a truly huge shock. it’s almost as if the far right is allowed to grow because of its unthreatening relationship to big business! 🤔
sorry to all the alt right edgelords who thought you were really subversive. turns out you’re just run of the mill republicans with more open racism! v sad.
Ha, as if. I don’t know the full political implications in Brazil, but you said Republicans so let’s talk America and things that are sad. Namely, the fact that big business looooves the idea of open borders, because that means desperate immigrants willing to work for cheap, which is good for their bottom line.
You support the unions, yes? Well open borders are the worst thing for workers rights. Workers are a resource just like anything else, and if you have an abundance of a resource, the price of it goes down. What bargaining power do unions possibly have if there’s a constant stream of scabs pouring in from south of the border?
You’re the one carrying water for the monoploy man, friend. They know immigrant workers have lower standards for treatment in the US, because at least it’s better than back home, so you can bet they’ll exploit that as much as they can.
the reason migrants work for cheap is because their position in society is precarious due to migration law. there’s not actually some gene that activates when people cross a border that makes them hunger for low paid, exploitative work. they work for cheap because they know if they kick up a fuss they’ll get deported. the answer to this is not only citizenship but full union rights for all workers so we can fight for better conditions for all, as one.
the absolute tragedy of your ideology is you seem to recognise that the ‘monopoly man’ is your enemy and yet for some reason choose to align yourself with him and believe him when he tells you the reason he treats you like shit is because migrants exist rather than the material reality that your labour creates his wealth and it’s in his interest to keep you poor, distracted and fighting against the people you should be fighting alongside, which is true of migrants, women, black people, or any other category you want to split the working class into.
look throughout history, there’s countless examples of the ‘monopoly man’(i hate you for making me use this term btw) siding with the fascists because they’ll protect the status quo of the current property relations and thus, his place at the top of society. you won’t find one example of him arguing for collective ownership of the productive forces and putting the workers in charge of society. it’s not me who’s carrying his water, it’s you.
I’m really sorry you’re in this unfortunate situation and I hope things can improve with your mother. You didn’t say which country you’re in, but since most other countries call it “uni(versity)” rather than “college”, and because you are a “senior in high school”, I am thinking you’re in the USA. If anyone has similar advice for other countries, please reblog and reply.
It’s totally okay for you to talk with me when you feel alone. That’s like 80% of why I run this blog, and like 95% of why I’m a teacher as a profession. I do it to help others, especially teenagers since I needed help as a teen. I want to be available as the “good adult” I didn’t have much access to growing up. You can DM me here any time.
I’m not sure about your exact GPA situation, but if it’s quite bad it may be better to attend a local community college first. This gives you time to improve your GPA while staying close to home to take care of your mother. While there, you can ask for help finding universities that are right for you. I know they tell you how important high school is and yeah, that’s true, but you can absolutely improve your GPA situation even if you did poorly in high school.
Now, how to choose?
1. You need to figure out what you want to major in, and then if you can find a school with accreditation. Basically, the accreditation process is either required or optional depending on your major, both of which you need to know.
Mandatory accreditation happens for degrees such as those in the engineering field. A group called the ABET (engineering-specific) reviews college and university engineering programs. If they meet the requirements needed for that field of engineering, they receive ABET Accredited status. Other schools absolutely can and do offer programs for, to use the same example, engineering without the appropriate accreditation. They absolutely will take your money and they absolutely will give you a degree after completing their engineering program. And that degree is basically toilet paper. Without the accreditation, you cannot use that degree. It is useless.
Voluntary accreditation happens when a school, or a degree program within the school, wishes to have their degree program(s) accredited to add extra weight to their degree program(s). Because the degree program doesn’t require accreditation, a degree from a non-accredited school is totally valid; however, should you get a degree from an accredited school, your degree looks better. It means the school you chose is teaching you things that are very relevant to a field. In these cases, the actual school you end up going to isn’t important, so you don’t want to choose a big name school without accreditation when you can have a smaller name school with accreditation. That’s the route I went. I lived in the same city as a very big-name university, but their program for my degree was not accredited. In the nearby town, they had a much smaller school but an accredited program for my degree, so that’s what I opted for.
