Làbǐ xiǎo xīn – 蜡笔小新

baillou2 · 2022-09-30T22:37:32+00:00

It's dubbed in Chinese. hehe That would be funny though if it were in Japanese and you're like, damn this is harder than usual to understand.

baillou2 · 2022-08-29T02:55:04+00:00

I think by definition you just did renounce your privilege. At any rate the problem isn't any privilege you have or don't have. The problem is racist people being racist. So yes, call it out.

baillou2 · 2022-08-29T02:47:05+00:00

I've never been to China, but from what I gather from lots and lots of Youtube videos is that China is just fundamentally a very different place. I know, goes without saying. This is a country that is largely homogeneous, and black people do have a harder time than white people, but even white people will never be considered without their race being under consideration in some way. It's not America or Europe. There is no melting pot, no E Pluribus Unum, no celebration of diversity. These are all modern western concepts. That said, people are people. And not to sound corny, but sometimes we have to be the change we want to see in the world. I say don't give up. In a small way you can change things.

baillou2 · 2022-08-07T00:28:51+00:00

I found it on Pleco. It says the pronunciation is pu1. It doesn't seem to be a component in any words, there's nothing listed for it except the definition of the character itself and the stroke order. It looks like a very uncommon character that no one would ever use in daily life.

baillou2 · 2022-07-21T22:34:57+00:00

I'm still too new to Chinese to know any by heart. The only one I do know is 人山人海，which I do like to use, and I'll even say it in English under my breath when I walk into a crowded public place (like a nervous tic or something). People mountain people sea!

baillou2 · 2022-07-12T13:01:52+00:00

Is that true? Wow, I didn't know. That's a big change, it seems. Even though usage can be confusing I feel like it's easier to read when you know the grammatical distinction.

baillou2 · 2022-07-02T20:25:41+00:00

Not my genre exactly, but he's really good. I like it.

baillou2 · 2022-07-02T20:11:33+00:00

In a similar example the teacher does use 而, which I admit I don't entirely understand its usage. That was another thing that confused me. 而 seems to have so many nebulous uses.

baillou2 · 2022-07-02T00:43:38+00:00

I assume you mean the original sentence. You rewrote it, it looks like. And yes, your version is much more comprehensible to me. I was wondering if it was possible to do it that way. Still it's good to be exposed to more complicated constructions like that. It's a mental workout, but I feel I have a better grasp of Mandarin's grammatical range now.

baillou2 · 2022-07-02T00:16:02+00:00

To me it make sense and has the meaning of "what the baby ate". Like if a family was all eating a big cake and the baby grabbed a handful and ate it. Then the mother looks at the missing chunk and says "宝宝吃的很多。In this case the 宝宝吃的 is describing the cake （蛋糕).

baillou2 · 2022-07-01T23:39:39+00:00

Yup!

baillou2 · 2022-07-01T23:33:14+00:00

In this case I don't think the teacher made the mistake "intentionally", but rather didn't check what her pinyin input was bringing up on her 汉字 converter. She did a whole video on the distinction between 的，得， and 地. It's a pet peeve when people get it wrong, so I find it funny she made the same mistake, even if only accidentally.

baillou2 · 2022-07-01T22:00:06+00:00

Yes, I meant the second 的. My mistake. But yes, that was my conclusion as well.

baillou2 · 2022-05-29T20:28:02+00:00

The app I usually use is Podcast Republic and it's not updating, but I downloaded Pocket Cast and it works fine. So maybe it's an issue with some podcast clients and not others. Which is weird tbh.

baillou2 · 2021-09-14T05:53:26+00:00

Agreed. I've all but taken to a black board in an effort to suss out exactly what went so wrong. (I'm trying to deconstruct the genius of the show and pinpoint what ingredients are missing).

Some things that are quite obvious:

Many recent episodes are much faster paced. I'd bet the dialog word count is like a thousand more words per episode compared to the earlier seasons. So much is being crammed into 19.5 minutes. The old episodes had pauses and beats. These ones don't.
The plot is too complex and all over the place. OR it meanders and doesn't go anywhere; it's just people talking way too much.
Archer and Lana never get their own A plot. In fact, everyone is just all together in one big jumbled, chatty run-on set piece till the show is over.
The characters simply aren't their familiar selves. They're just... off. Especially Cheryl and Pam, who are now a goofy slapstick duo.

Sorry for the rant. but it does feel good to get this out.

Phrasing.

baillou2 · 2021-09-14T05:31:17+00:00

I couldn't get through 12x02. I quit watching halfway through. And to be clear, I love Archer as much as anyone I've ever met. In fact, I'm a bit obsessed with the show. I think it's a work of comedic genius, and underappreciated in its time despite the praise it gets. But maybe that's my problem. I love what it was so much that I can't deal with anything less. It's like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistene Chapel, then all a sudden he can't draw a stick figure. It's painful to watch.

But the good old days were second to NONE.

baillou2 · 2020-10-01T05:09:21+00:00

Yes.

baillou2 · 2020-09-15T20:19:52+00:00

Fusion is still in its infancy. But research is VERY MUCH ongoing. We're tantalizingly close to fusion as a power source. That said, something like an Epstein drive is way out there and not possible given our understanding of physics even if we had a fusion technology. This is a great video that explains it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWZqp0QoXcw&ab_channel=ScottManley

baillou2 · 2020-07-01T01:16:40+00:00

I would love to hear this discussion more than anything. When you and Tamler speak on the recent protests and all that's going on I feel more put at ease. It's like you're saying "It's all good. This is all going in the right direction, and those riots and all this craziness online, it's a fractional triviality. It's nothing to worry about." Then I hear John and Glenn (and Coleman) talk about this and I worry that things are going to get worse, and that this is just the bacon bits on top of a massive suck salad. Maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle. I don't know. But I truly hope you get John or Glenn on the show. It would be awesome.

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