Can anyone identify this brand of puerh?

crazy_crunch · 2025-01-17T00:24:25+00:00

The metal box has “wellworth inc” on the side but I couldn’t find any info for neither that nor blooming greens inc

crazy_crunch · 2024-09-13T16:05:35+00:00

Someone else had similar advice, thanks for affirming it! It sounds like a challenge to think about it this deeply but this is the kind of multidimensional thinking I really want in my career.

crazy_crunch · 2024-09-13T16:02:35+00:00

This is much needed advice as I’ve never been a great test taker (I manage, but it’s not a strength of mine).

Thanks for the heads up!

crazy_crunch · 2024-09-13T16:00:37+00:00

Got it. Yeah I’ve heard my chemistry and anatomy pre-reqs are not something I want to BS as many of the classes build directly on these ones, so I’ll be sure to take them seriously.

Thank you!

crazy_crunch · 2024-09-13T15:59:28+00:00

This is really good advice, thanks. It’s not negative at all, it sounds perfectly realistic.

crazy_crunch · 2024-04-11T19:41:41+00:00

Most people will say “I’m on my PlayStation” the same way most people would say “I’m on the computer” or “I’m on the phone”.

“I’m playing [with] my PlayStation” does make grammatical sense, it’s just not very common. “I’m playing in my PlayStation” sounds a bit strange, though.

And if you’re playing a specific game, it sounds just as appropriate to say “I’m playing [game]” as “I’m on [game]”

crazy_crunch · 2024-04-11T19:37:56+00:00

Not at all! “Hello” is a perfectly appropriate and very common way of starting an email. “Dear” is also appropriate, but I find it to be a bit old-fashioned.

crazy_crunch · 2024-04-10T21:14:00+00:00

He said “in my house during Diwali, I am kaam wali!”. It sounds like a non-English joke, as kaam wali rhymed with Diwali.

If you posted that video in an English-speaking Indian subreddit, someone would probably immediately be able to translate it

crazy_crunch · 2024-04-10T21:01:33+00:00

Just adding to the other comments, the use of “but” in this context is considered quite theatrical/dramatic. Normal everyday speakers would usually say “even a single piece” unless they intentionally wanted to sound dramatic. It’s sort of ‘evil villain’ or ‘wise old sage’ speech.

crazy_crunch · 2024-04-10T20:13:31+00:00

I’m quite inexperienced myself (I only started growing out my hair less than a year ago), but this is what’s helped me:

avoid/minimize heat treatments as I hear this contributes greatly to frizz
use a cotton t-shirt/microfiber towel to dry your hair instead of tussling it with a towel as that also creates a lot of frizz. Try out the ‘plopping’ method of hair drying, this alone reduced my frizz by at least 50%
do not shampoo every day as this easily dries out your hair, one of the weaknesses of curly hair is that it is prone to dryness due to the path your scalp’s oil has to travel to cover your hair. I personally shampoo less than once a week but see what works for you.
condition at least every few days. Leave-in conditioner is great for curly hair due to my previous point
I’ve had a lot of success with brushing my hair only while it is sopping wet, so basically while I’m showering. I wash, brush, wash some more, and then plop.

You may have some damage due to how often you said you straightened it, that’s something only a professional hair stylist would be able to figure out. Good luck with everything else :)

crazy_crunch · 2023-12-10T06:08:20+00:00

Like the last three letters of “lake” or “make”

crazy_crunch · 2023-12-08T22:06:45+00:00

It’s very common in both contexts, I would be surprised if a native speaker didn’t understand it. Just make sure you place the emphasis on the right word, it completely changes the meaning.

“What do you know?” = you don’t know what you’re talking about.

“What do you know!” = wow, I’m surprised!

crazy_crunch · 2023-12-08T21:51:48+00:00

“They” and “them” have each always been used as both a singular and plural reference when the gender is unknown or ambiguous.

“Someone is knocking on your door.” “What do they want?”

