welp, that's a first, guess I pushed my luck too much.

although I never try to be spammy, nor do I try to be "edgy" is it pretty funny to read the the reasoning for a ban

@precipitation24

"La super regla" or "regla rodante" (lit: the super ruler / rolling ruler) is know from a video of a lady trying to sell us on the usefulness and ease of the type of ruler they are selling. It is memorable because she speaks are such a fast pace and at times it sounds as if she's rapping.

today I thought about translating that particular segment

here's the video

la regla rodante

the rolling ruler

como los estudiantes, pueden hacer las medidas exactas y pueden trabajar con la regla rodante y la regla trabaja de la siguiente manera:

if you're a student, you can make exact marks with this rolling ruler, the rolling ruler works like this:

hacia arriba, hacia abajo y mira

up, down, and look,

vamos a hacer por ejemplo primero lo que es un cuadrilítero 

for example, let's firs make a quadrilateral.

hagamos los cuadrilleros con mucha coordinación 

we can make perfect quadrilaterals

podemos hacer los cuadrilíteros, podemos hacer los diseños con mucha creatividad

not only quadrilaterals, but also many creative designs

el estudiante puede realizar el area de un cilindro 

the student can represent the areas of a cylinder

ángulo de 45 grados y el estudiante va a lograr el area de un prisma

using the 45 degree angle, the student can also make prisms

como podemos hacer la linea recta?

how can we make right angle lines?

para reemplazar a lo que es la escuadra reemplazamos aquí:

to replace a square, we can so this.

una escuadra, una doble escuadra

first, a right angle and then another one

transportador 90 grados

a 90 degree protractor

si queremos un angulo menor de 90 coloco aqui y voy girando lentamente y aca tengo, mira, 40 grados, 50 grados sobre 180 grados porque ahora ya no se usa esta regla, ahora se usa la regla rodante

if we want an angle under 90 degrees, I can twist it slowly and there you go, look, 40 degrees, 50 degrees over 180 degrees. I can do that because we're not using this other ruler, I using the rolling ruler

atención ingeniero, arquitecto, diseñador gráfico, esta regla de aca tiene un escalímetro especial para poder medir, lo único que tiene que hacer es marcar de acuerdo a lo que le pide la medida, por ejemplo:

attention engineer, architect, graphic designer, this ruler here has a scale specially made to measure. the only thing you have to do is mark according to the measure , for example :

si yo quiero un centímetro, marco, aca me va a medir el escalímetro un centímetro. si yo quiero dos centímetro, marco, otro centímetro mas.

if I want a centimeter, I mark, the scale will measure a centimeter. If I want 2 centimeters, I mark, another one.

puedo graduar de uno en uno hasta llegar a 43.

I can go one by one until I reach 43

puedo hacer ficha, puedo hacer (cartas?) , horarios escolares, hojas contables, horario de trabajo, horario de oficina, mapas conceptuales y ya no pierda tiempo con la regla.

I can make tables, I can make cards(im not too sure what word she used) , school schedules, spreadsheets, work schedules, office schedules, concept maps, and now I'm not wasting time by using this ruler.

y otra cosa muy importante,

and another thing

como psicóloga le doy un consejo, tiene usted niño hiper activo en la casa , que corre todo el día, no le hace caso, no quiere escribir, es lento, flojo, tiene fea letra , para viendo esto guerra, haga le practicar la caligrafía, haga le practicar...

as a psychologist I'll give you a tip; do you have a hyperactive child at home who runs around all day, doesn't obey orders, doesn't want to write, is slow, lazy, has bad hand writing, stop watching this and make them practice calligraphy, make them practice their...

...la coordinaron de la vista con la mano con el lapicero de colores, plumon de lo que tengas, lo alcansa, y mira como el estudiante va diseñando, la creatividad! la habilidad! destrasa la mano para poder dibujar.

