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Comment on I love Tildes in ~tildes
chocobean LinkIn the cliche "Asgard is a people" vein: more than the platform or its content, love you guys, and that includes other mostly lurking folks including Deimos, and folks who've moved away / are...In the cliche "Asgard is a people" vein: more than the platform or its content, love you guys, and that includes other mostly lurking folks including Deimos, and folks who've moved away / are moving away from the site for personal reasons. Thanks for spending the time here with us, maybe even leaving a few words or links. Till we meet again.
Thanks for the positivity, doors_cannot_stop_me. There's always a need for more positivity and consideration.
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Comment on Tokyo, yeast, and expectations in ~travel
chocobean Link ParentIt's crazy dangerous to try to lift even a small child's stroller up stairs, let alone an adult holy moly I'm glad it was a fictional account and even then someone stopped them.It's crazy dangerous to try to lift even a small child's stroller up stairs, let alone an adult holy moly I'm glad it was a fictional account and even then someone stopped them.
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Comment on Tokyo, yeast, and expectations in ~travel
chocobean Link ParentI would agree: there's fish and then there's in season fish of the same exact species. At peak season they might have roe, or bigger/fattier, or in peak breeding condition etc. Flash frozen / air...seasonal
I would agree: there's fish and then there's in season fish of the same exact species. At peak season they might have roe, or bigger/fattier, or in peak breeding condition etc. Flash frozen / air transported, you're already one step removed. Not having that personal relationship with fishers or fish vendors is another level. I'm not pretending to be enough of a gourmand to be able to tell, mind, but I think the idea of a celebration of the seasonal catch is missing from regular north America sushi restaurants with our year round standard "salmon tuna combo #4" mindset.
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Comment on Tokyo, yeast, and expectations in ~travel
chocobean (edited )LinkFirst off, HoriMiya is highly underrated. This fellow Millenial Otaku applauds you for good taste and I'm looking up Moyashimon as we speak. It can be rough sharing thoughts about travel...First off, HoriMiya is highly underrated. This fellow Millenial Otaku applauds you for good taste and I'm looking up Moyashimon as we speak.
It can be rough sharing thoughts about travel disappointment, especially for something pretty universally beloved. There's your own experience, and the divide between that and the reaction from others can become a secondary source of disappointment. So I hope while you read the respondes here, you don't take them to be hostile or unbelieving or dismissive of your experiences, just more like, oh I wouldn't have noticed, or I solved it a different way, or I expected slightly different, or it also sucked for me but experienced 100x other positive things to balance out. Certainly, if I had read your post and I had a tot with me, I would be enabled to do further research to make sure we have a good thing. Small things like bringing my own Bento (is that legal?) or bringing an umbrella stroller instead of a compact, and most definitely NOT an American full size.
I've only ever been to Japan once during an extremely short 3 day layover: Narita > Tokyo Station > Ghibli Museum in Mitaka (三鷹の森ジブリ美術館) > Narita. That was it. But I was travelling with my senior parents, one of whom had severely limited walking abilities / cognitive issues, and a neurodiverse kindergartener who was mostly carried / strolled because of sensory issues / the crowd / my parents were spoiling the grandchild. We just took things at their pace: never be out during rush hour, stopping every 100m or so, have only the one destination for three days of stay, pay $$$ for taxi.
I think my tot and I additionally went to the Aeon adjacent to the hotel, late at night, and that was the entire trip.I did have one unpleasant memory of flying out of Japan, where the border agent confiscated my tot's food scissors. They had someone run fetch a chart, measured it, (to my eyes) it was just under but, nope, rules are rules. The agent kept apologizing, looked as distressed as my (by now) wailing kid, almost in tears himself, but confiscated them anyway.
The only "kids meal" we had in those three days was at the airport where they have this adorable airport themed teishoku (set meal) with the omurice shaped into an airplane - ketchup windows, colorful mochi + red bean dessert, and in tiny portions in plastic sections where the food doesn't touch other parts of the meal.
And to further empathize, I didn't like Italy very much initially either.
Dog poop everywhere and many things looked weird and old but not a nice historic way. Pisa was just crowds, the collosium looked better in the movies, and one of our meals we got tourist trapped hard. I lost my wallet at a cafe, and when I went to report it to the police, the unfriendly attitude of them sitting in their fortress looking building, I experienced quite a bit of culture shock. The granny next to me was very adamant in her assertion it must have been those Roma people (aka, not a real Italian person). Nevermind I said I probably just lost it in an ADHD moment, it was surely those awful outsiders, she said, to me, an outsider. It wasn't until I stopped doing the tourist thing, and just lived in my husband's cousin's apartment for the rest of the month that the trip really took off. It was buying the cheapest beer from the tiny store around the corner, the croissant outside the apartment, just walking the streets with no destination, stumbling across random beautiful buildings... None of those are Instagramable, nobody would travel to eat just normal frankly mid (except one meal) food, but that was the best part of the trip.
