玄 (Kuro) / Xar
@xarizzar.bsky.social
ENG/GR/Some JP. Very RT heavy. I'm autistic and also bad at everything. Profile picture by the amazing @kuelandak.bsky.social :D
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玄 (Kuro) / Xar
@xarizzar.bsky.social
· Mar 23
I always find it funny how some people just believe what random (to them) people say about me (which is usually talking shit), and when I tell them that I don't trust them anymore because of that, they're either surprised Pikachu face or they make me out to be the bad guy, lol
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfTp... HOLY SHIT NEW EVE MUSIC VIDEO AND IT'S FUCKING INSANE!?!
Underdog - Eve Music Video
YouTube video by Eve
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December 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfTp... HOLY SHIT NEW EVE MUSIC VIDEO AND IT'S FUCKING INSANE!?!
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"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
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The reason why this hurts so much is because every dubbing studio in the Los Angeles area has been hit with at least one wave of layoffs or a significant reduction in the amount of contractors that have been hired.
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The reason why this hurts so much is because every dubbing studio in the Los Angeles area has been hit with at least one wave of layoffs or a significant reduction in the amount of contractors that have been hired.
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
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I feel like I need to say if you like "game overs" that much, and the game that you're playing doesn't have any, you're very much free to artificially make that yourself by:
closing and reopening the game.
What a concept. If you can't do that, you're the problem. Don't take it out on others.
closing and reopening the game.
What a concept. If you can't do that, you're the problem. Don't take it out on others.
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I feel like I need to say if you like "game overs" that much, and the game that you're playing doesn't have any, you're very much free to artificially make that yourself by:
closing and reopening the game.
What a concept. If you can't do that, you're the problem. Don't take it out on others.
closing and reopening the game.
What a concept. If you can't do that, you're the problem. Don't take it out on others.
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Difficulty on multiplayer games and MMOs is one thing. But if you actually think that you should take away accessibility and difficulty OPTIONS from a single player game because "games have become too easy", I really don't want to interact with you.
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Difficulty on multiplayer games and MMOs is one thing. But if you actually think that you should take away accessibility and difficulty OPTIONS from a single player game because "games have become too easy", I really don't want to interact with you.
Difficulty on multiplayer games and MMOs is one thing. But if you actually think that you should take away accessibility and difficulty OPTIONS from a single player game because "games have become too easy", I really don't want to interact with you.
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Difficulty on multiplayer games and MMOs is one thing. But if you actually think that you should take away accessibility and difficulty OPTIONS from a single player game because "games have become too easy", I really don't want to interact with you.
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The Water Palace ⛲️
- Secret of Mana (SNES)
- Secret of Mana (SNES)
November 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Water Palace ⛲️
- Secret of Mana (SNES)
- Secret of Mana (SNES)
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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My experience with piracy is if someone who was never going to pay for my work turns into a fan that is worth more financially than what I’d lose from that first transaction
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My experience with piracy is if someone who was never going to pay for my work turns into a fan that is worth more financially than what I’d lose from that first transaction
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Happy Anniversary to Breath of Fire IV on PS1! 🎂🎉
Released in North America in 2000, and still one of Capcom’s most underrated RPGs. The music, the art, the warmth mixed with darkness. It’s such a standout from the golden era of JRPGs.
Released in North America in 2000, and still one of Capcom’s most underrated RPGs. The music, the art, the warmth mixed with darkness. It’s such a standout from the golden era of JRPGs.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Happy Anniversary to Breath of Fire IV on PS1! 🎂🎉
Released in North America in 2000, and still one of Capcom’s most underrated RPGs. The music, the art, the warmth mixed with darkness. It’s such a standout from the golden era of JRPGs.
Released in North America in 2000, and still one of Capcom’s most underrated RPGs. The music, the art, the warmth mixed with darkness. It’s such a standout from the golden era of JRPGs.
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But that prompter got the job, while I sent emails begging for work that were ignored, asked for raises that were gently refused, because I was already asking for too much money and time when competing with this.
I don't want to compete with AI. So I won't. And the audience gets what they get.
I don't want to compete with AI. So I won't. And the audience gets what they get.
