I mean, they didn't ask me how many rows I could hoe. I think she was from Iowa.
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I mean, they didn't ask me how many rows I could hoe. I think she was from Iowa.
I just want to shout this from the root tops, so instead I'll tell y'all- ... I just turned in my first draft of my first "big" client (100+ hours).
Sooooo happy. I hope I don't get review notes until next Monday, so I can finish the rest of my work.
I'm really excited, again, because this is one of the bigger projects I've done! & a little bragging - the other returns in this family of this size were assigned to senior associates, and one of the seniors on the project commented he was surprised because he expected my return would have gone to another senior.. SO either they want me to fail and get rid of me, or maybe they think I can handle it.
Congratulations!
Fall's coming up and I'm really hype about all of the Halloween stuff that I have planned with friends this year.
CapNBritain
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The only reason I sort of understand what this means is because of NeoGAF, which makes me question whether GAF is a force of good or evil in this world. Sempai is like master right, but one you have a crush on?
Ugh, I hope it was just "harmless" ignorance instead of snide, directed racism since she was from Iowa. Not sure about the touching though, that's just weird.
Sempai is 前輩, basically anyone who was once/formerly in your current shoes, but is now more senior. This is usually applied in school or professional settings.
I understood Sempai as basically meaning 'teacher'. I think the crush aspect comes from a fetishistic place of falling in love with your mentor.
Every time that SNES Classic thread gets updated I tense up. I just started getting the hang of gaining the upper-hand on scalpers. I don't want to screw up now.
Septimus Prime
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I once had a tester who would call me senpai. I was like, neither of us is Japanese, bro.
CapNBritain
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I feel so out of touch, though I'm not sure what I'm out of touch with.
You used to be with it, but then they changed what it was, and what you were with was no longer it, and what was it seemed weird and scary to you.
I wouldn't worry too much about it. Trends, memes, and whatnot move a mile a minute and you aren't expected to keep up with them. It's like upgrading a phone. You don't need the next upgrade right now because you know for a fact that another one will be out in a year and your current phone is still pretty up to date, so you can wait.
If you need an example, no one even remembers this anymore
Being at the forefront is a waste of time. Just get the important stuff.
It's used in Chinese settings too, actually, just not to the same degree or formality as a lot of Japanese social striations.
This is the true point at which you realize you are no longer young. Welcome.
BLOODED_hands
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25 here and I'm in the same boat. I'm like the Slowbro meme IRL.
CapNBritain
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I was hoping it was more that I was out of touch with being Asian but...
I'm like a 5th-grader older than you...
BLOODED_hands
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*Young, old mid-20s Asian Man yelling at clouds*
We're not out of touch. It's the kids who are!
We're not out of touch. It's the kids who are!
Considering she's from Iowa; there's a non-zero chance that you might be the first asian she's seen in real life. So 99% chance of ignorance / genuine curiosity. Also, as a midwesterner, I totally am used to touching people / poking people. Hell, I generally greet people by hugging them. We're sort of touchy / huggy folks. We think you coastal people are grumpy mcfrumpypants who don't like hugs and stuff.
Also, a bunch of mid 20 year olds feeling out of touch...ffs, what does that make my 32 year old self lol.
BLOODED_hands
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Considering she's from Iowa; there's a non-zero chance that you might be the first asian she's seen in real life. So 99% chance of ignorance / genuine curiosity. Also, as a midwesterner, I totally am used to touching people / poking people. Hell, I generally greet people by hugging them. We're sort of touchy / huggy folks. We think you coastal people are grumpy mcfrumpypants who don't like hugs and stuff.
Also, a bunch of mid 20 year olds feeling out of touch...ffs, what does that make my 32 year old self lol.
Weird..... My family and friends don't do this. Maybe we're not Midwestern enough 🤔 Minnesota is pretty different from the rest of the Midwest
It just means you young. It's a state of mind like what cdhybrid said.
I didn't see anything notable on sale, but we have too many unopened board games as it is.
We're in the internet age now. Online, a few years is basically ancient history.
The Bloodborne Card Game is one sale so I'd want to go after that.
Fixed it for you. Just got that first kanji wrong.
We've got relatives from America here and I think they come from a small town in NJ. It's really weird, their life experiences are completely different.
I was translating it into Mandarin, not Japanese Kanji, but I shouldn't be surprised that it's 先, because it's pronounced similarly in both languages, and 前 and 先 are synonyms.
BLOODED_hands
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I uh.... I don't know if translating Senpai/Sempai to Hmong would be as pleasing as other languages, lol.
Xib fwb (see fue)/tus tswv (thu juu)
LMAO..... Fuck man..... Just imagining a random sexy girl talking dirty to me using those words isn't too pleasing to me. Otherwise, we don't really have a word for senpai/sempai.
Xib fwb (see fue)/tus tswv (thu juu)
LMAO..... Fuck man..... Just imagining a random sexy girl talking dirty to me using those words isn't too pleasing to me. Otherwise, we don't really have a word for senpai/sempai.
Missed you too. <hug> Life blew up and not in a good way (see my FB). Just trying to survive day by day.
No miniCybits.
You should watch the Dawn of the Dead remake or 28 Days Later then.
BLOODED_hands
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Due to some conflicting reports, I am here to report that the earlier and the younger a person is to be infected the more agile and fast the zombie is. To add on to this information, the more athletic the infected is the more they are agile and swift.
This is a warning to any, and all survivors: seek immediate shelter and please reinforce your area of living. I repeat..... *PSA repeats*
SixMachine
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The biggest danger in zombie movies is always that ONE guy who gets multiple people killed. Like I understand that this kind of character is used to symbolize paranoia and selfishness in humans, but it got pretty ridiculous that one guy was the direct cause of so many character deaths that could have been easily avoided. It's a trope in basically every zombie/apocalypse movie.
What's wrong with the original Romero DotD?
BLOODED_hands
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Both are very great zombie movies. Zeemumu was probably talking about the running zombies though.
Nothing, but he mentioned running zombies and the ones in the original are standard slow ones. The remake's are runners.
You could also play Left 4 Dead for running zombies
I actually do prefer the remake to the original but they're both really good zombie films.
I just watched it recently too. Good movie
Yeeeep. But it's fun to hate on that one character. lol
Nah, as a 90s baby anyone born before the 90s is old
Septimus Prime
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My wife and I were just today talking about how the MGM Grand in Vegas attracts "too many party people" because it has the trendiest clubs.
So I reluctantly agree with you.
My Chinese skill not good LOL. Id never have expected use a different character in Chinese, but I never really thought about the term existing in Chinese to begin with. Ive had a bunch of revelations finding out words that are the same or different between CJK.
Yall kids in here.
'87 is the cutoff, because that's when Huey released this ... Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is 'Hip to Be Square,' a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.
Pssshhh
*Skateboards away leaving fidget spinners in my wake*
Fun Fact: fidget spinners were invented in 1993
IAmtheFMan
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I'm 35. You kids enjoy your avocado toast.
BLOODED_hands
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Damn Slayven, I knew you were edgy but not this edgy!
I recall that I'm not the youngest in here. Yay?
Septimus Prime
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I'll be 33 in like two weeks.
Seductivpancakes
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31 and feeling old.
Also pursuing i a new career in the 30s is like weird and scary.
Also pursuing i a new career in the 30s is like weird and scary.
Gully State
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34, back in school and I feel like my memory isn't as good as it used to be... like I never was bad with names but nowadays I'll literally forget someone's name like 5 min after we're introduced.
BLOODED_hands
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Besides going to school.... Are you me? Even if I'm not drinking I forget people's names so quick.