#IF THAT DIFFICULTY IS ROOTED

[m-kyunie]

angel of honor and legacy, a harbinger of dreams

#zack fair #ff7 #final fantasy 7 #final fantasy vii #ffvii #BACK TO MY ROOTS BABEYYY #lined an ipad sketch that i think I only posted on Instgram... #had some difficulty w this in the sense that I felt very. hm. stumped during coloring

[noisytenant]

played some rhythm games today for the first time in a while. thumper, muse dash, and got rhythm doctor. really like it. part of me would love to get Really good at rhythm games and get into sight reading, but i feel like it's hard for me to devote energy to playing any kind of game. i'd really have to commit.

#indexed post #i'm passable at rhythm games but i'd like to be better #i used to be better i used to be able to get like A's in Love Live Expert rank #but now i can't always clear like puroseka Hard. I tap out around the 19-21 difficulty range #im on thumper level 7 but i need to get into the practice mode i think. too off my game partway thru the level want to start from the top #could add beating thumper to 2024 resolutions #anyways thanks jeremy for sending me frankenX rhythm doctor it was really good and put me on this path and reminded me. My roots

[fractured]

NOT TO BRAG!...

#2 #Its 14 now we did the hard difficulty on root canal & are trying to wrap up the orphanage.

[mirqmarq428]

Remember when they made an android flip phone but it was literally just a flip phone? Well, I got one. More experiments hopefully to come...

#tis a samsung so #im a little worried about difficulty of rooting et

[a-lonely-tatertot]

I cant believe that grizzly plays himself was the first one to have the dead guy white streak-

#i was rewatching minecraft hardest difficulty and was like WAIT #never forget our roots <3 #this is scu propaganda #scu #grizzlyplays #scu grizzly #tater rambles

[devilatelier]

bedtime. HOWEVER.

#thinking about valentin and the difficulty he has forming bonds. #he craves them. craves love and to be loved more than anything but. #every relationship has ended in some sort of hurt for him so his defense mechanism kicks in and he pushes people away first. #he'll lash out before anything can take root. #he tentatively starts to trust basil. clings to him tightly actually. even if he leaves scars. #my ocs #valentin #vamp story

[nalver]

yknow i try to ignore the thoughts about possibly having dyscalculia but every time i think about it i just wonder, why are people so unwilling to hear me out on it?

#like come the fuck on man ive been having stupid difficulties with math clocks and numbers in general for my whole life #needed extensive tutoring and help all my life and none of it was effective and i was just seen as lazy and unwilling to study by myself #but i dunno #i still need tutoring but i just cant be bothered anymore lol even if i had tutoring i would still be repeatedly asked why im doing bad #and being told that clearly tutoring must be a waste of money if im still getting bad grades #but i dunno why no one is willing to hear me out on it! i feel like im trying to just make some extensive disorder/disability list but nah #i look at the things i very much struggle with and want to find the root of the problem

[unpretty]

I just binged EVERY single chapter of HTR in one go and I feel a little dizzy BUT 1) incredible smut, thank you for putting more tentacles out into the world 2) absolutely delighted that you've made up a word that is jeni-jeni as that's how I spelled my name when I was being a particularly difficult preteen 3) SCREAMING at Zrel's absolutely ridiculous outfit. 100/10 no notes on that 4) I am obsessed with Xavio it's fine

xavio was already wearing the skull belt when zrel started wearing the lion belt and xavio is still mad about it because he feels like zrel's belt is so stupid that it makes xavio's outfit look worse

#original #hungry thirsty roots #zrel really does just show off the maximum amount of happy trail allowable by law #i didn't specify but i imagined the most absurd red ermine horseshit for the cape #'capes are stupid' asserts local man with anatomical difficulties wearing capes

[satans-knitwear]

Wait, is cumming easy for you? Or are the toys your only hope? What are the stakes here?