...hand eye coordination with color pencils, pens, whatever you may have, and look how the student develops creativity and ability and relaxes the hands so they can draw.

y por ultimo.

and finally

para que haga la circumferecia el estudiante puede hacer los circulos mas grandes o mas pequenos, solamente coloque asi, un lapicero end la parte del centro y con el otro va a girar

to make a circle, the student can make them bigger or smaller, just place a pen in the cented and spin with another.

ya no utilece los platos, las tapas de las ollas, los vasos y mucho menos el compas.

no more using plates, pot lids, cups, or even compasses

y algo muy interesante senores, ahora en la campaña escolar recuerde que solamenta la unica feria que trae los productos novedosos para hace fichas, para hacer por ejemplo un anuncio, un panel, una pancarta.

and something interesting, now that the school season is starting, remember that this is the only fair that has the innovative products to make tables, that can make for example, an announcement, a panel, or a sign board.

the rest of the video talks about the price, which is 20 soles(the currency of peru) or about 5.5 USD

as per the request of a dear friend @precipitation24 who prefers I share some of my spanish observations with the public, I have decided to translate a classic cartoon that many hispanic people have at least heard of

there is a popular cartoon about anthropomorphic eggs who are very crude and often offensive called "huevocartoon" what a shock lol.

there are many reoccurring characters, the two I will be talking about are "los huevos rancheros" or "the cowboy eggs" huvos racheros is also the name for an egg based dish too, it's a pun, and as I'll demonstrate, puns are the main part of the humor in this cartoon.

the name of this particular segment is called "a date in the barn"

the Idea of this it that they are gay for each other but have to dance around instead of admitting it outright

compadre! (comrade, pardner, I will use "pardner" for the rest of the translation)

[partner is the correct spelling but it has the tone of cowboys, as in "howdy pardner"]

dígame compadre (what is it pardner)

le puedo hablar al chile (can I be serious for a second )

["al chile" or "on pepper" means truthfully or seriously HOWEVER, it can also be interpreted as "penis" due to it's phallic nature, so it can be interpreted as "either can I talk(suck) to your dick" or vice verse]

ah, como no compadre (oh~ of course~ )

'perece compadre pos' que trae (wait a sec' pardner was' going on with you?)

[pos' is the short version/ slang of "pues" which can mean different things depending on context such as "because" , "well" , "then", in this case, it's "well" as in the direct translation of "pues que trae" being "well what do you have" but that doesn't make much sense in english so I chose the closest one of "what going on with you?"]

no no no, nada compadre nomás me acerque tantito, no fuera que nos va a escuchar algún

metiche ve'a (no no no nothing pardner, I was just getting closer, we dont want someone nosey to hear is righ' ?)

[ve'a is slang of "verdad", "truth", or "right"]

ah no pues siendo así pos 'tá bueno (ah, no, that makes sense, all's good)

['ta short for "esta", "it's"]

pos dígame pues (so, what were you going to tell me?)

pos esto que le voy a decir me cuesta trabajo, voy a tenerle confianza (well, what I'm about to tell you takes a lot of strength, I'm going to trust you with this)

pues la verdad que se lo agradezco mucho compadre (truthfully, I'm very honored/ thankful for that pardner)

de nada (sure thing)

por eso somos compadres para hablarnos con confianza, gracias en serio (that's why we're pardners, to talk each other with trust, seriously, thank you)

pos sí compadre (sure thing pardner)

gracias por el cariño compadre (thanks for the affection, pardner)

EH? (WHA-?)

por la amistad compadre, gracias por por por estos brasotes tán fuertes y viriles compadre, qué fuerte está usted (I mean, for the friendship pardner, for for for those arms, so strong and vigorous pardner, you're so strong)

si verdad, es que he estado jalando últimamente muy duro compadre (right? well, I have been pulling them really hard pardner)

["jalar" means to pull, but it also means to jerk off, so it can be interpreted as "i have been jerking off real nice"]

si, me acuerdo, me acuerdo (oh yes~ I remember, I remember)

me-me refiero hacer ejercicio compadre (I'm talking about exercise pardner )

ah no, pos yo digo también me refiero a eso verdad? a las pesas (oh, right, I also mean that, lifting weights)

bueno pues déjeme darle un trago a tequila y usted también chupe le que para eso somos machos (well then, let me take a shot, you also take a shot, we're manly for a reason)

[chupar- literally means to "suck" but in this case, it means to drink alcohol,Howerver, it can ALSO mean to suck dick]

si senor como no, somos machos y le chupamos rete duro (that's right, we're super many and we drink a lot)

[a bit to unpack, firstly, my translation is the non-lewd translation, but of course from context of my previous translations, we get to how it can be misunderstood.

duro- means "hard" but in this cases, it means "good", as in "we are good at drinking" or to go all out as in "we go all out when drinking"

rete- is an intensifier like "super"

so all together, it would mean something like "we are super good at drinking booze" BUT, since chupar can mean something lewd, it can be interpreted as " we suck dick really good"]

ahora sí compadre tengo algo harto importante que preguntar le (ok, now, I have something important to ask you)

pregunté sin miedo compadre (ask away, pardner)

de macho a macho (from one man to another)

de macho a macho pues (of course, form one man to another)

pues usted sabe como me gusta lencha ? (well, you know how much I love Lencha?)

