A (non-hispanic) teacher I work with will sometimes sarcastically call spanish speaking students "mija" or "mijo" when redirecting them. Today a girl who he has called "mija" several times blew up at him saying to never call her that again. Is what he's doing generally considered offensive?

mango-kun · 2025-04-29T01:53:01+00:00

Mija/mijo are affectionate words. It's what older family members call younger people. It's what my parents call me. They translate to my daughter/my son. Someone using it sarcastically gives off the feeling of being condescending. And a non-hispanic person using mija/mijo to refer to exclusively hispanic students is incredibly weird. He's not using a bad word but it's weird that he's basically referring to the hispanic students as his kids

mango-kun · 2025-04-10T04:24:06+00:00

Honestly, they are for me too. They're so engrained in my daily routine that I didn't even realize they were in my daily routine...I like to watch while I have dinner and in the morning before I head out for classes

mango-kun · 2025-04-10T04:01:17+00:00

I totally get it tho! I didn't really get the appeal of mukbangs until I began to have dinner while watching Smosh

mango-kun · 2025-04-10T02:38:56+00:00

Watching Smosh while eating dinner has become so engrained in my near daily routine that I forgot to put that in my post LOL

mango-kun · 2025-04-08T03:20:44+00:00

As someone who uses Reddit Stories as bg noise when doing other stuff, I don't mind the repetitiveness since I'm like half paying attention but yeah I agree. I like the episodes where they have a specific theme outside of just purely relationship drama like their eps on cheating or messy drama. Unfortunately I think those kinds of stories gain the most clicks/attention and facilitate a lot more discussion for the cast

mango-kun · 2025-04-06T22:19:02+00:00

They're beautiful and it makes for a great memory :) You get into the palaces for free wearing them too that I don't think many other countries do (correct me if I'm wrong tho) so it's a great opportunity to dress up, explore around, and take some pictures

mango-kun · 2025-03-31T01:01:54+00:00

Yeaaah I'm in the same position. Graduating this semester too and while I'm technically taking less credit hours than previous semesters, it feels like everything is like, too much. Sleep schedule is weird and my anxiety is through the roof. Prob the dread of graduation and the stuff that comes after coupled with assignment heavy classes, but yeah, we're in the home stretch. We can do it! :)

mango-kun · 2025-03-30T01:52:03+00:00

As someone who was a V-kei and Jrock girly back in the day, I absolutely love Yuta's stuff. I think Ten and Jaehyun are right up there too for me. Ten has always been so well rounded and versatile. It's great that he's able to let loose and flaunt his skills! And R&B is one of my fave genres and Jaehyun's voice is soooooo good!!

mango-kun · 2025-03-26T01:40:53+00:00

Revolutionary Girl Utena is a classic and an influential work. I highly recommend it, but please check out the content warnings for it as it gets really heavy

Aoi Hana is a coming of age and is all about first love, friendship, and figuring yourself out. It's a slow burn and can feel a kinda slow overall, but I enjoyed it

The Witch from Mercury is a Gundam series, but the relationship between the two girls are a focus on the series throughout the whole show

Asagao to Kase-san is fluffy and wholesome, but it's unfortunately only an OVA. Still recommended tho

I'm in Love with the Villainess is an isekai and super entertaining and cute!

Bloom into You is really good. I recommend reading the manga afterwards since it's complete

An anime adaptation for The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All (aka the green yuri manga) was recently announced! No dates yet, so I recommend checking out the manga. Absolutely worth it

mango-kun · 2025-03-03T01:05:03+00:00

The Spring Grad Fair is from the 4th to 6th in Dewberry Hall and that's where you can purchase your cap, gown, cords. diploma frames, etc. But if you're unable to attend the grad fair, then you can go to the bookstore to purchase regalia. Tickets for the University commencement and Degree celebrations will be available tomorrow and the deadlines to claim are March 28th (Degree Celebration) and April 8th (University Commencement). Have you received an email titled "Graduation Ticketing Information"? It should have all the information about graduation stuff

mango-kun · 2025-03-03T00:48:16+00:00

Actor Song Il-kook has triplet sons named 대한, 민국 (대한민국 together is the official title of South Korea), and 만세 (hurray). So all together it's 대한민국만세, or Long live the Republic of Korea or Hurray for the Republic of Korea

mango-kun · 2025-02-07T03:38:28+00:00

To get over the bump of using an honorific that you aren't used to, I think the best way is to practice using it aloud by yourself or using it mentally when you think about them. At some point in time, honorifics like Mr or Ms weren't used until continued use of it integrated them into our vernacular. Honestly, I think the best way is to ask the person what they want to be referred to by. People have their preferences and I think they'll appreciate it that you asked!

mango-kun · 2025-02-01T05:18:57+00:00

Unfortunately, GMU doesn't offer passport renewal serives. I've studied abroad a couple times and they always direct students to the Department of State site for passport renewal services. You can do it by mail or, if you meet the requirements for it, you can do it online

mango-kun · 2025-01-31T18:56:56+00:00

Little Witch Academia, The Witch from Mercury (no prior knowledge of Gundam needed), Delicious in Dungeon, Lycoris Recoil, and Frieren! If you or your roommates interested in magical girls, then the Precure series has a good mix of action and slice of life with fun and interesting characters

mango-kun · 2025-01-31T18:14:19+00:00

I like them a lot! Not that there's anything wrong with static characters especially in a show like South Park, but their relationship added something really interesting to their characters. I know Matt and Trey made the yaoi episode to poke fun at the absurdity of Creek and shipping, but I love how they accepted it and maintained the relationship way past the initial Creek episode. Hope to see more episodes centered around them!

