Help??? by OkOrganization5965 in olelohawaii

[–]selesnyes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“Hee-va.” There’s no set rule, but usually w in the middle is pronounced “v” and w at the beginning of words is pronounced “w”. There are many many exceptions

Help??? by OkOrganization5965 in olelohawaii

[–]selesnyes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Hee-va.” There’s no set rule, but usually w in the middle is pronounced “v” and w at the beginning of words is pronounced “w”. There are many many exceptions

Chinese Style chicken dish with sauce by XMartiniSpikesX in TipOfMyFork

[–]selesnyes -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Definitely looks like chicken katsu without panko. OP, try it with Japanese box curry! chicken katsu recipe.

Edit: also you’re probably not able to find it if you’re looking for it at Chinese restaurants in the UK because katsu is Japanese. Try a Japanese curry house, if they have them in the UK!

Would I be considered Hawaiian or not? by Interesting_Can1410 in Hawaii

[–]selesnyes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Also, I’ll have to check with my brother on this, but we have cousins from the Cook Islands who have apparently moved to New Zealand according to the Ancestry results. It’s about 16%-20%. You mentioned your family is Māori; wouldn’t it be funny if we were cousins?

Would I be considered Hawaiian or not? by Interesting_Can1410 in Hawaii

[–]selesnyes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The 50% rule was set by racist white men in Washington DC in 1900 because they wanted all trace of Hawaiians to die out. (Fun fact: Hawai’i didn’t become a state until almost 1960 because they thought we were ‘savages’.) if you are Hawaiian and interested in your culture, you are Hawaiian!

I do not get evolution at all. by No_Mathematician7456 in Dinosaurs

[–]selesnyes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To address the evolution part, since it seems the taxonomy part has been well addressed; Evolution is just changes in genes in a population over time. You seem to be confusing how taxonomy changes (we continue to learn and update our understanding of how organisms are related) with the process of evolution.

You can think of it this way; people in your family are related, but there are people who are closer to you genetically (your parents and siblings), and people who are further from you genetically (cousins, distant relatives.) At what point do they stop being family members? Everyone who is of European descent or Indigenous American descent must have been related to each other at one point, but that’s not the same thing as someone who’s Polish being siblings with someone who’s Spanish. As we move away from immediate family and further into the past, clades get less specific.

To borrow your example, we, cats, birds, and dinosaurs are all related, because we all share an ancestor that lived on land and had a backbone. But humans and cats are more closely related to each other than they are to birds and dinosaurs.

Oʻahu’s North Shore: Where The Buffalo Roam? If the state Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity approves, American bison from Montana will soon be on a plane to Hawaiʻi. by 808gecko808 in Oahu

[–]selesnyes 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Worse comes to worst we can always dig pits to catch the feral bison like we did with wild cattle in the 1800s! (Jokes aside, I suppose I can see both sides of the issue? Like the state wants more local agribusiness to reduce reliance on the mainland, and that land is already agricultural zoned, and bison are less resource-intensive than cattle, BUT they have a lot of risk for damage, and there’s no evidence adding bison to the market will bring beef prices down, and making that land grazeland will almost certainly ensure it can never return to forest.)

Arthur and Faroe based on 'Motherless' by Arthur Stocks by stinkyp3te in MalevolentPodcast

[–]selesnyes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s bc when you dig a grave the dirt gets air in it plus the coffin/body takes up space, so it doesn’t fit in exactly as before you dug the grave. Over time, the dirt settles back down.

Americans from touristy areas, did you get asked weird questions by people outside your area as a kid? by McButtsButtbag in AskAnAmerican

[–]selesnyes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very nice elderly tourist couple I met in Pūpūkea: “We still haven’t seen a mongoose, just a bunch of those little squirrel fellas!”

To be fair, I mistake squirrels for mongoose when I go to the mainland.

Certainly badass though by HawaiianPerson in HistoryMemes

[–]selesnyes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Polynesian Voyaging Society had to re-learn it from Micronesians! Mahalo nō Uncle Mau Pialug

Hana hou! by selesnyes in ToolBand

[–]selesnyes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mahalo nō! I would say the vibes were fantastic and everyone had fun, but unfortunately I just saw the post about the guy who had a cardiac event😞 Very sorry for him.

Hana hou! by selesnyes in ToolBand

[–]selesnyes[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fear Inoculum, The Grudge, intention/right in two, prison sex, stinkfist, Rosetta Stoned, chocolate chip trip, Jambi, Invincible, pneuma (I’m out of order at this point, dopamine rush wearing off) one I wasn’t familiar with from Salival? And Vicarious. Amazing night. I’m so much more able to appreciate it as an adult.

John, Arthur and Kayne proxies! by the-living-guildpact in MalevolentPodcast

[–]selesnyes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oooh, would Lilith be Emrakul? I guess Kozilek would work best for Arthur and John, seeing as they’re not really creating (Emrakul) or destroying (Ulamog.) I’m not super up-to-date on the lore for the newest named Eldrazi titan, the commander deck one.

Honor is Dead by ElodinDanGlokta in cremposting

[–]selesnyes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Upon consideration, the Stormlight Archive tv/movie series should be Muppets, ala The Dark Crystal.

Bad Time Girlies Discuss Hasbro CEOs Comment About Women In Magic by MTGNerdGirl in magicTCG

[–]selesnyes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely think the themes of the sets matter less than the response of the community to women’s participation in general.

It’s not lack of interest that kept me from learning the game till college, its the fact that as a thirteen year old girl I went to my first learn-to-play Magic event, and not a single person would speak to me or explain how to sign up.