#nonfandom ask

[skygemspeaks]

Eid Mubarak to you as well! My plans for today are just staying in and eating the dishes my family and I spent the entire day cooking yesterday. How about you? Do you have any special plans for today? :)

Aw, that sounds really great! I’m glad you got to have some awesome food, nonny!

My family, unfortunately, weren’t able to do anything special today since my mom was working, so instead we’re just going to be doing a picnic on Sunday with some of my extended family (we’re in canada, so we’re allowed to have gatherings of less than 50 people outside, as long as everyone is properly socially distancing)

[skygemspeaks]

in agreement with your last post: i will make polite, casual conversation with a stranger and their farewell will be "stay safe :)" and i do NOT vibe with that, no ma'am, i feel like it's a warning

right! it’s pretty scary how much the world has changed over the course of a few short weeks, damn

[skygemspeaks]

Are you single?

bold of you to assume anyone would want to date me

[skygemspeaks]

generally speaking it's better to think of fahrenheit as a percentage (in relation to your body). 50% hot? that's a little chilly, actually, you might want a light sweater. 103% hot? people are probably going to die if they don't take precautions. -20% hot? oh god why are you outside you're going to lose a finger

i appreciate the effort nonny, but this still doesn’t really tell me anything. i think of temperature in terms of celsius, and the conversion between celsius and fahrenheigheihfeh is way too complicated T^T

[skygemspeaks]

i would have gotten so confused with where to put my hook oh gods. that crochet is so nice!! looks so soft

it’s SO SOFT! The yarn is bernat velvet, and I just love how it feels omg.

But yeah, since the yarn looked like it would be difficult to work with, I specifically chose the basket weave stitch, because that’s worked entirely through fpdc and bpdc, where you work the stitch around the double crochet from the previous row, so it’s a LOT easier to see where to put your hook lol. it really only gave me difficulty during the foundation chain.

[skygemspeaks]

Can you share more about ASL, your thoughts on it, what got you into it, etc?

Yeah I’d love to!

So basically, I didn’t get get into ASL because of this lifelong interest in it or anything. I was just looking for a college program to apply to, and I happened to stumble onto this one called American Sign Language and Deaf Studies, and it seemed really interesting, you know? And the rest is history!

The program was luckily aimed at complete beginners, and going into it, I had zero knowledge of ASL aside from the alphabet, which I had studied in the months before.

The language had me completely enraptured from the very first class though. It’s really lovely and expressive, and it’s absolutely great for people who tend to be visual learners! The program was immersive too, which helped us learn quicker, because all our profs were Deaf so we couldn’t get away with asking them questions in English, you know?

Our profs were all really amazing and warm people, and they really knew how to make their classes engaging! We spent a lot of time chatting with each other in class, which helped us learn how to sign in a way that you can actually use in day to day conversation.

The Deaf community is so vibrant and welcoming, and so, so, so patient with new signers, and I really do encourage everyone to learn at the basics of their local sign language! Just things like fingerspelling, as well as a few basic signs like yes, no, thank you, etc are already a huge huge help!

[skygemspeaks]

hi, you’ve been hit by the positivity train! the person who sent this thinks you’re amazing, beautiful, worthy, and sweet. you are automatically encouraged to send this to a minimum of five people, even if they have gotten it before. there can never be too much positivity!💕🌷💖

thanks so much nonny, that’s so sweet of you!!!!

[skygemspeaks]

For Fahrenheit to Celsius, just do -30 and then half it. The actual numbers are close to that (-32 and divided by 9/5 and not 2) but it'll get you super close.

ohh, that’s a pretty cool trick! thanks nonny ^^

though luckily since i live in canada it’s not really all that important anyways to know about fahrenheit. i can always just google it, or straight up tell whoever i’m talking to “dunno what ur on about”