The stakes are high, my friends. Takes a lot of effort these days and im constantly looking for ways to make that easier for myself ✨

#No one else will be helping me so i must help myself and toys are my favourite way of doing that 😎 #Of course technically you guys help me out bc i couldnt buy any toys at all if it werent for your tips/dnations 🥺🥰😘 #My meds are probably the root of that difficulty. And my general state of mind some days. But feeling good is fun and worth the effort obvs #Asks

[oglegoggle]

The past year has been so so difficult and I hope dearly that it will get easier soon. Fuck.

#this is goggles #Covid is kicking my ass this sucks and I wish I didn’t have to be handing this alone #I wish desperately for the chance to be held in coming weeks #I miss my ex but it’s not because he was a good partner he explicitly was what the root of 2/3 of the difficulties last year #I miss him because I miss the only relationship I’ve ever had where I lived with the other person and that felt so fucking good holy shit #I miss daily affection and being held #I’d give anything to be held

[waitinginthecorner]

#dj ron #it feels so good to listen to this and feel kinda good #it took soooo long but im finally starting to forgive myself and take myself seriously and treat myself better again #im so excited for this year #ive never been a new year type but like. ive been building up to this change for so long and idk #it feels like im shedding a skin of sorts #im still me but in a different way. ive been worming out of my chrysalis the past few years and thats okay #im glad ive gotten so many big emotional milestones out of the way relatively young #ik im gonna face soooooo many more hardships and heart breaks and difficulties but im so much more prepared than i ever couldve hoped to me #to be lol #im far from perfect but i really do think im well of emotionally all things considered #im proud of myself :^] #and to anyone still nosey enough to read this far im so proud of you too xoxo #im sure youre doing plenty of your own hard work and i wish you the best. im rooting for you always :^] #i hope you feel it in the subtle twinges of your heart and lungs and veins bc thats where my love and hope lives #theyre like white blood cells #rambling #Spotify

[ferociouslycreativemystery]

Me: I'm fine about my autism now btw, like I've come to terms with my fixated interests, limited tolerances and social inabilities. The alienation it brings is not ideal but it's just a reality I've gotta deal with now that I know it's just a part of who I am. I mean, it's not like an awkward conversation is gonna ruin anyone's life, is it? We'll both move on from it eventually. This is fine!

Also me: physically unable to watch beyond the first word of the first question of The Assembly because oh my god what if someone says something awkward or controversial or someone can't make themselves understood people are gonna get mad and scream about it online and I will freeze up and be stuck in the backlash forever I don't know how to handle conflict AT ALL let's just hide in the corner behind the sofa instead wait what if I became a hermit actually yeah yeah yeah that sounds good let's do that

#unresolved trauma? never even heard of her haha 😅 #maddie debrief #that 2-minute intro/taster did nothing to calm me down either btw #I'm never comfortable around the types of shows where 'difference' becomes the core conceit of the premise #oh. so you've created a format dependent on making a socially alienated group face the social rules that made them alien in the first place #and then deriving your conflict from the 'natural contradiction' between the two? #sounds like the exact kind of conflict-seeking environment where I can let my normal guard down enough to meaningfully challenge #my deeply rooted feeling that people generally find me cumbersome to be around and mostly just tolerate my presence out of necessity #lovely that #(like i say I haven't seen the show #so idk if it is actually like that or if it's just the promo material stirring shit up as per usual #but as of rn I do not feel welcome in this room) #why does the 'we're not so different after all' always have to come at the climax and never the midpoint of the story? #why can we never find more than personal gratification in that realisation? #why do we always focus on the difficulty of coming to the realisation rather than the conflict of putting the realisation into *practice*? #I know why #it is because the human imagination is far more limited than we like to believe #and we find it hard to even *imagine* a world that we haven't seen functioning for ourselves yet #let alone find a purpose in *acting* on the idea #(especially if we ourselves currently feel dependent on the status quo for our personal welfare #which is why shows made to depend on 'difference = conflict' make my blood run cold) #so if we have to see to believe - how many cases of real world functioning equity does the average person understand? #very few. so let's instead lazily invert the state of power in an existing dynamic that people are familiar with #thereby reaffirming its false dichotomy through perpetuating what is essentially the same old conflict #while claiming to subvert it when in fact all we have done is reverse the dominance while keeping everyone locked in their roles #can someone just put some thought into how we might create a format that aims to loosen up the underlying skewed power dyanmic #so that everyone has to work together to prevent the elevation of a single way of being over all others #because that just becomes suffocating to *everyone* in the end #and that can still *acknowledge difference* but not as a source of conflict - rather as a source of collective strength? #but the story of changing one perspective will always be easier to both tell and enjoy than the one about building something new

