The Edo-period division of Japanese society into samurai, peasants, artisans and merchants (in that order) seems to be identical to the Chinese Neo-Confucian model, but with samurai replacing gentry. Was this purely a contrivance, or was the Japanese system supposed to be Neo-Confucian?

I ask in part because on the surface the two (EDIT: nominal) systems seem very much aligned, but deeper down, the samurai of Japan seem to have had a martial role far more strongly than the Chinese gentry, whom it was generally expected would be cultivating the civil arts. This gives me pause as to considering the other three rungs as being equivalent as well: was the Japanese conception of a peasant, artisan or merchant the same as the Chinese? Or am I overthinking things?

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โ€œgood for society bad for humanityโ€ Original Song by BLOOD CODE feat. Edo Lena ๐Ÿ’œ youtube.com/watch?v=OvxSSโ€ฆ
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Japan's sustainable society in the Edo period. "The basis of its sustained economy and cultural development was not mass production and mass consumption for convenience, as we see in modern society, but rather the full utilization of limited resources." resilience.org/stories/20โ€ฆ
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what sort of social standing did people who were wealthy as a result of trade have in Edo period Japanese society?
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"Edo Pop" art exhibition at Japan Society NYC nytimes.com/2013/04/05/arโ€ฆ
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Japan's sustainable society in the Edo period (1603-1867) energybulletin.net/5140.hโ€ฆ
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Oh my! Found on Tumblr:

Sources of mine within the London aristo society circles have confirmed to me that Eugenie has been outed within the family as the one leaking information about events or secret plans and other information to the Sussexes. She has effectively been cut off from the Cambridges, Tindalls, Philips, Anne, Wessexes, Queen and Charles & Camilla. Edo apparently does not like her, and her relationship is strained with Bea because of Eugenieโ€™s inferiority complex, jealousy of her sister and her annoyance that Bea dared to give birth the same year as she did, and that Bea got to marry so quickly. Jack isnโ€™t coping well since his fatherโ€™s illness and death, neither is his mother apparently and Eugenie has been getting at him over his lack of public support for her parents. Quite a few of Eugenieโ€™s old friends have cut contact with her, and dislike her continued support for the Sussexes after everything theyโ€™ve done. Her support towards them when they did what they did while Philip was dying is a big factor in why Bea and Edo are strained with her, and the recent Switzerland holiday was a PR stunt to prove happy families. There is also talk that Eugenie holds it against Bea for marrying a man who already had a child, and Bea hates her distaste towards Wolfie, and the pap walk that she did with the necklace with B, E, W & S was a shot at Eugenie, that Wolfie is 100% family to her, and just as important as Sienna to her. Eugenie likes to point out that August is the first grandchild and grandson for their parents, when Bea & Edo know that Wolfie was warmly welcomed and accepted by A&S and by the Queen & Philip.

https://princesslottiekate.tumblr.com/post/672929758170038272/sources-of-mine-within-the-london-aristo-society

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The longest ban-list youโ€™ll ever readโ€ฆcombined with an insane setting (part 1)

A little introduction is needed. I initially posted this story on an Italian forum under the topic โ€œthe stupidest DM you ever hadโ€, but a friend of mine asked me to post here in RPG horror stories. First things first, I should apologize in advance for my bad English, as this is the first time I write such a lengthy text in foreign language so please excuse any error in syntax or grammar. And speaking about lengthy, buckle your seats because this is a long story. Like, so long that I had to divide in chapters (no kidding, weโ€™re talking 1 hour long or more read).

The reason for such wordiness is because this was not wrote straight away, but rather in small fragments along the months of this delirious campaign. So here is it, the almost word-by-word translation from the original post:

After my umpteenth attempt to play a D&D campaign, gone dead because the usual absentee players, I was able to find a group of players in my city thanks to some unforeseen miracle. And by โ€œmiracleโ€ I mean a divine intervention, from an unnamed deity who decided to relentlessly punish me in this earthly realm. I do not believe in reincarnation, but if thatโ€™s actually true after enduring this campaign I will reborn in a well-hung billionaire. With wings.

