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has made some videos on recent chinese cultural phenomena and it makes me chuckle
Jul 17, 2025
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It feels like the American news cycle has devoted a tremendous amount of time and money to convincing me that China should be feared and distrusted, despite only having ever given me 5 or 6 credible facts about the place. This youtube channel is entirely the product of one Chinese woman running around with a tiny video camera showing you as much of the country as she can on what is clearly an ungenerous budget. I think she is delightful, and I admire her ability to embrace any situation she is presented with. There is absolutely no glamorous editing or witty asides, and she almost always takes busses to get anywhere. Frequently she reaches regions where despite her research the dialects are totally beyond her. She usually includes some drone shots with royalty-free music and she is consistently impressed with the quality of roadside vegetable stands. It feels very genuine. She went back to her hometown last episode and showed me her favorite reservoir and her dad, who immediately told her to get a job in Shanghai and who she immediately lied to about having an interview lined up (subsequently admitting this to the camera). All in all I think she is a pretty unbeatable tour guide.
I have also been watching the Northernlion Dark Souls Randomizer, but that rec is for Gamer Girls™ Only.
I have also been watching the Northernlion Dark Souls Randomizer, but that rec is for Gamer Girls™ Only.
Jul 3, 2025
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Weird guy making even weirder videos at a rate of about 3 a year, caters specifically to my particular brand of bizarre humour, the video I've linked is one of my faves just because of how fantastic the awkwardness is between the two of them. Criminally underrated channel, I'm a big proponent of slow content.
Mar 30, 2025
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idk how i came across this in my daily wikipedia surfs, but something about this painting just amuses me so much.
my first impression was this looks fairly modern in a way, possibly because of the composition and how she made her features so light and bouncy. it oddly made me think of disney when i looked for longer. then i see it was made in 1909 😂
this painting can transcend times and i wouldn’t truly know when it was made unless i looked more closely at the objects around the subject. but even that can be a stretch as vintage items can be popular amongst anyone and they can just have their vanity setup look like this.
i tried looking for photographs of her online but alas nothing came up with certainty.
my first impression was this looks fairly modern in a way, possibly because of the composition and how she made her features so light and bouncy. it oddly made me think of disney when i looked for longer. then i see it was made in 1909 😂
this painting can transcend times and i wouldn’t truly know when it was made unless i looked more closely at the objects around the subject. but even that can be a stretch as vintage items can be popular amongst anyone and they can just have their vanity setup look like this.
i tried looking for photographs of her online but alas nothing came up with certainty.
Apr 27, 2025
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i saw something on here a day ago about how fireflies are disappearing and lightly catastrophized the scenario. but then as i regulated myself i looked up an article lightly extinguishing my concerns.
so as i look at the copious little flickers out my window, ill be glad to tell you that while firefly populations are decreasing, some firefly species are adapting to new environments trying to prosper and evolve. big causes for their decline are obvi climate change, urbanization, and light pollution. a simple way for you to not make things bad for the fireflies in your area is to not use pesticides on your lawns if you have them. they spend most of their lives in the ground so it starts at the soil.
additionally, every article i see with the salacious title about “last generation to see fireflies“ seems to be blocking out a lot of things about current firefly populations. most of the fireflies on the IUCN red list they keep mentioning are marked vulnerable or least concern. so there is a possibility a species or more of fireflies may disappear, but all of them i don’t think so.
so as i look at the copious little flickers out my window, ill be glad to tell you that while firefly populations are decreasing, some firefly species are adapting to new environments trying to prosper and evolve. big causes for their decline are obvi climate change, urbanization, and light pollution. a simple way for you to not make things bad for the fireflies in your area is to not use pesticides on your lawns if you have them. they spend most of their lives in the ground so it starts at the soil.
additionally, every article i see with the salacious title about “last generation to see fireflies“ seems to be blocking out a lot of things about current firefly populations. most of the fireflies on the IUCN red list they keep mentioning are marked vulnerable or least concern. so there is a possibility a species or more of fireflies may disappear, but all of them i don’t think so.
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