#and it's great!

[secondbeatsongs]

seeing other queer people use words like "freak" and "degenerate" as insults is like one of the worst versions of the "it hurt itself in its confusion" meme

like, my buddy! my dude and/or not-dude! we are the freaks and degenerates! that's how society views us, and it's the side we should all want to be on!

nobody's going around handing out cookies to those of us that are the most morally pure, and trying to fit in isn't going to make them like us more! let yourself live a little, and enjoy things, and just...be weird. it's okay to be weird!

go love something strange, and be friends with odd people, and forget what normal is supposed to look like! find the part of yourself that feels anxious about being different, and tell it that it's going to be okay! and then join me at the weird kid table, because I brought pb&j to share, and I want to hear about whatever bizarre thing is rotating in your brain this week

#personal #sbs rambles #I have a lot of thoughts about the way queer folks treat each other online #too many thoughts perhaps #but this is a start #just be weird! just enjoy being weird #is being a freak a bad thing now? #I genuinely can't see “degenerate” as anything but a compliment #we are the weirdos mister #and it's great!

[afrenchwriter]

I've just rewatched S2 and I cried again, and while I wait (impatiently) for the amazing soundtrack to be released (when?), let me make a suggestion for the sad ineffable playlist: Light Years by The National.

Why, you may ask?

Because it's The National, and because it goes like this:

"Oh, the glory of it all was lost on me / 'Til I saw how hard it'd be to reach you / And I would always be light years, light years away from you"

So... Yeah. That's it.

#honestly #i'll keep playing S2 in the background because that's what we have to do in this world to have more art #but I'll probably take a break before rewatching it again #to digest etc #despite all the brilliant meta going around #and the joyful moments throughout the season #it's a lot #and it's great! #but also a lot #good omens #the national #gos2 #gos2 spoilers #Spotify #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers

[missgreengirl]

Drawing by a friend, during a cocooning day. The Inktober challenge is over! I see an influence of Russian fairy tales in her drawings, don't you?

#winter is coming #and it's great! #These are fruit jellies. Chocolate is eaten in December! #inktober

[mirrorofliterature]

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to watch season 4 of odaat because it aired on an obscure american network and wasn’t even finished and that makes me sad

#I've been rewatching the first three seasons recently #and it's great! #rambles #but you legitimately cannot watch the fourth season anywhere in australia #do you know why the ratings dropped? #BECAUSE IT BECAME INACCESSIBLE TO ITS INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE #which is really shitty!

[infartoomanyfandoms]

I never speak to people on here, I just yell my gay little thoughts into the void

#and it's great! #iftmf talks #supergirl #wynonna earp

[garthcelyn]

If you ever wanted to know what my film course is like, just know that we're currently having discussions on whether AI can count as people.

#and it's great!

[vermofftiss]

Got loudly heckled by my coworkers for saying Rubber (2010) is my second favourite movie but it's not my fault they don't understand it's an absurdist art piece :(

#you can't go in expecting a movie. you have to go in expecting a piece of crap #and it's great! #i'll die on this hill #i know it's an insane hill to die on but i will always defend rubber (2010)

[dasloddl]

ID in alt

#id in alt text #british #great britain #ants #Twitter #british museum #op dasloddl

[butchdonne]

what studying literature feels like

#it’s always one of these two. #either i have a great point in my head i just can’t express it right or i have OUGHDGDHHD in my head and i need to make that useful……. #pip squeaks #literature

[ruhua-langblr]

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)

#EDIT: Added a great resource for ESL and African languages that weren't found elsewhere #I do NOT recommend memrise and will talk about it another day but #langblr #duolingo #duo #language learning #language learning apps #mandarinblr #resource #reference

[mcromwell]

"Nihilist Heron" 12"x16" acrylic, conté crayon, wax pastel on reclaimed support

Herons have captured my attention lately. I love their feathers and shapes.

#heron #great blue heron #bird #birds #wildlife #wildlife art #art #traditional art #animal art #painting #acrylic #mixed media #feathers #expressionistic #abstracted

[prismatoxic]

dadchuck is everything to me

#laios: i wanna be a troll :( #chilchuck: have i got great news for you #dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims

[devious-buffoon]

Shit man, this wizard war is fucked. I just saw a guy clap his hands together and say "the ten hells" or some similar shit, and every one around him turned inside out, had their tibia explode and then disappeared. The camera didn't even go onto him, that's how common shit like this is. My ass is casting frostbite and level 2 poison. I think I just heard "power word:scrunch" two groups over. I gotta get the fuck outta here.

#wizardposting #wizard posting #wizardblr #evil wizard #shitpost #the great wizard war of 1343

[charlesoberonn]

Tell me you know nothing about history without telling me you know nothing about history

#'turned him gay' #newsflash asshole he's been gay (bi rather) the entire time! #alexander the great #history #to clarify this is a reaction to the tweet #I don't know anything about the documentary itself or how accurate it is

[prejac-life]

#prejac #hot as fuck #sexy content #spicy content #big boody #big round butt #cutie w a bootie #girl butts #sexy titts #great body #premature ejaculator

[pleasureville]

Good morning

#so hot 🔥🔥🔥 #so hot and sexy #so hotttt #so hot so hot #amazing body #amazing beauty #amazing butt #great breasts #perfect breast #huge titts #sexy titts #hot as fuck #natural titts #seethrough