I hope you do give Japan another try someday and have a better experience.
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Comment on Tokyo, yeast, and expectations in ~travel
chocobean Link ParentI was hoping I'd hear from you in this thread :) I'm curious about how much of OP's experience is due to the fact that their young family visited a megapolis in a conformity society during a...I was hoping I'd hear from you in this thread :)
I'm curious about how much of OP's experience is due to the fact that their young family visited a megapolis in a conformity society during a working day vs it being a specifically Japanese thing. Eg, how does that experience compare with any other megapolis?
From Wikipedia's list of biggest cities by population, Tokyo is #3. My country's capital city is #70 (lol) and there's no highchairs, the galleries don't often have kids sections / downright hostile looks, narrow sidewalks will randomly close/ pot holes, the trains frequently have elevators broken good luck strollers, and the amount of people streaming to/from work is terribly unaccommodating for non-able bodied individuals. And that's from a highly individualistic and everything equity kinda place.
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Comment on The hall of shame: the worst AI-generated flyers in ~design
chocobean Link ParentCan you imagine going to get a tattoo and it's by someone who has so little confidence in their art they use AI slop.?Can you imagine going to get a tattoo and it's by someone who has so little confidence in their art they use AI slop.?
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Comment on The hall of shame: the worst AI-generated flyers in ~design
chocobean Link ParentIt might have assumed it was a Sumerian historical cultural themed restaurant. Not like it knows anything.It might have assumed it was a Sumerian historical cultural themed restaurant. Not like it knows anything.
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Comment on The hall of shame: the worst AI-generated flyers in ~design
chocobean Link ParentSumer special is AI. Their logo has a special style of font and banner, what human designer wouldn't reuse those? Okay maybe they have no budget or it's their 13 year old nephew who always hated...Sumer special is AI. Their logo has a special style of font and banner, what human designer wouldn't reuse those? Okay maybe they have no budget or it's their 13 year old nephew who always hated the logo. Look at the two menus at the top right corner and compare their images. Printed menus shouldn't have difference between two identical printed copies.
And if you're not convinced, go to their official Facebook
facebook dot com / lasmariaspiquaoh
Where they proudly link to a chatgpt poster image on July 17 still hosted on chatgpt. And their plathora of other AI menus / posters
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Comment on The hall of shame: the worst AI-generated flyers in ~design
chocobean Link ParentI fear that that might be what the prompt was for: people with no appreciation for good clean designing telling bots to put everything in. You know the age old joke about designers being told to...I fear that that might be what the prompt was for: people with no appreciation for good clean designing telling bots to put everything in. You know the age old joke about designers being told to do bafflingly contradictory and ugly things? Well now those types can do their own because the bot doesn't care. And apparently the human doesn't either.
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Comment on The hall of shame: the worst AI-generated flyers in ~design
chocobean Link ParentThe first slop poster is terrifying in an American way but the second one....."human fruit machine"????? I get that coconut shy, but ....The first slop poster is terrifying in an American way but the second one....."human fruit machine"????? I get that coconut shy, but ....
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Comment on The hall of shame: the worst AI-generated flyers in ~design
chocobean LinkThere's an AI slop poster in my local area for tattoo artists meetup. It's an angry moose on a motorcycle facing off an angry... Canadian animal in a leather jacket or whatever. The pupils of one...There's an AI slop poster in my local area for tattoo artists meetup. It's an angry moose on a motorcycle facing off an angry... Canadian animal in a leather jacket or whatever. The pupils of one of them aren't even aligned, among other oddities. The colours and style unmistakable.
I'm not any kind of artist but I would be pretty upset if they used AI Slop to represent my trade.
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Comment on Cheap / budget travel Japan ideas request in ~travel
chocobean Link ParentIt's mostly the one specific recommendation. I'm not very interested in "sight seeing" the big name places, much more so being able to visit crafts people and especially being able to try making...It's mostly the one specific recommendation. I'm not very interested in "sight seeing" the big name places, much more so being able to visit crafts people and especially being able to try making stuff in traditional Japanese ways. I wouldn't mind a trip where I just visited "out of the way" places in Japan and then maybe a day near the airport, whether Osaka or Tokyo before I leave.
Just a quick google map poking around I saw some places I'm highly curious about, please do let me know if you and your wife have any thoughts about them, esp with regards to the possibility of being hands on, or know better / related arts places like these, many thank yous :
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts (石川県立伝統産業工芸館) - !!!
