/hobby/ - Hobby

What can we really consider a "masterpiece?" And who's to define what is a masterpiece and what isn't? Moreover, how can we compare "masterpieces" of different art forms? I'm asking this since the only undisputed masterpieces in our society seem to be classical literature and classical music while everything else has to constantly prove itself to be as good as them. And when it comes to defining masterpieces in animation, let alone anime, instead of someone more professional like Roger Ebert or whatever we have some random YouTube essayists that gush about how this and that cartoon/anime is a "10/10 masterpiece." And when it comes to video games all we have are corporate journos giving 10/10 to games that become dated after 5 years. In the video game world what was considered a "masterpiece" before would be considered merely decent at best if it was published today. This is such a unique situation that literature never had to wrestle with (it's just letters on paper). And don't get me started on just how many of these "masterpieces" exist and how not every person may even vibe with the same type of game. Say, Mario 64 is considered a masterpiece. But I like Sonic Adventure. I like the sense of speed, I like the flow of movement, I like to go fast and never stop to take a breath. These are completely different feelings to those you get from playing SM64. Same for Super Meat Boy, another favorite of mine. It too makes you rush at a breakneck speed but it also punishes you for a slightest mistake which is very different from Sonic games which are very forgiving even compared to Mario games due to the ring system and the safety required to reach high speeds since Sonic is more physics-based.

i was doing the laundry yesterday and wondered: is "how to fold clothes a solved problem?"

at its core, the most efficient fold for any piece of laundry should be able to be identified by optimizing for stability and shape: you want folded clothes to stay folded, and ideally any item would fold to the same or similar shape to allow efficient packing for storage

when folding, i notice that the first step of any item is to get it to a regular shape: typically a rectangle. for a T-shirt, fold the sleeves in and fold the sides together either by halves or thirds, then fold the top to bottom. from here, there's some variation: if the fabric is thin enough, fold it again into thirds, or if it's too thick, fold it in half or leave it as it is

with larger items like sheets and towels the goal is the same, but you are already starting with the regular shape. reduce its longest dimension by half, repeat until you're done

challenges arise when fabric is thicker, or even for tshirts. some optimizations for folding a shirt include offsetting hems when folded by him width to reduce bulk, folding with "flex area" along the folds

it seems like mathematically, we could identify the optimal folding strategy for any one article. has that been done? can we prove that the folding strategy employed by the kondo method is any better/worse than any other strategy?

Been bingeing a few of these. Most are extremely low effort, and it's overall a bit of a forced subgenre, but some stuff can be genuinely spooky.

Wanted to ask on both /games/ and /anime/ but I think this is too niche of a theme to have many examples only from one art form.

I was thinking a lot about whether or not art should be politicized for a long time. And while I think anti-capitalism and progressive pandering in modern pop culture are indeed shallow there are certain works which reinforce anti-capitalism with their sheer depressing worldbuilding (even if many of their authors aren't leftist). The examples of this are:
>Deus Ex
>American Psycho
>Disco Elysium
>Joker
These works are not necessarily cyberpunk (they don't have to be) but they are pessimistic. They aren't about opposition to the state either so 1984 doesn't count at all. They are very immersive and can be quite trippy, even artsy. Their narrative can be sometimes confusing, even repetitive (with Bateman literally describing every commodity he sees in American Psycho). I want this trippy, immersive experience. I want to see more of it.

Write down your recommendations.

Rewatching the cartoon of my childhood - Justice League.
>In the alternate reality, Lex Luthor is elected as US President, kills Flash, and threatens to start a nuclear war.
>Alternate Superman is pushed over the edge, assasinates Luthor, and together with his comrades violently takes over USA (and implicitly, entire world).
>From what little we saw about this alternate reality, it had turned into Georgeorwell1984 police state, but crime (both ordinary and superhuman) was eradicated and it's implied all wars had stopped.
>"Justice Lords" find a way to travel between realities and lure the Justice League from the "prime" universe into their one and capture them, then move on to taking over the "prime" universe as well
>Justice League escapes the Justice Lords' universe and returns home
>Superman STRIKES A DEAL WITH PRIME UNIVERSE'S LUTHOR by organising his pardon from all his previous crimes in exchange for a weapon that defeats all of Justice Lords at once
>The episode ends with Superman picking up the fallen American flag, symbolising that "democracy" had won
>LITERALLY the next episode immediatedly begins with the scene of a squad of American soldiers chasing an unspecified "warlord" in an unspecified Middle Eastern country

Are you fucking kidding me, writers? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

What’s do communists think of the Matrix? Is it an inevitable conclusion of capitalism? Do we live in the Matrix today? Is it just reactionary slop or revolutionary material? Discuss all things matrix and cyber communism

Marxism-Leninism-Mymyism is the way.
Say happy birthday to her. I like Ongezellig's references to past Studio Massa works, and I find Massa's love of Dutch history fun.
>The body was too short and empty

Thread for discussing ATLA and LoK or rather analyzing both, appreciating the effort of creating the former and shitting on the lazy liberalism of the latter

So many fabulous and easily maintained buildings have been demolished because of short-sightedness. We shouldn't be vandals of architecture. We should preserve the Penn stations and the Russian cathedrals of the world, and not just demolish our monuments.

We should rebuild some of them as well. People don't just have utilitarian needs and need a "spiritual" or imaginative side which is opposed to efficiency but which startles you.
https://youtu.be/09gsVlroH3A