That's how it has always been for all places. Admins have the power to erase anything that goes against Reddit's ToS. Depicting spez under the guillotine is against their ToS, but writing "fuck spez" isn't, which is why one gets deleted and the other remains.
It makes sense IMO. It's just like admins having the power to erase swastikas, homophobic or transphobic content, blatant product advertisements and so on. Nothing wrong with it, IMO.
This is why educating people on what being trans actually is and dispelling a lot of harmful and ill-intentioned myths is key in combating transphobia.
People always say that there's no point in talking to bigots and that they won't listen to reason. But I actually think there will always be merits to open and honest discussion if bigotry comes from a place of ignorance and not of malice. And since we can't know that for sure, open and honest discussions will always have at least some merit to them in my opinion.
Absolutely. Kanji is extremely convenient. Though I think for intermediate to advanced learners it can actually become a crutch and a disadvantage to rely exclusively on Kanji.
For example, the Pokemon games shouldn't be a painful experience, because recognizing words by their pronunciation is no different from listening to someone talk, so I think struggling with them probably reflects a lower listening skill level compared to a higher reading level.
Ultimately, I don't think Kanji is actually necessary for writing or reading Japanese. You can hear people talk, give lectures, and communicate orally just fine, which is functionally the same as writing and reading only in kana. But once you know how to read Kanji, it's so convenient, there is very little reason to stop using it. In text, it removes any ambiguity from homophones. It also provides a clear visual structure to sentences. It helps save space and make information concise. And so much more. Kanji is awesome!
But yeah, don't let kanji become a crutch where you wouldn't be able to make out words just by their pronunciation, if you aim to be fluent in Japanese.
Basically: Japan has tried to get rid of Kanji for convenience several times since the mid-19th Century. However, the first attempts which were mainly supported by the idea that regular civilians had low kanji literacy, amounted to nothing as kanji literacy among regular Japanese civilians was higher than expected.
For a while in the 20th century the 常用漢字 was actually named 当用漢字 or "provisional kanji list" as there was yet another push for education reforms that would gradually diminish kanji use. This was especially poignant before the arrival of personal computers, as there were no convenient input methods for kanji with typewriters.
But this was halted, once again, as personal computers provided a convenient and easy way for typing Kanji. Which meant that there was no real need to stop using it.
Ultimately, Japan hasn't abandoned Kanji because it hasn't been necessary. Most people already know how to read it, and it provides easier access and understanding of their historical texts.
Personally, I also think Kanji provides several advantages, such as an immediate understanding of vocabulary based solely on its kanji, or the ability to transmit more information in fewer characters.
I was playing Splatoon until like 10 minutes ago. It's 2:30am right now.
I'm Colombian and I don't believe this one bit. Not in the slightest.
I'm Colombian and I don't believe this one bit. Not in the slightest.
That's what we did at !japaneselanguage@sopuli.xyz
Which is honestly not a spin-off of r/japaneselanguage because that subreddit was a complete mess. But so was r/learnjapanese. I don't get the optics of a Reddit spin-off because that's like tying your community to the expectations and behaviour of a previously community that could will be improved upon.
But that's not the point. I'm not saying I'm super important, but I believe I have helped several people with technical or academic questions on Reddit before, and anyone looking that up could access my comments and they might help other people in the future.
I don't hate Reddit as a corporation enough to erase what might be useful to someone else in the future, and they can profit off of it if they want, since I didn't make those comments with my profit in mind anyway.
I understand wanting to erase your data from Reddit, and I realize it's also a responsible decision, but I personally don't like the idea of wiping clean one of the greatest hubs of information in the entire internet, even if I disagree with their corporate practices.
To be honest, I respect that position, but I don't hold enough contempt against them to do that, and on the other hand I do value Reddit as an archive of online knowledge and debate. I can just leave it if I don't want it in my life anymore. I would like any comments I made on specific topics I'm knowledgeable about to be accessible and used as reference in the future.
That would be an extremely interesting turn of events, and one much better than I personally imagined, to be honest.
Kindle has a great integrated dictionary, and as long as it has an internet connection it also has integrated wikipedia and translation searches. I've found translations to be serviceable enough for regular vocabulary and sentences.
Honestly, I think the kindle has been one of my best purchases yet.