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The "Rule of 8" does not let us down, y'all, especially not with this series! I love Hirotaka questioning if Narumi is really "into" him as more than a friend, and has decided to take action to find out the answer! Now, for the painstaking task of seeing if it will all work out for him and Narumi! *sweats*

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Romania Black - WOTAKOI: Love is Hard for an Otaku! Episode 8 Reaction! THUNDER & INSECURITY?!

LINK TO REACTION: https://share.vidyard.com/watch/WLwNecx7iQeEKzqEjHheZz **DATE-WORTHY HEADPHONE WARNINGS** The "Rule of 8" does not let us down, y'all, especially not with this series! I love Hirotaka questioning if Narumi is really "into" him as more than a friend, and has decided to take action to find out the answer! Now, for the painstaking task of seeing if it will all work out for him and Narumi! *sweats* Thank you for watching with me and for all the support! #romaniablack #wotakoi Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RomaniaBlack My Anime: https://myanimelist.net/profile/RomaniaBlack Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/RomaniaBlack You can mail me a letter or anything (except food, please) at this address: Romania Black PO Box 768 Harrisburg, IL 62946 USA

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C.Davis

A little fun personal story about thunder. My mom was afraid of thunder as a kid so she decided that she did not want her children to be like that so she turned it into something fun. She would tell us that there were people in the heavens bowling and whenever they got a strike, that was when we heard thunder. So we would happily say "Someone got another strike!" every time a peal of thunder hit and laugh. Back to the anime, I think everyone in a relationship wants confirmation in some way that the person with them loves them. Whether its a date, saying the actual words, etc, it's nice to have the person your with give you those things or do things that makes you feel loved. My grandfather told me that a good thing to do was unexpected gifts at unexpected times, whether its an item or surprising them with a dinner out, even if its not at some fancy place. And we see Hirotaka finding himself in this kind of spot. He wants confirmation that Narumi really loves him. In his case, he is asking her out on a "normie" date. So we get to find this out next week. A final thing, with talking about past comments. I go home for lunch since i like .5 miles from home and get an hour lunch. So, I go home, eat a quick bit and then take a nap. And yes, it is normal in Japan, some companies have even nap rooms and and I saw where one company has special massage chairs for their employees to nap in on break. I do use AI (looks guilty) to help smooth out my writing by correcting grammar on my short stories I write to make some extra money or the book I am working on. It's not perfect but does help me make a final draft without pestering my english teacher friends read my rough draft and help with my grammar haha (fI never offered my friend money to do this, I just got them to do pro bono. So, I am not taking money from anyone, lol). There are mistakes it misses, but it does catch quite a bit. I don't use it for creativity, that is spent building my world (nations, leaders, military design, etc) and outlines for whats coming up that I fill out as I go. AI is a tool. Like a hammer, or whatever, it can be put to good use or bad use. In the subtitling by Amazon, that is a bad use.

romaniablack

It’s so funny you tell the “Bowling in Heaven” story - I was told that same story as a kid! I don’t remember if it was my parents trying to make thunder less scary, but I remember it! 🙂Funny how we sometimes use the same “examples!” XD And yes, everyone wants confirmation of love - agree 100%! That’s also interesting about the nap culture in Japan - I’m not a “nap” person per say, because it makes me groggy but I can understand how well that would help! Eeeeee….ooooffff…I really hate generative AI, personally. I’ve seen how it’s destroying critical thinking skills. The thing about grammar “correctors” like what Google Docs or Microsoft Word has is that it “shows” you the error, so you know it and hopefully maybe won’t make it in the future. When you just let AI do it for you, you’ve learned nothing about why there was an error. And it’s destroying your ability to create and write effectively. It’s no longer your writing, but an AI machine’s and that just makes me give the side eye to those that use it when you could grammar check yourself. So, hopefully you rely less on it in the future, but that’s your choice. I just fear for our society if we stop thinking and people become more simple-minded because AI is doing the work for them. It’s a “yikes” moment for me, so I will never use it. And I will disagree with AI as a tool in some cases - a hammer still requires YOU to know how to handle it and how to use it – AI takes YOU completely out of the equation. You’re…doing nothing. Sorry, #rantover hahahaha!!! The only thing I will agree with is that subtitling is AI, and THAT is a tool, but only because I don’t have the translation skill and I don’t think I could learn in time to translate…but checking your grammar? You can learn that. And pretty quick. 🙂 Anyway, thank you for the comment!

C.Davis

I have some trepidation about AI too because Americans, and people in general, like to hit the easy button too often. And don't worry about the rant, we all have things we feel strongly and/or passionately about. If I was still teaching, I would be banning students from using AI for assignments, as much as I was able to do so. It's hard to forget critical thinking skills once learned, but if you never learn them? Well, that is another matter. I am currently learning Japanese and still learning the guitar (progress is slow and steady on both. My comprehension of Japanese is the best at the moment, maybe because I have listened to so much since I only do subs haha). I am a firm believer in being a lifelong learner. I also know myself well enough when I try to juggle too many things, that I end up loosing focus on everything. As far as my actual use of AI, I do try not to take the total easy button. I don't just input what I have written and let it auto correct. I give it an expanded version of the following instructions "Identify grammatical errors and show me how to correct them". If you let AI be an 'autocorrect', then you never know what mistakes you are making and you keep making them. As a former teacher and current librarian, that just did not sit well with me lol.

romaniablack

I'm super glad to know you're having it show you the mistakes - I'm already seeing my own students in my English classes "hit the easy button" like you said, and it's already deteriorating their ability to read, follow directions, and do assignments correctly, and it's very scary. I definitely ban AI, but it's hard when they STILL use it. I can understand if AI helps you learn...I just fear that 90% of AI is hurting the ability to learn or discouraging it, and that's a very scary concept long-term. So thank you for clarifying that! I appreciate it -- the "angry teacher" in me comes out with AI.