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Puffy Fluffy, it's time to take me out once and for all

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Thanks! Unfortunately, Discord isn't really my thing (I think it's been a month since I opened it), but maybe I'll drop by at some point.

Serious answer: if they really for whatever reason decided to do this, it would probably be

I was wondering where I recognized your name from, and then remembered I'd been seeing you all over SBM. Welcome to the other side! (We mostly exist on Discord nowadays, if you're into that kind of thing.)

Larry the Barfly Lobster

You Can Finally Meet My Mom.

I don't really watch movies a lot, at home or in theaters. I think the last movie I watched was Migration, which was shockingly good for an Illumination movie.

I last rewatched Birdman (Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) because I am going through the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu filmography with my Dad. I think it might be his best film of the ones I have seen? I know there are some in the film twittersphere who seemingly hate him but honestly, I do like the sort of filmmaking arrogance and impressive work present in that film.

In a weird roundabout way this Totodile PFP can represent the 15th anniversary of HeartGold SoulSilver so you know what I will be Totodile one of the goats. If you need me to i will switch the pfp to a heart gold soul silver era totodile art.

I completely agree, and I am a big defender of the new episodes. This episode would've been much better in Season 11. Actually, Season 11 did have a sequel episode (Doodle Dimension) to another beloved classic episode (Frankendoodle), and it was much better than Squidiot Box. And yeah, SpongeBob's voice has really gotten weaker. Tom Kenny can't do the Season 9 voice anymore. I wish they would have him do a lower voice, maybe closer to Season 1. As for the writing, I've been noticing more problems with the writing since the tail end of Season 13. Unlike Seasons 6-8, there's nothing super frustrating going on with the characters or the storylines. The problem now is that they just feel really dull and lacking. This occasionally could be a problem with Seasons 10-12 (like Library Cards), but it didn't happen nearly as often as it seems to now. But there is still much good to be found (Bassward). I haven't lost hope yet.

Róméó és Júlia (Hungarian production of the French musical Roméo et Juliette, de la haine à l'amour. It premiered on January 23rd, 2004 so it turned 20 earlier this year.)

Welcome to SBC! I bring you greetings from apple world!

Maniac vs. Muse or, What Defines Rock Music I’m More Likely to Enjoy? What’s up, peeps? For this project, I’m going to try to get into the long-running UK rock band Muse, a group who I’ve always seen as one of the “Big 3” of mainstream British rock–Muse, Radiohead, and Coldplay–but who I’ve had less interest in listening to than the latter two for quite some time now. However, one of our fellow SBCers, HawkbitAlpha, is trying very hard to get me into Muse, to the extent of sharing a live video of the band performing one of their biggest hits “Knights of Cydonia,” and…I can’t say I was too impressed with the song. My comments towards it consisted of “I get the appeal, but it’s not for me” and even “I guess I don’t like rock music that actually rocks,” which now has me wanting to interrogate what “rock music that actually rocks” even means. To this extent, I do want to make a good-faith effort towards getting into and appreciating Muse’s music for what it is, but I’m going to do it on my terms. Those terms being: listening to every one of their studio albums, from 1999’s Showbiz to 2022’s Will of the People, in chronological order, which is the usual way I’ve tried to become a fan of a particular band or musician for the better part of a decade now. With enough preamble out of the way, let’s get this party started! — Showbiz (1999) 1: Sunburn [8.5/10] 2: Muscle Museum [8/10] 3: Fillip [9.5/10] 4: Falling Down [8/10] 5: Cave [9/10] 6: Showbiz [9.5/10] 7: Unintended [7.5/10] 8: Uno [10/10] 9: Sober [8.5/10] 10: Escape [8/10] 11: Overdue [8.5/10] 12: Hate This and I’ll Love You [9/10] Review: So, how does Muse’s 1999 debut album hold up? Pretty darn well, surprisingly enough! While Matt Bellamy’s vocals at the beginning of “Sunburn” did make me wince because of their perceived similarity to Radiohead’s Thom Yorke’s, I will admit that Bellamy does have a vocal style of his own: a fiery, passionate ball of angst, whereas Yorke’s vocal angst is more neurotic and detached. But damn, Matt Bellamy can sing, even if what he’s singing isn’t exactly the most unique stuff in the world. To be honest, I genuinely think the lyrics on this album are kind of generic and if it wasn’t for Bellamy’s vocal charisma and passion, I would have been a lot harsher on this album than I ended up being. What about the actual music, though? From what I’ve heard on this album, Muse seems to have very much been a cohesive unit from the start; every instrument–from searing guitar riffs, heavy bass lines, and pounding drums–is given a chance to shine on many of the songs here. My favorite songs on the album–“Uno” and “Filip” in particular–have this sort of gothic “doomed romantic” feel to the chords and melodies, the latter song with its twinkling pianos and the former with its seemingly tango-inspired cadence. And these tracks ROCK. HARD. Other songs in this vein like “Cave” and the title track are where Muse play to their strengths on this album and seem like the beginnings of their core sound. Where I do think the album falters is on the slower songs like “Falling Down” and “Undecided.” The former is where I think some comparison to the OK Computer sadboys is warranted, mostly because it just sounds like a version of the closer from OK Computer, “The Tourist,” without any of the majestic synths and yes, singing, even if “Falling Down” goes down easy. “Undecided,” on the other hand, seems like an attempt at a romantic acoustic ballad that doesn’t really do much for me personally even if executed well on a technical level. While I wouldn’t call Showbiz an all-time favorite, I do think it’s a promising start to what seems like a diverse, if not always crowd-pleasing, career in alternative rock (spoilers: I have not heard good things about Muse from 2016’s Drones onwards, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it). Final score: 8.6/10 (B) --- UP NEXT: Origin of Symmetry (2001)

That should be interesting..

Not great. Thinking about the future is what keeps me going. But the future I envision (which is not even unrealistic - all I really want is a job, an apartment, and mental/spiritual peace) feels like fiction, and there's no guarantee of it even happening. Not to scare anyone, but I've known people who've spent DECADES living hard lives, and I'm scared of ending up like them. Maybe I have it better than a lot of other people who've had worse trauma than me or are homeless, but I'm miserable, and I want to be free.

It's already finished though, isn't it? And it got leaked 4 months ago. I can't understand why they would wait 7 months after it was first leaked to release it.

Hi there! I'm SneakyMcSneakyPants (my name comes from a quote from The Pink Purloiner). I joined a little while ago but was mostly just lurking until now. I'm going to try to be more active now though! I'm a 23-year-old college graduate from Texas and have a computer science degree. I'm also an SBMania member (same username), where I tend to kill whatever free time I haven't already given to Reddit and Wikipedia (funemployment, right? ). I'm also an amateur cartoonist, which is something I got into thanks to...SpongeBob! I've loved SpongeBob since I was 5 (before I even had cable!) but started to REALLY get into the show when I was 16, and since then I have devoured SpongeBob episodes and info about the show's crew, production history, etc. I love watching the show and discussing it, often at length! Looking forward to participating!

"Dragonball Z" (the Japanese Anime) is turning 35 this year, and as a belated tribute to Akira Toriyama; I'll be "Dragonball Z"!

101DS turned 5 earlier this year, and it would be on-brand for me to take it up for grabs so...101 Dalmatian Street it is.

Hotel Mario

I'm gonna be The Simpsons because I am very old and no one has put me down yet

Godzilla is 70 so... godzilla?