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since there is such an "english speakers who don't even try to pronounce a foreign mame correctly" epidemic, native english speakers often try to overcorrect and end up thinking they have a moral imperative to pronounce every foreign name correctly at all times. so i'm gonna hold your hand and look into your eyss as i say this: you can't. you can't pronounce every sound in a language you don't speak. and that's fine. it happens to the rest of us too. we won't be mad so long as you try your best.

apricops

“I did some research to pronounce this name correctly” = 👍 great! even if the pronunciation was still off (and learning to pronounce a foreign language correctly takes a lot of practice) people generally appreciate it when someone goes the extra mile for accuracy, and honestly, languages are cool

“I’m probably not saying that correctly”/“sorry for my pronunciation” = 👍 understandable! foreign languages often have sounds that aren’t used in English and learning to correctly pronounce unfamiliar phonemes is genuinely difficult even with help

“lol I’m not even gonna TRY to pronounce that 😂” = 👎 THIS is the problem, if treats languages other than English like they are inherently ‘weird’ or ‘overly complicated’ just because you aren’t familiar with them

“One thousand apologies for my butchering of this beautiful effervescent tongue, I will now flagellate myself as punishment for my crimes” = 👎 chill

dalniente

it is honestly amazing how much of writing and editing is just. logistics. like... do i use a name here or a pronoun? if i move this dialogue tag to the middle of this line and break it in half, does the end of the line hit harder that way? what if i move the tag to the front? what if i remove it entirely? ...wait, whose point of view am i in; can i reasonably say this character is appalled, or must i say they look or seem or sound appalled? is this a deliberate action or a step-removed one; is her hand closing on his shoulder, or is she closing her hand on his shoulder? environment environment environment, we need to break all this dialogue up with some narration, the scene is coming untethered. what! are! they doing! with! the rest of their bodies that are not hands! fuck fuck fuck FUCK i forgot we covered this two chapters ago and now i either need to cut this whole chunk or find a reason to reprise the conversation from earlier. name or pronoun? name or pronoun? name or pronoun? move this clause around in this sentence? oh i'll add this phrase-- nope, never mind, past!me added the same phrase two lines down. okay, if i add too much environmental narration it's going to take away from this bit, but not enough and it won't feel grounded. what if i move this to its own line? where the FUCK are their hands?

angelumcaedis

couldn’t not preserve this tag @spottedenchants

goldensunset

idk who needs to hear this but if you have been putting something off bc it doesn't need to be done until the end of the month. we are almost done with the teens we are approaching the big numbers (the twenties). that date shall dawn upon you swiftly and without mercy before you know it. psa for everyone except me i got plany off time

ink-ami

I love Rocktiz, but I can't draw him with human Grace because I'm just too attached to the interspecie bond between Grace and Rocky. It's the soul of the movie and its so beautiful.

The human Rocky AU and eridian Grace AU down there, since i really liked the linearts its a shame they're so hidden

#project hail mary

abilugarak

I think if a tuvix situation happened on ds9 the funniest possible combination would be miles and garak thank you for your time.

abilugarak

There's a lot of good takes in the notes but for me I mostly imagine the security nightmare that involve Miles O'Brien's honesty and Garak's cheery loose lips clashing to reveal secrets of the Federation and Cardassia alike. I don't think he'd ever shut up. I also think Bashir would kill Milarak and not even regret it for a second.

walkingstackofbooks

Julian totally would - but I think Keiko would hit the button first. After everything she's been through with Miles, there's no way she's hesitating if this time there's a reasonably easy way to get her actual husband back.

(Especially if she'd been involved in the research for a cure, given the original one involved a flower, right? )

#star trek #ds9

onenicebugperday

Surreal insect paintings by Nathiola on Reddit (Posted with permission!)

This artist on Instagram

#art #insects

draconym

He's obsessed with chamomile tea. I had to take it away from him before he made himself sick by drinking too much.

#birds #video

m0thmancore

it’s genuinely fucking absurd that cis people have any goddamn say at all on trans healthcare

m0thmancore

“oh yeah i mean im not diabetic but i dont really know how insulin works and i think its kinda freaky that you gotta poke your finger all the time so im gonna go ahead and say insulin is illegal”

thats how it sounds.

m0thmancore

ok i am learning this also happens to diabetics with insulin and i am extremely disappointed in the medical establishment for literally doing tumblr’s “speak a strawman into existence” thing lmao. thats dumb as hell

#transphobia #ableism

boatgrave-deactivated20250901

mysteryteacup

*Scrolls past*

*reluctant sigh*

*scrolls back up*

*rebogs*

tlirsgender

My most diagnosable take is that honestly. As much as people in social justicey spaces talk about exercising your empathy ... there's also value in being able to turn it off so you're not extremely susceptible to emotional manipulation. Sometimes you have to be able to recognize "oh, this is bullshit propaganda trying to tug at my heartstrings" and stop giving a fuck about like. Colonizer feelings or whatever. Vibes can't override your principles

tlirsgender

Like idk being niceys is a good start but your politics can't begin and end with 🌈 kindness 🌈 or you're gonna get taken advantage of. The worst people on earth will be like "but what if........ I have a sob story about it 🥺" & you Need to be able to tell them to Fuck Completely Off

tlirsgender

There's a certain strain of ... Everyone Is Valid 🌸 style pseudo leftism that ime invariably caters to whoever throws the biggest tantrum. And this is a Problem interpersonally & it's especially bad if you let these people dictate your opinions. Not everyone is valid some of you are racist

cricketsp4rk

jeff and abed’s dynamic is so funny in season 6 cuz at that point abed is sort of almost normal about jeff at least comparatively whereas jeff’s mental state is in such a rapid decline that he starts viewing abed as the physical embodiment of greendale & the show they’re on and he convinces himself that abed exists to torment him. all to avoid dealing with the fact that a lot of the reason his life sucks is cause of the consequences of his own actions & his shitty worldview. man this show is so awesome

#community #community nbc

kunaigirl

Me: "Damn people are REALLY BAD at knowing when to tag their eyestrain art/images...either that or they just don't care about photosenitive epileptic people like me. I feel really sad now." Person: "But Allison, what if they just don't know or understand what qualifies as eyestrain and what doesn't?" Me: "You know what? That could be a factor...While it is always better to be safe rather than sorry (so YES people should always tag eyestrain even if they're unsure if it "counts" or not) maybe you've got a point?"

Anyways! HERE'S YOUR HANDY GUIDE TO WHAT CAN COUNT AS EYESTRAIN! I'm pulling this straight from the Artfight rules page about what needs to be labeled and filtered as eyestrain because it's VERY helpful and VERY accurate! I also know not everybody has an AF account and might not always have access to this handy guide, and this is an important resource; That's why I'm sharing it here! (under the cut)

PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY!!! THIS IS ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OTHERS!!!

rightdownright

by the way this is medical. this could save somebody from a migraine all the way to a seizure. this has always been serious. treat this seriously.

#disability #accessibility

em-iliart

how this week has felt

#art

shamebats

If you see the quote "I refuse to share my body with a man who wouldn't defend it politically" or any variation of it floating around the internet — it was Kat Blaque who originally said it and she would really appreciate it if people gave her proper credit for it but it's gone viral on a lot of different platforms and most of the people sharing it don't know it's from her or choose not to credit her on purpose.

shamebats

Like I just know terfs are going to be parroting it pretending it wasn't said by a black trans woman about herself & her life.

#kat blaque #politics

martindykewood

i love s4 martin consistently telling other people they should stand by jon, communicate with jon, help jon, and then being like. well im different though. im doing a whole thing that requires me to not do those things. whatever reason you have is not as important. my role here is to save jon by staying away from him and scolding everyone else for not being there for him the way i want to be.

#tma