James Mire

i’m wheezing i came to a lesbian bar in chengdu but i didn’t know if i was at the right place so they saw me looking dumb af outside and they invited me in so i did and they ANNOUNCED me like WE HAVE A FOREIGNER i’m dyingggg

Part of the genius of "China" as a concept is that it has always allowed people who are not in any way descended from the Zhou or Han Dynasties to see themselves as heirs to the classical legacy.

Young Kyoshi taking the same Avatar relics test Aang did.

was just on zoom for ~6 hours. this should not be allowed lol

Cardinal social rule is to never make someone feel like an idiot. Perpetually have to assume that everyone is deathly afraid of being perceived in this way. Preempt the interaction by letting them know that stupid questions don't exist. Briefly jest about how they're already in a better position compared to when you were in their shoes. Slip in an anecdote about something embarrassing that happened to you with a level of unreactive casualness that indirectly signals to their brain that it's safe to relax. Chuckle in response to any semblance of an amusing remark. Liberally administer daps when you start to notice them entering conversational flow state

andy and anne both having four letters and starting with “an” meanwhile emily and emily both being emily honestly my brain is fried

Reading Aquinas’s commentaries on Aristotle, I think: “If only we could do this for a PhD!” At any rate, it would be more valuable to scholarship than a dissertation by a ~30 year old on the perennial problems of philosophy!

四川省で出土した後漢の陶俑。 どう見ても男二人なんだが…さすが漢というべきか🤔 漢代って皇帝が30人近くいたけど、その中でも男寵とか断袖の話が出てくる者が多いし、「断袖」って言葉も漢哀帝のエピソードが元ネタだった。 こういうのむしろ昔のほうがオープンというか、なんか好きなんだよな✨👀

In this scene, Andy lacks the sort of character that could be convinced to care for fashion from considerations of beauty, because she sees beauty as a matter of pure subjective preference, and her ēthos as a Serious Journalist™️ precludes interest in the merely subjective.

This speech always confuses me, why should she be impressed they chose the color of her sweater if she doesn't care about her sweater? 'What you don't know is the font on your rent contract is not Garamond, not Garamond Premier, but Adobe Garamond'

What am I going to spend all my time watching now???