茶舎觀壽 Mikoto Tea House - Stone mill your own Macha powder!
Kanazawa kintsugi house
Kinpakuya Sakuda Gold Leaf Shop & Workshop (Gold Leaf Sakuda) 金箔屋さくだ
The Kutani Porcelain Art Museum (ＫＡＭ能美市九谷焼美術館 ｜浅蔵五十吉記念館)
And also several Tildes members have points out things are cheaper outside of the Tokyo - Kyoto - Osaka corridor lol
I would very much like to see Kyushu / Shikoku if I can find a bunch to workshop / crafts things to do there too
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Comment on Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Donald Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill in ~society
chocobean Link ParentThat must be what they're thinking, but with their stuff set up pumping oil, that's an excuse to send military escorts up to ensure their safety and passage safety. Not a firm no but don't set up...That must be what they're thinking, but with their stuff set up pumping oil, that's an excuse to send military escorts up to ensure their safety and passage safety.
Not a firm no but don't set up anything on shore while we go through environmental should be what they're aiming for at least
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Comment on Cheap / budget travel Japan ideas request in ~travel
chocobean Link ParentOooh !! Very much obliged for the correction, I should have read that better.Oooh !! Very much obliged for the correction, I should have read that better.
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Comment on What are your memorable airport stories? in ~transport
chocobean Link ParentYeah trickle delays are the worst. :< be so much better if they say right away okay we can't make it, go relax and we'll take off in 5 hours.Yeah trickle delays are the worst. :< be so much better if they say right away okay we can't make it, go relax and we'll take off in 5 hours.
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Comment on Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Donald Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill in ~society
chocobean LinkThis is so frustrating to watch What are they even talking about?! This is naked imperialism they should immediately demand removal of and look into laying treason charges against the company...This is so frustrating to watch
[Greenland] could grant permission for oil drilling, even though the planned wells appear to fall within a conservation area protected by the Ramsar convention on wetlands. Or they could refuse and, some worry, give Trump a pretext to advance his imperialist agenda.
The Greenland government’s statement said it “would not be proportionate” to demand the equipment be removed. An application for permission remained under processing, it added.
What are they even talking about?! This is naked imperialism they should immediately demand removal of and look into laying treason charges against the company clearly colluding with foreign powers. But when it comes up against shareholder values of the capitalistic cult, I guess all countries have already bought in.
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Comment on What are your memorable airport stories? in ~transport
chocobean Link ParentNine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while..... it's a dildo. Of course it's company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a dildo... always use the indefinite article a dildo, never your dildo.
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Comment on What are your memorable airport stories? in ~transport
chocobean Link ParentThat's ..... a genuinely great feature more airports should have.That's ..... a genuinely great feature more airports should have.
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Comment on What are your memorable airport stories? in ~transport
chocobean Link Parenthug ~~ Yeah don't let the creepy jerkwads win. Travel lots. Stuff your suitcase full of giant silicone um... Forget where I was going with this. But yeah I'm glad you were resilient and you didn't...- hug ~~
Yeah don't let the creepy jerkwads win. Travel lots. Stuff your suitcase full of giant silicone um... Forget where I was going with this. But yeah I'm glad you were resilient and you didn't let bad people limit your movement range and fun experiences.
A lot of the older generation pretend if they don't talk about it or acknowledge it or make a fuss during, then an experience won't "stick"...when in reality it's the opposite. Much of the hurt is from the loneliness of having no one acknowledge harm or made to feel we are the responsible parties for these ick feelings no one else sees/ cares about. As I keep growing older the more I come to believe that our elders don't know how to do anything different to protect us because when they experienced abuse / harrassment, it was so prevalent it was a near certainty they did, they were likewise not protected.
Thank you for sharing your story, it helps to break the cycle for everyone. We're generationally moving upwards because of women deciding to live bravely, braver than our ancestors have done, and I'm so thrilled for our young people.
Tangential example. At a recent pap, the obgyn told me that's likely the last time I'd ever have to do it. That the next one will be take home shallow swab kit, and that most of our younger folks with cervixes would never ever have to be near a speculum. This is partially because lots of folks with cervix spoke out against the procedure/equipment and spreading news about HPV vaccines, instead of pretending it's not happening and not talking about it.
Perhaps the aspiration wasn't technical as much as societal: that there would be a critical mass of people who enjoy long text and higher effort communities. That when offered an alternative, society would leave tiktok et al algorithmic junk spaces and gather together on Tildes. The site didn't fail, and it wasn't that Deimos wasn't able to pull it off technologically, but the huge number of people who enjoy reading and participating instead of endless 5 second scrolls just didn't materialise.