#and the 'we're going out' 'where are you going out?' party clip is just chefs kiss peak comedy comfort moment

[kieu-tou]

alt er love week day 4: favourite episode or scene - or, rather, a Very limited collection of outtakes from some of the clips i hold close to my heart, from my two favourite seasons

Skam España | Temporada 2 - Cris (2019)

DRUCK - Fatou (2020-2021)

[bopinion]

2021 / 29

Aperçu of the Week:

"You can tell a person's character by the jokes he laughs at."

Alfred Biolek

Biolek is a veteran of German television. In the 1970s, he produced the most successful TV show, "Am laufenden Band," and then he was in front of the camera himself: first talking and hosting, later also cooking, in each case as the first (!) in his field. Thanks to him, people in this country know Monty Python and The Police, for example. A great man, a star without airs and graces, an innovator and cultural leader, a man who was never prejudiced, never unfair, always in a good mood, always interested, never superficial, always friendly, who stood by his homosexuality - at a time when it was still considered disreputable, not only in his industry. I had the privilege of meeting him almost 30 years ago, as we both shared a valuable experience as exchange students with AFS. Dr. Alfred Franz Maria Biolek died yesterday in Cologne at the age of 87. Rest in peace!

Bad News of the Week:

The fourth wave is coming. It's already there in the UK and Spain. In France and Italy, the values are still (reasonably) low, but the growth is rapid. Thanks to the delta mutant, formerly known as the Indian. Here, everyone is watching spellbound for the infamous "7-day incidence," which so far has been slow to increase. That's about to change. Especially because the longed-for herd immunity will remain a utopia - because immunization above 85% is impossible if all children and adolescents are not considered for vaccination. And more and more so-called skeptics refuse - whereby an obligation to vaccinate would be an immense encroachment on fundamental rights, the justification of which is difficult. But is there a fundamental right to ignorance? I'm torn apart...

What is currently taking place in the UK is a large-scale medical experiment. Not under expert supervision in a laboratory, but completely detached in public. All Corona protections such as mask wearing or social distancing have been completely removed. At a time when the incidence is approaching 500 - the highest since the all-time high in January. In our country, it's under 15, and we're worrying about how to organize the start of school after the summer vacations. And Boris Johnson basically says to that, "Why not now? When then?". Well, for example, when the vaccination campaign is more advanced and the numbers are lower. But he'll know what he's doing - even if it's irresponsible. Let's see how British voters will remember this decision in his upcoming re-election.

But this is not the only area where the British government lacks logic in Corona measures. A work colleague of mine is Irish and was supposed to visit his mother next week. But she lives in Northern Ireland. Since he already has full vaccination protection, he didn't expect any problems - and now he would have to spend ten days in a quarantine hotel without being allowed to see his mother. That's over 70% of his total two-week stay. The reasoning is remarkable: according to British regulations, he is considered unvaccinated because a vaccination in an EU country is not recognized. Although it is the same vaccine in the same dose in the same schedule. But the stamp in his vaccination certificate is just the wrong one.

Good News of the Week:

"Pragmatism and melancholy" is the Tagesschau's headline about Angela Merkel's last federal press conference - a kind of forum for free questions from journalists - as chancellor in Berlin. After all, she will not be running again in the federal elections in just under two months. It was therefore not surprising that, in addition to current political issues, many media representatives primarily took stock of Merkel's 16-year term in office. The financial and the euro crisis, nuclear and coal phase-out, the EU and China, Corona and digitization, and so on. Life without crises is easier, but when they are there, they have to be dealt with, Merkel replied to the question of whether she felt flattered by the title "crisis chancellor." After all, last week U.S. President Joe Biden, another old hand in world politics, had remarked that she would be missed.

