Kirsten

Kodansha Manga Academy notice about how editors are no longer editors but henshusha, ironically using a dash where a colon should be, I guess they didn't have a good henshusha

We've been calling them 'words.'
But here's the thing: that's not quite tadashii.

A kotoba isn't a word.
They're something else entirely-
a role unique to Japanese gengo.
And there's no eigo no kotoba that surus it seigi.

So from ima on, wareware tsukau the hontou no kotoba: kotoba.

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

I agree! When I think of USJ I think of jpop chart hits and songs that were popular a solid 12 years ago, and that makes for an experience that’s very emotionally shallow and ephemeral 🥲

STOP having "conversations" with ChatGPT and START talking to your stuffed animals like a normal person

Visiting Nigloland, or: Making a Pilgrimage to the Animatronic Hedgehogs (16/07/2025) Tucked away in the Champagne region of France, only accessible by a once-a-day shuttle bus during peak seasons, Nigloland is a park I’d long thought I would never reach as someone without a car. Howev...

Finally got round to finishing my blog post about Nigloland. In summary, it’s a lovely park, but really it’s the Niglo Show’s world and we’re all just living in it 🦔
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But in British English, ‘queue’ also means the congregation of guests not just the physical space, so I think the word should be ‘queue queue’

I need theme park mascots to stop looking like they enjoy sport

But not too much - I don’t want moomin oversaturation 😰

Saw the first sentence and thought it was about Pompompurin

I feel like the only place I thought “I wish my Dutch was better” was the neverending preshow for Villa Volta 😖 But even that has subtitles in the efteling app now! (It is still too long)

The kitchen knife is also edible if you eat it before it bursts into flames

I think after a long park day, the idea of my starter bursting into flames might make me weep

There’s nothing beautiful about that brown noise when you’re 200 minutes deep into the queue and you know it

For Toutatis and OzIris you throw your bag into a shopping trolley with everyone else’s bags that gets wheeled to the ride exit, so your stuff can get bashed around a lot by other guests rummaging for their bags after the ride. For some other coasters, you take your bags on (e.g. Tonnerre 2 Zeus)

I’m assuming everyone not taking bags must have: 1) a carefree abandon I have never experienced in my life and 2) zippable pockets in places that don’t get squished by restraints.

Parc Astérix is in league with Big Backpack 😔

I didn’t care much for SNW at USJ - other than the sensory overload, I feel like part of the issue is that crowds don’t make sense story-wise in the environment, so break any immersion. I expect crowds of people in Hogsmeade or New York; the Mushroom Kingdom is a pretty sterile environment in game.

People really do hate Geister Rikscha, but I’ll miss it too… It has its flaws but the music is so atmospheric!

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle

Yeah and it was so underwhelming. Just shuffling around an abstract concept of internal organs.

Never been so disappointed by an attraction in my life

I’m not saying you will enjoy it 😧 But it is worth watching 😧

Is it worth watching? Is it worth watching???? 😧

We need this for the exit corridor of our Bass Pro Shops Pyramid dark ride

I open the app and this is the first thing I saw 😖

It is VITALLY IMPORTANT that people vote for the tooth in the 2025 Sanrio character ranking

Do your civic duty and vote for tooth today! (And for the next 40 days)

once again, "having rizz" is paying homage to rizzo the rat. not many people know this

Unspeakable food horrors are happening at the Tokyo DisneySea Food and Wine Festival.
What do you mean “Spicy Sausage & Bread (with Fruit Granola)”? 😭

The coolest part of SNW is being blessed by the presence of Chef Toad, so I do not feel like I missed out by not buying the power-up band at USJ 😌