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
But that prompter got the job, while I sent emails begging for work that were ignored, asked for raises that were gently refused, because I was already asking for too much money and time when competing with this.
I don't want to compete with AI. So I won't. And the audience gets what they get.
I don't want to compete with AI. So I won't. And the audience gets what they get.
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Boiling our art down to a single "jack of all trades" who has no industry knowledge of a single area, let alone multiples, will destroy what fragile infrastructure we have paid to maintain with our blood, sweat and tears.
I adored writing for dubs. It was all I thought about. Does that prompter?
I adored writing for dubs. It was all I thought about. Does that prompter?
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Boiling our art down to a single "jack of all trades" who has no industry knowledge of a single area, let alone multiples, will destroy what fragile infrastructure we have paid to maintain with our blood, sweat and tears.
I adored writing for dubs. It was all I thought about. Does that prompter?
I adored writing for dubs. It was all I thought about. Does that prompter?
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AI dubs aren't just an attempt to replace voice actors. Engineering, mixing, writing, directing, and QC are also cut, narrowed down to a single prompter.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
AI dubs aren't just an attempt to replace voice actors. Engineering, mixing, writing, directing, and QC are also cut, narrowed down to a single prompter.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
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We all agree that these "dubs" suck.
But once again, that's not the core problem here. The quality will inevitably improve, though I personally doubt to the quality of a dub made by actual humans who care.
The problem is that these exist AT ALL. They're an offense to art, and always will be.
But once again, that's not the core problem here. The quality will inevitably improve, though I personally doubt to the quality of a dub made by actual humans who care.
The problem is that these exist AT ALL. They're an offense to art, and always will be.
Welp, a second AI dub on Amazon has apparently been found, and it's a show that already had a perfectly normal (albeit non-union) dub: No Game No Life.
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We all agree that these "dubs" suck.
But once again, that's not the core problem here. The quality will inevitably improve, though I personally doubt to the quality of a dub made by actual humans who care.
The problem is that these exist AT ALL. They're an offense to art, and always will be.
But once again, that's not the core problem here. The quality will inevitably improve, though I personally doubt to the quality of a dub made by actual humans who care.
The problem is that these exist AT ALL. They're an offense to art, and always will be.
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A trillion-dollar company going super-cheap on producing a mechanical-sounding dub with no human touch, aura, or spark involved.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A trillion-dollar company going super-cheap on producing a mechanical-sounding dub with no human touch, aura, or spark involved.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
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This would be hilarious if it didn't make me want to puke into the mouth of whoever pushed for this.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This would be hilarious if it didn't make me want to puke into the mouth of whoever pushed for this.
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Counterargument: I looked at it three times and still don't see the problem.
I also looked up "cast shadow" just in case I got the definition incorrect.
I will now look at it three more times, but I don't see a problem. 😃🖤
I also looked up "cast shadow" just in case I got the definition incorrect.
I will now look at it three more times, but I don't see a problem. 😃🖤
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Counterargument: I looked at it three times and still don't see the problem.
I also looked up "cast shadow" just in case I got the definition incorrect.
I will now look at it three more times, but I don't see a problem. 😃🖤
I also looked up "cast shadow" just in case I got the definition incorrect.
I will now look at it three more times, but I don't see a problem. 😃🖤
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I really hope the anime voice actors who remorselessly scabbed during the strike see this and have a real Ebenezer Scrooge ass moment
Hey just so you know Amazon decided to give us an AI ENGLISH DUB of Banana Fish instead of actually hiring real voice actors
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I really hope the anime voice actors who remorselessly scabbed during the strike see this and have a real Ebenezer Scrooge ass moment
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We got gen-AI dubs from Amazon and gen-AI subs from Crunchyroll, but if you torrent a fansub that real people worked to translate, code, and stylize, you're the piece of shit.
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We got gen-AI dubs from Amazon and gen-AI subs from Crunchyroll, but if you torrent a fansub that real people worked to translate, code, and stylize, you're the piece of shit.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Artists:
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Artists:
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God will I not lament seeing the back of 2025. What a shit year
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
God will I not lament seeing the back of 2025. What a shit year