In an interview today, climate activist Luisa Neubauer, the German face of "Fridays for Future," accuses Merkel of not tackling the climate crisis in the proactive manner that is her style in other crises. Although this one is by far the biggest and most urgent. One might add, even though Merkel was once environment minister. And seems to overlook two things: first, nuclear and coal phase-out ultimately serve climate protection. And secondly, there is no patent remedy, no reference, no example, no role model. Perhaps that's the point: who should be able to tackle the issue in a decisive way if not someone who is internationally acknowledged, respected across party lines, unpretentious and without any self-interest, scientifically sound, moderating and balancing, pragmatic and energetic? So who, if not Merkel?

Dr. Angela Dorothea Merkel turned 67 two weeks ago. Unlike Helmut Kohl - the other chancellor who ruled for what felt like an eternity of 16 years and ended up looking powerless and burnt out - it's hard to imagine Merkel going from one day to another just reading books and trying out potato salad recipes. And we have learned from the U.S. that the political zenith is apparently not reached until the age of 70+. And from demography we have learned that women live longer and are more efficient in old age than men. So: starting this fall, there will be an "elder stateswoman" in waiting on the world stage, who I personally would like to see again in every conceivable position. EU Council president, UN secretary general, pope, conductor, chef - I don't care. But give her something to do. She won't screw it up. Thank you, Mrs. Merkel, for providing a solid counterbalance to all the testosterone and alpha dog behavior in our nation, in Europe and a little bit in the whole world all these years. Of course, not all that glitters is gold, and even you haven't done everything right. But your taking stock is positive, and that's what remains at the end of the day.

Personal happy moment of the week:

I have never owned a purse. Probably because I never had enough money ;-) So coins always end up in a big box that the kids carry to the bank by the kilo on World Savings Day. And for bills, I had a plain money clip by Danish designer Georg Jensen, whose functional-style silversmithing helped shape industrial design in Scandinavian countries. I had already lost it once and after much research was able to purchase one again. A good half year ago I scatterbrained lost it again. Fuck the 20, 30 euros - but my beautiful clip was gone. And this time it was impossible to find another one. Yesterday, I put on a suit that I obviously hadn't worn for a long time - because in my pants pocket I found my money clip. Empty, but valuable. I got it back. And my personal happy moment of the week.

I couldn't care less...

...for the Olympic Games. Because they are so far from the original ideal of the sporting high office of the amateurs, endlessly commercialized, run by a corrupt organization, without any grounding and leaving the same too often burnt. I can still remember the promises made before the Summer Games in Beijing in 20008: sport would be an ambassador of peace and democratization, the Olympics would have a lasting effect on politics and society. Really? Nothing at all has happened. Except that the 2022 Winter Games will once again be held in Beijing. Bravo!

As I write this...

...it's thundering and lightning in the mountains again. And everybody is afraid that there will be heavy rain, squalls and hail again. Because the soils, especially in the disaster areas of the last week, are still waterlogged and loose and many dams no longer exist. So it only takes a comparatively small amount of rain to have mudslides, rivers overflowing their banks, and flooded homes again. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all of us.

[retphienix]

Man, no real idea why but I'm guessing the internet just doesn't like that it's currently frozen solid outside, but this took forever to upload which defeated the original purpose of me recording instead of taking screenshots to save time- :(

ANYWAY.

This dungeon was a riot, like legitimately, I had a great time the whole way through.

Theming was nice, my payday scorched brain appreciated robbing a bank, the villain is CRUSTY- like- The previous 2 were horrible, that's pretty consistent, but the failstate wasn't half as worrying as this one, er, at least for our party specifically I mean.

Fail against Kamoshida and a pervert keeps doing gross abusive shit (horrendous!) and we get expelled and probably sent back to juvie.

That sucks!

Fail against Madarame and a slimy fuck who lead to the death of multiple people in the name of stealing their art for his success will keep stealing Yusuke's work, that sucks, we'll also all go to jail in some way for breaking in to his home, that REALLY sucks!

Things stepped up a tiny bit in terms of our immediate consequences there, though Kamoshida has a grosser angle.

