• jobby@lemmy.today
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    5 months ago

    I still don’t like it. It’s not a logical placement of strokes. No I don’t care that the Kanji ultimately means ‘5’.

    I don’t like it. It’s aesthetically displeasing with no logic.

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      It’s only aesthetically displeasing to you because you come from a western background. For someone used to say mandarin it is quite aesthetically pleasing. The final bottom stroke “closes” the set in a satisfying way that is consistent Chinese character stroke order.

      Some things are culturally relative. Aesthetics is one of those things.

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        5 months ago

        I use n. American one but find the France/Brazil one makes Sense. The Asian looks aesthetically displaying but not for the train you stated.

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          5 months ago

          The world is a wonderful and diverse place. Looking at your comment history I see some slurs that, to me at least, hint that you are a younger person.

          My main advice to have empathy, be accepting and realize that many people live their own lives most of which are very different than yours.

          People can learn, change, and live unique and meaningful lives. :)

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            5 months ago

            Oh I’m just spouting off occasionally with hyperbole, rants and un-serious trolling.

            Don’t sweat it.

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              5 months ago

              I’m glad. :) And worry not. I do try to make the world a better place where I can, but I understand that I can’t get too invested in every attempt. In this case no sweat was involved. Just empathy.

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                5 months ago

                TBH I actually have a lot of empathy but I also love going off half-cocked online. Probably as a release valve for my inner demons which don’t get exercised enough in daily life.

                I’m rarely actually serious (apart from my hatred of the disfunction-by-design of the RightWing) but it’s easy for that to get lost in translation.

                Poe’s law etc.

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                  5 months ago

                  I understand. In this case I would encourage you to exercise that empathy online. Is it worth making others feel worse in order to make yourself feel better? I hope you don’t feel so.

                  The world is what we make it. Lemmy is new enough that we are now setting the tone. I want to push Lemmy away from the “leave of legends” style perma salty attitude as much as I can. I encourage others to build positive spaces too.

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                    5 months ago

                    Yeah I hear you. TBH I think it’s because Lemmy is so quiet, sometimes 100% of the time in some communities, that I frequently don’t care what sort of engagement I get as long as it’s something.

                    Chasing the dopamine of social interaction I guess.

                    I can’t promise to only foster empathy everywhere but I’ll do my best to be cool here.

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      No logic…unless you use the language it’s written in. You’re only looking at it from your perspective and saying it’s ugly and makes no sense. Because the language, to you makes no sense because you haven’t learned it.

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            5 months ago

            Funny how people get so butthurt and rage-filled when it comes to aesthetic opinions.

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              5 months ago

              Are you…referring to yourself? Because that’s not a trend anyone has noticed—but you tend to be exhibiting an outlandish reaction to something you find aesthetically displeasing.

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                5 months ago

                I voiced a calm opinion. Others seem to be more ‘engaged’ in trying to shout me down. Just as I thought might happen.

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      5 months ago

      There has to be inconsistent things like in all languages to give comedians material. Just like English-speaking comedians can make jokes about driving on a parkway and parking in a driveway. Chinese comedians have surely made jokes about tally mark 5 vs the symbol for 5.