didn't expect this tweet to blow up so I got nothing to plug
except the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV with an expanded free trial which you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Shadowbringers expansion up to level 80 for free
I bought an old iPod shuffle from a thrift store and its previous owner never wiped the memory so now it’s a time capsule of all the music that meant the world to this person
you watch one crusader kings challenge run on youtube and it’s like “hey do you want to watch a guy explain a wojak political compass for 30 minutes?” absolutely not dawg, not even slightly
There are a lot of people who say genuinely antisemitic stuff in their criticisms of Israel, and I find it bizarre how insistent Israel's defenders are on highlighting sympathetic figures making unobjectionable criticisms.
"The treatment of Japanese workers is closely linked to the treatment of workers overseas. It's impossible to change Japan alone without transforming the world. That's why I'm not waving the Rising Sun flag, but the flag for workers all over the world."
colloquial sg english and singlish:
"Yesterday I lend $10 from him"
"Eh can borrow me your pen"
possibly due to influence from Chinese languages where "borrow" and "lend" are both "借"
(and maybe Malay but I don't speak Malay)
Noticed a real shift where people seem incapable of understanding words that only work in one direction. “I borrowed you some money.” Using ancestors to mean descendants.
if you have ADHD, it's imperative you learn that pop psychology has lead people to pathologize every single aspect of human condition and that you should not fall for it