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[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]
[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui] @ DeathByBigSad @sh.itjust.works
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  • There are types of Tenet watchers

    One who doesn't know what the fuck is happening.

    And the other who doesn't want to admit that they don't know what the fuck is happening.

    Then there's Christopher Nolan laughing at us, because he made the movie as confusing as possible, because one upon a time, he witnessed someone committing the horrific sin of watching Interstellar on a 720p 4.5" Android Phone¹, so he decides to enact this revenge arc by making a movie in the 5th dimention that nobody but his 5d brain can understand.

    ¹Yes I did that 👀

  • I don't even know much actor names.

    But I think the first foreign name that comes to mind was 奧斑馬 (Obama) I don't think those are the correct characters of the transliterated name, but that's how I thought heard the adults said it, I think it was like 2012, right on election year and my mom was talking to like a friend/acquaintance, and Obama was talked about. But the 馬 immediately made imagine like: does this person like horse or like come from a family that has horses, then I think later I learned about presidents in school and learned the English version of Obama and I was like: oh it sounds the same as the 奧斑馬 the adults talked about, its the same guy right?

    But does Obama like horses tho? 🤔 (I was so silly as a kid lol)

    Street names, there is one memorable one in Philly Chinatown called Race St or 禮士街 on the sign (it's in both languages on the street sign near the Chinatown Area).

    In Cantonese, 禮士 sounds too close to 瀨屎 (to shit yourself) lmfao I always tell my dad "hey it's the 瀨屎 street" and laugh when I see that street sign, yes I'm that immature (I mean I was still a minor when I was first in the Philly Chinatown, you know, jokes like these was nornal)

    As for Chinese first names, yes I joked about my parents names a lot, but unfortunately I can't share those jokes since its personal info.

    I don't really have memories of names of classmates when I was in school in China, like who cares about classmates. None of the nameswere memorable or that I can make a joke out of.

    As a teen, I noticed that Xi Jinping, the Xi in Mandarin sounds too close to 屎 in Cantonese so me and my brother would just call him 屎精評 in Cantonese which sounds almost the same as Xi Jinping in Mandarin. 屎 for shit and 精 is a character in 妖精 monster, and 評 is commentary, so Xi Jinping is a monster that shits itself while public speaking. xD

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    People around the world are trying to learn English because it's the Lingua Franca, but imagine if the Lingua Franca of the world was a Tonal Language and the writing system was Logographic.

  • Today it's Tibet and Xinjiang, tomorrow they'll erase the Cantonese language, my ancestor's language. It'll eventually die out, and even overseas communities are struggling to passdown the language. One day, diversity will be gone because of governments.

  • AskUSA @discuss.online

    Have you noticed anyone self-censoring due current developments in politics?

  • I doubt they'll let me stay long term outside of the visa free X number of days

    Not enough proof

  • What country doesn't do fingerprinting? The entire world seems about the same in terms of surveillance.

  • 🥺👉👈☎️🔔🪖🫡🚀☢️⤵️💥🌇🎬👏

    /j

  • There's a rule where if you post the wrong information on purpose, someone is gonna correct you more often than just asking a question. It's called Poe's Law.

  • I'm not sure about country alliances, but I do know that both the US and PRC will declare me as an enemy and "traitor".

    I'm gonna go through what Japanese Americans experienced during WW2

  • Please buy my subscription to be able to visit my Nigerian castle at any time

  • Version 1 is too "irl" lol

    Version 2 sounds like just a shitty videogame mechanic that the devs are gonna nerf in the next update becuase people complaining about it being "Too OP"

  • I have been the family translator since I was 6 and I’m exhausted.

    I felt this.

    So many fucking letters, forms, I even had to do my parents tax forms...

    even customer support calls

    😭

  • I thought that just means they can bypass the password limit and do a bruteforce, but they still need to do a bruteforce, I don't think the key just just sitting there, right?

  • Bro, not everything is AI, I'm just an introvert that think about things alot.

    And it's not like I seriously think that Japan magically hides the sun inside their island because if the 日 character, its a subconcious impression because my brian automatically make that connection, so its like I just make jokes to my dad like "is it really warn in Japan"

    Its kinda like "Iceland", like: "hey I bet there's a lot of ice on that island"

    If I were still in China, and like someone were to ask me about my impressions of a country, and I don't have any info, I'd just say that I've never been there and never heard of anything about it, not actually say outloud the subconcious feeling about the name of the country.

    Also, kid-me think really weirdly.

    Also how the fuck is it misinformation?

    If I said: "Native English speakers probably think Iceland has a lot of Ice" or "Native English speakers probably think Greenland has a lot of grass", is that really "misinformation"

    Jesus fucking christ, why is every lemming so fucking hostile for no fucking reason.

  • Omg, the though of that is so disgusting. Imagine being musk's kid. 🤮

    My parents haven't always been good, but holy hell, thank god they aren't musk-like, eewww imagine dying and reincarnating into that and have half of the genes of such a disgusting person.

  • Wtf, did a year just go by?

    So... 3 more of these and can the nighmare end pls?

    (context: am resident of the US)

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    When a parent's primary/preferred language differs from their child(ren)'s primary/preferred language, who should have the most "obligation" to learn more of the other's preferred language?

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names.

    Mental Health @lemmy.world

    You know like... there are just events in your life that only your close family members know about and can really understand, that even a therapist will never truely feel and understand... and...

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    I sometimes can't sleep at night. Perhaps my brain's "CMOS Chip" battery ran out and my circadian rhythm defaulted to my "factory settings" of Beijing Time (UTC +8), which would explain my insomnia.

    Casual Conversation @piefed.social

    So I remember there was this Mandarin TV show called "On Children" about dysfunctional Chinese Families... and oh fuck its so triggering, can't even get past the 1st episode....

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    If you are a refugee, you will be turned away by both close allies and the most hostile adversaries of your home country.

    Mental Health @lemmy.world

    My mother taught me Us vs Them, but because of emotional abuse now I view this world as Me vs The World. Everyone is just against me. Can't trust anyone.

    Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    People who don't have much friends: Do you think you would've have a better social life if the internet didn't exist?

    No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    Do you ever feel like your life is "scripted"? Like everything is written by some entity controlling your life? Like you live in a fictional universe? Is this feeling normal/common?

    Casual Conversation @piefed.social

    I kinda realized: If society didn't focus so much on attain wealth or having to struggle with survival, maybe my mother wouldn't have lash out for no reason when I was a kid...

    Fediverse @piefed.social

    Is anyone else noticing lemmy.world having federation issues?

    Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    Is anyone else noticing this weird trend of brand new accounts posting memes and comics and stuff, does not engage in comments, get upvoted to front page, then banned?

    Memes @sopuli.xyz

    lemmy.world down...

    No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    What's this ram price surge thing going on in the memes? Is this gonna affect pre-builts, laptops, tablets, phones, and other electronics?

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    Given how often memes are reposted: There should probably another vote option like a "Hey, I've seen this before!" vote button beside the upvote and downvote options.

    Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    Do people actually call their parents by their name (as in First-name basis)? Have you ever done that? Or witnessed someone doing that?

    memes @lemmy.world

    How I view my heritage

    No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    Where do you post a meme if its only half-political? c/memes or c/political memes?