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No no. You are not supposed to rick roll when showcasing display hacks. For displays you use Bad Apple.



That video has always felt unprofessional to me. I wish we'd choose something else.


It's one of those things where if someone does the work, they're allowed to show off how they like.

Next time you do an interesting display mod or port, you can choose whatever video you like.


I meant it's a bit like the Lena image in digital image processing.

I get that the original author of the series is above board, but the fandom around touhou is full of enough toxic people that it's often the first thing one encounters or associates with the brand. Kind of like the tug of war with Pepe, but much worse.

I just now did a Google image search for "touhou" (just that term, no quotes) with safe search enabled and you might guess what came back. And these characters are supposed to be children.

I don't want to be a nanny or intrude on people who most likely mean no harm, but if video demos are to have a "standard" test video, should it really be Bad Apple? If you've got something really cool to show off, don't spoil it by associating it with that.


How professional should the video be if I want to show something animated on my Etch a Sketch?




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