HOW does this get hyped as one of the GOATs of all anime?! I don't understand!

It's a good show and well-done battle shounen, but that's all it is. I would've hated anime if this was representative of all anime. People are free to like it because art is subjective, but I hate that it always gets named as the perfect starter anime when it fucking SUCKS as a starter anime.

It's great as a starter anime if you know the audience member likes action and battle shounen. Otherwise, it's so mid.

FMAB is an anime that plays it safe and pulls its punches at all costs. The start of the original 2003 series, at least the start, does a far better job at connecting you to the characters and focusing on their psyches and the philosophical and psychological ramifications of the dark themes the story explores. It's not as manga-accurate as FMAB, but it does so much of a better job of making your care about the characters.

FMAB, like I said, is a well-done battle shounen, but that's what it specializes in. It's all about the action and the optimism and the power of brotherhood and friendship. It doesn't care to dive deep into the dark subject matter it explores. War, genocide, human rights violations, etc. are all major themes and concepts in the series, but FMAB loves to wrap things up nicely with a bow and cut to the action and then the comedy.

I vastly respect anime and all works of fiction that incorporate a vast range of genres and emotions. I like when things oscillate between light and dark. Sometimes a story calls for fucked up and depressing, other times it calls for fun and light-hearted. I like when a work can do both. FMAB is not one of those works. The show and manga (FMAB is more accurate to the manga than the original 2003 manga interpretation, which deviates in plot) largely wants to keep an optimistic, happy-go-lucky fun action story going. That's great, except you can't possibly tackle the dark subjects like genocide and do it justice while forcing everything to remain light-hearted. It just does a disservice to the work and all the ideas!

Take the very infamous Shou Tucker arc. Shou and his daughter Nina only are featured in a single, rushed episode in FMAB, but in FMA, they're featured in 2 and integrated into the main story before their arc is concluded. In FMA, you're given the time to bond with them and care about them, especially Nina, as Ed takes the exam, before all hell breaks loose. FMAB rushes through this then forgets about it, then gets praised for being so deep and impactful when it skips over all the good storytelling and psychological depth in favor of forgettable boring shounen action.

People are free to like FMAB, as all art is subjective. It just kind of annoys me that this basic battle shounen gets exalted as one of the anime greats and "gateway anime" when it's so far from that. There are so so so many more impactful, deeper anime, and also so many more entertaining, happy fun anime. FMAB is in a sour spot and bored the hell out of me. It was one of the first anime I ever watched and it was so forgettable, yet it's constantly being recommended to those interested in anime. If it was the first anime I watched and advertised as representative of the medium, I would've thought the medium was shallow and only cared about action. The contrast is even starker considering that its 2003 precessor was infinitely more interesting!

EDIT: Sorry that was a drunk rant^ lol but I do largely mean it

Sure, stuff is great for variety and no wonder kings fought for that, but plain food also tastes good and a lot of the time I prefer that. A plate of plain boiled macaroni or just white rice with unseasoned chicken also tastes really well.

Of course there are dishes where condiments are an important ingredient (like baking, i'm pretty sure salt and sugar do material engineering there), but I'm not referring to those.

I get slightly annoyed when I'm looking through people's stories and see someone celebrating the birthday of a member of their family. Except the member of this family cannot fathom or understand social media, nor do I imagine they would care about it.

I can't imagine your pet or baby or infant would understand why you are posting them or sharing it online. And I don't think that your senior grandma would care if you wished her a happy birthday on social media.

None of them can see it on that platform. What's the point? I also think posting anyone (excluding pets) without their consent on your story is weird, even if it's for a birthday. I don't think we should be posting pictures of babies or seniors on the internet in general.

Grilled cheese and tomato soup is a terrible combination. It doesn't go well together, and canned tomato soup is terrible.

I love grilled cheese. If I have fresh tomato, I'll put a slice on before closing the sandwich (I cook both sides at once, then put them together) grilled cheese goes well dipped in a good marinara (think the good semi-chunky stuff that you get with mozzarella sticks) tomato soup? Hard pass.

I am dumb. Extremely dumb. My parents are dumb too and horrible academically so naturally I am extremely dumb. But my parent have this insane delusion that I am really smart (I’m not). I fully admit I am dumb and while it is hard to be dumb I’m not ashamed to say this anymore and I refuse to let anyone convince me otherwise.

My entire high school, they kept telling me I was so smart despite there was so much evidence to the contrary. I hated school. The classes that everyone said were easy As gave me nightmares and I stayed up late doing work for them. I studied hard but I couldn’t grasp the concepts because I am mentally challenged. No amount of studying will make general chemistry or the most basic biology or 10th grade maths possible for me, let alone AP classes. I was failing multiple classes.

