Elsa the Rice Queen

@wtbHEx1TUm1Hl89 @LemmyMonroe @MyColleagueMio2 Now do it without AI

The reason oiran wore extremely tall and heavy wooden sandals (often 15–30 cm high) was both practical and performative. They helped keep the long, elaborate kimono hems from getting dirty, and also created the distinctive, elegant walking style known as hachimonji-aruki. Oiran were not people you could normally see in daily life. When they appeared in processions such as the oiran dōchū, large crowds gathered to watch. At the time, Yoshiwara was not seen simply as a dark red-light district. It was also a center of fashion, culture, and entertainment—something like a popular attraction. Souvenirs were even sold there. Oiran themselves were admired figures across the country, by both men and women. Artists and women interested in fashion would come to observe them and take inspiration. Because of this, the act of an oiran going to meet a client was deliberately staged as a kind of parade, designed to be seen and admired by the public.

Witnessing an Oiran Dochu, a traditional procession of high-ranking courtesans from Japan's Edo period, with stunning kimonos and their unique Sotohachimonji walk, is truly mesmerizing! ✨🌸

@BOyster922 @GeauxGabrielle Sad you couldn’t even come up with a lame response like this with your own mind.

The IT guy was acting like a peer. “Ah false alarm” as in there wasn’t a huge problem and it was easy to solve. A court room doesn’t work like that though. It works under STRICT hierarchy and a judge is NOT anyone’s peer. In defense of the judge- you can’t let stuff like that slide in your courtroom if you want to maintain the image of you being in total control of the room. Which is his job. In defense of the IT guy- he didn’t mean anything by it and he successfully fixed the problem. No huge problem here.

They on LinkedIn and Facebook FRYING him.

@JustsayKei @LRNROSE Classic blue check logic 😵‍💫

@LRNROSE Not giving someone their money back sounds very poor… Yall really be trying to fake ball splitting shit 10 ways.

i feel like if you back out a trip last min. its courtesy to still pay your portion OR know tht you wont be refunded. example did a girls trip and the DAY OF someone backed out and wanted her portion of the hotel $ back and i told her no tht money is already spent

@Miss_Oluremi Hard to believe you all sat there and watched and just cried?! At minimum someone who cared about her could’ve gotten the ring off in a less traumatic way, did that not occur to anyone?

My 22 year old cousin was in a car accident with her fiancé, he had been drinking. She had her neck broken and was consequently a quadriplegic. He asked for his engagement ring back. She said he could have it but would have to take it off her finger, which he did. Her fingers were curled up. He had to straighten her ring finger out and took the ring off. She cried the entire time, and we all did.

@florigoaway Sad way to learn you’re a 0/10 storyteller 🥴

i think no one knows how to read… I AM NOT THE GIVER OF THE GIFT!!!!

someone left this at our house for someone else…. is this not the rudest thing ever??? i thought people wanted community

@florigoaway You expect us to believe this? Person A left a gift for person B at their door. Person B didn’t want the gift so they returned it, but didn’t even know where Person A (their neighbor) lived because they left it at the wrong house. Also they have identical handwriting lmao

@teachermother1 I went to a market like this and there were strict guidelines around parent involvement. Parents couldn’t handle payments or give out product.

My almost-13yo is selling soap at an "entirely kid-run" craft market today. It is a really neat opportunity, and I'm glad it exists, but the market is absolutely not entirely kid-run, and it's worth thinking about why we tell such lies.

@notlavajuice @lixirlai No!

@lixirlai wait is it okay to rate it if you have a review too

the culture of rating everything we consume (books, movies, music) is such a disservice to art we should stop rating it and start writing reviews instead

@Watchman_motto Honestly they probably don’t have much else to worry about.

I share about 100 yards of drive way with my ~70yr old neighbors. For some reason he’s obsessed with knocking down the center grass in the middle of the tire ruts and covering it with gravel. He talks about it all the time, probably 30% of all conversations I have with him are about this. He’s asking if I want to pitch in for more gravel, etc. When I put my parents in a guest house behind the barn, my dad started talking about it too. He got some roundup and sprayed his section of road. Am I missing something here? I see no problem with it. It looks fine. It occupies 0% of my mind. I’m prepared to spend 0 dollars to remedy this “problem” What is happening?

@col_a_buendia Nice house! Interesting focus on grandchildren.

Found out today that I'm for sure inheriting this place from my aunt and uncle. It needs some sprucing up in places but that's half the joy, the perfect way to teach my son two dozen different skills then leave it and its 13 acres to him mortgage-free. Fill it with babies, son.

@maiab Rose has great taste!

Disney man they are just so freaking good at what they do like could you imagine an ecommerce brand doing this? no. when you order a matching set of family pajamas they just arrive in a random mishmash

@smallandwisea @handsumquis This is true, it’s also easier to get into activities as a child vs as an adult when you have to make team or be a top performer to excel at something.

@handsumquis i know a lot of people whose hobbies as kids are things that no longer work for them now - like an intense sport or school competitions, band, etc. These things are much harder to come by and feel less impactful as adults and I think that’s a lot of people you’re talking about

I dated partners that struggled with not having hobbies or things that made them THEM, its scary seeing such a large amount of adults with little no hobbies, that dont workout, travel, even read, etc

@Exit918829 @xEbay24x @handsumquis My guess is that scrolling/playing on the phone has become your hobby and replaced the desire to do other things. Very addicting, especially with adhd.

@xEbay24x @handsumquis lol so you don’t. Imagine I said stop using being black as an excuse. Don’t speak on shit you know nothing about. I am medicated, it is still hard.

@Exit918829 @handsumquis Hmm I have adhd and the exact opposite problem. So may different things interest me I’m literally collecting hobbies 😆

@handsumquis This is me. I just got adhd so literally nothing interests me / I don’t have enough energy to get interested in anything after my responsibilities n fitness

@xo_empressive @handsumquis Oh no! Very sketchy and odd that someone else might find they enjoy painting.

@handsumquis even more scary when they start getting into yours bc they couldn’t come up with their own lane

@JanamejaySing19 @handsumquis 🙄🙄🙄

@handsumquis It’s not about hobbies — it’s about identity. People with no interests often depend on you for everything, which can feel heavy. Hobbies show independence, curiosity, and a life of their own — and that’s what makes someone truly attractive.

@HPotoure @handsumquis @TheStevenDwayne I was with you for the first half 🥴

@handsumquis @TheStevenDwayne A lot of people grow up in survival mode so it’s really not their fault. Hobbies are definitely a first world privilege

@frogclubs I’ve never spent significant time in the south and have also never experienced this type of reaction from strangers 🤷🏾‍♀️

this is why I’m glad I’m southern bc i don’t think I’ve ever experienced this. once I was taking abt different eggnogs with my friend, this elderly couple overhead & asked if it was better than the brand they bought. I said hell yeah & they said thank you & grabbed two bottles 😭

@ok16080 @belovedhrts Gee, you really think they don’t know that?

@belovedhrts this is amazing but it's all about whether or not you can maintain the cleanliness, otherwise you're just back to where you started

It’s not perfect but it’s better and I really need someone to be proud of me for this

@Ruesavatar You’re overthinking it. Hope that helps!

Looking at dresses online for my daughter and it just really REALLY bugs me when there are cherries on little girl clothes. You’re really going to sexualize this fruit, broadly associate it with losing virginity, and then… put it all over children’s clothing? Wtf?