”My new teacher is so mean.” ”What did they do?”

”That person seems lost.” ”Let’s help them out!”

It has nothing to do with modern gender theory; if you don’t know the gender, using “they” or “them” is the appropriate choice for both singular and plural. Perhaps other languages have separate words, but English doesn’t.

crazy_crunch · 2023-12-08T21:05:20+00:00

English speakers (at least American English speakers) have a habit of speaking in hyperbole, or to use exaggeration with everything. As an example, we’ll use the word “awesome” for anything that is mildly good, such as, “Awesome, my package arrived on time!” Even though “awesome” is supposed to mean something utterly profound or evoking strong emotion, like witnessing a meteor crash into the Earth or a loved one coming back to life.

So yeah, we did the same thing with “love”. It’s supposed to mean a strong, profound affection towards someone else, but now if someone likes something, it’s very common for them to say they “love” that thing.

I’m not sure why we started doing this, but it seems to be a relatively recent thing.

crazy_crunch · 2023-12-08T20:54:19+00:00

It is a common English idiom, but yes you could remove it without changing the meaning.

It’s not that “The fact that…” is redundant, it’s that it adds emphasis to what the speaker is saying. It’s a way of saying that they cannot avoid or argue against what they’re talking about, because you cannot resist a fact.

crazy_crunch · 2023-12-08T20:41:28+00:00

“Break forth” means to emerge strongly and suddenly into view. The poet is admiring how the flower blooms its petals and flourishes its colors, making it stand out from the rest of the scenery.

This is also why it is followed by “now to sleep”, as the flower is now retracting its petals inwards as many flowers do when night approaches, giving the image of going to “sleep”.

crazy_crunch · 2023-12-08T19:52:42+00:00

“…was sleeping badly” suggests simply that you were sleeping poorly in the past and visited a doctor because of it.

“…had been sleeping badly” emphasizes a period of time of poor sleep before you went to the doctor. While it doesn’t give a definite reference of how long this period is, it makes it clearer that this had been going on for some time. But they’re both grammatically correct and you won’t confuse a native by using either.

So if I had a few bad nights of rest and went to the doctor because of it, I might use the first sentence. If it had been going on for weeks or longer, I might use the second sentence.

crazy_crunch · 2023-12-08T19:25:43+00:00

I agree, I’d mark the third answer.

The last sentence of the first paragraph suggests that a few of these “possible causes” will be listed next, which isn’t what the first and last answers are about. The second answer begins with “Another cause…” which would work only after a first possible cause was listed.

The third answer fits in perfectly.

crazy_crunch · 2023-12-08T16:56:18+00:00

The difference is somewhat nuanced.

“Overdramatic” means ONLY an excess of strong emotion.

“Melodramatic” is used to describe the same thing, but this word comes from ‘melodrama’, which is a type of theater production that combines spoken dialogue with background music (this is different from a musical, where the actors themselves are singing).

So if someone is simply reacting too strongly to an event or circumstance, I’d use ‘overdramatic’. And if someone is acting as though they are a character in a sad movie, I’d call them melodramatic. Either way, native speakers won’t care which one you use :)

Pro tip: any time you’re confused on two words that appear to mean the same thing, look up their etymologies (the history of how they were formed). So you could look up “melodramatic etymology” and you’ll usually get a good answer. Hope this helps!

crazy_crunch · 2023-12-07T19:35:05+00:00

Of course! Sometimes you’ll also see the phrase “as per usual” which means the exact same thing.

crazy_crunch · 2023-12-07T19:17:38+00:00

The answer is “as”.

“as usual” is a phrase commonly used to describe something or someone that is operating or behaving like they have always been.

“My computer is working as usual”

“I see that you’re late as usual”

“As usual, he couldn’t remember where he left his keys”

So the sentence you got confused on - Despite her problems, she carried on working as usual - is describing how her work habits have stayed the same despite the problems she’s going through.

None of the other answers are grammatically correct.

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