The entire time, my parents kept saying I was so smart and blamed me for just not trying harder (I was trying extremely hard with tutors and studying but I was exhausted). Whether I tried a lot or didn’t, the result was the same. I got horrible grades. They thought I was lazy and just didn’t apply myself which caused a lot of arguments. But I did try but it doesn’t mattter, because at the end of the day, studying won’t make me do much better. I tried literally everything. My teachers lied straight to my face, telling me that I am smart. And I believed those lies, so I tried to challenge myself in difficult classes. Well, that was a fucking fail.

I felt a lot of pressure to be smart because it’s seen as a desirable thing and well, people kept lying to my face saying I am smart so I felt that I needed to prove it. Those people lied straight to my face and I resent them for making me think I am smart.

After having awful grades for 3 years straight, a friend told me the truth: that I am mentally challenged and I need to be strategic. I saw the light. I am dumb, and very much so. So I started taking some super easy classes. I chose classes based on the teachers, the ones that give out As to everyone. I had an excellent academic performance in my senior year, not because I am smart, but because I just chose the right teachers who threw me a bone. I didn’t try harder or change how I studied. In fact, choosing these teachers was even less work and made my life so much easier. I didn’t do the readings or the homework but still got As. In college, I used ratemyprofessor to see which professors gave out free As. I had excellent grades because I chose an easy major and literally all of my profs were the nice ones who gave out free As.

To the outside eye, it looks like I started applying myself and taking advantage of my intelligence. The truth is, I have very little intelligence. I thank my friend so much for making me realize how utterly mentally challenged I am and it has made my life so much easier. When I was under the impression that I am smart, I was constantly failing and wondering why and trying harder and having meltdowns. Until I realized that I am truly dumb, and that doing well in those harder classes isn’t possible for someone like me. The only As I could get are the ones that are handed to me.

And no, this isn’t imposter syndrome. I’m telling you exactly how I got my As: they were free. I didn’t work for them. I’m not some secretly smart person feeling dumb. It’s easy to diagnose me with imposter syndrome because of my good grades now, but the truth is that all those As did not require any intelligence or effort.

In the end, I’ve realized that I am truly and utterly dumb, and this has epiphany has changed my life for the better. I will never let anybody convince me that I am smart again, because that mistake has given me endless meltdowns and sent me into so many spirals.

As a guy who has ever since birth, tried cereal hot, let me tell you, soggy cereal can be banging if the milk is hot. Putting some sauces like honey or some sweet sauce on it is great.

And plus it goes down pretty easily, and it's nice if you don't like chewing that much and just want to slurp it.

Try it sometime. I'd think you would enjoy it.

We need to make Wednesday part of the weekend. Hear me out.

The current workweek is actually cooked. You wake up on Monday and realize you have FIVE whole days of work or school ahead of you.

Monday sucks because it's the first day, but you're refreshed and kind of productive because you had the chance to rest on weekend. Tuesday is usually peak productivity but from there it goes down. By Wednesday, your soul has already left your body and you're mentally checked out. Thursday is Friday loading screen, no one cares what happens on Thursday, you just want it to be Friday. And Friday is what keeps half of the workforce alive.

Then you finally reach Saturday, and what happens? You spend the first day recovering from the week, and the second day stressing about Monday. Like, I just got here 😭

Two days off is a scam. Day one is for recovering. Day two is for dreading your next shift. By the time you actually feel human again, it's time to clock back in. We're basically running on a 50% weekend efficiency rate.

So here's my proposal: Weekend Wednesday.

You work Monday and Tuesday, take Wednesday off, then work Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sunday is your second day off. That's the whole revolution.

Instead of grinding through five consecutive days like an NPC, you get a break every two or three days. Monday doesn't feel nearly as depressing when you know you're only two days away from a day off. And when Wednesday's over, you've only got two more days weekend. It's so much more manageable mentally.

And honestly, I think the productivity argument makes sense, too. People aren't machines. Going nonstop doesn't magically make you more productive; sometimes you're just sitting there staring at a screen with approximately three brain cells fighting for their lives. Taking a proper break halfway through the week could help you come back more focused, less burnt out, and actually capable of getting stuff done.

The days off hit different, too. Wednesday becomes a proper reset instead of something you have to wait five days for, and enjoy places that are packed when everyone else is off. Meanwhile, Sunday becomes an actual day of rest instead of the final countdown before Monday.

Obviously, this won't work for every job, and coordinating schedules would be a whole thing. But if you're self-employed, work remotely with flexible hours, or you're a student who can arrange their timetable, why not try it?

