Japanese animation was heavily influenced by exposure to the “cutting edge” American animation industry post WW2. Many fundamentals of design were taken from characters like Betty Boop- which you can see mirrored in head/ face size and eyes, as well as body proportions. Over time both American and Japanese animation styles evolved to match their cultures and trends. Animation from a given age appears “dated” and one can often tell the time period of a work roughly just by the style elements. So animation evolves, rules are made and broken- and newer styles are adapted from what works seem to be most popular- usually based on what is most profitable. Looking at the two countries- American animation tends to use simple characters and designs with limited colors, but be very dynamic. Japanese animation tends to use more colors, shading, and better detail- but is more static and uses more “stills” where only mouths move (if that.) both recycle frames but are different in how they do it.

Tyson is a bad dude for sure. But it’s relative no? For instance, Tyson may have offered money to fight a gorilla and got turned down, but if Jackson had asked to fight a gorilla they probably would have let him. There is more than one kind of power in the world. If Jackson or Tyson had gotten into something serious with Jordan at championship bulls game in Jordan’s prime- do you think they would have ejected Jordan, or the other Mike? Even if it was Jordan’s fault they would have done everything I their power to find a way to at least keep him there. Even the NBA- probably the city, if nothing else than to avoid fans rioting. No one riots over Tyson. So each is bad in different ways.

The ado stops at the end of the statement. Hence it is without “further ado” than the already imparted ado. “Ado” is to fuss over- to show unnecessary or exaggerated excitement or attention. The keys being that the excitement etc. must be unnecessary or excessive- in other words some excitement or attention may be warranted; and that if it were necessary to mention there would be no further ado, then the statement “without further ado” cannot itself be ado as it was necessary and not excessive.

Sure. In real life you don’t have to say you didn’t like a movie either, or that you disagree with a political stance, etc. If someone starts talking to you about it, or If someone were to stand in the middle of a crowded room and start speaking to no one in particular you certainly might be prompted to. The OP didn’t have to post their opinion for a world of strangers to see on a forum where those people could see it and respond either. They could start a blog or even keep it to themselves if they didn’t want comments. Email it or set up a private site if you only want some people to see it. People can ignore it, decide it isn’t worth the time or the effort. They can also comment- because you felt the need to post where they could see and reply. So really is this saying that people should just not post anything on the public internet, not reply to anything at all, or only comment on things they agree with? None of those sounds very wise, nor does not challenging wrong where you see it

I don’t applaud this man, simply for the fact that his ad specifies “strong white father.” Perhaps in the “Rent a Daddy” industry, race is very important to clients. Perhaps the picture doesn’t impart that he is white, perhaps the picture is an example of the father you may receive for your rental, and he’s specifying for those who care that the father will be white. I find it more likely that he’s making an implication about race one way or another. Just based on the ad- even IF a “rent a daddy” was something I put trust in or would even need or consider- the impression this gives is not of a man I would want near any children.

Naaaah. Fake news. Ever hear of a comedy tour? Where a comedian goes city to city telling the same joke? Ever changed the station, skipped a track, or wanted to leave somewhere because a song was “played out?” Then we have to realize that the same jokes were being told thousands of years ago that are still being told today. Look at the Pompeii graffiti. Change a few things for modern times and it would look right at home on a modern city wall, or even in memes. Ever see those memes saying that X meme and Y meme are the same thing? They are. And memes repeat and are recycled as well. “Delirious” has been popular for 35 years. Shakespeare is still getting repeats of his comedies. But what about “Despacito” or “Macarena” which some people thought 1 time was too many, and many others would have been fine if they’d only heard it a few times? For fun: http://www.pompeiana.org/Resources/Ancient/Graffiti%20from%20Pompeii.htm

The “straight line” is not an accurate picture- but neither is the other example. Both are intended to simplify a concept to a point most people can understand it, based on the most relevant and concrete ancestors of a species. In truth, genetic mutations and adaptations abound within a species. The study of evolotuion is a non exact science as there is debate on when we even consider something as a separate species or just a mutation within a species, where the lines blur between extinction and absorption into another species- and so on. The classification of certain extreme examples of a species, phylum, etc shows most clearly where the ambiguities in the system exist. The “line” just shows a concept- that selective gene pairs through repeated breeding create new and novel organisms over time.