I have little of substance to offer. But specifically regarding the permanence of usernames I’d assume part of it is to prevent impersonation. “Hey guys, 'sup, it’s me, ya boi, I know I deleted but I’m back! Now, I have a big favour to ask my dear followers because, you see, my grandmother’s budgie has turbo cancer of the tailfeather [etc]…”

Isn’t “keeping it in the closet” an English language idiom that just means “to keep it secret”? I’d always figured “coming out of the closet” evolved from there.

German and paywall. You may want to find a source that is more easily accessible.

Ah, portrait mode, let’s watch that real qu**26 minutes**

No, 26 minutes is not egregiously long, of course, I just realised that portrait mode sends that “short video” signal to my brain and it confused me for a sec :)

I’ll do worse - I’ll TIP you!

Yep, certain words for example really just mean “you” if taken very literally but have taken on rude undertones (temee, kisama) to convey what Western languages would use taboo words for.

It’s sometimes said that Japanese people don’t know and don’t understand sarcasm but really they just have different ways to make you feel stupid that don’t (necessarily) register as sarcasm to Westerners, like being overly polite.

The title implies that her fraud somehow caused her to win and the other athlete to not win. The two events are not related.

Oh now I see, I misread your comment as “don’t make yourself easily identifiable in these dark and fascist times”. Carry on :)

Edit: ignore me, I need to learn to read lol

> Don’t put an official government ID in there.

This depends heavily on where you live. Where I am, while it’s not a crime or anything to not have it with you, you are required to HAVE one and it isn’t worth the tedious hassle it’ll cause if you’re required to show it (unless you actively plan to antagonise the police which is valid).

People who might need someone with a vessel to carry water in it if there’s an emergency.

It might be cheap to build yourself then but cheap parts have rarely deterred a capitalist.

Sounds interesting and entirely unaffordable.

Babies sucking on things. I’m unsure whether I should elaborate. It’s also not mildly infuriating, it’s nauseating.

Hero = yuusha

I’ma chargin’ ma ell ay zed ee arr!

Because rules of language are not laws and are under no obligation to be consistent and/or make sense.

How exactly does Apple/Google/Oracle’s stance on this matter?

Which would be perfectly fine and not just because I was (and still am) part of that fandom.

Exactly.