Mikko Rantalainen on A Monument To Gen Z: “The official name of this artwork is “Journey of Self Discovery” but I agree that “Monument to the new generation”…” Jul 2, 07:45
on New Client, New Problem: “😆 I’m always going to advocate for both. It be too hypocritical for me to do otherwise.” Sep 21, 07:03
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Even with their media and most of Social Media doing their best to cover up or rationalize away the incessant stream of problems generated by Biden and Harris, I can’t help thinking that a whole lot of Democrats feel this way right now. Especially after some recent election results and Hillary’s dire warnings.
Duāng Duāng, Bǎobǎo
Duāng Duāng Bǎobǎo (成龍成龍 寶寶) – or, in English, Boing Boing, Baby. Here are six more delightful gifts from China. We may hate the disease that they spread across our land, and we may bemoan the economic damage their Democrat allies caused as a result of it, but we should appreciate how the locked-in, attention-starved Kung Flu-zies dealt with it by using China’s best-inserted espionage tool.
Boing or Duāng didn’t – and technically still doesn’t in the Chinese language, especially in the context of unexpected boob bounces/drops, a favorite of manga, anime, and, apparently, attention-seeking girls in quarantine. Duāng was actually coined by Jackie Chan in the early 2000s.
That’s why I had to write it with two characters. The image to the left isn’t in unicode; it was created by “netizens” in the wake of Duāng‘s viral spread.
😆 And now you have a new factoid and a somewhat better understanding of part of why I’m a polyglot and a lover of linguistics.
Final Note: Both the created hanzi and the formal, two-character breakout I used are actually Jackie Chan’s Chinese stage name, Long Chen – roughly translated, “Become The Dragon.”
‘Tis The 3rd Day Of Christmas
And so the 3rd Day of 2021’s Christmastide dawns. Remember now, we should all celebrate every one of the 12 Days, so get to unwrapping! 😆
Since certain sorts are perennially butthurt over mentions of Christmas, here are some alternative holiday trees to consider for next year. 😉
It’s actually kind of, sort of like that! The Christians’ winter holiday is celebrated using various traditions and trappings of a variety of other, earlier established religions, either directly or indirectly appropriated from them and their worshippers’ cultures. 😆 Even the date of Christmas was likely coopted in this fashion under the rule of Emporer Constantine in the 4th century AD.
And, you know what? Meh. Who cares? One, this sort of thing happens. Two, they lost their war over Christmas decades ago… to their own culture.
