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What upset you? Just the length of my comment? You don’t have to read it. You commenting about the themes of Godzilla and then me responding about the themes of Godzilla is the whole point of a discussion board. What do you mean by “do simple research”?

It’s always been a metaphor for the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki I know that this is a really common take about Godzilla, but it’s pretty clearly not what the 1954 original Godzilla movie was about. The aesthetics of Godzilla’s destruction is informed/inspired by nuclear destruction. Not just of Hiroshima or Nagasaki but particularly of Bikini Atoll nuclear testing. The opening scene in the movie would have reminded people of the Daigo Fukuryuu Maru, a fishing boat that was hit by some of the testing just earlier that year. But while the aesthetic of Godzilla’s destruction is nuclear, its place in the story is really different. The story is about scientists who develop a brand new devastating weapon that could destroy the mindless rampaging monster, but they have to decide whether or not it is worth introducing such a weapon that would permanently change the world. The “oxygen destroyer” that they invent in the movie is a much more direct parallel to the atomic bomb, and Godzilla is the Japanese Empire. We must defeat [the Japanese Empire / Godzilla], but is it worth unleashing [the atomic bomb / the oxygen destroyer] onto the world? The 1954 Godzilla movie is very clearly an attempt to empathize with the American perspective on using the first atomic weapons. Godzilla is the bomb, but it’s also the Japanese Empire. It’s a symbol of violence and shared scars between the United States and Japan. USA and Japan are the only two countries to have made Godzilla movies (as far as I know) and I think it would be inappropriate for any other country to make one, but I don’t think it’s necessarily inappropriate to set one in New York. Though, it’s probably less meaningful than the 1954 movie (to be fair, most Godzilla movies after the 1954 one are less meaningful).

You do not invent your own name sign. Name signs may only be given by a person in the Deaf community. Some hearing people (like interpreters and teachers) mistakenly give name signs without realizing they are in violation of Deaf culture traditions. However, a name sign cannot be assigned by a hearing person. American Sign Language has deep cultural and linguistic significance. Typically, it is not until you are involved in the community that you are given a name sign. In fact, not everyone within the Deaf community has a name sign. From article It’s like a cultural thing. This still doesn’t really answer why it’s like that in the first place, but I think in general the reason it feels inappropriate to name yourself in another language is that it feels “cringe” for lack of a better word. Somebody picks a name that has all kinds of cultural and colloquial associations without understanding them at all. That’s kinda my theory of cultural appropriation; it’s not wrong because of some deep ethical reason, but rather it’s just often uncool. People sending signals that they don’t understand themselves.

Spanish: pick your own name Japanese: must use the Japanese-ified version of your name, eg Smith -> Sumisu, and people will usually refer to you by last name. In retrospect, it was kinda strange to pick names in Spanish. It would be really strange / unacceptable to just pick a random Japanese name for yourself, and I’ve heard that it’s really rude to pick a name for yourself in American Sign Language. I wonder why it’s so widely accepted to do so for Spanish.

I think it's so funny that there's a tool called "Wii U Downloader" that literally downloads the game files, whatever game you want, directly from Nintendo's own servers

I get this too. I didn’t think/know it was air pressure though? Seems to happen to me randomly, and rarely.