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I hear they have an entire Oracle of Seasons, and that they're better than their counterpart Oracle of Ages.
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OwlFancier posted:Not everywhere has four seasons I think depending on your latitude. But yes most places not on the equator or the poles have four of them. This is an old fact from the tv show QI, so I might be misremembering it or they were wrong, but I think a lot of non anglophone countries set the number of seasons at 5 or six or three or something.
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May 13, 2023 20:10
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Tbh where I live there are no poo poo like at least 9 seasons. lovely Cold Spring (March) Perfect Spring (mid April through May) Good summer (one month only: June) Hell’s rear end in a top hat summer (July 1st to September 10th) False Fall (September into October) Perfect Fall (October) Fall (November until New Years) Fake Winter (January) Winter (February) dialhforhero has a new favorite as of 20:16 on May 13, 2023 |
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May 13, 2023 20:12
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The joke here is "Winter and Under Construction".
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May 13, 2023 20:15
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Yeah, seasons are actually a human imposition on nature, they don't have a separate existence, any more than there are exactly 7 colors of the rainbow. Isaac Newton just stuck "indigo" in there because 7 is a mystical number. Like, the equinoxes and soltices are real, but that doesn't mean you have to orient precisely 4 seasons around them, or even that the seasons match them. People in the US routinely complain "that's way too late for Spring, where I am Spring starts in February", or "are you kidding, around here Spring doesn't start till May". In New Hampshire, it was Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Mud Season. Which lasted at least a month.
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May 13, 2023 20:16
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They have seasons, we have generations
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May 13, 2023 20:16
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Be that as it may I still find the Japanese assertion that only they have 4 PERFECT SEASONS so loving funny every time I hear it
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May 13, 2023 20:17
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hallo spacedog posted:Be that as it may I still find the Japanese assertion that only they have 4 PERFECT SEASONS so loving funny every time I hear it Oh, totally!
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May 13, 2023 20:17
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In Florida there are only ever exactly two seasons, but how those are defined varies. Summer/Winter, Rainy/Dry, Snowbird/Resident, Hurricane/Not Hurricane...
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May 13, 2023 20:28
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Air Skwirl posted:This is an old fact from the tv show QI, so I might be misremembering it or they were wrong, but I think a lot of non anglophone countries set the number of seasons at 5 or six or three or something. Oh sure you could divide the year up however you want, but if the argument is that there are what we would think of as seasonal variations then most parts of the world will find it quite easy to come up with at least four.
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lets fire up those weather machines we allegedly have and invent like 20 new seasons, we'll have the most and best seasons in the world poo poo if we did have that, can we get like a mini season that makes it warm for halloween so everyone can wear their slutty costumes??
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May 13, 2023 20:38
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You can still wear your slutty costume if you're brave enough.
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May 13, 2023 20:41
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God only created two seasons. Duck Season and Rabbit Season.
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OwlFancier posted:You can still wear your slutty costume if you're brave enough. 
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Light Gun Man posted:lets fire up those weather machines we allegedly have and invent like 20 new seasons, we'll have the most and best seasons in the world 
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dialhforhero posted:This is only anecdotal but I have been in a few locations (not in Japan) where a lot of Japanese programing was on TV (like documentaries and news) and there were a lot of subtle usages of language that seemed a little cringe. You're talking about the various NHK World shows, aren't you? I LOVE Japanology and Japan's Top Inventions for the sheer level of "no, you didn't invent that" and "yes, other places have rocks too. They're not a Japan-only thing."
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RareAcumen posted:This seems to be a constant thing in algorithm led websites. I wonder why. People are like this about Reddit comments, since those can effectively be hidden from other users without the poster knowing. Basically any website that shows any kind of "engagement" with posts has a cadre of dogshit users convinced their low numbers can't be due to their dogshit posting but has to be some kind of shadowy conspiracy against them.
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We Got Us A Bread posted:You're talking about the various NHK World shows, aren't you? I LOVE Japanology and Japan's Top Inventions for the sheer level of "no, you didn't invent that" and "yes, other places have rocks too. They're not a Japan-only thing." How does this mesh with the thing about Koreans who cannot believe that humans can survive without eating kimchi?
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:My school had a pastor for sex Ed and still taught us the war was about slavery complete with graphic photos of slaver atrocities. Better than Japan, from what I’ve heard That's an odd thing to learn about in sex ed, though.
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May 13, 2023 21:58
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And why did he lick his lips the whole lesson?
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Vib Rib posted:God only created two seasons. Duck Season and Rabbit Season. What about Elmer season?
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Dewgy posted:What about Elmer season? You know how God created grapes but not wine, so that we may also know the joy of creation?