[Lencha is his wife, but it sound like "la ancha" which means "girthy"]

no está tan ancha compadre (mine's not that girthy pardner)

no sé alburero qué me encánijo compadre, la lencha no la ancha (don't be a smartass because I'll get angry, Lencha, not "girthy")

[I translated "alburero" as smart ass because there isn't REALLY a word for this in English. the Idea of an albur is that of word play and twisting words for fun by making sexual innuendos and double entendre, someone who does this often is know as an alburero but since this isn't AS big of a thing in English, I think that the closest equivalence is "smartass"]

ahh pues fue un chascarillo compadre no más para romper el hielo y que pue no se, se le haga más fácil decir las cosas pero no se me enoje conmigo que se me pone rojo (ahh, chill out, it was just a funny remark just to break the ice so that you feel more comfortable telling me what you're going to say; don't get angry because it turns red)

[se me pone rojo is another packed sentence.

ponerse rojo- to turn red, to get angry, to blush, OR to get horny/an erection. that one is easy enough

"se me" this one tricky because its so neutral that it's missing clarification that can be disambiguated in two ways

• (USTED) se me pone rojo (YOU get red)
• (a mi)se me pone rojo ("I" get red)
• (a third OBJECT [penis] gets "red")

so the missing pronoun and the double entendre means that it can be interpreted a few ways

1. you get angry
2. you get horny
3. you blush
4. I get angy
5. I get horny
6. I blush]

y cómo quiere que me ponga compadre? (How else am I supposed to be pardner?)

[he interpreted as the first one ]

no, usted no, digo que se me pone rojo a mí, de la calentura compadre (no, not you pardner, I'm saying that "I" turn red... from the heat~)

[he meant it as the fifth one]

oiga me compadre pues eso están muy joto- (hey now pardner, this is getting really gay-)

el cascarón compadre, que se me pone rojo el cascarón de la calentura por el coraje que me da hacerlo a usted enojar por eso mejor le cuento chistes (MY SHELL pardner, my shell gets red, from the heat of anger that I get from making you angry, that's why I tell jokes)

[he walks it back to the 6th or fourth]

a no pues entonces gracias, y compadre discúlpeme si no le entedi (ahh, well then, thank you, and pardner, forgive me for misunderstanding you)

lo disculpo pues pero... pero con una condición (I'll forgive you, well, under one condition)

ohhh ya me va a poner condiciones (ohh, now you're gonna give me conditions)

si quiere que lo escuche pos' si (if you want me to hear you our, then yes)

'tá bueno pues la que quiera compadre usted nomás diga rana y yo brinco (well then, whatever you want pardner, tell me jump and I'll ask how high)

[the direct translation is "say frog, and I'll jump"]

y si digo chivito se me pone ahí.. (and if I say billygoat, will you...)

[im not to sure what this is since I'm not familiar with the saying, there's a second part that wasn't said but I'm not sure of what was implied, my best guess is that the rest of the sentence is "se me pone ahi el cuernito" which means "you'll give me you horn" (horn = penis)... I think]

bueno ya estuvo bueno de jotería (I've had enough of this faggotry)

no compadre dijo que si le digo chivo se me pone hay unos cuernos de la frente (noo pardner, I mean, If I say billygoat, will you put on some horns on your head)

[I think this was a way to walk it back but it sounds like he's calling the other guy a cuck.

the word "cabron" means adult goat but it has the connotation of being stubborn which has the meaning of being to stubborn to admit a secret affair, being in denial of getting cucked, so when someone "gives you the horns" they're calling you a cuck

either way, walking back from the statement, feels a little awkward]

bueno de que rayos está hablando usted cuál es la condición para que me escuche (what the hell are you on about, what is your condition so that you'll listen to me?)

que me hable con la verdad, con la puritita verdad y nomás (that you tell me the truth and only the truth)

'tá bueno, se la voy a dejar ir derecha (ok, i'll give it to you straight)

["it" being the truth but interpreted as dick

'ta- short form of "esta" or "it is"]

ya se habia tardado compadre (about time pardner~)

la verdad compadre! le voy a dejar ir derecha la verdad (THE TRUTH pardner, I'll give you the straight truth)

