as did one erstwhile neighbor.
A product of its time …
… i.e., the early 21st century. It includes the “Deceleration of Independence.” The Amazon.com listing is here.
For the record
Meep.
Oops
Catholic News Service calls its multimedia service “Crossplayer.” I suspect that the CNS staff didn’t think to Google the term before choosing it.
Scandalous behavior
Should Haibane Renmei be rated “R”? ((Yeah, Haibane Renmei is not a “film.” The point remains.))
(Via Strange Herring.)
Today’s idiotism
This is too imbecilic to let pass. “Romance novels” for men — absolute nonsense. A “light novel” is essentially the Japanese equivalent of an occidental “young adult” book. Fuyumi Ono and Nahoko Uehashi are counterparts of such writers as Diana Wynne Jones, ((One of my favorite writers. Her book Howl’s Moving Castle is far better than Miyazaki’s botch of a movie and is strongly recommended.)) not Harlequin romance hacks.
Why do people drive like idiots?
Because they are idiots.
Three things to keep in mind when you ride a bicycle on Wichita streets:
1. If there is any possibility that a driver won’t see you, he won’t.
2. If there is no way on earth that a driver can possibly miss seeing you, he still won’t see you.
3. Right-of-way? What’s that?
Dear State of Kansas Department of Revenue
You would like me to submit my tax return electronically. I would myself prefer to do my taxes online. Every year I visit your website and try to log on, and every year I end up yelling at the computer monitor. This time, I got this message after filling out several screens of forms:
You are not currently logged in. Please go to the WebFile Home page to login.
On the next screen, I get this:
You appear to be already logged in.
It’s been at least four years now, and you still can’t tell if I’m logged in. The hell with it. You’re getting a paper return yet again, and you will always get a paper return from me until you fix your !@#$ %^&* web site.