Erranon

[dumbest-bb]

I am not meant for casual. I was born for soul crushing devotion.

[ohifonlyx33]

but no one can ever know cause that's embarrassing

[thehappysmiler]

NOW I AM BECOME AVOIDANT. DESTROYER OF POTENTIAL CONNECTIONS

[dogboydickswizzle]

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[seeyoulaterallig8r-deactivated2]

its of utmost importance you have sound on while watching this

[augustdementhe]

If you can’t make use of the sound, please imagine the soft snuffles of a hand vacuum that’s capable of love.

[lacefuneral]

i love it, sniff animal

[lacefuneral]

sniff animal saturday

[just-mushroom-thoughts]

Ok , I’m considering joining the skeleton war 2022 but, I am undecided on sides, so wizards, skeletons, convince me

[chipper-skeleton]

WE ARE UNION BASED AND WE PROVIDE FULLY PAID MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE

[just-mushroom-thoughts]

I’m literally a mushroom I don’t have teeth

[chipper-skeleton]

DO YOU WANT SOME

THIS IS NOT SARCASM I AM GENUINELY OFFERING A CHANCE FOR YOU TO OBTAIN TEETH

[just-mushroom-thoughts]

I except teeth

[chipper-skeleton]

[everydaylouie]

ghost swing 👻 🎸

[ohevoyev]

sorry. what the fuck was that?

[koko2unite]

he gaggy on my rogers until I whoopsy-doo

[seabassapologist]

[bread-tab]

somehow, amazingly, i have hacked the impulse that makes me mindlessly scroll on my phone. it's not gone but i've paired it with a conscious thought process that goes like, "what's my goal here? i'm looking for entertainment, for information, for something that makes me feel more optimistic and interested in the world i live in..."

and because that kicks in between apps, too, i'm not doomscrolling as much. i'm intentionally seeking out posts or videos or whatever that actually mean something to me. when i'm not satisfied i walk away or pick up a book instead. most subtle yet impactful change i've gone through in years

i did not intentionally set out to change this. i've just been working on my mindset in general. hey, turns out having a good therapist again helps

[bread-tab]

thank you to everyone who has liked this post for reminding me to keep up the habit. just caught myself doomscrolling and remembered i have a nice podcast i could be listening to instead

[cryptid-artha]

I have a pretty nice dashboard here, so I genuinely enjoy scrolling and seeing what people I follow are up to, but I wasn't enjoying Twatter, so I deleted my account there, and just scroll here when bored sometimes and go do art, play a game, write, chat with friends, or write. If I am not enjoying a thing, I don't do it unless I have to

[pixelartpeach]

If you fall for a social media prank, do you reblog/pass it on to your followers?

[pingo1387]

If you celebrate(d) Halloween, what is the first costume you remember wearing?

Disney Princess

Superhero

Generic monster (vampire, zombie, etc)

Generic “scary” thing (bat, spider, etc)

Other

Voting ended onOct 16, 2023

[sonicunleash]

just curious because i just had some amazing pieces of toast with blackberry jam:

What your favorite kind of fruit jam/jelly/preservative to put on toast?

Strawberry

Grape

Apple

Blackberry

Blueberry

Orange

Raspberry

Apricot

Pineapple

Mixed Fruit

Some other fruit/flavor thats not on here (put in the tags!)

I don't put jam on toast/don't eat toast/want to see results

Voting ended onOct 2, 2023

Tried to fit as many kinds of jelly that I've seen around as I could but obviously I couldn't fit them all theres too many fruits out there so b chill if i didn't include _ jelly. this is just a love letter to jelly on toast we're all here to love jelly on warm bread its not that heavy

[deadpanwalking]

I first read “if you were lazy you would be having fun” on your blog and it has genuinely been a life-changing piece of advice for me and my friends - I’ve said it to like four of my other executive dysfunction judies and without fail it earns a ten second silence followed by a single revelatory “fuck”

My dad and I actually ran into the speech language pathologist who told me that over 20 years ago at a town hall a few months back—she is retired now, but still advocating for disabled students at IEP meetings and being a nuisance to school administrators. I thanked her for everything, and she was delighted to hear that I was passing her words along to other people who needed to hear them!

[josiebean202-deactivated2024020]

w. wait fuck. this is the first time I've heard this. hold on I need to sit down. I need a second. this shatters my worldview just a little bit h. hold on

[aspiring-astrophel]

Hello my beloved followers who like my stuff for some reason (and also anyone else who stumbles across this), I'm going to paint a furby because I've been cursed, should it be:

holy

an omen

Voting ended onAug 23, 2023

[myhoneststudyblr]

What essay topics do you recommend to write in a foreign language for beginners? Give me at least one if you’re bored to make a list please ❤️

Hi i think i saw the ask you sent to @nabasynth (thanks for thinking of me ella! <3) and i was going to reply but i’ll just answer here! 

