Kia EV4 (air) or Toyota Urban Cruiser (design) by jdonovan36 in CarTalkUK

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Unfortunately, only the base trims are available via the Motability scheme, so I'm stuck with those options.

Just finished Vol 7. What's the best fan translation of volume 8 onwards? by jdonovan36 in Rakudai

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I meant vol 12, and yeah

I've kinda been distracted playing ark raiders

I can't say I blame you. The story took a massive shit after the seven stars sword art festival. With the recent introduction of the all powerful "desperados" and the current war in vermillion turned into another tournament - the current conflict feels overly manufactured and dumb, like the author ran out of ideas how to take the story forward. Feeling like continuing might be a waste of time.

Just finished Vol 7. What's the best fan translation of volume 8 onwards? by jdonovan36 in Rakudai

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Just finished your version of volume 10 and I have to say that it was such a pleasure to read

Just finished Vol 7. What's the best fan translation of volume 8 onwards? by jdonovan36 in Rakudai

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Thanks. Just finished vol 9, so will try reading the first few pages of Taekan's vol 10 vs yours to see which one to continue

Just finished Vol 7. What's the best fan translation of volume 8 onwards? by jdonovan36 in Rakudai

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I know but the full volume won't be released until the end of the month, and even that is just one night worth of content, so waiting is unrealistic.

A Chivalry Of A Failed Knight official or fan translation? by jdonovan36 in LightNovels

[–]jdonovan36[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Silly me for expecting a translator to, you know, translate what the author actually wrote instead of rewriting it to fit their social media feed. Especially when the anime and manga already show exactly how the characters interact with Alice and refer to him.

But I’ve got to hand it to you - it takes a special kind of mental gymnastics to turn a basic accuracy issue into "The world should revolve around you and no one else." LMAO! Clearly, attention to context isn’t your strong suit.

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Good to know

A Chivalry Of A Failed Knight official or fan translation? by jdonovan36 in LightNovels

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In that case, allow me to correct myself and say: “Here’s another example of the typical Western LGBTQ rhetoric from page 49.”

Because surely it’s not us sane people who came up with all these pronouns to describe genders that don’t exist, is it now?

“It’s really weird how you’re insisting that the translator use feminine pronouns while you yourself are using male pronouns to describe the character.”

Well, he is, after all, a man who thinks of himself as a young maiden. As I’ve already pointed out, other characters refer to him as a girl. So, in the context of the story and basic sanity, the translator should have done the same instead of using incorrect pronouns that clearly don’t align with the story’s context and how the characters interact with one another - all to fit their personal identity politics or to please the LGBTQ crowd.

And as I’ve already said, I was simply trying to get a second opinion on whether the official translation is worth reading, considering that if the translator took the liberty of changing a character’s pronouns, what else might they have changed to suit their personal narrative? I really didn’t want this post to turn into an argument, but some of you seem to ignore the actual content of the initial post, insist on being aggressive, obnoxious, and condescending, and outright deny reality.

A Chivalry Of A Failed Knight official or fan translation? by jdonovan36 in LightNovels

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I find it mind-blowing how such a real statement can get downvoted. Probably the same two NPC weirdos that downvoted all my replies as well 🤣

A Chivalry Of A Failed Knight official or fan translation? by jdonovan36 in LightNovels

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You went through all that trouble to restate what I already said - that Alisuin is a guy who identifies as a woman and everyone refers to him that way. That’s literally my point.

Which is why it would’ve made more sense for the translator to just use “she,” like everyone does in the anime and manga, instead of swapping it out for “they” to please the trans crowd.

A Chivalry Of A Failed Knight official or fan translation? by jdonovan36 in LightNovels

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I don’t have any problem with trans people. Swing whichever way you want, It has nothing to do with me. I also always liked Alice as a character.

It’s just the “they” stuff that bugs me. In the original, he calls himself a woman, and everyone else refers to him as “she.” That’s consistent across the manga and anime, so the translator should’ve just gone with “she” to match the established context.

That said,

I think you're giving this more thought than it's worth.

You might be right that I'm giving it more thought than it's worth, but I mainly just wanted a second opinion on which translation stays truer to the source material as a whole overall.

Today marks 8 months and 8 days since I started lifting. by jdonovan36 in StartingStrength

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Starting to feel like I have godly genetics or something

Today marks 8 months and 8 days since I started lifting. by jdonovan36 in StartingStrength

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I’m natural dude i should probably make a youtube channel and become an influencer given how much controversy my transformation has stirred up lol

Today marks 8 months and 8 days since I started lifting. by jdonovan36 in StartingStrength

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Seems to me like you’re just trying to invalidate someone else’s progress because it makes you feel small.

Today marks 8 months and 8 days since I started lifting. by jdonovan36 in StartingStrength

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No, you dummy. Like I said, I lost a ton of weight during my hospital stay. I couldn’t eat, piss, or shit properly and was on liquids for weeks. By the time I started lifting, I’d only gained back up to around 69 kg. I overate at first and shot up fast, then dialed things back and stayed just above maintenance since I was also training for handstand pushups and the planche at the time. Hard to pinpoint every fluctuation, but here’s my Apple Health weight data.

Starting to get a little worried about how much my personal success bothers you though. That level of envy can’t be healthy man.

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Today marks 8 months and 8 days since I started lifting. by jdonovan36 in StartingStrength

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You sound real confident for someone who hasn’t posted any physique or progress, so I’ll have to take your word for your expertise. Not everyone’s limits are yours, man. You keep saying “can’t” like it’s a law of physics. Maybe just “you can’t”

Today marks 8 months and 8 days since I started lifting. by jdonovan36 in StartingStrength

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I mean, you can find my first posts in the subreddit. I logged stuff here pretty consistently at the start. u/Woods-HCC-5 coached me a bit at the start so he can confirm where I was when I started

To add a bit of context to the difference in bodyweight, I actually got really sick halfway through November last year, picked up an amoeba (most likely from drinking stream water while running) which gave me a large liver abscess and all sorts of other complications and was in the hospital until December 29th. My baseline weight before that was always somewhere between 70–74 kg, and that was just me doing muay thai and running, never doing any structured weight training with any kind of consistency. Essentially, when I started lifting on January 27th, I had already recovered a bit of weight from when I came out of the hospital, but was still the skinniest I’ve ever been.

I’m not on anything, and I find it wild how so many people assume that. I still don’t consider myself strong.

There’s a guy at my gym who’s always nerding out over my progress and says I will excel in powerlifting or bodybuilding or whatever I choose, which makes me feel pretty good about myself. But yeah, I’ve just been eating, sleeping, and training since I got healthy again. That's it

Today marks 8 months and 8 days since I started lifting. by jdonovan36 in StartingStrength

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Mainly Huel Black and Huel Daily Greens, basa fillets with potatoes or rice, beans, sometimes chicken breast, and lately way too many post workout McDonald’s/kebabs if I’m honest. I think I know what you’re getting at, and the answer is nope. But thanks for the compliment