I assembled this whole damn computer but it won't turn on...I am full of regret Image
- Definitely didn't forget to slip the PSU switch
- Front panel cables should be connected correctly
- Every part is fresh out of a new box

it straight up does not do anything when i try to power it on
THE PROBLEM WAS THE ELECTRIC SOCKET I WAS USING LMAOOOOOOOOOO

A TRAITOR IN MY OWN HOUSE Image
okay but it won't display anything on a monitor and randomly powers off every few seconds we're back to square one
TURNS OUT I DIDN'T SHOVE THE RAM IN CORRECTLY

WOW THEY'RE PRETTY WHEN ACTIVATED
WE'RE IN, BOIS Image

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13 Oct
in Chinese we stopped making new characters in the past few hundred years, so for new stuff we have to combine existing characters, resulting in -

Turkey: FIRE CHICKEN
Giraffe: LONG-NECKED DEER
Dolphin: SEA PIG
Penguin: BUSINESS GOOSE
Kangaroo: POUCHED RAT
Hippo: RIVER HORSE
this doesn't just apply to animals, there's also

Computer: ELECTRIC BRAIN
TV: ELECTRIC VIEW
Movies: ELECTRIC SHADES
Trains: FIRE CARS
Jeans: COWBOY PANTS
Chemistry: STUDY OF CHANGE
More animal names in Chinese

Panda: BEAR CAT

Red Panda: SMALLER BEAR CAT

Platypus: DUCK MOUTH BEAST

Seal: OCEAN PANTHER

Owl: CAT HEAD EAGLE

Cobra: GLASSES SNAKE

Lobster: DRAGON SHRIMP
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9 Oct
ALL RIGHT BY POPULAR DEMAND HERE WE GO: Everything culturally right and wrong with Mulan 1998, the thread -

(Disclaimer: This movie never marketed itself on authenticity, so I'll only be nitpicking for educational purposes) Mulan 1998 title card
The movie immediately lets you know IT'S VERY ASIAN, YOU GUYS by referencing classical Chinese landscape paintings, which were very minimalist and used tons of white space. It was all about achieving a certain VIIIBE instead of realism, which shouldn't be the end goal of all art
these inkbrush paintings were very technically demanding because literally one wrong stroke or a stray drop of ink anywhere could ruin the whole thing. so classical Chinese artists were presumably in full *sweats* mode whenever they painted
Read 131 tweets
8 Oct
The spiciest takes on my YouTube comments are those that think I have no ground to speak about Chinese culture bc I "speak English like a native" and must be "westernized" when I am NATIVE-BORN CHINESE and ironed my accent out due to bullying after coming to Canada in my TEENS
I've faced 2 different sets of assumptions before and after I made the conscious effort to mimic a Canadian accent it's wild

Before: Must be international student, won't integrate well

After: Must be diaspora-born, disconnected from own culture, can't speak Mandarin
When u can in fact speak Mandarin and English equally perfectly and are also equally immersed in both Chinese and Western cultures
Read 4 tweets
7 Oct
oh snap this is happening HELLO

I'm Xiran and my book Iron Widow debuts Fall 2021 from @PenguinTeenCa. It's a Pacific Rim x The Handmaid's Tale reimagining of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history

Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/5245…

#BIPOCDebuts #the21ders Image
Zetian voted most likely to hang a real corpse by her door on Halloween and have people be like OMG THIS IS AMAZING YOU'RE SO DEDICATED TO YOUR DECORATIONS before realizing something is terribly wrong in about 24 hours Image
men with fragile egos. Image
Read 7 tweets
19 Sep
in the 2016 yugioh movie Seto Kaiba flies a jet straight from his space station and into the ancient Egyptian afterlife, transcending space, time, and dimension just to see Yami Yugi again, and some people still claim he's straight
PS be sure to turn sound on so you can hear the mUSIC they put in this scene because DEAR GOD
Seto Kaiba, literally disintegrating as he speaks: WHERE'S MY REMATCH

Yami Yugi: adl;fjafsl;f ARE YOU SURE IT'S A REMATCH IN A CARD GAME THAT YOU WANT
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5 Sep
ALL RIGHT YOU GUYS READY TO WATCH ME LOSE MY MARBLES FOR 2 HOURS?? (but less because i watch on double speed). Livetweeting #Mulan, the thread:
why are you telling this to your ancestors i'm already confused
UMMMMM IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, QI IS SOMETHING THAT GOES THROUGH EVERYONE, SO THERE CAN'T BE SUCH A THING AS "only boys can wield qi"???
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