The last two times I've been in this hospital waiting room, they've been playing Massan (which as the only white person here, makes me feel a little >_>), but now it's all coverage of the US militarily harassing the Middle East, which is definitely not an improvement.
If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.
It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.
www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
Honestly we should have all known we were in a dangerous global decline as soon as Hollywood struggled to make a new movie about Blade
Happy 40th anniversary to "The Legend of Zelda" (released on February 21, 1986).
I definitely saw Ben-Hur at least three times, specifically in Latin class.
This thread shows a deliberate defunding of U.S. science, engineering, social science, innovation, and education excellence. It’s a U.S. national security, competitiveness, and economic disaster.
I didn't really mind election cars in Tokyo because they didn't seem to be much louder than anything else, but up here in Sendai, they've got to be at least 30db louder. I couldn't even hear my own headphones at max volume over the one I passed on the street today.
if you’re tear gassing little kids you lose your job, you get arrested, tried, and jailed
simply no other option in a civilized society, these goons must face consequences
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll."
time.com/7357635/more...
Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
There will be many people in media and gov't saying "I can't fathom how [insert thing that the U.S. has an extensive history of doing] could just happen like that" and I need you to really think about *why* this is infuriating and why maybe the systems that enable these patterns aren't the solution.
Wake up. Have a sip of water. Check if WWIII started. Brush teeth.
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
Jisho has long been an incredibly valuable website for learning Japanese - huge range of definitions, well sourced, and no ads. It's an honor that my silly little slang dictionary is now part of it. Can't wait for the full launch of the new version (plz bring back the dark background Kimtaro 🙏🙏🙏🥺🥺🥺)
The American Dialect Society has chosen its word of the year: slop…used as both a freestanding noun, and a productive suffix! Check out all the words we nominated at the link! And while I nominated “that’s AI” (and it won for most useful), there’s no fake news here!
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
suddenly having mad 桜蘭高校ホスト部 flashbacks (the only thing I know them from)
me: life has been so hard lately
my therapist, Glegbar The Blood Thief: how much blood do you think is inside your body
I just received an email that used the term "paradisciplinary," and it irritated me so much I think I lost consciousness for a moment.
The Hakone Ekiden is more exciting if you imagine the religious affiliation of the university that wins becomes the official religion of Japan for a year. Looking like Japan will be Methodist for another year.
Applications are open! 🥳
Happy Hakone Ekiden Day(s) to all who observe 🏃
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
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Given that I was just in line behind some guy at the Family Mart in B1 of Narita Airport who asked the cashier for a suica card (fully ignoring all the signs directing him to where to buy said suica card), I 100% understand how this signage came about.
Finally, the crossover I didn't know I needed: Gudetama explains Das Kapital
