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Comment on Nathan Fillion says 'Firefly' animated series in development in ~tv
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Comment on Nathan Fillion says 'Firefly' animated series in development in ~tv
chocobean Link ParentWhen I was younger, I sort of head canon that Asians live in a part of the universe the story didn't take place in....but why the heck not. We know Asians are some of the hardiest, most resilient...absence of Asians
When I was younger, I sort of head canon that Asians live in a part of the universe the story didn't take place in....but why the heck not. We know Asians are some of the hardiest, most resilient and go far and wide peoples. We'd be friggin everywhere. I don't remember seeing a lot of East Asians, I can't remember if the show has South Asians and Southeastern Asians? Maybe there are a lot of Indian and Eurasian people and I'm the racist jerk who assumed everyone to be Caucasian. But.... Probably not?
That's part of the reason I always appreciate how crazy ahead of the times Big Trouble In Little China was. Most of the cast is of Chinese descent, I could actually understand the Cantonese spoken on screen, and the whole thing being a weird mystic adventure didn't feel out of place or token or "exotic" -- Kurt Russell found himself in a completely different culture entirely that looks convincingly lived in and thriving even when the white man isn't visiting.
I kinda wish Firefly could have been that immersive, where audiences find themselves immersed in a full culture instead of something that best resembles my highschool Weeaboo "everyone gets called -san" days: not wrong or disrespectful but definitely an infatuated tourist looking in and borrowing random cool parts kind of way. It's the difference between visiting Chinatown ordering "Lucky Set A", and spending a few weeks in a specific city in Asia.
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Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life
chocobean Link ParentOh absolutely I feel most appreciated when I'm paid lol which is why I immediately suspected the "research" saying otherwiseOh absolutely I feel most appreciated when I'm paid lol which is why I immediately suspected the "research" saying otherwise
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Comment on Pace of global warming has doubled since 2015 in ~enviro
chocobean Link ParentI don't even understand who these out of pocket no insurance buyers are.... Literally, "after me, the flood"? Why don't they want a vacation home that would have better lasting value?I don't even understand who these out of pocket no insurance buyers are.... Literally, "after me, the flood"? Why don't they want a vacation home that would have better lasting value?
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Comment on Pace of global warming has doubled since 2015 in ~enviro
chocobean Link ParentOr make it so the lending banks are aware the property cannot be resold for more than what it's current worth. No one gets kicked out but neither will this be worth anything more. After this last...Or make it so the lending banks are aware the property cannot be resold for more than what it's current worth. No one gets kicked out but neither will this be worth anything more. After this last generation no one can live in them.
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Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life
chocobean Link ParentTangential: at work, HR presented us with some research that says workers don't care about being paid more they want to feel appreciated so let's all say nice things instead of paying them. I...Tangential: at work, HR presented us with some research that says workers don't care about being paid more they want to feel appreciated so let's all say nice things instead of paying them. I tracked it down, the "research" is from a firm that sells work place platitudes app.
Makes me wonder how the survey was worded to come to this wild conclusion.
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Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life
chocobean Link ParentHypothetically, what happens if the teacher deducts 1% of final grade per infraction of cell phone use during class? Parents get angry their kid was failed, admins don't back the teacher?Hypothetically, what happens if the teacher deducts 1% of final grade per infraction of cell phone use during class?
Parents get angry their kid was failed, admins don't back the teacher?
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Comment on Iran war spreading economic damage far beyond oil and gas markets in ~finance
chocobean Link ParentI appreciate the serious question and I'm a drawing a blank myself. Maybe a 4K video of him narrating as he eats a 0.1% member and detailing a plan to eat the rest of them? I don't think these...I appreciate the serious question and I'm a drawing a blank myself. Maybe a 4K video of him narrating as he eats a 0.1% member and detailing a plan to eat the rest of them? I don't think these people doing unspeakable horrors to any number of innocents count anymore.
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Comment on Iran war spreading economic damage far beyond oil and gas markets in ~finance
chocobean Link Parent✔️ Conquest ✔️ War ✔️ Famine ✔️ Death One man apocalypse machine is not how I thought the "loose horse in a hospital" saga would end up. On a slightly more serious note, I guess the rest of the...The emerging situation is “similar to the covid times... farmers
✔️ Conquest
✔️ War
✔️ Famine
✔️ DeathOne man apocalypse machine is not how I thought the "loose horse in a hospital" saga would end up.
On a slightly more serious note, I guess the rest of the world really doesn't have devastating kompromat on the Trump regime. Ukraine getting access to money and missiles by selling drone technology service packs, Russia getting fewer drones from Iran, China paying more freight so ship anything.......
Unless China does have something but they're not interrupting when their enemy is making a series of mistakes.
