My gut had me wanting to say the same thing, but looking at the age ranges, this actually seems reasonable and in line with how many other countries operate. By 6 years old, students in the US are in first grade, for example. Kindergarten a year or two prior as well, which is also compulsory in some states.

Based on what little I know of Japanese, the first syllable isn’t supposed to rhyme with ‘Rick’, but should rhyme with ‘weak’.

Most eastern languages are very particular about vowel sounds which is what might be throwing Siri off. I think English probably stands out among other languages for playing fast and loose with how vowels are pronounced. Results in some unique challenges for sure.

This guide is a couple years old, but I can’t imagine the setup steps have changed much in the meantime:

https://gist.github.com/Eoin-ONeill-Yokai/5016e28506071165578eb8c181700b0f

I’d assume that any news that is to the right of “left of center” doesn’t get much visibility on Lemmy. Maybe Lemmygrad or Exploding Heads are a different story, but I figure they’d sooner ban the bot in far-right communities than let it highlight biases.

In Chinese it’s literally just the “South Sea” (南海), so I am not even sure who first stuck “China” on the name. I am guessing probably explorers from other countries who couldn’t just call it the “South Sea” because it’s only south of one particular place.

I honestly thought the article thumbnail was a picture of Texas until I saw the longer European-style license plate.

If you’re using an app, it presumably does not properly format the spoiler text. Most of the text is hidden until expanded under normal circumstances.

Wouldn’t help in that case, though. The ICC still has yet to issue a warrant because they’re cowards. All that’s happened is that one’s been requested, and is taking it’s good sweet time being “considered” while Gazans are dying. If he was turned over to the ICC right now, they’d just shrug their shoulders and let him go back about his business.

Got it, you get the final say, then.

How does any of this apply to you?

You ever have a bad day as a teenager, and then you go to eat lunch in a high school cafeteria, but when you’re grabbing plastic utensils someone makes a comment like “Woah better hide the knives from Stovetop before he cuts his stomach open”?

It ain’t great, is all I can say. Especially when you’re not even Japanese, because everyone apparently just lumps all Asians together in a monoethnic mass.

Say whatever about corporate assholes who fuck up and get people killed. Like if you want them to die, fine. But racial stereotyping hurts everyone, whether it be jokingly or pointedly.

No no, I would still like to know what makes harakiri the “usual Japanese way” in this context.

So just so we’re on the same page, that is the “usual” way that Japanese people today accept responsibility for their actions? Or specifically the Japanese samurai in question who own this particular firm?

Could you explain your previous comment for me, then?

Just like how Americans usually resolve their disputes by a duel at 10 paces?

Even in jest, your comment is a very negative stereotype to perpetuate. As someone who has been on the receiving end of those types of comments/jokes, I think it would be good to be a bit more considerate of others who are affected by that kind of stereotyping.

I mean, if Apple has that group on their “approved” list and they match donations, they are effectively donating to that group.

Man I can’t even avoid evil by moving into the woods and subsisting on acorns because the land the woods are on was all stolen through colonialism and I am definitely not descended from the original inhabitants.

What a shitty website. The “Customize” button on the GDPR prompt can’t even be clicked on, it’s just plain text.

Weird, I am on Android as well and all I see is the ol’ X in a box.

Maybe it’s a Google phone only thing.

…to singularly focus on a cheaper model, The Information reports.

They always gotta leave the important bits out of the headline.

Ah yes, the “We’ll pay someone else to be green for us without meaningfully improving our environmental policy” move.

Toss some money away, get a nice tax write-off, and don’t bother following up to make sure these supposed CO2 offset numbers are actually what they are advertised to be.