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starfacedstudio · 11 months

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Image ID: A colored sketch of a front and back reference for an older version of Berdly from Deltarune with an altered darkworld design. He is bright blue with lighter blue, green, and yellow accents as well as orange-toned armor pieces. Much of his design features slight semi-circle shapes in different places.

Image ID: A front and back colored sketch for an older version of Catti from Deltarune with a darkworld design. Her base fur color is mainly light green with teal markings and paw pads, and her eyes and claws are yellow. She has clean cut, shoulder length hair with a purple to green gradient that is half put into a pair of buns. She wears a floor length dress with the same purple to green gradient that has pentagonal motifs on the bottom.

Image ID: A colored sketch of an older version of Jockington from Deltarune with a darkworld design. He is quite long and tall, boasts a radical mane of light yellow and pink hair, and has yellow and orange skin. There are two pairs of small, bat-like wings on his head with a green and pink gradient. He is adorned with a purple headpiece with a visor and a similar colored collar. Throughout his design are some motifs similar to lightning.

ive GOT to stop being a coward about posting unfinished things so i supposed id post these 3 - here are my designs for the secondary lightners who will appear in Folly of the Fountains! ive posted versions of these designs at some point before (albeit unfinished), but have finally landed on full designs that I like as of recently

#deltarune #folly of the fountains #fotf #catti deltarune #jockington deltarune #berdly deltarune #future designs #i never know how to tag for “these guys are older than they are in game but not in an au way but like kinda” lmao ill just go with that.#ive also colored a Whole lot of other designs as well. that i Cannot share for spoilers sake oops #i gave up on giving everyone cleaned up reference sheets it was taking too long #and i would rather save the energy for actually drawing the comic :clownflushed:#i have some story stuff to iron out but i really really want to start to get this out on deltarunes anniversary if im able to >:]#hopefully might have some other stuff to share in the mean time. i miss sharing my work #described #froxposting

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catkin-morgs-kookaburralover · 8 months

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feeling weird mixed feelings atm and I can't really logic them away, ig? on the one hand I'm completely apathetic about it. on the other hand there's a part of me that's absolutely horrified that I could do something like that. the fact that it's still a consistent low-level pain the whole time also doesn't help. anyway those kinds of thoughts are then making me want to harm again to cope with them but also a) it's manageable and b) I currently have a deep horror of self-inflicted pain after the last few days apparently.

#more specific blatherings in the tags so im gonna get them below the read more in case anyone doesn't want to read it #tw sh #because yes this is about the last few days and im gonna add a few more words to get the rest below the read more #the fact that while they aren't as deep as i've ever gone before they are unquestionably in volume far exceeding any #before. not that i count at the time or anything but there are at least sixty new cuts from the last week so no wonder it's painful #but yeah it's just. an interesting emotional feeling once the pressure that triggered them is gone #i don't know i don't understand myself really #glad i have a psych appointment monday really #if i didn't have one booked i'd probably be booking one about now #also bothered by how visible the ones on my wrist are going to be.#hopefully the redness will go away soon bc i don't think they're quite healed yet #teatree oil is helping tho so hopefully they won't be TOO obvious #the location means that yeah they will be visible but hopefully not too too much #and after all i have only for-sure hit the fat layer twice. maybe a few other times. there are a couple taking ages to heal atm #so they might've idk. and i haven't gone any deeper than that #honestly with the wrist ones the fact is that it was blunt and i couldn't #sharpen it at hte time. perhaps tmi but yeah this may have saved my life and or my hand function #but i might be overstating it. anyway apparently that was three weeks and one day ago?? wow #guys that entire day i was convinced i wasn't going to live to see the morning. the WHOLE DAY #i literally have a commie newspaper on my desk currently because they tried selling it at uni and i was so existential i was just like.#'what is life. what is money. who cares' and bought it. see this is the funny story i referred to. i can elaborate #personal #puddleglum hours #tw suicide

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tardis--dreams · 7 months

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Gonna go running tomorrow!!!! Gotta hype myself up because i know once my alarm goes off at 6am i will not be as excited anymore ((((: BUT I'LL GO RUNNING!!!!