I'm not saying Weekend Wednesday will solve every problem with modern work culture. But maybe the five-day grind followed by two days of recovery isn't the genius system we've convinced ourselves it is.

Normalize the midweek reset

It tastes great and it's very convenient. The texture is also not bad. Peeling them is extremely annoying especially when the are very ripe and soft. Highly recommend everyone to try it at least once if they haven't already.

TLDR : Reddit's annoyingly strict rules, pedantic users, and pissy mods are exactly what keep it from turning into the unmoderated wild west of instagram or the endless slop fest that is YouTube.

I know Reddit mods have a reputation for being power tripping losers, and a lot of that criticism is deserved. But I think Reddit being so anal about rules is one of the biggest reasons it’s still a decent platform.

Look at Instagram. The comment sections are basically the wild west. Every post is filled with the same recycled jokes, engagement bait, bots, and people saying the most outrageous shit just to get attention.

YouTube isn’t much better. Finding useful content feels like digging through mountains of AI slop, clickbait, sponsored garbage, and 20 minute videos that could’ve been a paragraph.

Meanwhile, on Reddit, if you post something irrelevant, lazy, or repetitive in a well moderated subreddit, there’s a decent chance it’ll get removed. If you ask a question that’s been answered a thousand times, someone will tell you to use the search bar. If you make a claim without backing it up, someone will probably demand a source.

I like that different subreddits have their own little cultures and standards. I like that a niche community about some obscure hobby can have people who are genuinely knowledgeable and passionate about it, rather than an algorithm feeding everyone the same lowest common denominator content.

Of course, Reddit has its own problems. Mods can be insufferable, communities can become echo chambers, and some rules are downright ridiculous. But I’d much rather deal with an annoying moderator removing my post for violating Rule 7 than scroll through another platform where absolutely anything goes and the loudest, dumbest content gets rewarded.

Yknow that one meme about how good it feels to be vindicated when someone you hate “for no reason” is exposed as a piece of shit? I’m the opposite, I loathe that completely.

Ignoring the obvious feeling of “I am not happy when someone causes grief and suffering and my first reaction is not to be smug about it”, it’s just not as fun to hate someone for legitimate reasons sometimes? If I started out hating someone for petty reasons, I want to stay hating them for petty reasons- having them be legitimately terrible takes all the fun out of it completely. It’s boring, and it makes me feel like a total dork who wants to be a good person more than I actually am one.

Cow meat is one of the worst foods one can eat. Its absolutely terrible for the environment, way worse than basically everything else. It is also one of the worst for your health also. Therefore, I think it only makes sense to eat it if someone really loves it, is passionate about it.

People who asks their steak well done, do not like steak. Otherwise they wouldnt ask it well done. It matches with experience, people I know who have well done steak, normally dont care much for steak.

I believe people should be more thoughtful about their consumer habits. I dont think its reasonable to ask everyone to stop eating beef, as good as it might be for the environment, I know it wont happen. But, if you really dont care for steak that much, to the point of having it well done, its better to just accept how nonsensical it is and stop eating it.

I for example, dont care much for fashion, so Im not gonna use fur clothings and etc. There are a lot of foods that I dont eat, not purely because they are unhealthy, but because I dont care enough for them to justify it. People who dont care much for steak, should do the same. Its actually even more important, as it has a high carbon footprint

edit: The environment shouldn’t have to suffer just because you’re pretending to enjoy steak

Being sober is infinitely better. Never understood the hype. It's either ridiculously mind numbing to the point of annoyance and discomfort or it's just paranoid discomfort. Getting high sucks ass. I genuinely do not understand how people enjoy it or make marijuana their whole reason to live(or so it seems with so many young folk).

I refuse to go to the theater to see a movie under 90 minutes in length, as I feel like I'm being ripped off. I could see a three-hour movie and be entertained for twice as long for the exact same price.

It makes more sense from the theater's point of view to charge based on runtime as well. They have to have fewer showings per day of a longer movie, since it occupies the theater for a longer period of time. If they adjust the price depending on the runtime, that could make up for the decreased number of showtimes.

I'm Gen X and bisexual, and when I was young, we had a lot of fun flirting. I loved flirting with both men and women. I often got rejected by women, and men would sometimes get upset when I turned them down, but that was okay. Men would very often try to seduce me, too. It was all very enjoyable and carefree. We'd wait and see what happened. The anticipation was both agonizing and exhilarating at the same time. We'd let desire build naturally, and when it finally came, things could get really hot.