*ahem* a eso me refería así que soy todo oido después (*ahem* that's what I was refering to, that's why I'm all ears)

la verdad, es que creo que la lencha me engaña, pero con usted compadre (the truth is that I think that Lencha is cheating on me, but with you pardner)

no la chinfle que es cantada compadre de dónde saca semejante tontería (say it don't spray it pardner, where did you get such a foolish thought)

[chinfle- to wistle

cantar- to sing

"don't whistle it, you're supposed to sing it" meaning "say it don't spray it

tonto- fool

-ria pertaining to

tonteria- pertaining to foolishness, a foolish thing/ idea/ thought]

pos es que el otro día compadre, estabamos pos, pos usted ya sabe, allí en lo oscurito en el momento bonito en el momento íntimo pues (well, the other day pardner, we were, well you know, there, in the dark, in a good moment, an intimate moment)

ay, ya se me antojo (oh~ im craving it~)

compadre ya se le antojo que? (craving what pardner)

el tragooooo, es ya se me acabó el mío (a driiink, my glass is empty)

a pos sirvase otro baboso (well, serve yourself another, dummy)

[baba- drool

baboso- someone who drools because of stupidity,

I guess it would be similar to calling someone "retard" but it's not strong, it's one of the weakest insults]

a pos' si ve'a (oh, you're right)

ay wey, esta pegador bueno ya sígala compadre no voy a dejar picado (oh, fuck, hits hard, well, c'mon, continue, don't leave me hanging)

pos resulta mira que la lencha se portó rarita como muy jugosa y ella no es así, seguramente aprendió con alguien más y pos' pos' yo no la dejó salir con nadie, ni que le hable a nadie, ni tiene amigos ni nada. el único huevo al que le habla es a usted compadre (well, as it turns out, Lencha was behaiving weird, like really saucy, and she's not like that so surely she learned it from someone else, and well,well, I don't let her leave the house, I don't let her talk to anyone else, she doesn't have any friends or anything. The only othe egg that she talk to is you pardner)

yo sería incapaz de tocar la compadre no me ofenda a ver cuénteme pues que le hizo (I would be incapable of touching her, please don't offend me like that, well, what did she even do?)

pues mire es la verdad, primero me agarró la mano (well, the truth is that she first grabbed my hand)

así? (like this?)

ay justito asi compadre (ohh~ just like that pardner)

y luego? (and then?)

luego puso mi mano en su alga (then she put my hand on her ass)

como? así? (how? like this)

AHHHaa así mero compare luego la apreto (ahh~ just like that pardner, then she squeezed it)

así compadre? (like this pardner?)

AAAYYY como que está haciendo compadre (uahh~ what are you doing pardner?)

como que estoy entendiendo lo que me dice compadre aguantese, que no el macho (I'm trying to visualize what you're telling me, don't wuss out , aren't you manly)

no! sí! muy macho muy muy macho compadre (oh yes, very very manly pardner)

bueno y luego que él hizo? (well then, what did she do after)

pues luego la muy sinvergüenza me besó el cascarónsitó (well, she, the shameless, kissed my shell)

así? (like this?)

no un poquito más despacio (no, a little bit slower)

ah entonces así? (ahh, so like this?)

andele compadre asi mero (yuup, just like that pardner)

y también se puso chinito compadre (and did you also get goosebumps pardner?)

un poquito menos pero sí chinito chinito compadre (a little bit less than now but yes, I got goosebumps)

y luego (and then?)

no compadre es que la verdad ya no puedo seguir (no pardner, in all honesty, I can't continue)

como rechinaco no dígame en qué paró todo éste argüende (why the heck not, tell me how this whole debacle ended)

[rechinaco - I have no clue what this translates to but it serves as a substitute to avoid cursing. the rude way would be "como chingados no", similar to saying frick or heck]

pos 'que me tira contra la paja (ok, well, she threw me onto the straw pile)

...contra de la paja compadre? (... the straw pile pardner?)

pos si es que estábamos en el granero (yeah, we were in the barn)

ah, en el granero? y vioo vien a la lencha (oh, in the barn? a-and did you get a good look at Lencha?)

no estaba reteoscurote (no, it was pitch black)

[rete- like i said before, it's like "super" or "mega"

oscuro - dark

-ote makes something big

"the super huge darkness" - "pitch black"]

ah bueno (ah, very well)

y pos' tube una noche pues a todo dar, me hizo cosas que no sabían que se podían hacer, que antes no me hacía, por eso pienso que me engañó con usted compadre (and well, I had a great night, she did things that I din't know were possible, things she never did to me, that's why I think she cheated on my with you pardner)

no compadre, no compadre no es así, pues tengo algo que confesarle yo también (no pardner, no pardner, it's not like that, I have to tell you something)

de cebuche compadre (lay it on me)