#i just #need to get some actual exercise #where i can completely exhaust myself #i mean. i get some pretty exhausting 10 minutes every morning on my hike to class #but i want something a bit longer and something that will end in a nice shower and not in a seminar room #I'm just a bit scared of how it'll go because so far the paths where people exercise are also occupied by other people #and then there's bikes that might kill you if you don't watch out #so i wanna go early so i hopefully avoid random people taking a painfully slow walk in the middle of the path #so you can't pass them #but I'll be moving!!! fast!! i cannot wait tbh #i should have gone tonight #(watch me oversleep and be too unmotivated to go tomorrow morning... istg if i don't get up at 6 #I'll still go at 8 or 9 or 10 am and have to live with the consequences of the paths being crowded #I'd go to bed early but my neighbors keep me up until 2am every night so that's fun #but the running will be worth it #(I'm not even a runner ㅠㅠ i just need to substitute my usual high intensity workouts with something other than pilates and yoga #i mean it's definitely not bad to be forced to do something out of my comfort zone but i really miss my jumping around time)#void screams

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hella1975 · 1 year

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im being so serious besties i am not cut out for academia

#like yes i know ive had a very uniquely shit experience in doing a degree i actively not only hate but also am BAD AT #but also i just. cannot hack it #'but hella you go mental and pessimistic every single exam period' i know that but. im right also #like the other day i said to my mum how much ive just been enjoying my job recently #and how huge a deal that is bc i HATE my hometown and ive never ever considered my time here as possibly being good #and my 20s will hopefully be a lot of travelling but in between that to save easier im gonna live at home #so i dont have to worry about rent so alas that means when im saving up for my next trip I WILL BE IN MY HOMETOWN #and as excited as i am for my twenties that is one huge downside to me but i was really cheerfully saying to my mum #that literally for the first time ever ive considered it might not be too bad bc lately i have just enjoyed my job #like i enjoy the people and the work and the lifestyle of it and while it's never gonna be ideal as a means to an end it's actually good #and instead of focussing on that she went OFF on one about how she wants me to stay in education and keep getting qualifications #and she was like 'you could do an english degree you've always wanted to do english or how about open university-'#and i was just sat there blinking at her like girl.... no #like i could FEEL myself shutting down like the terror of having to return to this environment when ive got my sight so set #on that 'one more year and im done one more year and im done' mindset like that has been the only thing getting my through #is that im halfway through the course now so im closer to the other end than i am the beginning and if i can just push through #ill be free from it for the rest of my life. so the thought of immediately returning to academia even for a subject i adore? i felt ILL #and my mum apologised the next day without me even having to say anything bc she realised she kinda bulldozed me there #but i just know whether it's the adhd or ive actually been traumatised by this econ degree #(<- and im being serious there like ik 'traumatised' is a big loaded word but idk what else to use #and this degree has done so so much damage to me like it has convinced me that i am fundamentally a stupid person #to the point i refuse to add up bills when with friends or do answer any sort of intellectual question even if i KNOW i know the answer #bc ive just gone so so long of being bad at the only subject im studying like just SURROUNDED by it and being bad at it relentlessly #and i dont think people realise how damaging it is to very simply just... feel stupid all the time. but oh my god i used to be so confident #and bright and now i wont even do basic addition in front of people)#i really truly dont think i can do this again in any capacity. like the constant exams and studying and assignments #i just cant do it. maybe i just need a year or two away from it after this degree but my goddddd rn i cant see it #yes it's exam time for me can u tell. it always makes me existential and on the verge of vomiting at any given moment #i hate it here i hate it here i hate it here i dont care about iterated deletion of strictly dominated strategies shut the fuck up #hella goes to uni

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animationismycomfort · 22 days

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I’ve been inspired to make more parents for trolls characters help

#there’s a difference between making up an idea and then coming up with the color scheme and design I’m just saying #cause you have to take into account the kids colors too and then ya gotta analyze and make up other genetics to make it make more sense and #……..yea #it’s a lot but I’m LOVING IT #it’s my favorite pass time #we vibing with making families boys #my stuffy stuff #trolls #🐛my stories🦋#might make angst with certain parents who knows #IM ALSO WORKING ON A NEVER CAPTURED TROLLS AU #it basically just means their tribe was never taken by the bergens it’s gonna be fun #so y’all better be excited #I know I don’t really post my art but that’s because I’m a procrastinator #I’m sorry #I can’t help it #I’m trying to be better though #so hopefully I can give y’all something

