BOBBY DRAKE

Snyderbot. Spider-Man fans are unserious. Check the stream out.

[BOBBY DRAKE @SuperDuperIC]

I’d make this my header if I could bro I might jus pin it 😭😭😭. BIG BUGGY

[Skym1ke 🇳🇬🇭🇹🎮 @OfficialSkym1ke]

TATTED UP!! TATTED UP!!!! TATTED UUUUUUUUUAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[BOBBY DRAKE @SuperDuperIC]

You been hopping mad for 2 years cause everybody liked a song you didn’t 😭

[DuffJuice @DuffJuice30]

I’m so glad that “Mutt” song has died out. I hate that song, it’s a bad song. I’m not gonna call it one of the worst songs I ever heard—but it’s easily one of the worst hooks I ever heard.

“Baby ima dog, I’m a mutt…”

Fam……..that shit is CORNY. It’s a corny concept. It’s lazy writing. All around. That’s nails on a chalkboard to my ears.

“Baby ima dog ima mutt” is some of the laziest writing ever for a hook.

[Niccolo The Nigmekian @NiccoloOfNamek]

TATTED UP! TATTED UP!!! TATTED UPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The first trailer for ‘AVATAR: SEVEN HAVENS’ has been released.

The series follows Earthbending twins after a world-shattering disaster where one discovers she’s the new Avatar after Korra.

Releasing October 9 on Paramount+

[da_fullsummer_alchemist @mandanduno]

PEAK

[da_fullsummer_alchemist @mandanduno]

NAH MEXICAN BAM MARGERA USED TO HAUNT ME IN MY DREAMS

[Dyme @dyme_dyme_dyme]

Girlfriends of celebrity men really all look like the same person lol

[sadhydra @sadhydra]

@gncgalactus "I no mutant, I no mutant. Impossible. I mutate, I magic. It not the same. Mutante nunca. Nunca." Be having the same X gene as me. "No no no papi." They try to irradiate that shit off.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

[Katsuhiro Harada @Harada_TEKKEN]

For me, this is already a story from a career that spans the past 31 years.

I’m probably one of the people in the game industry who has traveled to the largest number of countries and actually met local fan communities in person. So honestly, I’ve been influenced by people and cultures from all over the world. More than race itself, I think I’ve always been influenced by “regional culture” and “organizational culture.”

One of the most fascinating moments involving your culture happened in 2019, when I revealed Leroy Smith. (The visual design wasn’t mine, but the original character concept was.)

Right after the reveal, I received this message from the American fan community:

“Can we… can we invite you to the cookout for making an awesome character like this?”

Now, as someone from my generation in Japan, I was actually considered relatively good at reading and writing English. By then I’d already been to North America over 50 times, had maintained the English I learned for university entrance exams, and had been communicating with people on Twitter in English long before translation apps became useful, let alone AI translation.

But honestly… when I saw that sentence, I had absolutely no idea what it meant.

In fact, my very first reaction was:

“Oh no… I’m finished.”

Here’s why.

Back then I was frequently arguing against articles spreading hate toward video games, and I kept seeing people replying with the word “cooked.”

As you know, “cooked” can mean you’re done, finished, or completely destroyed. I also often saw “roasted.” Because of that, I honestly assumed “cookout” was just an even stronger version of “cooked.”

So for one terrifying moment, I read it as:

“Hey… we… we… can invite you to a party where we’re going to beat you up and roast you?”

Even though I thought I knew America pretty well, I genuinely wondered if I’d somehow pressed some invisible cultural button that I wasn’t supposed to touch.

Later, I had another misunderstanding. People kept calling me:

“You are the fxxking GOAT.”

And for about two or three years I honestly thought,

“Damn… here’s another guy calling me ‘a fxxking goat… this animal bastard.’ Better ignore the bait.”

Some people even replied with 🐐 emojis, so I genuinely believed they were insulting me by calling me an animal.

Because of misunderstandings like that, I seriously thought:

“Man… getting our characters accepted by Americans is really difficult. They might actually be even more sensitive than Japanese people in many ways. We need to study their culture much more.”

Anyway, back to the cookout story.

Eventually someone explained that a “cookout” in the African American community is actually one of the highest compliments possible—basically saying:

“You’re someone we’d trust enough to invite to our close-knit family BBQ, where only real friends and loved ones are welcome.”

That explanation was a huge relief.

Then they started showing me BBQ equipment and ingredients…

…and I was absolutely shocked that everything was several times bigger than what we have in Japan.

Sure, I expected the smoker grills to be huge. But even the tongs and spatulas were enormous, and the meat looked like something I’d only ever seen as loot in an MMORPG.

Looking back now, I honestly regret not immediately flying to the U.S. and accepting an invitation to one of those community cookouts.

That really was the perfect opportunity.

Anyway… I’ve wandered way off topic.

Of course I can’t claim that I fully understand what you call Black culture. But if we’re talking about the parts that have genuinely influenced me, the cookout story is certainly one of them.

And the people in these photos have also had a significant influence on me. (I’d like to include many more, but I’ll limit it to four photos.)

[BOBBY DRAKE @SuperDuperIC]

Yall have to stop putting that dog shit Superman anime on my TL

[Cal @wyattyhalpert]

Every baby cinephile goes through their "Nolan is overrated" phase thinking it'll make them look more sophisticated and discerning than 'the normies' but I'm glad I grew out of it. One of our greats, with a deep love not just for cinema but for 'the movies' and what they mean.

[Sam Tuero 🇩🇴 @Sam_Tuero]

This is how I'm walking up to the ticket attendant at 6:30 AM on Friday for the Odyssey.

[chart data @chartdata]

Future's 'The Real Me' aiming for #1 debut on the Billboard 200 with 135K units first week (via @HITSDD).

It would mark his twelfth #1 album.

[zee @zee63365234]

can everyone please just get higher self esteem you can literally still be insecure just have a backbone

[Chad Johnson @ochocinco]

Bison have no lateral movement, hesi to the right & sidestep to the left. Hope the tourist is okay.

[BOBBY DRAKE @SuperDuperIC]

#CantBeSerious

[Larry Legend @larryislegend]

I’ll never understand black folks love for Chinese food. Trash.