Something old, something new...

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Hey someone suggested I use ChatGPT to figure out adulting today, and as I was going through the mental list of places I'd rather look, I realized "beloved strangers on Tumblr dot net" was on that list.

So if you have an aspect of adulting that you're really good at-taxes, budgeting, cooking, insurance, credit, time management, house upkeep, anything-please feel free to reblog with any tips.

[notcruvusmemes]

Not me, but @bitchesgetriches has a lot of great resources for many of these topics on their website.

[bitchesgetriches]

That's us! Professional internet adults, specializing in financial stuff! We recommend starting with our Grand List of All Articles, or one of our Masterposts:

MASTERPOST: Everything You Need To Know About Taxes

MASTERPOST: Everything You Need to Know about How to Increase Your Income

MASTERPOST: Everything You Need to Know about Retirement and How to Retire

MASTERPOST: Everything You Need to Know about Credit and Credit Cards

MASTERPOST: Everything You Need to Know about Investing for Beginners

MASTERPOST: Everything You Need to Know about How to Pay off Debt

MASTERPOST: Everything You Need To Know About Living Independently for the First Time

MASTERPOST: Everything You Need to Know about Repairing Our Busted-Ass World

MASTERPOST: Everything You Need to Know about Self-Care

MASTERPOST: Everything You Need to Know about Getting a Job, Raise, or Promotion

MASTERPOST: Everything You Need to Know about Saving Money and Being Frugal

[pothos-prince]

So I can find this later.

[unravelingwhy]

my fave writing reminder

honestly, this phrase has been on my mind more times than i can count. i've kidnapped it, taken it as a hostage with no ransom money because i need it to live permanently in my head.

[justme--48]

[ruhua-langblr]

Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

[delicateartisantrash]

me shoving more information i think is super useful and interesting onto my main blog sorrryyyyyy not sorryyyyyy--

[hugintheraven]

@blueskittlesart

Here you go.

[ladymangoberry-deactivated20171]

The circle of admiring/looking up to artists you like.

There’s a quality we see within each other.

[saguntr]

Thats actually really nice, :3 for all the people who wonder why i like their art :3

[coelasquid]

This this this this thisssssss is why you don’t brush off people who compliment your work. There are all manner of levels people can appreciate things you make on aside from technical skill alone.

[istehlurvz]

A big ol commission dump! These are all the DND characters I’ve done for people over the past couple of weeks! <3333

These have all been paid for! PLEASE DO NOT USE!

Leave me a tip!

Commission Info

Patreon // Store // Stream

[avafaid]

A fresh original maymay BUT I’m gonna keep on workin until I improve

[vcxahlia]

The new Critical Role Party as represented by the Guide to Troubled Birds

Caleb:

Nott:

Jester:

Beau:

Fjord:

Molly:

Yasha:

Frumpkin:

[cielsoleil]

You know who’s the most underrated RWBY character who deserves so much more recognition and better treatment??? REN

First of all: He’s really talented!! Not only is he a really smart and skilled warrior but he’s also great at cooking!

But his personality is also just amazing in general. Even though he tends to be kinda quiet, he can still be sarcastic and sassy as hell when he wants to, and he has a pretty good sense of humor!

And he’s also just??? SO GENUINELY SWEET AND LOVING. He cares about everyone around him so much, and really breaks inside when they get hurt.

Ren came from a horrible, tragic childhood. And yet, he still manages to stay calm and collected when things get tough, at least on the outside. It’s no coincidence that his semblance is masking emotions, since he constantly bottles up his fear, anger and sadness. He can still snap if he’s pushed beyond his limits, as seen in the volume 4 finale, though this helped him learn how to maintain a good balance.

Not to mention he’s just really gorgeous and cute?? I mean…LOOK AT HIM.

CONCLUSION: I love Lie Ren, please give this sweet pancake more appreciation and love.

[sixpenceee]

I hope love finds you in 2018

[nvmdanyway]

I hope health finds u in 2018

[rosedespleurs-deactivated202009]

I hope wealth finds you in 2018

[dark-eyed-harmothoe]

I hope happiness finds you in 2018

[traumamamas]

I hope success finds you in 2018

[sleepingpeelz]

I hope self-love finds you in 2018

[greenneerg123-deactivated201804]

I hope supportive people find you in 2018

[doesnt-evenmatter-deactivated20]

I hope all the dogs find you in 2018

[fandomsrourlives]

I hope good grades find you in 2018

[everi-moved]

I hope validation finds you in 2018

[trailinginfinity]

I hope self-acceptance finds you in 2018

[bunntsu]

I hope healthy friendships/relationships find you in 2018

[remi-reciprocal-blog]

I hope better mental health finds you in 2018

[melandraws-deactivated20190318]

I hope you finally find the 

TRUE MEANING AND UNDERSTATEMENT OF LIFE!  in  2018 - 3842

[deactivatedacclol-deactivated20]

I hope le money finds you in 2018

[marsnmango]

The Net Neutrality issue summarized

You (or your parents) pay approx $40-$100 or higher for internet. 