Nowadays, dating feels like a capitalist marketplace run by dating apps, where everyone is looking for red flags and benefit. Apparently, you're supposed to have sex by the third date. How horrible it is to have shedulded sex by the third date!

It feels like nobody knows how to flirt for the sheer pleasure of it anymore. Nobody seems to fall in love naturally; instead, everyone is checking boxes on a list. Nobody courts anyone anymore, even though courtship can be incredibly fun, especially for men. Women often enjoyed being courted, and men were willing to invest time and effort even when things didn't work out.

All of that has been replaced by a transactional, capitalist approach to dating. And I don't think it's anyone's fault in particular. People who offer simplistic explanations and blame one sex or the other are missing the point. The real problem is the dating apps themselves, which are designed to keep people using them for as long as possible rather than help them find a partner and move on.

We should create a government-run dating app that actually helps people find compatible partners, without trying to maximize pro the fun offits or keep users hooked for as long as possible.

I really don’t get why people don’t like it. It’s such a fun movie, the characters are likeable, the plot is actually quite interesting, the movie itself is kind of hardcore for a kids movie. And the twist was pretty good as well.

Objectively story-wise Cars 1 was a masterpiece, but as for my personal favorite Cars 2 is just so great to rewatch.

Let alone 25 for that matter. If you think you're a big girl or big boy who knows who they are and what they want without having any life experience outside of the internet and public schooling then youre delusional.

Youre still just widdle kids.

We should stop judging an entire gender because of a few people

We should stop judging an entire sex based on something bad that one or few person of that sex have done.

I'm sick and tired of people bringing up Clancy's case (whose mental state is questionable) to justify their views against women, or of others using the Cornell Seven case to claim that all guys are bad, even though the facts surrounding the Cornell Seven case are still unclear.

I'm fed up with these generalizations about the sexes. It's not okay to use an isolated, anecdotal case involving someone of a particular sex to condemn everyone of that sex. Both men and women do this, and it's infuriating.

I don’t know if it’s intrinsic for humans to like the sun but it genuinely repulses me. Aside from being extremely pale, it makes me overheated and exhausted and nauseas and it fries my brain like I can’t do anything. I don’t want to deal with the hassle of applying and reapplying sunscreen but if I must go out during the day, I will, as well as seek shade and wear long sleeves.

This year, I went at least 200 days without seeing sunlight by installing multiple layers of blackout curtains, taping down the sides so no sunlight leaks in, and only going out when it gets dark. My longest continuous streak of not seeing sunlight is a month and a half. I only go out during the day when I’m absolutely forced to.

I don’t understand how you people love sunlight so much. Just seeing it makes me repulsed and nauseas and miserable. I hope I never see it again. The night is beautiful but the daylight is jarring. The thought of feeling warm sun on my skin brings me unparalleled disgust. People assume I would be happier if I could see the sun but when I used to go out during the daytime, I still hated it even with my sun protective measures. Being indoors using blackout curtains has saved what little of my sanity remains after being forced to see sunlight before I realized I didn’t have to if I don’t want to. Even leaving my room to go grab water from the fridge and seeing the rays of sunshine seeping through the windows in the kitchen makes me disgusted and uncomfortable and I go back to my bedroom with blackout curtains to be safe again.

The sun puts me in such a bad mood and hearing people say how much they love it during the summer is so overdone. No thanks.

First time posting here. I think this counts as a pretty damn unpopular opinion, judging off of how even the main and folk CSM reddits respectively find this ending to be dogshit. I’ve already posted there before, but now I wanna see what non CSM related subs are like in terms of reception.

HUGE SPOILER WARNING

I loved it.  Made a big post about it here (which tbh its a bit clunky and outdated, only really addressing people’s complaints about the story and why I don’t find them to be a deal breaker. I am a god awful writer tho either way lol)
https://www.reddit.com/r/ChainsawMan/s/fFc2eiosLu

But to try to summarise my thoughts without wasting too much time:

Structurally creative & unpredictable, with the latter being SUPER important as to how I enjoy a story. The Deus Ex Machina was well done to me, ala David Lynch’s Wild At Heart, WITHOUT feeling like it sacrificed the story’s signature atmosphere and break-neck pacing OR its recurring themes.

I found the reset to be consistent (rather than nonsensical, underdeveloped or out of nowhere) with the series’s established rules AND was even foreshadowed. Denji & Asa escaping this current, shitty world was set up as early as the  Aquarium arc. Then doubly reinforced in Aging Arc, with Denji’s line to Asa.

Hell, the Fake Chainsaw Man says on TV that he will make a “devilless world” where “Adam and Eve” can live. Guess what the REAL Chainsaw Man did to the dynamic Man and Woman duo of the manga.. moments after they shared their SIN of patricide to one another. Pretty blatant foreshadowing there. 