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sisterdivinium · 1 year

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#i'm procrastinating rewriting the last scene in the fic because i miss the show #(or rather because i'm going through mother superion withdrawal syndrome)#and so i have been deep diving in the mother superion tag #the sheer AUDACITY some people have in suggesting suzanne is straight??? why do you insult her and me like this #dni block me please and thanks #(gays i'm joking. i mean i'm not because i might block y'all het!suzanne heathens but anyway LOL)#(just to make sure: i AM joking but i also AM surprised)#(and tbqh i do not want to see it ever again ksjfhskjdfk y'all have fun just keep away)#silly blabbering #anyway my VERY LESBIAN suzanne and her equally lesbian scientist are almost ready to be unleashed on the world #last scene should be done between today and tomorrow if i'm lucky #then i'm taking a wee break because a friend is coming over for a few days #but i'll hopefully have begun typing by the end of the week after rereading again #my estimates aren't perfect but i'm guessing maybe next week or on the other this thing gets published #so fingers crossed. might disappear for a little while after that too because posting shit makes me nervous lol #but then i'll be back for some of the analysis stuff i had planned. give it some time before i start work on the second docsuperion fic #(which will be shorter)

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pichlive · 4 months

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Your reaction to the Narrator and what he says is really funny. You’ve basically gone:

I don’t trust you!

Okay, I think you believe what you’re saying. However, I think you’re wrong so I’m going to ignore you.

Wait, where did everyone go… SHIT, was the Narrator right!? Did the world end!?

The Narrator, the Hero and the Smitten are all gone. Are they dead? Did the apocalypse happen!?

Oh, never mind, the Princess is here. The world might still have ended though…

Meh, sometime things need to end for new things to start AKA I don’t care that my choices may have led to the premature and possibly painful death of every man, woman, child, animal and possible the universe itself. The Princess is here and that’s all I care about. Plus, maybe something else with come after this.

Oh good. Things have reset… and the Narrator’s back warning me about the end of the world again yawn

Wait, maybe the Princess made him like this

God, I hate this guy and how he’s – checks notes – doing the thing that the Princess might be making him do. Anyway, I love the Princess and she can do no wrong!

Don’t get me wrong, your reactions are completely understandable. It’s hard to believe a random voice that goes ‘go murder this person or you’ll condemn everyone else to die.’ Anyone would find that sus. Not to mention, while you are being told the Princess will end the world, the only person you’ve actually seen is the Princess and she asks you not to kill her. I do wonder if you’d have been so blasé about the possible end of the world if you’d seen some of the people you may or may not have damned.

It’s just funny that you simultaneous believe the Princess might be the one making him like that and that she’s worth saving but he isn’t. If you’re right and the Princess made him like this, he’s very much a victim but you don’t care because you’ve choice her side.

You’ve said that you’re going to try to save everyone, with the possible exception of the Narrator who you think might be a lost cause. It sucks for the Narrator. You think he believes what he says, that he might even be right, that the Princess might have made him like this and he’s still the only person you aren’t bothered about saving.

oh boy-- outside of the game content! Looks like i've unlocked the voice of The Anon!

so this little dumpster fire of an ask has been waiting in my inbox for… quite some time.

my initial hesitation to answer, more than anything else, was because, sincerely-- the tone of this anon made me think they might pipebomb me with spoilers to prove whatever little weird point they're making here-- if, in hindsight, there even is one worth making.

and also not give you the immediate satisfaction either-- if you even are still here (hi i guess?)

but now that i've finished the game…

well okay for one all i'm going to say is i can tell you haven't even finished the game. maybe even barely watched the demo.

Or by this point, might have gotten beyond that-- given that one ask i also believe you also sent me (from the way you... apparently think my reactions are so '''funny'''), you'd probably have tried to spoil me even more... because i wasn't getting to the points you thought i should???? what is your fucking damage?

but the first reason i wanted to 'answer' this was to show off how completely fucking bonkers you are.

the fact that i KNOW on some level you had to have based all this JUST on my playthrough-- and opinions-- of the game.

my very… incomplete perspective and playthrough of the game at the time you sent this in, btw.

the very… condescending way you word… all of this. because i have a spine i find this more cute than anything, if very annoying and weird.

