/hobby/ - Hobby

>>36091
That's old as shit and yes it got deleted a while back, same with an old Kill la Kill vs Fascism video

necro-bumping because I need to get my hands on the old Zero Books videos that Doug Lain produced. some of them were kino

>>43939
i still remember they stop making them after the "force the vote" hit peace video

>>43939
>Zero Books
pseud festival publisher

I just wanted to continue this post a bit, to explain part of why I'm promoting pro-wrestling.
As an aside, picrel is a Japanese wrestler named Veny. Veny is a trans woman and both quite popular and successful on the Japanese pro-wrestling scene at the moment.
Now, I think pro-wrestling has a lot to offer from a leftist perspective. Which sounds absurd, given that its original audience was redneck hicks, but hear me out.
Pro-wrestling is the antithesis of MMA in many ways. In MMA, you can be the meanest, most selfish fuck ever to step on the mat and, so long as you're stronger than everyone else, people just have to take it and accept you as a winner and sing your praises. At its core, it's a very right-wing sport. Winning is all that matters in the end.
Pro-wrestling, on the other hand, is a storytelling medium. In the past, it was full of men who looked out for themselves but the mentality has changed for the most part - those types gravitate towards MMA. Instead, pro-wrestlers largely understand that they are a team. While in MMA you are competing against your opponent, in pro-wrestling you are actually working together to put on a show where it *appears* you are in competition. Whether you win or lose personally is less important than whether the match you put on is entertaining and tells a good story. You're not doing it for yourself or your own self-aggrandizement, but rather for the sake of the fans who made an effort to come see you.
And it's the stories that matter. In my earlier example, in MMA the bad guy wins if he's stronger. In pro-wrestling, being the good guy matters. What everyone is waiting for is the good guy who will finally beat the bad guy and finally put him in his place like he deserves. There is a hopefulness about it, and hope is central to the human experience because without hope of victory there is rarely anything to drive people to make things better in the first place.
Interestingly enough, despite pro-wrestling having a reputation as being a right-wing form of entertainment (despite that not having any mooring in reality - studies have shown most pro-wrestling fans are left leaning - https://www.businessinsider.com/politics-sports-you-like-2013-3 - look at the bottom of the chart), many pro-wrestlers are actually left-wing, including here in the US. The champion in New Japan at the moment opePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Grovit, anyone?

Coach in the video was involved in a Japanese promotion called "Bushido " in the early 90's. Just about the realist fake wrestling ever, if that makes sense. I remember watching it on cable via a top box on my telly.
Carl Beijer has written a load of stuff about pro-wrestling. I'll look for a link and see if there's any that isn't paywalled.

>>46491 (me)
Hulk Hogan Was a Very Bad Man https://share.google/I7Oe18lRPP56bU3Io

>>46491
>Coach in the video was involved in a Japanese promotion called "Bushido " in the early 90's. Just about the realist fake wrestling ever, if that makes sense.
90's Japanese pro-wrestling was where it was at, really. Hard hitting and not nearly as "fake" as it is now.
Of course, there was a lot of scumminess too.
>>46492
>Hulk Hogan Was a Very Bad Man https://share.google/I7Oe18lRPP56bU3Io
No argument there.
He showed up for one last show earlier this year, right before the LA fires.
He was booed, hard. And he was booed because most pro-wrestling fans hate the guy for who he is because he reflects a view of the world many wrestling fans do not embrace.
https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1572477-jimmy-hart-hulk-hogan-was-devastated-over-being-booed-at-wwe-raw

I love that for him.

>>45457
Ĝi estas piednoto el la libro "Aelita, aŭ la Marso formortanta", eldonita esperante en 1928. Mi trovis ĝin dum kiam mi helpis provlegi ĝin ĉe pgdp.net.

>>45458
Kio estas pgdp.net?

