Stupid stuff that comes to mind that we want to post

Neanderthals are not technically an ancestor, per se. More like a cousin that we fucked for a bit, and then killed.

@Zincy
So the south?

Princeton just sunk the Arizona.

Images you can hear:

I miss having a good Irish pub. Back in my hometown there was a pub called The Claddagh. Not some run of the mill vaguely Irish themed greasy spoon, but a classy place with dark wood paneled walls, stained glass windows, and high ceilings. They always had good food, whether it was fish and chips, beef stew, a reuben, or burger. The beer was cheap and they had these delicious fried potato wedges with savory herbs and a sour cream sauce.

It closed during the pandemic, unfortunately.

@Penguin Dragneel
“It’s time to du-du-du-du….dudududu-DUEL!”

Say what you will about 4Kids’ war crimes against anime, but their theme music was damn good.

A fair and true statement

@Meanlucario
A shame that Digimon never really caught on beyond a niche audience in the States, primarily because it arrived at the worst possible moment (namely, Pokémon reaching meteoric heights when Kids’ WB! picked up the show, and Digimon’s network Fox Kids falling into a downward spiral).

@SleepySteve
I mean, it’s still going strong. Maybe not Pokemon popularity, but nothing to scuff at.

I can flesh out a character with very little screen time and brainstorm their long-run fate.

After all, people gave personality to a certain winged horse with crossed eyes which was originally a design error.

@Meanlucario
I’m glad that people still care. For a lot of us back in the day it was hard to even figure out when and where it was on.

Here in Atlanta, Fox Kids aired on the WB affiliate, which used to be the original Fox station before the network moved up to the VHF band (long story). This meant that Digimon and Pokémon were airing on the same station. You can imagine which show was going to get the most viewers here.

At least it reran a lot on Fox Family/ABC Family/Freeform.

@SleepySteve
*North America

Digimon also aired in Canada

It wasn’t helped by the Digimon “movie”, which was just three OVAs Frankenstein’d together to form an unholy mashup a la Tenchi Muyo.

@SleepySteve
Well, it now has a trading card game (which I hear is great), has a wide variety of games, is currently airing Ghost Games (Digimon’s 9th season), and I heard their v-pets have only improved with time.

@Zincy
That was largely Fox and Saban’s doing. They were desperate to get a movie out to compete with Pokémon the Movie 2000. Problem was, a) it opened almost three months too late, and in a traditionally abysmal month for movies and b) it opened one week after Remember the Titans and the same week as Meet the Parents. The kids might as well have gone with their parents to see those movies instead (yes, even the latter).

Plus, the use of pop songs was just out of line. It’s one thing to have “Weird Al” Yankovic do a Pokémon polka for the soundtrack of Pokémon the Movie 2000 (except that one was actually good, because Weird Al), but for “The Impression that I Get” to appear out of nowhere in a Digimon movie? That’s a blatant act of desperation.

@SleepySteve
Don’t forget them showing an awful thing for the Digimon Movie out here in the states.

So how many Marvel or DC Comics heroes are on the spectrum?

@Jade Kitsune
DC: Well we have a lot of heroes. I’m guessing you haven’t heard of Matter Eater Lad or Arm Falloff Boy.

Marvel: It really depends on the hero.

Now I’m starting to wonder how my life could’ve gone if I’d gotten into voice acting.

If I recall, the song “We’re the Kids in America” also played. In the anime movie, that is partially set in Japan, with three Japanese and two Chinese characters in the main ensemble.

Okay I’ve thought about it, and I’ve decided to wait until my next birthday before I go find an agent so I can get into voice acting. I’ll be 35 btw.

Since skyscrapers were brought up: If they’re called that, why don’t I see any rips and tears in the sky? Sky “scrapers” my ass, more like sky “skimmers”

@Mr.Myoozik
Yeah! No bloody cuts and scars in the sky?
FAAAAKE!

@Mr.Myoozik
If you scrape a sky, does that mean it will be raining blood?