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the slop tap is back on, lets get a big open embarrassing thread going

What's the most cringe-inducing, not discussed in irl circles shit that you actually think "No, I actually love this"?

For me, it's the Tuvan Republic National Anthem. This shit goes incredibly hard, but loving it does make me feel like a child who blasts the soviet anthem out of a bluetooth speaker in school to be annoying.

I've never even played EU4, this just rocks enough to show up in my youtube suggestions.

What's your secret shame of enjoyment?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

extremely cringe

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago

Everything I like is cool because I make it cool by liking it 😎

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I am French oooaaaaaaauhhh and there is nothing more dweeby I can say

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

New site tagline?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't mean this as a flex or anything lol, but I don't get too worried about what I like. Maybe it's the autism, but I just like what I like and don't mind talking about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Same! I put pineapple in my pizza because I like it and do not care what anyone thinks, they aren't eating it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean I genuinely believe this one is fake and a meme. Nobody has ever gotten mad at me for having Hawaiian pizza, but maybe that’s a west coast sensibility

To the extent it’s real, it’s just some NY Italians doing a bit

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

I've no shame so I can't join in 😔

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I read so much fanfiction holy shit. I'm on a Danny Phantom kick right now.

Did you know Danny is transmasc? At least, that's the phandom consensus.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

I read so much fanfiction holy shit

me toooo! went back on cyberpunk 2077 kick after a half a year to gobble up all the new fics. Songbird/FemV is the goat pairing and you cannot change my view

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I have! 💕

Also, Danny is exactly the kind of teen that listens to nu metal.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Trench Crusade. It's not that I wouldn't discuss it, but nobody in my real-life circles would bring up something that I can use to casually ask them "What if we cloned Christ and cannibalised the clones to gain his powers so that we could stop the forces of hell that have invaded the holy land?". I'm not Catholic, none of my friends are Catholic, I can't just ask them "Is Warhammer 40k not Catholic enough for you?".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Which faction would you run? I’m torn between the crunchy fun of NA fireteams, the sheer amount of creative nonsense the IS allows. And the sheer bullshit the courts have available. The artillery witch speaks for herself as a reason to run heretics, but the lore is kinda weak atm.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Oh Trench crusade is super promising. If I had to start I would either go with Heretics or the Iron Sultanate....kinda depends what my buddy wants to play though.

I assume the lore is gonna get stronger/deeper with time. They are churning it out at a steady rate afaik.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

It's the only modern IP that makes me soypoint-1. They have such a good foundation for an authentically Catholic World War 1 experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Iron Sultanate

I just want someone to make plastic 28mm janissaries with muskets. I've looked everywhere and nobody makes the Ottoman's most famous soldiers from the Age of Sail going into WW1. They're either armed with bows, spears, or bolt action rifles. I could convert some, but that's going to be a huge pain in the ass sourcing muskets and likely sculpting new hands for each of them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know how the tabletop game would play out- my only Warhammer experience is through the video games and reading about the lore- but the Iron Sultanate and Cult of the Black Grail both have such fun units.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

You basically set up a model train diorama without the trains, then use a tape measurer (instead of squares like chess). Dice are rolled to see if attacks and actions are successful. This is how most tabletop wargames are played, though there are some that don't use dice (the godfather of moderrn wargames, Kriegsspiel) or measurements (such as Crossfire by Arty Conliffe).

A lot of hex and chit wargames can have pieces replaced by models and terrain, though it's not as common. AFAIK there are Advanced Squad Leader and Steve Jackson's Melee communities that do this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I've started sometimes watching old Dunkey videos when doing something that doesn't require my full attention.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i find myself watching "react" content late at night when high some times. Then I see my history the next day and am like what the fuck. Why did I watch this

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

that's pretty fucked, at least watch like angular or express content too to mix it up sometimes

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

wish it was anything other than brainrot about music teachers reacting to nu metal

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

gigachads are funny; but gigachad lenin is hot. lol

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

I love other women kitty-birthday-sad

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I used to like amvs, like pre timeskip Naruto vs Sasuke with Linkin Park's In the End playing. I say that out loud, whatever. What I like currently and don't talk about is anime inspired music. Fabvl, Divide Music, and AmaLee make their way into so many of my playlists. There was this person, AniLifts, who puts anime speeches over hardstyle that gave me a bunch of PBs on squats and deadlifts in the gym. You pretend the hardstyle is in your muscles and you can lift anything.

Maul X AniLifts - You Say Run (Hardstyle Remix) (Official Collab)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If3SriGfOc4

Erwin's speech, of course, got me my squat PR despite cutting weight

(AOT Hardstyle) My Soldiers Rage - Hiroyuki Sawano (Maul Bootleg)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNi9M6JOnYw

A lot of it is My Hero Academia because here's a Mirio Togata song

Mirio Togata Song -"Million" | Divide Music [My Hero Academia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK9F7vgQOIA

Vigilante Deku Song | "Drag Me Under" | Divide Music [My Hero Academia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnWErAV1Mgs

And some of it is rap. Lots of gear 5th raps.

Gear 5 Luffy Rap Song | "Liberation" | DizzyEight ft. Errol Allen [One Piece AMV]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6arfGkA-EUA

Gear 5 Luffy UK Drill (One Piece) Kaido Diss ''Drums of Liberation''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A439AEWTJd8

And I'd be foolish if I didn't mention Fabvl's brilliant portrayal of Kakashi, Obito, and Minato. Note that you MUST listen to Kakashi before Obito.

Kakashi Rap Song - A Thousand Reasons | FabvL [Naruto]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v3aQbhYnGE

Obito Rap - “On My Own” | FabvL ft. DizzyEight [Naruto]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XADd2rJz31E

Minato Song - Legends Live Forever | FabvL ft. NerdOut [Naruto]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTRG2NwwLy4

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Did you know that Andrew WK made an album of Gundam songs?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And that it fucking rules? When I get set up and can get sampling and playing and recording my Zeta Gundam album is gonna tear people apart.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I found it and I'll give it a listen! Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

WHAT?! How have I not heard about this before? Gonna go listen to it immediately

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Unironically really enjoy a bunch of 90's Eurobeat and regularly listen to it while working. I don't care if they're meme songs, they're sick as fuck.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

competitive pokemon battling. Well, I don't really enjoy it that much anymore but it's just something I kinda do when I need some mental stimulation but too low energy to focus on a book or something pokemonshowdown.com

Used to regularly be top 500 in randbats and OU so I used to be pretty into it, keeping up with the meta, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What gen? I’m on the top 100 ladder for ADV/Gen 3

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I played OU gens 5-7

Randbats like half the gens between 5 and now

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I listened to this absolute banger in my car recently and for like the past week I've been jamming out non-stop to meme remixes from 10+ years ago. One of my favorite genres of music for sure.

C'mon, let's go find an octagon!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Lips of an Angel is an objectively terrible song and yet I'm voluntarily listening to it right now

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I actually enjoy watching south park

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

One of the most interesting uses of that meme format. How bold! An artistic adventure

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks I made it myself

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

MLP is really good, too

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Some crimes can never be forgiven westerner

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

The new wave of smutty novels, the kinds that kinky booktok people talk about.

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