Finally, as a little cherry on top, I’d say it's a sincere, personal and genuine ending from Fujimoto. Pochita literally ends the Chainsaw Man manga by erasing Chainsaw Man, giving the story a bit of self awareness and metaness.

The themes & such throughout the entire part covers many of his recurring topics, from abusive parents, to dreams, to hero and idol worship. Hell, it even ties together his interviews, from the Mongolian Street Child, to Spirited Away, to the Big Lebowski, to the American Sniper (and funnily enough I hate these last two films LMAO). He’s got consistent things he wants to talk about, and I respect that.
I believe this is more sincere and auteur driven than how most shonen stories end, where they its based purely on the characters/plot. 

Extra tidbit: Art downgraded in terms of detail & realism but the final arc has some of the best usages of speed lines and camera work in the ENTIRE manga. Pochita Vs Yoru was great. 

Besides my linked post + everything I’ve written here, I would like to also bring forward these other positive links about the story that I found to be great. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChainsawMan/s/nA9DMj7Gnh (Summary/Analysis of all of Part 2 after reread)

-https://www.reddit.com/r/ChainsawMan/s/hsAXDyTRCp (Part 2 Ending thoughts)

-https://www.reddit.com/r/ChainsawMan/s/G5gXNJG1Di (Its time to grow up - the meaning behind Chapter 231)

-https://www.reddit.com/r/ChainsawMan/s/7g9MY0j0jp (Pochita is Denji’s Father psychoanalysis)

-https://www.reddit.com/r/ChainsawManTheories/s/1nnGgBsT9W (long analysis - chainsaw man has a rigorous structure)

-What 'Chainsaw Man' and 'Evangelion' Share in Their Endings https://gizmodo.com/chainsaw-man-chapter-232-ending-evangelion-2000737905

-https://note.com/uzume369/n/n6c7aee488e6b (really good Japanese review about the story, translated it using Google and AI ofc but the meaning should still be retained)

-https://x.com/bpm120run/status/2040710050365559238?s=46 (another Japanese perspective on twitter)

Comments with nice interpretations:

-https://www.reddit.com/r/ChainsawMan/s/I4JesZLi5m (Chapter 219 analysis)

-https://www.reddit.com/r/Chainsawfolk/s/oo11Oyezz4 (Yoru final moments analysis)

-https://www.reddit.com/r/Chainsawfolk/s/fkQiIzVpuv (Theory on Death Devil’s true intentions)

Definitely more out there but these are the ones that stuck with me.

TLDR: Way overblown hate. Worst manga ending of all time is insane. Way worse than Part 1 doesn’t make sense to me. In fact, I can understand hating ALL of Chainsaw Man for being incredibly derivative or for an overall critique on Fujimoto’s writing, rather than hating squarely on the ending.

(MLP STANDS FOR MY LITTLE PONY.) People like to make the argument that it's harmful to kids because it looks innocent but actually isn't therefore it's the Creator's fault for exposing kids to that stuff but if we're going by that logic then things like five nights at Freddy's and bendy should also get the same criticism. Sure it's original characters but still they look innocent. Also just because something looks innocent doesn't mean it is innocent and yes I know that kids don't know any better however kids probably shouldn't be on the internet at least not without extreme parental supervision. if Someone made an animation like a brutal fight scene that's more graphic than anything in the show and a kid saw it it wouldn't be the Creator's fault they saw it. They can't control that kids see it.

I truly think that cool lighting is absolutely better than warm lighting. I hate the greasy, dingy, unclean look of them, it makes me feel like I’m in a bedroom or basement that hasn’t been cleaned or updated in 20+ years. Cool lighting actually lets me see the room I’m in and it feels generally cleaner. If you want dark lights like warm bulbs, why not just turn them off at that point?

Inspired by yesterday's Nissan Juke post. Back in the day, so many people questioned why someone would buy the Contour when they could get a "better" Taurus for a similar price. But what exactly did the Taurus do better? Sure, it had more interior space, but that dooesn't apply to everyone. If you didn't need the additional interior space, the Contour was the better choice. Having been engineered in Europe, the Contour was a more agile, more responsive vehicle than the Taurus. The damn thing had passive rear steering! Meanwhile the Taurus had a rudimentary suspension that left the car feeling lazy, almost barge-like at times. The Taurus' larger size also meant it wasn't as manageable. Sure it didn't matter much on the highway, but in the city and on winding backroads, the Contour was bronze while the Taurus was the fat kid who needed his inhaler to get to the finish line.