[I actually have never heard this saying but based on context clues, I gave it a guess]

yo a noche fui al granero a dar una vuelta (last night, I want to the barn to walk around)

ahh... o sea que la perversa no era la lencha (ahhh, sooo, Lencha wasn't the perverted one?)

no compadre la lencha es una santa y sólo tiene ojos pa' usted (no pardner, Lencha is a saint and only has eyes for you)

ay compadre no sabe qué alivio y yo pensando que usted le había enseñado todas esas cochinadas (ahh, pardner, you have no Idea how relieved I am, and here I thought that you taught her to do all those nasty things)

no compadre los machos de verdad no hacemos esas cochinadotas tan feas que hicieron (no, pardner, real gentlemen like us don't do those horrible nasty things they did to you)

pos' eso si, ya decía yo que eso no es de machos, pos salud entonces por nuestra lealtad y porque somos muy machos (that's right, I was just thinking about how thats not what gentlemen do... well cheers to out loyalty and because we're manly)

eso! compadre salud (that's right pardner, cheers)

salud compadre (cheers pardner)

que bonito brinda usted comparte (you cheer so gracefully pardner)

eso! oiga compadre? (that's right, hey pardner?)

digame compadre (what is it pardner?)

de pura casualidad hoy en la noche no tendrá que ir al granero compadre? (don't you have to go the the barn tonight pardner)

y si, yo creo que sí (that's right, I think I do)

ah pues tons' ahí...ahí nos vemos (ahh, well, I guess... I'll see you [there])

ahí nos vemos pues (see you [there])

andele (alrighty)

one more translation note, "Lencha" is referred to as "LA" lencha, this is because that's not the name of his wife but rather a way of saying THE woman of the house, or another way of saying "my girl" or "my wife" but since lencha sounds like a name already I just used it as if it WAS her name

I tried to keep the translation as short as I could but there was so much wordplay that it was hard for me to explain it any more efficiently

hope you learned something

I did post this in the supporter party forums but I need more people to know. not because I'm a fan nor because I'm paid, I just find this so funny.

McDonald's is making manga comics and animations, even their bags are anime themed

(QR code blurred just to maybe cover myself in case I'm not allowed to share it)

obviously, it's supposed to play into the joke that anime just flips the M logo upside down to avoid.....getting sued???

I never understood that. wouldn't a company be glad that they put their logo on a well liked anime? its free advertising, is it not?

but let's say that they don't do it to prevent getting sued but rather to prevent said free advertising. the M logo has been shown to be one of, if not, the most recognized logos in the ENTIRE world. even Russia and China, who are notorious for their tough markets and usual skepticism of American brands have McDonalds.

I just don't understand how flipping the logo will make anyone be like "oh I have zero clue what this fast food restaurant is supposed to be". Its such a simple, yet Iconic logo, that no amount of flipping or color changing will prevent recognition.

anyways, they are clearly targeting the weeaboo demographic with this. they even have a new sauce too

by the way, the sauce is ASS, it's worse than ass. at least I'm still excited to eat ass, but this is just foul. It tastes so bad and IDK how. their sauces are usually pretty good and sweet chili sauce is a staple in Americanized Chinese food. I have never seen anyone fuck up a simple sweet chili sauce so badly. like it wasn't a good fuck up, this was a hate fuck. A fuck that people in failing relationships have just to have sex, not to actually enjoy.

that aside, it happens so much, in anime that it's considered a cliché at this point

recently, McDondals has been really targeting the Otaku community with it's other endeavors, some of which have had the internet treatment and have had R34 of their characters. *cough* *cough* derpixon

they even made short animation for this promotion

this one was a surprise for me since I don't often eat at Mcdonalds but some are 24/7 so they're great for a 3am Krabby patty

in the bag, it promises a new 20 ish page promotional manga every week

Am I now going to go to McDonalds every week for a month just to get their new manga comics???

.....

yeah... they got me, they are great at advertising their products right into my weeboo ass soul

what about you? are YOU lovin' it ?