By getting in touch, I learn this is a Pathfinder group who came to be from the union of other players who, just like me, had to deal with various desaparecidos that constantly defect sessions out of the blue. Thinking back about it, I can safely say the frequency and the punctuality of the group, both players and DM, was a huge step forward for me. It was the ONLY step forward for me. But letโ€™s go in order.

I would have liked a D&D 3.5 campaign, but they played Pathfinder (1ยฐ edition); not a problem, I already knew most of the rules/differences because in my many years of DMing I considered switching game system, and I also allowed in one of my campaign one of my players to use a Gunslinger in the 3.5. The DM, however, warned me there would be few modifications to the core rules, along with homebrewing, banning and restrictions to avoid any possibility to break the game. In my hearing that, I was already growing the aforementioned pair of wingsโ€ฆ

You see, the campaign was set in our world, around 1850 in England, but magic exists. Creatures like demons, werewolves and vampires are seen as legendary being, and if they really existed in the past they are now long extinct; the magic is also considered stuff of legends,

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SERIOUS: This subreddit needs to understand what a "dad joke" really means.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

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realistically how the fuck does madara beat aizen

This is going to be a brief outlining of the reasons why Aizen shits all over Madara and my best attempt to figure out how DB might give Madara the win.

aizen just won't fucking die

Even after his defeat and imprisonment, during which we can assume that the Hougyoku was also removed, nothing the Soul Society tried could kill Aizen. That means that Aizen was capable of surviving attempts on his life from characters as destructive as Yamamoto to characters as brilliant as Mayuri, and he walked away no worse for wear. Essentially, if you claim that Madara is capable of kiilling Aizen, you're alleging that not only would Madara win against the entire Soul Society, he would win against the entire SS while they also had functionally unlimited prep time.*

Madara literally admits that he was nearly killed by Might Guy, a dude who's only ability is to hit really hard. Incidentally, one of Might Guy's most impressive feats is the fact that in his final attack, he moved fast enough to distort space. Aizen's favorite kido, Black Coffin, happens to do the exact same thing.

kyoka suigetsu is broken

Yeah that's it. Madara has no counter to it. For that matter, no one in Bleach except for Yhwach (who only manages to be immune by having his own brand of broken, and even he was briefly affected by it), has a counter to it. It's just that broken.

Madara can bust out his fire release, and his wood release, and his susanoo and truth seeking orbs and anything he wants and absolutely none of it matters because Aizen can sit down and sip tea from a safe distance while Madara fights air for as long as Aizen wants him to. Aizen can literally exhaust Madara for as long as he wants and then teleport in and deliver a killing blow whenever he wants.

"but the sharingan/rinnegan sees through illu-"

No. The sharingan sees chakra which enables them to more easily perceive genjutsu, and thus break out of it. The rinnegan, meanwhile, was capable of seeing through the infinite tsukuyomi, but not anything else. Kyoka Suigetsu is not a genjutsu and doesn't function through anything resembling chakra. If you see it (or see Aizen after he merges with it), you are under its control. Knowing that you are under its control (which Madara wouldn't unless he's given prior knowledge) won't break you out of it.

How did Aizen ever lose with such a broken ability? He never uses it against Ichigo and then is outdone by Yhwach's bullshittery. That's it.

tl;dr see title

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Blind Girl Here. Give Me Your Best Blind Jokes!

Do your worst!

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This subreddit is 10 years old now.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

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Dropped my best ever dad joke & no one was around to hear it

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies ๐Ÿ˜‚

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What starts with a W and ends with a T

It really does, I swear!

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What can we do to normalize Queer acceptance?

Bondhas, asalu e vishayam gurinchi manam em cheyyagalam?

Is waiting for a couple generations to pass away the only solution? I was hoping that the current generation of young adults will not be homophobic or transphobic, but nope Kojja, Hijra, .5 are still considered derogatory.

