thumbs and pinky are also the signs for "man" and "woman" in japanese sign language!
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Gundam fan, habitual workaholic, computer nerd, hobbyist translator (they/she) 🏳️⚧️🖤🩶🤍💜🏳️🌈 https://jakka-ningen.aeug.space/about/ ガソダムがメインの雑食性な貴腐人。 女性向けものが好き（百合も好き） V系音楽から日本語を学んだんだ。 現在Los Angeles住みテキサス州の出身。 Send mail! 📨 P.O. Box 86634 Los Angeles, CA 90086
In case you're wondering what my work vibe is like, I had to rush send some rack-mount servers on a truck to another location, and, hurrying to get them and their big plastic travel rack enclosure off of my desk and out the door, knocked the glass of water I had been drinking onto the floor.
Ok, so the "thumbs up is 'man' in Japanese" thing is, to my understanding, even funnier in context, because it's a little sexual? Holding out your pinky is the "woman" equivalent, and my teacher actually (lightly) scolded me for using it. (lol)
Lingthusiasm@lingthusiasm.com · last wk.The same gesture can mean different things, or have different names in different languages. In this Lingthusiasm zine, @superlinguo.bsky.social gets enthusiastic about these "emblem gestures" For more lingthusiastic zines: lingthusiasm.com/zines
It's fascinating to me how many varied experiences everyone had in 90s/00s American anime fandom. I can only talk about my own experiences, but I believe everyone else, too! Personally, I was bullied for other reasons, but anime/manga/JRPGs were my comfort in those otherwise difficult times.
RG (X) Alex Ray. アルジー(X) アレックス零 (I'm just saying words now)
If I was doing a media mix property tied in with what I assume is a chapter-based game, I'd probably involve time travel. So that the "aliens" are future humans. Also so the protagonists of both can meet (and maybe kiss).
I logged on because of the siren song of New Gundam, but my actual take on the announcements is that somebody has got to document the crap out of this game they're tying into, lest the plot details get lost whenever the servers go offline.
My friends are going through a rough time, and it's really triggering me not wanting to be very social online, so if I'm kind of reclusive for a while, that's what's up. I can't really explain my own emotions, but I just can't do anything substantive for them and it makes me not want to have fun.
Having a surprisingly hard time finding any articles (academic or otherwise) on digital archives of Okinawan music. Anyone have any suggestions? (Articles in English or Japanese, from academic journals, popular magazines, or elsewhere) ゆたしくうにげーさびら!! 🙏
I probably say this every year, but please don't go to Anime Matsuri. As a Texas-con-raised-otaku, love yourself more than that. Love your community more than that.
Big anti-war protest at the Shibuya Scramble crossing. #国会正門前大行動0719 #渋谷交差点デモ
I cannot be normal. (Specifically about Yoshiki, but also generally.)
あああああ、この言語を勉強続けたのは、その歌詞からだったのですよ〜 次の朝にも嬉しい✨ たくさんのファンと話し合うことも、すんごく楽しかったし、なんだかよっちゃんさんのライブでは普通の話を掘っておけるようになってて、大きいな幸せや悲しみを初めて会う人と話せるようになる 不思議で素適な時です
This is a really cool site that compiles Japanese station melodies, and profiles the musician who made some of the most famous ones. The 1989 ones really brought back memories. sheets.works/data-viz/bel...
Station Melodies of Greater Tokyo
A listening museum documenting the departure melodies (hassha melodies) of Greater Tokyo's train stations. Archives 2,400+ stations, from the Yamanote loop to the Chichibu peaks.
sheets.works
ProZD did his “villain” monologue unironically.
Mysterious Z (DATE OF BIRTH AUGUST 2ND)@mysteriousz.bsky.social · 4w agoGB4 is a funny game because yeah make your funny Gundam OCs but also the main villain of the whole thing is literally saying "LOOK AI SUCKS, WE NEED TO BE CREATIVE" and you're supposed to be against him.
Me: I was really surprised when I saw the kanji spelling of "suteki (wonderful)." Sensei: Why? M: It's the "teki." S: What "teki" do you think it is? M: Like, "the teki (enemy) I must defeat." S: Ah, that's wrong. Let me type it… Computer: 素敵 S: WHAT IS THIS? WHY DOES IT WRITE A SCARY WORD?
www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/07... Me and LIVE BAIT are in the Japan Times? 🫣
Global demand is reshaping secondhand fashion in Japan
Shop owners in Japan are seeing a deluge of overseas customers, and buyers outside Japan say the costs to stock their stores have doubled or even tripled.
japantimes.co.jp
I have found the SSS class difficulty karaoke song. (Seriously, this guy's voice is so amazing you don't even notice how sad the song is.)
Grape
YouTube video by Vivanz Eden - Topic
music.youtube.com
All of my friends are unhappy and I am sorely tempted to just rot in bed.
