Small artists you need to understand that when you see an artist who you think has 'made it' tells you not to worry about the numbers and to not fret about getting more likes than reblogs they are not telling you it because they think you are stupid for caring or because they dont need to network to survive they are very likely telling you that because they have witnessed first hand the way the numbers game tears people to shreds in terms of mental health and motivation
"mutual" - you found this post from a mutual (on their blog or your dash)
"following" - you found this post from someone you're following, but who isn't following you
"random" - you found this by scrolling through someone's blog, who you don't follow. this includes people following you
"For You" - you found this on the For You page
"recommended" - you found this in a "Check out these blogs" popup, or a "recommended" post when looking at a different post
"other" - you found this post some other way. comment how?
"reblog ✅" - you're going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post
"reblog ❌" - you're NOT going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post
wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?
ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.
napkin research finally concluded for shen wei as well! indeed he also pins the corner of his napkin under his plate when he's at a restaurant
truly not sure what conclusions to draw here but we sure are 2/2 with this restaurant napkin behavior
this screenshot is almost unbearably low quality but i am FASCINATED by this napkin behavior. most of it in the lap but one corner anchored under the plate!
this is jing ran from my true friend but zhu yilong totally did this in guardian as shen wei also, in the scene where he and zhao yunlan have dinner with guo changcheng and gcc's uncle. notably, luo fusheng didn't do this in granting you a dreamlike life.
i'm fascinated by this behavior. is this. what is this? is this z1l's interpretation of how fastidious people use napkins?
so im translating episode 14 myself out of spite a need to better understand the weilan dynamics in that era for exchange fic and holy shit zyl is a really strong speaker. he changes registers of formality effortlessly, he uses five million chengyu — even more frequently than shen wei does (mainly bc shen wei. doesn't talk lol). it's zhao yunlan who has the persuasive oratory in this episode, and wOW what a speech it is. he uses so much battlefield/war language (stand and fight, charging together) that i'm sure is on purpose / gives a lot more weight to his ye olde haixing era identity as the great general kunlun later! anyway ... EATING THIS! wow!
also jesus christ this man talks SO MUCH SO FAST ... TERRIFYING LOL.
people need to realise that a poor little meow meow must be a character who has committed atrocities you cannot poor little meow meow a good guy that’s not how this works
i hate when i send someone a meme in another language and they're like "uhm... translate? 😒" fucker i sent you a meme where 90% of the words have an english cognate and/or you don't need to know what they're saying to find it funny. can you at least TRY
it’s easy to forget, so I’ll remind y’all: you can make fantasy versions of anything. yes even things you might not think about. like soil types. I am thinking of fantasy soil types right now
U KNOW THIS IS A TERRIBLE THING TO ASK ME I AM SO BAD AT VEGETABLES. I'M GETTING AN F IN VEGETARIANISM
ok all of these will be under the caveat of. being cooked indian style. i am too unused to vegetables cooked other ways and am generally greatly bothered by their textures. when i eat veggie noodle it is actually just noodle. and egg.
i'm also gonna link random recipes that i have not tried and cannot vouch for the qualities of but just to give an idea of how i eat them
okra (bhindi masala - we don't make this with any of the additional stuff like onions/tomatoes, it's just the okra and spices stir fried)
um. are beans vegetables? if so, garbanzo beans (chana masala)
POTATO (aloo curry) (drier version: jeera aloo)
oh. onions are vegetables. i love onions! no recipe needed, put onions in everything (red > spring > yellow)
i'm cheating again (or not, google says beans and lentils are vegetables) and saying yellow lentils (moong dal fry)