[ayoyoungg]

team 2 could pull off BANG but team 8 can’t pull off The Boys me thinks

#I like dkb and am rooting for them but I stand by this #I wish the video for their performance was a still cam front view like all the others #I wanna watch a fan cam of the group without all the camera angles #personally I thought team 2 should win #but I wanna watch team 8’s perf to see what the judges saw #like I thought it’d be 3 to 5 if not 4 to 4 #i REALLY liked ntx’s version of The Boys #like the og song admittedly isn’t that good (if you look at just the song and not the performance + outfits + nostalgia) #but they made the song good!! and I liked how they changed up the lyrics #bro that ‘no reputation can you feel my team’ is GENIUS #like you can’t even question the group’s identity #also like the judges that voted for them were Tiffany and Shim Jaewon aka the ones that know the difficulty of that song #I’m suprised Kyuhyun didn’t vote for them (especially after his comment on the vocals) but I’m guessing the boys isn’t 1 of his fav gg songs #the boys is more vocally demanding than bang is all I’m saying #both groups had SOLID performances but yeah I wish they shared more about why the voted how they did #also hearing dkb stretch out 8 o’oclock in the lyrics of bang was so fun/funny to listen to #jt #just thoughts #jtbc peaktime

[dragpinkman]

hmm. no i think im not bi again

#back to my lesbian roots i think i was trapped in comphet. honestly ill probably be back to it again its hard figuring out sexuality with- #religious trauma yk? being ace is another layer of difficulty on it #at least im certain about one thing lol #also i say figuring out sexuality i know its technically my romantic attraction but i like saying sexuality bc i do #i had someone getting mad at me for saying i was gay- sorry i dont want to go into the whole thing saying homoromantic asexual with a #complicated gender relationship and experience of womanhood

[fabrickind]

I know the joke is that Ghost Trick fans can't tell you why to play it, just that you should, but here's some spoiler-free reasons to play it:

It's an incredible puzzle game. The puzzles are basically Rube-Goldberg machines, where you manipulate objects in a series to effect change in the overall situation. Do you like complex mechanisms and the concept of the butterfly effect? Play this.

The basic gameplay: you are a ghost. You have the ability to posses and manipulate objects, and move from object to object. Someone bas died. You can go to four minutes before their death to change their fate using your Rube Goldberg powers. Also! The puzzles do a great job of ramping you up in difficulty and teaching you the gameplay, but wow do they get HARD in late game. You can replay any puzzle, and also rewind time as you wish. You can't lock yourself out of things by doing it wrong, since you can redo.

The story is SO GOOD. There's a reason why everyone tells you as little as possible -- it's a compelling mystery that sucks you in. The basic idea: you are dead. You need to figure out who you are and who killed you. This spins out into a tale of political intrigue.

It's by Shu Takumi, the creator of Ace Attorney. It has very similar vibes, in that it's absolutely bonkers characters and situations but also WILL make you cry once it's all revealed. Great mix of serious and humorous tones. Seriously, someone dies when a giant roast chicken statue falls on them and the root cause is because of [serious political events]

The aesthetics. Great music, great character design, have you SEEN what the game looks like? Really good use of color and stylization. Character animations are often hilarious.

