#closedcaptioning

[canisalbus]

whenever i see them non-anthromorphosized im like like... ah what have they done to these little men's clothes

These dogs, they're naked.

How indecent.

[wolfythewitch]

if i was a bajillionaires id hire u to paint all my ceilings

I like money 🔥🔥🔥

[egberts]

Why are your sonboys so large. Is it possible their ages were misplaced

nope! they were only 2/3 pounds when we got them, around 8 weeks old and super tiny, the only real indication we had that they'd be big was that they both had huge ears, paws and tails relative to their little heads and bodies lol actually, funnily enough they were the tiniest kittens at the cat meet and greet we went to

[mcytblrsexymen]

Wanna applaud whoever did the bracket art probably

That was @floweroflaurelin!

[punkitt-is-here]

wait wait wait.d oes the little orange selfsona crreature have a name??? is this lore i missed

yeah its bweenop :)

[aaroleswapau]

love how everyone's approach to roleswapping phoenix & miles is like. let's make him an annoying theater kid

it's probably because of that one post that's like "if phoenix were a prosecutor, theatre and performing arts would be his gimmick" and it's very true! i love swapnix, filters his regular version's bitchiness through a dramatic and not having to defend people lens wheezes

[that-stone-butch]

How'd you even get into . Electricity (that's not the fucming word but idk) like what made u wanna do that.? all I hear abt now is how there aren't enough of like handyman type plumbers, electricians, mechanics etc

i always loved to tinker and work with my hands when i was a kid, but i told myself i'd do something in the medical field when i grew up. the academics weren't tenable (and medicine in the U.S. is so fucked that it's nearly beyond reform, and was soul crushing for me to participate in, no matter how firmly my heart was 'in the right place')

for a big chunk of my life, i had this sort of imposter syndrome about whether or not i actually belonged in the kind of work i liked to do (carpentry, electrical work, small motors/low voltage, etc.) but in my mid twenties i just decided to hell with it! and got into a trade school program for electrical work. and it was love at first (professional) sight!

my advice is that if you're curious about something like electrical work, is to find a way to give it a try. dip your toes in; ask to shadow a friend, or reach out to a union/school training program for a tour or to audit a class or something. hell, they often have community courses for like, intro to woodworking or understanding circuits and whatnot. give it a try, and if it's not for you, at the very least you understand it a little better and that shit is priceless.

[mumblesplash]

saw the mac and cheese post. deranged inidiuals like u need to be in prisoner

you’ll never take me and my grilled pasta nachos alive

[rongzhi]

Why do you run this blog? I deeply appreciate it, allowing hilarious and fun content to cross cultural and language barriers, but I wonder why did you start translating douyins?

Mmm well I run this blog bc it's my blog lol. But as to why I post douyin translations, I guess it was sort of a mix between several factors that all came together around the same time:

-I wanted to improve my Chinese but I'm too lazy to not motivated to study language in a regimented fashion or official capacity, but I know from past experience that I learn from note-taking/translating/practical experience/teaching others/etc, compared to reading back notes or reading textbooks/memorising vocab sheets.

-I had already started doing some minor video translations for fandom behind the scenes clips (for TSOMD), which I posted here initially, along with other non-douyin translations.

-I had already done quick translations of a few douyins to share privately with ppl who didn't know Chinese... so I figured 'why not just post them on tumblr?' (...Although I think the very first douyin I posted here was completely untranslated, just a simple repost for those who'd get it lol)

Douyin is more unfiltered and reflective of daily life compared to cdrama/variety (even if there's a lot of scripted content) and people who don't necessarily care about cdramas/novels/hanfu/etc will still watch douyins. I think realising the fact that I could help humanise Chinese people to a larger swath of non-Chinese internet users was also an added bonus.

At this point, the main reason I've continued translating douyins is that I just like seeing my people and sharing videos that I find interesting/funny, and then seeing other people also find it interesting/funny. Also giving other Asian diaspora that glee of seeing people like themselves being well-received is nice (idk, I always feel sort of proud when I see random Asians succeeding so I assume the feeling is universal??).

PLUS... I don't have Tiktok and the only Tiktok videos I see are either on Tumblr or reposted to douyin with translations (lol) so douyin is my only source of funny video content.

[mountaingoatsfirstlineaday]

recite the songs that kept me whole / on the day I hand over command control does something to me

ME FUCKING TOOOOO

ngl ilwd is not my favorite album but done bleeding??? makes me go aughaudjgkjfdjskfjlkdsjflkdsjlkf;jdslkjfsdkjdskjgdshgjgkfl

[floweroflaurelin]

Those brackets looked great :)

Thank you so much!!! I had so much fun with them, and I'm having a blast making infographics 😄

[wizardsisananimal]

looking for info on the wizard server 👀

hi whatcha wanna know ?

[wolfythewitch]

The tits u posted were so powerful it's trending at the top of the art tag

Oh! Fun

[canwriteitbetterthanueverfeltit]

hey u partly got me into witch hat atelier cuz of reblogs and thanks for that it's so charming and sweet and nice and i love it so much. everyone's clothing is billowing dramatically 100% of the time and i can't wait to see that animated lmao

I DID?

I'm so glad to have had a part in bringing the beauty that is Witch Hat into your life 😭

Also YEAH GOD ME TOO

[punkitt-is-here]

Miraculously I missed the heyday of the brony fandom when I was both Online and in the direct originally intended age range of the show but still just in time to enjoy weed horses

hell YEAH

[boomerbroadcaster]

Turn On, Tune In . . . To Closed Captioning

Boomers will remember this guy. Timothy Leary’s rallying cry for hippies of Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out has new meaning these days. Turning on has lost some of its rebellious cachet now that weed has been legalized in Ontario and boomers are tuning in on a different frequency. If you’re like me, many boomers are now committed owners and users of hearing aids. Just as surely as we all needed…