2. You need to figure out how you’ll pay. If you are in the US, paying for school is incredibly difficult. Some choices to help you pay include: -looking online for scholarships given in that degree program -asking the school which scholarships they offer -using a talent of yours, such as music, to get a scholarship (bassoon is basically a guaranteed scholarship…hint hint) -contacting a local government office for social programs and asking if they have any contact numbers for government-sponsored school money -work full-time while going to school part-time, using the money you make while working to pay off your school fees…this takes longer but also means you won’t have to deal with debt -if you’re able, enlist in a military branch and stay in for 3 years, which qualifies you for 100% of the GI Bill. Having military service in your background also does help with employment because it looks good, and if you are looking for government jobs you will be given extra points on your application. You can take online courses while you’re in the military, and this is paid for through a different program called TA (Tuition Assistance). So you can make money in the military while attending school, then use your GI Bill when you get out…if you need some advice on military service you can ask me via my ask feature or DM me directly. I do not work for the military, I do not get any benefits or kickbacks if you join, I’m not one of those glory-hound people that suck military cock because WOOO MARINE CORPS USA USA USA USA. I just want to answer questions if you have them, and because half of my studies were paid this way it’s the way I have the most experience to help you directly -find out the program at a university that you like, then find a community college near the university. Tell them you want to take that degree program at that university, but want to take as many courses as you can at the nearby community college. Have the course list with you for the university’s degree program and then ask the community college, “Which of your courses will transfer over to [University Name] so I don’t have to take those courses at [University Name]?” This way, you will still be completing the same degree program (including if it’s accredited) at the university level, but because you’re taking many transfer credits at the community college (which is WAY cheaper), you’ll be able to spend less money on the exact same degree
Of course, you can just straight up take out student loans but damn that’s some hard shit.
3. You need to figure out how you will live. If you’re in a situation where your ailing mother receives some kind of government assistance, it might be a good idea to stay with her while you get your degree. Of course, that’s not always possible. You’ll need to figure out resources to help you live. HOUSING -if you go the GI Bill route, you will get money for housing based (this is a PDF link) on the housing costs in the city where your university or community college is located -live with roommates…it’s not as great as having your total privacy, but it is great on the wallet. Visit the university and ask where students post roommate requests, then view the posts…though this may be online now, so you can contact the university and ask if there’s any way to view them without visiting the campus (if the campus is too far) -look on apartment finding websites/apps for apartments near the school –check into state-run housing, such as “Section 8 Housing”, to see if you can qualify -see if living on campus is a realistic option for you –some questions to ask include (bring a notebook or use the notebook app on your phone to copy-paste these questions and write down the answers you’re given): –When is the rent due? Who do I talk to if an emergency comes up and I need an extension? If I get paid extra, can I pay rent in advance? –How is trash picked up? How about recycling? –Where can I park my car? Are there disabled parking spots I need to be aware of? –If something breaks, who do I contact? –Is the area noisy? –How many break-ins, either into cars or homes, have happened in the past five years? –Is there a security guard? –How close is the nearest store? Nearest bus stop? Nearest convenience store? (if you have other concerns, such as if you are religious and looking for a place of worship, don’t forget to ask) –Where is laundry done? (a question for dorm living or if you don’t have a washer in your home) –What’s the average cost of heating in the winter each month? How about cooling in the summer? –How many times have pests been reported in this unit? What types of pests are they? What do I do if I have a pest problem? –Are there any issues with sewage, such as bad smells coming from the drains or toilets being slow to flush? –If you are a smoker: Am I allowed to smoke in the unit? How about outside, are there designated smoking areas? –Is there an “all quiet” time, such as after 10:00pm? –Did the last