That is interesting. It generally lines up with a lot of accounts I've heard/read about. By Adams' descendants, I guess you mean John Adams' family line? Unless there's some other Adams I'm failing to recall.
Heard about the deep web stuff as well. Even on the normie web, people have been pretty careless with information, and most of it is out there via an endless array of data brokers—not the pictures and SSID and such (I'd hope not hahaha...), but enough to find most people with minimal information. My mother has a friend whose hobby is digging through these sites to collect information on people, and she has embarrassed herself numerous times by revealing things she shouldn't know lol.
Personally, I've more and more considered a kind of "conspiration" method is the best. Hahaha... it's like the occult idea about the power of words and names. Something along those lines is often represented in fiction where you assert power over a being by knowing their name, and they seek to keep it hidden. CSM touched on it, and it's common in fantasy novels. Maybe I'll start introducing myself as Thomas Jefferson or some fictional character instead lol... The information might be out there, but you can always reduce the surface area if you're not a public figure.
Sonnets and other short-form writing are probably more manageable for it, but I've heard mixed-to-negative opinions about its performance from editors and the like when it comes to numerous things. Not so sure about large sections within a novel. I'm sure it could help as a productivity tool, where you have snippets of workable text you can play around with, research, etc.
Oh, thanks, I didn't expect such a detailed response. I'll look over it more closely soon.
lol I think last time we mentioned him in conversation, his list was private back then too. Not sure what's up with him. It's much harder to source new content now. :(
btw, forgot to show you this:
"Chatgpt is amazing, I improved and expanded my stories tenfold. Anyone who is afraid of it has no original ideas to improve with it. Anyone interested to read the first half of my chatgpt-assisted first book can email me for a free pdf to see what I mean."
btw, you know when you were talking about shifting registers and such in regards to writing? Is this something you were thinking of from reading various types of writing, maybe sometimes seeing a shift, or thinking x author's style works, but one scene should have used a style more like y's author? Or is there someone who has written about the subject more directly? It's the kind of thing that would probably benefit from being fleshed out with examples in an essay.
It's been a long time since I've seen CB, so I'm not really sure. I think it was intentionally episodic in that it was likely meant to be so, but I don't think there was any artistic purpose behind the choice—at least not a well-defined or substantive one. Though I think it's one of the better episodic anime. It's a good fit for their lifestyle and the semi-realism it has in parts, I suppose... and, yeah, maybe a nod to jazz improv, but that's kind of basic bitch and doesn't do anything special for me on its own.
I also don't like most episodic series, and the format seems like somewhat of a throwback to older TV, as it's less common other than gag comedy and police procedural shows nowadays. Most of them are too formulaic to feel like a distinct compilation of short stories. If you have the same characters and there isn't much conceptually, then it tends to turn into something like Detective Conan, with a new whodunnit every episode—though most episodic stories do have a semi-episodic element, like an overarching villain who eventually becomes the focus. I think Paranoia Agent was semi-episodic, wasn't it? It seemed to have arcs of a sort, but it would also break off to explore one-off characters and events. But all of these episodes revolved around an overarching concept. I think something like that is generally for the best, and I'm pretty sure I like this series better than CB.
A case-study of that nature sounds like it could be interesting. I wonder if there's a decent list somewhere of the best and most noteworthy episodic anime. Admittedly, I've dropped series before upon finding out they were episodic, so I haven't seen too many... typically, I think a non-episodic anime can get away with being less well-written, amongst other things, more so than an episodic one. An episodic series, at least for me, has to be something special. Otherwise, it needs aesthetic overload or to be a bit short—like a 4-6 episode OVA. 26 episodes is rough for a bunch of mostly unrelated episodes. CB makes it work with its aesthetic sense, good directing, unique amongst anime, etc.
Hahaha... that sounds rough with One Piece. I've only seen a couple episodes at most.
Oh, you mean all the Lain stuff but without a message? I think Lain memeing is fairly common for this kind of thing, often without any followup message. What makes the message a little questionable is that MAL is an English site and far removed from anime trends. I guess it spreads the message to other likeminded people, but most of them will probably just be annoyed because of the inconvenience. I kind of doubt the "Lain Collective" will be heard from again (maybe copycats), but it would actually be amusing if there were something like this with the intention of shaping the anime industry. It reminds me of the Monster with 21 Faces story because there are theories about them being hired by industry insiders in a corporate war (that old story would be a great starting premise for an anime...). Although that was serious business. This is just goofing around. :P
You might have missed when MAL was down, but whoever "hacked" the site changed titles to "Let's All Love Lain" and did various other things to the site, and the purpose was listed as being upset over the commercialization of anime. :O
Wow, that quote is hilariously good. I don't really use the forum much, but that would probably be my quote of choice.
