large_goblin [he/him, comrade/them]

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Cake day: April 11th, 2024

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  • Hey so just to follow up on this.

    I went to Takedao and I have some photos that I need to scrub of data, but i'm not sure if it fits into urbanism?

    There's about five buildings there total and the train station is INSIDE the mountain tunnel. You access it through two sets of stairs attached to the side of the mountain.

    I did walk down the old train tracks which are now a hiking path, very cool, many bugs.




  • There was a thread on reddit /r/games 1-2 months ago about a few neonazi dogwhistles being found during development of a life is strange sequel.

    The evidence was clear - Anyone who has seen these symbols before knows that one is suspicious, multiple in the same place is undeniable proof something is up.

    I checked it before falling asleep and the thread was packed full of comments denying there's anything wrong with these symbols, it's virtue signalling to complain about them, that people taking issue with them are in urgent need of therapy, at worst it's all just a coincidence.

    And then a bunch of weird nerd types whose main takeaway from "The Wire" was somehow that its cool to swear repeatedly when investigating a murder scene and any racist memes that reference the same line are therefore A-OK!!! i-love-not-thinking

    By the time I woke up the thread had been cleared and only more reasonable discourse remained, so there is some decent moderation on the hellsite, but I recognised it as the same pattern I see in a bunch of other places such as sports subs - the moment a divisive topic comes up the thread is flooded with transphobia and xenophobia or just straight up nazi shit, and attempt to argue back will be drowned out by 10s of other comments from fresh accounts or ones with no history in that community.

    No real point here, just reddit-logo living up to it's well deserved reputation.




  • Are buses in Osaka as terrible as I think they are? Aren't they like every 30 minutes or worse on most routes?

    Only caught buses on the edge of Osaka but I presume they're the same throughout. Pretty small and don't come often. Anytime I take a bus in Japan I'm kind of frustrated a train wouldn't have worked instead.

    Have you ever been to the model train cat cafe?

    Yes actually! It was cool. I went when it was max capacity and some of the people were very into playing and being close with the cats so it was difficult to get time with them but still worth going.

    Have you ever been to 武田尾駅? Gods I want to go there.

    This is super interesting. Is there any specific appeal besides the design and the hiking path nearby? I could go this weekend if the weather is good.

    If I was to ever go to Kansai what would be a hidden attraction that I should see?

    Before I would have recommended the myoken-no-mori funicular, but sadly it stopped running last year. There's another inbetween Kyoto and Osaka I haven't visited yet. I might have more answers if I think about this one for a bit.

    this is actually a Kita-Osaka Kyuko 9000 series

    I knew that some Hankyu trains run on Osaka metro lines where they share service but not about this, interesting. I looked them up and theres a few way they differ but you can tell they're originally Hankyu stock.


  • Close enough. The Hankyu-Hanshin line covers a huge area.

    I find it interesting the Hankyu line has this welcoming old-fashioned aesthetic but the Hanshin line resembles a metal tube, closer to an inner city metro style despite being part of the same company.

    There’s probably some commentary here about the socio-economic status and reputation of the areas each one serves but I’ve met people who vastly prefer the Hanshin style and whenever I’ve tried to have that discussion before people start sprouting the WILDEST shit so I’ve been avoiding it.





  • My favourite cookbook - Vegan Chinese Kitchen - https://theplantbasedwok.com/the-cookbook/

    On the theory side of things I recommend Kenji's the food lab. It's an omnivores book with a lot of meat content but the theory content is top notch and I still check it regularly.

    Recommend learning as much as you can about South Asian food and the protein variety, there's so many types of legume, fungi and vegetables in use that you'll build up a massive knowledge of meat alternatives.

    Also any country with a Buddhist background, especially China. You'll find long histories of people living vegan lifestyles.


  • I'm taking a break after old world blues made me face the wall (of text).

    It's been a good 7/8 years since I did a "full" playthrough of the game and it's nice to have a reflection of my improved understanding, to know why Caesar is a big dialectic dumb dumb rather than just nodding my head like umm yeah, I guess it really is inevitable the NCR be destroyed.


  • large_goblin [he/him, comrade/them]tosportsUFC 300 General
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    5 months ago

    Undoubtably one of the best cards of all time and finally some movement at the top of the rankings at lightweight.

    Hope we get to see Max and Tsarukyan both getting title shots sooner rather than later unless Max wants the Topuria fight first.