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[mtg-player1]

hiiiiiii!

i think you are really cool and i like when you talk about language

:D

Thank you! :)

[music-fan]

how much post-rock have you listened to? ever listened to This Will Destroy You, Hammock, Sigur Rós, sleepmakeswaves or maybeshewill?

Not sure, it's hard with all the genres. I've not listened to any of those you mentioned. Based on listening a bit I definitely feel familiar with the sound though.

Based on wikipedia's stuff on post rock, the post rock I have listened to includes: Slint (which ive listened to a lot), Radiohead (which i've listened to a lot a lot), If these trees could talk (which i've listened to a little),

Based on my personalized spotify mix (which is likely less strict on the definiton): Delta Sleep, Have A Nice Life, Slowdive, Duster, Unrecovery, The Smile (this is basically just radiohead in every way incl. members), The World Is A Beautiful Place and I'm no longer afraid to die, American football (I don't really like this band lol but ive heard them), Pool Kids, Covet (I've not listened that much but ive heard them), paranoid void (I've listened a little), Life on Venus, Nouns (I've listened to them a lot a lot)

[silver-inked]

Spiderman no way home?

Thank you for the ask. I also would put a question mark. I am too questioning it all. Love them tho.

favorite male character: Peter Parker because he is such a nerd and he really should think before he jumps but has such a big heart. I feel like I need to give Ned a shout out because he actually is an icon and I wish we saw more of him.

favorite female character: Michelle Jones. Oh how much I adore her character. From the first time watching the movie she was my favorite. She is a genius who just needs to get a bit more socializing skills but she is also a leader and a friend and just everything in this world. There is so much room to grow her character and the writers are cowards, please give us more of her.

least favorite character: Beck. He sucks, don’t feel like getting into it.

prettiest character: Michelle. Just saying.

funniest character: Ned, and I love him for it.

favorite season: doesn’t apply and I don’t think I have a favorite movie, although no way home is great. It’s not way home.

favorite episode: again no way home.

favorite romantic ship: Spideychelle

favorite family dynamic: May and Peter. THEM

favorite friend ship: Ned and Peter of course.

worst ship: umm the ships can get pretty bad and I don’t want to get into it. Please don’t ship weird stuff… anyways..

[mtg-player1]

hey just a heads up, transmascpetewentz (op of the psychology post) is a massive zionist

ah

(edit: see the final reblog in this reblog chain here )

[mtg-player1]

🌻

I don't really have much on my mind so I am kinda lost to what to say. so I'll just say like.

Uhh. wait actually.

So the Norwegian government is talking about increasing the age restriction on social media (regjeringen, 2024).

Which is like. idk. There's a 13 year age restriction rn and like. People already don't follow that? It seems so ineffective

And then like. I think I reblogged a post about it but like some people genuinely just don't have options for stuff to do. Like I know in certain places on my country they literally don't offer any organized spare time activities (fritidsaktiviteter, not sure if that term translates lol but like sports & chess clubs etc).

Many places it's fine though. And yeah maybe do something. But like. this seems kinda useless?

I myself joined social media at 13 because my parents were a bit strict on that. And idk it was fine. I was definitely the latest one in my social circles though.

And I don't think I was too young to be on social media really. I think 13 years is a chill age limit thing.

But yeah just I think if they're gonna settle on that idea like they solved children, tweens and teenagers being on social media regretting that.. I think they're wrong.

But yeah. They're not targeting the biggest problem: under 13 year olds using it. And they're not targeting the cause: idk what the cause is precisely but I think they should look for it.

idk. Do other people agree with me? Do you disagree? What do you think? if you want to say please do.

I know the insta comments on this were super positive but it sounds like a non-solution to a non-problem. it sounds like a big misidentification of a problem.

[mtg-player1]

∞

"what does it mean to be happy

and am I getting better?

I used to make excuses for myself but it's not the weather

[..]

It’d be so nice

To not have trouble sleeping

I haven’t slept in nights"

Mononokay by Sorority Noise (Spotify) (Bandcamp)

[mtg-player1]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.infinitycow.eplay

Is this an app recommendation?

