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I’m echoing a lot of the replies here by saying “No.” Even if I’m given a choice as to what kind of life I’d live, still no.

Even if people say there’s a lot of good things in life, or that there are people living their dreams in this world, still no. I don’t play the lottery, even if I might end up with more money than I could ever hope to spend. The same logic applies here.

There would be no me to regret not existing if I don’t exist.

I am from Manila, so I have been careful not to brush the area off as “backswoodsy and poor”. But yeah, that’s why I was prepared to explain things off as “yeah, they’re poor and desperate”. But then again, it feels wrong, IDK, lol~

I missed the word “indigenous” even though it’s mentioned not just in the article, but also in the news report I saw. With a possible few exceptions, the indigenous peoples in the Philippines have been neglected and marginalized, and their communities been poor because of that.

I think it’s still a sought-for delicacy, and they would have probably sold its meat if it weren’t for the environmental regulations making such a trade difficult.

Also, something is gnawing me about how the article said lots of other seafood are available in the area. So I am thinking the sea turtle crawled its way to where the victims are, and the victims thinking “it’s a waste if we let this delicacy go to waste, let’s cook it!” I don’t know.

Definitely not a bunch of rich dudes gorging themselves on a rare delicacy and getting their comeuppance tho.

I had to double-check the location where the incident happened, prepared to write paragraphs on how the area is poor and undeveloped and so environmental protections are ignored when literal hunger is the more important consideration… but I am not too sure now.

The overall area is poor, not entirely remote, but still remote in comparison to places like Manila or Davao. I was under the impression that this event happened on a remote island municipality where sourcing food is an issue, but maybe it’s just poverty?

Not excusing the act nor gloating over the deaths though, just trying to understand (and failing) how this came to be. Not to mention why they ignored the glaring signs before they slaughtered and cooked the creature. In the news report I saw here locally, and I am recalling from memory, it is said that the victims found the turtle’s shell to be discolored, but still proceeded anyways.

Yeah, I get that. Watching the drama from the sidelines would have been entertaining if it weren’t for the effects such an infighting would result.

But hey, the voters wanted that shit. Let the popcorn flow!

It’s an open secret that the Marcos Jr.-Daughterte (son of a former dictator, daughter of Duterte, a wannabe-dictator and former mayor and president) tandem has been a marriage of convenience, and will break at some point, so yeah, no surprises there.

No surprises on Daughterte’s words either, given her father. If all you have is a gun…

I changed schools. Now, even if I wanted to approach her, I can’t!

Kidding aside, I asked myself “if I am so anxious even approaching her, how can I even be in a relationship with her?” and basically forced myself to decide whether to: “yeah, this is a crush that I won’t be doing anything about it, better to not let it linger and move on” or “I must do something about the anxiety.”

If my feelings is not intense enough for the second option, the feelings will die soon enough, and will not make me regret that much.

In reality, I tend to think “no, they’re more than likely not into me (due to various reasons)”, and I’ll just let the feelings be until they decay. Did it lead to regrets? Not really. The few times I’ve actually asked and approached someone I had a crush on, they were flattered, but ultimately told me they’re not into me. The more it happened, the more I felt justified in my way of thinking.

I know right? Kids don’t need any reason to carve penises onto desks and tables and walls. They just do.

One of the older toilets used in a couple of the old school buildings (demolished for a newer one after I graduated) was permanently closed because it became so full of shit.

It was a toilet on a separate building, that was used for a couple of old buildings (one from the 1930’s if the local oral history is to be believed), and another one from the 1970’s. The stench was so unberable that the classrooms near it were also abandoned.

Oh, the school wasn’t infamous for that. I think, pushing shit aside, it’s so wonderfully mediocre that it didn’t really have anything it was famous or infamous for.

I use Anki to keep my French and Japanese from deteriorating any further. Why those langauges? For Japanese, it’s the usual answer: anime and manga. For French, I had to learn it in school and I just don’t want to let it be forgotten.

A good number of the decks I use for language learning, I made for myself. Those that I’ve gotten from AnkiWeb were already gone, but here’s some similar ones:

• French Sentences — a collection of French sentences, sorted from easiest (most simple) to hardest (most complex). This deck begins with very simple sentences, and slowly gets harder as you progress.

  I’m pretty sure this is an exact, if not a close copy of the one I got a while back.

