There's a Pattern in The Chinese Room (And It Changes Everything)

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  @iamdannynorth · 7 months ago (edited) · pinned

  [ Chinese characters posted in this comment -&gt; show more ] <br>I hope you all have an EGGSCELENT day a you laugh at my YOLKS!!<br><br>I hear if you Hype this video the EASTER BUNNY will visit you at night and leave purple EGGS that… wait why is Jax’s head egg-shaped?<br><br>OH NO… I’ve said too much…. I’ve gotta SCRAMBLE!!! 🏃‍♂️💨<br><br>-----<br>But for now... Traditional Chinese characters found in The Chinese Room!<br>[Note that all the characters (other than the ones that are received back from the door by Caine) are Traditional Chinese, not Simplified Chinese]<br>(Let me know if i&apos;m missing any and I can add them)<br><br>取 - Choose<br>這是紙 - &quot;This is Paper&quot;<br>喬 - Tall/Boasting/Disguise<br><br>個 - Individual Unit / Single / One<br>很 - Very/To a High Degree<br><br>我 - I<br>布 - Cloth<br><br>德 - Virtue / &quot;Germany&quot;<br>是 - To Be<br><br>蛋 - Egg<br>然 - Thus/So<br>蔚 - Grand/Lush<br>李 - Plum<br><br>被 - Passive Voice<br>趣 - Interest/Fun/Appeal<br><br>們 - They (used as a pluralizer)<br>不 - Not<br>中 - Middle / &quot;China&quot;<br><br>最大限度 - &quot;To the maximum extent possible&quot;<br><br>股 - Part / &quot;measure word for electric current&quot; / Flesh<br>阿 - &quot;ah&quot; / name prefix / endearment term<br><br>專 - Expert / Concentrated<br>會 - Able / Gathering<br>家 - Family / Home / Specialist<br>屁 - Fart / B.S. Nonesense<br><br><br>蛋不是 - &quot;Egg Is Not&quot;

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  @ArcticaTheFox · 7 months ago

  idk if anyone brought this up yet, but &quot;egg&quot; + &quot;pain&quot; is actually a bit of crude humor, which means &quot;balls&quot; + &quot;hurt&quot; XD

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  @suicune2001 · 7 months ago

  The idea Caine is still talking to the abstracted characters in some kind of way while they&apos;re trapped as a borg hive mind is terrifying.

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  @Mysticwolf54 · 7 months ago

  We need that YouTuber that translates Chinese tattoos to double check you. Of course anyone fluent can chime in.

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  @potato4dawin · 7 months ago

  For the final part. I think the chinese characters Caine slides under the door are a callback to Jax &quot;...like I&apos;m just a chicken fetus in an egg that needs to be cracked open. Well I am not&quot;. And the answer he gets back is something like &quot;pain serves a purpose&quot; saying that Jax&apos;s denial and avoidance of the pain is misguided. He needs to face the pain of his past to heal.

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  @Cannon6969 · 7 months ago

  The one Caine slides under is Egg or Ball. The one slid in response is Pain. Egg/Ball Pain. Testicular Torsion

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  @Bartholomule01 · 7 months ago

  My headcannon is you are Ming.

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  @systematic-liminality · 7 months ago

  When you mentioned black and yellow in relation to Jax and abstraction, I immediately had to think of his eyes. Yellow sclera, black pupils.

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  @fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257 · 7 months ago

  native Chinese is watching this video (me)

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  @pobsschannel118 · 7 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HylWroUFCIQ&amp;t=681">11:21</a> the timing of that ad is INSANE! the moment he said &apos;&apos;well i AM&apos;&apos; the ad played

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  @RackAttack-he1zo · 7 months ago

  ‘Tall choose’ made me think of foreshadowing with Jax pushing the button not Pomni idk!!

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  @Kewiski · 7 months ago

  I’m so glad you did this cuz I was soooo curious if the Chinese carried any weight

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