I don’t really want to look at this man.

You mean the Bob Dylan-ex machina didn’t do it for you?

Zippy with an afro, or something like that.

I got banned from the Star Trek Memes sub, or something, for very mild trolling. I don’t even remember what earned it, I think I said I can’t get my head around an animated Star Trek and can’t accept it as canon or something, and then the trolling was just me doubling down on that opinion (which is an actual opinion). People do love their fandoms.

I’d rather those were opt-in anyway. Just have a box you can tick for “cultural awareness events” or something.

Have you tried Outlier Dictionary? It integrates with the Kanji Study app, if you aren’t already using both there’s really nothing better in my opinion. I did exactly what you did, but ultimately realised I’d prefer to study Mandarin directly.

I’m not sure about the ownership of foundations, charitable funds and the like; some degree of corruption wouldn’t surprise me unfortunately.

I will say that she won’t have been deliberately pushing class-stratification given her socioeconomic background, however the whole setting is heavily influenced by Victorian-era children’s novels about boarding school adventures which were absolutely saturated with classism.

They surely needed a team of editors towards the end.

JK Rowling holds a very common position amongst older feminists and really doesn’t deserve the constant rape threats for funding women’s refuges. I’m pushing back on the party line here, and no, I don’t believe trans people deserve to be killed, or any bullshit like that. I promise to hide them in my non-existent attic if it comes to that.

Edit: the books did get progressively worse after the third or possibly fourth one, though, and the films aren’t very good.

蛤蚧 (géjiè) is gecko

On this occasion the translation on the bottle is accurate. 鞭 (biān) is also used for certain animal penises (maybe ungulates) when they’re used as food or medicine, and 神 (shén) works as an adjective meaning miraculous or magical.

of this I am certain

I’ll bear that in mind. I see I’ve been downvoted for my unorthodox opinion, and am thoroughly chasteberried.

I just threw away a bottle, I realised spring washers are fine for my purposes.

Not a great insult to be honest.

Well, you’re free to have that opinion.

I just bought some local honey. Don’t know what this shit is, hopefully I never will.

I’m genuinely not sure what the ethical position is. Maybe they are. Having watched a generation squander the massive wealth gains of what will likely be a unique economic boom, I don’t necessarily think the consumption of that wealth in the name of “living” - often a euphemism for hedonism - is something to be celebrated.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to pass the product of your entire life to your offspring, surely. We can’t be so atomised. Where do you think it should go? Inheriting an empire is one thing, but why shouldn’t you be able to give your own house to your child? I say this as somebody disowned by their father.

Damn, really? Why would that be so tricky to solve, I wonder.

Why is it unsolved, it totally looks like you’ve solved it there.