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May 13, 2023 22:22
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hallo spacedog posted:While living in Japan I've had multiple Japanese people tell me that Japan is unique in the world because they have... FOUR DIFFERENT SEASONS in the year. no poo poo These sound like New Yorkers when it comes to bodegas.
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RareAcumen posted:These sound like New Yorkers when it comes to bodegas. No, you see, no other city in the world has small stock neighborhood/corner stores that fill the gap for when you need a few odds and ends but don't need/want to commit to full box/grocery store run.
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Data Graham posted:How does this mesh with the thing about Koreans who cannot believe that humans can survive without eating kimchi? Can you really call it survival without Kimchi?
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Decrepus posted:Somehow Imperial Japan returned. it's called Daddy America needs more boats to take on China
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Dameius posted:No, you see, no other city in the world has small stock neighborhood/corner stores that fill the gap for when you need a few odds and ends but don't need/want to commit to full box/grocery store run. Broke: only NYC has bodegas Woke: dollar general is a bodega
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Waste of Breath posted:Broke: only NYC has bodegas Bespoke: Bucees is a bodega.
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hallo spacedog posted:While living in Japan I've had multiple Japanese people tell me that Japan is unique in the world because they have... FOUR DIFFERENT SEASONS in the year. no poo poo I’m from the Midwest and grew up with Cicadas screaming all summer, which I didn’t know was a pretty localized phenomenon. I moved to Japan and the first summer I was with some Japanese colleagues and heard cicadas and was like “oh hey, cicadas!” And they were all “oh yes, these are a Japanese insect. We understand that to foreigners they may sound strange, but to us theirs is like the song of summer, it is like music” as though they somehow sounded different to Japanese people. I was like, “oh yeah, I know, we have them where I’m from”. And they were all “no no no, these are a famous Japanese insect”. They got a little salty when I was like “yeah I grew up with them too. They don’t sound like music, they’re just screaming bugs”.
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Brawnfire posted:And why did he lick his lips the whole lesson? Cause he was LL Cool J, duh.
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At least they started reinventing something other than public transport.
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PurpleXVI posted:At least they started reinventing something other than public transport. Disruption is monetizing holes in the ground
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cellar door built into the beach right below the sand dunes: only slightly better choice than below the high tide line
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hallo spacedog posted:While living in Japan I've had multiple Japanese people tell me that Japan is unique in the world because they have... FOUR DIFFERENT SEASONS in the year. no poo poo It's funny because Japanese historically had 13 seasons, the 4 seasons stuff is super recent (and their seasons are far less distinct than anywhere in Northern Europe) The "Japan is special" stuff really feels like them buying into the "Japan is so different" Weeb bullshit, particularly from Americans for whom Japan is their first foreign country so everything different there must Japan being weird
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It’s basically 12 months then, so sounds like a translation issue at best. The earth is at four specific points for each “season” so you can call it anything or loving ignore it but that’s all they mean. If it’s 20 thousand years ago and you live on the equator you’ll still notice it, and if you’re at the tip or something it will be a huge aspect of your life. If god forbid aliens ever dig up our poo poo someday, they could tell their friends about “blueberry season” and “gossip girl seasons” and conclude we were barely hanging on as a species at all. So it’s not really important what the words are.
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Yorkshire Pudding posted:I’m from the Midwest and grew up with Cicadas screaming all summer, which I didn’t know was a pretty localized phenomenon. I moved to Japan and the first summer I was with some Japanese colleagues and heard cicadas and was like “oh hey, cicadas!” And they were all “oh yes, these are a Japanese insect. We understand that to foreigners they may sound strange, but to us theirs is like the song of summer, it is like music” as though they somehow sounded different to Japanese people. I’ve lived in Michigan all my life, and it never really occurred to me what kind of bird or insect is making which noise that I hear during the spring and summer. I know different species come out different years, and that different species have different songs, but I’ve never registered the soundscape of any year as being different than the previous.
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B33rChiller posted:cellar door built into the beach right below the sand dunes: only slightly better choice than below the high tide line Tech bros invent a cellar door but call it cellr dr, ruining the euphony
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huh didnt expect techbros(I assume its a techbro, or a bro) to reinvent "(cool) hole in ground" Also those keep things cool, not cold, if you want cold you have to get natural ice or snow and then bury stuff or still use some sort of tech or science stuff.
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Cool Kids Club Soda posted:Disruption is monetizing holes in the ground We must not allow a hole in the ground gap.
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Cicadas are not some Midwest only thing, not even the "mid to late summer is just nonstop cicadas freaking the gently caress out" part. The cyclical hatching thing is something that I think got exaggerated by news media not understanding there isn't an appreciable difference and reporting on it because it sounds interesting. It's the entomological equivalent of "super rare strawberry wolf super moon will be visible this Thursday only!!!!!" reports.
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