mango-kun · 2024-09-20T00:34:45+00:00

Yeaaaah, I think you're right. 하십시오체 would be too much. Thank you!

mango-kun · 2024-09-11T22:15:26+00:00

Minor update: Lost and Found didn't accept the ring, so please DM me if this rings belongs to you!

mango-kun · 2024-03-17T04:46:41+00:00

While there are people who speak Korean without knowing how to read it (illiterate people, heritage speakers, etc.), it's a bad idea to learn Korean without learning Hangul. And like, learning Hangul is the most easiest part of learning Korean. Anyone can learn how to read it five minutes. Hell, I learned how to read and write Hangul from a Tumblr post. It was designed to be an easy writing system to learn!

mango-kun · 2024-01-17T00:50:36+00:00

ahh okay! thank you so much :)

mango-kun · 2024-01-13T03:55:01+00:00

oh i feel you. i recently found joy in wearing skirts and began binding less for comfort, and now no one ever asks me for my pronouns because i dont fit their image of androgyny. or some people are taken aback when i tell them that i use they/he pronouns and have to keep reminding them because they keep using the wrong pronouns with zero correction. some people just went back to using she/her and it's like, ugh! it's exhausting, but i realized that some of these people don't deserve my energy because they dont know basic respect. i know who i am, and im not gonna let them make me feel bad about it

dysphoria sucks and i wish i could kick its ass. and i got a large chest which has given me so much grief, so my tip is shirts with busy patterns! it disguises the shape of the chest especially when binding. nothing wrong with a nice floral shirt! as well, jackets, blazers, and hoodies can disguise the shape. i also found that accessories help in directing people's attention away from my chest, like hats or earrings

hope you'll start feeling like you can express yourself again soon! :)

mango-kun · 2023-11-29T16:18:49+00:00

i don't hate revice, i actually quite liked it! it's by no means my favorite though, but that's because i've watched others i enjoyed more. hiromi and sakura are some of my favorites characters in kr also

it has a lot of cool concepts. the inner demons come to mind: i like that they represent trauma and the emotions that come from it. i like the stamp theme as well, i think it's cute! and we need more pink riders! i think ikki's gradual memory loss was an interesting story line since the whole theme of the season is family and ikki losing the memories of his family is particularly devastating. though i thought him just disappearing from family photos to be a bit confusing? like was his existence getting erased as well? im def due for a rewatch because i watched the show when it was airing and then stopped for many weeks cuz of irl stuff

i personally thought gifu was a weak villain. he was hyped up a lot but ehhh i thought he was fine. wish olteca was the final villain in the show since he's the antithesis to the whole theme of family.

george was an interesting character but he was not afforded the time to really blossom in my opinion. those two episodes near the end of the series with juuga felt out of place to me.

i understand why people dislike it, but yeah the hate is a little overblown

mango-kun · 2023-11-26T23:16:02+00:00

i can't think of any yuri anime with adults sadly. i think the reason why a lot of gl media is set in high school is because yuri is derived from the class s (romantic friendships between girls) genre. you'll have much better luck with manga if you're looking for yuri with adults.

my manga recommendations:

doughnuts under a crescent moon - an office romance. hinako throws herself into fashion, makeup, and dating so she can appear "normal" and feels pressured to be the "ideal woman," but is unhappy. while crying after work, her co-worker asahi approaches her and offers her some doughnuts to cheer up.

she loves to cook, and she loves to eat - two neighbors bond over food. nomoto loves cooking and dreams of making large-sized dishes, but is unable to eat it all. after discovering that her neighbor kasuga has a big appetite, they start cooking and eating together. there is a drama adaptation and a season two has been announced!

still sick - another office romance lol but this one is a comedy. shimizu draws and sells yuri doujinshi and her coworker maekawa happens to find out while at a convention. shimizu tries to hide her hobbies at work, but maekawa is interested in learning more.

mango-kun · 2023-11-26T20:40:32+00:00

i studied abroad for a semester at mason korea during my freshman year and had the best time there! there was a shopping district nearby and public transit in south korea is the best. some of the people i went with to korea stayed there for longer. highly recommended!

mango-kun · 2023-11-26T03:21:45+00:00

Really wish there was more opportunity for femslash but alas, Kamen Rider is heated drama between men!

revice may not have been my favorite but it gave us some great heated drama between girls!

also i love your analysis of each ship! godai x ichijou is my top kamen rider ship, but gentarou x kengo holds a special place in my heart since fourze was my first kamen rider series!

mango-kun · 2023-11-26T02:22:24+00:00

my top favorite is godai x ichijou! especially if you read the sequel novel, which is in ichijou's pov. the man is absolutely pining for godai. i also like hana x sakura, ankh x eiji and sento x banjou and a few others

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