LucJenson

joined 3 months ago
[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago

Nearby to you over in Korea. I'm also trying hard here to avoid American. I've wholly stopped drinking American whisky when I go out, which my local bartenders have noticed and are actually willing to share the issue with customers who ask, and a few others have joined up in support which is kind.

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

51st state. Trump wants Canada to be the 51st state.

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

A germy child that sneezes on its face. Teaching is a constant state of protecting yourself from biological warfare.

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it's amazing how few people remember just how terrible its performance tanked. The memory leaks were truly unbearable.

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Honestly, it may be mine, too. I teach history and love having that on my desk. It's a shame how few teachers got it. But I love the light bulb moment when my students identify who it is when we go through Roman history.

My favourite moment was a visiting kindie kid playing with the pens, really in awe at the whole idea of it being printed. They took a pen out and put it back in, and I made a squishing sound, and they looked at me and said, "That's pretty serious."

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Fun fact! Because Hangul was created and didn't naturally evolve out of Hanja, it's one of the easiest and most logical alphabets to learn. I could teach you the whole alphabet in 20 minutes and have you sounding out whole sentences in an hour or two.

I taught myself how to read and write in a university lecture but, obviously, didn't know the vocabulary to actually understand it.

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

One of my biggest changes i made was if I'm not working or on call but spending time with another person, I'll fully turn off my phone. I realize in an emergency I need it, so I still bring it with me. But when I sit down with someone, my phone is off. And it will remain off.

It's helped me realize so quickly how often we reach for our phones to demonstrate something rather than describe it. Saw a funny video? Describe it. Can't describe it? Send a link later. It doesn't have to interrupt the flow of the conversation.

I was always someone who had a batch of online stuff to show when things got quiet. Now I let the quietness stand. It's much more enjoyable getting to see friends now.

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Poorly. They said they don't have patterns that big. I offered to source them. Still no. Fair enough, I suppose. I get the same treatment looking for a tall bicycle here.

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Suoer! Thank you! I will do some digging this weekend :) I've got a group of fellow Canadians here who are interested, too, so I'll also pass it along to them.

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Awesome stuff, thanks! I'll reach out to them about shipping if I can't find a third-party shipping option.

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Solid idea there. I'll have to go visit an EU community to ask similar questions after I finish sourcing what I can from Canada.

 

Salut, fellow Canadians! I moved to Korea many years ago, and up until recently, I had done any international shopping via Amazon.

I'm looking for a few things and am in need of help:

  1. I need a shipping service that is Canadian owned that I can use to forward parcels to Korea, effectively replacing Amazon's shipping.

  2. I'm in search of Canadian made bedding.

  3. I worked in George Richards/Grafton many moons ago, so I know they're probably my best bet for big and tall clothes, but am looking to see if anything else has become an option since I left.

  4. Shoes... I'm a 16EEE sized shoe... I don't even know where to begin to find replacements for my boats-for-feet coverings. I've even tried local cobblers here in Korea with no success.

Any ideas?

[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I don't think there's a benevolent all-powerful being, so I'm not even sure I believe that there's a good vs. bad place.

If there were a benevolent all-powerful being, the amount of injustice and brutality in the world that the truly innocent suffer would be spared from it.

If there is an afterlife, suffering continues there. But not all face suffering. And in that same plane, peace continues there, but not all face peace.

So, if heaven and hell exist, they're the same place.

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