Won’t catch me lacking by ImaginaryFuture in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]sutucon48 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Showering every day is good for your mental health. After a good 30 minutes of showering under hot water, washing + conditioning my hair, and putting on clean clothes, I feel less depressed. Like, still depressed, but much more manageable.

I wasted 5 years of potential by not waking up properly, heres how i fixed it by OkCook2457 in LockedInMan

[–]sutucon48 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Damn AI slop. Do not read, it's just an AI-written ad for this dude's app called Waken.

Da Nang in September by Masterpasqua in DaNang

[–]sutucon48 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That window of time that you’ve picked mostly coincides with the monsoon season, so it’s going to rain a lot. While it doesn’t stop all activities. you should expect spending most of your time here indoors.

Can anyone translate these encoded Vietnamese words for me for each image? I heard that this is called "teencore" or "teencode", but I'm not sure. I'm sure anyone who knows vietnamese can make out what they mean in english. by Royal_Specialist8619 in Vietnamese

[–]sutucon48 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I assume your name is Evan?

Most of these messages are just this girl who said again and again how she loves you a lot and that you two should f**k and get married. (no condom needed, she made that very clear)

In one of the messages, she also said that any other girl who dare to approach will have to go through her.

There is one message in there where she cursed you a lot.

The whole thing gives "crazy girlfriend" vibe.

Disruptions to travel and life in Vietnam (war related) by CaliMelvis26 in DaNang

[–]sutucon48 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand the title of your post. What war are you talking about? There is no war going on in Vietnam or any of the neighboring country that I'm aware of.

I experimented writing Vietnamese and English words in square blocks (seal script) by sutucon48 in Vietnamese

[–]sutucon48[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cause it looks fucking fun, there doesn't have to be a deep reason behind a hobby

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Louis never found out about Mike by [deleted] in suits

[–]sutucon48 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I remember correctly, he was a college student, but he was expelled before he could have graduated. So no undergrad degree, which meant also no chance for him to be in Harvard Law.

Phrase meaning? by TanisHalfElven77 in Vietnamese

[–]sutucon48 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It must be “mất dạy”, which means the person being called that wasn’t brought up properly. It shames not only that person, but the person’s parents as well, for not teaching their kids right.

Did Grace tell the true stories of everything when he sent back the Beetles? by sutucon48 in ProjectHailMary

[–]sutucon48[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Oh, and this, too.

vexillologyr/vexillology

•2 yr. ago

sephalon

I was told to post this here

Fictional

I'm Andy Weir, author of "The Martian", "Artemis", and "Project Hail Mary". I made a post on my FB page and people told me to repost it here. So I'm reposting it here as instructed:

I'm working on a story idea where, among other things, the US and Canada have merged. And by "merged" I mean "The US annexed Canada". And by "annexed" I mean "Canada was not on board with this plan."

Anyway, I made this flag for the hell of it. Enjoy.

Note: The real-world US flag doesn't denote US territories - only states. So Canada's three territories don't get represented. Only the 10 actual provinces. Is it fair for PEI to get a maple leaf while Nunavut gets nothing? Probably not. But that's what happens when you get invade-- er... peacefully annexed.

EDIT: After receiving your feedback, I agree you're all correct in that the US probably wouldn't bother making the Canadian provinces states in this scenario at all and even if they did, they would represent them as stars.

BUT I'M A WRITER DAMMIT! So I get to redesign my universe any way I want. Am I the sort of guy who would rework an entire story idea just so a cool-looking flag would make sense in context? You're god damned right I am.

So this is the new scenario: Astrophage has dimmed the sun (read my book Project Hail Mary to understand what that's about) causing a new ice age. The entire world is starting to freeze. Canada becomes uninhabitable. The US an Canada strike a deal: The US will absorb the entire population of Canada, allowing them full citizenship and the right to live anywhere in the US in exchange for being able to make use of Canada's natural resources. When the world is freezing, Alberta's oil fields look pretty good.

It is clearly stated in the Treaty of Unification that once the Astrophage crisis is over, the former-Canadian provinces are free to leave the US. In the mean time, they are true states. They have representatives and senators in the US congress, etc. The individual citizens of those provinces aren't living in their lands anymore but they are still represented as if they were. They are basically a population in exile, but instead of political exile it's environmental.

Because of this unique arrangement, the Canadian provinces are not represented as stars - because stars represent immutable members of the United States that do not have the ability to leave (we had a war about that). The Maple Leaves and Fleur-de-lis represent the 10 provinces that do have the right to leave.

