howl (nonbinary, gay, asexual)

GET. AI. OUT. OF. FANDOM. Stop making headcanons with it, stop making fanfic with it, stop making fanart with it. If I see one more "asking chatgpt *blank* about *character/characters in a fandom* I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. Use your own fucking brain, stop asking AI to do everything. You could even ask other real people what they think. Just. Stop. Using. AI. In. Creative. Spaces.

GET. AI. OUT. OF. FANDOM. Stop making headcanons with it, stop making fanfic with it, stop making fanart with it. If I see one more "asking chatgpt *blank* about *character/characters in a fandom* I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. Use your own fucking brain, stop asking AI to do everything. You could even ask other real people what they think. Just. Stop. Using. AI. In. Creative. Spaces.

GET. AI. OUT. OF. FANDOM. Stop making headcanons with it, stop making fanfic with it, stop making fanart with it. If I see one more "asking chatgpt *blank* about *character/characters in a fandom* I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. Use your own fucking brain, stop asking AI to do everything. You could even ask other real people what they think. Just. Stop. Using. AI. In. Creative. Spaces.

#isles of the emberdark by brandon sanderson #physical book because library yay

GET. AI. OUT. OF. FANDOM. Stop making headcanons with it, stop making fanfic with it, stop making fanart with it. If I see one more "asking chatgpt *blank* about *character/characters in a fandom* I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. Use your own fucking brain, stop asking AI to do everything. You could even ask other real people what they think. Just. Stop. Using. AI. In. Creative. Spaces.

open-sketchbook

once again needing to remind some people that mispronouncing foreign words isn't just about not knowing how to say it; if your language doesn't have that sound, in many cases you can't hear it properly. You won't be able to hear yourself say it wrong because you probably can't distinguish between the sounds a native speaker can. It will sound right to you and you will be wrong.

Most languages use relatively similar sound inventories overall, but make distinctions others don't. And the way the our language centers work is they group these sounds together, allowing us to recognize that things within a given range constitute a recognizable phoneme. If your languages groups together sounds another language makes a distinction between, your brain cannot tell.

So everyone on those posts congratulating themselves for looking up pronunciation and saying "It's Not That Hard?" Surprise, you might have still got it wrong and can't even tell. You can look up the IPA chart and still flub it completely because what sounds right to your brain and what a native speaker will understand are totally different things!

"I might have butchered that, please let me know" is sometimes an excuse for lack of research, but it is, unfortunately, also a much more accurate self-assessment than confidently fucking it up after mouthing along to a wav file a few times.

This is one of the reasons that, historically, many people would take on or be granted new names if they stayed any length of time in another culture; it's very common for the names from one language to simply not map to the sounds of another!

just7frogsinapeoplesuit

Individual language sounds are called phonemes by the way! Most languages have 20-50 different phonemes, though some have as few as 10 and some people count tonal languages like Mandarin as having over 200. English has 44.

The human brain learns to differentiate between phonemes in childhood, so if you weren't exposed to stuff like retroflex consonants as a kid you literally can't hear them yet! It's not your fault but it will take work to teach yourself how to hear and speak them. Foreign music, radio, and film are great for learning to hear new phonemes.

chekovsphaser

Additionally: marking what phonemes are distinct in a language is called "minimal pairs". Meaning, if you changed this phoneme for another, would the meaning of the word change? Generally, if your language doesn't include the phoneme as a minimal pair, you will have significant trouble being able to hear or make that sound. Like anything else, it can be trained, but it is not so simple as "just do it"/"just look it up".

For example, in English, you don't use the sound ɐ̃ (as in pão). I have yet to meet a native English speaker who can make that sound, usually they just default to a plain a. Even though, in Portuguese, pau (pau) and pão (pɐ̃ũ) are completely different words.

The name of the country Kiribati (kɪrɪbæs) is derived from the surname Gilberts. As in, it is literally the Gilbertese pronunciation of Gilberts. Because their language lacks phonemes for G/L, the name uses the best approximation possible.

Now, that's not to say that you shouldn't try, but just be aware that your Nguyen is probably not the way that it's actually pronounced, and an effort/your best shot is worth a lot. And if someone wants to use a different or 'Westernized' name just fucking go with it.

just7frogsinapeoplesuit

I forgot to mention in that first reblog: there are over 800 phonemes worldwide! Humans can pronounce around 600 different consonant sounds and 200 different vowel sounds.

Also, the reason English is such a nightmare to pronounce/spell phonetically is because we have 44 phonemes but only 26 letters. Most languages with a written alphabet have one specific letter or letter combination for each phoneme but we don't.

parasocialanxiety

For any given language combination, there's likely to only be a couple sounds that you will never be able to hear, but there are often countless that you can't hear yet. There are countless phenomic rules in your language that contradict with the other language. "Why is that so hard?? [Your native language] has that sound!" Yes, but it cannot put it at the end of a word with no vowel behind it. Yes, but it cannot be combined with that next consonant. You can't hear these well enough to reproduce them either, until you can. And that will take a lot more familiarity than the time it takes to look up a pronunciation, and training of your mouth to reproduce it.

And that's if you can actually, accurately find consistent answers when you do look it up. My own home county and its towns are mispronounced frequently on the local news and weather. They're getting that shit wrong one single county away.

