Lain

3DS went through the same experiences too actually. Nintendo depended on third parties to cover up the dry months, and well... it didn't work as planned. The price might have also been a factor too, but I think it was mostly a games problem. In any case, why pay attention to "Nintendo haters?" It's not as if they often have anything good to say. Games journalism might jump on the "Nintendo is doomed" to get hits or if they're bored, but bear in mind that the Wii U hasn't even been out for a whole year yet. The Wii U can still change for the better before the holidays start. Unless we see Nintendo doing some sort of Wii U Ambassadors program, I don't think they're as doomed as we think they are.

Warm Bodies

So I just returned from the movies. I watched Warm Bodies which is pretty much a Romio and Juliet type of story set in a zombie apocolypse. This movie is actually pretty good. Don't be deceived by the Kristen Stewart lookalike - This ain't another Twilight. It's a pretty fresh take on the zombie genre.

The plot is pretty simple and pretty predictable. If you've seen the trailer, it does a fairly good job at showing what to expect. Basically, a zombie begins to feel an attraction towards a girl and saves her from becoming zombie chow. The two bond and begin an unlikely relationship. The film kinda delves in the state of humanity and how "zombie-like" we sort of are. R, the male lead and zombie protagonist, expresses how listeing to vinyl records makes him feel alive, prefering them over the more common and popular mp3 players we use to listen to music on the go. It doesn't try to hit this message home hard, but it's definitely there.

And as stated before, it's a different take on Romeo and Juliet. Humanity is against this relationship (as most would), but R tries to prove that the zombies can change and be more like humans. Overall, the movie is pretty heartwarming and it's worth watching I think. Plus, it introduced me to this great song:



With all that said, anyone watch this movie? Thoughts?

Methinks you need to read again.

That's my line.

Tell me the part where this was apparently a rumor. And tell me the part where hearsay was involved.

For those who have seen the Elevator Prank

Don't we have an ignore function here? You should use that.

Don't be forced out by some name-calling

Just make a Chao Garden game already. Preferably on the handhelds.

The fumble needs to be remembered too

This has gone beyond being the worst Super Bowl

Half an hour wait is just bad



C'mon Crabtree...

Some higher power is probably not happy with the current score

I hope the 49ers come back to win and kapernick quit making mistakes.

Seriously haha



OH MY GOD!!!!! How did that happen lol

I'm not saying life in general is "easy" - They could always just choose an easier lifestyle and not be an idol. Minegishi has been a part of the group since the beginning - That's a long enough time for her to know how this game works. But one needs to understand the purpose of even joining this type of business. Superficially, it's all about fame and fortune, but being an idol sets up a potential future for those in the industry. The idol career is analogous to a specialized type of university. The idols start at a young age, and build up the personality/fame necessary to graduate. From that point, the idols can live a much more "normal" life doing a solo music career, acting, or participating in various television programs as guests or perhaps hosts. There are many former graduate idols who have carved themselves out  very long and successful careers in entertainment.

One could argue that all of these girls (and guys too I 'spose) don't understand what they're subjecting themselves to by doing this, but there a few instances where idols are caught admitting to how messed up this is, only for them to be kicked out soon after. Some of these idols realize what they're doing, and continue doing it regardless of the amount of work and effort necessary to maintain their positions.

Also the same in America right?

No.

A lot of our teenage idols are able to date whoever they want and have so much more freedom compared to an idol. Selena Gomez is probably the best example I can think of right now. So long as they don't get caught doing drugs or become pregnant, they generally fine. Heck, Kristen Stewart was caught cheating on Robert Pattinson, and she didn't have to shave her head and record it. She's still as popular as ever.

Yes it's weird but apparently it's pretty common in Japan with the Men who have cheated. Now I ask the question where is the man in all this and why did he not shave his hair also?

Right, you're not familiar with how idol groups work.

AKB48 has a really strict no-dating policy. If any member violates this rule, they receive the boot (aka they leave the group or the whole idol buisiness). This head shaving incident is actually unprecedented as far as I know, so I'm assuming that Minegishi was perhaps coerced into doing this to stay in the group. There's more to this though. As Nollog states, this is serious business. Minegishi staying at another guys place not only places some amount of shame on herself, but on her entire group. When the people get a hold of this information, they automatically assume the worst case scenario with the group and potential sales drop. Again, this is actually pretty new; normally she'd just be kicked out of the group, but I suppose she wanted to stay a while longer so she agreed to do this.

And boy idols have similar policies too. We don't know what the guy was subject too.

All in all, idol life is hard.

This thread is weirdly inactive.



There are like thousands of funny gifs one could find

You can actually prove stuff through Science, while with religion you have to have enough faith.

Eh.

Science is used to disprove; not the other way around. At the point when a hypothesis is unable to be disproven is when it becomes "fact" or law. This is a very basic concept everyone should become familiar with studying the sciences.

To answer your question though, yes I believe in evolution. I'm led to believe only those who know nothing about evolution are the ones who don't believe it.