[HN Gopher] My Cat Mii
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       My Cat Mii
        
       Author : lermontov
       Score  : 116 points
       Date   : 2025-01-27 20:15 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | ixtli wrote:
       | This is a fabulous example of Japanese storytelling and the
       | translation is rather good, too :)
        
         | gyomu wrote:
         | Yes, it's interesting how different cultures have such
         | different ways of telling stories (although sometimes that gets
         | a bit muddied with the massive cross pollination between global
         | media).
         | 
         | I once encountered this diagram comparing cultural thought
         | patterns in a Japanese textbook, it comes to my mind regularly
         | https://jellypictu.re/p/8dd73d2c
        
       | delusional wrote:
       | What a beautiful story. Thanks for bringing me out of the High
       | Tech/AI anxiety loop with just a nice human story of beauty and a
       | cat :)
        
       | qmarchi wrote:
       | This is an pre-publishing excerpt from "Mornings Without Mii",
       | coming out on the 25th.
       | 
       | https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374614782/morningswithout...
        
         | layer8 wrote:
         | And that book is a translation of the 1999 Japanese
         | minoinaiZhao .
        
       | telesilla wrote:
       | Lovely lovely story. I'll look for the book, and as _delusional_
       | says, an unexpected charmer to break up a day of tech think.
        
       | sho_hn wrote:
       | Ha, I know just the nerdy factoid to trot out to legitimize the
       | frontpage placement. Brace:
       | 
       | These little cat-human conversation pieces embedded within remind
       | me enormously of the telepathic conversations in Alfred Bester's
       | mighty genre classic _The Demolished Man_ and their special
       | typesetting.
       | 
       | https://speculativerhetoric.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads...
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       | https://universesofthemind.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wp...
        
       | carabiner wrote:
       | lil baby
        
       | codr7 wrote:
       | Animals are amazing, something to hold onto and keep us sane in
       | the coming storm.
        
       | picafrost wrote:
       | Reads like a warm breeze.
       | 
       | The bonds we forge with other animals can bring another source of
       | durable meaning to our lives. Even a brief show of trust from an
       | animal while present in their environment can create a memory
       | that lasts forever.
       | 
       | One of the more pleasant aspects of being human.
        
       | yapyap wrote:
       | Not gonna lie, when I clicked the link I was expecting a tutorial
       | on how to make a cat Mii on the Wii.
       | 
       | Can't say I was disappointed after I reset my expectations
       | though.
        
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