Very cool visuals, but I thought it was a good anime to watch stoned, and obviously for me it isn’t. I had absolutely no clue what was going on.

Need to sit down and give it another go.

Don’t quote me on this (haven’t seen it and only pulled partial clips before answering), but I think the audio just runs as per normal. Though it’d be kind of cool to have reverse audio as an option (if in a theatre, idk, have a set up kinda like what folks do for silent discos/some bluetooth device with serious multi-connection capacity or something, and people who opt for it have one earpiece in while the vanilla track plays in the room).

Only aware of it 'cause the rep theatre here did a screening once. Seemed cool.

I mean, this exists, so why not? https://www.screenslate.com/articles/shining-forwards-and-backwards

Yep, smorty is definitely on the list of comfy causes. But reading some of her comments on merch, if she ever did this, I feel like she’d probably want to donate any excess to something.

Wouldn’t judge if she didn’t, just get that kind of vibe.

Man, if I didn’t go to stuff alone, I’d almost never leave my house.

Yep. Having given the dopamine spike some time to subside, 99% certain I got fooled. Fits the title, though - nice little reminder that no one is truly immune (or at least, I’m not, and I thought I was pretty savvy).

About $30 CAD, “half-price”, which was another red flag.

Right!?!? Did some searching, though - while this came from a real ad, the whole thing reeks of dodginess.

Probably, which is the main thing that held me back from purchasing. It was just a weird experience - I never felt that “OMG I need this” trigger directly from an online ad for useless bullshit before. Felt weird. Wrong. Generally uncool. But still.

Don’t you dare change for anyone, smorty! Unless it’s something that you really want.

For anyone who was curious, a quick review of search results provided the following:

Real talk - Smorty merch drops with any profit going to a comfy cause? I’m buying it too.

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As someone who whisked away jizz (at best) covered towels from hotel laundry carts for a living for a while, I am glad to have been part of the magic.

Tip your housekeeping staff if you can - we know what you did but keep it to ourselves ;)

(Also if you see the laundry guy when getting on the service elevator, do not make the “Is there a dead body in there” joke. There are far better choices, be creative)

The difference between boofing and hooping is entirely contextual, it’s the same act.

What I’ve found even more fascinating is, particularly in earlier iterations of the technology, visual effects produced were remarkably similar to visual distortions people experience with certain drugs.

Easy to make a lot out of this where it’s not warranted, but at minimum it gives some interesting food for thought re: how visual processing works. Have seen people write about this, but am too dumb to actually understand.

Lol, will dig a little bit then. Used to love doing something similar to this when Greyhound still rolled through here.

Worst anyone can say is no :)

Huh, wonder if this is still possible/possible in Canada. Imagine not but would be a fun adventure.

To be fair, it fits the narrative. If I was some Polish student arriving in Canada to go to TMU, I probably would have no idea it used to be called Ryerson.

TBH I had no idea Ryerson changed their name until these messages started coming in, lol.

This is a Heritage Moment at this point.