Hold on, am I missing something or did America really only give some people a one-time stimulus check of 1200 and expected everyone to be able to quit their jobs and stay home
Okay so we talk a lot of shit about Americans not following quarantine guidelines and wanting to keep their businesses open, but honestly, how were they supposed to shut down or stop working with 0 support from the government?!
Like of course I don't condone protesting against quarantine guidelines, but it seems that much of it has spawned more from being asked to do the impossible than plain selfishness over not being able to party or whatever
It seems like so much of American (and international) media has missed the point - this situation isn't gonna be solved by yelling at people or citing terrifying numbers every day, the government NEEDS to give people the ability to quarantine. And yet - 600 DOLLARS?! REALLY???
Canada has given a ton of support to small businesses and still they're struggling. My pole dancing studio keeps opening and closing over and over and I'm like Man,, nobody should be pole dancing right now but I really feel for how you gotta try and stay afloat 😫
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Okay who's ready for THREAD: CULTURAL INSPIRATIONS AND OTHER TRIVIA & LORE IN AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER, BOOK 1
Disclaimer: Unless cited from official sources, all musings about possible inspirations are my personal opinions, and will also skew Chinese bc that's what I am 1/?
So right away in the background writing in the opening sequence, each element is accompanied by a characteristic that generalizes their nation
Water is Kindness, Earth is Strength, Fire is Passion, and Air is Harmony (approximate translations) 2/?
The banner up top says something like "The Many Mighty Powers Divided in Four," while the bottom is "All Under Heaven Are Pacified by One" (probably refers to the Avatar)
The production team hired a master Chinese calligrapher Dr. Siu-Leung Lee, so all the writing is legit 3/?
THREAD: So there's a landmark sexual assault case that's being heard in China right now. It's significant because legal grounds for this type of case have only been added in 2019, so this case will have a HUGE impact on future sexual assault cases in China 1/?
(Photo: Hao Yun)
The context: In 2014, Xianzi was an intern at CCTV, the state-run biggest broadcast network in China. When alone in a dressing room with Zhu Jun, a famous veteran host, he dragged her onto himself, groped her, and forcibly kissed her - 2/?
- only stopping when someone else entered the room. Xianzi went to the police after, but they told her it would be much easier on her if she kept quiet bc of the sheer political power of Zhu Jun as a CCTV host. But in 2018, the #MeToo movement empowered her to speak up - 3/?
You want to know the difference between criticism and personal attacks? These are not criticisms. These are personal attacks.
Some prominent members of Chinese twitter have boosted these tweets. I've very disappointed.
A grown adult with a big following made this drawing in reference to me? (FYI, "green tea" is slang for Bitch on the Chinese Internet). Excuse me, are we in elementary school?
What baffles me most is that none of these people bothered to actually talk to me about what I specifically did or said that was so wrong before launching into these attacks, besides the one time I made a tweet about penguin in Chinese literally translating to business goose -
Pronunciation guide for Chinese names written in pinyin:
Ones that end with "ang" (Wang, Yang): Pronounced "ung" (so Wung, Zhung)
Ones that start with a C (Cai, Cui): Pronounced "ts" (so Tsai, Tsui)
Ones that end with "iu" (Liu, niu): Pronounced "yo" (Lyo, Nyo)
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Ones with "ui" (Hui): Pronounced "wey" (Hwey)
Ones that end with "uan" (Yuan): It's not 2 syllables, just say it fast, "Yuen"
Ones with E (He): It's like a "uhh" sound instead (Huh)
Ones with X (Xi): It's like a "Shh" sound (Shee)
Ones with Q (Qiou): A "Ch" sound (Cho)
As for why these don't "match" English expectations, this is because the pinyin system was designed for Mandarin Chinese speakers' own use, not for English speakers to understand. Like, all of this is perfectly intuitive to me because i grew up with the system