Here are some calming, nearly trance-like .gifs and short clips of things that are being cut by very sharp knives:
- Soap slicing
- Sushi
- Leaf cutting
- Carving out the bowl of a wooden spoon
- Steak
- Slow-motion video of an apple and some bananas being sliced in half while in mid air
- Japanese knife professional transforms vegetables into works of art
- From a Japanese Kezuroukai Planing Competition with shavings as thin as 5 micron, plus (Video)
posted to MetaFilter by growabrain at 2:57 AM on March 7, 2020 (29 comments)

Gotta Go Fast: Why Gaming IP Is Finally Taking Off in Film/TV - "The sudden embrace and success of gaming IP is somewhat of a surprise... when these films were produced, they tended to be both critical and commercial disasters... This created a vicious cycle: audiences learned video game movies were bad, making it even harder for the best film to succeed, and histories of failure meant major talent would stay away from future adaptations and IP owners were reluctant to adapt their best IP. Why, then, is everything changing so quickly and why now? I think there are seven core reasons."
posted to MetaFilter by kliuless at 11:59 PM on March 6, 2020 (45 comments)

In Japan, Crash Bandicoot was promoted with an umprobably catchy and silly theme song, which was included on the disk for the Japanese release of his second game. Here it is, in all its earwormyness, with subtitled translations, or without.
posted to MetaFilter by JHarris at 8:51 PM on March 6, 2020 (4 comments)

A YouTube playlist with dozens upon dozens of made-for-TV movies from ABC's Movie of the Week series (1969-1975).
posted to MetaFilter by Iridic at 8:38 AM on March 4, 2020 (28 comments)

“Consequently, any cure to the problem of depression must take a collective, political form; instead of individualizing the problem of mental illness, it is imperative to start problematizing the individualization of mental illness. The call is for the left, for these specific reasons, to take seriously the question of illness and mental disorders. Dealing with depression — and other forms of psychopathology — is not only part of, but a condition of possibility for an emancipatory project today. Before we can throw bricks through windows, we need to be able to get out of bed.” A Future with No Future: Depression, the Left, and the Politics of Mental Health (LARB)
posted to MetaFilter by The Whelk at 8:15 AM on March 4, 2020 (20 comments)

Shehr-e-Tabassum (2020). Pakistan's first ever anime film about a dystopian cyberpunk future with Pakistani characteristics. 9 minutes long and with English subtitles.
posted to MetaFilter by tavegyl at 11:34 PM on March 2, 2020 (9 comments)

A personal perspective on the lock-down from a Wuhan resident. The author of this essay asked for anonymity for fear of reprisals by authorities for speaking critically of the Chinese government. (npr)
posted to MetaFilter by MorgansAmoebas at 6:31 AM on March 4, 2020 (15 comments)

Greta Thunberg derangement syndrome is all too familiar. It's so common it's even a source of humour. Last week, Greta Thunberg addressed a large crowd in Bristol, UK. And for some people this was all too much, and prompted some hateful, violence-inciting comments on social media. So far, so depressingly normal.
posted to MetaFilter by YoungStencil at 11:39 AM on March 2, 2020 (47 comments)

he egg. he dog. he created by zamsire one year ago. he star in very short videos. Kind of an anti-Cool 3D World.
boba 🥚 flamingo 🥚 exams 🥚 vacation 🥚 circulation 🥚 diner 🥚 【ｅｇｇｄｏｇ　ｗａｖｅ】 🥚 nightlife 🥚 encounter 🥚 apartment 🥚 meet eggdog (the original) 🥚 meets kiwi 🥝 🥚 courtroom 🥚 finds treasure 🥚 in the clouds 🥚 shopping channel 🥚 express 🥚 sonic the eggdog 🥚 chef 🥚 date night 🥚 kart 🥚 bizarre adventure 🥚 casino 🥚 cruise 🥚 trick or treat 🥚 cavern 🥚 winter wonderland 🥚 fashion show 🥚 crossing 🥚 anniversary
posted to MetaFilter by Going To Maine at 12:09 PM on March 1, 2020 (11 comments)

