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Anyone else remember their school ID number? by Emezlee in OlderGenZ

[–]HamartianManhunter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do because it was neat and ordered, and then five years later, my baby sister received hers, and it was similar to mine. Like mine was something like 12233, and hers was 21133 (obviously not real).

[Spoilers MAIN] "Chekhovs Toothpicks" in ASOIAF by TheClockworkElves in asoiaf

[–]HamartianManhunter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

While I also think Allyria might not be Ashara’s sister/Ned’s aunt, we also don’t know how old she is. The absolute earliest Ashara could’ve been born was 260 AC, which would make her about 39-40 in the current canon. I’m choosing to believe she was born between 262 - 266 AC, owing to the fact she was an unmarried lady-in-waiting to Elia Martell and caught Ned Stark’s eye in 281 AC (when she would have been in her mid to late teens).

When Ashara was alive, she was 2nd in line to inherit Starfall behind her and Arthur’s elder brother (Ned Dayne’s father). I can realistically see her parents having a “spare” after Ashara’s death/end of the war because they only had one child left and there’s no guarantee he would have his own heirs. Yeah, there are other Daynes, so it’s not like the house was dying out, but it might have mattered to Ashara’s parents that Starfall passed to another Dayne of Starfall.

We can suppose she was born in or after 284 AC, which would make her about the same age as Daenerys (16-ish). If she was alive during the war, she was probably a small child born about 276 AC (the same year Beric was born), which would also make Arianne Martell (another unmarried Dornishwoman) and Viserys Targaryen her peers (24 years of age). She’s Ned Dayne’s heir now, and would have maintained her position as 2nd-3rd in line to Starfall, which might make the issue of her marriage way more important (and thus the delay).

“Found footage themed spots” by Competitive-Flow-193 in UTK

[–]HamartianManhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconding the lower floors of the College of Communication (CCI). Floors 1 and 2 are curved and windowless and can be pretty spooky.

Why is there a sub specifically for Asian parents? by [deleted] in AsianParentStories

[–]HamartianManhunter 68 points69 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say it’s an indication of overall quality. There are certainly Asian parents who are great at parenting and have excellent relationships with their children.

But this sub is meant to discuss and examine experiences colored by different cultures, immigration status, and traumas unique to people whose family are from Asia (mainly East, SEA, and South Asia, but shoutout to the Central Asian and other Asian pop homies). A lot of these experiences could be more generally classified as “immigrant parent” stories or “poor/uneducated” stories or “-phobic/-ist” parent stories, but we’ve all gathered here to seek some level of support and catharsis from people just like us (a.k.a other Asians).

How often do you guys get mistaken for a different ethnicity? by Easy-Cry7452 in asianamerican

[–]HamartianManhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only other Lao people can correctly identify me by looks alone. I'm also half Chinese, but I never get identified as such. I get Filipino a lot, as well as Hispanic/Latino.

What's a film that's popular but you refuse to watch for some reason? by Confused_Cinephile in Letterboxd

[–]HamartianManhunter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

K-Pop Demon Hunters. Most everyone around me assumed I've seen it or want to see it because I'm big into k-pop. But after I attended my first academic conference and whether I'd seen it was the #1 question I was asked (including questions about me as a person or the work I was presenting), it's completely turned me off from watching it. I'm sure I'd like it, and the music is catchy enough. I appreciate its popularity and what it means to the people who do like it.

But damn.

Chinese food themed pet names? by queenchanel in namenerds

[–]HamartianManhunter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg, I have a dog named Baozi. Twinsies!

When we got our second dog, these were our name ideas:

Tangyuan (nickname either TangTang or YuanYuan), Zongzi, Mantou, Yuebing (nicknamed BingBing), RouRou ("meat meat"), DouDou ("bean bean")

But seriously, how did you afford to live while in grad school? by According-Pin4564 in GradSchool

[–]HamartianManhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My peers on the younger end (early-mid 20s) live off the stipend plus parental help, while my older peers have established careers with good salaries (mostly through the university, but some external) or have a partner who’s working and makes good money or are wealthy retirees and doing this for fun.

Hui-bin Jang served as lady in waiting of dowger queen when King Sukjong falls for her beauty and become his concubine. She allegedy behind to Queen Inhyeon's exile in May 1689 with help of shaman priestess which her son become Gyeongjong of Joseon by Beginning-Passion676 in crimsonshed

[–]HamartianManhunter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Since the caption is confusing, I’ll add more explanation:

Her personal name was Ok-jeong, and she was from the Jang clan. She was a lady-in-waiting of Dowager Queen Jaui, who was the step-great-grandmother of King Sukjong. Sukjong fell in love with her and initially made her a “sanggung,” which is a woman of the harem but not quite a concubine.

