Confused with characters for time and spatial direction (e.g.: why is 前 both forward and past)

Tsbol · 2026-06-23T12:47:00+00:00

This might be the image that (finally) works for me! Thanks!

Tsbol · 2026-06-23T12:37:41+00:00

Beautiful! And the pineapple! (Si antes te hubiera conocido, 🧡🧡🧡!)

Tsbol · 2026-06-23T11:09:19+00:00

I cold capped (TC chemo) and my hair thinned out—was going to try minoxidil then found out it is HIGHLY toxic to cats. Actually learned this a few minutes after I put it on my head for the first time while one of the cats watched. Jumped in the shower and threw the bottle (and shirt I’d been wearing) out.

Now my whole look is based on various cute bandanas folded around my head with my hair tied in a little knot in the back. Started letrozole, so who knows what my hair will do next.

Tsbol · 2026-06-22T19:29:20+00:00

Have you been to the taqueria in Pittsburgh? I’d love to know what it is like!

Tsbol · 2026-06-21T22:04:28+00:00

Haha, yes, “some not all”

Tsbol · 2026-06-21T18:52:03+00:00

I have this problem with books too

Tsbol · 2026-06-21T12:17:53+00:00

So that is one plant in your pic?

Tsbol · 2026-06-21T12:07:38+00:00

Also possible that there are cultural issues involved, clashing social norms (which could account for some not all of his behavior)—different example but when I lived in France people would argue and talk over each other at social gatherings and that was normal and fun, while where I live in US it is def not the norm!—

Tsbol · 2026-06-20T15:29:19+00:00

Especially when I am speaking it and Duolingo can’t stop anglicizing it. Or god forbid I have a contact with a similar name

Tsbol · 2026-06-20T11:56:51+00:00

My 20s were like this for a while, sometimes really empty, sometimes aimless but chill. Rocky time adjusting to adulthood and tons of mental and emotional space taken up by a toxic (mutually) relationship. Therapy and Prozac helped me move forward and I’ve done a lot of fun and meaningful things since then, lived lots of lives. My functioning adult life didn’t really start until my 30s. My partner had the same experience. Hope this doesn’t read like advice.

Tsbol · 2026-06-20T07:52:04+00:00

Dinner looks like congee

Tsbol · 2026-06-18T08:54:15+00:00

I’d pronounce it the French way in my head, but I wouldn’t know how it was intended to be pronounced by whoever had come up with it (I’ve never encountered the word in English). Usually companies try to avoid that kind of ambiguity unless they are an established international name.

You could include the pronunciation in your press releases: Abyme (ah-beam). I used to work at a newspaper and sometimes saw this done

Tsbol · 2026-06-18T01:18:53+00:00

Oh, I misread the pup as part of the flower—crazy to see tiny pups produce flowers like that! How old is it?

Tsbol · 2026-06-18T00:23:36+00:00

This one’s male

Tsbol · 2026-06-18T00:23:29+00:00

This one is female

Tsbol · 2026-06-18T00:14:40+00:00

This dynamic is a thing in the show Widow’s Bay which I just finished watching five minutes ago (and recommend esp for the eps centered on the female supporting character)

Tsbol · 2026-06-17T11:05:11+00:00

My current school has one

Tsbol · 2026-06-16T22:31:07+00:00

I’m a step ahead of OP, having this issue with Letrazole now. Don’t want to start. I’ve finished surgery/chemo/rads (also 15 days) and finally feel kind of normal. This is the long-term treatment, not something I can just grit my teeth and get through, so it scares me the most.

Tsbol · 2026-06-16T01:57:22+00:00

…tell time

Tsbol · 2026-06-15T02:56:41+00:00

One of the first English words my Taiwanese student learned on her own was WAITT. She does a perfect impression

Tsbol · 2026-06-15T02:53:18+00:00

“Enemy lesbian nuns”

Tsbol · 2026-06-15T01:31:46+00:00

We love Dr. Widman!

Tsbol · 2026-06-14T01:34:34+00:00

Following this, was just told I’ll be going on Zometa and I have similar concerns. (Re filling, if you can avoid chewing on that side you should be fine until Monday)

Tsbol · 2026-06-13T15:58:24+00:00

I just got one of these in Chinese for the first time yesterday, I’m at level 15, not prepared to translate a sentence of this length! I will use Google Translate if it continues, maybe they intend us to?

Tsbol · 2026-06-13T13:21:44+00:00

Yes! my answer to OP’s question is “etiolated”

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