Fast-and-loose culture of esports is upending once staid world of chess (NBC): Botez, 24, is good and fast. She holds the title of Woman FIDE Master, was the first female president of the Stanford University Chess Club and remains one of the best players in Canada. And under normal circumstances, she probably wouldn't be losing to her anonymous online opponent. ¶ But on the monitor to her right, Botez was also talking to more than 1,000 viewers who were watching the game as she offered a mix of live commentary, trash talk and thanks to the viewers who had given her contributions. ¶ Players like Botez now serve as some of the most visible ambassadors of chess -- and, it can be argued, the game's first entertainers. If chess hustling turned pro, it would look something like what Botez does.
posted to MetaFilter by not_the_water at 7:50 AM on February 28, 2020 (15 comments)

An AI program has learned the storytelling and art style of the legendary "God of Manga" mangaka Osamu Tezuka to create a completely original manga. Using 65 volumes of Tezuka's classic works, such as Black Jack and Phoenix, as its training set, the AI generated the plots, character bios, and character designs for the eponymous "Paidon",the story of a homeless philosopher named Paidon that has turned his back on society to solve criminal cases with his robotic bird partner, Apollo, in 2030 era Tokyo. The manga, which was secondarily illustrated and polished for publication by human artists, was released today in Kodansha's weekly manga serial Morning with a sequel already in the works.
posted to MetaFilter by Young Kullervo at 10:43 AM on February 27, 2020 (13 comments)

Kazuhisa Hashimoto, creator of the Konami Code, a cheat code first used in Gradius and later popularised in Contra, has died at 61. The Konami Code has been used in over 100 Konami games, and has spread far and wide beyond the company in games, software, and other media.
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon at 1:48 PM on February 26, 2020 (39 comments)

Libel is a form of political poetry, more crass or ribald than your average satire. Popular in the Renaissance, libels were often circulated among friends rather than published. In 2005, Professors Andrew McRae and Alastair Bellany collected 350 libels from old manuscripts in university libraries and published them online at Early Stuart Libels. Perhaps most famous is "The Censure of the Parliament Fart," which received an airing in The Guardian; the poem tells of a "stincking" motion made in Parliament by House of Commons member Henry Ludlow in 1607, and the imagined reactions of his peers. Read the editors' introduction; the poem begins on this page with painstakingly detailed context notes.
posted to MetaFilter by sugar and confetti at 12:03 PM on February 26, 2020 (19 comments)

Can a fart propel you in zero g? I ask two aerospace engineers to find out. (SLImgur)
posted to MetaFilter by Johnny Wallflower at 5:39 AM on February 26, 2020 (48 comments)

Hey, here's MS Paint in Javascript.
posted to MetaFilter by theodolite at 11:29 AM on February 25, 2020 (20 comments)

Be a Lady They Said Your skirt is too short. Your shirt is too low. Your pants are too tight. Don’t show so much skin. Don’t show your thighs. Don’t show your breasts. Don’t show your midriff. Don’t show your cleavage. Don’t show your underwear. Don’t show your shoulders. Cover up. Leave something to the imagination. Dress modestly. Don’t be a temptress. Men can’t control themselves. Men have needs. You look frumpy. Loosen up. Show some skin. Look sexy. Look hot. Don’t be so provocative. You’re asking for it. Wear black. Wear heels. You’re too dressed up. You’re too dressed down. Don’t wear those sweatpants; you look like you’ve let yourself go.
posted to MetaFilter by amanda at 8:51 AM on February 25, 2020 (8 comments)

Presented without comment: United States Postal Service regulations for mailing live animals
posted to MetaFilter by Mchelly at 8:24 AM on February 24, 2020 (30 comments)

Today is my 20th anniversary of joining Metafilter, and I just wanted to say: you're all flagged as fantastic!
posted to MetaTalk by adrianhon at 9:29 AM on February 21, 2020 (23 comments)

Alexis Pereira is not an English teacher. That is important to know up front. But he did pretend to be one on Twitter, for a single joke tweet, which blew up. Pereira reflects back on the brief time between his posting the joke and the Twitterverse moving on to its next war.
posted to MetaFilter by Etrigan at 6:21 AM on February 21, 2020 (59 comments)

The Acorn Princess is an LGBT fairy tale and animated short about a prince, a princess and their wedding. [trailer]
posted to MetaFilter by simmering octagon at 8:29 AM on February 18, 2020 (8 comments)

Jonathan Scott plays In the Hall of the Mountain King on the organ of Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest.
posted to MetaFilter by mrgoat at 11:23 AM on February 17, 2020 (17 comments)