I haven't checked for CSM updates in a while (since Denji and Asa got famined/eternityed in the museum). In small doses it's understandable to write him off as a pervert, but I guess these are fans you're talking about... Most shonen characters are so innocent and passive that I guess it does make Denji more difficult to adjust to. Another weird thing is now people are talking about JJK, Jigokuraku, and CSM being part of a "dark trio." Jigokuraku is bizarre because the main character starts as a married man (it's safe to say you wouldn't like it, and I think it's worse than JJK, but one may be lured in by the lush foliage like a venus fly trap slurping up flies)! :O
Hahaha. I don't think that's a recent addition. I remember a bunch of stuff from the last time I looked at it about "critical thinker," "intellectual," and something about IQ. So it's probably the same. It's very funny to randomly drop all of this in relation to a rating system on an anime website. XD
It's definitely a joke, but I sometimes wonder if he's actually come to think the system really is the best, with the amount of effort he puts into promoting it on the forums and such. XD
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That is interesting. It generally lines up with a lot of accounts I've heard/read about. By Adams' descendants, I guess you mean John Adams' family line? Unless there's some other Adams I'm failing to recall.
Heard about the deep web stuff as well. Even on the normie web, people have been pretty careless with information, and most of it is out there via an endless array of data brokers—not the pictures and SSID and such (I'd hope not hahaha...), but enough to find most people with minimal information. My mother has a friend whose hobby is digging through these sites to collect information on people, and she has embarrassed herself numerous times by revealing things she shouldn't know lol.
Personally, I've more and more considered a kind of "conspiration" method is the best. Hahaha... it's like the occult idea about the power of words and names. Something along those lines is often represented in fiction where you assert power over a being by knowing their name, and they seek to keep it hidden. CSM touched on it, and it's common in fantasy novels. Maybe I'll start introducing myself as Thomas Jefferson or some fictional character instead lol... The information might be out there, but you can always reduce the surface area if you're not a public figure.
https://myanimelist.net/profile/ThatAnimeSnobRE
Sonnets and other short-form writing are probably more manageable for it, but I've heard mixed-to-negative opinions about its performance from editors and the like when it comes to numerous things. Not so sure about large sections within a novel. I'm sure it could help as a productivity tool, where you have snippets of workable text you can play around with, research, etc.
lol I think last time we mentioned him in conversation, his list was private back then too. Not sure what's up with him. It's much harder to source new content now. :(
btw, forgot to show you this:
"Chatgpt is amazing, I improved and expanded my stories tenfold. Anyone who is afraid of it has no original ideas to improve with it. Anyone interested to read the first half of my chatgpt-assisted first book can email me for a free pdf to see what I mean."
I also don't like most episodic series, and the format seems like somewhat of a throwback to older TV, as it's less common other than gag comedy and police procedural shows nowadays. Most of them are too formulaic to feel like a distinct compilation of short stories. If you have the same characters and there isn't much conceptually, then it tends to turn into something like Detective Conan, with a new whodunnit every episode—though most episodic stories do have a semi-episodic element, like an overarching villain who eventually becomes the focus. I think Paranoia Agent was semi-episodic, wasn't it? It seemed to have arcs of a sort, but it would also break off to explore one-off characters and events. But all of these episodes revolved around an overarching concept. I think something like that is generally for the best, and I'm pretty sure I like this series better than CB.
A case-study of that nature sounds like it could be interesting. I wonder if there's a decent list somewhere of the best and most noteworthy episodic anime. Admittedly, I've dropped series before upon finding out they were episodic, so I haven't seen too many... typically, I think a non-episodic anime can get away with being less well-written, amongst other things, more so than an episodic one. An episodic series, at least for me, has to be something special. Otherwise, it needs aesthetic overload or to be a bit short—like a 4-6 episode OVA. 26 episodes is rough for a bunch of mostly unrelated episodes. CB makes it work with its aesthetic sense, good directing, unique amongst anime, etc.
Hahaha... that sounds rough with One Piece. I've only seen a couple episodes at most.
I haven't checked for CSM updates in a while (since Denji and Asa got famined/eternityed in the museum). In small doses it's understandable to write him off as a pervert, but I guess these are fans you're talking about... Most shonen characters are so innocent and passive that I guess it does make Denji more difficult to adjust to. Another weird thing is now people are talking about JJK, Jigokuraku, and CSM being part of a "dark trio." Jigokuraku is bizarre because the main character starts as a married man (it's safe to say you wouldn't like it, and I think it's worse than JJK, but one may be lured in by the lush foliage like a venus fly trap slurping up flies)! :O
It's definitely a joke, but I sometimes wonder if he's actually come to think the system really is the best, with the amount of effort he puts into promoting it on the forums and such. XD