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[yamujiburo]

fawk

[abbiistabbii]

According to Bulbapedia her age is unconfirmed

According to https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Jessie#Age

Ok so she's like, in her 20s according to a special CD only available in Japan.

So don't worry @yamujiburo.

[yamujiburo]

Yeah bulbapedia had hers and James' age as 25 for a long time using the jpn version of 2000 movie as a source. And while the line the they say in it alludes to them being about 25 it's not solid enough evidence, so they very recently and understandably changed it to "unconfirmed".

But yeah, Jessie's at the VERY least 20 as stated in The Birth of Mewtwo (that CD drama which everyone should listen to it's so fucking good). It takes place 20 years prior to the first movie and Jessie's said to be about preschool/kindergarten age in it which would put her in her mid 20s.

There's also several episodes where, while their exact age isn't confirmed, they're stated to be adults (ex. The Bug Stops Here, Filling the Light with Darkness)

Then of course staff's confirmed they're adults haha

There's never been a doubt in my mind that Jessie and James are at least 20. Sorry if y'all hate seeing this over and over! Even though it sucks to get the accusation, I do enjoy sharing fun facts about Team Rocket and love having any excuse to bring up The Birth of Mewtwo!!

[casual-darkness]

[earthstory]

[kedreeva]

He’s being cleaned, not just pet, but judging by that big contented rumble you can hear, he’s quite enjoying it!

[stephendann]

When you’re a prehistoric dinosaur and it’s scritches time

[xxtc-96xx]

brushie brushie brushie 

[ospreyonthemoon]

It really is fascinating that basically every animal on earth that has some sort of skin integument enjoys a lil scratch. I mean it makes sense but like. Humans evolved from social grooming animals and we have perfect little grooming hands and basically everything on earth with scales, fur or feathers can basically be convinced to let us give them free back scratches. Humans don’t even get anything out of it other than the satisfaction of helping out. We’re just really good at it. What a useful creature to be put on a planet full of animals who can’t reach their backs.

[marlynnofmany]

[gemsofgreece]

Vardoúsia mountains, Greece by Makis Bitos.

[importantcatpics]

[rainintheevening]

Okay, we got a new one, boys.

[fleshengine]

Close enough welcome back Chekov's gun.

[comma-souptra]

Prev you can’t bury this in your own tags

[justbreakonme]

I also like the idea of showing something as a problem before it’s shown as a strength. Almost every character trait has two sides, and by showing the “bad” side first, it sets things up to not only make sense, but to also be very satisfying.

[fairyrogue]

nothing I manage to build in pokopia will even come close to the perfection of this photo I took last night

[storybookprincess]

so back when my little brother was in high school, my mom went as a chaperone for their senior year field trip to an amusement park. which, you know, brave move to volunteer to supervise a bunch of high school seniors let loose in a wonderland of rollercoasters and sugar

my brother and his friends in this field trip group were truly great kids. but they were not above run of the mill teenage boy shenanigans. it’s the end of senior year, you and all your buddies are at the amusement park, you’re naturally going to want to act like a complete moron

there was one kid in the group who was especially prone to goofing around. committed to the bit, some may say. my mom knew that if nonsense was going to break out, he’d likely be at the center of it

so she goes up to this kid at the very start of the trip and says “hey, i’m kinda worried about this chaperoning thing. this might be a lot to ask, but can you help me keep an eye on everyone? you wouldn’t have to do anything big, just be an extra set of eyes for me.”

friends, this kid proceeded to run their field trip group like the fucking us marines. everyone is at the meet up spots at the designated time. everyone waits in line for the rides like a bunch of boy scouts. the second the horseplay gets too out of hand, this kid is getting it back under control

it’s incredible how differently people act based on the expectations you set. instead of going to this kid and saying “hey, i know you’re trouble, so i’ve got my eye on you,” my mom went “hey, i know you have influence in your peer group, so i think you can help me.”

treat someone like a problem, they’ll act like a problem. but give people a chance to help, make them feel important, and they usually rise far above the occasion. it was a stroke of genius that i’m honestly still in awe of

[thatsbelievable]

[kaos-stuff]

A wild Lugia appeared

[melongifts]

Hey anyone notice how google translate is being pretty liberal with their translations as of late? Takin some real liberties to infer tone.

[melongifts]

ask and ye shall receive: When I write in Japanese I usually also throw it in google translate to double check that I'm not using the wrong kanji by mistake, and two years ago it gave me very dry and literal translations.

I was doing it today and noticed it had a pretty strong voice added to the output

For reference, to give a dry translation I would put: Lately I'm into in Hanafuda. Nobody seems to know anything about it here, so they probably wouldn't understand my brilliant jokes. I guess you guys will never be able to understand "Mister November and the Scary Cave".

I have a fluent friend who is able to check my work for me and give me tips on hitting the correct tone (I was going for a comically casual feeling), so I'm confident that I'm expressing the feeling I'm intending. While Google is also hitting the same emotion, I really don't like knowing that it's assigning tone in the first place.

To check if it was editorializing based on informal grammatical choices, I formal'd up the writing to be more polite and remove any non-standard vocabulary.

I'm just like... what is anyone who is translating what I'm thinking into their own language going to think when a translation app decides that it knows my intended tone? When online communication is already so complicated and nuanced? I'm a non-native so I'm spending ages agonizing over 117 characters, but when I'm chatting in English I'm not being so deliberate. How likely is it that tools that 'naturalize' are going to make choices that don't reflect reality and lead to insulting misunderstandings? I spoke with an English learner just yesterday who thought they were being bullied (they were not, the commenter in question was just excitedly infodumping about sociology) because something was lost in translation, and I wonder if it's because of tools making choices like this. I'm just a luddite I don't trust stuff like this. stinks of ai asking me if it can rerwrite my email in a more quirky style.

[melongifts]

What do you mean I'm just using the browser versi-

I AM SO SICK OF DEFAULT AI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[katfishcomsfw]

Learn how to give the right compliments

[mallowboo]

I had to draw it

[haasuki]

CLEMONT — POKEMKN X&Y

TUMBLR LAYOUTS . @spectral-idiot

react + credit to use, do not steal !

psd used ; golden rose

[hannahlockillustration]

Day 3 of drawing Ditto until I give in and nab Pokopia...

Ditto as Ophelia.

[cardinalmecha2]

Alex shared this on BlueSky.

This theory makes so much sense.. "Zooble, look at this cool bee I drew!" He was hoping to take Zooble's mind off their issues while also expecting praise because his creators were so proud of him for being able to make a bee. If his creators loved the bee, why wouldn't the humans trapped in the circus not like it? They're gonna be so proud!

Plus Caine put bees on all his important works. His personal notepad where he comes up with adventure ideas and the blueprints he gave to Abel. The bee provides him with inspiration and is a reminder that it's possible to have validation and that his work means something and is possible to be proud of.

[sablingart]

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