My brain volunteered "Pinniped pair" and then I had to look up and make sure "pinniped" was right, and it was, and then I wondered why I can remember a word like "pinniped" but can never remember the name of a new coworker.

--Patrick
 
From the creators of "Street Sharks" and "Swat Kats" comes . . .

Tusk Force!
Yup, that's pretty much the perfect name thank you in massive amounts. "You'll be our new Task Force, NO- our TUSK Force." And it'll be all close up on the chief's face and super serious looking.
My brain volunteered "Pinniped pair" and then I had to look up and make sure "pinniped" was right, and it was, and then I wondered why I can remember a word like "pinniped" but can never remember the name of a new coworker.

--Patrick
This is great too, maybe like a sub-name. "It's the blubbery brothers, the Pinniped pair, TUSK FORCE!"

And definitely for the trailer, it would look so surreal.
 

Cajungal

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This may be heresy, but I think well seasoned roasted chicken is superior to fried chicken.
Normally I agree with you. Roast chicken is one of my go-to recipes. But every now and then, I get a craving for it. It was either that or a fried oyster poboy.
 

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I had an interesting experience this weekend. We have new neighbors, and we noticed they had a boy about my son's age. So we went to introduce ourselves. They were very pleasant, and had just moved here from Kuwait. The son started playing with me like I was his age, and he kept talking about his dad, and all the awesome things his dad buys him. It was pretty obvious that this kid's dad didn't live with them at that point. Poor kid was desperate for a father figure, though, so I hung out with him for a little while.

Man, one thing stood out that he said. A little depressing, I must admit. He asked if I knew anyone who hated Muslims. I said said no, not personally. Which is probably a lie. Then he told me some stories about people who have said cruel things to him just because of his faith, and because of his mother's headwear.
 

Cajungal

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Aww :( It was nice of you to talk to him. He sounds like a kid who might drop if every now and then if his mom let's him. My sister had a kid neighbor like that who was friends with her daughter.
 

GasBandit

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Want...to...google...Ryona...
I'm not exactly an expert, but it seems to me it's basically somebody intentionally getting a female video game character beat up and killed over and over and pretending it's some kind of performance art.

There's some sick puppies out there.
 
I'm not exactly an expert, but it seems to me it's basically somebody intentionally getting a female video game character beat up and killed over and over and pretending it's some kind of performance art.

There's some sick puppies out there.
What...? Just... what?

Hmm. As is often the case, Urban Dictionary has an explanation. That doesn't make it better, just gives a sort of context to it... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ryona

Goddamn, Japan. You literally have a term for jerking off to violence against women.
 
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Why the fuck am I watching ASMR videos? How did I get to the weird part of youtube?
ASMR is hardly the weird part of YouTube.
I've watched some of 'em (tapping fingernails, whispering against balloons, riffling up combs), and I still don't know what it means. That is, I know what the letters stand for, but I don't know what sensation it is that they're trying to evoke. It's like watching someone videotape a seance. I wonder if they're trying to simulate the immersion of a binaural recording (haircuts), or just an attempt to evoke the raising of the viewer's/listener's hackles.[DOUBLEPOST=1411431372,1411431304][/DOUBLEPOST]
Goddamn, Japan. You literally have a term for jerking off to violence against women.
You gotta have something you can put on the banner in that section of the bookstore. Otherwise, how will people know where to find it?

--Patrick
 
I'm not exactly an expert, but it seems to me it's basically somebody intentionally getting a female video game character beat up and killed over and over and pretending it's some kind of performance art.

There's some sick puppies out there.
Not performance art, no. Sexual gratification. It's basically violence against women (I don't think there's male ryona, or if there is, the market is tiny) for getting your rocks off. Not just video game characters either, there are real-life ryona videos.

Hell, I know of at least two AV studios in Japan that specialize in ryona vids. Not animated or video games, either. Live action. All actors and props and special effects, of course, as far as I'm aware these studios don't really go out and film girls getting beaten and stabbed and shot and electrocuted. But sometimes I really am surprised that there's enough of a market to sustain not one but two ryona studios.
 
Not performance art, no. Sexual gratification. It's basically violence against women (I don't think there's male ryona, or if there is, the market is tiny) for getting your rocks off. Not just video game characters either, there are real-life ryona videos.

Hell, I know of at least two AV studios in Japan that specialize in ryona vids. Not animated or video games, either. Live action. All actors and props and special effects, of course, as far as I'm aware these studios don't really go out and film girls getting beaten and stabbed and shot and electrocuted. But sometimes I really am surprised that there's enough of a market to sustain not one but two ryona studios.
Actually, male ryona is more of a western thing. It's still pretty niche though.
 
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