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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • I had that exact same conversation with my mom but it went like this:

    “Ok mom, picture a cow in your head”

    “Oookayyy”

    “Now you can see a cow right?”

    “What do you mean”

    “Like… You can see a picture of the cow, right?”

    “Nooo”

    My dad chimes in “yes, obviously”

    “…crap. Mom, I have some news for you”

    Both of us grew up thinking we had no imagination or were dumb. I remember being incredibly frustrated when a teacher taught us the concept of the Memory Palace where you picture things in rooms of a house. Like if you had to remember five playing cards you’d picture a room with 7 red clowns, with hearts on their cheeks. Then in the next room you’d picture a king, holding up a spade, etc. That just made it harder for me to remember and the teacher kept telling me I wasn’t listening or trying.

    I feel that explanation about being useless to a sketch artist on a spiritual level, that blew my mind as a kid. To this day I can’t really describe what my parents or wife looks like, I can just list characteristics. I feel my brain trying to visualize but then it comes up empty











  • You have about as much context as I do and I’ve watched the whole show.

    Gintama is a gag anime and is for the most part episodic so you can usually jump into any episode without missing much. There’s an overarching plotline where aliens came to Japan during the age of the samurai who all fought against them. The aliens won because space is massive and there are many races of aliens and mercenaries, but ultimately Earth just became another planet to visit and trade with. The samurai resistance was fierce so the aliens banned swords except for the police. This plotline only matters for a few bigger arcs but mainly it just explains why there are samurai with modern and futuristic technology.

    The main cast is a ragtag trio who will take on any request for money, the main character is lazy but loyal, and the characters in the clip are friendly reoccurring characters. The guy with the glasses is named Shinpachi and is part of the Odd Jobs trio. He’s an awkward character who is too shy and awkward to find romance and is obsessed with a kpop idol.

    Those Pandemonium bugs are a snack that demons enjoy eating but they can transform their face into anything. Shinpachi ends up falling in love with it because he’s so desperate for love. It became a reoccurring bit where the Pandemonium shows up in multiple episodes and Shinpachi who is usually the straight-man completely loses his role as he’s head over heels in love with this grotesque bug that everyone else sees as disgusting