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Comment on That book you remember some details but can't recall the title in ~books
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Comment on ‘Spider-Noir’ canceled by Prime Video after one season in ~tv
blivet Link ParentI suppose the people who watched it thought it was great, but not many people watched it. Or maybe they didn’t get the hoped-for uptick in subscriptions. Unfortunately the general public has no...I suppose the people who watched it thought it was great, but not many people watched it. Or maybe they didn’t get the hoped-for uptick in subscriptions. Unfortunately the general public has no way of knowing what criteria streaming services use.
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Comment on Give me your culture clash stories in ~travel
blivet Link ParentThanks for this explanation. I suppose the waiter was thinking that vegetarian meant 蔬菜.Thanks for this explanation. I suppose the waiter was thinking that vegetarian meant 蔬菜.
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Comment on Give me your culture clash stories in ~travel
blivet Link ParentA friend once told me about eating in a Chinese restaurant where he had asked the waiter if the egg rolls were vegetarian, and been told that they were. He noticed something that seemed like meat...A friend once told me about eating in a Chinese restaurant where he had asked the waiter if the egg rolls were vegetarian, and been told that they were. He noticed something that seemed like meat in one, and asked the waiter what it was. The waiter replied, “It’s pork,“ as if my friend were some kind of imbecile. All I can think is that the waiter thought that “vegetarian” meant that the dish contained vegetables.
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Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in to use old.reddit.com in ~tech
blivet Link ParentYeah, it’s deteriorated to a surprising degree. I’m too cynical to think that it’s because the users who created the most worthwhile content and the mods who weren’t solely in it for the power...Yeah, it’s deteriorated to a surprising degree. I’m too cynical to think that it’s because the users who created the most worthwhile content and the mods who weren’t solely in it for the power trip all left, but what other explanation is there?
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Comment on The hardest working font in Manhattan in ~design
blivet LinkI was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it. Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese...I was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it.
Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese websites when they need to render the Latin alphabet. That’s where I first became consciously aware of it. It seemed so wonderfully functional and no-nonsense.
I read a novel a few years ago (but I think it was published in the 80s or 90s) that includes Fortean elements like missing time. I can’t remember anything at all of the story except that the characters become involved with a cult whose leader considers travel extremely important. He makes one statement which has always stuck in my mind: “The body is unique in that it is the only object we experience from the inside.”