tenant have any complaints about the building or the neighbors? –Do police patrol this area? How far is the nearest police precinct? TRANSPORTATION -if possible, use public transportation to save money on having a car -if living with a roommate who is attending the same university, ask them if you can carpool -find a university in a walkable area, then buy a bike with a cart (you’ll use this for grocery shopping) -if you absolutely need a car, find a used vehicle and don’t be afraid to do some work on it if you need to. Car manuals such as Chilton’s can be found online and help you with simple maintenance, such as replacing your engine’s starter. It’s much faster and MUCH cheaper to do it on your own. Don’t be scared to get your hands dirty, and don’t be afraid to ask a friend for help. If you don’t really have any friends in the area, ask someone in your class or even your professor if they know a bit about cars, then offer to buy them some coffee or lunch for their help (lunches are cheaper to buy than dinners) FOOD Contrary to popular belief, you absolutely can eat a healthy, well-rounded diet on a very, very low budget. I had extra money leftover at the end of each month while eating a healthy diet on government food assistance. To see if you qualify for food assistance, click here. -basic supplies: –one pot –one pan –rice cooker (you can get these cheaply at second-hand shops) –chef’s knife (this isn’t expensive, it’s just the name of the knife type, they look like this:
–wooden tongs –plastic bowls with lids –at least one plate –basic set of forks and spoons –one large wooden spoon –one ladel -“advanced” supplies: –convection oven (check second-hand shops, also known as “air fryer”…you can find these new for about $40-50 on Amazon or at places like Target) –microwave + oven combo –vegetable spiralizer (helps to make hard root veggies into “pasta”) -where to shop: –nearby ethnic markets, such as a Mexican market, Asian market, Arabic market, Indian market, etc. Food here is much, much cheaper than in the chain grocery stores –discount grocery stores, such as Aldi –a standard grocery store that’s open late, but only shop there close to closing (if they’re open 24 hours, shop there around 10:30pm or so). Fresh items will be put on sale around this time, which is a great way to snap things up. Chop and freeze fresh vegetables for easy cooking later –discount shops with a refrigerated/freezer section, such as Dollar Tree. They also sell plenty of seasonings for very cheap -basic staples to buy: –dry brown rice –dry lentils –dry pasta of your choice –vegetables (fresh or frozen) –fruit (fresh or frozen) –tofu –make your own tempeh using a tempeh starter and cooked lentils…SUPER CHEAP way to get protein in your diet, holy shit…you cook 2 cups of lentils, add 1-2 tablespoons of vinegar before it’s finished, let cool to still-warm-but-not-piping-hot, add 1 teaspoon of tempeh starter, spoon into plastic baggies that have holes poked in, wait 2 days for spores to grow, you’re done. –various seasonings of your choosing –vinegar –oil, such as canola oil or sesame oil (olive oil is not good for high heat cooking and coconut oil is not healthy) –bouillon of your choosing to make soup stock –canned tomatoes (one of the few products where the canned version is actually healthier) –sauces of your choosing…for these, utilize your local ethnic markets –meat, dairy, and eggs are rather expensive compared to the rest of this, so that’s why I left it off. You don’t need it for your health (and it can be bad for your health), it’s pricey, takes longer to cook from frozen, I think it’s kind of a waste personally but if you choose to buy it then buy it either frozen or apply the same rule to fresh meats (including seafood) as you do to fresh produce: only buy on sale late at night. Due to the mercury content of seafood, it is best to buy farmed…but if you’re worried about bacteria and hormones, buy wild-caught but only eat one serving once a week or less (because of the mercury). –these are listed as “basic staples” because they’re what you should always have on-hand to make a simple, inexpensive, healthy meal. If you want to buy different stuff, that’s totally up to you :3 -basic meals: –stir fry meals: protein (like tofu or tempeh) + veggies + sauce (try oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, or Pad Thai sauce (optional: add cooked and drained pasta) –soup/stew: water + bouillon to taste + veggies + protein (+rice, pasta, and/or lentils for a heartier meal) –rice meals: rice + water + seasoning + lentils + protein + veggies, cook together in your rice cooker (water should cover the rice and if you put your index finger on the top of the rice the water should come up to the first line on your closest finger joint) –all of the above meals can absolutely be cooked in bulk and stored in your plastic bowls with lids for later eating WORK I was always employed as a student. We all know about the standard student jobs, like working in fast food or sales, and there’s nothing wrong with those jobs. Here are some other options, though: -Paid Internship. Unpaid internships are thankfully on their way out because it’s basically voluntary slavery. Get a paid internship at a local company, or even the local government, by contacting them and explaining you are currently getting a degree in X field and would like to start a job in X work if there is one available. Specify if you are looking for full-time, part-time, or if it doesn’t really matter. A good point of contact to look for online is that company’s Human Resources Department. Even better: ask a professor in your degree field if they have any local contacts so they can recommend you as an intern. It doesn’t have to be your professor, it can be a department head that you haven’t yet had classes with. Professors talk to each other, so say something like, “Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’ve been doing the [degree program name] since [starting month and year]. We haven’t had classes together but I’ve taken classes from [list the professors who work in this degree department] and I know you are the department head and also a professor for this [degree program name]. I was hoping to get a better feel for the profession by starting a paid internship. Do you know anyone in the local area that would be interested in hiring an intern?” -Similar Work. In a similar vein as above, ask professors and your department head for recommendations in similar work you can do. For example, if your degree is in biomedical engineering with a plan to later help develop new prosthetic devices, you might not be able to find an internship position for that specific desire…but a bunch of other jobs may be helpful and your professors might have some recommendations. Listen to their recommendations. They know this shit better than you do. So if you want to do prosthetic engineering and your professor says, “Well, no one I know needs an assistant…oh, but you know what? My husband’s friend is an artist. He does sculpting of human bodies and he’s looking for someone to clean up after each sculpting session and to drive to pick up new materials,” then take that job. It might not seem related, but there is absolutely an art to engineering and you absolutely can learn more about the human body from artists who study the body. Movement of the body can also help you with your desired profession. Additionally, if you take this job and do well, your professor now knows you are a go-getter, reliable, and someone who does good work…which means if they later hear about a biomedical engineer needing an assistant, you’ll be the first person they think to recommend. -Campus Work. You don’t have to leave the campus to find work. Jobs for on-campus work, temporary or long-term, is available. If you can’t find it, ask someone in your department; if they don’t know, ask them to refer you to someone who might know. Even if it’s totally unrelated to your degree program, it’s on campus so how convenient is that! -Crime Scene Cleanup. After an accidental, intentional, or malicious death, the body is removed from the area and now the bodily fluids and leftover pieces need to be cleaned. Companies like Aftermath (I’m not affiliated with them, I only link them because they appear to serve nationwide) are the people that deal with this process. These types of jobs are HARD on you, physically and mentally/emotionally, but they are NECESSARY jobs. Because they’re both terribly difficult and terribly necessary, the pay tends to be higher than for other entry-level positions. If Aftermath doesn’t have job offerings in your area, try looking up your state and “crime scene cleanup company” or “biohazard cleanup company” on Google. The name is a misnomer because they do not only clean up after crimes, but after accidental deaths, deaths by suicide, and other situations where bodily fluids/organs have been released, such as a very severe, but not deadly, accident. If you take this line of work, be prepared to work on holidays because that’s when many deaths and accidents take place, unfortunately. If you want to learn more about this job, here are some resources: –How Stuff Works – How Crime Scene Cleanup Works –Aftermath – Who Removes Dead Bodies from Homes? –ECOBEAR – Who Removes Dead Bodies from Homes?(not a typo, it’s the same title as above) –Mental Floss – 13 Secrets of Crime Scene Cleaners –Business Insider – The Daily Life Of A Crime Scene Cleaner: Triple Murders, Dead Hoarders, And Nasty Smells
I think I’m going to make the above as stand-alone posts for future reference, but wanted to leave them in here for you to have everything together. Please let me know if you need more help, and if you’re reading this and can recommend other things, please do by replying, reblogging, or if it doesn’t fit your blog theme you can DM me directly and I’ll reblog an update.
Trigger Warning: The following information features mention of and information regarding various phobias. If this kind of thing makes you feel uneasy then please disregard the following post.
Hey guys, today I’m going to do a small post on different kinds of phobias just in case you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to tell or warn others! I tried to do what I thought were the most common phobias but if you have something that isn’t on the list and would like to know its Japanese translation then please send me a message and I’d be happy to help you out and add to this list!
Vocabulary・単語・たんご：
Acrophobia・高所恐怖症・こうしょきょうふしょう Fear of heights.
Claustrophobia・閉所恐怖症・へいじょきょうふしょう Fear of confined spaces.
Trypophobia・集合体恐怖症・しゅうごうたいきょうふしょう Fear of repetitive patterns/clusters of small holes.
Belonephobia・先端恐怖症・せんたんきょうふしょう Fear of needles.
Necrophobia・死「死体」恐怖症・し「したい」きょうふしょう Fear of death/corpses.
Arachnophobia・蜘蛛恐怖症・くもきょうふしょう Fear of spiders.
Airplane・飛行機・ひこうき
Death・死・し
Enclosed spaces・狭いところ・せまいところ
High places・高いところ・たかいところ
Needles・針・はり
Phobia・恐怖症・きょうふしょう
Phobia・フォビア
Spiders・クモ／蜘蛛・くも
Examples・例「れい」： To keep it simple you can say “(phobia)＋です” in Japanese which translates to “I have (phobia)”. You can also use the sentence pattern “～が怖いです・～がこわいです” which translates to “I’m afraid of~”.
Not just making it illegal, but making being gay punishable with death.
This is one of the many reasons why I walk by every single red bucket in the run-up to Christmas. They’re not getting my money, I don’t care how nice the people ringing bells are.
Ever since the time they threatened to close all their soup kitchens in NYC if a law that did something as simple as allow companies to extend spousal benefits to their employee’s same-sex domestic partners I have refused to buy from them or donate to them.
It’s that time of year again! In case people don’t know… the Salvation Army is shitty peoples.
Also, the married women are not paid (and therefore can’t qualify for assistance if they should ever divorce, etc). And worth “of course” less than a man.
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In the Army’s case, the agreement for compensation is that the officer allowance be paid jointly to the husband—the check is written in his name. Officially, the wife is a “worker without expectation of remuneration,” and her husband receives 40 percent more of an allowance as a married man than he would as a single man.
original theory: succubi are always women, incubi are always men
facts: in fact succubus comes from the latin word “succubare” which means “to lie under” and incubus comes from the latin word “incubare” which means “to lie on”
new improved theory: incubi are always tops and succubi are always bottoms. gender doesn’t matter at all.
addendum: if the sex demon in question is versatile, they’re a concubus, from the latin for ‘to lie with/beside’.
Yes, a deer. A three-day-old baby deer. It was a terrible idea. When the students rocked back up to the field station with it, we told them off for stock rustling, took it to the farmer who was like, what the fuck am I going with that, I’ll have to cut its throat and use it for dog meat, and we were like, uh, no, so we took it to the SPCA, who were DELIGHTED.
I THOUGHT A “FAWN” WAS SOME KIND OF OBSCURE GEOLOGICAL TERM I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND
YOU PUT A BABY DEER IN A BACKPACK
More geology field shenanigans!
Respected professor claims our hydrochloric acid solution is less acidic than coca cola. We dare him to drink it. HE DOES.
Hiking up a mountain on crutches. “YOLO!”
Painting Cambrian-age trilobite fossils with nail polish.