>>45477
Ĝi estas retpaĝo, kie oni povas provlegi librojn por "Project Gutenberg". Iu afiŝas libron al ĝi, kun bildoj (po paĝo) kaj tekstoj transskribitaj per komputilo (po paĝo). Sekve oni korektas la transskribaĵon laŭ la bildoj. La transskribado ne estas perfekta, ekzemple: ofte mi vidas ke la "j" finaĵo aperas kiel punktokomo ("plej" aperas kiel "ple;"). Ĉiu paĝo estas provlegota trifoje, per tri malsamaj personoj. Sekve oni priskribas la apero de la teksto (diklitera, kursiva, ktp.), dufoje. Finfine oni metas la paĝojn kune je libro kaj sendas ĝin al Project Gutenberg.

Bedaŭrinde la retpaĝo kaj ĝiaj instrukcioj estas en la angla, do vi devas kompreni ĝin se vi volas helpi, sed se vi ja parolas la anglan, mi rekomendas ke vi provu ĝin, estas kelkaj esperantlingvaj libroj kiuj bezonas vian helpon!

bump

uh no

>>44693
just wear a facemask, have a backpack, and don't arrive in a car

>>44692
>implying any of this shit is a choice
insufferably petit bourgeois post

on the political economy of piracy, a phenomenon that re-occurs in many times and places throughout history when people no long have the incentive to be wage slaves for a decadent empire:

>Piracy often flourishes in areas with weak economies, high unemployment, and limited legitimate economic opportunities. Poverty and lack of alternative livelihoods can push individuals towards piracy.
>The presence or absence of effective state governance, law enforcement, and maritime security significantly impacts piracy rates. Weak states are more susceptible to piracy, while strong states can deter it.
>Piracy can be influenced by international trade routes, global shipping volumes, and the presence of naval powers. For example, piracy in the Gulf of Aden is linked to geopolitical instability in the region and the importance of shipping lanes.
>Piracy can thrive in areas experiencing political instability, conflict, or state collapse. The breakdown of law and order can create opportunities for criminal activity, including piracy.
>Understanding the historical development of piracy in a region is crucial. For instance, the Somali piracy boom was linked to the collapse of the Somali state and the presence of illegal fishing and dumping by foreign ships.
>Piracy has significant economic and security consequences, including increased shipping costs, insurance premiums, and potential funding for terrorist groups. It can also undermine state capacity and regional stability.
>Combating piracy requires a multi-faceted approach that addresses both the immediate security threats and the underlying economic and political drivers. This includes strengthening state capacity, improving maritime security, and addressing poverty and lack of economic opportunities

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fuck off gay boy

>>45834
fine speech

>>45721
It is, for the most part.
But life isn't always to be taken seriously and pro-wrestling teaches us that.
American pro-wrestling is dog shit though. Only the Japanese stuff is worth checking out and even then right now it's only the women's side that has anything interesting going on.

>>45718
As for wrestling and promotions, the best name in the game right now is Stardom, a Japanese Women's wrestling company.
Some matches for anyone interested:

Starlight Kid vs AZM
https://www.tokyvideo.com/video/starlight-kid-vs-azm

Natsupoi vs Starlight Kid
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9bnwpa

Utami Hayashishita vs Syuri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CvvdjXWPvY

Utami Hayashishita vs Syuri Rematch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2oUeR46TJc
Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>46439
For anyone who might want to check out more Japanese women's pro-wrestling, here's a few full shows (first show has English commentary):

All Star Grand Queendom 2023 (with English commentary):
https://archive.org/details/stardom-all-star-grand-queendom-2023-23-04-23

Dream Queendom 2024
https://archive.org/details/stardom-dream-queendom-2024-29-12-24

All Star Grand Queendom 2025
https://archive.org/details/stardom-all-star-grand-queendom-2025-27-04-25

It's still silly and fake but a lot of it is much better than the slop done in the US.

I've been to the star world and the special zone in Super Mario World. Does that count?

