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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Aren't there actual censorship laws about depicting minors using drugs - even legal drugs like tobacco and alcohol, which is why you always have the ridiculous insert of [They were actually drinking grape juice] or whatever all the time and it turns out the character just got placebo drunk

    I just watched a show where they had to age up one main character from the manga because one of her defining traits was smoking constantly.

    And I thought Bungo Stray Dogs was set in America in the 1920s, but it's actually set in modern Japan...that looks like 1920s America and has a ton of non-Japanese people running around.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    It's weird they'd have a stick up their ass about minors using drugs in anime considering all the... other... things they're allowed to depict.

    I guess it's kinda like how kids in America are too delicate to see a pair of boobies but not to watch a man die.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    drug use is super duper taboo in japan as far as I can tell, like if you sat next to someone who smelled a weed once you lose your job kind of taboo

    it still HAPPENS obviously but if you get caught or talk about it it's pariah time, much worse than, say, sex crimes

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Even cannabis is a huge deal

    On a similar note the only anime I've ever seen that had really convincing weed in it was Fujiko Mine taking a fat bong hhrrrriiiiiiip in one of the Takeshi Koike-directed Lupin films

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  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
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    If I had to choose between some weird censorship and some rough laws vs a giant fentanyl epidemic killing more people then any disease, accident, etc in the country... I'd choose the censorship.

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  • neverreallyneverreally Registered User regular
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    Just pretend they meant heroin instead of weed because that's how they think of it.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I have no idea about any actual fentanyl abuse, but I absolutely cannot take any claims about fentanyl seriously anymore specifically because of the absurd way cops have latched on to it as a cartoonish bioweapon that will kill all cops in a 10 mile radius, and that's why it's ok they shot somebody 78 times in the back of the head today, they were pissing their pants that 8 year old had seen a fentanyl once. The lying is so blatant I have to assume fentanyl is actually completely harmless.

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I have no idea about any actual fentanyl abuse, but I absolutely cannot take any claims about fentanyl seriously anymore specifically because of the absurd way cops have latched on to it as a cartoonish bioweapon that will kill all cops in a 10 mile radius, and that's why it's ok they shot somebody 78 times in the back of the head today, they were pissing their pants that 8 year old had seen a fentanyl once. The lying is so blatant I have to assume fentanyl is actually completely harmless.

    Fentanyl is very bad news and is causing extreme amounts of harm and death. This can be true simultaneous with cops being absolute goobers about thinking that saying "fentanyl" 3 times into a mirror will make you OD

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    If I had to choose between some weird censorship and some rough laws vs a giant fentanyl epidemic killing more people then any disease, accident, etc in the country... I'd choose the censorship.

    This is just ridiculously false and it's not even close. Like, covid's death total in 2022 is more than the last few years of all opioid OD deaths combined, not just fentanyl. Even diabetes more than doubles up opioid related deaths.

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  • shadowaneshadowane Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    On a totally separate note, does anyone know when new episodes show up for shows week to week? Like, I know when someone them show up, but can't keep others straight. Crunchyroll doesn't seem to display that data anywhere I can see. Any thoughts?

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited April 13
    If I had to choose between some weird censorship and some rough laws vs a giant fentanyl epidemic killing more people then any disease, accident, etc in the country... I'd choose the censorship.

    Covid itself kills like 5 to 6 times more people per year than fentanyl. You may be looking at opioids as a whole instead of just synthetic, but even that is still behind Covid. And Covid itself is behind heart disease and cancer.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    shadowane wrote: »
    On a totally separate note, does anyone know when new episodes show up for shows week to week? Like, I know when someone them show up, but can't keep others straight. Crunchyroll doesn't seem to display that data anywhere I can see. Any thoughts?

    https://anichart.net/airing

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    shadowane wrote: »
    On a totally separate note, does anyone know when new episodes show up for shows week to week? Like, I know when someone them show up, but can't keep others straight. Crunchyroll doesn't seem to display that data anywhere I can see. Any thoughts?

    Crunchyroll doesn't overtly display it, but you can easily deduce it. Example, the Konosuba spinoff uploads new episodes on Wednesdays.

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  • LockedOnTargetLockedOnTarget Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    IMO Luffy should snort cocaine to get more powerful

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Fentanyl is a legitimate medical drug, and the saying that the difference between medicine and poison is dosage holds true for it. Cocaine as well.