Creepy abandoned fishing villages. So many creepy abandoned fishing villages.
Student finds brachiopod fossils in an outcrop behind said creepy abandoned fishing village. Respected professor gasps and squeaks “Brachiopods??!?” and goes tearing off up a hill to find them.
Students collect so many rock samples that we can no longer see the floor of the 15 passenger van. The van floor begins to develop its own stratigraphy.
Racing the roadside moose in the 15 passenger van.
Respected professor takes both hands off of the wheel of the moving van to get a picture of the moose. Panic ensues.
Mapping an island with nothing but a Brunton compass, a field notebook, and the largest bottle of fireball whiskey money can buy.
Respected Professor singing along to “Man-Eating Trilobite”
Entire class goes to local bar and won’t stop singing local drinking song for about a week.
That one vegan student that survives off of french fries for a month.
Stealing rock samples from National Parks
Straddling the moho
Licking the moho
Peeing on mantle peridotite just to see if it fizzes
Using the same pocket knife for everything. Eating. Scratching rocks. Removing splinters. Seriously, it’s gross.
Hiking down a river only to discover the water level is MUCH HIGHER than anticipated
Nearly drowning in said river but damn it you kept your electronics DRY
“It’s not safe to drink the water. So everyone gets 2 beers per meal”.
Fitting the entire class into a single hot tub
Every lobster is named Jack Daniels. It is known.
That one “Chinese Canadian Fusion” restaurant
*DID* IT FIZZ?
my husband was once Responsible Adult on a geology field course and the highlight was when I was calling him and it was like
Dr Glass: Oh, an undergrad’s just thrown his compass into the sea.
Me: is that… part of the exercise?
Dr Glass: *nonjudgmentally* well…
(an unearthly, animal roar is heard over the phone)
Dr Glass: Ah, now he’s going into the sea.
Me: …To get the compass?
Dr Glass: I think he just wants the sea to take him.
(a peaceable, nonjudgmental silence follows, with distant splashing)
Dr Glass: Well, I think I’ll go get him now.
I wanna know the lyrics to “Man-Eating Trilobite”.
The premise of this post would’ve made the title too squished so here it is: this post will mention a few pairs of words that have different readings/ definitions, but use the same kanji as each other. Duos like 王国/ 国王 are being excluded, as this post is only about words that use the same kanji in the same order, and 美味しい, 美味い, and 美味, seeing as they have okurigana to distinguish the three. With that out of the way, I hope this post is a pleasant read.
辛い (つらい and からい)
This duo’s particularly fun, since both words are relatively commonplace, so for new learners who only know one or the other, it might be quite confusing. However, since つらい means “painful/ difficult (for situations)” and からい means spicy, the words aren’t likely to be mixed up given context (which fortunately holds true for all of these sets of words).
空く (あく and すく)
These words have similar meanings, but are used in different contexts. あく is usually used to indicate a space is empty or vacant, or if (mostly a time) is free/ available. すく, on the other hand, is to get less crowded or get empty, but most importantly is used to say one’s hungry. The differences between these two verbs make them probably the trickiest to distinguish pair on this list in my opinion.
人気 (にんき, ひとけ, and じんき)
The only trio of words on this list, にんき’s lesser-known siblings are here to make their appearances. While every beginner knows にんき means popular/ popularity, the other two words aren’t quite as helpful. ひとけ means “signs of life, human presence” and じんけ means “the dominant mood of a local, the emotional climate of a district.”
下手 (へた and しもて）
へた is a rather common word, but like several others on this list, it has both an irregular reading and a conventional one, both of which mean different things. へた means “unskillful,” while しもて means “the lower part/ lower direction,” and “stage right.”
上手 (じょうず, うわて, and かみて)
じょうず mirrors its opposite へた, since it means skillful and also has another reading, うわて, which refers to stage directions (in this case, stage right). However, the reading かみて has its own niche, meaning both “the upper part,” and “upper stream.”