[mtg-player1]

Is wizarding world a HP thing? Or any wizard related thing? Because I like playing a wizard in DnD and don't know if that is a DNI thing. Either way thanks.

oh yeah! Wizarding World is the Harry Potter universe (incl. fantastic beasts and where to find them etc) and fandom stuff, it's a website and stuff. DnD Wizards are welcome dw.

[mtg-player1]

Hey hi, you made a post about a year ago where you were talking about listening to Sámi music, and I just wanted you to know that you made ME look up Sámi music, and oh my god it's beautiful??? So thank you for that.

That's so nice to hear :) yayy, sharing the joy of wonderful music!

[mtg-player1]

boop?

Booping you back

[mtg-player1]

When you get this, please respond with five things that make you happy! then, send to your last ten people in your notifs (anonymously). you never know who might benefit from spreading positivity <3

booping other people

getting booped

drinking soda that isn't owned by coca cola nor pepsico

listening to car seat headrest

talking to people

so anyway I'm having a hella good time :D

(i'm drinking the Norwegian soda Solo btw (orange soda), it's one of the only sodas they sell here that isn't owned by coca cola nor pepsi)

[mtg-player1]

I feel like using er in English would be fun as hell and also 100% understandable, pls do this and make it take off

Yay!! I will then :)

I think this er going to be fun :)

(referencing this)

[mtg-player1]

Hi. I saw your post on bottom surgery, and i do agree, but i am a bit confused when it comes to my own bottom dysphoria. I am FTM, and my relationship with it is weird. I sort of just wish i had... Both? Or something in between, like large bottom growth. I don't mind periods, but i dislike having basically nothing down there, or being able to see what i actually have down there (which is why i don't like shaving). I was wondering if anyone else felt the same way, i apologise if this is not the place to ask.

oh I actually think I can help. I don't relate, but I do hear about this. (for example a lot of people in virgo-cocks' asks talk about it, I don't think virgo-cocks themself is one though)

so wanting both is called being a Salmacian.

but if you want like a smaller dick then you can just like, get metodiplasty instead of phallo. And if you're just "fine" with having your assigned genitals, but not happy about it you can still get rid of them.

I'd definitely spend some time reflecting on what you do and don't want. I spent a while tracking what exactly I wanted (mostly because I have been conditioned into not trusting myself to be consistent) and found that yeah, I really know what I want.

I hope this helped, if I misunderstood anything just send a new ask. (or if I can help more) (just yeah my asks haven't mysteriously closed after this) (yeah)

[mtg-player1]

I sent you an ask abt this a while back but no response so ig tumblr ate it lol

Have you listened to Joywave? They’re rlly good

I hadn't, now I have. I didn't really like Koda Vista, but I like a lot of their other music. At least the sound, I haven't looked that much at the lyrics, but they do seem quite alloallo generally.

( follow my music sideblog @music-fan )

[mtg-player1]

just wanted to say excellent username

thank you :)

[mtg-player1]

You’re really cool! /gen

What languages are you learning?

Which ones do you want to become fluent in, in the future?

Where do you learn them?

What’s your favorite language?

Would you advise someone to learn Norwegian?

Do you have a language you’d never want to learn?

What’s the hardest thing for you when learning a new language?

How’s your day going?

ok first thank you for this epic ask. my answer is long so it's under the cut.

I'm currently primarily learning Russian. I am sorta learning Swahili, but I haven't come any far yet.

I'm also continuing to learn french, but I'm already pretty good at french so it's pretty much just reading stuff in french.

I'm sorta learning northern Sami or Sami languages (multiple), but I haven't gotten far.

