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[mtg-player1]

I love the implication of the username "unionize aromantically." Is there usually an inherently romantic nature to most unions, thus necessitating the specification that your union is not? Personally, I am all for promoting the idea that making out with your fellow union members is an option (for those who are so inclined) if it increases union membership.

I could answer this in many different directions, so I'm gonna do that

Obviously the primary reason I picked the url was because I'm aromantic and like unionization.

Actually I don't remember which language it was in, maybe English, maybe Norwegian, maybe both, but union can mean marriage. I just don't want that confusion.

It's a union for aromantics. It's not necessarily that there's something romantic about unions, but instead it's that most people are alloromantic and therefore most people in a union would be alloromantic, but I want to prevent that. Because I know that aromantics are really cool + a lot less likely to annoy me about crushes

I saw a similar url on a pornbot in the first wave of bots with good names, something unionize, and I decided I had to capture it.

that's all I could think of but yeah. Unionize regardless of whether you're aromantic and if you're aromantic be proud of your aromanticism regardless of if you're in a union yet (but do join a union, fight for your rights!).

[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]

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]

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 :)

[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)