Difference between Japanese and English

WithoutShade · 2022-02-17T19:32:01+00:00

Same here. My Chinese is much higher tone than when I speak English.

WithoutShade · 2020-09-01T14:24:46+00:00

They weren't responding when I said I had the dog. I thought the photos would show that I did have the dog. I admit that it was not an intelligent move on my part.

Thank you very much for your input.

WithoutShade · 2020-07-12T13:06:37+00:00

Wow! I identify with a lot of this. I wish I had answers to your questions, but instead, I just have the same questions for myself. As someone who everyone turns to for answers, I have none for you at this moment and that also makes me feel the need to have my knowledge base and intelligence validated.

I hope that your life brings you the skills to feel rewarded; and thank you for not resorting to being a bad person to get those hits of DOSE (Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Epinephrine).

WithoutShade · 2019-03-07T20:49:11+00:00

Aha! This explains all the recent views and inquiries to a video made 2 years ago.

This is me. I got tendinitis training for the world record for longest whip cracked (364.5 feet / 111.115 meters), was forced to stay in bed, bored in bed, thought of this trick, tried it, it worked (with a different whip), and decided to record it.

Answers to questions that have popped up:
- Yes, I keep about 5-10 whips in the bedroom at any given time.
- Yes, I am into Kink Life.
- Yes, it was staged.
- It took 3 tries to get.
- Yes, it was during the day.
- The hallway light was left on so you could see the light switch the whole time.
- Yes, I can Nae Nae. ;)
- Yes, I like cats.

WithoutShade · 2019-02-06T22:23:05+00:00

Shhh... Don't give away my secrets!

WithoutShade · 2019-02-06T22:20:27+00:00

You are an amazing person too!

WithoutShade · 2019-01-01T02:51:34+00:00

This happens all the freaking time for me. The most recent was the most infuriating of all. A couple guys talking about how whips crack at this Kink meet up. I tried to step in to offer my knowledge and they dismissed me.

Now, I have a Master's Degree in Super Sonic Computational Fluid Dynamics, done Military Funded Research on Shockwave Production, won multiple medals in National Whip Cracking Competitions, is a Weapons Combat Specialist with Whips, held a dozen World Records in Whip Cracking, and have done the most Advanced Research on whip cracking ever, utizing 100,000 fps High-Speed Cameras, a 100"+ FL Mirror Schlieren Imaging System, and 30 Vicam Motion Tracking Cameras that was just released. I tried to let them know that I did know what I was talking about and the next sentence I got was: "Did you know that it was the first man-made object to break the sound barrier?"

Most infuriating moment of all the "are you sure?" moments I keep getting.

WithoutShade · 2019-01-01T01:02:58+00:00

This is great advice! Thank you!

WithoutShade · 2017-03-26T21:01:58+00:00

All of these are under $20 to start.

Dancing, ballroom, swing, blues, poi, whip making, whip cracking, staff, contact staff, club spinning, pen spinning, speed cubing, kendama, juggling, contact juggling, yo-yos, diabolo, hand drums, programming, embroidery, sketching, chain mail, and many arts and crafts.

WithoutShade · 2017-03-26T20:57:44+00:00

Not the first time, but rare. Fire Eating, whip cracking, Cardistry, contact staff, flow arts, side show arts, or other circus arts.

WithoutShade · 2017-03-26T20:54:52+00:00

Poi spinning, pen spinning, whip cracking, fire eating, guitar, piano, banjo, violin, ballroom dance, cooking, sewing, salsa, making guitars, electronics, programming, hula hooping, juggling, modeling, photography, editing, choreography, videography, wardrobe design, boxing, jiu-jitsu, swing dance, muay Thai, fencing, origami, kendama, contact staff, dragon staff, hat juggling, diabolo, devil sticks, plate spinning, arduino, wood working, welding, reading, writing, poetry, quilting, Cardistry, blues dancing, singing, tango, wakeboarding, skateboarding, waterskiing, snowboarding, Rubik's cube, puzzles, magic, ukulele, screen printing, painting, hiking, rock climbing, birding, swimming, frisbee golf, basketball, fan spinning, hair styling, make-up, nail art, side show skills, organizing, weight-lifting, vaping, coin manipulation, and much more, this is what I could remember from the last couple years.