    Cops want to make it a big scare to justify murdering people, which then has the side effect of reducing the availability for medical usage because the public is only being bombarded with how bad it is like DARE back from the grave.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    shadowane wrote: »
    IMO Luffy should snort cocaine to get more powerful

    There's that official spinoff where he has a gigantic prehensile rubber penis. He could snort viagra.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    shadowane wrote: »
    On a totally separate note, does anyone know when new episodes show up for shows week to week? Like, I know when someone them show up, but can't keep others straight. Crunchyroll doesn't seem to display that data anywhere I can see. Any thoughts?

    https://www.livechart.me/timetable

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    In 2020 I went to Japan. It was beginning of March. I got off the plane immediately after eating 100mg of "candy." I wasn't confident enough to bring anything into the country that wasn't already being digested by me. But, I'm one of the few people who can say I was high as shit in Japan. If I had been caught they might have cut off my hand or some shit. But getting of the plane and the entire airport was empty was really fucking bizarre

    My buddy went to college for a year in Osaka and I went to visit him once, he told me weed wasn't uncommon in clubs but it was 1) very bad 2) very expensive and 3) very illegal and will get foreigners in a shitload of trouble. If you don't go to jail forever you certainly would never be allowed back in the country.

    During that stay I was at a hostel run by a very loud and tall Australian man. He told me an Aussie once came to his hostel and arrived in the country via boat, and once he arrived showed the hostel owner he had a shitload of weed and was asking where to sell it. He was like "told mate to find a Yakuza" which seems like a very bad idea on top of an already terrible idea

    Anyways, the best drug scene in any anime is the mushroom samba ep of Bebop

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    If I had to choose between some weird censorship and some rough laws vs a giant fentanyl epidemic killing more people then any disease, accident, etc in the country... I'd choose the censorship.

    Do you really think the cause of opioid overdoses in America is due to glamorous depictions of opioid use in the media?

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Magical Destroyers 3
    Magical girls vs a giant gunpla car-Ultraman piloted by a disillusioned car otaku, defeated by kancho-ing him with a giant suppository injection, except the real enemy was Dark Anarchy who then murders the driver, defeats all of them, but is stopped by Car Otaku's mentor, Itasha Driver, running her over out of nowhere, sacrificing himself in a giant explosion.

    This show continues to be absolute chaos.

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  • CururuCururu Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    IMO Luffy should snort cocaine to get more powerful

    Like actual, not-fake DC Comics character Snowflame?

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    During that stay I was at a hostel run by a very loud and tall Australian man. He told me an Aussie once came to his hostel and arrived in the country via boat, and once he arrived showed the hostel owner he had a shitload of weed and was asking where to sell it. He was like "told mate to find a Yakuza" which seems like a very bad idea on top of an already terrible idea

    Yeah unfortunately because weed has absolutely no legal grey zones or decriminalization in Japan, organized crime has significant fingers in distribution of most of it

    I'm sure there's gotta be some independent growers, but those people sure as fuck aren't moving product in any large quantities


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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Cururu wrote: »
    IMO Luffy should snort cocaine to get more powerful

    Like actual, not-fake DC Comics character Snowflame?

    Also like actual not-fake DC Comics character Ultraman

    Ultraman doesn't snort cocaine, he snorts powdered Kryptonite!

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
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    It's completely OT, but as a 911 dispatcher, I've seen several deaths caused directly by fentanyl. Not to downplay other things, but it's a very real and very serious problem, and worse, most of its users think it's no big deal because they can just narcan it away and keep at it, then get panicked when they realized it killed someone.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
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    cj iwakura wrote: »
    It's completely OT, but as a 911 dispatcher, I've seen several deaths caused directly by fentanyl. Not to downplay other things, but it's a very real and very serious problem, and worse, most of its users think it's no big deal because they can just narcan it away and keep at it, then get panicked when they realized it killed someone.

    I lost a friend to fent. It is a real issue. But just holding in your hands won't kill you as some cops would have you believe. That's I think the thing, the supposed casual danger of just being near the substance is just not true. Majority of overdoses are people doing what they assume is some other drug that has been cut with or replaced with fentanyl.

    My friend died from pressed Xanax bars that were mostly just fent

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    It's completely OT, but as a 911 dispatcher, I've seen several deaths caused directly by fentanyl. Not to downplay other things, but it's a very real and very serious problem, and worse, most of its users think it's no big deal because they can just narcan it away and keep at it, then get panicked when they realized it killed someone.

