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the question is, who… are you?

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Freaky Friday (2003) — dir. Mark Waters

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They should invent a method of asking for reassurance that nobody secretly hates you that doesn't make people secretly hate you.

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“i strive to present a positive image of womanhood ‘cause i believe that girls everywhere should know that all things are possible.”

life-size | 2000 | dir. mark rosman

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#AtoZOneWordFilm Challenge:

HAIRSPRAY (2007) Director: Adam Shankman

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A CINDERELLA STORY (2004) dir. Mark Rosman

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the best part about having a job is being able to go through doors other people aren’t allowed to use the worst part is everything else

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BROTHER BEAR (2003) dir. Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker

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ENDLESS LIST OF FAVORITES ★ movies ↳ Lilo & Stitch (2002) dir. Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois

"W-… waiting. For what? Family. Ah! You don't have one. I made you. Oh... Maybe I could… You're built to destroy. You can never belong."

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@pscentral event 37: color challenge

MOVIES ALPHABET → E: Encanto (2021) dir. Byron Howard, Jared Bush

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#me af

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I actually do feel like the "unemployed friend on a Tuesday" meme actually helps de-stigmatize unemployment because it frequently affirms that when you don't have a job you're more likely to be getting up to some weird shit rather than just lazing around. But I also feel like the unemployed friend is frequently up to some random shit because there's a whole pile of miscellaneous life tasks that full-time employment keeps people from. The unemployed friend is helping their cousin move, or babysitting, or checking in with a neighbor with mobility issues. The unemployed friend is a walking thesis on the inflexibility of our current labor landscape and just how much work exists outside of work.

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Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

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Barbie (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig