User Comments - pretzellogic
pretzellogic
Posted on: Newbie News and Tomb-Sweeping Day
April 3, 2011 at 1:46 AMRerecording existing lesson content was supposely done a couple of years ago. That was also done for the reason of previous lessons not being up to the quality of existing lessons. Now i'm really unclear about what Chinesepod is doing in these, and why.
Posted on: Awkward Silence
April 2, 2011 at 3:12 AMI think the joke was also around things that longtime subscribers would be aware of that relatively new subscribers might not be aware of, like the fact that there aren't new newbie lessons being published any more (maybe like for a year at this point). That, plus the date this lesson is being published is April 1, might have tipped frequent users off that something might be up. That, and the lesson is so utterly simple in the first place. It wouldn't necessarily be obvious that an organization that charges money for a service would play practical jokes on its users, but Cpod is a site focused on making Chinese learning fun. This lesson, such as it is, is in that vein. Not sure that that helps clear up the confusion.
At the risk of sounding like a total killjoy, let me add that I got it, but this lesson isn't the most amusing lesson Cpod has had. Lighthearted, maybe. But then, i'm more into sketch comedy and stand-up :-)
Posted on: 房奴
April 1, 2011 at 8:03 PMThis lesson still needs the English translation. Thanks.
Posted on: Motivational Speaker
April 1, 2011 at 3:51 PMThis is the box. You have to be out of it.
Posted on: Cold Cucumbers in Sauce
March 31, 2011 at 3:18 PMGood to know. I wonder if this applies to everything. I have seen Chinese women cook, and it does seem that cucumbers get the diagonal treatment (when its not diced). Carrots and potatoes get the shoestring treatment, and broccoli is merely beheaded.
Posted on: 土葬和火化
March 31, 2011 at 1:56 AMoh, and assuming someone died in the village, who gets the death certificate? Is there one?
Posted on: 土葬和火化
March 31, 2011 at 1:48 AMMaybe I just didn't know how to read the signs, but what do mortuary services store front, or what does the sign say for the company advertising mortuary services in the village? Or do Chinese morticians only advertise by word of mouth? I take it you can't just cremate Old Wang yourself in the backyard. Or can you? If Old Li comes to your house to cremate someone, how much does it cost?
Posted on: Snoring Again
March 30, 2011 at 2:03 AMCool! Plain, mundane, useful Chinese.
Posted on: Cabbie Culture and Driving in China
March 29, 2011 at 2:27 PMThis is what passes for a joke at Chinesepod?
Posted on: Newbie News and Tomb-Sweeping Day
April 3, 2011 at 1:56 AMActually, I guess my question is now more like, "Is Chinesepod rerecording old lessons, and then replacing the old lesson with the new lesson, or is Chinese pod keeping the old lesson and then adding a rerecorded lesson as if it were a new lesson?"