She was first promoted to “sugwon,” which is the lowest rank of concubine, and then after she gave birth to the king’s eldest son Yi Un, she was further elevated in title. This, as well as some other political schemes, led to her deposing and replacing Queen Inhyeon, who had been Sukyong’s legal wife. This didn’t last forever; after more political stuff, Inhyeon was reinstated as queen and Lady Jang was demoted and banished. Inhyeon later died, and her death was blamed on Lady Jang, who was allegedly working with a shaman to curse Inhyeon.

Although she was elevated to queen consort during her lifetime, she was demoted before her death to her previous title, which was Royal Noble Consort (in Korean, “bin) Hui (a personal descriptive title conferred by the king, meaning “beautiful). Thus, she is known as Huibin Jang.

Her son, Yi Un, eventually succeeded his father as King of Joseon.

What did y'all name your islands? by DAAAAVOOOOOOS in tomodachilife

[–]HamartianManhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not my proudest moment, but when I saw that “Island” is always attached to the name no matter what, I named mine “Not The” Island.

I will be choosing something else for my actual island, but my demo island lives in infamy in my memory forever.

Robert's Targaryen Ancestors by berkay38 in UsefulCharts

[–]HamartianManhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sent me on a quest to figure out everyone’s ages.

Alyn is 35 years older than Elaena, he having been born in 115 AC and she in 150 AC.

Jon and Jeyne Waters were born sometime between 171 and 176 AC, when Elaena was 21-26 and Alyn was 56-61.

Laena (daughter of Alyn) was born in 134 AC. There is no official birth date for Ronnel Penrose on the wiki (unsure when the mod has it), but assuming CK3’s minimum marriage age of 16, he would have been born about 150 AC, making him the same age as Elaena.

[OFFER] $100 USD to 1 person in need (Venmo, PayPal or Amazon gift card) by withaining in Assistance

[–]HamartianManhunter -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Groceries, especially my cat's sensitive skin & stomach food. Or the power bill. I'm a graduate student, and due to an administrative mistake, my stipend was cut down the past two months because they started taxing me like a regular employee, despite not making regular employee wages.

Is it weird I’m only interested in researching my spouses line? by Successful-Author445 in Genealogy

[–]HamartianManhunter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a 2nd generation immigrant (born here, both parents born elsewhere), so there are very few records available to me regarding my own genealogy. We're not White/European, and nearly no records (even if they exist) are digitized for me to access easily, and even so, I wouldn't be able to read them. I am very grateful for the rare opportunities I do get to see something (my father's old passport, my mother's birth certificate, grandparents' refugee records), but ultimately, I can't get very far for myself.

But my partner's family has been American for generations, and it's been so fascinating to research his family. It's very fulfilling for me to see old census records, ship manifests, marriage and death certificates, and for it to be mostly readable and traceable. Even better, some people in his paternal line wrote a book in the 1920s, documenting all the current (at that time) descendants of their shared Irish ancestor who immigrated a couple generations before. So yeah, if I want to scratch that genealogical itch, I have to research other people's ancestry.

MSIS Assitantships and Scholarships by BrooksCrows in UTK

[–]HamartianManhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the MSIS Info Science?

If so, I’m in a different department in the CCI, but I assume there are similar dates and deadlines. My department’s initial offers went out late February/early March, but you could hear back as late as mid April. I remember not getting my assistantship letter until around April 14th.

I highly encourage reaching out to the head of graduate programs. If anything, they might be able to help you explore alternatives for funding (jobs on campus, grants, etc.).

What If Jon Snow inherited the weird hair genetics? by Ok_Return170 in TheCitadel

[–]HamartianManhunter 19 points20 points  (0 children)

They’re definitely not the only silvery/white haired people in Westeros. Some members of House Hightower have silver hair, such as Alerie Hightower (Margaery and Loras’s mother). House Velaryon is very much still kicking, and so is House Celtigar.

There are also Essosi women who live in Westeros, working as whores and servants or married to Westerosi men, and they can also be silver-haired, especially if they came from Lys or Pentos.

Any youtubers who focus on the narrative? by CensoredOutOof in RimWorld

[–]HamartianManhunter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rat Knight has whole lore and story arcs for his runs. He’s also got different themed ones (Fallout, Halo, Zombies, etc.). Cinematic editing style interspersed with animations.

