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Season 1’s a decent candidate for this question in its own right; the parent comment is right that season 1 is excellent overall, but on first watch you potentially do kinda have to stick it out until episode 12.

Old El Paso taco seasoning. I think they changed it a long time ago. I’m sure it was cost considerations, and not broader appeal.

I’ve tried making my own but I can never get it quite right.

This is me with berries, at least at my local supermarkets. I didn’t even realize how bad it was until I had blackberries right off the bush at a friend’s house. Now I only ever get them frozen or (when I can splurge a little) at a farmer’s market.

The unrelated ones I don’t get, but the closed caption-style stuff makes it more likely someone on the endless scroll will stop on your video when they have their apps set not to play audio unless the video is focused.

The word “tycoon” was brought into English from the Japanese word taikun (大君), one of the words for “lord.” The Japanese word itself would have been brought over from China a long time before.

The amount of “The [clearly disproportionate response] was completely justified here” I used to see in the comments on that genre is terrifying.

The Expanse is the only show I’ve never once skipped the opening credits on, even on rewatch. The song’s a pitch-perfect mood throughout the whole series, and a great length, too. Doesn’t overstay its welcome.

If you’re willing to spend a little time learning the editor and some general web hosting basics, you can get up and running fairly quickly with Wordpress. Just stick to the templates and don’t try to stretch the design too much, that’s where you’ll fall into a really deep rabbit hole.

For tips on how to use it, whatever you do, don’t use traditional web search. It’s beyond bad for this topic. Use AI search. If it hallucinates on you, you’ll know. Just try again with a different prompt.

There’s a stock wind instrument recording that showed up in a bunch of places in 90’s media. It’s right at the start of “Distant Mountain” from Suikoden.

Likely quite a bit of overlap with those people that are okay with genocide happening (trans or otherwise), but at the same time are zealots about animal cruelty.

There is at !japaneselanguage@sopuli.xyz but it’s not super active. Like a lot of things on the Threadiverse, it’s best to go up a category. !languagelearning@sopuli.xyz is more active, and there are many Japanese learners there.

It’s going to be whatever new technology built on the shoulders of blockchain tech that works for this. Whatever they solve the efficiency problems with. Then it might have a fighting chance at being a currency, being used as provenance, etc.

I think AI’s got a similar issue with the agentic side of it. Still needs another big advance.

Disappointing, though ultimately a small part of my PC library in the end. Enjoyed Horizon Zero Dawn and loved both parts of The Last of Us. Yet they never did bring over The Last Guardian, Bloodborne, or Bluepoint’s remakes (I played the original Shadow of the Colossus and Demon’s Souls).

Intergalactic is the only upcoming title I’m interested in, and that’s nowhere enough for me to spend on a PS5.

TRON: Legacy, although “terrible” might be bit harsh on it. I first watched the movie when I had a fever of 103 and it was perfect for that.

All-time great movie soundtrack, though.