the fact you seem to make judgement calls… on my morality? from how i play a game? with very Not Real Characters? I mean yeah it wants to draw you in and my choices/opinions for the most part have been genuine but i think ya'll get what i mean here

also i can further tell you have Not Played The Game because of assumptions even I haven't made? or at the time hadn't made? or if you have, uh… well. um. hm. alright then.

but again like-- your assessment of me based on… what was at the time a very incomplete playthrough with what information i had-- and if anything now that i have completed the game, uh, yeah, i'm pretty firm on my perspective.

but also other than shaming me for… beyond siding with, sympathizing with a character… the game wants you to sympathize with and bond with and not getting along as much with a character who, at every corner… listen i don't think he's technically a liar but gaslighting and condescension isn't that great of a look either. but also shaming me for liking her so much when the game is stated outright TO BE A LOVE STORY. DO YOU ALSO GET WEIRD AT PEOPLE WHO PLAY FUCKING DATING SIMS AND LIKE THE CHARACTERS, ANONTHY?

also your weird judgement of my impressions in general. like. it's almost that's what a liveblog is?

'the only person you aren't bothered about saving' is. also interesting. all i'm gonna say is um. anon. genuinely. what the fuck am i supposed to do here to even SAVE the narrator?

but also the insistence i'm playing a game 'wrong' that…… outright says there ARE no wrong choices, just different perspectives (which, i suppose also technically applies to me here-- but my point here being this anon is kind of weirdly fucking judgmental).

hell, even the creators have stated they won't answer any lore questions outright BECAUSE they want it to be interpreted in a variety of ways!

which, speaking of the creators.

i don't know them obviously, but, uh. anon?

i don't… think they'd want you acting like this. like thank god this game is so popular.

i say this because…

let's imagine, for a moment:

i have a weaker spine, and this game is far less popular, and still by an indie studio (granted if it was less popular i might not be playing it but that's beside the point).

let's say i recieve this and decide, at 'best', to modify my playthrough… not according to what i want. but because of some random guy on the internet who's being weird.

suddenly it's incredibly ingenuine for a game that wants you to make YOUR own choices.

or, a step further: i just stop live blogging it. if people think i'm making the 'wrong' choices, why show that, after all?

maybe, at worst, i even stop playing.

anon, if this game HADN'T of gotten the reach it had… how do you think this kind of attitude would affect it? or, hell-- even as popular as it is… this is still… pretty fucking rude to do to other people, and by proxxy the creators to a point.

like, there is the 'don't be a fucking dick in the fandom' part, obviously. shaming other people for their perspective on a game that WANTS you to do so is, uh. pretty boggling.

but there's also the other point that doing this DOES hurt indie creations. not that oh you have to treat them like glass and never debate with each other no no-- but treating people like this when they're publically helping talk about an indie game… is kind of shit, actually!

and to clarify-- i'm not holding myself up as some like, single beacon of the slay the princess fandom, like, god no-- there's a lot more influential people here who have done that way better than me in terms of hyping up this game.

more so that-- well, this isn't for anon. i know i'm not gonna convince them, whoever they are. and, hopefully, since the ask you sent after this, that I can tell is you because you use that cute little condescending indicator of thinking ways i'm playing you don't like/think is 'right' is ''''funny''''-- i've finally been able to block your ass. good riddance to someone who bafflingly was apparently following someone's content they don't really like all that much and don't know how a fucking block button works on their end.

like. are you like this with any friends you have? do you look at them and also like, similarly act like god's rudest little asshole about however they play a game? interpret a media? if you're allowed to determine my apparent entire morality from a short view of my play session i think i'm allowed to determine from this short (unfortunate) window into you that you sound pretty fucking insufferable.

no, this is moreso me-- other than making fun of anon and gawking at them-- going don't fucking do this. not JUST because it's rude-- but it can actually be VERY detrimental to other indie projects, even this one to a point, that's SUPPOSED to have discussion and different interpretation.

don't be this weird asshole.