@precipitation24

arriving at the zocalo, it was pretty crowded because of celebrations. I am on the side of the national palace so it's not visible in this picture but you can see the cathedral. most people will know which cathedral you are talking about when talking about mexico city. the cathedral took over 200 years to be built the way that it is, there has been a church there basically since the Spaniards defeated the mexica but it took a long time to build the additions. the church also has big windows on the floor outside where you can see the remnants of the pyramids they built over. you can also take a tour up into the ceiling where they will give you more history about it.

you can also see the huge flag

the flag is raised at 6am and its stored in the national palace

moving away from the zocalo, i found this painter that makes tiny paintings on coins, he said that he taught himself to paint by watching bob ross and he even quoted him in spanish

there were also a lot of newspaper stands all around. they are still quite popular here in mexico. you can see some of the newspapers lined up. the thing that I sometimes dislike about that is the often the front cover picture of some of the newspaper is a picture of a murder scene. I didn't take a picture for obvious reasons but one newspaper stand had a picture of a guy who had been stabbed and it was in plain view.

anyways, stands usually also sell other stuff like popular books, porn mags, calendars, etc. they also usually sell snacks as you can see in this stand

I once saw a newspaper stand selling copies of hitler's mein kampf in spanish, Interestingly enough, you can see on the bottom right, a magazine called "muy interesante" (very intresting) with a front cover discussing hitler and stalin

some of the main streets also have 2 names, they have an old name and a new name. this street is now called "16 de Septiembre" (16 of september [mexican independence day]) but it used to be called "coliseo viejo" (old colosseum).

I found a person selling "gorditas de nata" which are like little pancakes, they use "nata" which im still not sure what it really is but its the layer of milk that floats to the top when boiling milk, Im not sure if there is a name for it but in mexico , it's "nata" . they are pretty dry but they are very tasty. you can see that she is also wrapping the up in blue paper.

there are a lot of shops in the center of the city selling any thing and everything. however the stuff you see on the street isn't everything, they are mostly just the shop fronts. there usually go in pretty deep and often have little stalls within the buildings. imagine the akihabara shopping side except everyone spoke spanish

an interesting observation is the way that people try to sell their stuff by yelling their prices, its oddly nostalgic. It's hard to describe the tone of it but it sound very unique. here are some common phrases that you might hear

bara bara bara = it's short for "barato" which means cheap

____ pesos te vale, ____ te cuesta = it's worth ___ pesos, it costs ____ pesos

acérquense = come close (to take a look)

10 pesos = about 100 yen. its a price that most people are willing to pay for something small, so it's a popular price

que busca = what are you looking for (check to see if they have what you're looking for)

you'll also see people playing a street organ. you'll see some of them have something monkey themed as it was somewhat common to see organ players in the past have a monkey with them too to entertain but nobody really does that anymore. they organ players only get paid by donations so you'll sometimes see them with their hat extended out for donations

I found it a bit funny because the melody that they were playing that day was "Las Mañanitas", the mexican birthday song"

a very popular saint in contemporary mexican culture is saint Jude Thaddeus , in spanisn " san Juditas Tadeo". this is his church, for a while it was the main one that had any depictions of him. a lot of people celebrate him on October 28th and during that time there are so many people that it's really hard to move because of how crowded it gets. the reason why he is popular is because he is seen as the saint to pray when in very difficult situations. you will often see people crawling on their knees from the street, these are people who believe that their prayer was heard and a miracle performed. on my way out, I was handed a candy bar for free, this was also the case that a miracle was believe to have been performed by the saint. the thought goes that many people with hard backgrounds make a promise to the saint; "if you can help me out of this difficult situation, I'll _____" and those promises are often that of gifting something to the attendants of the church or walking on the knees or donating money to the church, etc

in this picture , the priest is splashing people with holy water

this church is also very close to the weed protection zone.

there is a metro station about a 3 minute walk away from the church, the station is "hidalgo". by the entrance of this station, you'll see some police and most importantly, weed, lots of it. you'll see a lot of people very high laying on the grounds or listening to music. walking around are people selling snacks and you'll see some people selling pre-rolled joints and blunts. it shocking didn't smell that strong of weed until you got close to someone smoking it. I found it funny that a space for smoking weed was so close to a church. I was also very shocked how open it was to the public.

around the city you'll also see these. I found this one in the metro. they show how the are got their name. since this one was near the zocalo which used to be the mexica capital, Tenochtitlan, it says

on the rocky land where prickly pears are abundant

tetl = stone/rock

nochtli = prickly pear

tlan = abundance

the last one is interesting because i have also heard that -tlan means "place of" so place of the prickly pears,

I have some other places planned that I would like to document but this are some of the stuff I've seen and remembered.

