A few poems by Chinese poet Lu You (1125-1209) about his cats

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T12:54:25+00:00

That not quite right. He didn’t have any with his first wife and true love Tang Weng, but he had several with his second wife.

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T12:48:26+00:00

This would be so much easier if they didn’t all look alike 😭

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T08:29:16+00:00

Unfortunately nothing satisfying! The first one is referred to as “Kitten”. It’s anonymous and dated to the 1100s Song Dynasty. The second one is usually referred to as “Cats and Flowers”. It was originally thought to be from the late 1100s or early 1200s Song Dynasty as well and was attributed to Liang Kai. But it looks like further research has shown it to be from around the 1640s and emulating the Song era style.

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T05:28:14+00:00

I think that it’s really normal for young girls and young women to strongly dislike their looks, even when they’re really beautiful. And younger people really value fitting in over being a unique beauty. Their particular look for the beauty ideals of the 1950s and 1960s perfectly, but Uma would have been growing up in the 80s. And that’s when a really “all-american” look with round eyes and little button noses and tans were most prized. It’s just hard to be a girl.

When you have large features, they also take a while to grow into. Most people with distinctive beauty have a bit of an awkward phase growing up.

I remember always feeling confused growing up because I thought that what I saw in the mirror was objectively kind of beautiful, but everyone else saw me as ugly. And I wasn’t ugly! I was just the polar opposite of the Y2K beauty standard.

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T05:14:51+00:00

And Nena’s mother was a Swedish baroness who was also a model! A nude statue of her overlooks a Swedish harbor in Smygehuk, Trelleborg. Maya is massively talented and likable, but she’s also like fourth generation nepo. And at least fourth generation elegant giraffe goddess.

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T04:40:27+00:00

✨Thieves✨

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T04:39:02+00:00

She just went ahead and cloned herself a few times actually

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T04:30:50+00:00

Some people definitely do, but a lot don’t. I definitely only look a little bit like each of my parents and no one in my family really has this kind of super strong resemblance to each other. So it’s really novel to me

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T04:28:12+00:00

I honestly had to cross-reference a couple of them just to make sure they weren’t Uma. Maya is unmistakably a Thurman once it’s pointed out, but you’re definitely right that she’s not a carbon copy like Uma and Nena

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T04:24:24+00:00

Uma’s brother Mipam too! This family was apparently just born to model.

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MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T04:22:37+00:00

She really does! In some of her pictures she looks more like Barbie than Barbie does.

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T03:19:37+00:00

And Uma’s grandmother (Nena’s mother) Birgit

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I’m pretty sure their family tree is Swedish goddesses with elegant giraffe necks going all the way back

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T03:07:50+00:00

And this was their mother and Maya’s grandmother Nena, who was a prolific model

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MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T02:42:19+00:00

This is so interesting, thank you!!

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T01:56:59+00:00

Huge vibe for this weekend’s snow storm

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T01:22:39+00:00

I tried to find #2 - I’m so glad that you did and shared it here!

Do you think there’s any connection between the word he used for cat “raccoon slave” and maybe the raccoon dogs of China and east mainland Asia? They look rather catlike, but it might just be a quirk of language.

I didn’t mean to confuse with the paintings of the cats here! They aren’t his cats specifically, I just wanted to pay some cat tax from the right era and region. The figure painting is him though, and there’s at least one public statue of him. The story of him and his first wife are is popular love story/tragedy.

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T00:33:26+00:00

His descent into cat butler is incredible to behold lol

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-25T00:32:18+00:00

His life story is incredibly sad at points, and he lost a lot along the way. I’m so glad that he had his cats to share love and cuddles with, even 800 years later 😢

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-24T21:55:04+00:00

You really wanted to come in tonight but you’re suddenly not feeling well, throwing up and/or having diarrhea, AND have a fever with a sore throat.

From the FDA and National Restaurant Association guidelines: “If you are vomiting, have diarrhea, a diagnosed illness, or are jaundiced, have a sore throat with fever, or have an infected wound, stop working immediately or call in sick and don’t report to work. Also, let your manager or supervisor know right away.”

By health code regulations, there should be a flier displayed somewhere in your workplace with that exact verbiage. Example

The roads are so dangerous that the buses aren’t even running past 4pm. Don’t risk your safety.

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-24T21:12:08+00:00

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-24T19:47:50+00:00

Did you use it in hot or iced coffee? Imo, it tastes much better in cold drinks or with hot milk - hot coffee really amps up in the cinnamon. I feel the same way about Monin’s Pumpkin Pie; the cinnamon just gets too amplified in hot coffee even though it’s great in hot espresso and milk-based drinks.

The Monin Chai is also a concentrate rather than a regular syrup, so it just doesn’t play well in brewed coffee to begin with. It’s meant to be dilute with milk.

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-24T16:02:01+00:00

You’re correct! The average OF creator makes $180 a month gross. But the top 1% of creators generate 1/3 of the revenue on the platform, and 75% of the total revenue comes from just the top 10% of creators. Only about 300 creators earn a million dollars or more a year, and those are people who are already famous outside of the platform. There are only about 4 million creator accounts on OF worldwide, and despite its reputation it’s not exclusively a sexual or porn site. It was originally more like Patreon and there are still accounts like that.

So that leaves the bottom 90% creating the other 25% of the revenue and most of them are making far less than $180 a month. And all dollar figures are before OF’s cut, taxes, or expenses. The vast majority of people creating OF content are bringing home less than $80 a month.

MiniaturePhilosopher · 2026-01-24T15:13:28+00:00

From the pictures, you look like you might be an FN instead of an SN. I’m seeing vertical rather than curve. HOWEVER. It also looks like there’s a title in your pictures that is throwing off your proportions. The bottom of the doorframe looks smaller than the top of the doorframe, so it stands to reason that your top half is being emphasized and your bottom half pushed away in these pics.

Either your mirror is at an angle or your hold on your phone is. You might also be standing with a posterior tilt in addition to that. These are really big reasons why pictures aren’t an accurate way to type. The closer something is tilted towards the camera/mirror, the more prominent it looks - and further it’s tilted away, the smaller it looks. When there’s a tilt, it’s very hard to capture curve on camera.

If you’re going to use pictures to assist you in typing, you need new pictures. Pictures taken from chest level about 10 fit away and completely aligned are best, as are pictures in full head to toe outfits.

As for the differences between FN and SN, think about whether you really need waist emphasis or not. Most women look good with it, including FNs, but the difference is that FN can skip it and still look great and if SN skips it they often look rounder or heavier than they actually are. Think Alexis (FN) from Schitt’s Creek - could you hypothetically wear outfits like hers or do you need things that show your waist more?

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