I would also imagine other countries bordering Russia might take notice.

It would be kinda funny if Finland started moving stuff toward the border near St. Petersburg, just to troll putin / make him waste resources in kind.

Safe from Ukraine maybe. I’m hoping for a pod of orcas to find them!

Exactly. That POS has been given more chances to not genocide his neighbors than you or I get when using an incorrect PIN to access our own money.

Fuck putin and fuck the russian government.

Also while we’re at it, fuck the IOC. The sports themselves are cool though.

I was gonna say that Texas’ flag is the only one “allowed” to be at the same height as the U.S. flag, but apparently I’ve been taught a big ol’ lie.

In fact it looks like we’re both wrong, according to Snopes.

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BroGate

Sorry, I agree completely but I couldn’t resist. I hate the “-Gate” suffix too since it’s equally asinine.

What a cute lil guy! I’m proud of him.

Curious about that half-buried rocket. Could that be from one of those unguided air-to-ground volleys? Hard to gauge the size of the thing from that shot but it looks fairly small.

Cheers! I appreciate the quick response!

I usually don’t care for the music in these clips, (especially the phonk, but to each their own), but I really like the sound of this one. The strange jazzy chords give me Bomberman Hero vibes. Anyone have an ID on this song?

On the subject of the video itself, that’s one delicious-looking explosion. I wish the editor wouldn’t have taken as many liberties with the awkward zooming and tilting, but there it is.

Great catch. I thought maybe he could have been reloading, but he wasn’t visibly shooting before dropping the mag (and it feels like a dumb move to not save empty mags) so I bet you’re right.

Hey fellow trumpet player! I played it for 7 years through middle and high school, and I even did jazz band in HS. I was third- then first chair in our top band, yet I still didn’t learn anything deeper than musical notation and major scales… Things like the circle of fifths, modes, even chord progressions? I now know they’re all pretty basic concepts, but back then they were a form of mysticism reserved for the gods of music. Thankfully all the basic stuff has stuck with me as if I never stopped playing, which has provided a priceless foundation. Oh, and very strong relative pitch!

I definitely plan to take ideas from here and there and evolve them, if only as homage to my composer heroes. Just as in game design, nothing is completely original anymore, and everyone “borrows” ideas all the time. Regarding drum patterns, definitely gonna tap into the works of Peart and Portnoy!

Thanks for the inspiration, by the way. It really helps keep the fire going!

I thought she was wearing a basketball with a wig on top. Which person is the NSFW tag for really? It’s ironic of her to criticize the appearance of another person when she chose to apply makeup to that extent.

She wishes she could enjoy life as much as he is. Hell, I wish I could be that happy.

Why does it make you feel that way?

This is the one thing for which I want a concrete answer, and I feel like without the tools I’m currently gaining from these videos I can’t really come to a satisfactory conclusion. Sometimes I’m able to find similarities between songs, like the same chord progression, or key signature, etc. but never the complete answer. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ll have to transcribe my favorite things and grind out the answers myself (I can also just search for the sheet music for some things, but I think I’d be doing my future self a disservice).

I agree though that it’s one of the most fulfilling things to come to the conclusion on my own. I just need the right tools first! I’m no Beethoven after all 😁

Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll definitely check it out!

Thanks for the rec! Not sure why someone downvoted you, but I was able to find his playlist with music theory concepts after some digging. I’ll use this to supplement the rest of the material I’ve found.

Thank you for the encouragement! I had attempted this years ago and bounced off, but at this point I have a muse that gives me a huge surge of momentum (plus I’ve grown into a much more patient person when it comes to my own artistic expression). It’s such an incredible feeling

I’m currently trying to learn music theory. Finding it hard to concentrate at work because the pieces have finally just started falling into place in my monke brain and I’m sucking up as much content as I can find.

I’d like to compose stuff at some point for video games that I will eventually develop, but if nothing else I’m dying to be able to know why I like my favorite music other than “that part sounds good.” There are too many “composer reacts” channels on YT and not enough people who truly break down the concepts. My favorites that I have found are 8-bit Music Theory and David Bennett.

I want to go back and start DBZ from the beginning, but my anime backlog is almost as bad as my video game backlog 😢. I’m currently trying to work through One Piece but I refuse to watch the dub, which means I need to give undivided attention 100% of the time, which is nigh impossible.

For DBZ however I think I’d be fine with the dub, since that’s what I grew up with on Toonami!