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Happy 120th birthday on 22/8 to certified cool dude Deng Xiaoping
Currently at a Palestinian-Indian wedding. People from all over the world. US, Hungary, Netherlands, Belgium, Palestine, India, whatever. Wish the world could be like this. Just vibin
Ngl even felt emotional when Palestinian music came on. Danced with some people to it and it was beautiful. Just the raw emotion that happened was overhwelming. Free Palestine forever.
I got a new one yesterday. White guy in Hong Kong says to me “no you mustn’t eat pork when you go to the Mainland, that’s how they hide the bodies.” This was from someone who takes as a point of pride that they read the NYT cover-to-cover every day, but idk where they got this gem from.
So in case anyone’s wondering, according to this guy the “CCP” has been promoting pork as a major part of Chinese cuisine (Which Chinese cuisine you ask? All of them) because it tastes similar to human flesh. He says “you’ve got to tip your hat to them” because it’s evil genius: it lets them hide evidence of their crimes and it solves famine issues.
The best bit, he then says to me, dead serious: “how else do you think North Korea did so well in the Olympics?”
At what point do you start thinking people like this need professional medical help
Hasn’t pork always been the main meat source in China?
Yes. But this white guy was telling me it’s because of the “CCP”
Rereading Heretics of Dune, and I’m reminded why it’s my favorite of all the dune books. Even from the first third or so, from Odrade, it’s got a personal aspect that the first few books lacked (which doesn’t make them any less good of course)
Given the complete disregard to human rights and international law demonstrated by the US in Occupied Palestine, wouldn’t Russia be excused in taking the gloves off against NATO in Ukraine?
after the ukraine attacks on russia territory, i think we are going to see an escalation…
is this true? if so, what are these leaked documents
I hope you all have a nice week :D
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“Here, you probably need these, comrade” XD
enjoy your week!
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You too oppo :D
Have a nice week, Oppo! 🫡
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I’ve been playing FF15 and decided to switch the language to English out of curiosity. Gotta say, this might be a rare Spanish translation W. Some things that stand out:
- every quest rhymes in Spanish while most don’t have any wordplay in English
- Noct’s magic abilities are in Latin in Spanish, but have generic names in English
- Many abilities have different descriptions so one or both of these languages must be wrong
Also the summons are called the Sidereals instead of the Hexatheon, the royal weapons have unique names and are called the Spectral Chorus instead of the Armiger, and the Chocobo post is called la Chocoberiza (a play on caballeriza).
Well FF spells in English are different since the first translated game, so they follow their own tradition.
Ah, by magic abilities I mean the special powers he gets from his royal bloodline. In Spanish it’s called the gift of Lux and every related skill has that moniker: warping is called Lux Impetus, perfect guards are called Lux Custodia, the thing that distracts enemies is called Lux Fatua, etc.
I’m not sure what spells are called in either language because I never bothered to craft any of them.
Interesting to hear the English version isn’t as good. I played through with the voices mostly muted and all text in Spanish, so I only saw the poetic side. I can’t wait to have some free time again. All your analyses are making me want to jump back into it. There’s something about FF games that grows on you even if you didn’t quite enjoy it as expected the first time round. Maybe because they’re so immersive?
Did you play in Spanish Spanish or in Latino Spanish? Because I’ve been messing around with languages and found some interesting differences between the two. And do you know how to make tables in Lemmy?, because I might post about it…
And I agree, this game really grew on me too! I thought the main characters were tropey at first but they’ve endeared themselves to me since. I can overlook all the game’s jank because the boys are just that precious. I spent two hours running around in circles with them with illegible text and I’d do it again.
Spanish Spanish. I’m not sure how to make tables. There’s some info here on markdown but it doesn’t cover tables: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/02-media.html
I did read on a hexbear post that you can just copy tables in from open office. I’m unsure if it works or what is limitations are.
Agree about the characters, too. It’s the friendships that hooked me in earlier FFs.
can you tell me who gets arrested in China (apart from paedos)?