#hoping people get what i mean when i post all this #this anon has just been like. in my inbox almost the entire time and like. i've been just kind of looking at it like man wtf #anyway hopefully my point gets through here #pichlive answers #also to further clarify: no i don't mind other takes but this anon was being fucking weird and #in hindsight very fucking stupid and obnoxious about it #if it was just saying i might be too judgemental or jumping the gun on the narrator or hinting there's more going on or even disagreeing #thatd be perfectly fine! but implying i'm some kind of idiot for not immediately playing the game some rando wants is. uh. well #its something else #and i am not intending to speak for the creators i just get the vibe that. this ask spits very much in the face of what they may have #intended #or how they'd want people to like experience the game in terms of playing it freely and forming their own views

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amiscreations · 2 years

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some of my favourite photos from the Skid Row Concert! and the last one is me and my sister with the one and only Snake Sabo aaah! (I'm on the left) every time I look back on these photos everything just comes rushing back, and it still feels surreal that I got to see them. I'll have to do it again sometime haha!

also thank you to @mccoys-killer-queen for giving me some photo editing tips to make these the best they can be!💜💜💜

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smile-files · 2 years

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had a dream where there were at least ten (10) official x plushies in my home. he has invaded my mind (click image for better quality)

#dandy's doodles #bfb #bfb x #kin #tw eyestrain #eyestrain tw #he is my little squidget and i love him dearly :)#i have my homemade x plushie but i do want the official one. cuz i'm worried i might damage the one i made if i play with him too much :')#so at some point i'll ask my parents to get an x plushie for me (or 10. if they're okay with that)#in other news i'm trying to make a more comprehensive kinlist #because i want to remake my pinned post #and i don't want to use carrd </3 because it's annoying to do on my phone even if it looks cool #so hopefully new pinned post/bio and new kinlist soon (including x of course!)#so yeah. also excuse x as a minion. i just had to indulge myself #i actually don't mind minions whatsoever and think the movies are really cute. but then i'm ridiculously easy to please #so you have no need to respect my opinion hhghhghhghh #also rosy maple moth x is kind of a given coming from me. i mean it's not like i could make td or winner a rosy maple moth #and so i bestowed upon x the highest honor... being my favorite moth :)

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dan-crimes · 8 months

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The world isn't ready for all my amazing and wonderful takes on media but maybe my OCs will make them understand...

#I have a whole Thing where just #I get misunderstood a lot there's only a handful of people who get me and even still there's this air of mystery #which tbf idk how my brain even works sometimes it just has a mind of it's own #anyway I do want people to be able to understand me PURELY bcuz the people who misunderstand me are like #actively annoying about it or straight up malicious and I mean I don't expect them to really ever understand #cuz most of them aren't open to it or are too stubborn to change their mind or just past experiences cause for them to feel a certain way #or we are simply too different as people for them to get it sometimes people just aren't compatible #I just wish people didn't make it /my/ problem when /they/ don't understand me lmao #I'm simply built different 👊😌#in general I enjoy a different perspective on things and I wish other people would also view things in that way #like you don't have to understand just accept it like people Exist and they are simply like that sometime #you might never be able to fully grasp the confines of another person's brain but you can make an effort to just accept them #or at least accept that That is the way they are etc etc cuz like of someone is different than you and it's nothing bad like #¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I dunno what the fuss would be about they are simply different than you #...which is normal since everyone is unique in their own way #anyway I give some of my OCs aspects of myself that people tend to not understand so I can dive into that more #and hopefully come to soms sort of understanding or at the very least see what kinda messed up stuff people have to say abt it lmao #like if anyone does some sort of analysis abt my OCs and is just like This person is the devil in secret read between the lines #then like I know exactly how that person is and how they would act towards me as well LMAO life hax #obviously that is an exaggeration but it's prolly safe to say we would not get along #I also try to have my OCs having traits that I see very commonly in other people to see how many people can relate to that stuff #like there's a lot to it lmao I would enjoy seeing the effects of characters #like I don't just do it for other people I also do it for myself in an attempt to understand how other people work #cuz just there's some common stuff I see in people that I lack and don't have that issue #makes it hard to understand or comfort those people especially when idk what specifically they would want in that moment #I'm more of a distraction vs a comforter and all my comfort is logic based in order to ground people #bcuz idk how the person feels in that moment since it's an issue I don't have #anyway that's another reason I try and make characters like that cuz I wanna be able to better understand that stuff

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cinnabeat · 8 months

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i had a thought btw i would love having a streli/vani/sora trio in kh4 HOWEVER i thought it would be more interesting to have sora have zero companions. hes spent the entire series leaning on his friends for strength which isnt a bad thing! however as we see as soon as he loses his friends he kind of breaks down and doesnt believe he personally has the strength to fight. so i would like to see him completely alone with zero friends learning to fight by himself :)

