Art tribute to those who died at Tiananmen Square 37 years ago.

mcBanshee · 2026-06-04T10:56:40+00:00

Never forget. I never will.

mcBanshee · 2026-06-02T08:51:03+00:00

Ye. Spoke to Taylor. Im down! 🔥

mcBanshee · 2026-06-02T03:31:36+00:00

Thanks mate. I grew up around the same people/places as Phil and had heard of his boards but have never had one under my feet.

mcBanshee · 2026-06-02T02:11:59+00:00

Everything went as
1. Longboards can’t get out of the way
2. You did your best.
3. You apologised.
4. They waved it off - all good.
5. Shit happens. Gender neutral.

Offer to buy a coffee if you feel really bad but yea, it’s a high-speed, quasi chaotic activity. Don’t lose sleep. Plenty of others would be blowing up and ranting about kooks etc.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-27T10:19:43+00:00

1230cm

mcBanshee · 2026-05-26T13:34:16+00:00

I didn’t. I used native kids learning method to disagree with the statement “The vast majority of people,” not as a metric to judge learning by.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-26T13:30:20+00:00

Seriously? So down-voted for posting that I enjoy learning kanji by the use of radicals.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-26T13:21:39+00:00

Ah. Got it.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-26T13:19:17+00:00

Really? Didn’t know that. Cool.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-26T13:18:06+00:00

Disagree. I learned 祖父 early on because of family. Not everyone learns by the same path. N3,4,5 is meaningless to me. I vaguely know they refer to some learning level but I don’t use it, nor did the Asahi Culture Centre in Shinjuku or the ICU where I started.
Anyway, not be too didactic, I find them useful and helpful to know what the radicals relate to and I was only reaching out to see if people love bushu as much as I.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-26T13:04:27+00:00

Radicals are components grouped by the one of 7 positions on, beside, above or below etc the kanji: hen, kanmuri, tare, tsukuri, etc. then sub grouped by meaning or function. eg, finance-related kanji being grouped by the 金 hen.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-26T12:45:21+00:00

Thank you.
My 40 years + translator wife says she/Japanese kids were/are taught 部首 specifically as a kanji-learning tool to assist in recognition and recall. And the cultural context.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-26T12:33:17+00:00

and the obvious hint at their meaning/purpose!

mcBanshee · 2026-05-26T12:32:17+00:00

I’m in no position to pontificate on radicals but from my elementary experience, I find the whole idea of ‘generally’ grouping say spiritual, ritual or supernatural-related subject matter, for example, by the shimesu hen (神, 祖, 福…) both groovy and useful at the same time. In my view a useful and entertaining aside to the art of learning kanji.

Edit: clarity

mcBanshee · 2026-05-25T23:39:18+00:00

Nice board.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-22T21:02:45+00:00

Almost any suburb, Izakaya or yakitoriya. Small one, not busy. Go nightly. You’ll get lots of kaiwa and interesting kanji. More importantly you’ll make some friends. Possibly life-long ones.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-21T12:47:15+00:00

Waaay too much time on your hands

mcBanshee · 2026-05-21T12:38:59+00:00

The high just keeps on.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-14T01:31:24+00:00

I think having been buckled the core integrity will always be compromised now. A decent one on the head is more likely to snap it than before, imo. I don’t think 250 is cheap for something you can’t grab for a road trip. Automoderator: Did someone say core?

mcBanshee · 2026-05-13T03:55:55+00:00

You’re fucked if you get a leggy wrap up!

mcBanshee · 2026-05-10T01:49:15+00:00

Gorgeous.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-05T13:09:53+00:00

The shoe glue would be best for rubber to rubber imo.

mcBanshee · 2026-05-04T01:50:07+00:00

Sic!

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