TV continues to showcase cross dressers in comedies and portray them as something undesirable. 'Baayaaaaa'

I'm a closeted individual. I have a trust worthy circle where I'm open. Ma Amma ayya ki inka cheppale. I don't know what I'm going to do.

I know of other gay men and women who are too afraid and will probably end up marrying someone because 'peddalu' 'na bongu' and society.

Queer people go through extreme amounts of stress and constantly have to perform crazy mental gymnastics to navigate through life.

I know of a few marriage stories that ended badly and some that didn't because 'sardukupoyaru'

This is just bullshit. Let us live.

Update: Thanks fellow bondha for that award. Na jivitamlo ochina first reddit award. Adi kuda edo parents to godava pettukoni frustration to pettina post ki wholesome ani award icharu chudundi. 'Whose cutting onions around me ๐Ÿฅฒ'

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What is a a bisexual person doing when theyโ€™re not dating anybody?

Theyโ€™re on standbi

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Geddit? No? Only me?
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I wanna hear your best airplane puns.

Pilot on me!!

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E or รŸ?
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Does Gintama tell us something about the mentality of modern Japan?

While watching the series, I had a reflection that under the guise of gags and touching, although cheap, moralizing, Gintama carries a certain thought about the attitude of the Japanese towards his country after the Second World War. The Amanto invasion and the "prohibition of the sword" undoubtedly refer to the historical events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries related to the end of isolationism and the imposition of Western patterns as a result of the American occupation. I do not know how much influence in the presented world aliens have on the development of technology (in other words - whether it is also a kind of "boon" from the "invaders"), but it certainly contrasts with the still lingering elements of traditional Japanese culture - for example architecture or clothing. At the same time, the main character is presented as an old freedom fighter who, however, abandons his nationalist ideals and goes on a kind of internal emigration. He does not believe in ancient Japan and its customs, but focuses on specific people and relationships with them. Nationalists, meanwhile, are portrayed as goofy and clumsy (Katsura) or dangerous and destructive (Benizakura and Shinsengumi Crisis Arc guys), though not necessarily ethically evil (rather something like "lawful evil" or "chaotic good"). On the other hand, we still like the "collaborators", i.e. Shinsengumi, who, in their opinion, also fight for the "good of the country" and are often distinguished by their positive behavior.

Perhaps I over-interpret and do not fully notice certain things (I'm only around the hundredth episode), but it seems to me that the Japanese and the Germans are united by the fact that both nations have firmly rejected their past and made a strong turn towards a more progressive and peaceful society, which but it was somehow imposed by force. At the same time, there are still both these elements (nationalism, traditionalism, national pride versus progressiveness, openness and peacefulness) which somehow react with each other and must be kept in check. However, there is a certain inclination towards new values, a certain compliance and rejection of great ideas in favor of - one could say - humanistic values. After all, the three main characters are not actively involved on either side of the dispute, and they experience adventures in a variety of different Edo environments.

I think I've written this thought quite chaotically, but I wanted to start some sort of discussion.

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What did Spartacus say when the lion ate his wife?

Nothing, he was gladiator.

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Pun intended.
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No spoilers
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Covid problems
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These aren't dad jokes...

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

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I had a vasectomy because I didnโ€™t want any kids.

When I got home, they were still there.

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What did 0 say to 8 ?

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

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Spi__
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I dislike karma whores who make posts that imply it's their cake day, simply for upvotes.

I won't be doing that today!

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The Ancient Romans II
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I'd like to dedicate this joke to my wisdom teeth.

[Removed]

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I did it, I finally did it. After 4 years and 92 days I went from being a father, to a dad.

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

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How do you stop Canadian bacon from curling in your frying pan?

You take away their little brooms

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School Was Clothed
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Letting loose with these puns
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Couch potato
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Baka!
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All dad jokes are bad and hereโ€™s why

Why

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concrete ๐Ÿ—ฟ
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My name is ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Itโ€™s pronounced โ€œNoel.โ€

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Why are people so surprised and angry about Djokovic being an anti-vaxxer?

After all his first name is No-vac

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It this sub dead?

There hasn't been a post all year!

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