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Why couldn't the amulet have been hidden by Aunt Alice, who understands modern key exchange algorithms?

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is what it's like to watch Detective Conan in America. They will even have commercial segways where they say "hey, remember this important clue!" And then not even use that clue in the English dub's edit. They still present it as a mystery the viewer can solve, but then the solution is always some convoluted BS using clues the audience was never shown lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

commercial segways

I'm amused at the linguistic backport that just occurred here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m sure they meant segue here

segue 1 of 3 imperative verb se·​gue ˈse-(ˌ)gwā ˈsā- 1: proceed to what follows without pause —used as a direction in music 2: perform the music that follows like that which has preceded —used as a direction in music

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, I totally meant those little upright, lean-to go forward scooter things. 👀

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Watching detective conan in america sounds expensive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’m sure they meant segue here

Correct. The amusing part being that "Segway" was intentionally chosen as a play on the actual word "segue". Hence the phrase "linguistic backport".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

subtitles are slightly more annoying, but i at least partially know what's going on.

plus english dubs often times suck balls.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Any trick using strings is absolutely magic