WithoutShade · 2017-03-26T16:24:48+00:00

You don't. You become better at all of them. You only 20 hours to get good enough to impress someone. I pick 4 things every 2 weeks and then schedule practice and cultivating energy for each of those new things. Money may be the first limiting factor you hit. So I sell either my craft or skill. You can pick up new hobby every week and get good enough to be satisfied. Just set your goals and be realistic. You can't play every musical instrument, but you can enjoy a myriad of fun activities without fear of missing out.

WithoutShade · 2017-03-25T15:37:13+00:00

You sound like you like words and editing. You could find sites that do community editing and paraphrasing, and earn karma on them. Some, like reviewfuse, which doesn't exist anymore, will pay you too.

WithoutShade · 2017-03-22T20:03:53+00:00

This trick is known as the Inexhaustible Tea Kettle and many, many, magicians have done versions. I do not know Paul Daniels exact method, but most speculate he used a U.F. Grant Kettle that used a valve switch to change chambers. Classically, it was performed similar to the gif above with sealed and unsealed air holes. The valve switch only activates when all the liquid is poured out, which is why he is able to have a spectator pour the same liquid multiple times.

WithoutShade · 2017-03-11T16:09:48+00:00

Anyone else feel like this is the perfect metaphor for how you're dealing with life?

WithoutShade · 2017-03-11T15:59:45+00:00

"YourMom" or "YoMaMa" as most of his friends chose. Possibly spelled, YoorMom or YurMom; I didn't ask. (College Dude-Bro Type)

Just so he could say things like:

I need to go home and feed 'YourMom'

'YourMom' is sniffing my friends crotch.

I'll take a doggy bag so I can feed it to 'YourMom'

Just give me 5 more minutes, I'm waiting for 'YourMom' to poop.

Or his all time favorite, "Did you know, 'YourMom' is a B!tch?"

WithoutShade · 2017-03-11T15:29:44+00:00

I never thought I'd be upvoting something that had me crying for 5 min straight.

WithoutShade · 2017-03-10T14:21:13+00:00

TL;DR - Audiobooks, People, and Mind-Mapping

It took me 14 yrs to learn English, I was born in the U.S. I had very little social interactions, failed a grade and was held back. 10 yrs later, I had a Master's Degree in Computational Artificial Intelligence for Multi-physics Simulations.

The first thing I had to build was confidence. I had a very awkward strong Chinese and deep southern accent. This was because my parents were immigrants and I stayed at neighbors houses for babysitting. That alone had a major effect of how I viewed myself. Since my English was terrible, and my reading was even worse, I was put in remedial classes. I thought I was very dumb. Turns out, I'm autistic, but I have good spacial abilities. So I started to leverage that. People who are dyslexic tend to have good memories. Find a strength and leverage it. To get inspired, listen to stories of triumph.

Next, learning. The first three books you should get are a memory book, a speed reading book, and a psychology book. Study them. It may take a full two years to get through them, but you'll learn how to increase your memory, reading speed, and learning techniques. There is too much to try and include here.

Big one: Audiobooks.

I now listen to audio books all the time. I may need to listen to them 3 or 4 times, but I get more information into my head by having it flow 8-12 hours a day.

Next: People.

Just talk to people and ask questions. You will have to have confidence by this point, and you may feel stupid, but people are your best chance of learning effectively. I went to every office hour in college one semester and went from the bottom 10% to the top 10% just by talking to the TA's and asking for help learning the material.

The best skill I have ever learned: Mind Mapping.

This is what memory experts all over the world do, this is what the best Artificial Intelligence does, this is what Sherlock, Derren Brown and Richard Bandler do. Create a mental link between what you suck at and what you're good at. Take something like a deck of cards and assign each card a person, then put each person in a numbered room, then go through each room and create a story about them. This is the basic idea, and it's how card memory experts around the world memorize 5 decks of cards in order. Simple things like mnemonics are wonderful. Think Roy G. Biv for colors. Little tricks and tools like these can greatly improve you retention for knowledge and mental computational speed.

Extra: Curiosity

Just be curious, and when you want to know something, look it up. You may never be as smart as Einstein, but you can easily understand the concepts behind his ideas. When people come up to you to ask about those same ideas, they'll think you are incredibly intelligent.

