The ridiculously random postings thread!

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Dropped by romhacking.net today, only to find a fan translation of a PC dating sim called Hatoful Boyfriend. The screens got me puzzled at once, but then I scrolled down and read the following:

A “traditional” Japanese dating sim for girls.

But the boys are all pigeons.

You are a human attending an all-pigeon high school.

And you live in a cave.
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You'll be delighted to know that ORIGA sings some songs, though.
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I sure will. :sohappy: I think it's really been a while since her last big involvement.
 
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KP-X said:
Ayu got married.
Maaya got married.
AND NOW KODA KUMI?!
W-H-A-T!?
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Next, Yuki Kajiura gets married! :XD:

Special_K said:
Nick Hunter said:
I wish I knew what the creators were smokin' in order to so much as COME UP with the idea... :XD:
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:plot:
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Now, now, shouldn't we arrest those "creators" and put them in the jail for good? :knife:
 
Hum, story-wise, DDS is turning out to be one of the best things ever. But I miss my army of demons...
 
Crunch-munch! Chew-chew! Snuffle-slurp! Crunch-munch! Chew-chew! Snuffle-slurp! Crunch-munch! Chew-chew! Snuffle-slurp! Crunch-munch! Chew-chew! Snuffle-slurp!

:XD:
 
Okay, this basically proves that the main reason for differences of opinion is because you have completely different taste than I do! It's undeniably fascinating that you adore that while I'm horrified by it...

YOOM-TAH! :XD:
 
Found this on TV Tropes

The Art Critic: Holy crap, look at this [insert media here]! It's got action and no drama and no symbolism! It's trash appealing to the Lowest Common Denominator and the reason (insert culture here) is turning into morons! There's no art in it! Some decry video games for "instant gratification" or music for shallow lyrics, but regardless, they'll sound like stereotypes of snobby art-house types. Sometimes, these guys are even more harsh on works that are distributed for free or something they pirated like video games or movies.
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Why am I getting an uncomfortable and very fresh deja vu? :uh..:

Then again, here's one that gave me good laughs:

The Foe Yay Fans: They hate the show. They hate every one of the 42 hours per week they spend watching it. They hate every one of the 49 hours per week they spend blogging about it. They hate the crappy merchandise and only buy it all so that they can get a deeper knowledge of the many ways it's bad... It's the opposite of Complaining about Shows You Don't Watch. Being informed about the work so one isn't accused of Complaining about Shows You Don't Watch is good, but this hater takes it overboard by spending more time obsessing over their object of hate than the fans do. Expect some of these people to use the Insane Troll Logic that somehow, because this show is still on, it affects the quality of the shows that they like. Corporate creators love this kind of Hate Dumb better than a lukewarm fandom — it's more profitable, and gives them free advertisement. (They spread the show word of mouth, people actually see it to see how bad it really is...you get the picture.) In a nutshell; this is the kind of person who claims to have been lost as a customer; yet they keep buying from you again and again...and sometimes even brings in new customers who try out of Bile Fascination and discover Critical Backlash instead.
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:ohoho: :ohoho: :ohoho:
 
Some decry video games for "instant gratification" or music for shallow lyrics, but regardless, they'll sound like stereotypes of snobby art-house types.
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I guess you can count me as part of that trope, then. My biggest pet peeve is pointless lyrics :ohoho: :imdead:

Whether or not these people sound like stereotypes, though...I doubt entertainment isn't devolving just because their criticism of it sounds cliched.
 
Pointless lyrics are alright in a media that is appropriately light for them. When a band like Hokago Tea Time sings about lunch boxes, it's hard to criticize that reasonably, given that the show's title leave no doubt about the songs they make. Even though their music is somehow managing to be The Who-flavoured (I didn't believe it the first time I heard it, and DL'd the whole The Who discography to check out... Amusingly, it's TRUE :ohoho: ), it's still light pop with no ambitions to be intellectual.
When such lyrics are accompanied by something grand-sounding, it's a MUCH bigger dissonance. :uh..:
And MY own pet peeve (especially towards Russian pop music) is often vice versa - they manage to write lyrics about broken pairs, lost love, angst... all while keeping that merry upbeat sound and decidedly synth arrangements. Why? To make sure people can dance to this at discos, of course! :blood:
 
^ To be perfectly honest, I get more frustrated by American music, or English-language music in general, for a few reasons.

Firstly, the lyrics almost always 'need' to rhyme, which results in rhymes that either make no sense, don't fit unless one or both of the words are mispronounced, or are completely predictable.

Secondly, nearly every single Top-40 song fits into one of these categories: a wronged woman telling her man she doesn't need him; the bragging of a rich hip-hop star; said hip-hop star noticing some gorgeous babe in the club; angsty teenage love, such as the songs of Taylor Swift; somewhat saccharine non-teenage love; or 'they can never be together' love. Even the lyrics of a silly song like Fuwa Pen, Boru Pen, which is about a girl who's going to write a letter to her crush as far as I know, are more original because of the way the topic is treated - instead of a long and badly-rhymed description of the way she feels, we get her talking to the calligraphy pen she's using and saying that it's the best instrument she can use to describe how she feels. I certainly couldn't imagine that sort of topic being used in American pop or rock.

Thirdly, songs that do have well-written lyrics, such as Owl City's songs, are normally never particularly popular (or, in his case, well-composed, since he seems to have limited resources for that, at least in my opinion), which is more of a irritation than anything else, because it shows that most Top-40 fans have no desire to stop hearing the same stories rehashed over and over again.

An different POV (the narrator looking at the nature around them as opposed to their own feelings, for example), original descriptions (calling their love something other than "baby") and some sort of originality (a new way of describing an angsty love story, perhaps?) are all I ask from lyrics! That's basically the reason why I stick with Japanese music...although there are probably many songs in J-pop with pointless lyrics, I have yet to find songs I really enjoy whose lyrics disappoint me.
 
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