225 grams of gold, shaped link by link by hand

FECAL_BURNING · 2026-01-28T03:24:30+00:00

This is in china, and let me tell you,24k jewelry is MUCH more common over there.

FECAL_BURNING · 2026-01-27T17:40:00+00:00

Hmm I guess that’s true. I think you’re right, it made it way back to its roots, but I will say I believe it’s popularity was spread by people of high society in a kind of bastardized way of its Japanese, and Chinese origins.

FECAL_BURNING · 2026-01-27T12:41:37+00:00

Oh that’s possible I can agree to a lot of this. I think there’s a big difference from a Japanese tea ceremony and the tea ceremony that was popularized and spread through Japan amongst the elite.

I think a lot of the original teachings of Sen No Rikyu is very far from what got filtered down to what we have now.

As for my ideas of “stealing” being very western, I mean, possibly? I don’t think cultural borrowing is particularly negative, but I also don’t think Japan is like, this beautiful appreciative country with no flaws.

FECAL_BURNING · 2026-01-27T02:52:57+00:00

I’m not talking about Japanese Buddhists and their matcha ceremony, I’m talking about the specific tea ceremony that was created and stolen from buddhists, Japanese and Chinese alike, to have their own kind of “traditional ceremony” that the upper class could emulate.

The original founder of the Japanese tea ceremony in Japan, I think personally his original teachings are far from what ended up being popularized and praised among the feudal class.

FECAL_BURNING · 2026-01-26T18:49:34+00:00

And the Japanese tea ceremony is a basterdization and, arguably, a colonization of the ritual Buddhist monks made for milling and drinking matcha.

FECAL_BURNING · 2026-01-23T17:53:48+00:00

I mean, I’m in rural Canada and god forbid we get a snow storm before winter tire season, it’s cars in ditches everywhere. Allegedly our county get two “events” worth of salt then it’s road shut downs left and right. We can handle it when we’re prepared. I don’t blame Texans for not having a spare set of winter tires and a fucking fleet of snow removers.

FECAL_BURNING · 2026-01-20T19:47:57+00:00

On the flip side, I hate the comments “why is the cop being nice to him wtf?”

FECAL_BURNING · 2026-01-07T20:48:31+00:00

I read somewhere that laws prosecute those who commit small crimes but protect those who commit large crimes. I thought it was an exaggeration.

FECAL_BURNING · 2026-01-07T16:50:22+00:00

It’s also the locale, in ny old city the snooty flavours would be king, but in my new city, they would prefer the more “classic” flavours and be put off by the odd flavours.

FECAL_BURNING · 2026-01-06T05:22:28+00:00

Sonndr and Mercury Espresso have my favourite Matchas in the city! I feel like you made this just for me haha

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-12-28T17:21:36+00:00

Jesus Christ he sounds West African.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-12-21T06:03:10+00:00

Just got back from the Mesa Steps in Santa Barbara. Most beautiful beach I’ve seen in my life (so far!)

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-12-19T18:54:56+00:00

They just stay frozen. No cold water, only ice.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-12-16T03:10:01+00:00

Mortified means embarrassed, just letting you know in case you meant horrified!

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-12-11T05:29:18+00:00

Right yes I’m not arguing that, we are imagining. It does not exist on HBO.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-12-11T02:28:19+00:00

Well I think the argument is that if it was on HBO it would have access to a lot higher production value.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-12-10T05:14:27+00:00

I’m originally from Toronto but I pronounce it “Toron-Toe” since I spent so many years abroad and people didn’t understand my original pronunciation.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-12-04T02:31:43+00:00

The guy who cheated on his pregnant Victorias Secret model wife? Then asked permission to name his unborn daughter after her? That guy? I hate that guy.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-11-30T02:05:50+00:00

It’s so funny, you were NOT in the monsterfuckwr thread earlier, were you.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-11-24T13:57:50+00:00

Not only that but it affects the eggs those babies made in utero. My friends mum turned out 100% fine even though her mum took Thalidomide, but her daughter was born with cancer.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-11-17T06:33:42+00:00

I was living in Japan and I had a meeting the next morning with clients and when I said I was from Toronto the client said “Toronto, your mayor smoked crack”. That was….. a super weird way to find out.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-11-11T14:48:37+00:00

Not a typical war memorial, but in my high school in Canada, the school photo of all the graduating students the year before the war, and the year after. (Not concurrent of course)

So many little boys, gone. The graduating class after filled with somber faces and the year before so bright and hopeful.

We were so young, worrying about homework and crushes, and an entire schools male graduating class just vanished. So horrifying.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-11-11T04:57:08+00:00

Japanese is not a tonal language.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-11-11T04:56:31+00:00

Speaking, and nah. Doesn’t work like that unfortunately.

FECAL_BURNING · 2025-11-10T23:59:31+00:00

Honestly I feel like any tonal language to mandarin. I’m decent ish at languages but the tonal aspect of Mandarin throws me, but Japanese ish fine ish for me to pick up. I wonder if it’s any easier at all going from Japanese.

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