In 1926, a seventeenth-century trunk of letters was bequeathed to the Dutch postal museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The trunk belonged to perhaps the most active postmasters and post-mistresses of the day, Simon and Marie de Brienne, a couple at the heart of the European communication networks. The chest contains an extraordinary archive: 2600 "locked" letters sent from all over Europe to this axis of communication, none of which were ever delivered and many of which have never been opened.
posted to MetaFilter by Lezzles at 4:19 AM on February 17, 2020 (15 comments)

Fizz and I often joke about how random or out-of-context phrases or clauses that we either say or overhear in conversation would "make a great Metafilter username." Since we almost never bother to write them down, we've forgotten many of our favorites. Now that we plan to start writing them down, we thought we'd have some fun and put the question out to the community: what random phrases or expressions have you said or overheard that you think would make a great Metafilter username? (Fun bonus question: what out-of-context Metafilter comment snippets do you think would make great Metafilter usernames?)
posted to MetaTalk by nightrecordings at 9:17 AM on February 16, 2020 (144 comments)

In 1985, ThunderCats debuted (YouTube, trailer + intro, 3 minutes), and ran for 130 episodes over 4 seasons (Thundercats.org, episode guide), promoted as "another children's animated fantasy [... with] lessons about respect, friendship, truth, honesty and justice" (Rankin Bass, PRpage). They also sold a lot of toys (Thundercats.org). The show was rebooted in 2011 (YT, 2 minute trailer; previously) by Studio 4°C (previously) for Cartoon Network. Now CN's rebooting the series again (Bleeding Cool), but now it's silly and crazy and outlandish, with cool action elements (Entertainment Weekly interview). Enough talking, on with the cartoons! YT playlist of official promo clips, and CN has the first two episodes online now.
posted to MetaFilter by filthy light thief at 1:29 PM on February 15, 2020 (39 comments)

There is a country named Georgia (please do not ever mix it with the state). Georgia is famous for many things, like ancient culture, alphabet, nature, wine and of course food. Georgians are proud of their food even more as about culture. Top Georgian foods are: Khinkali, Mtsadi, Chakapuli and of course Khachapuri!
posted to MetaFilter by irakli.cf at 11:11 AM on February 14, 2020 (37 comments)

Adam Yauch, also known as MCA of the Beastie Boys, has passed away of cancer at the age of 47.
posted to MetaFilter by smilingtiger at 10:32 AM on May 4, 2012 (563 comments)

What’s the most important change you’ve made to your life as you’ve gotten older?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by sprezzy at 10:21 AM on February 12, 2020 (43 comments)

The Neighbor's Window, a short film by Marshall Curry. And winner of this year's Oscar for short film.
posted to MetaFilter by Mchelly at 6:13 AM on February 12, 2020 (15 comments)

On the heels of the controversial sale of the .org TLD by ICANN last year, which may still be on pause after much pushback, ICANN is now also working with Versign to introduce annual price hikes for the .com TLD up to 7% a year over the next few years. While the additional funding will also support DNS stability and security, the plan doesn't seem to have much support. ICANN is still accepting public comments through February 14 for consideration.
posted to MetaFilter by p3t3 at 4:08 PM on February 10, 2020 (37 comments)

"Vagrant Story is 20 years old! It is not only in the conversation as the best game Square has ever made, it is a towering achievement of the genre both at an artistic and technical level. Here I will share some details about the game that even Hideo Kojima was jealous of ⬇️⬇️⬇️" [via @dreamboum]
[Non-Twitter link via ThreadReaderApp]
posted to MetaFilter by Atom Eyes at 10:22 AM on February 10, 2020 (20 comments)

Wine Enthusiast "asked bartenders of both boozeless and traditional venues to share their favorite non-alcoholic bottles and help avoid the many clunkers." The past year, a growing number of non-alcoholic bottlings were introduced to sip during Dry January, or any time a short detox is needed. Some mimic traditional spirits or pre-mixed cocktails, while others have flavors that are harder to pin down. But all provide a faux-spirit base toward zero-alcohol options that are more than just fancy juice boxes. "You're trying to create an elevated, complex drink," explains Chris Marshall, founder/CEO of Sans Bar, a venue in Austin that serves only zero-proof cocktails. "To do that, you need a base to build your drink around."
posted to MetaFilter by Umami Dearest at 9:55 PM on February 8, 2020 (34 comments)

Dan Brooks on the culture of Types, the difference between being things and doing them, and the freedom to become something other than what you are now.
posted to MetaFilter by sallybrown at 5:00 PM on February 8, 2020 (38 comments)

