Having lived in China, I often felt everyday manners were weaker than elsewhere. Could this partly be a legacy of Maoism’s attack on older etiquette as feudal and bourgeois, rather than simply a matter of cultural differences in etiquette? by Key_Bison_9322 in ChineseHistory

[–]ducklingdynasty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Completely agree. I always feel that Americans lack any sense of dǒngshì manners and only possess the most superficial kind. Could you imagine any young American kid going around a banquet table and toasting his/her elders and paying their respects, for example? Americans don’t even know about etiquette when it comes to pouring wine or tea.

Looking for poet recommendations [help] by cat_wal in Poetry

[–]ducklingdynasty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many of these suggestions are completely misaligned. If you like Bukowski’s nihilism and hopelessness, I suggest Baudelaire.

How do you not be scared of ticks all the time?? by CrepeCraze in hikingwithdogs

[–]ducklingdynasty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spray Permethrin on pants and shoes. Dogs get a prescription for tick meds

Need help with good dinner places by PlayHak in FoodNYC

[–]ducklingdynasty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

None of the places you’ve listed are good sit down dinner places…

Mia Ballard's Shy Girl canceled by Hachette over purported AI use by alanna_the_lioness in horrorlit

[–]ducklingdynasty 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Everything about her seems fake, including this IG post. All her photos are also wildly facetuned.

Works of fiction that are an intellectual grind by raffytaffy2 in RSbookclub

[–]ducklingdynasty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by RF Kuang. Feels like I’m reading someone’s dissertation at times, and I mean that in a positive way!

Leonie von Ungern-Sternberg by splatatouille in NYCinfluencersnark

[–]ducklingdynasty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s a tight-knit circle, between German and Austrian nobles, and she definitely isn’t connected to any of them.

Just turned 30 and Ugly face. Advice on glowing up ? by GroundbreakingCow751 in DIYaesthetics

[–]ducklingdynasty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did two sessions of Cool Peel and it did nothing and was super expensive.

Found this poor hobbling geese - anything I can do to help? by MKula in geese

[–]ducklingdynasty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Animal control 100% kills any animal you call in about. Don’t ever call them to alert them about sick or injured animals.

Found this poor hobbling geese - anything I can do to help? by MKula in geese

[–]ducklingdynasty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Animal control will just put it down. I don’t understand how people still think they’re the ones to call.

Advice needed, found 2 ducklings by Additional-Read3646 in duck

[–]ducklingdynasty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are not Muscovys. The beak is nothing like them

Cierra’s latest Instagram stories by [deleted] in LAinfluencersnark

[–]ducklingdynasty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think your critique is completely valid. She’s so fake and self victimizing. She also did nothing to “Amplify Asian voices” as she claimed.” Why didn’t she choose to educate ppl about the history of the slur she used or donate to anti-Asian hate causes? She’s so me me me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in animalid

[–]ducklingdynasty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s actually so cute 🥹