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Comment on Khara releases Neon Genesis Evangelion 30th anniversary special on Youtube in ~anime
chocobean Link ParentAwesome, thank you very much :) I hope they do a 40th anniversary and I get to be at the event ... I would imagine the tickets were hard to getAwesome, thank you very much :)
I hope they do a 40th anniversary and I get to be at the event ... I would imagine the tickets were hard to get
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Comment on Khara releases Neon Genesis Evangelion 30th anniversary special on Youtube in ~anime
chocobean (edited )LinkSo glad they decided to upload instead of fight the leak! The auto subtitles aren't perfect but I think I get the gist. Sōryū doesn't want a gentle dream world, she wants to protect her own world...So glad they decided to upload instead of fight the leak!
The auto subtitles aren't perfect but I think I get the gist. Sōryū doesn't want a gentle dream world, she wants to protect her own world with her on hands. (Echoes to Viral's gentle dream from TTGL)
Appreciate the humour, the nostalgia, and the feels.... She stepped off those stupid trains: the one where she and Shinji runs away from NERV; the endless depression soul train; the modern realistic Rebuild one where Shinji/Mari and Kaji/Misato paired off.
What's the trope significance of the comedy duo with a bowtie? Is Shikinami supposed to be the comic foil while Sōryū is the straight man?
So I guess this means canonically, there's nothing romantic between Shikinami and poor Kensuke? Or simply not brought up to Sōryū?
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Can folks who understand Japanese help me with her reaction to the dream about her mom praising her telling her she's a good girl and a genius? Seems a bit traumatic....
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Comment on Yakult ladies are an icon in Japan in ~life.women
chocobean Link ParentI always think of this clip now, when I hear ice cream truck: 9 quid for two ice creams...bet he can hear me I've cream trucks always felt like such a rip off, but I love that siren song and the...I always think of this clip now, when I hear ice cream truck: 9 quid for two ice creams...bet he can hear me
I've cream trucks always felt like such a rip off, but I love that siren song and the taste of luxury. I've only ever purchased from one maybe.....under 5 times for sure.
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Comment on The ethics of buying, playing military, war or games inspired by them? in ~games
chocobean LinkJust wanted to voice a minority opinion that my interest in conflict type games is inversely proportional to how realistic and detailed the weaponry/ combat is. (My negativity then, to me suggest...Just wanted to voice a minority opinion that my interest in conflict type games is inversely proportional to how realistic and detailed the weaponry/ combat is.
(My negativity then, to me suggest I must be into an equal but opposite niche which might be sponsored by death and suffering. Say, cooking and raising farm animals linked to untold animal cruelty.)
In any case, I wouldn't feel too badly about it: it's like brands sponsoring sports or watching a show with ads about soap -- I am the end tier consumer, my dollar which goes into the company does not trickle back up into arms dealers or big Agri or fashion brands.
But who sponsors these might go into my decision to pirate a game.... If they're well funded they surely don't need my $10.
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Comment on Yakult ladies are an icon in Japan in ~life.women
chocobean LinkThis is the first time I've heard of a Yakult Lady! Street vendors were a reality in my childhood city of Hong Kong: independent business owners who didn't have to pay a franchise fee who line the...This is the first time I've heard of a Yakult Lady!
Street vendors were a reality in my childhood city of Hong Kong: independent business owners who didn't have to pay a franchise fee who line the streets outside elementary schools. They sold Yakult, but also Vita brand drinks and soft drinks. They might have a cooler, a heated push cart, or just a large red/white/blue plastic bag full of non perishable treats. Some snacks cost $X.50, and instead of giving change, they upsell and hand you a package of seaweed instead, that they usually sell for $0.50.
The idea of a biking seller seems quaint in an era of convenience stores and nationwide vending machines. And perhaps with record breaking low birthdates, the industry is sunseting even faster than otherwise.
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Comment on Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs in ~humanities.languages
chocobean LinkA swirling tank flushes all s***s.“This creates a concerning cycle,” Littrell said. “Employees who are more likely to fall for corporate bullshit may help elevate the types of dysfunctional leaders who are more likely to use it, creating a sort of negative feedback loop. Rather than a ‘rising tide lifting all boats,’ a higher level of corporate BS in an organization acts more like a clogged toilet of inefficiency.”
A swirling tank flushes all s***s.
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Comment on The joys of cash benchmarking in ~society
chocobean LinkWhy not both. What happens when we give people skills and some cash to make use of those skills? Then we're back in Education + low income assistance territory. These are all really good reasons...Huguka Dukore really did teach people business skills and get them apprenticeships
Why not both. What happens when we give people skills and some cash to make use of those skills? Then we're back in Education + low income assistance territory.
undervaluing preventative (strategies) [...] socially optimal amount (with) positive externalities [...] system strengthening [...]
These are all really good reasons plainly outlined. The next section on "yes just give" is also valuable read.
