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Cat | 28| Tired of this shit | Biology, Ecology, PanAce, Anxiety| Soft Butch| Genderfluid in a careless way| {Background is Apofiss, https://www.patreon.com/apofiss}

[evilwizard]

just a heads up. im gonna do a big curse soon

[evilwizard]

okay so honestly i wasn’t expecting they’d be able to hide the body for this long

[evilwizard]

LINDSEY GRAHAM ?

[hateusandseeifwemind]

[pinene]

Can anyone explain wtf is going on here especially a Korean speaker

[tadeadshihamurder]

someone on reddit explained 😭

[no-one-offical]

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[desmolbean404]

That is one of the most astronomical fuck up translations I have ever seen.

[teaboot]

Remember! When companies lay off all their staff because AI is cheaper, this sort of shit is what you can leverage for a better contract when they are inevitably forced to hire everyone back :)

[fleetwood-mac-andcheese]

[itsbasil]

you put those tags on this post where they belong

[valdrinorm]

grant o'brien found dead at 37

[pinksweet]

These are my beautiful twins, Vyvanse and Adderall. And here’s my oldest, whom I hate, Ritalin.

[swoony-spoonie]

When the brain fog kicks in..

[lastoneout]

was half convinced this was on purpose

[pangur-and-grim]

my house is scary at night

[storyweavingspider]

Interpreted this initially not as shelves, but as your cat having erected defensive fortifications

[knitmeapony]

I would play that tower defense game

[fandom-man]

[what-even-is-thiss]

Why is it so much easier to understand something being said in the language youre learning then to figure out how to say something in that language

How do I put this? You know how grammar feels like an instinct in your native language rather than a logic puzzle? Well it doesn’t feel like that for babies. Babies don’t have that instinct yet. Babies understand a lot before they start talking. They’re listening to people talking all the time before they even try to say one word.

It’s just like part of the natural process of your brain installing new language hardware. I’ve switched from trying to produce full sentences in a language from day one to like making sentences my brain produces naturally in the language and I’ve found that the first things I end up saying are one or two word phrases like a baby. Eventually I move on to slightly longer sentences just because it feels natural to do that and saying things that are (mostly) grammatically correct just feels like what ought to happen instead of a puzzle. Letting go of the idea that you ought to be speaking in articulate full grown up sentences when you’re not ready for it is pretty freeing tbh.

Producing in a language is a lot easier when you have less pressure as well. Small children have no concept of social norms yet so they just spit out what they can to try to communicate. Adults have an extra layer of social embarrassment holding them back.

Remember that post where someone’s toddler didn’t know the word for trophy so they came up with the phrase “Lego winner”? Adults learning another language will probably end up saying stuff like Lego winner too but the difference is that when people laugh at adults they retreat into a shell in fear and stop talking. That adds an extra layer of difficulty to speaking.

If you can somehow create an environment for yourself where you’re allowed to say baby phrases you feel like saying without stress I think speaking becomes a lot less stressful. That might be with a trusted friend or it might just be babbling to yourself in your room trying out different noises you hear on tv. Either way just stop expecting yourself to easily say full sentences the way you do in your native language. Progress in language learning isn’t linear and it rarely looks how people think it should.

[lost-fool-wandering]

slate roof tiles

-L.F.

[terramythos]

i need to know why im getting spam political texts for alaska this is the second one

[nongunktional]

DONT WASTE YOUR VOTE ON DOORMAT DAN!!!!!

[terramythos]

bro I cannot stress enough I have not seen the signs around the state. being in a different state

[nongunktional]

you know what's crazy is he's like the best candidate on the ballot

[terramythos]

Hello Gunk. We need to make our $25,000 finance goal by TOMORROW to make more signs. Soon they will cover the entire state. Perhaps your yard as well. Can I count on your support?

[nongunktional]

*fires a round past your head no warning*

[captain-price-returns]

[great-and-small]

[rumwik]

Strange haunted photo where Winifred looks like she's a painting

[needs-more-hugs]

I have placed her in a more fitting setting

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

For the first time in my tenure on tumblr, it's "THAT'S A PHOTOGRAPH?" and not "THAT'S AN OIL PAINTING?"

[patronsaintofweepingmothers]

2009

[doyoulovethewayzeylily]

[canapau654]

Don't worry Neeks we'll figure this out

[validwarriorcatsnames]

I'd like to thank @officialclangen for their numerous contributions to society (just generated a warrior ceremony for a cat named Smokebreak)(these cats now have nicotine addictions)(based)