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When I write in Japanese I usually also throw it in google translate to double check that I'm not using the wrong kanji by mistake, and two years ago it gave me very dry and literal translations.
I was doing it today and noticed it had a pretty strong voice added to the output
For reference, to give a dry translation I would put:
Lately I'm into in Hanafuda. Nobody seems to know anything about it here, so they probably wouldn't understand my brilliant jokes. I guess you guys will never be able to understand "Mister November and the Scary Cave".
I have a fluent friend who is able to check my work for me and give me tips on hitting the correct tone (I was going for a comically casual feeling), so I'm confident that I'm expressing the feeling I'm intending. While Google is also hitting the same emotion, I really don't like knowing that it's assigning tone in the first place.
To check if it was editorializing based on informal grammatical choices, I formal'd up the writing to be more polite and remove any non-standard vocabulary.
I'm just like... what is anyone who is translating what I'm thinking into their own language going to think when a translation app decides that it knows my intended tone? When online communication is already so complicated and nuanced? I'm a non-native so I'm spending ages agonizing over 117 characters, but when I'm chatting in English I'm not being so deliberate. How likely is it that tools that 'naturalize' are going to make choices that don't reflect reality and lead to insulting misunderstandings?
I spoke with an English learner just yesterday who thought they were being bullied (they were not, the commenter in question was just excitedly infodumping about sociology) because something was lost in translation, and I wonder if it's because of tools making choices like this.
I'm just a luddite I don't trust stuff like this. stinks of ai asking me if it can rerwrite my email in a more quirky style.
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Please call your representatives: VOTE NO on the FEDERAL BOOK BANNING BILLS HR 2616, HR 8705, and HR 7661!
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There are currently THREE FEDERAL BOOK BAN BILLS aiming to ban all TRANS BOOKS from U.S. public schools! HR 2616, HR 8705, HR 7661
June 2026 / Maia Kobabe (a trans author, for three years in a row the most challenged author in the U.S.)
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HR 2616 threatens to cut federal funding from public schools if they āteach or advance concepts related to gender ideology,ā as defined by an Executive Order signed by Trump in Jan 2025. It would also cut funding from schools unless they require āparental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form.ā HR 2616 HAS ALREADY PASSED IN THE HOUSE! Please call your Senators to say NO ON HR 2616!Ā
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HR 8705 threatens to cut federal funding from public schools which teach ādiscriminatory equity ideology or gender ideology,ā as defined by two Executive Orders aimed at suppressing ācritical race theoryā and trans representation. This bill is named after the late far-right activist Charlie Kirk, āThe Charlie Act.ā HR 8705 has passed out of committee, but has not yet been introduced in the House. Please call your House Reps to say NO ON HR 8705!
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HR 7661 threatens to cut federal funding from public schools which offer material deemed āsexually oriented," treating any LGBTQIA+ identity as sexual content. It specifically forbids āgender dysphoria or transgenderism,ā and ālascivious dancingā (drag). This bill, titled āStop the Sexualization of Children Act,ā has 22 co-sponsors and has passed out of committee but has not yet been introduced to the House. Please call your House Reps to say NO ON HR 7661!Ā
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āMy name is [name] and Iām calling from [city, state, zip code]. Iām asking [Senator] to vote no on HR 2616. I oppose HR 2616 because it would restrict studentās access to books and it would specifically harm trans, nonbinary, and intersex students. Please stand against book bans and protect queer students!ā
āMy name is [name] and Iām calling from [city, state, zip code]. Iām asking [Rep] to vote no on HR 8705 and HR 7661. I oppose these bills because they would restrict studentās access to books and accurate history, and would especially harm BIPOC, trans, nonbinary, and intersex students. Please stand against book bans and support public education funding!ā
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Author Maia Kobabe: If HR 2616, HR 8705, or HR 7661 pass, it would be almost impossible for any public school in the U.S. to offer or teach my books, unless theyāre willing to risk their federal funding. Students would be even less likely to learn about trans stories or accurate U.S. history.Ā
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Please call your representatives: VOTE NO on the FEDERAL BOOK BANNING BILLS HR 2616, HR 8705, and HR 7661!Ā
Follow AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS on insta & bluesky for updates on these bills!
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āDo it scaredā ādo it aloneā are all great tips, but my biggest takeaway from therapy is do it messy. This is especially true if youāre getting out of a burnout, which I experience often. Literally just do it messy. You donāt need to pick the perfect trail to walk, the perfect playlist to listen to, whatever the fuck it is. You donāt need to have a meticulous to do list and wake up at the exact time you planned and drink the exact amount of water you planned to drink. Like the biggest thing for people like me to remember is sometimes itās okay to do it messy. Put on a random yt workout and just get it done in sweats. Do 5 minutes of a daunting task and go from there. Sometimes just getting up is a win during intense burnouts or depressive funks. Literally just do it messy.
The Trump administration is cynically exploiting calls for stricter AI regulation to pass broad censorship measures at the federal level.