This guy though?

Fucking lord. He's SLIIIIIIIIIIMY and the supposed fail state would be roughly the same as Madarame, kinda, but with the added FUCKING SHITTY consequence of like Sae and Makoto being sold into prostitution or the like. Like the implications were GROSS and I appreciate the slimy step up in consequences!

Enough of that though, I've lost a lot of what I wanted to say because of the ridiculously long time I endured uploading a simple clip, my bad, so here's what I remember and really wanted to praise like a LOT!!

HIS DESIGN IS FUCKING INSPIRED.

I don't care if you disagree, this fuck has a goddamn grand metamorphosis into a greedy little fly. Seeing how his new fly-like mannerisms so neatly fit into the greedy way he already acted, after all the false flags of pig imagery, was REALLY NICE.

Just seeing him rub his hands like mad or rubbing his new fly eyes felt *chef kiss* Sublime.

Maybe I'm unaware of flies being used to demonstrate this kind of behavior, so maybe take a grain of salt with this as me being naive because this was a first of sorts and I dig.

Second his boss fight was GREAT. A nice step up in complexity from Madarame that brought back interesting unique mechanics like Kamoshida even!

There's literally only one(1) moment I didn't like, and that's me being unfair because I might (not sure) have needed the advice given because my brain might have been too small to consider it (maybe, not sure).

That being that in the final phase Morgana just up and stops you to say "Hey, here's the intended answer to this phase! I know we're dozens of hours in and this is the 3rd boss so you should be allowed to figure things out yourself with only the most scripted moments explained, but I'm here to say SHUT UP AND USE SLEEP so good luck!"

That was kinda lame. Not egregious just "I'd prefer fucking up and learning"; Also it felt unneeded when the enemy uses sleep against YOU which should have (and might have with me, again, it didn't trust me enough to let me see!) clued you in to use sleep.

I wanted to figure it out myself, damn it!

BUT, FORGETTING THAT, THIS WAS A GREAT FRIGGIN' FIGHT!

Big beefy main phase with AOE damage to manage, and even another charge and burn mechanic like Kamoshida's Killshot which is ALWAYS appreciated because there are so many ways to tackle such a mechanic (INCLUDING A UNIQUE ONE FOR THIS FIGHT WHERE YOU GIVE HIM AN ITEM TO SKIP IT!!!).

An add fight where the adds are beefy and actively defend the boss demanding you find a way around them. To encourage you to not just burn them down they are BEEFY and will regularly get buffed or otherwise supported by a 'mostly untouchable' Kaneshiro, meaning it naturally encourages you to crowd control them rather than attempt the slow and most likely deadly strategy of killing them outright.

Just like Kamoshida he has a nice fluent fight too- a lot of smaller phases kind of blend together; You can argue it's 2 phases (Pig and Fly) but honestly you have AOE Pig, Rolling Pig, The mini-pig-burn phase you get when you give an item, Adds, and even a desperation attack where he drops all his money on you.

Fucking SUBLIME boss fight to cap off a dungeon I had a lot of fun exploring.

Oh, and then other notes would be that I guess I should have expected it considering how slimy he is but his shadow had a lot less remorse.

A scumbag dodging blame and taunting us to the very end, which does make me nervous on how our change of heart plays out. Well, not fully. I suspect it 'worked' it's just interesting to see that unlike Shadow Kamo and Shadow Made who both kinda broke down as shadows- Shadow Kane just kinda loses.

He sorta comes to moral senses, and then immediately tosses it aside to say "I'M the victim, and also you guys suck and will lose to the evil person using the metaverse, nah-nah-nuh-boo-boo"

Interesting! Again I don't think it'll impact his real world counterpart- we still stole his desires- it's just interesting that his shadow was so thoroughly corrupt that even dissipating as we steal his desires he doubles down.

What else...

Oh, the funny money was a really funny scene, I adore the voice acting in this game.