I'm not sure which languages I want to be fluent in. I guess french, I'm definitely not on a C1 level yet but I know a lot so it's probably the easiest. But I just want to take things as they come a bit. Sami languages (probably northern Sami has most materials) are a candidate, because decolonization and stuff, plus it's a new language family to me which interests me a lot. Though I'll likely try one I know people who speak.

but for learning in general I am considering/currently learning:

- Arabic (maybe Egyptian)

- Swahili

- French

- Russian

- Chinese (probably mandarin)

- Urdu

- Sámi language (unsure which)

- Norwegian sign language

- international sign language

- Usamerican sign language (ASL)

- Thai

And of course I'm probably gonna update this list. (metaphorically speaking, not physically this list in this post)

Where I learn:

So for french I learned primarily in a classroom setting, but honestly that has left me with very weak like audio processing for french.

For Russian I've been using Duolingo which is pretty good, though as people talk about I don't understand the grammar so if I want to use it formally I'm probably gonna diversify. (not sure what I'll do yet)

For Swahili I'm using language transfer. But I struggle to motivate myself to do language transfer lessons. They're primarily audio based and I'm genuinely addicted to music so I'm not always in the mood.

I've also used Polygloss, which is an image description game type thing where you get feedback on your language skills from other users. I would probably recommend this one if it sounds at all interesting to you. This has many languages btw, even toki Pona.

I've used drops but that app fuckings sucks ass. It's difficult to remember stuff in complete isolation. It's like the opposite of reading wikipedia in the target language.

For Thai I've used "Thai drill", which seems pretty good, I haven't gotten far with thai though because I've focused on other languages.

I've used lingodeer the short time I learned japanese, I've heard it's supposed to be really good for that.

I also like using texts, for Russian I've used a lot of wikipedia, trying to just read articles in Russian and see what I understand. For french I've used magazines and lemonde. For Sami I've used just the regular news.

I've tried chatting apps for language learning but I haven't really stuck to them too much so idk if that's for me. I think people like those though.

I've tried YouTube for Norwegian sign language and I find myself less likely to use youtube for language learning, but it definitely helps with getting access to resources when there's little.

Also miscellaneous websites. For Norwegian sign language, Russian and French I've used websites and it's helped at least a bit.

Translation services are essential! Like yeah don't just put everything through translation, but if you need a specific word or want to check your grammar it can be very helpful. I use it a lot in french.

On whether to learn Norwegian that depends what you value.

Some options are: novelty (different language family? unfamiliar writing system?), easiness (similar? are there apps? are there complex conjugations?), practical use (can you watch tv in the language? do you know anyone who speaks it?), different culture (will it give you access to a world radically different to your own?), decolonization (is it a colonized language?)

But personally I'm inclined to say yeah please learn my language. I can recommend resources and help teach you if you chose it, so the easiness is high (plus it's on Duolingo). the practical use, though lowered by the fact that most Norwegians speak english, is decent because it's easy to access free books online in Norwegian, plus news (that may be different like with Palestine - the free national news report does not have to be approved by isnotreal). And in general Norway values freedom of speech. The easiness is raised by you speaking English, and Norwegian also doesn't gender anything depending on subject's gender (unlike french), only grammatical gender, and you can choose between 2 & 3 genders. For novelty it's probably not that interesting though. For decolonization it's a colonizer language, Norway colonized a part of Sápmi and forced them to speak like us, no one colonized Norway. wait actually there might be more than Sápmi? idk I found this about Denmark-Norway, it might be wrong to pin it on just the Danes even though they had the upper hand historically, idk (there was centralized royal rule based in Copenhagen in Denmark). But yeah that last part idk if it really matters, it's not immoral to learn a "evil" language (of any kind), it's more that I consider it extra moral to learn a colonized language. (I wouldn't necessarily consider Norwegian evil but you get what I'm getting at).

For languages I wouldn't learn, honestly there's not many. I'm skeptical towards learning more languages like french because it's hyper gendered & usually non-binary excluding, but I think Spanish for example is one of them and it's so widely spoken it's kinda worth it.

The most difficult thing for me when learning a language, I guess staying consistent. I only have like one perfect month on Duolingo, and for other languages like Norwegian sign language I've not been consistent at all, not even reaching a rate of one lesson a month.

My day is going pretty well, especially after answering this ask :)