Thank you for sharing this.
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Comment on What I dislike the most about the US in ~society
chocobean LinkThe American regime is on my dislike list right now, but in defence of the American peoples, I do think perhaps you're downplaying the factor behind media manipulation: money. The American people...The American regime is on my dislike list right now, but in defence of the American peoples, I do think perhaps you're downplaying the factor behind media manipulation: money.
The American people give to charities at the highest rates: and that used to be directed to AIDS benefit or starving kids in Africa etc, but slowly eroded over the decades towards charity at home, then CVS shopping from the couch, then endless local tragedy go fund mes, then being too debt ridden to give. This is the result of a sustained attack on the middle and lower classes, to suppress wages, to break unions, to reduce taxes on highest earners, to legalize senate insider trading and allowing drug CEOs to own hospitals and insurance companies, make libraries form their own non-profits, subsidize Walmart starvation wages and cut school lunches. When citizens have a lot of stuff but live on a razor thin margin from homelessness and poverty, make kids feel scared about going to school, when there's a lot of dangers/lack at home, then international concern sounds like bledding-heart nonsense.
I already mentioned war films and copaganda shows with nearly unlimited budgets, and how that contributed to the Team America: World Police mindset. It's a shame that this decades long sustained and well funded attacks has turned America (the state) into a bad world citizen, but it wasn't natural, and America is not uniquely bad.
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Comment on Canada is already at war with the US, we just don't know it yet in ~society
chocobean (edited )Link ParentYup This article is preaching to this choir. The author seems impatient with the world, repeatedly citing examples that we're still playing ball No. No we're not. Mark Carney successfully...Yup
This article is preaching to this choir. The author seems impatient with the world, repeatedly citing examples that we're still playing ball
We hang on to the hope that he wouldn’t, couldn’t possibly.
No. No we're not. Mark Carney successfully convinced the whole world. But what the author can't seem to understand is that in an abusive relationship, the victim partner is most likely to be murdered when they decide to leave. The victim partner needs time to form new alliances and gather resources while pretending things are fine.
Our collective imagination of war comes from the experiences of our countrymen in the trenches of the Western Front
As a well as the war of 1812. The fabric of our core identity, "NOT American", lies deeper and woven tighter than the zipper layer above.
What this means in practice is that we must mercilessly identify our own weaknesses
We're spending one trillion on defense and sovereign tech, he didn't hear?
world-class foreign intelligence service...defence industrial base
Carney's been very busy visiting all those countries not just for publicly available trade deals but for information as well. Talking to South Korea about car manufacturing, when obviously that kind of manufacturing capabilities also produces other kinds of machinery.
mandatory military service,
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We need to consider a hardened land border.
Is the author serious. Nine thousand kilometers of land borders, not counting 30 minute scheduled ferry ride and ignoring the fact that 90% of our tiny population live in cities a couple hours drive, aka within drone and missile strike distance, to the United States. Fact that he didn't once mention our only real safeguard, that France and UK have nukes, is interesting. Rather than bankrupting ourselves building pre-ancient tech of walls, I would have respected this article more if he ended with "we need to build nukes now".
Patrick Lennox is a former RCMP intelligence manager and author
Okay, cop.
I end my comment by returning to my analogy about a battered spouse needing to be smart when making plans to leave a violent, hostile, pig-minded partner.
Edit: okay to be fair he's a lot more than just work for the RCMP, bio. But hey if this kind of "we need to do more" article gets him a new job within the trillion dollar defense spending, cool, good luck bro.
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Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life
chocobean LinkThis is a "freebie" that doesn't even involve raising taxes, why isn't more discussion being focused on this? Taking away cell phones sounds like an obvious and not controversial first step? Or is...More than half of the teachers who took the survey said improving student behavior would boost their morale. They called for restrictions on students’ use of cellphones and other personal devices, tougher consequences for students who misbehave, limits on parents’ ability to undermine those consequences and instruction for parents on teaching their children to behave in school.
This is a "freebie" that doesn't even involve raising taxes, why isn't more discussion being focused on this? Taking away cell phones sounds like an obvious and not controversial first step? Or is personal freedom that much of a point of contention?
Researchers did not find a correlation between salary and morale, Kurtz said.
This is a surprise.
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Comment on What I dislike the most about the US in ~society
chocobean Link ParentIt's also been a long standing propaganda campaign to paint soldiers as heros, with the aid of Hollywood and all the "thank you for your service" salute the flag and uniform stuff.It's also been a long standing propaganda campaign to paint soldiers as heros, with the aid of Hollywood and all the "thank you for your service" salute the flag and uniform stuff.
Doubtful: there was a segment between him and Nathan in one of the recent "reunion teaser" shorts.
I am conflicted, because I really liked him as The Hero Of Canton.