I work in a grocery store so I get to into the break room without getting in trouble

ngl one thing i envy about americans is all the abandoned places theyve got that no one cares about because their country is so big

Used the bathroom in a convenience store in a gas station in the middle of nowhere and there was a little window to an enclosed patch of grass that was otherwise inaccessible

What's up with 8/pol/ flag options?
Half are leftyverse-adjacent

>>45319
>>45509
This is sad.

711chan:
>Hello, big news… I've decided to resign as an administrator for 711chan for two reasons…
>Stress. Keeping the port down myself has been tough. The raids, CP spam, and dealing with Kusaba X is a taxing thing to do, and better people can take the reigns alongside lolwut.
>Motivation. My time and energy is very limited and I need to move on to better things.
>I will still hang around, post, and chill in IRC, but I will step down as admin soon.
>In my place, angryspessmarine and Longfag will become admins and run the site alongside lolwut.
>You can stop by IRC anytime and hang with us. Just don't bother me about admin stuff unless I need to speak with them.
>Let the slurpees flow, one last time from me as a staff <3.
>~bigbully
sad, also why the fuck is there guro in one of the banners.

>>45848
711chan is still around? I haven't been there in like 15 years

https://8chan.moe/rwby/catalog.html

Best alternative to 8kunt and 4cuck. Home to every topic under the sun, boards can have custom CSS and people are mostly chill. It's like 8ch.net used to be like.

like im an artist myself (art i posted isn’t by me tho obv and instead by the amazing SebastianvonBuchwald) and like to be consistent with what i enjoy, instead of switching up interests, and going from one popular thing to the another, or “trend hopping” as others would put it. but as of recently i decided to take a break from the furry community due to the problems it faces. one of it being how racism is rampant in the fandom

of course i decided to leave some other fandoms too, such as a roblox game called “forsaken”, because its banning people over using the term “pro ship”, which means “ship and let ship” and also “anti harassment”, and dark fiction/dark ship which means it explores darker themes whether it be sexual or not. and anti shipper is some who is against those kind of things. even though i was in fandoms long enough to witness this kind of stuff and discourse idk what is everyone’s stance on them now since its been nearly a decade already (didn’t start seeing them around until like 2020-2021 tho)

i also think it’s annoying how there’s digital artists(?????) that rely too much on moralism. i know this is the loud minority who are the loudest about “muh moralism in art” when it comes to drawings that supposed to be a form of freedom of expression and not ones morals are the loudest on big social medias such as twitter/x, instagram, and tik tok. but i think it’s really annoying on how this suddenly blew up in fan artists circles too. gotta draw a woman married to a man and living a traditional lifestyle or else i’ll be getting cancelled for drawing hot giant furry woman x her human bf that’s the average human height or else i’ll be cancelled over drawings /s

i can’t forget about how prominent ageism is in fandom spaces. it used to be fun and lively but now it’s filled with adults who suffer from nostalgic doomerism gatekeeping fandoms from minors because of “puriteens” or whatever for not being comfortable seeing fictional underaged characters being in certain weird situations (which is okay and valid actually). despite the same ageists claiming to be against christofascism

mfw the word “puriteen” is used by christian fundamentalists who are made teens aren’t having enough sex after prohibiting teens aka “young adults” from having sexual contact or looking at porn despite them having hormones which lead to sexual frustration. i was one of them. something i realized is that the word is being used on a similar Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Seems like a comfy hangout I guess.

>>44304
>It's just plant matter and cancer is probably caused by the fucking deathsticks they call cigarettes.
Nicotine is such a deadly neurotoxin that its advised to not use it as a pesticide because its dangerous even if a few drops get on your food plants. Tobacco actually kills soil, literal death plant:
>Tobacco cultivation rapidly depleted the soil of nutrients. Although this may seem to be a strike against it, early settlers quickly discovered that virgin Virginia soil was too rich for successful harvest of traditional European crops, especially cereals. Tobacco broke down the fields and made food crops more productive.
demonic settler wendigos: (whining) "Gods divine creation is too blessed! We need to make it more shitty and degenerate for our kulak profits"