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[Uncle Ben]

 

I swear, if none of you gets this i may have to jump through the internet and smack the shit out of you

[furrykef]

Why? I dunno. Third base...

Not mention Eastern and Eastern-Middle History is largely ignored in Western classes.

I remember a moment when I was playing a game about Ancient Rome and it struck me that the American public (including myself) really has little idea about most of these countries. The Seleucid Empire was the largest empire of its time (Rome didn't claim that title until later), and most people probably haven't even heard of it.

Many agenda-based groups wish to distort history to fit a simplistic meta-narrative that fits their worldview instead of studying the primary source material.

Geez, sometimes you start sounding like a Conservapedian or something

[Uncle Ben]

Why? I dunno. Third base...
 

 

 

*Jumps through internet*

[TheRedStranger]

Many agenda-based groups wish to distort history to fit a simplistic meta-narrative that fits their worldview instead of studying the primary source material.

Geez, sometimes you start sounding like a Conservapedian or something

 

 

You should see me in real life...I have stories.

 

But, better said, I am almost a libertarian (I just can't believe in a victimless crime - second hand smoke and personally loosing a loved one to drugs slaps that idea about the face in my view).

 

Actually, to qoute the centrist, author, and historian John Green: "Simple readings of history are rarely sufficent." This is a problem universally noted. Most of my source material comes from studying primary sources. Any wiki should be given suspicion. But they can be spring boards for finding good first-hand source material I must admit.

 

Here is an experiment go ask someone you know where karate originated from...I bet you most of the time you will get the answer Japan. That is not true it all...it came from Okinawa from mainland China. Ask them to name two Chinese dialects. Ussually I get this responce: "There's more than one?"

[TheRedStranger]

 

 

Ask them to name two Chinese dialects.

 

Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese. What do I win?

 

 

Respect. The most valuable thing in the world.

[furrykef]

Aeons ago we had a SatAM screenshot caption game here on the forum. (Well, actually I think it was on the old forum...) We should probably bring that back.

Basically one person posts a picture and the next person has to caption it and provide the picture for the next guy.

[Uncle Ben]

Aeons ago we had a SatAM screenshot caption game here on the forum. (Well, actually I think it was on the old forum...) We should probably bring that back.

Basically one person posts a picture and the next person has to caption it and provide the picture for the next guy.

 

I'm down with that.

[GamemasterAnthony]

Same here...just as long as we don't do a marathon of captions to that one pic where Robotnik is going o.O.  (Which I STILL think needs to be made into an emoticon for this forum!)

 

And now for something random regarding my hometown baseball team:  CLICKY!

[ILOVEVHS]

Aeons ago we had a SatAM screenshot caption game here on the forum. (Well, actually I think it was on the old forum...) We should probably bring that back.
Basically one person posts a picture and the next person has to caption it and provide the picture for the next guy.

 
I'm down with that.

I think we should just do a Sonic caption game in general. SatAM, SEGA, Adventures, etc.

[furrykef]

 
Don't dis the hair Hedgehog!

I'm looking at this picture again and, my God, her proportions here are horrible. That arm is decidedly longer than it should be. You know you suck at anatomy when even I notice this stuff.

[Uncle Ben]

 

 
Don't dis the hair Hedgehog!

I'm looking at this picture again and, my God, her proportions here are horrible. That arm is decidedly longer than it should be. You know you suck at anatomy when even I notice this stuff.

 

 

Its also early 90s animation plus a low budget series

[furrykef]

For reference, when standing at rest, your arm should be roughly the same length as your torso, with your wrist just below your groin. This rule applies to Sally, too, despite her cartoony proportions, but here her arm is much longer than her torso.

Its also early 90s animation plus a low budget series

I'd imagine it was pretty high-budget compared to its contemporaries. But yeah, animation errors like this were typical of the time. Minimizing these kinds of errors is one of the positive sides to modern animation processes.

[ILOVEVHS]

[Uncle Ben]

[furrykef]

I think what we're seeing is the "squash/stretch" effect seen in most cartoons; if you watch it in normal speed instead of isolating a frame it actually doesn't look that off.

I'm familiar with squash and stretch (I was an aspiring animator myself -- and I still would be if only I had any damn motivation). This possibility did cross my mind but I couldn't imagine a scenario where this particular frame seemed appropriate. Therefore I think even if it only looks like this for a frame or two it's likely an error.

Of course I'd have to see the scene in motion before I could be positive. Any idea which episode this is and, if so, which part?

[furrykef]

OK, I see what they were going for but I still don't like how it looks. Seems a bit forced and I think her arm's still too long (though not as much) even when it settles into position. But yeah, hardly anybody's gonna notice it at normal speed. But now I can't unsee it.

[RedAuthar]

 

 
Don't dis the hair Hedgehog!

I'm looking at this picture again and, my God, her proportions here are horrible. That arm is decidedly longer than it should be. You know you suck at anatomy when even I notice this stuff.

 

Thanks Kef...now I can't help but notice.

[Uncle Ben]

[GamemasterAnthony]

What I see:  Cholesterol up the wazoo and an extra 10 pounds I don't need.

[ILOVEVHS]

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