The Nerd Thread (comics, movies, anime, cartoons, video games, lore, fun stuff, ect.)

Venom has his priorities straight

Is Skibidi really cringe or are we just acting like boomers do with video games?

Is it just “thing younger people like” is cringe?

@Cosmas-the-Explorer
it is both.

There’s been studies that people’s attention spans has indeed decreased over the years, especially in the last few.

So yes, Skibidi and such are not just cringe but actual brainrot.

@Cosmas-the-Explorer

How did Skibidi Toilet (and other Zoomer and Gen Alpha memes) even start in the first place?

Dafuqboom already has a library of Gmod videos he had created. Usually ending with the characters beatboxing.

They were entertaining and everything, but unfortunately one day he created Skibidi Toilet, a one-off shitpost. Even more unfortunately it proved to be his most popular video, so he created more.

And the world has been worse off since.

@Darth Prime
The duality of man.

I’m a socially isolated Gen z male who has an account on Janitor AI and I have no idea how people get addicted to these AI chatbots

Don’t get me wrong, they are fun but they very quickly get old

Spadinner will always be the best brainrot.

The next “Demon Slayer” movie’s release date is Sept. 12th of this year. Sounds like an ideal release date since the only movie coming out on that week is “Downton Abbey 3,” which has a different target audience.

@BlueYoshi
NGL I really want to see through overlap between fans of Demon Slayer and Downton Abbey x)

@Commune
I’m just guessing here, but maybe because we’re a type of creature that need social interaction, but due generational trauma inflicted, some become paranoid of interacting with other people. As such some turn to the AI chatbot to use as a replacement. In short its a parasocial relationship, I think…
Remind me of an episode Boogiepop Phantom; My Fair Lady, though I don’t remember much.

@Commune
This was me with cookie clicker

Monkey Wrench its pretty good. i used to watch the artist back in those old ass oc tournaments back on DeviantArt.

More news has come out about the sexual assault allegations against author Neil Gaiman and…

Jesus christ it’s fucking awful

Trigger warning becuase it’s very horrifying

Debate’s long been solved but still funny.

Box office reports this weekend.

-“Den of Thieves 2” took the #1 spot with a $15.02 million domestic opening. It’s lower than what DoT1 made on its opening weekend ($15.21 million domestic), but it’s a solid debut nonetheless.
-Another sub-40% drop for “Mufasa!” The winter holidays may be over, but this film is still putting up fantastic numbers in the box office! It has reached an impressive 5.36X multiplier, closing it on “Jumanji: The Next Level” (5.41X) and “Wonka” (5.60X).
-Congrats on passing the $200 million domestic mark, “Sonic 3!” It had a good 46.8% drop from the previous weekend. I expect the film to pass “Sonic 2”‘s worldwide gross ($405.4 million) this weekend.
-“Nosferatu” has passed “Moana 2” in the domestic box office on its 3rd weekend. Against a budget of $50 million, the film has already reached past the 2.5X break-even point. It will be competing against the “Wolf Man” reboot this weekend.
-“Moana 2” is close to sailing past the $1 billion mark! I expect it to reach that mark this upcoming weekend.
-“A Complete Unknown” is still doing pretty well in the domestic box office. Hopefully, it will do well in the overseas market when it is released over there.
-“Wicked” is closing on the $700 million worldwide mark. I think it’ll pass “Dune: Part Two”’s worldwide gross ($714.4 million) at the end of the month.

A24’s “The Brutalist” is getting a wide release on Jan. 24th, a week after the Oscar nominations. Also, “Better Man” is flopping hard all over the world. Not even a theater expansion or great reviews are going to save this film.

@Dustcan
Yeah and monky win.

Magnus Carlsen is appearing on the Joe Rogan Podcast

The absolute worst human beings in the world are about to flood the chess world, oh boy