Completely pointless Thought Of The Day thread

[GirlKisser420]

one thing I find weird is that thing where people with severe anxiety about talking to people in case they all hate them just make a really boring didactic meme instead. its not like people are going to like that one instead

[Hux]

fondly remembering when i met a scientologist in the Magick section of powell's books who gave me a dirty look when i was talking shit about l ron hubbard. then i bought a david icke book that i gave to kumquat.

i still need to upload the pics i took there.

yes, there is so much of nothing happening that i keep remembering the only good thing that happened this year, before it all went to shit.

[lazzer grardaion?]

So, I was thinking about this earlier.

There's a pokemon called Nidoran, which looks like a weird rabbit with a horn. Most pokemon designs wear their influences on their sleeve (like the pokemon 'Seel', which is a seal), but it wasn't obvious to me where it came from.
The initial thought I had was that it was based on the jackalope or wolpertinger, but those both have two horns, and as far as I know, are not well-known in Japan.

However, there is an Arabic myth about a one-horned rabbit called an Al-Mi'raj, and the Al-Mi'raj made its way into first-edition Dungeons & Dragons. Lots of Japanese RPGs in the '80s borrowed ideas from D&D, or borrowed from other media that borrowed from it, etc. One of the most popular of these was Dragon Quest.

Dragon Quest was an immediate inspiration for pokemon. In some of those games, you can recruit the monsters you defeat to join your party. It's very likely that pretty much everybody working on pokemon was at least aware of it. Starting with Dragon Quest III, the Al-Mi'raj has appeared regularly in the series, with a distinctive purple color!
So, although I don't have any concrete evidence, it seems very plausible that Nidoran was inspired by this mythological creature, by way of another popular Japanese RPG series. Also, both cute.

[auaurorau]

i want to paint a moon but i don't know how. and i don't have paint, brushes, paper, or an easel

[Ashto]

one thing I find weird is that thing where people with severe anxiety about talking to people in case they all hate them just make a really boring didactic meme instead. its not like people are going to like that one instead

[xX_sp00ks_Xx]

Are you a student struggling to get through Precalculus? Let off some tension and learn easier with my lighthearted webcomic, Dinosaur Conics.

PS. A lot of plastic dinosaurs will die, MGS: Revengeance style.

[Shell Game]

one thing I find weird is that thing where people with severe anxiety about talking to people in case they all hate them just make a really boring didactic meme instead. its not like people are going to like that one instead

Well I guess we have one less way to communicate with people now. ;_;

[lazzer grardaion?]

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM AN ADDRESS INTO THE URL FIELD. ITS BEE A ELL ELL PEE DOT EYE TEE AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I START DOING THE RUNNING JOKES ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN RIDICULIST, LEMON. I DO EVERY JOKE AND I DO EVERY JOKE HARD. MAKIN WHOOSHING SOUNDS WHEN I DUNK ON SOME INEXPLICABLY RACIST NEW-AGE BASTARDS OR EVEN WHEN I MESS UP A SIMPSONS REFERENCE. NOT MANY CAN SAY THEY ESCAPED THE GALAXYS MOST DANGEROUS FORUM. I CAN. I SAY IT AND I SAY IT OUTLOUD EVERYDAY TO PEOPLE IN MY IT JOB AND ALL THEY DO IS PROVE PEOPLE IN IT JOBS CAN STILL BE IMMATURE JEKRS. AND IVE LEARNED ALL THE LINES AND IVE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE MYSELF AND MY APARTMENT LESS LONELY BY SHOUTING EM ALL. 2 HOURS INCLUDING WIND DOWN EVERY MORNIng

[chai tea latte]

As sands through the hourglass....these are the cocks in our wives

[Macho Masc Sangy Savage]

There is no ad more cringingly pathetic than ones that use professional gamers and streamers to sell products

[Macho Masc Sangy Savage]

There needs to be a sort of "cut your losses" chart that shows when you should give up trying to sleep and just accept your 24 hour punishment.

[Great Joe]

There is no ad more cringingly pathetic than ones that use professional gamers and streamers to sell products

My Fatal1ty rig, made entirely of Fatal1ty-endorsed parts, including the Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty edition, would like a word with you.

[A Meat]

There is no ad more cringingly pathetic than ones that use professional gamers and streamers to sell products

I still think Spotify's ads for itself are worse. Or at least less effective, I've never wanted to subscribe to a service less

[xX_sp00ks_Xx]

They say you sing in the shower because it's just good acoustics. Too true. That's why record producers will just slap that stock-ass Realtek HD Audio "Bathroom" Reverb preset on the newest Bach CD compilation for that extra spice! Now that's what I call music.

[Vinny Possum]

There needs to be a sort of "cut your losses" chart that shows when you should give up trying to sleep and just accept your 24 hour punishment.

This usually coincides when I've started eating the tea leaves