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  • What are some of your favorite songs in a language you do not speak?

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  • I think it's in part because the song is slightly too mature for her that it appeals to Kiki, and maybe to the younger audience who relates to her.

  • What are some of your favorite songs in a language you do not speak?

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  • The lyrics of Rouge no Dengon are really good. It's about a woman who's on a train, leaving town to get away from her cheating husband. She left a "message in rouge" for him to find in the bathroom, that she won't be back until he changes his ways. She's actually going to his mother's house, and she'll have his mother call him to scold him in the morning.

    If you're familiar with the song as the opening theme to Kiki's Delivery Service, it really really fits Kiki's character as she listens to the song while leaving home for the first time. You might get the feeling that the themes of the song are things relates to herself: independence, anxiety, maturity, and female solidarity. And of course, if you watch the movie, those are all things she experiences in her new town.

    Basically it's a REALLY REALLY good song and absolutely perfect choice for the movie it's in. I also love the singer's other Ghibli movie song you mention, Contrails/Hikoukigumo.

  • What's a piece of Media that is so underrated you must mention it?

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  • Very obscure 45-minute 1991 anime movie: Christmas in January. Rated extremely low (5.46 / 10) on MAL, it's absolutely one of my favorite movies. It's whimsical and melancholic and so so interesting. Reminds me a lot of the Ghibli movie Ocean Waves, which is also an underrated gem (and, while I'm at it, the Kimagure Orange Road masterpiece sequel movie from the same director as Ocean Waves).

    I really love stories that are just miraculous/odd/interesting excerpts of people's lives that are otherwise inconsequential. There was nothing grand or life-changing about the events in the story, but I will never forget the delicate social interplay in the shoe store, or the only scene that actually takes place in January at the very end: just a moment of reflection.

  • What's up with the þ being used but not ð?

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  • I had assumed they were allophones and always wondered if there was a minimal pair to prove otherwise. It turns out though there is one: tooth (n) vs tooth (v), or tooþ vs tooð.

  • Nintendo rule

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  • I think it's so funny that there's a tool called "Wii U Downloader" that literally downloads the game files, whatever game you want, directly from Nintendo's own servers

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    President Trump: Joe Biden was always a mean guy. He is a stupid guy. How is that working out for him right now? When you start feeling sorry for him, remember he is bad guy

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  • I remember seeing this clip several months ago. In context, it was clearly in reference to Biden's cancer diagnosis, which was still popular/relevant news at the time.

    "When you start feeling sorry for him, remember he's a bad guy" -Trump

  • My Anime Year in Review: 2025

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  • Long rant:

    As someone who prefers the FMA 2003 series, I have to offer a counterargument to the notion that Brotherhood is the "canon" series. The manga published from 2001-2010.FMA 2003 aired from 2003-2004.FMA Brotherhood aired from 2009-2010.

    I really consider the 2003 series to be the original story. From 2004 until 2010, there was no such thing as a "canon ending to FMA" other than what was in the 2003 series. It was finished and packed away years before the manga approached its ending. I don't have a source for this, but I even remember reading somewhere that Hiromu Arakawa made changes to the manga inspired by some anime-original content that she liked. There's not really a "standard set by the manga". Rather, 2003 is what set that standard.

    You could also question what "canon" even means. Like, the events of the 2009 anime are obviously canon within the 2009 anime; the events of the 2003 anime are canon within the 2003 anime; and the events of the manga are canon within the manga. You can search up a list of differences between Brotherhood and the manga pretty easily, and even find ways in which 2003 is a much more faithful adaptation of the early manga than Brotherhood. It's not like there's a single continuity of canon events that defines Fullmetal Alchemist, there's clearly three. Arakawa also requested that the 2003 anime would have an original ending, so it's not like it's contrary to the vision of the author, either.

    Last point, but I would also disagree that Brotherhood has higher production quality. FMA 2003 had much better background art, never resorted to cost-saving use of 3D models, and I prefer the character designs and lighting. Other than that, there's not really any big differences in style/animation. I was going to paste in a bunch of sakugabooru links but really the series look pretty similar in action scenes. A lot of boring action lines, but a lot of good dynamic shots, too. Brotherhood never has anything really stunning though, like the ballroom scene from the end of 2003.

    tl;dr, FMA 2003 is pretty good, too. It's kinda misleading to call it non-canon when it was the original completed story. I'd also argue that the 2003 version had better production value in terms of visual style/animation. It's definitely worth watching, at least.

  • Gender Abolitionist Proposals

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  • In response to your section on pronouns:

    As you identify, it's useful to have multiple different pronoun sets to refer to different people to reduce ambiguity when speaking and writing.

    We could hypothetically base these categories on anything: we could have one set pronouns each for men and women, but we could also set that dividing line somewhere else. Maybe we use one set of pronouns for family and a different set for non-family. Maybe the dividing line is rich/poor. Dog person / cat person. Personality type. Horoscope. Favorite color. Color they're currently wearing. How recently they entered the conversation.

    Some of these sound pretty reasonable and others sound really useless. A gender-based pronoun has problems, but it's useful in that it's often a useful differentiator between any two random people. This wouldn't be the case for a hypothetical rich/poor pronoun system.