#of course he would get better self esteem hopefully #bc if he can do it by himself hes not worthless right?#shakes sora: RIGHT?#of course this would mean streli wouldnt be a companion nor a friend #she would have to be suspicious #although i dont think sora has it in him to be suspicious of someone who is nice #like you know #i doubt streli is gonna be outright evil #so unless she is soras gonna trust her #so evidently he'll have a friend #but if she doesnt fight WITH him..#on the ither hand i REALLY want a streli/sora/vani trio 😭#thinking on it tho i also doubt that will happen #sora never has actual keyblade weilders as companions #they might be in the group and following each other but mot fighting companions #which sucks :/#unless they somehow lose their keyblades and use a different weapon to fight.....#i could believe it with streli but not vani #assuming hed show up and join the party 🙄#sorry im having too many kh thoughts 😔#michi tag

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crimsonblackrose · 11 months

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The amount of stuff I have to get done and is uh...rather crushing. Of course every time I get on this same little path it ends up on a week where I’m also working extra hours to cover for time off or have other responsibilities. And this time I have ✨ both ✨ . Like I need to do this test. By test I mean a ridiculous amount of research for BIG THING, and it’s overwhelming and I do have questions (i.e. am I doing whole big thing or am I doing small sample?) but I can’t ask because the time right now is bad for the people to ask. (aka time zones screwing me over) It’s due Friday but I still have 9 hours of work tomorrow and probably 5 more before the mid-day Friday deadline and that’s going to eat up most of my time to work on it. I also just realized for the arts and crafts thing I got the most that need to be completed because I think past me volunteered to do so. (past me did not know it would come back to bite me) But it’s fine because it seems like a lot but research wise it’s not. It’s just making the things. Progress though is at like 1% for the research phase which is BAD. The birthday party on Friday is a potluck and cupcakes were veto’d and lavender cookies were requested so that’s a two day process (they’re in the fridge so day 1 is done but cupcakes would’ve been a 1 day process so I thought I could mark that off the to do list but I can’t yet and that means I’ve got to take away time from the working on the test tomorrow to finish them) I’m working extra hours tomorrow and Friday there is no buffer time after work on Friday because I have to bolt for transportation chaos to get there on time immediately after I get off work. Thankfully the arts and crafts aren’t do on Friday. But I do have to touch base about progress which is...practically nonexistent.

#mumblings #so I'm procrastinating here because I need to somewhere #just to like static shriek I guess #I suppose being busy also distracts a bit from sunday #so we're looking on the bright side #hopefully no more hey don't forget to buy this person a gift to send me spiraling into tears e-mails because I'm too busy to check them #them being e-mails #e-mails that make me loathe every single corporation trying to send me well meaning reminders and coupons #also my to do list in general is massive and that's all other stuff that has to get done but can't get done because of this stuff #okay i've wasted enough time writing this #update: I think I overthought the test #I'm going to talk to them tomorrow #it might be super easy #or I might have to dive into a ton of research #either is really technically fine #it just was very overwhelming to get a test late today that's do Friday when I'm already super busy

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medicinemane · 1 year

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You know, you have the Whorf hypothesis, which talks about how language might effect how we think

I believe one of the things he (or someone else saying similar things) brought up was the idea that:

If we for instance have barrels which used to contain a toxic chemical that's now empty, but the barrel is still dangerous, does lacking a word for "empty but dangerous" influence how we think about or treat this barrel? Would someone be less cautious around it for instance because "empty" implies to an extent that the barrel is back to how it was before it was filled?

Anyway, this is just me establishing a concept here

My thought here is if poorly fitting words may disproportionately warp people's understanding of concepts

I wonder if by using phrases like "artificial intelligence" we don't meaningfully skew perception of "ai" programs towards a thinking program, even among people who have some understanding of how it works (basically rapidly running a number of calculations until it gets an answer it thinks will be good, it's similar to those "having a simulated bird learn to walk" things you'll see, just very fast)

How much do we end up having certain terms basically become poison pills because of how ubiquitous they've become while being almost totally wrong

I'm not even really talking about things like reasonable terms used wrong, like people saying "gaslighting" when they mean "lying"

It really is specifically with terms like "ai" where... well... where I'm afraid we may have done irrevocable damage to public understanding of something, and where... I don't know that there's a way to ever fix it and shift the language used