So that you can all use youtube, google, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc. etc. etc. This isn’t limited to social media.  

Net neutrality says, “Okay, since you already paid x amount of money for the month, you don’t have to pay for each asset individually. Enjoy your internet.”  NO net neutrality means that your service provider (comcast, at&t, verizon, whatever it may be) gets to say “ACTUALLY, it lines our pockets so give us an extra $5.99 for Youtube, Facebook and Twitter. Oh, but that doesn’t include Tumblr; that comes with our premium package. That’ll be $5.99 on its own as well. Now about your Google docs and email… 

That’s why it’s important. That’s why I’m spamming Net Neutrality crap. If you’re using the internet, it’s YOUR problem. 

-Email your congressman (text resist to 50409) It’s easy, you don’t have to talk to anyone. 

-Tweet the FCC. https://twitter.com/FCC

-Tweet THIS guy. https://twitter.com/AjitPaiFCC

-CALL. https://www.battleforthenet.com/

-This site does the heavy lifting for you.

-Sign this.  

-Sign this. 

-Email your congressmen (that’s what I’m doing) https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

-Swim the #NetNeutrality tag on Twitter. Seriously, it’s helpful. 

And lastly, GET THIS TRENDING. It’s trending on Twitter but it needs to trend here too. This is everyone’s issue. 

[muffetscollector]

DO NOT LIKE THIS POST. REBLOG IT. NET NEUTRALITY

[fitscientist]

FUCK… YOU GUYS

LONG 

DISTANCE 

RELATIONSHIPS 

(in addition to INTERNET FRIENDSHIPS, and ARTISTS, NEWS, EVERYTHINGGG ELSE THAT IS ESSENTIAL AND WHY WE NEED NET NEUTRALITY)

WE FUCKING RELY ON OUR TECH. OUR *FREE* TECH. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH INTERNATIONAL CALLS ARE?!  THAT’S A HELL NO. SO THAT’S WHY WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA!! WE R E L Y ON IT. TO KNOW HOW OUR PARTNER IS DOING. HOW THEIR FAMILY IS DOING. TO KEEP UP OUR RELATIONSHIP. AND FOR MULTIPLE YEARS!!!

If this goes through, I won’t be able to talk to my partner. Actually, make that a WE won’t be able to talk our partners unless you’re rich. Fuck that shit. Call your congresspeople.

[paleyparksoul]

And job applications, too. A lot of big employers have web applications only and twitter feeds.

[fitscientist]

JOB APPLICATIONS. HOLY SHIT. 

[naninnai]

precious bo y _(=3 j L)_

[mysterybensmysteryblog]

Ghost: Hellbent progress update

Heya everyone, we are still plugging away on the Hellbent video.   While we’ve made some good progress this month, we unfortunately won’t be able to finish it for October.  We don’t have a set date in mind at the moment, but we like to think we can get it out this year.

A majority of the raw animation is completed by now.  We are about halfway through background art.  Afterward will be effects, fixes, and final compositing.

We apologize for not being able to make it in time of our preferred release date, but we want to make sure the video is as polished as we can make it.  We will keep everyone posted when we have a release date set in stone.

Beyond that, we do have some extra things in the works.

This here is a schematic for an official Mystery plush.  We’ve gotten a prototype made and are continuing to make adjustments.  We aren’t quite sure how we’re going to fund the production, but we’ll let everyone know when we have things more solidified.

Again, we apologize we weren’t able to get stuff out to ya’ll faster, but thank you for sticking with us and we hope to have content for everyone before too long.

[fluffyk97]

Do you ever see Sora smile and just…

[misstanwyck]

[annetdonahue]

The importance of consent: a narrative.

[maxontrax]

I will forever reblog this gifset.

[forsciencejohn]

look at how badass she is though i mean some of it gets on her too and doesn’t even give a fuck

[yamumsahamster]

She pours hot liquid on her own leg she’s that badass.

[avatargrimes]

fire cannot kill a dragon.

[weloveshortvideos]

[bandtshirt]

communication is the foundation

[dippedgaming]

Where are they going? What are they saying?

[baearth]

I don’t even care they just sound so beautiful