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Yeah very interesting reads all around, sounds like there's a ton of context. One thing that I'm left pondering is how much the use of these pronouns to reflect social status and formality is tied to traditional gender roles - that is to say, if "ore" and "boku" have historically masculine...

@Ultimatecalibur Ah yeah, I got ahead of myself and assumed a wider scope than just the first person. I wonder if English's limited grammatical gender has any impact on the discussion surrounding preferred pronouns, when you lay the Japanese first person pronoun lineup out like that it makes...

Thanks for the chapter and insights Koolio, good one all around. Would be wild to have a socially prevailing neutral pronoun in English, and it sounds like a really significant shift in Japanese. Always amazing to be reminded of just how alive language is, and how social climate can serve a...

For anyone not keeping track this is a series about a worker entering into a disrespected field of work after being treated as an equal in interview by someone in the field who saw her co-worker lose their life in pursuit of capital. Shortly after the hire, he immediately puts his life on the...

Actually don't just give me that good work-life balance - give me that good tearing down of social prejudices surrounding the black magic industry, give me that good respect for individuals regardless of their profitability and dissimilarity to me, give me that good denouncement of the...

Appreciate the translation and the positivity you bring as always, Koolio. Also appreciate the message of Wakamono. Gimme that good work-life balance.

@Nick86 As I said, I believe the only method to moderate regarding hate speech is complete deplatforming. Anything less is tacit agreement through inaction, and tacit agreement leads to the misguided opinion that overt racism, homophobia, transphobia, etc are acceptable in a public forum. It...

If anything I feel the 3.2.7 rule append is too weak. Referring to the issue first as "extraneous political content" gives leeway to the content that should be most in question. The Rapeman credit pages are some of the most racist, hateful and inflammatory garbage I've seen, and should be...