I've been visiting my family in mexico city and been visiting some places around the city and I thought It'd be fun to document some of it.

this blog was also written mainly for @precipitation24 but all are free to join me

I woke up to my family watching the mexican version of family feud titled "100 mexicanos dijeron " which translates to "100 mexicans said" the idea is that they surveyed 100 mexicans and asked them a question "what is a popular herb for cooking" and the contestants have to list them according to what they think most mexicans would answer.

the show itself is nothing ground breaking, but the interesting thing about it is that the host is a popular actor in the character of "el vitor" which I believe is supposed to be a misspelling of the common name of "victor". this charater appears on the skit comedy show "la hora pico" which is geared to adults; due to it's vulgar nature, the show is aired at night. "vitor" is supposed to be a caricature of a bus driver in mexico city, that is to say that the charter uses a lot of slang, doesn't have much money, and is often cat-calling women. in mexico, we call them "piropos"

0:16

biscochito (a type of sugar cookie, but it's used as "baby" or "sweetie")

amor sin beso, es como espagueti sin queso (love without kisses is like spaghetti without cheese)

osea, pa que mentiendas mejor (in other words, you understand me better)

a ver cuando aflojas eso ( let's see when you'll loose that up [when will you let me have sex with you])

anyways, when it was time for breakfast, we went to get some tamales. people selling tamales in the morning a common, it is a very portable food that you can eat on your way to work so many people do. luckily there weren't too many people. the lady was also selling some atole which is a thick drink made from corn starch and usually tasting of chocolate. eating tamales with atole, is a common combination here.

back at home I sliced up a bolillo which is just a type of bread roll. and put some mayonnaise that has a hint of lime, and then put the tamal inside. the bread rolls were pretty fresh so the outside was crispy but the inside was buttery and soft. any sandwich made from this type of bread roll is called a torta; that being said, tortas de tamal are usually called "guajolotas". this was absolutely delicious and something that I will miss dearly

also , I found it funny that the matt has some japanese, you can see it poking through near the top, it says「たべる時間」

tacos de pastor are my favorite food and something else that I will be missing a lot

is marinated pork cooked in a kebab style, they are usually garnished with a slice of pineapple. this is, in my opinion, the only correct way to cook it, the reason is because the flame only ever cooks the very outside which means that you get perfectly cook meat that is also a but crispy BUT is also still juicy. just thinking about it is making my mouth water. giving it some lime, salt and cilantro isn't a bad way to enhance the dish but in my opinion, it should be light since, if the dish is done right, the meat has plenty of great flavor

another interesting fact is that this style of cooking meat was introduced to Mexico by the Lebanese people fleeing from the ottoman empire.

later in the day I also saw this absolute behemoth of a kebab, it was massive.

I also went to an opened air market. they are usually called "tianguis" when they are mobile and temporary as opposed to a more permanent market or "mercado". each tianguis usually only last one day but come around every week. there are many types of stalls that all sell different stuff. some sell toys, others pet stuff,etc. the most common things to find are clothes, shoes, and food. it does depend on the market but they tend to also be very narrow, usually only about 2-3 people wide. you can see the metal tubes making the frame with tarps as covers due to their temporary nature.

you can also see from time to time people traveling the passageways also selling stuff, usually snacks like peanuts or jellies

you can also eat at a tianguis too, some stalls are small you end up eating standing up but some others are larger and have tables and stools, this particular stall had chairs and stools and was selling ribs

here is another food stand, hanging by the top left are pieces of paper, they put those underneath the plate so that they dont get as dirty.

they have big tubs of aguas frescas, horchata and tamarindo. you can also see the big copper vat that they use to cook the pork skin to make chicharron which is pork belly/ pork rinds

later on , I went to el zocalo, the center of mexico, the center of mexico city has a lot of recognizable buildings, one of them is this, "la torre latinoamericana" the latinamerican tower. this tower is mostly an office building but it is considered iconic. mexico city has very bad soil to build on because of the fact that it is a lakebed that rests on an aquifer which is the source of drinking water for mexico city so it's pumped often which means that mexico city is sinking. mexico city gets earthquakes often so the fact that it is still standing is considered very impressive. the tower has a clock that you can see in this picture that is vissible from quite far. and you can you go up the viewing deck to look at the city from above.

while waling thought the many pedestrian only streets, I saw this guy dressed as a weed leaf promoting a dispensary. weed in mexico is legal in small (relatively) amounts. there are certain areas that are also protected for the use of weed, which I will talk about later