So i’ve based most of this on my experience with GCSE languages and the questions and topics we did. i don’t know what language you are learning so i’ve tried to keep it relatively general and I’ve kept all the questions in English. i’ve also tried to put them in a rough order of difficulty so you can progress in complexity.

Ok, so basically I’ve listed a bunch of questions that you could answer in full sentences that were part of the essays I did. In my experience, they are really good ways to learn vocab and sentence structures. I’ve tried to put different tense in and questions that ask for opinions because it is really important that you learn to do include various tenses and opinions in all essays.

1. Family

How many people are in your family? What are their names? Where do they live? What do they look like?

Do you get on with your parents? What do you argue about?

Do you have brothers or sisters? Do you get on with them?

Who is your best friend? What does he/she look like? What do like to do together? 

What qualities must a good friend have?

What did you do with your friend last weekend? 

What will you do with your friend next weekend? 

What do you think about marriage? Do you want to get married in the future?

2. Where you live

Where do you live? What do you like about where you live? What do you dislike about where you live? 

Describe your house. What are the positives and negatives of your house?

What would your dream house be like?

What are the positives and negatives of living in a city?

What are the positives and negatives of living in the countryside?

What did you do last weekend in your town?

Where would you like to live in the future and why?

What would your ideal city be like?

3. Freetime (Sport, Music, Films, TV, Food)

What is your favourite thing to do in your free time?

When you were younger, what was your favourite thing to do in your free time?

Do you enjoy playing sport? What is your favourite sport? What do you do to keep fit/healthy? What is your least favourite sport? What are the benefits of playing sport?

Do you like listening to music? What is your favourite type of music? What is your least favourite type of music? Who is your favourite singer/band? Why do you like them? Have you ever been to a concert? Who would you like to see at a concert? Do you play any instruments?

Do you enjoy watching films? What is your favourite type of film? What is your least favourite type of film? What is your favourite film? What is it about? Why do you like it? Who is your favourite actor/actress? Why do you like them? Do you enjoy going to the cinema? 

Do you enjoy watching TV? What is your favourite type of TV programme? What is your least favourite type of TV programme? What is your favourite TV programme? What is it about? Why do you like it? When do you watch TV?

What is your favourite food? What is your least favourite food? Do you like cooking? Do you like going to restaurants? Describe the last time you went to a restaurant? 

4. School

Where do you go to school? Describe your school? Do you like your school? What are the positives of your school? What are the negatives of your school?

Do you wear a school uniform? If yes, describe it? Do you like it? What are the positives and negatives of school uniforms? What would your ideal school uniform be?

Describe your normal school day. What time do you wake up? What lessons do you have? What do you do at lunch? Do you like your school routine?

What subjects do you learn? What is your favourite subject and why? What is your least favourite subject and why?

Next year, what will you learn/study? 

What qualities must a good teacher have? 

Do you think that it is important to have school rules? What is the most important rule? What is the least important rule? 

What problems do students face? 

What would you do to improve your school? What would you do to improve the school day?

5. Future Plans and Career

Do you want to go to university? What would you like to study at university?

What job would you like to do when you are older? What is your dream job? Why do you want to do this job? 

Would you like to work abroad? Why or why not?

Would you like to work in an office? Why or why not?

Have you had any work experience or done an internship? What did you have to do? Did you enjoy it? What were the pros and cons? Would you like to do that job in the future? If you haven’t, what would you like to do?

6. Social Media and the Internet

Do you have a mobile phone? How often do you use it? What do you use it for? What is your favourite thing to do on your phone? What are the pros and cons of having a phone?

How often do you use the internet? What do you use it for? What did you use it for last night? 

What are the positives of the internet?

What are the negatives of the internet?

What should you do in order to stay safe?

Do you think that the internet is a good thing? Why or why not? 

Are you on social media? What do you use social media for? What are the positives of social media? What are the negatives of social media? What are the dangers of social media? 

7. Vacations

Are vacations important to you? Why or why not?

Where do you usually go on vacation? Who do you go with? How do you travel there? What do you do there? Do you like it there?

What is your favourite type of vacation?

Is it better to travel by plane or by car?

Where did you go on your last vacation? Who did you go with? How did you travel there? What did you do on vacation? Did you like it there? Did you buy any souvenirs?

Where will you go on your next vacation? Why are you going to go there? Have you been there before? Who will you go with? What will you do there?

Where would you go on your dream vacation? Why would you go there? Have you been there before? Who would you go with? What would you do there? 