• Dictionary of Japanese Grammar - DoJG — a deck made from the entries of “Dictionary of Japanese Grammar” (basic to advanced).

  My copy of this deck has undergone significant changes in card design (and function, like showing a random selection of the example sentences), but this one should be similar.

• Core 2k/6k Japanese Vocab — likely one of the copies of the various Core 2/6k Japanese Vocabulary decks that were recommended to me back when I started. The description I managed to find for my copy of the deck has this description:

  Using vocabulary and sentences derived from Smart.FM Core 2k and 6k and sorted by Cangy’s program via 2001.Kanji.Odyssey kanji order. This detailed deck is designed so each new card contains the minimum amount of new kanji (and by proxy new words) creating an optimal i+1 learning environment.

I think if not fleshed out in the mythology being used in the setting, it’s in the DM’s prerogative. If I were DM, I’d say the Phoenix has to actually die before it can respawn.

Slicing off a Phoenix’s wings will just result in an injured and very pissed-off Phoenix.

Moreover, I’d stipulate that whatever Phoenix parts (butchered, raw, or cooked, or even partly-digested) would disappear whenever that Phoenix respawns. And for a spicy twist: someone who digests any part of a Phoenix will have a psychic link to the Phoenix. Wisdom check after every long rest (three days after ingesting the Phoenix) to determine whether or not the person retains control of their body. Failing this wisdom check thrice in a row results in the Phoenix gaining complete control. Succeeding this wisdom check thrice in a row results in the person regaining complete control of their own body.

EDIT:

Thinking about this more, I think this can be fleshed out even more. There is only one Phoenix, which was eaten by a bunch of people believing eating it would result in gaining whatever powers the Phoenix originally had, maybe being impervious to fire. However, the Phoenix took over their bodies instead. Many many many years later, the Phoenix never really dies: it just choose a body it controls, and transforms it to “its original body”. Thus, now, the Phoenix is known for its “immortality”.

The problem with ingesting Zeus is that I’d have a good chance (nearly 100% based on my Greek mythology knowledge) I’d end up being pregnant and incurring Hera’s wrath, or being whisked to Olympus as his winebearer… or both!

I’ve actually tried that once, but the Jesus wafer ended up real soggy.

Charcoal grilled phoenix might be good! Maybe basted in some really hot chili sauce? Or maybe even as simple as a soy sauce based baste. Keeping the phoeinix moist with some basting liquid is probably a good way to keep it from burning.

I don’t mind a deep-fried baby Phoenix tho.

Jesus wafers with grape jelly is something I’d definitely snack on.

If I am understanding it correctly…

• They eat tuna often.
• They never noticed anyone that cannot draw (separate) conclusions that:
  • [were] baseless
  • made little sense
• Evidence of heavy metal (features) resembled natural pathways.
• Worrying about high lead or cadmium [in food products? doesn’t make sense].

Even laid out like that, it is still confusing. However, I think their gist is that:

1. they think heavy metals’ effects [on humans] are indistinguishable from what happens normally
2. no one can draw conclusions about heavy metals’ [effects on humans] that have basis
3. they think worrying about heavy metal contamination in food is stupid and people shouldn’t worry about it

I have blocked 37 users (on this account). I haven’t had any need to block communities nor instances, thankfully enough.

I usually block users for being spammy, or outright just spamming shit. Otherwise, I tend to treat blocking as the nuclear option which I only use if I’m absolutely fed up with a lemmy user/community/instance.

EDIT:

just added a parenthetical phrase for clarification.

Oh, yeah!!

We can say “Yoink that thing and yeet it out of here,” and even if the person doesn’t know what ‘yoink’ nor ‘yeet’ is, they can probably guess what you want them to do just from the sound “feels” alone.

Can you clarify this? Is China suffering from droughts and flooding (droughts up north, flooding down south) that’s affecting its food supply? I thought this was last year and that things have been better weather-wise?

Seconding this. I originally came from lemmy.world, but eventually mained on lemm.ee after some really bad downtime issues around July/August 2023.

I also keep accounts on other instances as a backup, but I sort of use them as separating different interests, like my lemmy.dbzer0 account is for the tech-related interests, while this one is the more general one. If ever I follow more anime-related communities, I might make one on an anime-centric instance.