    Now that I think of it, a Chinese zodiac calendar-based pronoun system would be really cool. The 60-year sexagenary cycle would give us 60 different pronoun sets for each year people are born, allowing each pronoun (fire dog, metal rat, etc.) to gain their own associations over time, though constantly changing as people from each cohort get older. Because people don't really live more than 120 years, you would also only ever have two generations of each birth year. So there would be an "elder fire dog" and "junior fire dog" and it could be so interesting and artistic and poetic with two very different groups sharing a common pronoun... So much room for symbolism and reflection 🤤

    But anyway, snap back to reality. Neo-pronouns already exist in colloquial English, especially online. I'm not talking about xe/xim, I'm talking about bestie, oomfie, anon, homie, my guy, my brother in Christ, girlypop, etc.We should recognize these for what they are (pronouns) and normalize their use. They all have different contexts, connotations, and use-cases, but they are absolutely usable sets of pronouns. Some of them are still gender-specific, but the important thing is that gender is no longer the primary relevant factor in pronoun selection. Let's have 100 different pronouns, and everybody can use any of them depending on the context. It would be awesome.

  • What is one small, positive interaction you've had with a stranger?

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  • *points at photo"Is that the new pope?"

    "Yeah!"

    "Is he doin a good job?"

    *4 second pause, looks back at photo"Uhh, yes. He's doing a good job. Did you know he's from America!?"

    I thought the serious 4-second evaluation period was funny. Good to know he's doing a good job. This was at a Catholic thrift store yesterday.

  • Do you think you would survive if you received every injury of your life at once?

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  • Your arms and hands would be pretty messed up. Depending on which arm was broken twice and how badly, it may be permanently damaged.Biggest thing is probably blood loss. I think your survival comes down to how much blood you lost in your glass injuries and from every other injury combined.

    Source: not a doctor, just guessing.

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    Do you think you would survive if you received every injury of your life at once?

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  • I am surprised that no one has started selling shell headphones for sleeping.

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  • Plus does those sea sounds last for that long, I really do not know.

    If you live near the ocean, the seashell ocean sound will last forever. If you're a little farther away then you need to take them back to the ocean to recharge every couple months.

  • RuleTok

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  • I agree with the sentiment but a tiktok video can still be a meme. You're thinking of "image macros" or at least images & screenshots.

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  • I recognize your account and see you around a lot. I like your insightful posts, especially about Chinese language. I was just thinking about one of them earlier today, that country names in Chinese may predispose certain assumptions about the country like USA being written as "beautiful country" etc.

  • Ubisoft target audience when they play a good game

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  • truly dull sections - yes I'm looking at you the vehicle sections ... makes playing through HL2 a slog. Just a few hours in, I didn't want to play any more. I was done.

    Totally agree with this. HL1 is one of my favorite games ever but HL2 was just boring. I tried it a few times and never finished. Opposing Force and Blue Shift are my Half Life 2 and Half Life 3.

  • What show do you recommend to watch?

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  • In defense of chronological order, the "original release" is only 14 episodes and the so-called broadcast order that many recommend is a fanmade amalgamation of the 2006 broadcast and 14 of the 28 episodes that aired in 2009.In a literal sense, the "broadcast" or "original" order is not the original order of the broadcast. There were 14 episodes in the 2006 series and 28 episodes in the 2009 series, only half of which were new. "Broadcast" order is just the 2006 series with the new episodes tacked onto the end.

    There's nothing wrong with the broadcast order, but many people think of it as "the original" or "closer to the original artistic intent". If you're watching 28 episodes of the show, that's simply not true. Many of the episodes are placed much better in the 2009 (chronological) order, especially Live Alive and Someday in the Rain. I would never recommend watching those so early, as one would do in "broadcast" order.I personally recommend the chronological order OR if you're willing to be a little bit confused trying to figure out what episode to watch next, a custom watch order like this one posted by user Xirema to Reddit or this one that I created and posted to MyAnimeList a couple years ago.

  • Heritage paper on families calls for 'marriage bootcamp,' more babies

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  • Seems to be queer exclusive, ignorant of climate change, ignorant of the economic reasons people aren't having children, and (knowing the villainous Heritage Foundation) probably based strictly in prescribed gender roles.

    Aside from all that, this is in theory a really good idea. Get people prepared for marriage and children, probably improving their own lives and the life of their kids. If this is done in a way that is cognizant of different cultures and queer families, it could be great. Maybe pay people a token amount to be there, too, just as a motivator.

  • What are your top 5 anime shows?

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  • Yes!The sexual harassment is definitely a major part of the show and while I think its portrayal is very nuanced, many would disagree and that's also a valid take. "Endless Eight" is the arc where they reanimated and rerecorded the same episode (8 times actually), but each episode was directed by a different person. It's probably my favorite part of the whole show but again, many disagree and think it's just boring.

  • What are your top 5 anime shows?

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    1. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006 & 2009) - amazing in every way. Every arc is perfect and it's the greatest character study ever in the medium of anime.
    2. Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (1998) - this one is Hideaki Anno's best work. The same depth of characterization as Eva but without the scifi or action.
    3. Hibike! Euphonium (first two seasons, 2015 & 2016) - kinda a retelling of Aim for the Ace (1973) in my mind. Really great characterization.
    4. March comes in like a lion (2016-2017) - another fantastic drama and hits really hard emotionally.
    5. Nana (2006) - more drama. This one has a great vibe and has a really unique feeling of yearning and incompleteness... Mostly because it's forever incomplete.
  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
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    YSK about the French Republican Calendar

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Republican_calendar
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What are your most recently visited Wikipedia pages?

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    What are your favorite Tactical RPGs?

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Please generate an image with NO dogs

  • Anime @ani.social
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    A list of every anime to depict the Twin Towers

    myanimelist.net /stacks/46166
  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    on wikipedia

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    rule

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4/4 rule