"Consider these demographics, and one starts to understand why the people of Las Vegas get overlooked... I have often wondered whether the general ignorance about Las Vegas is born of laziness, snobbery, or an altogether more insidious impulse. Las Vegas was, of course, déclassé and embarrassing from the start: founded by the Mafia, the first “unaristocratic” Americans, as Tom Wolfe wrote, “to have enough money to build a monument to their style of life.”
It’s frequently said that Las Vegas has no culture, but that’s not true. My Italian relatives from Illinois—my aunts with their Carmela Soprano hairdos and long acrylic nails—love it for a reason. They love playing the slots downtown at the Golden Nugget and going out for martini dinners at old-school Italian places. (At one of these, I heard Pia Zadora breathily sing about her “accidents and arrests.”) They love Cirque du Soleil shows, where you can sit and watch first-class acrobats fly across the stage while you sip from a plastic cup of beer. Las Vegas is vernacular culture—“prole,” Wolfe called it—and thus, he notes, “it gets ignored, except on the most sensational level.”
Those who think of themselves as cultured and educated look down on Las Vegas as garish and brazen. But concern about “good taste” is often just socially palatable code for classism and racism. This is a working-class town that’s nearly 33 percent Hispanic, 12 percent Black, and 7 percent Asian. It has one of the largest populations of undocumented immigrants in the country, and the eighth-highest rate of homelessness."
posted to MetaFilter by growabrain at 12:22 AM on February 7, 2020 (27 comments)

Flashpoint and other enthusiasts have archived tens of thousands of games ahead of the software platform's demise at the end of this year. [Wired]
posted to MetaFilter by hippybear at 9:26 PM on February 6, 2020 (8 comments)

“There was a whole ruleset with a welcoming community, of an easy to learn system with gatekeeping kept to a minimum. It’s Powered By the Apocalypse. And it is my favourite system. And in my opinion, the gayest.” @ThatAceGal writes about her experiences exploring queer identity and seeing a queer community form through the Powered By the Apocalypse RPG system(s).
posted to MetaFilter by Maecenas at 3:19 PM on February 6, 2020 (15 comments)

Amiibots is an automated Twitch stream that hosts amiibo figure fighters submitted by Exion Vault's community fighting each other in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in endless succession, twenty-four hours a day.
posted to MetaFilter by JHarris at 10:19 AM on February 6, 2020 (10 comments)

"This daily rollout will be an experiment of sorts, a kind of live essay. I honestly don’t know if it will work, or whether it’s wise, or whether I can even pull it off. The essay may shift in the unspooling, and I’m still not sure how some of the later pieces will resolve. But I hope this form speaks to the content I’ve been wrestling with for so long. I hope by the end it makes sense."

Tevis Thompson, author of Saving Zelda (previously) and co-creator of the Second Quest graphic novel (previously) is finishing what began as a review of the best games, worst games and critical failures of 2018, a work that has taken a year to finish.
posted to MetaFilter by mhoye at 4:38 PM on February 5, 2020 (8 comments)

At 5, Jonah picked up a crochet hook, and with a YouTube tutorial on making a dishcloth (he wanted to make an octopus), he learned to crochet. That was about seven years ago, and you can see how far he's come by looking at his work on his Instagram account, and his tutorials on YouTube. No hooks? No problem! Jonah shows you how to use your fingers to knit a hoodie (full instructions for free from Yarnspirations). "After a very hard, busy, chaotic day in this busy world with school, it's just nice to know that I can come home and crochet in my little corner of the house while sitting by the one I love most: my mom," Jonah told NPR last year. [via Mltshp]
posted to MetaFilter by filthy light thief at 9:05 PM on February 5, 2020 (38 comments)

"Grief is what’s going on inside of us, while mourning is what we do on the outside." David Kessler on the Difference Between Mourning and Grief
posted to MetaFilter by not_the_water at 11:45 AM on February 5, 2020 (25 comments)

Legal historian Sarah Seo [twitter] appeared on the podcast The War On Cars to discuss her book Policing The Open Road[HUP], which covers the development of traffic laws and police stopping cars in the United States[New Rambler] and the concurrent increase in police and policing power[Atlantic]: How Cars Transformed Policing, Sarah A. Seo [Boston Review] - "Before the mass adoption of the car, most communities barely had a police force and citizens shared responsibility for enforcing laws. Then the car changed everything."
posted to MetaFilter by the man of twists and turns at 10:23 AM on February 5, 2020 (25 comments)