    I lost a friend to fent. It is a real issue. But just holding in your hands won't kill you as some cops would have you believe. That's I think the thing, the supposed casual danger of just being near the substance is just not true. Majority of overdoses are people doing what they assume is some other drug that has been cut with or replaced with fentanyl.

    My friend died from pressed Xanax bars that were mostly just fent

    It's a toxic substance that can be very dangerous if it touches exposed skin, I learned as much in forensic science from CSI professors.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
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    cj iwakura wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    It's completely OT, but as a 911 dispatcher, I've seen several deaths caused directly by fentanyl. Not to downplay other things, but it's a very real and very serious problem, and worse, most of its users think it's no big deal because they can just narcan it away and keep at it, then get panicked when they realized it killed someone.

    I lost a friend to fent. It is a real issue. But just holding in your hands won't kill you as some cops would have you believe. That's I think the thing, the supposed casual danger of just being near the substance is just not true. Majority of overdoses are people doing what they assume is some other drug that has been cut with or replaced with fentanyl.

    My friend died from pressed Xanax bars that were mostly just fent

    It's a toxic substance that can be very dangerous if it touches exposed skin, I learned as much in forensic science from CSI professors.

    Only if you're licking strange powder off your fingers or rubbing it on your eyes/nose. It takes prolonged exposure to be absorbed through the skin, plus moisture. As in hours. Wash your hands when you touch weird stuff.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
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    Oghulk wrote: »
    Watching Witch from Mercury from the beginning dubbed with my partner. I have some theories
    The whole purpose of the GUND-format was to transplant the human mind into the robot. Hence why Elnora was so horrified when Eri connected at the high permet score -- she would be able to do it. And she was able to do it because of her childlike state.

    yeah I could see this being where it is going

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    It's completely OT, but as a 911 dispatcher, I've seen several deaths caused directly by fentanyl. Not to downplay other things, but it's a very real and very serious problem, and worse, most of its users think it's no big deal because they can just narcan it away and keep at it, then get panicked when they realized it killed someone.

    I lost a friend to fent. It is a real issue. But just holding in your hands won't kill you as some cops would have you believe. That's I think the thing, the supposed casual danger of just being near the substance is just not true. Majority of overdoses are people doing what they assume is some other drug that has been cut with or replaced with fentanyl.

    My friend died from pressed Xanax bars that were mostly just fent

    It's a toxic substance that can be very dangerous if it touches exposed skin, I learned as much in forensic science from CSI professors.

    I did not expect to have to post this in the anime thread but your CSI professors are wrong:

    https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/can-fentanyl-be-absorbed-through-your-skin/2022/10
    What is fentanyl and why is it so dangerous?
    Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid - which is made in a lab and hits the opioid receptor. It is an incredibly potent and strong drug. Since fentanyl is so concentrated, when people use it at home they can accidently overdose very easily.

    Is it safe to take fentanyl if it is prescribed to you?
    Fentanyl is a medication we use every day in the hospital. It is a great pain medicine when used safely by doctors, nurses and pharmacists in a thoughtful way.

    Can fentanyl be absorbed through the skin or by touching an item or surface where it is present?
    It is a common misconception that fentanyl can be absorbed through the skin, but it is not true for casual exposure. You can't overdose on fentanyl by touching a doorknob or dollar bill. The one case in which fentanyl can be absorbed through the skin is with a special doctor-prescribed fentanyl skin patch, and even then, it takes hours of exposure.

    Why is it important to dispel the myth that fentanyl can be absorbed through the skin?
    It is important that we clarify and let everyone know that fentanyl cannot really be absorbed through the skin because people who have overdosed on fentanyl may have only minutes to live. Pausing or waiting for other people to arrive means that person might die. They need our help and it is safe to help them.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Watching Witch from Mercury from the beginning dubbed with my partner. I have some theories
    The whole purpose of the GUND-format was to transplant the human mind into the robot. Hence why Elnora was so horrified when Eri connected at the high permet score -- she would be able to do it. And she was able to do it because of her childlike state.

    yeah I could see this being where it is going
    I think it' also why Delling got on board: immortality

    I’ve seen the theory suggested that
    something similar happened to Miorine’s mother, which is why Delling was so indifferent about her funeral

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    It occurs to me that when the topic is "cops lie about this all the time" that someone who is at best cop-adjacent if not an ex-cop (CSI prof) is probably not a good source to dispute it.

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