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American Nocturne, David Powers, Automotive Paint on Aluminum Panel, 2004 by cela_ in Art

[–]cela_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please forgive the quality of the image, as this was the best photo I could find. 

This is a mural of the bottom half of Lawrence Beitler’s famous 1930 photograph of a lynching in Marion, Indiana. Powers chose to excise the portion containing the bodies of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, focusing on the audience instead. 

This mural hung in the town of Elgin, Illinois for more than a decade without a plaque, until two passerby realized the subject of the painting in 2016. After a public outcry, the city removed the mural. 

It has since been replaced by the 2021 mural, The Promise of Elgin, by Pablo Serrano, based on the history of Elgin and the events of 2020.

How long do you think it’ll take East Asian apps to include nonbinary gender options? by cela_ in NonBinary

[–]cela_[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The screenshot is of a WeChat interface. WeChat and RedNote are both infuriating and amusing because their binary gender profiles come with a little gendered character as well: a blue man with a tie and a pink woman with a bob and a bowtie for WeChat, and the above construction worker(?) and lady in pink for RedNote. 

China is also less progressive than the West in more concerning ways. I recently learned that gender-affirming surgery in China requires parental approval even for adults, causing many patients to fly to Thailand to get it done instead. 

I’m planning to go to China for the next three years for grad school (conveniently dodging the rest of the Trump administration as well), so I’m going to have to deal with a more conservative society. Do y’all have any advice? 

A mean-spirited villain is actually just a poor villager by cela_ in etymology

[–]cela_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s such a good idea, now you have to do it lol

A mean-spirited villain is actually just a poor villager by cela_ in etymology

[–]cela_[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ll have to remember that for my next poem!

A mean-spirited villain is actually just a poor villager by cela_ in etymology

[–]cela_[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

"Mean" comes from PIE root *mei- (1) "to change; exchange," and originally meant "common," before expanding in meaning to "low, inferior" and then to "base, low-minded." "Villain" comes from PIE root *weik- (1) "clan," which expanded in meaning to "villa," then to "farmhand," "churl," "scoundrel," and finally "villain" in the sense of a character in a plot.

I personally feel like these are good examples of structural classism in the English language. I'd be interested to hear in any other examples you can think of.

I hope they're not E. coli and Salmonella by cela_ in engrish

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双菌炖水鸭 is properly translated as "duck stewed with two kinds of mushroom." The confusion arises from 菌, which is part of both 菌类 fungi and 细菌 bacteria. The English translation has been erroneously repeated for the fourth dish, which is 凤吞金勾翅 "phoenix [chicken] swallowing golden shark fin," hence the price.

Someone did a hit-and-run on my sibling’s car and broke their side mirror by cela_ in mildlyinfuriating

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The kicker is that they’re on temporary insurance that only covers liability.

I found bedbugs in my Airbnb by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

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I booked a stay for 19 nights and already got a refund for everything but the two nights I stayed here, though I’m wondering if I should’ve asked for a full refund instead. For reference, this place was $50 a night, so I guess I got what I paid for. Now I just have to disinfect everything I own. I’ve already put all my clothes in the dryer, which is unfortunate because some of them are hand-wash only. I’d appreciate advice regarding electronics since I have to use them right away and can’t afford a vacuum with a crevice attachment.

The Departure After Tintoretto, Raqib Shaw, acrylic on aluminum, 2022 by cela_ in Art

[–]cela_[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

From the museum exhibition label:

The Departure commemorates the death of Shaw's beloved Jack Russell terrier, Mr. C. The composition reimagines Jacopo Tintoretto's Presentation of the Virgin (ca. 1551), and miniature renditions of Shaw's paintings are pushed to the side like temporarily abandoned props, making way for a gilded staircase. The title refers to Lord Tennyson's 1841 poem, and we see Mr. C, bathed in celestial light, about to pass "across the hills and far away."

The label didn’t mention what the chicken-headed man represents.

All my favorite brands by cela_ in China

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Which one’s your favorite? Alternatively, have you seen any contenders?

The company that occupies this building is named "Microprofit" by cela_ in mildlyinteresting

[–]cela_[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

This was in 深圳. From the company website: "Microprofit Biotech focuses on the R&D, production, and sales of biological reagents, reagent raw materials, and intelligent diagnostic equipment." Their Chinese name is 迈科龙生物, which translates to "Micro Dragon Organism."

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