“If there’s a problem with the company, fine them .002 percent of their annual income. That’ll teach them.”
Say what you will about Deng, he (correctly) thought Kruschev was an idiot revisionist.
he got pissed when the idiot reporter called him “chinese khruschev”.
So how’s Wukong? I’d usually wait for a crack for something like this, but apparently the scene is dead dead, and no one left is able or willing to crack denuvo
It was so very heavy this school year.
Thanks for the extra resources @AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml. The truth is so contrary to the general perception. Nuremberg is treated as a kind of justice holy site where good things happened to the baddies. One of the greatest propaganda stunts of the twentieth century.
Currently reaching the part of my marathon training in which I have to do long distances. This week I will have to do a half marathon.
When you start you’d think the physical part will be hard but you never realize that you also have to do a lot of planning. If you have to run for 2-3 hours for a single training (combined with warming up, cooling down) then you can’t do that on some random evening after work. You’ll probably do it in the weekends, but you have to keep your schedule clear for weeks otherwise you will find yourself running until 10pm on a Tuesday.
Anyway, it is still fun and I never thought I’d enjoy running this much. I can recommend it to everyone.
Any tips for keeping legs healthy for walking/running long distances? I have knee and hip problems
If you don’t know already it might be useful to look for the source of these problems, if possible. Think about going to a physio, for example.
I’d also recommend doing core strength exercises. Increasing your core strength will have positive results for your running. It can help you to maintain a good posture while running and it also helps to stabilize your hips and pelvic muscles. Pick a day on which you don’t run and do some of them.
Stretching is also important. And not only before, but do post run stretches too. I watch vids of a channel called Run Better With Ash which has a lot of different stretching routine videos which I find useful.
For me personally it was important to find the right pace. I used to play football all throughout my childhood so when I run I instonctively try to run fast even though (marathon) running is more about endurance than pace. Don’t be afraid to go slower if that’s what gets you to the finish line eventually. If you want to increase your pace, do stuff like interval training in which you switch from fast running to slow running on and off.
If you want to have a goal like a marathon or a certain type of race, see if you can get a plan. There are paid apps like Runna, which I use, that can make a custom plan for you. There are also lots of free plans online. It really helps to have a schedule and a plan you can follow to keep progressing.
Last I’d say don’t overdo it if you just start running. Give yourself the time to recover, even if it means postponing or skipping a run that day. Build a base level of fitness and strength first before you start doing stuff like 10+k. When I started I just ran between 5-8k a week, two times a week just to build a base level. And don’t be afraid to eat extra stuff. Running burns calories like crazy and you need more food and protein to recover decently.
Also, don’t forget to have fun. It should be a fun activity, though a challenging kind of fun of course.
If you don’t know already it might be useful to look for the source of these problems, if possible. Think about going to a physio, for example.
I spent two years with a lot of back pain (I used to run, do some BS martial arts and gym). I could barely stand for more than 30 minutes, before feeling a burning pain from the back to the leg (sciatica). I went to a neuro surgeon and he said I should undergo surgery (it was in Brazil, so every private health surgeon opinion should be taken with a grain of salt). I went to traditional physiotherapy, which was horrible, until I went to a physio clinic specialized in spine treatment. Their treatment worked wonders and after three months, I stopped feeling that acute back pain, but couldn’t run or do any more intensive activity. After this treatment, I looked for another physio specialized in Pilates and I was able to improve my muscles until I was finally able to fully recover. Today I don’t feel anything, but every now and then I still do some exercises for back muscles.
Moral of the story, physiotherapy works wonders. Too bad that not everyone has access to it.
As someone who hates running and is currently giving unhelpful advice, swim or bike.
People say that Luxembourg is a rich country but when I was there I saw a lot of people begging and sleeping in the streets.
its literally just a tax haven.
One of our party’s founders, Jo Cottenier, sadly passed away today at age 70. He saw the party grow from a niche ML student club into a serious communist party with tens of thousands of members. Rest in Power.
