Years ago there was a song that always played for the ads on the Chinese phones. I tracked it down and the English translation of the title is “I caught a cold in that corner” by Fiona Fung. I don’t really consider it foreign language since it sounds mostly non-lexical.
I also have to give Cruel Angel Thesis an honorable mention.
I didn’t know much about it so I looked into it a bit. I was thinking, okay maybe she was like 16 or 17 which is the age of consent in some places and maybe he was like 26 or 27. I remember a time when that wasn’t such a big deal; creepy, but accepted. But looking into it, she was 13 and he was 42. I also couldn’t find anywhere she claimed she consented. In fact she openly states that what he did was wrong and has consistently maintained that she said no.
She did say, “Straight up, what he did to me was wrong. But I wish he would return to America so the whole ordeal can be put to rest for both of us. I’m sure if he could go back, he wouldn’t do it again. He made a terrible mistake but he’s paid for it.” She also sued and settled out of court with him in the 80s and 90s over the matter. She also said, “It’s an unpleasant memory … (but) I can live with it.” She also filed to have the charges dropped as the publicity and discussion of the details of the event have been a continuing source of trauma for her and her family.
As for my personal feelings on the matter after looking into it? He should come back to the U.S. and serve his time. But as DJT said, “when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy.”
Don’t do a train horn. As someone with ptsd and a heart condition, those things are an absolute menace.
I use DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine and have for a while. But I have noticed lately that every time I search for something, it almost always only returns product pages. I don’t know if this is effective SEO or a way of DDG monetizing their search. But unfortunately I’ve been looking for alternatives just because it’s so frustrating when searching for information to get nothing back but a bunch of sites trying to sell you their product.
I once had a hotel manager try to upsell me on a suite with two floors. But that’s another story.