So, in terrible news, Trump's trying to pull some strings to pass this massive internet censorship bill, featuring all the kinds of internet censorship we're terrified of, including mandatory ID for accessing basically any website, specifically to crush state regulation of AI, because apparently this man will always see the moral bottom of the barrel and start digging.
So, if you live in the US and hate censorship and AI you know what to do, contact your congresspeople and tell them do not fucking dare let this through or so help us god...
The Trump administration is cynically exploiting calls for stricter AI regulation to pass broad censorship measures at the federal level.
So, in terrible news, Trump's trying to pull some strings to pass this massive internet censorship bill, featuring all the kinds of internet censorship we're terrified of, including mandatory ID for accessing basically any website, specifically to crush state regulation of AI, because apparently this man will always see the moral bottom of the barrel and start digging.
So, if you live in the US and hate censorship and AI you know what to do, contact your congresspeople and tell them do not fucking dare let this through or so help us god...
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i was looking at that new overwatch hero and yknow theyre almost onto something with the design choice to have her voice projected from a voice box that doesnt move her mouth. the idea of a humanoid robot character with a perfect uncanny frozen face plate that was clearly designed for looks over function. feels like it could be commentary if it wasnt coming from a game that also makes 90% of its human women also samefaced and sexy yknow. you were so close to a cool idea but unfortunately you are overwatch.
The popularity of the "incompetent stupid piece of shit husband and competent wife who loves him anyways" trope in media is a psyop to make women believe its normal to settle for an incompetent stupid piece of shit husband
I mean, Iām pretty sure Lin is supposed to represent what Chihiroās future might be like if she accepted her role in the bath house and didnāt try to maintain her own identity and values. Sheās not a bad person, but sheās hedonistic to exactly the extent that the bath house culture allows her to be as an employee and has no ambition beyond the system of favors, bribes, and petty intimidation between low-level workers. Sheās traded her individuality and opportunity to better herself for the security of predictable exploitation and she doesnāt seem to regret it.
I donāt think itās a coincidence that Lin is the only other major character who looks human throughout the movie - Iām not certain she started out human, but I suspect she may have, and may have fully traded away her humanity. I do think itās significant that she, unlike Chihiro and Haku, doesnāt reclaim her name at the end of the story.
She doesnāt want her independence or identity back. Her purpose is to eat and look pretty.
Alternate interpretation: I always thought Lin meant to be a comforting presence.
Sheās the first bathhouse worker who is kind to Chihiro, helping her get her clothes and navigate her first work assignment and sneak food. One of the core themes of Spirited AwayĀ is finding your footing in a new and terrifying place, and Lin and Haku are key allies in Chihiroās struggle to gain the skills and self-assurance she needs in order to thrive.
Linās human appearance helps us and Chihiro feel more sympathetic towards her . Her familiarity with the system of favors and bribes makes her appealing as a role model who can demystify Chihiroās new environment for her. Unlike the more inhuman occupants of the bathhouse, Lin looks like someone Chihiro could become in the future, and thatās a good thing! Sheās living proof that the bathhouse is not such a monstrous and scary place. Because Lin treats the bathhouse like home, Chihiro begins to see it as a home, too.
And once Chihiro starts to think of the bathhouse as her territory, sheĀ realizes that she has agency in this place as well. She uses its rules to her own advantage to free Haku and herself.
And that is the point of Chihiroās journey in Spirited Away: itās a metaphor for starting over in a new place and overcoming fear of the unfamiliar. After all, the frame story is Chihiroās family moving to a new city. At the beginning of the movie, Chihiro is despondent, unhappy to be leaving her old friends behind. By the end, after making it through the spirit world, sheās taking a much more active role in helping her parents settle into their new home.
These theories coexist really well, I think. Lin has accepted her place within this system, and thatās given her the confidence and experience to be a mentor for Chihiro. Because she knows the system, she can make things a little better for Chihiro.
Because Chihiro has a mentor and friend, she learns how to survive and even do well in the Bathhouse. Itās because of Lin that Chihiro is able to not accept her place within this system and instead fight back, and in the end to make things a little better for everyone.
Thereās something there about community, and easing the path for those who come after you. Lin doesnāt regret her choices because they were the best choices she could make, and thatās okay. Itās not a tragedy. She got as far as she could get, and because she did, sheās there to help Chihiro get farther.Ā
And isnāt that what weāre all here for, in the end? To go as far as we can, and then give a hand up to those coming after us? Itās never a tragedy when children can go farther than their mentors ever could. Thatās a triumph.
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1 - 3 - Three gifs of Lin from Spirited Away, being generally cool
4 - reply from @/get-cuboned, āHer purpose is to eat and be prettyā
5 - gif from Sailor Moon of a girl with shining eyes
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a new reality tv show called So you think you can write Doctor Who
twelve episodes, twelve contestants - a mix of annoying middle aged sci fi authors, fan fic authors and random people off the street
a variety of against the clock writing tasks, big finish scripts, ability to interact with actors without shouting at them and challenges where you have no budget or doctor for an episode
judged by solely by christopher eccleston
this is how you find the new doctor who showrunner
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