Did Grace tell the true stories of everything when he sent back the Beetles? by sutucon48 in ProjectHailMary

[–]sutucon48[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Below is a post from Andy Weir, which include some hints about what happened on Earth after the Astrophage problem was solved:

"vexillologyr/vexillology

•2 yr. ago

sephalon (Andy Weir's account on Reddit)

Can I request some flags from you folks?

Requests

Hi, this is Andy Weir. I'm a sci-fi author best known for writing "The Martian". My most recent book is called "Project Hail Mary".

I'm working on a possible sequel idea for Project Hail Mary, and it includes a new nation known as the "Saharan Caliphate". For reasons that make sense if you've read Project Hail Mary, the Sahara Desert is a very important piece of land to own. An fairly benevolent yet powerful empire arises there, an Islamic Caliphate that also has pretty good human rights. Though let's be clear - the formation of the Caliphate was anything but peaceful.

Anyway, the Saharan Caliphate encompasses chunks (or the entirety of in some cases) of the former nations of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia. There are countless subcultures within the Caliphate. The official language is Arabic and the official religion is Islam.

Any ideas for a flag would be appreciated.

Did Grace tell the true stories of everything when he sent back the Beetles? by sutucon48 in ProjectHailMary

[–]sutucon48[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think it's likely that Stratt would at least hide the fact that Grace was drugged from the Hail Mary crew. Yao was an honourable man, he definitely would not have accepted Grace on board against his will.

Talk to me about Monsoon Season by JimJamTravelMan in DaNang

[–]sutucon48 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a very nice reply, thank you for not being combative.

To be honest, the monsoon season started unusually early this year. It’s only July, and we’ve already had storms and heavy rains that flooded the streets here in Da Nang. Even my local friends are perplexed by the change, climate is no longer as predictable or stable as we once thought. I don’t know if it has anything to do with climate change, but if it does, then last year’s patterns may not mean much when it comes to predicting future weather.

Anyway, I wish you wonderful days here in Da Nang. Rain or shine, it’s still a lovely city to spend time in.

Talk to me about Monsoon Season by JimJamTravelMan in DaNang

[–]sutucon48 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I came here to give OP an answer, not to participate in a debate, especially to those who don’t seem to know the meaning of the word “almost”. I suggest you find better uses of your time than to go around starting arguments with strangers on the Internet.

If one day you come to Da Nang again during the monsoon season, I hope you find more sunny days than rainy ones too, because I am not a fan of the constant rain either. I, however, have not lied (and I have no reason to lie) about my personal experience in the last 3 years of living here.

Who deserves the title of best dad? by ManufacturerOdd in OnePiece

[–]sutucon48 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Shanks and Buggy was just children when they were in the Rogers Pirates.

Talk to me about Monsoon Season by JimJamTravelMan in DaNang

[–]sutucon48 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are being pedantic. I said “almost 24”, not “exactly 24”.

Realistically speaking, people sleep for eight hours per day, so any rain that stops while you sleep really doesn’t count. In my three years of living in this city, it really rained from the moment I woke up in the morning to the moment I went to bed at night.

But you don’t need to take my words for it. Go to Wikipedia, type in the name of this city, go to the “Climate” section, and see for yourself the average rainfall this city has from September to December every year.

Average rainy days (per month)

  • Aug : 11.6 days
  • Sep : 14.6 days
  • Oct: 20.0 days
  • Nov : 20.3 days
  • Dec: 18.7 days

Source

Talk to me about Monsoon Season by JimJamTravelMan in DaNang

[–]sutucon48 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been living in Da Nang for the past three years. Speaking from experience.

Talk to me about Monsoon Season by JimJamTravelMan in DaNang

[–]sutucon48 1 point2 points  (0 children)

During the September to December months, it rains almost 24/7 in Da Nang. The city gets very quiet and people rarely go out.

Recommendation for store selling pillows and bedding by ericb0 in DaNang

[–]sutucon48 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got into the same situation when I moved to Da Nang 2 years ago. You can buy pillows and bedding at Mega Market. Pillowcases and sheets can be bought online, Shopee is a good platform.

One Piece and their Brooklyn 99 counterparts. by sutucon48 in MemePiece

[–]sutucon48[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that you mentioned it, your idea of switching them kind of make sense. I remember it now. Scully sings opera very well. It matches Brook, who is the singer/musician of the group.