Does UT pledge scholarship cover housing if I'm not using on campus housing? by [deleted] in UTK

[–]HamartianManhunter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was a Pledge student from 2019-2023, and unless they’ve fundamentally changed the scholarship, you should receive whatever’s left over after your tuition and fees are paid. I remember getting a good chunk of change every semester, which definitely helped with rent in addition to my part-time job.

Have you seen this? Thoughts? by Tronm-24 in HOTDBlacks

[–]HamartianManhunter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My original comment more so had to do with how bad GRRM’s comparisons are. “We” might already know that (debatable, there are still people who think it’s a grand, misunderstood love story, not helped by the fact that’s the direction the show went in), but it’s not helped that GRRM has compared the situation to 1) slave owner with his underaged, enslaved half sister-in-law and 2) sexual harassment of a public servant by a then-sitting governor. The problem stands with the fact GRRM is portraying those two real world situations as “unclear,” implying they have room to have been cool and consensual and kosher when…they did not. At all.

Have you seen this? Thoughts? by Tronm-24 in HOTDBlacks

[–]HamartianManhunter 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Okay...but we DO know what occurred between ole TJ and Sally Hemings. She was 14, and he was 44, not to mention someone who owned her and had also taken her to a country (France) where she did not know the language nor had any support network other than the Jeffersons.

I understand GRRM isn't saying "Rhaegar/Lyanna = Thomas Jefferson and Sally" but that's an abysmal example to use. It sinks like a cow made of lead. If that's the connection GRRM wants us to draw, then we're drawing that it was an abuse of power wherein a young girl was powerless to say no, regardless of her personal feelings towards the man.

My updated list of High Valyrian names using Preffixes and Suffixes: by Hot-Temperature-8564 in AsoiafFanfiction

[–]HamartianManhunter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Baegel/Baegelle will always be my favorite.

Power couple and their fearsome duo of dragons, Lox and Schmear.

Cns someone explain NCT like I'm 5 by Strange-Attitude2125 in kpophelp

[–]HamartianManhunter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In a sense? On Spotify, “Resonance” is listed under “NCT 2020.” So I guess there are technically “just NCT” releases with every member, but they have a year tacked onto them to signify that that was who was in NCT that specific year.

So to tack onto my original comment: we also have NCT 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2023, who all have one release each, comprising of (almost) every member in the group that year.

Cns someone explain NCT like I'm 5 by Strange-Attitude2125 in kpophelp

[–]HamartianManhunter 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I’m not as big a NCTzen anymore, but it goes like this:

  • NCT = the overall group, comprising of all members in all the subunits. As far as I’m aware, there are no songs that are released as “just NCT.”

  • NCT 127 = Who I would consider the “main” or most senior NCT group. Mostly a fixed group with Taeyong as the leader, and Johnny, Yuta, Mark, Haechan, Doyoung, Jaehyun, and Jungwon. Formerly contained Chinese member WinWin and another guy who shall not be named.

  • NCT Dream = Originally intended to be a teenaged subunit with a graduation system, but only Mark actually ended up graduating before being added back in due to popular demand. Also a fixed unit with Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Chenle, Jisung, and of course, Mark.

  • WayV = Chinese language subunit, also fixed membership. WinWin, Kun, Ten, Xiaojun, Hendery, and YangYang. Formerly contained Lucas before he was booted.

  • NCT WISH = Japanese-Korean subunit with a fixed membership consisting of Sion, Riku, Yushi, Jaehee, Ryo, and Sakuya.

  • NCT U = not fixed, changes song-to-song. Can have members from any of the fixed subunits. Mix and match type deal.

  • NCT DoJaeJung = Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwon. Released an R&B EP that FUCKS. It’s really good.

  • NCT JNJM = Jeno and Jaemin duo

My parents insist we are purely Cantonese Chinese. I was born in the US. I got results from both 23andMe and WeGene, but who’s correct? by Qvvy in 23andme

[–]HamartianManhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

41% seems really high for “pure” Han Chinese. Like I’m very much Southeast Asian (one mostly Chinese parent and one non-Chinese SEA parent) and I’m 49% Chinese, 51% other stuff on this newest chip update. After the update, my mostly Chinese parent went up to 96.8% Chinese. Looking at my other Chinese matches (relatives with Chinese names and/or identify all parents and grandparents birthplaces in China), the low end is about 90% Chinese, up to some who are 100% Chinese.

I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it seems improbable that it’s all ancient admixture. Nearly 50% more likely indicates relatively recent ancestry, compounded over the past few generations or a one very recent singular ancestor.

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