"No one suspected me": Women food critics dish on dining out for a living
posted to MetaFilter by komara at 12:12 PM on February 4, 2020 (22 comments)

Why 'Loom' Remains the Hidden Gem of Lucasfilm Adventures [VICE]

Cobb’s advertisement gives us a hint of why it was not as commercially successful, in spite of its artistic achievements. The description of the game only talks about the technical aspects - animations, music, controls - but not what the game is about. Loom was technically impressive - the original pixel graphics depict a wonderful world in only 16 colors; the soundtrack also made a wonderful use of the sound card by including a variety of pieces from Tschaikovski’s Swan Lake. The game takes its time to establish the world, with elegance and poise, in contrast with the riotous humor of Monkey Island. Loom is not bombastic, it has funny moments but not laugh out loud. Its fantasy world will not blow you away immediately - but it will steal your heart if you persevere.

posted to MetaFilter by the man of twists and turns at 8:22 AM on February 4, 2020 (33 comments)

In honor of the late Flash Fridays, please enjoy this four-way Tetris variant.
posted to MetaFilter by DoctorFedora at 12:18 AM on January 31, 2020 (19 comments)

While drafting this FPP, I had to omit words from the title of the article I was linking to in order to fit within the 72 character limit on FPP titles. I noticed today that someone else was bitten by the same "feature", leading to a misspelling of the author's name, until cortex stopped by to fix things manually. While I understand the desire to keep FPP titles concise, I feel like 72 is rather strict, and that we should discuss increasing it.
posted to MetaTalk by tonycpsu at 12:41 PM on January 30, 2020 (51 comments)

How a woman processed her rape by New York Mets Dwight Gooden, Vince Coleman, and Daryl Boston, fought for justice, and got discarded as a “groupie” during the “Year of the Woman.” Daniel Engber weaves her story together with the media coverage of Clarence Thomas’ sexual harassment of Anita Hill, William Kennedy Smith‘s rape of Patricia Bowman, and Mike Tyson’s rape of Desiree Washington; sexual and domestic violence by numerous Mets players including David Cone amid the team’s early 90s decline; and the widespread cultural backlash to 1992’s version of the “Me Too” movement.
posted to MetaFilter by sallybrown at 10:24 AM on January 28, 2020 (7 comments)

Game Urara (ゲームウララ) was a Japanese magazine focused on underground gaming culture (and BBSes and fetish material and warez and hacking and piracy) with a short lifespan of just five issues in the mid-1990s. The content could be described in one word: Madness. Every issue of Game Urara is available online at the Internet Archive [NSFW].
posted to MetaFilter by youarenothere at 1:37 PM on January 27, 2020 (12 comments)

Werner Herzog hears Paul F. Tompkins' "Yelp Review for Trader Joe's on Hyperion". Madness reigns. (via Studio 360)
posted to MetaFilter by Etrigan at 7:01 PM on January 25, 2020 (31 comments)

Today, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock past the two-minutes-to-midnight mark for the first time in its 73-year history. It is now 100 seconds to midnight. Previously on the Blue: 2016: A few seconds closer to Midnight? 2015: Do you know the time? 2007: I swear it was 7 just a couple of minutes ago...
posted to MetaFilter by non canadian guy at 3:27 PM on January 23, 2020 (37 comments)

10 years of US weather radar in two hours [YouTube]. This time-lapse movie, starting from January 2010, shows ten years of precipitation in a mosaic of all the NEXRAD radar sites in the contiguous states. NEXRAD is a network of 159 high-resolution Doppler radars maintained by the National Weather Service. Besides precipitation intensity, Doppler radar can also detect the direction and velocity of wind inside a thunderstorm, making it invaluable for tracking tornadoes and detecting straight-line winds caused by downbursts. Many commenters on the YouTube page have identified specific timecodes in the movie where you can see noteworthy instances of severe weather such as tornado swarms, derechos, hurricanes, and nor’easters [see the end of this post for a partial list].
posted to MetaFilter by theory at 12:40 PM on January 23, 2020 (11 comments)

Following on from the massive work done by the POC community within MetaFilter, it was suggested in that MeTa that we set up a thread as a sort of “White Caucus”. Welcome to that thread!
posted to MetaTalk by greenish at 12:24 PM on January 23, 2020 (107 comments)