*jazz Hands* Welsh Miku

The vast majority (around 80%) of Chinese characters are made up of a radical (the general meaning) and a phonetic.

Radical 女 nǚ (woman) and phonetic 馬 mǎ (horse) = 媽 mā, mother (your mum sounds like a horse).

But a small minority are pictograms, that is to say a picture of the thing they represent.

Pictograms are the earliest characters, thousands of years old, but many are still used every day.

If you look at the oracle bone script for rat, tiger and elephant you’ll see they are clearly pictures of the animal they signify.

But if you look at the modern versions, you’ll notice something odd, they’re all rotated 90 degrees onto their sides.

Why? Why are all these characters written with the animals balancing on their tails?

Well, it’s for a straight-forward, practical reason.

For a couple thousand years before paper was invented writing materials were limited. We had silk (expensive), bronze (expensive and impractical), and oracle bones (religious use only).

And one more…

That was cheap, plentiful, durable, and easy to erase and rewrite characters. The wonder that is…

Bamboo!

It was cut into strips, and tied into books. Long thin strips of bamboo contributed to the Chinese custom of writing vertically, from top to bottom (and right to left).

But it also meant that it’s much easier to write some characters length-ways so that they easily fit onto the strip.

So that’s it, mystery solved. That’s why a lot of Chinese picture characters are written at a right angle.

Leo Ashton & Ewan Mitchell as AEMOND TARGARYEN | parallels

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022 -) s01e07 "Driftmark" // s02e05 "Regent"

NW: Boys Planet (2023)

I just watched the first episode of Boys Planet (I know I'm super late). I went in expecting little but was pleasantly surprised by the talent on display and the minimal scripted bits meant to boost so and so's popularity. My favorite trainees so far are Haruto and Sung Hanbin. My favorite moment was definitely Lip J and Hanbin tutting and whacking (played that part over and over again). I really felt like I was watching SDC; it was that good!

https://x.com/gyuivns/status/1621129034674614272?s=20

4/15/25

PSL party program pt. 1

https://on.soundcloud.com/Jf4BFXrp3au4AGy78

PSL is a vanguard party to lead the transition from capitalism to socialism

Housing is a human right; your home shouldn’t be owned by someone else; eliminate landlordism

Climate change: we need to switch to renewable energies, but the capitalist class has an interest in maintaining gas and coal; the American military is the largest contributor to climate change, thus we must eliminate it if we truly want to fight against climate change

Government intervention in the economy: the 2008 financial crisis, and the resulting Wall Street bail out, clearly demonstrated that our capitalist economy depends on government assistance. Instead of bankrolling ceos, the government should intervene in the economy on behalf of the working class. Banks should be state-owned.

Community safety: we need to dismantle the police state and set up community orgs to keep our neighborhoods safe

What a sweet and powerful gesture. It's frustrating when people say "what do you expect them to do? they're entertainers not activists!" look at how simple this gesture of solidarity is and how resonant it is! This is wonderful.

EP 2 Thoughts

Jiwoong talking about starting in BL dramas and the mentors feeling ~weird~ after his performance 😭😭😭. I’m actually kinda surprised they mentioned his roles. Keita is sooo good! What a voice and he’s so sweet and charming. Sorry but I don’t care about the guy from Pentagon. It’s so obvious they’re creating a redemption storyline for Han Yujin, but once again I’m not moved. The scenes where trainees cry after achieving their goals (moving up a star-level) really drove home what I love about the produce shows: being able to witness people’s journeys to achieve their dreams. And last but not least, TOYONAGA TAKUTO!!!!❤️

NW: Boys Planet (2023)

I just watched the first episode of Boys Planet (I know I'm super late). I went in expecting little but was pleasantly surprised by the talent on display and the minimal scripted bits meant to boost so and so's popularity. My favorite trainees so far are Haruto and Sung Hanbin. My favorite moment was definitely Lip J and Hanbin tutting and whacking (played that part over and over again). I really felt like I was watching SDC; it was that good!

https://x.com/gyuivns/status/1621129034674614272?s=20

[250105] 원우 Weverse Post Update

trans: carats, happy new year 2025. i hope that you achieve all your goals and that all of your dreams come true.

Sansa and the Hound