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language nerd and general dilettante living in 🗼
en/jp/zh/fr/kr in that order
en/jp/zh/fr/kr in that order
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Normal person: You gotta love the Vikings!
Bluesky user, a monk at Lindisfarne: Listen you fucking monster
Bluesky user, a monk at Lindisfarne: Listen you fucking monster
April 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Normal person: You gotta love the Vikings!
Bluesky user, a monk at Lindisfarne: Listen you fucking monster
Bluesky user, a monk at Lindisfarne: Listen you fucking monster
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Turning 30 is actually not bad because you actually spiritually turn 30 at age 27. By the time you hit 30, you've already been 30 for three years.
April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Turning 30 is actually not bad because you actually spiritually turn 30 at age 27. By the time you hit 30, you've already been 30 for three years.
Yellow Fang really showed up and released a full album called The Greatest that really was the greatest and then have barely released anything since huh
April 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Yellow Fang really showed up and released a full album called The Greatest that really was the greatest and then have barely released anything since huh
i love this category on the ssense japan website which is labelled 'EVERYTHING ELSE' in english
April 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
i love this category on the ssense japan website which is labelled 'EVERYTHING ELSE' in english
wow what a coincidence as I've just learned this word today while reading the Japanese translation of Han Kang's Human Acts
Literary Chinese word of the day: dulou 髑髏 (< OC *doːɡ roː), 'skull'. Likely cognates are toulu 頭顱 (<OC *doː b·raː) and duolu 𩑒顱. Possibly all are related to "head" 頭 (*doː).
The word might also be known from its Japanese adaptation (> dokuro), e.g. the yōkai gasha-dokuro 餓者髑髏
The word might also be known from its Japanese adaptation (> dokuro), e.g. the yōkai gasha-dokuro 餓者髑髏
April 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
wow what a coincidence as I've just learned this word today while reading the Japanese translation of Han Kang's Human Acts
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asking such a whimsical creature as myself to file my taxes is flatly evil
April 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
asking such a whimsical creature as myself to file my taxes is flatly evil
the problem with portion sizes in japan is that the default amount leaves me a little too hungry but double is way too much; i always want 1.5x everything
April 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
the problem with portion sizes in japan is that the default amount leaves me a little too hungry but double is way too much; i always want 1.5x everything
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"to democratize art is not every person having a cute drawing made in seconds, to democratize art is every person having time and health to learn and make art if they chose to, and mainly to have the means to think and relate introspectively with art."
Pq democratizar a arte não é toda pessoa ter um desenho bonitinho feito em segundos, democratizar arte é toda pessoa ter tempo e saúde pra aprender e produzir arte se quiser mas principalmente ter condição pra pensar e se relacionar com arte com introspecção.
March 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"to democratize art is not every person having a cute drawing made in seconds, to democratize art is every person having time and health to learn and make art if they chose to, and mainly to have the means to think and relate introspectively with art."
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i'm just admiring the amphora from my ledge, perfectly content 👁️👁️🏺
March 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
i'm just admiring the amphora from my ledge, perfectly content 👁️👁️🏺
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Volcxken Diericx and Hieronymus Cock
Volcxken Diericx (c. 1525 – 1600) was a Flemish print-maker and publisher.
She and her husband Hieronymus Cock founded an important publishing house in Antwerp, which she continued to operate after the death of her husband.
Here, by Johannes Wierix.
She and her husband Hieronymus Cock founded an important publishing house in Antwerp, which she continued to operate after the death of her husband.
Here, by Johannes Wierix.
March 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Volcxken Diericx and Hieronymus Cock
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experience desire for more than five seconds and it's like oh yeah this is absolutely the root of all suffering
March 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
experience desire for more than five seconds and it's like oh yeah this is absolutely the root of all suffering
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it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
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Contemporary "cozy" fiction is missing a vital ingredient: pain.
www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/02/23/l...
www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/02/23/l...
Legends, Lattes, and Lament: The Necessity of Pain in "Cozy" Fiction - Typebar Magazine
Cozy fiction works best when contrasted against harsh emotional, material, or political realities.
www.typebarmagazine.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Contemporary "cozy" fiction is missing a vital ingredient: pain.
www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/02/23/l...
www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/02/23/l...
glamping looks fun in its own way but it's frustrating how many search results for camping in japanese is really just glamping
March 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
glamping looks fun in its own way but it's frustrating how many search results for camping in japanese is really just glamping
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the 15th anniversary remaster cover for the fat of the land just adding more crabs is one of the funniest album covers I’ve ever seen. i think about it all the time
March 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the 15th anniversary remaster cover for the fat of the land just adding more crabs is one of the funniest album covers I’ve ever seen. i think about it all the time
the more I use AI the more positively I feel about what it can do for us and the more negatively I feel about the way capitalist industries have decided it should be used
March 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
the more I use AI the more positively I feel about what it can do for us and the more negatively I feel about the way capitalist industries have decided it should be used
i did not know this about bengali this is fun!!
March 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
i did not know this about bengali this is fun!!
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They doxxed the fucking Prodigy crab
One time I managed to find the exact spot where that photo was taken on google maps
March 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
They doxxed the fucking Prodigy crab
i was trying to think of how to explain the difference in nuance between 同人 and 推し and realised it's basically the difference between "fandom" and "stanning"
March 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i was trying to think of how to explain the difference in nuance between 同人 and 推し and realised it's basically the difference between "fandom" and "stanning"
sitting in front of Figma right like maybe i hate UI design actually
March 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
sitting in front of Figma right like maybe i hate UI design actually
the temptation to open this at work is great media.discordapp.net/attachments/...
March 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
the temptation to open this at work is great media.discordapp.net/attachments/...
me watching videos of spanish rock climbers: hey you know what would make a great band name venga boys wait--
March 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
me watching videos of spanish rock climbers: hey you know what would make a great band name venga boys wait--
watching the kind of money being spent on transphobic policy in the US is actually jaw-dropping - i thought conservatives were supposed to care about economic austerity and government efficiency and all that? (rhetorical question: i know it's just fascism)
February 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
watching the kind of money being spent on transphobic policy in the US is actually jaw-dropping - i thought conservatives were supposed to care about economic austerity and government efficiency and all that? (rhetorical question: i know it's just fascism)
every time i befriend someone from a new country i wanna go there
February 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
every time i befriend someone from a new country i wanna go there