8. Social Issues and the Environment

What do you think of vegetarianism? 

What do you think of poverty? What are the reasons for poverty? What are some ways you can help people in poverty? Have you ever donated/helped out at a charity? 

Is the environment important to you? Why or why not? 

What are the problems facing the environment? What is the biggest problem?

What do you do in order to help the environment? What have you recently done? 

What could you do in order to be more environmentally friendly?

Is your town environmentally friendly? What could it do better?

I hope this is helpful to you or anyone else who wants to practice to writing in their target language! To put it into an essay format you could choose a few of these questions that go together. Make sure you put opinions and different tenses in your essays.

If anyone else has anything else to add, feel free to comment! <3

[mirai-studies-languages]

A Complete Guide To Becoming Conversational In French

I’m basing this off of this post I wrote a while back, as well as my own experiences. I’ll also copy one of my other posts onto here for the beginner section. Also, check out this post to see what level you are at and where you need to begin. 

Beginner (A0 to A1)

I would recommend studying this amazing pronunciation guide by @frenchy-french. Then, I would recommend that you start shadowing and speaking. Try shadowing (i.e. repeat what is being said after the speaker) a beginners podcast like FrenchPod101 (paid) or Coffee Break French (free).

You can try using an app to learn some basic vocabulary. Duolingo and Memrise are my personal favourites. You can also use Drops if you don’t want to translate vocabulary. Try using it daily (it’ll take at most 5 minutes a day).

Complete an online course or textbook. Here is an article with some recommendations for textbooks. Here is a link to a drive full of textbooks, where you will surely find something for French (credit to @salvadorbonaparte for providing this resource). As for online courses, here is a list of some places to find courses: Open Culture, Class central, Effective Language Learning and Loecson.

Make a native friend and start texting them. You can go on r/Language Exchange, or text them on HelloTalk or Tandem. You could also find a buddy on a language discord. Remember to be safe, and not reveal any private information. Look up words as you go, and try texting only in French the whole time. Start doing this as early as possible. Once you have become more confident texting and/or sending voice messages, try a phone call. You can also practice speaking using HiLokal.

Memorise some basic vocabulary and grammar. This post by @frenchy-french is the best for this. For vocabulary, you can use flashcards (like Anki, Quizlet and Memrise). Also, try Kwiziq for grammar.

Immerse. For now, try listening to lots of music, and watch a bunch of fun YouTube videos (like the ones by Cyprien, and Montreaux Comedy). Also, use the language filter on AO3 to look up fanfiction in French. Switch your phone’s language to French, and follow a bunch of French people on social media.

Beginner to intermediate (A1 to B1)

At this level, I would suggest using a textbook or online course. The ones I mentioned earlier might be helpful. Personally, I used GCSE textbooks. I used this Studio 9-1 textbook (good for practicing skills), and this CGP textbook (good for grammar and vocabulary, lots of practice questions). It’s also worth checking out Z-library to see if you can find something for free.

Try working through a grammar book. My personal favourite is the Practice Makes Perfect Complete French Grammar textbook (you can probably find it on Z-library). If you don’t want to use a grammar book though, the second season of Coffee Break French is good too (or you could use it to consolidate your knowledge). Do practice questions if you want, or maybe make a cheat sheet. Don’t forget to use what you learn in your writing and speaking!

Expand your basic vocabulary. You can use a course on Memrise (here is the one I used) or find some vocabulary lists online to learn (the GCSE specification is great to choose topics). You can use flashcards (like Quizlet and Anki), columns or association: whatever works for you. After you have learnt the ones you need for general communication (the GCSE specification might be a good guide for this), I would suggest learning some vocabulary lists about topics that interest you in particular. As well as this, generally try to learn vocabulary you encounter when reading and writing. Remember to use example sentences when learning vocabulary!

Do you remember those speaking buddies you were meant to meet earlier? Well, keep speaking with them. If you’re nervous, try to memorise some set phrases and questions to keep the conversation going. Don’t be afraid to ask someone to slow down, or speak more clearly. Do it as often as you can. You can also continue texting your buddies too. Again, try and stay safe. 

Continue to immerse using the methods that I mentioned earlier. You can try watching films and TV shows with English or French subtitles, but I doubt that they will be helpful at this stage. Personally, I read fanfiction, (usually translations of my favourite fics) articles and watched YouTube videos. The articles and YouTube videos were often meant to offer advice about things, since self-help stuff is often quite simple. Just a quick tip. 

Watch children’s shows in your target language. Shows like Peppa Pig and the little princess would be good. Just get used to the sounds of the language.

Find a guided reader, or learners exercises (like Lingua), and read them. Also, you could try reading these short stories (recommendations by @frenchy-french).