Missile is there. You WILL love bestest boy. Don't google him. Just trust.

#ghost trick phantom detective #ghost trick #please play ghost trick #if you saw this reposted from twitter #no you didn't

[mariacallous]

Last year, the lead singer of The 1975, Matt Healy, managed to offend a whole lot of Gaelgoirí (Irish speakers) when he appeared to mock a fan’s name – Dervla – at a meet-and-greet.

Healy isn’t alone, though, when it comes to anglophone bafflement at Irish names. A recent study based on an analysis of Google searches revealed the words that British people have the most difficulty pronouncing. The names Aoife, Saoirse, Niamh and Siobhán occupy places in the top 10.

And it’s not exclusively a British problem: I always cringe watching US talkshows where the host quizzes their Irish guest (usually Saoirse Ronan) on the pronunciation of their and other Irish names.

I’ve heard every possible variation of my own name from non-Irish people. It’s not uncommon in Ireland; in secondary school, there were four Niamhs in my class. But I rarely come across an English person who is familiar with it, despite the proximity of our two countries.

In case you don’t know, it’s pronounced “Neev” or “Nee-av”, either is perfectly acceptable. The prefix Ní means “daughter of”. My surname is trickier, and has even tripped up a few Irish people; it can be translated as Herbert, and is pronounced “her-a-vard”.

When I was living in London, I quickly learned that saying Niamh at the counter in a coffee shop or over the phone to make a booking simply wouldn’t fly. This led to the invention of what I call my “Starbucks name”. Anything easily pronounceable with a simple spelling would do. Mia, Sophie and Rose were among my common aliases.

Speaking to others reveals a litany of similar experiences. Aoibhe Ní Shúilleabháin, a designer and teacher, spent two years at college in England having her name mispronounced and disrespected. (Her first name is pronounced “Ay-vah”.) More than one lecturer resorted to calling her “blondie”.

She tells me: “I was asked to say, ‘Three hundred and thirty three trees’” – a tongue-twister that does the rounds on TikTok – “more often than I was asked to repeat my name.” She recalls the lack of interest when she attempted to explain that Irish and English are different languages with different pronunciation rules.

Clearly, the sensitivities at play here are rooted in history: Ireland was colonised by the English and our national language was all but wiped out. A language revival began in earnest in the 19th century, but it’s never quite recovered. Ireland’s most recent census shows that about 40% of Ireland’s population can speak Irish. The English destroyed our language once before, so every little throwaway comment and scoff at our names hurts a little bit more – and ultimately becomes just tiresome. A handful of people even remark, “Oh! I didn’t know Ireland had its own language,” when I tell them about my name.

Writer Darach Ó Séaghdha is all too familiar with these difficulties. (The “rach” in Darach is pronounced like “Bach”, he says.)He hosted a podcast called Motherfoclóir, a podcast about the Irish language and culture, and whenever there were guests on with Irish names, “inevitably the episode would turn into group therapy”. There was one bad experience, he recalls, when he was told that his surname “looked like a wifi password”. But he decided to give his children Irish names, too. It’s a common trend, he says, “because parents with Irish names have been battle-hardened”.

Like the others I spoke to for this piece, writer and director Rioghnach (think “Ree-nock”)Ní Ghrioghair believes that a sense of superiority among English speakers is to blame for the constant mistreatment of Irish names. But she’s defiant. “We are going to scrutinise the British for any transgression regarding the pronunciation of our names,” and other things, she tells me, like British media claiming Irish actors as their own during awards seasons.

There is no easy crash-course I can give to you on the pronunciation of Irish names, but you can always try out “how to pronounce”-style websites (which themselves can be contested). But the simplest and most reliable solution is perhaps just to politely ask an Irish person – and listen attentively to what they say. I may have accepted that English people are very rarely going to get my name right on the first go, but I appreciate a well-intentioned effort. Just don’t laugh at it, please.