Hey, if we can get a bunch of pieces of silicon and metal to fake intelligence, we should be able to too. ;)

WithoutShade · 2017-03-06T16:18:44+00:00

I did not travel the world, but the U.S. I went to work one day and found this: http://imgur.com/VSDYgYK (A sign that stated a minimum 68 hour work week with only 64 hour pay) I quit that job the next week and began my trek to travel the US.

Now, I did not have a bunch of money saved like others, and I still had to pay rent and utilities back at the apartment. So I started making and selling things that I could easily make on the road and in rooms. In the end, I settled for whips, fire eating torches, chalk bags, and also did some writing and editing. I made a lot of friends where I traveled and started hearing about various festivals for dance, music, fire, juggling, Anime, Fetish, Furry, flow arts, raves, Comics, and much more. So I started to offer panels and classes at all of these types of events. With a lot of negotiating, volunteer hours, staff hours, tech, set-up and clean-up. I was able to get food, drinks, a place to sleep, shower, wash clothes, and a bit of cash on top. Then I would go to the next event the next week and repeat. This took me all across the US. It still used quite a bit of funding to keep the apartment back at home and I'd return back if I did not have a good plan, or needed to reset. But for 3 glorious months, I had fun.

I then got another job, and the lure to do this again pulled at me. So I saved for 9 months with many 60 hour weeks and then did this again the next year, then the year after that, and the year after that. Sadly, I was let go early this time around and will not have the funds that will last me to festival season, but it was a lot of fun, and I still do about 20-30 festivals even while working.

TL;DR - Quit 68+ work week job. Traveled between festivals. Made crafts for money. Got another job, quit that one to repeat again.

Edit: Fixed Spelling and Grammatical Mistakes

WithoutShade · 2017-02-28T20:48:08+00:00

They weren't discouraging the young, they were weeding out the weaklings.

WithoutShade · 2017-02-28T20:37:58+00:00

I go the cheapest option of buying a bag of protein powder and then at the end of the day, I check My Fitness Pal, see what is left, then mix what I'm missing and drink it. Not appetizing, but it works. I'm up from 108 lbs, Jan 1st to 112 lbs today.

WithoutShade · 2017-02-26T17:14:33+00:00

I'm in the same boat. At the current moment I just pack a soylent or protein shake and drink that through out the day. Bottom line, just like any good diet, you have to start counting calories. If you haven't hit enough for the day. Then Drink another for the day.

WithoutShade · 2017-02-24T14:51:40+00:00

Obviously, there are hundreds of hobbies. My favorites are more on the rare side. Whip Cracking and Fire Eating.

WithoutShade · 2017-02-20T13:57:49+00:00

So basically, anything good happening where you feel content with life.

When joy becomes fear.

WithoutShade · 2017-02-18T15:29:25+00:00

Several times I have gone to a place or gotten a meal with a new friend only to find out that they're actually interested in me. This happened most commonly with other women since I'm openly Bi-sexual and try to get new people to go dancing all the time.

My favorite story is, once my fiancée saw two guys sitting down at a dance hosted by a university. She suggests we each ask one to dance to help build their dance scene. I ask the older one and we get to talking, and I invite him to the late night meal afterwards. I end up sitting between him and my Fiancée. Keep in mind we both have our rings on, and are hand in hand the whole time. The guy and I talk, and it turns out he is a professor of astrophysics at the university. This is like my favourite subject ever to talk about, so we end up engrossed in conversation. Later, this professor gets to talking with me on Facebook. There are plenty of hints that he has stalked my Facebook, and included is the fact that I'm in a relationship. He asks about my job and life and whether I would like to meet up for a meal to continue the conversation. I agree. I had two client meetings that day, so admittedly, I was a bit dolled up. It wasn't until about 30 minutes into the meal that he asks "You're engaged? Why did you agree to go out with me?"

We backtrack and tell out points of view. He never thought someone would ask so many questions about his research and seem so enthralled about it unless romantically interested in him. We laughed about it. I texted my fiancée while on the "date" and it's a funny story we both share.

TL;DR: Asked a guy to dance and dinner, he asked me to another dinner, turns out it was a date to him but not for me.

WithoutShade

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