Mandarin has 4 (technically 5) tones so "ma" could be any one of those 4 different pronunciations. Furthermore, there are many completely different words that have the same tone/pronunciation. You just learn through context (same way as you do with English homophones)
Mom in mandarin is 媽 (mā) whereas weed is 麻 (má). Colloquially you can also say 大麻 (dàmá) for weed.
You're glad RFK Jr. tells lies about Bernie Sanders?
There are many blue voters who live in areas affected by the Palisades fire
US Mobile. Main reason is cost since it's $8/month with the annual plan ($10/month if you do month to month). Only 2GB data but I'm almost always on wifi anyways.
Biggest issue I notice is that calls can take a while to connect if in a busy area. I'll try to call someone and it won't start ringing for 5sec or more at times. Sometimes it won't even connect at all and I'll have to use VOIP but that eats into data which is already limited.
What? She in Chinese is 她. It might not be used often but it definitely is gendered....
Isn't that only if wages increase alongside inflation
I think it's a Fallout:New Vegas reference
Pretty sure Amazon gets kickbacks from the city of Seattle to keep the offices filled with ppl
https://toc.qidianunderground.org/ has a lot of translated Chinese web novels if you're not specifically looking for Japanese light novels
Iirc if your water boiler supports it, you can have it circulate the hot water in the pipes to warm them up without wasting water