#SPEAKING

[mumbeau]

anything goes wrong ever and mumbo is like "Oh gosh maybe hired hitmen will be at my door and kill me violently oh gosh oh dear im the worst person alive [giggles] Im the worst person alive". but he usually just says it so casually and often everyones like yeah sure thats normal

[pixevs]

not a fan of how I keep seeing untagged dragons rising s2p2 posts. Hello it is still september. Hello not all of us watched it when it got leaked. Please

[swordtit]

im normal

[pleasuresoftheharbor]

this alert from my bank ☠️

[lovecom]

when it's a sunny day...

[qroier]

some of my favorite moments from these olympics so far:

every badass shooter, but especially these stand-out stars kim ye-ji and yusuf dikec

simone biles and katie ledecky yet again proving themselves as the goats they are

every time simone and rebeca andrade cheered each other on

brazil out there winning the picture game

stephen mr pommel horse guy nedoroscik getting bronze and his very own cape

julian alfred (fastest woman alive, 100m run), thea lafond (triple jump), and kaylia neymour (uneven bars) all making history for their respective countries

same for carlos yulo after winning TWO gold medals in two days

imane khalif guaranteeing herself at least a bronze metal in the face of all the harassment thrown her way

remco evenepoel's bike broke down during the road race but he had such a big lead that he still managed to get gold with an awesome winning shot

the women's high jump final came down to nicola olyslagers, who was sitting down after each jump to rate herself on how she did, and yaroslava mahuchikh, who entered a sleeping bag and closed her eyes between jumps

edit: and now that the olympics are officially over, here are some more of my favorite moments from this second week

[boyfeminism]

nobody go to work everyone stay home and have gay sex. this is my final message.

[neil-gaiman]

This was a conversation on the Internet almost 25 years ago. It's about physical fandom, and ways of talking and communicating in physical fandom, some of which we would now talk about in reference to neurointerestingess rather than to fandom. It came up over on Bluesky talking about people who pronounce words wrongly because they have only encountered them on the page.

The poster who brought it to my attention, Scott Kullberg, said "I remember an old USENET post about a speech therapist's analysis of fannish speech. One of the things she noticed is that it's common and not considered rude to interrupt with this kind of correction."

Fascinating for me because a) it checks out in some ways, b) I wasn't at the event it describes but I could have been and c) reading the thread makes me nostalgic for an Internet that's been eaten by something else. (I also very much enjoyed Patrick Nielsen Hayden's contribution.)

[csuitebitches]

Do you think you speak too fast/ too slow?

Here is what I learned from a speech coach.

warm up:

start this exercise by taking a deep breath and saying “aaaaah” - try to extend this to 30 seconds. Now if it doesn’t go till 30, that’s fine. Aim to work your way to that. If you can work it up to 30, go for 45/60 seconds. Do this 5 times.

next. Download an app called Metronome beats. It’s basically what singers/ musicians use for beats.

Settings: keep beats/bar as 1,

clicks/beats as 1

start at 90. It will start with a click sound and continue “beeping.”

Match your words to the beep. One beep = one word. Now slowly, increase the beat by 5 till you reach 110. Increase it at your own pace but try to spend at least 20 seconds on each number (90 for 20 seconds; 95 for 20; 100 for 20….) That’s when you stop.

either start by reading something out loud and matching the beat, or select a topic and speak freely.

do this every single day. This will help with your breath, if you’re speaking on a topic it will help you think better and improve over time. The best way to further complement this exercise is to improve your vocabulary. Try to learn 1-3 new words a day and incorporate it in your vocabulary.

This is a great tool to use when learning new languages too. You can practice your speaking skills and see how fast you can remember/ read words.

[lowpolyshadow]

knuckles .....

[freakygothsex]

i need to be hit over and over again until I'm in too much pain to think or act or feel anything other than the spark of impact and the burning heat it leaves and then I need them to keep going until I cry and then keep going until I am covered in bruises and welts and spots of blood from where my skin split and then they need to leave me outside somewhere crying and whimpering until I can crawl back and apologize for making a mess. for my mental health .

[mumbeau]

do not separate

[domsdickey]

“There is no it. It was just us.”

“Is there a difference?”

ding ding ding there’s the actual thesis of the show

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was sharing an apartment with Discord from My Little Pony and I was helping him learn how to speak Welsh. I don’t speak Welsh.

[pleasuresoftheharbor]

i hate when people casually mention being in/joining the military like omg i actually think you're a terrible person now 😭🙏

reblogs off not bc i this isn't true but bc i'm sick and tired of reading dumbass shit x

[antediluvianapocalypse]

Say what you will about Steven Universe but I always thought I might be bad Now I'm sure that it's true Because I think you're so good And I'm nothing like you