Shadow Easy French (i.e. repeat what is being said, and imitate the intonation and accent).

Try keeping a journal in French. Every day, just write two or three sentences in the language. For some ideas about what to write, here is a wonderful set of questions by @myhoneststudyblr.

Engage with intermediate French content. I like InnerFrench, RFI: Savoirs, Piece of French and FrenchPod101. Don’t be discouraged if you can’t understand much at first.

Intermediate to conversational (B1 to B2)

Listen to intermediate French podcasts and youtube videos like the ones that I mentioned earlier. Here is an article which lists some good intermediate podcasts. You can also just look up “intermediate french listening practice” and find some good stuff. Try listening without a transcript at first, and then read and listen at the same time.

Continue shadowing native material. Once again, I recommend Easy French for this.

Try watching TV shows and films. Here are some recommendations for TV shows. You can also watch things you’ve seen already dubbed in French, like Disney films. Also, you can use a platform like LingoPie (if you have the funds - I highly recommend it if you do). Make sure that what you choose is not too difficult, and that there is no needless jargon or complex language.

Try to keep a journal in French. Just write about your day, and also your various thoughts and opinions on certain topics. You can also try writing reviews for books and movies, and record vocabulary from there. For some entries, type them up and post them on Journaly for corrections.

Speak with your speaking buddies! Try and learn how to speak around words (i.e. learn how to describe the meaning of the word you are looking for if you can’t remember it). 

Work through a grammar book. Keep doing the practice questions, and actively use what you learn in your speaking and writing.

Read articles, fanfiction and books. For articles, I can recommend Le Monde and Liberation. It’s good to keep up with what is going on in France, so give it a shot. For books, I would suggest reading translations of books that you have already read in your native language (this also applies to fanfiction if there is a translation available). Here are some recommendations for native French books. Pick something you like and go for it! As for fanfiction, here is how to filter languages on AO3 and WattPad.

Watch YouTube videos in French. Here are some youtubers you might want to check out.

Watch the news in French. I personally use FranceInter and TV5monde.

Write short stories and essays in French. Perhaps try lifting phrases and vocabulary from books and fanfiction you read? If you write an essay, make it about a topical issue like abortion or the role of family in society (here are some topics for intermediate essay topics). Also, here are some essay phrases. 

Needless to say, you will have to continue learning French vocabulary using whichever methods you prefer. Perhaps you can explore @frenchy-french’s vocabulary tag?

And that’s it so far! If you want to go from intermediate to advanced, try to follow this advice in this post by @frenchy-french​. Thanks for reading this post! I hope it was useful to you!

[aspiredlinguist-deactivated2024]

Studying Languages Without Studying

Aka a list of tips, tricks, and resources I use almost daily.

Bilingual Dictionaries - I have a physical copy and an electronic copy so I have it everywhere I go. When I'm not doing study blocks throughout the day, I try to learn two new words per day.

Immersion - The language on my phone and 95% of my apps is French. Any word I don't know, I look up. When I have to work on something serious (like school stuff), I switch it back so I can focus entirely, but otherwise it stays in French.

Minecraft - Actually a really great resource for building up vocabulary, especially since the words pop up on the screen when you select a new item. I also watch English/American Minecraft YouTubers that are geared toward younger audiences (such as Mumbo Jumbo, Grian, GoodTimesWithScar, Xisuma, etc) because they speak more slowly and clearly and the translator extension below picks it up easier.

Language Reactor - This is a chrome extension that I always have enabled on my laptop. It works for Netflix and YouTube, but for Netflix the show has to have the option for your target language (TL). If it has that option, you'll see two lines of closed captioning, one in English and the other in your TL.

Disney - Spotify is literally my best friend here. I'm not big on Disney, never have been, but French Disney songs go hard, and are relatively easy since I know them all in English as well. Spotify has a playlist for Disney songs in a ton of different languages, and if you can't find it there, YouTube is pretty good about having them.

Musicals - Speaking of songs, musicals are also a really good way to go. If you know me, you know that I'm obsessed with Les Misérables, I listen to it and talk about it all the time. Several months ago I preformed J'avais rêvé at a competition (got a first rating!) and have since been listening to Les Mis in French almost daily. My favorite songs from it are A la volonté du peuple and Le grand jour. Of course, there's other musicals out there to listen to, but this one works best for me since I know the story really well.

This is just a short list of things I use nearly daily, so feel free to reach out if you have any questions about anything here! I'm always happy to talk!

[arinewneanias03]

I had a panick attack yesterday . I am now Francis Abernathy core at his fullest ,

Anxious,gay and probably mentally instable but still in search of a hug and a glass of whisky