Feng shui was originally presented as a mystical, “wive’s tale” system exactly because of this. If a sage told a young person to keep their windows clean because then your house will be full of “clean” light instead of “dirty” light, and this will improve your mood, the young person would tell him to shove off. But if he says cleaning your windows invites the lucky spirits to enter your home, it plants a seed in the person’s mind and they might actually try cleaning their windows.
The Curse of the Golden Flower. I never get tired of watching it.
Lantana, burnt diesel, petrichor, mango sap.
As a fellow lactose intolerant who was raised on soy “milk”, I say it should be cheaper just by virtue of how horrible it is.
A liquid isn’t milk if it didn’t pass through a nipple. Soy, oat, almond… they’re OK, but they’re not milk.
Gazanias are my favorite. Unpretentious little suns blazing away in the garden. What’s not to like.
I’ll be finalizing the orthography of my conlang, after 2 years of piss-farting about and changing it all the time. Also on the verge of writing some lyrics, so hopefully that happens. Or even writing some music. Even more likely to happen if it rains - rainy weather unleashes my creativity.
The Psycho-Pass movie. It was good but the dubbing was weird. There’s a fan version of the dubbing that’s much better but I can’t find it anywhere.
The Russian movie The Idiot (released in 1960) had an actress (Yuliya Borisova) who repeatedly had a wildly maniacal laugh. The look on her face when she does it matches perfectly.
So I finally watched it and it was great and now I’m sad because there’s no new episodes for a long time (if ever). It was the second anime I watched the whole season of, and I chose one of the greats straight up.
Ah thanks for letting me know. I was on a site with a lot of people waiting for this episode, and they are in meltdown haha.
I watched the full season (so far) of The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity. The last episode I watched was a cliffhanger and I was excited to see the next episode, but apparently it’s late for some reason. Grr.
It was due to drop 2 hours ago but nothing yet. Anyone have any news on when it drops?
That’s quite a list! The notes about satire are helpful too - I started watching One Punch Man and stopped halfway through because it was too silly. I didn’t realise it was a send up. This list should keep me going for a while, and lead me to other anime I like. Thanks!
Sounds great. Thanks.
I watched season one of Rewrite, because I thought the Asian Kung Fu Generation song would be on it, but that was FMA as it turns out. I liked Rewrite though. I’m definitely going down an anime rabbit hole now!
The only reason I watched Sunset Boulevard was because I read a theory someone had that the Metallica song The Memory Remains was written about it. So I watched it out of curiosity and it fits. I didn’t notice any “plot points” because the overall theme and pathos of the movie gripped me. I agree that the woman who played Norma did a frighteningly good job. I might add some more to my list soon. I didn’t realise so many people would reply so I just did it off the top of my head.
nah i stil reed reel gud n stuff
Life is hard and stressful whether you’re kind or unkind, so be kind. I don’t mean be a doormat, but don’t be a dick.