I can only upload 10 pictures per newspost so I'm going to make a part 2

ねえ～、先輩！あたしは可愛いですか？

welp, I've peaked, it's all downhill from now

well it's 98 at the time of writing but my state has sale tax so it'll round up after tax

when I started this account and my other social media accounts, I told myself that I wasn't going to make a big fuzz about follower amounts and i didn't make a post about 50 followers.

this time is a little bit different

this, past couple of days have been a rollercoaster of highs and lows

I got a promotion , but had to say a good bye to many friend and colleges because of that, people who it was a genuine pleasure to work with

i got user of the day yesterday and received many kind words that truly warmed my heart, but I've also had one of the worse burnout that I've had in my entire life

(i made a thread about it if you want to read more https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1498791#bbspost27295156_post_text)

been playing lots of cool games on VR but my anxiety won't fully let me enjoy it

either way, I still want to thank each and every one of ya'll for your kind words it has really warmed this poor confused, very horny mexican soul

special thanks to @drunkgecko , without this fucker, i don't think i would've stuck around NG for long. listen here Mr gecko, you've literally changed my life for the better, your jokes and responses are what hooked me here and i cannot thank you enough for that, I love you <3 XOXOX

also thanks to @theredskeleton , my first follower, i doubt that he checks this account since he doesnt use NG but he literally MADE an NG account to follow me when i first got started, I've known him for years but we lost contact and recently reconnected a bit, but it meant a lot for me for him to do that

I hope that once I feel a bit better , i can start creating more stuff that i hope ya'll will like

sincerely

~ anymany

Holy heck, I'm the user of the day

Howdy ya'll for those of ya'll who dont know me, I'm anymany and i like to make a bunch of different stuff

yarnwork

leatherwork

pixel art

programming(mostly web dev)

smutt

etc.

feel free to visit my website anymany.dev although it is very much still a work on progress so dont be too mean ;~;

if you'd like to check out my writing, you can check out my wattpad which is where i post most of my stuff

https://www.wattpad.com/user/anymanydev (dress X-ing is 18+)

some user might have trouble with wattpad so I also uploaded some stuff onto my website

https://anymany.dev/stories/

I'm pretty active on the BSS and have written some joke smutt there too (18+)

here's a post with all of my previous joke smutt (18+)https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1498339

I have videos and other fiction works in the making but work is kicking my butt.

I hope ya'll enjoy the stuff I make tho :)

howdy,

not too long ago a received a message from someone telling me how much it meant to them for me to believe in them, and help them through dark times....this made me cry.

as someone who feels like they lack that exact things, it just...idk, filled me with so many emotions to just be able to give at least someone that which i feel nobody should be missing.

yet again i am reminded how my living here makes me utterly depressed which is nice, imma be honest, this past week for me has been pretty rough and overall just not having a good time and i haven't been able to make much because of it

right now, as a procrastination routine, am about 1/2 way proofreading the stories i want to submit for the newgrounds literature thing.

started question my gender like a week ago, but i now know what i am so that was a pretty happy moment for me but it was instantly ruined by something unrelated. btw use any pronoun you want

i do often wonder who reads these, i do these mostly for myself but i do wonder who actually reads them

sometime the idea of not existing/ kms sounds really appealing. its not entirely the fact that i hate life its the fact that im so tired of it. I'm tired of feeling numb, I'm tired of relying on only myself, I'm tired of not enjoying things as much as i used to, I'm tired of being so tired, idk how much of it I can continue to endure. I usually do find something that clings me to this world but sometimes the smallest things can get me to spiral out. i dropped a peanut the other day and wanted to punch a hole in my monitor, its probably all the bottled emotions

might be a lil TMI but i just also haven't been as horny, my personality is always horny, that doesn't change but my libido has. I dont consume as much porn recreationally as i used to, i dont fap as often as i used to, when im bored, the idea of fapping to past time doesnt appeal to me, sex overall hasn't really interested me either. reason is becuse i dont enjoy it as much as i used to, same with pretty much everything but It's got me even more upset bc im just looking for a little bit of dopamine

on the topic of small stuff that bothers me. the other day, I ordered some fries and there were less fries that usual and all i could think of was "why did they have to ruin this, this was the ONLY thing i was look forward to today" i was about to cry over some stupid fries

this reminds me of a story i wrote "a black Christmas" here's the link to it on my website if wattpad is giving you issues

https://anymany.dev/stories/a_black_christmas/

I feel like it's a pretty fitting story

maybe i'll find a goal to keep at it, maybe i wont, we'll see

TL;DR: nothing new , skip it