in my early japanese history class senior year, my (japanese) born-again christian professor made us watch a video about how one of the lost tribes of israel ended up in japan, and that tengu mythology might even have been influenced by jews...you know, because of our noses...
@neon_heartbeat YES WE ENDED UP ON AN ISLAND FAR, FAR AWAY AND THEN BECAME CROW DEMONS
this professor (whom I loved, but like...jesus christ) also believed that dinosaurs and humans existed on earth at the same time, and would bring this up, like, constantly...in a japanese history class!!
when this came up, everyone (there were only like 10 of us in that class and we'd all been together with the same professor for 4 years) looked at me like "did they really just say that?" and my professor panicked and was like "don't worry Jordan, I don't think you're a tengu!!"
To me "I said" is a direct quote as it was delivered in the moment and "I was like" is a general paraphrasing of what I said that may include my interior emotional response plus the general unspoken vibe of the interaction
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