心中 (しんちゅう and しんじゅう)
An amusing set of words to share kanji, the two words of this pair have radically different meanings. しんちゅう means one’s true intentions/ motives (or literally in one’s heart), while しんじゅう refers to a lover’s/ double suicide.
罪人 (つみびと and ざいにん)
While most kanji compunds that can be read with either the kun’yomi of both kanji or the on’yomi of both kanji have exactly the same meaning regardless of readings (like 悪口 and 竹林), 罪人 stands as a bizarre exception. つみびと means a sinner, and ざいにん means a criminal. I remember which is which because the reading ざい for 罪 is used in other crime-related words like 犯罪, while 罪 read as つみ on its own means sin.
木馬 (もくば and きうま/ きんま)
These are two relatively obscure words, which I suppose justifies them both having the same kanji without any okurigana or otherwise to distinguish them. もくば means a wooden/ rocking horse, a vaulting horse (used in gymnastics), or the wooden torture device “the horse.” きうま (or きんま, they’re interchangeable readings), however, means a wooden sledge.
A Bonus Entry:
切手 (きって and きれて)
きって is a staple word, but rather unexpectedly has a more obscure relative. きれて means “a man of great ability/ talent,” but can also be written 切れ手, and tends to be to avoid confusion. Because きれて being written as 切手 is irregular, it only gets this honorable mention slot.
This is a topic I’ve wanted to cover for a while, but I left the draft, incomplete and neglected, to sit for a while before finishing it up. Thanks for reading!
Oooh there’s a missing one on here that I also wanna talk about cause it’s kinda the bane of my existence
開く・開く(あく and ひらく)
These both generally have the meaning “to open” in English, which makes it even more confusing in my opinion; あく is used to talk about opening something which was kept closed by something you have to interact with or move. You あく a door because of that little stopper that’s connected to a knob. You あく a jar because the little swirly bits on the lid are keeping it closed.
ひらく is used to talk about something that opens either by itself or is kept closed by something you don’t have to interact with. Automatic Doors ひらく cause as soon as you walk up to it, the doors spring open, you don’t have to mess w/ anything to get them open (I’d say that those Automatic Doors with Buttons for Wheelchair Users are あく though; your action pushing the button is what opens it up).
Another pretty complex nuance: ひらく is used with things that open in more than one direction. Books ひらくbecause their covers move apart in opposite direction. Most modern windows あく since you slide them in one direction, and they’re generally stopped by something. French windows, however, ひらくbecause the windows are opening outward.
The distinction isn’t super clear-cut, but this is a general guide to which one you should use.
Also, there’s the words しめる and とじる, which both use the same Kanji, but have different Okurigana. They’re the same as あく and ひらく, respectively; the difference is they mean for something to shut.
buy in bulk from middle eastern stores I buy all my legumes, lentils and such from middle eastern shops. This helps me make filling meals for cheap
make soup. Honestly when I’m in a bind… SOUP! Very easy with simple ingredients you can make tomato soup, pumpkin soup, sweet potato soup. Use some veggie stock without MSG and make some tasty stuff!
buy fish tinned! honestly so much cheaper than the stuff in the deli. You can get tuna, salmon and a couple of other types I’m fairly sure.
buy your veg from the frozen section I buy a massive variety of frozen veg and defrost them to bulk my meals~
ask and find out when your local shops start their sales honestly, it’s worth it. Ask the people who work there when things go on sale, what will go on sale.
for fresh fruit ask to buy in bulk bananas about to go off in the back! Life saver. They’re most likely going to throw that stuff out! Ask if you can buy it on sale, freeze anything you don’t use immediately and use in smoothies, pancakes, banana bread!
grow your own veggie patch life saver. Whether you only have space for herbs or you have an entire garden, plant whatever you can!
buy prepackaged food before closing if you have to buy from food vendors, eg. a bakery, Chinese etc, buy at the end of the day before closing so that stuff has gone on sale.
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