Just something I'm thinking about tonight

#though I'm not actually thinking about ai; I'm thinking about another term that... what I have to say isn't that spicy #but I do kind of worry it would be a little too spicy for people who've really latched onto the word #even though... I literally just want to help; I literally think that term is a poison pill to the people who use it more than anyone else #and I think I have at least a candidate replacement for it in the same way I have something like 'deep modeling' to replace 'ai'#but... I don't think... I don't think I know of anyway how I could get that change to happen #even if like I... presented these thoughts to the greatest minds and everyone agreed on a new better term... could we spread it?#just drives me nuts with ai for obvious reasons #and with this term because whenever someone actually explains what the hell they mean... it's not at all what the word they use means #and a shift in words to one that... actually explains it... I mean I think it might massively make people more receptive #don't use something that's both very charged and also... kind of just the wrong word #use a word that's accurate and you can probably bring most people around on quickly #...well... whatever... I'll sprinkle these thoughts in people's ears from time to time #and hopefully it slowly takes root in enough people to have at least some small impact #in other news it's not like I remember the name of that hypothesis #I just decided that a couple minutes search could track me down a name; make me sound knowledgeable; all while being more accurate

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guillemelgat · 2 years

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I think that it’s time for me to start rethinking this blog a bit, not for any reason in particular but mostly because with time I have changed, and I think that it’s time for me to acknowledge those changes. As much as it kills me to say it, I have gotten older and probably a little less dumb. While I won’t say that I’m much wiser, I do have more of an idea of what I want my language studies to look like going forward (at least for the next some amount of time).

In terms of languages, I’m going to continue to focus on Catalan (obviously), and also double down on Welsh and Basque in the hopes of reaching some level of fluency (~B2) in the next year or two. These are my main goals, and what I’m going to be structuring the blog around. In addition, I would really like to push for Malayalam sooner rather than later, so that’s going to be my main “beginner” language. Finally, I’m going to be studying Amharic as a sort of lighter bonus language, which I’ll work on if I have time but won’t push for immediate progress. I want to be able to speak it eventually, but it may be a bit before I get there.

In addition, I think that I’d like to focus in on Iberian and Celtic languages and cultures, at least for now. I’m terrible at learning multiple languages in the same family (especially Romance languages, I’ve always sucked at learning more than one so I just sort of rotate them around), but I’m so surrounded by speakers of Galician and Asturian and Aragonese and Aranese/Occitan and such (both on here, in the cultural stuff I interact with, and offline), and I’ve also gotten very sucked into stuff in Irish (and Cornish, and Gaelic) recently, so if I can get my Welsh and Basque under control I want to try diving into other languages! Maybe less from the perspective of learning to speak (at least initially) and more just to be able in those spheres without making people translate, but knowing me I’ll want to learn them before long 😅

Finally, I may be dabbling in some languages that are relevant to my local landscape—specifically these will probably be (Brazilian) Portuguese, Haitian Creole, and Russian. Most likely I won’t be posting a huge amount about these, but they may come up.

I’m also looking to write more about academic interests, especially with linguistics. Focuses may include language ecology, contact linguistics, and linguistic landscapes, but these are subject to change. I’m hoping to return this blog to something that I really valued about it before—not a place for me to teach as an “expert” (which I’ve never been), but more as a place for me to write notes and share my learning experience. So that being said, I may write up responses to papers or my synthesis of what they’re saying, and while it won’t be definitive and I don’t want it to be taken as such, I hope it enriches your stay here a bit!

Look out for more specific things in the coming days, but for now this is the more general update!

#this has been a long time coming #i think i haven't wanted to do it but i really need to so i've finally taken the plunge :')#the content shouldn't change too much i just might post more often #am debating grad school atm so i might be doing some reading for that and also some personal 'research' for things #but i really really want to get good at at least the first four languages here #maybe i will just be dabbling in the others but i can let myself do that with them because it's dabbling so i can understand things #in the world around me - which will probably reflect back to strengthen my knowledge #other languages i had to make a space for in my life #but these ones already have a space it's just about using them #so hopefully that'll mean that i actually do #if that makes any sense #anyways i have also made a vow to post more pretty posts because they make me happy and also i think they get other people excited #which yes it's dumb but sometimes life is about the dumb things #so anyways. expect some more posts soon #blog meta #general:goals

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