I don’t think there’s any stats on that sort of linguistic usage, but knowing Japan(ese), this is most likely something that differs based on region, class / education level, and age.

It’s still open through the end of the month, maybe read the article past the first paragraph?

I’d agree that plain 女 is way more common than 女の人. But, I primarily hear 女性 in more formal conversation/writing, i.e., a newspaper article would use 女性 and you’d use 女性 in a presentation at school/work. But in terms of people actually talking to each other informally, I think 女/女の人 are way more common. The only…

Maybe I’m over thinking it, since these shirts are clearly is meant for an American audience, but the use of 女性 (josei) over 女の人 (onna no hito) on both shirts irks me. The former is technically correct but has additional meanings/nuance, whereas the latter literally only means woman (and is used as such far more…

Any liquid you can carry in a vessel w/ a lid.

Yup, pure MDMA is normally sold as molly. But there’s definitely ecstasy you can buy that’s mostly MDMA. It’s just not generally sold at music festivals or clubs.

Definitely depends. But buying off a sketchy dealer at an EDM festival almost guarantees that what this guy took was at least 75% cheap stimulant (meth or otherwise).

As I understand it, a hard drug is one that leads to physical addiction. MDMA also impacts multiple organ systems, making overdose common.

A latte is a coffee drink made with espresso and steamed milk. You’re drinking an iced coffee w/ milk (& syrup). I apologize, but this is my personal petty hill to die on.

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I’ve never understood the bottom feeder hangup some Americans have. No one is out here eating fish guts!

Crucial fact missing from this analysis: Teigen’s butt is pretty small. So, she probably just doesn’t have much coverage in that position.

Oysters are literally used to clean up water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. Nature is magic, just embrace it.

Oooo good catch, above Pratt.

For real though:

Harvard memes for horny bourgeois teens

Friends of Rollins have advised him to seek out compensation or get an intellectual property lawyer but he has no interest in being paid for his work, even though the chain is rumored to be worth at least $250,000.

i don’t think settlements are supposed to be punishment. they’re reparations for the person who was wronged.

I’m weirdly impressed that you watched the movie Hachi without knowing what happened to the actual Hachiko. How?

LotR is basically a modern fantasy epic with a happy ending. Stories with classic narrative arcs tend to do well as movies, while stories that don’t have relatively clean narrative arcs generally do better as TV shows. If you accept those points as generally true, it’s really bizarre that movie studios keep attempting…