For years, mine was this gif I saw on UsVsTh3m in 2013. It had no context, and the only hint to its origin was the barely legible “29. 暑〜い!” overlay. I had a guess that this was from a Japanese TV talent show. I wanted to find the original video, but the trail went cold.

Years later, I don’t know how, I heard of a series of Japanese TV specials called Kesou Taishou, known overseas as Masquerade. UsVsTh3m got bought by the Mirror and their post was taken down, but I still had the gif. My Google Translate research skills had improved, so I looked up Masquerade on Japanese Wikipedia and searched all the episode guides for 暑〜い!, and in the shows from 2007, I found it! It was entry 29 in the 78th special, and it won third place there.

I try not to post things that don’t have a legal source, so I quietly updated my blog post and didn’t mention it anywhere else. Until…

Three months ago, my partner started getting YouTube recommendations for this show. I checked, and the show’s new official YouTube channel had just uploaded this performance a few days earlier. I made a better gif of it and posted it to !gifs@lemmy.world , and they liked it!

Come to a good city that hasn’t fallen to the fascists. Here in Columbus, we’re fairly insulated from the psychopaths who don’t care who they hurt. That stuff doesn’t fly here. We actually have some compassion for our neighbors here.

Oh! I didn’t know Lemmy had a !wtf@lemmy.wtf . Welp, I’m subscribed now. I’m happy my remake of a 2007 Japanese TV gif made it, and with its alt text intact sometimes!

Heck yeah! I’ve been trying to replicate /r/FloatingIsFun’s post flairs for years on !FloatingIsFun@fedia.io . PieFed makes everything look better. I hope Lemmy and Mbin add these post flairs too. Mbin tags get halfway there but it’s not the same.

In this case, those three crossed party lines and voted to stop the tariffs. Still, being GOP Senators, they almost certainly betrayed the American people for their orange dictator wannabe in the past. So shame them anyway.

It’s a disgrace to miss the vote, but that’s not the only way to neglect their Senate responsibilities. Don’t forget to be that angry at every GOP Senator except Rand Paul, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski. Those three voted for the bill, but I’m sure there are ways they’ve betrayed us too.

I think this blunders away our queen. How do multi-king armies work?

Hey now, that burning parachute is helping a little. You’ll only break your legs.

h3xg4 chomp

While I agree that fascists like him should be afraid to go out in public, that particular fascist dying would make him a martyr. He needs to live long enough to be convicted again and actually serve jail time.

The best bubble solutions aren’t stable. The water part of the bubble mix might have evaporated some, and surfectants alone doesn’t do much without the surface tension of water holding things together

Try adding a little more water to the solution and stirring. Also, make sure the air where you’re blowing bubbles isn’t too dry.

I don’t know for sure. My only credential here is that the #bubbles tag is mostly my posts.

Besides Mbin, I’ve been using Sharkey a lot. It’s really nice! I also want to use Peertube and Owncast more.

@slippyferret@lemmy.blahaj.zone Well heads up, there’s an update!

David August’s ultra high efficiency dishwasher is my top Lemmy post. My top Kbin post of Chris Austin’s Chasing Waterfalls has it beat, but that benefited from a Lemmy bug.

Turns out this comment was right.

The Momoko 120% game is probably Urusei Yatsura: Lum no Wedding Bell with the tacked-on Urusei Yatsura license taken back out.

Hi there, travelers! I’m a little afraid of Genshin Impact because of its gacha mechanics, but it sure has good characters! If Paimon ever becomes playable, I might have to install the game.

/r/Columbus . !columbus@lemmy.world exists but it never really took off and has been dead for 8 months. I haven’t had anything relevant to post there, but if I find something good, I’ll post it. !ohio@midwest.social just isn’t the same.

Alright then, hear me out.

I hear you. Gadget Hackwrench is the one. I’m actually a little afraid to watch the 2022 movie in case something bad happens to her.

You know how when you hear Steve Blum’s voice in a show, you can’t unhear Spike Spiegel? Well, when I hear Tress MacNeille, I can’t unhear Gadget.