If you're listening to someone mispronounce your native language, you might not even be able to accurately diagnose what the other person did wrong. Sometimes people will claim some phoneme was mispronounced when the problem was the stress was so wildly incorrect that that part of the word sounded wrong, so you assumed it was the phoneme itself. If a native speaker can't correct it, how is are people supposed to figure out the correct pronunciation themselves?

When people act like this is an English speaker only problem, they're telling on themselves. You're either not noticing when this happens in other languages, or you're not listening to other languages at all. Which isn't something to be ashamed of, until you're shaming people for being monolingual. I promise people are pulling the same "I hope I'm saying that right" in other languages. Are adding sounds they don't even hear themselves adding. Are saying something almost correct and then correcting themselves to something wildly wrong.

Here on Tumblr specifically people like to pretend it's a monolingual English speaker only problem. But they're still perpetuating ideas that it's simply a matter of effort and intellect, and you know who that hurts most in the English speaking world? People who speak English as a second language.

elgreytea

What are you reading rn, why are you reading it, and what format are you reading it in (physical book, ereader, on your phone etc)

takofukkatsumi

Reblog this and tell me what was your biggest crying over a piece of fiction. You can be vague if you don't want to spoil.

#project hail mary - the book not the movie i haven't seen the movie yet #every tj klune book ever

entryn17

drawing is all sbout becoming good at illustrating one character at 3/4 angle and nothing else no backgrounds no props no furniture no money no job no future

mothpines

Love it when a mutual likes/reblogs a bost you made/reblogged RIGHT after you do so. Not a minute has passed and theyre in your notes like are you speedrunning tumblr??? Whats with the rush??? /aff

is it auto cannibalism to eat your clone

yes. thats you

no. its just normalstyle cannibalism

idk??? why the fuck are you asking this????

Remaining time: 5 days 17 hours

note: auto cannibalism means eating your own flesh. like if you cut off your finger and eat it thats auto cannibalism. for anyone who doesnt know what that means. now you know

okay i have another question

is it auto cannibalism if the clone isnt a full clone, and is instead lab grown meat with your genetic makeup. phm style. meburgers

yes. still you

no. still normalstyle cannibalism

Remaining time: 5 days 17 hours

hypothetical here

you are a clone. you have all the memories of the original, and think the same way as they do. you are, essentially, a perfect copy of them. now then, if you were to murder the original…

would it be auto cannibalism to eat then

yes

no

Remaining time: 6 days 7 hours

#again if it wasn't at one point attached to your body or grown directly out of your body #it's not auto-cannibalism it's just normal cannibalism #the arm was cloned sure but it wasn't grown out of your body and you aren't eating the originally cut off arm so it's just cannibalism

another hypothetical

now, lets say you were to chop off your arm. completely severed. if you were to make a perfect copy of that arm, and then eat said perfect copy…

would that be auto cannibalism

yes

no

Remaining time: 6 days 15 hours

keeping in mind that your original arm is still intact. just. not exactly part of your body anymore

unyieldingsilence

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gailynovelry

The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project.

helpful tattoo reminder: they are technically Injuries so u have to eat a lot of calories drink a lot of water and sleep a lot after so your body can Heal The Injury

another helpful tattoo reminder: the 24-48 hours after you get a tattoo your brain can not be trusted in regards to whether or not you should have gotten that tattoo, if you have somehow ruined your life, if it turned out ugly, etc. ignore that

finally, while i am at it: always bring a candy bar and a sugary drink to your appointment for blood-sugar reasons (worst case scenario) or so you can have a treat (unilaterally applicable)

this has been your friendly neighborhood haver of 19* tattoos (assorted sizes and placements)

*not totally sure here. bad at counting

parasocialanxiety

Can I just emphasize that not everyone reading this has yet encountered the information that injuries require food, hydration, and sleep? I think the way many people associate rest and injury is that you rest the injury itself to avoid making it worse, but overlook that the healing process itself requires rest regardless of if not-rest directly injures it further.

Also exercise is a form of controlled injury so that as your body heals it heals stronger. You also need food-hydration-rest for strength and cardiovascular improvements after exercise.

no-one-offical

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In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.

P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3

Can you make one that explicitly includes intersex please

Of course! Most identities people asked for I meant to be included in the Q or +, but I get the want for a more explicit inclusion, our Intersex siblings need to be seen as well since their rights are also on the line with these executive actions! I hope this version is up to your standards, I can be quite anxious about my handwriting. <3

In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.

P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3

Can you make one that explicitly includes intersex please

Of course! Most identities people asked for I meant to be included in the Q or +, but I get the want for a more explicit inclusion, our Intersex siblings need to be seen as well since their rights are also on the line with these executive actions! I hope this version is up to your standards, I can be quite anxious about my handwriting. <3

In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.

P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3

Can you make one that explicitly includes intersex please

Of course! Most identities people asked for I meant to be included in the Q or +, but I get the want for a more explicit inclusion, our Intersex siblings need to be seen as well since their rights are also on the line with these executive actions! I hope this version is up to your standards, I can be quite anxious about my handwriting. <3

In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.

P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3

Can you make one that explicitly includes intersex please