#subpar speaks

[sir-subpar]

We Need Help To Save Buddy!

Our dog had been battling cancer. I didn't share too much about it on here originally out of privacy.

Now, however...

There is a chance to save him from his tumor. But.. Not only would it require surgery, it would require radiation therapy which isn't done in the state I live in. We would have to go to another state.

And it's very expensive. It can cost $7,000, or even more in some cases.

Because the tumor is on his face it's really hard to remove all the cancerous tissue.

To remove it all might require removing part of his nasal cavity and his eye if we don't get the proper radiation therapy. We've already had surgery done on it before, and it grew back far more aggressive.

Please help us get rid of his cancer, for good this time

I am asking for emergency commissions.

Please, help me save our dog

Buddy

He's been with us in the darkest of times. He's been a wonderful, loving part of our family. He is one of the sweetest things I've ever seen in this world. And saving this animal would mean the world to me. To us. To our family.

Commissions, tips, donations, spreading the word, anything and everything helps bring us closer to saving his life. We don't want to have to put him down.

He still has so many years left. Please, if you can, help us save our dog. Every penny counts.

I have a Ko-fi. We also set up a GoFundMe, hosted by my brother. Which I will also link. We're hoping that together we can save Buddy from this awful disease.

To show you all just how much this means to me. I will reveal my face to you all. And share more photos of our beloved Buddy, from before his cancer got so bad

In this last photo, he sneezed in the middle of me taking the picture. Such a silly dog

#serious talk #save buddy #cancer #tumors #buddy b dog #subpar speaks #emergency commissions #ko fi support #gofundme #every bit counts #spread the word

[awkward-teabag]

I have to wonder how many people celebrating AI translation also complain about "broken English" and how obvious it is something was Google translated from another language without a fluent English speaker involved to properly clean up the translation/grammar.

Because I bet it's a lot.

I know why execs are all for it—AI is the new buzzword and it lets them cut jobs thus "save" money and not have to worry about pesky labour laws when one employs humans—but everyone else?

There was some outcry when Crunchyroll fired many of their translators in favour of AI translation (with some people to "clean up the AI's work") but I can't help but think that was in part because it was Japanese-to-English and personally affected them. Same when Duolingo fired many of their translators in favour of LLM translation. Meanwhile companies are firing staff when it's English to another language and there's this idea that that's fine or not as big a deal because English is "easy" to translate and/or because people don't think of how it will impact people in non-English countries.

Also it doesn't affect native English speakers so it doesn't get much headway in the news cycle or online anyway because so much of the dominant media is from English-speaking countries and English-speakers dominate social media.

But different languages have different grammar structures that LLMs don't do, and I grew up on "jokes" about people speaking in "broken English" and mocking people who use the wrong word when it was clearly a literal translation but the meaning was obvious long before LLMs were a thing, too. In fact, the specific way a character spoke broken English has been a way to denote their native tongue for decades, usually in a racist way.

Then Google translate came out and "Google-translated English" became an insult for people and criticism of companies because it was clearly wonky to native speakers. Even now, LLMs—which are heavily trained on English compared to other languages—don't have a natural output so native English speakers can clock LLM-generated text if it's longer than a sentence or two.

But, for whatever reason, it's not seen as a problem when it goes the other way because fuck non-English readers or people who want to read in their native tongue I guess.

#and it's not like no people were doing translations so wonky translations were better than nothing #it's actual translators being fired for a subpar replacement #and anyone who keeps their job suddenly being responsible for cleaning up llm output rather than what they trained in #(which can take just as much time or longer than doing the translation by hand from scratch) #(if you want it done right anyway) #hell to this day i hear people complain about written translations of indigenous words and how they 'aren't english enough' #even though they're using the ipa and use a system white english people came up with in the first place #and you can easily look up the proper pronunciation and hear it spoken #but there's such a double-standard where it's expected that other languages cater to english/english speakers #but that grace and accommodation doesn't go the other way #and it's the failing of non-english speakers when an english translation is broken #you see it whenever monolingual english speakers travel to other countries and utterly refuse to learn the language #but if someone doesn't speak in unaccented (to them) english fluently in their home country the person 'isn't trying hard enough' #this is just the new version of that where non-english speakers are supposed to do more work and put up with subpar translations #even as a native english speaker/writer i get a (much) lesser version of this because i write with canadian spelling #and some people get pissed if their internet experience is disrupted by 'ou' instead of 'o' or '-re' instead of '-er' #because dialects and regional phrasing/spelling is a thing #human translators can (or should) be able to account for it but llms are not smart enough to do so #and that's not even getting into slang and how llms don't account for it #or how llms can put slurs into translations because it doesn't do nuance or context and doesn't know the language #if you ever complained about buying something from another country that came with machine-translated instructions #you should be pissed at companies cutting english-to-[language] staff in favour of glorified google translate #because the companies are effectively saying they're fine with non-native speakers getting a wonky/broken version

[no-significant-askblog]

Favorite part of your structure sig?

" this is the first time i've ever had to think about this ! i don't hold any significant attachment to any parts of my can , but if i had to choose ... perhaps the roof of my structure , since that's where the view's the nicest . "

#🟩 // sig speaks #i found out there were different brushes in ms paint and had a field day #this thing turned out looking subpar but fuck it i had fun #rw no significant harassment #no significant harassment

[taylorswiftstylequestions]

Possible hot take. Instead of vault tracks for reputation, I would love for it to be a double sided album with the regular tracks and fully acoustic versions of every song whether it be piano or guitar or even a full string moment for ready for it

You have scooped out the insides of my brains and served them to me.

#but also was speaking with a friend and unfortunately i fear that even a note for note replica of reputation tv executed perfectly #will still be subpar to reputation 2017 #because she is perfect and i fear this tv like no other #tss hot take

[dawnholde-if]

Snippet Sunday

The door swings open

The first thing you notice about your intruder is the wings. Iridescent dragonfly wings take up most of the doorframe. Your gaze follows them down to the body they sprout from. They’re attached to a rather short faefolk with a mess of purple hair and black eyeshadow that would scare the pants off a young child. (Her/Their) eyes are goldenrod yellow, searching the room until they find you. 

“...You’re up. Why didn’t you open the door?”

#sorry if it's a bit subpar #i didnt get to write much this week #and i didn't want to put a shit ton of code in the snippet #cain can speak #dawnholde if #snippet sunday

[gaiaxygang]

i'll defend chimon and his closed mouth kissing with my life 💥 he can act well i dont think the kissing is important here

#gaiaxyposting #speaking as a jd fan id rather have someone that can act but not kiss than someone who cant act #<- i love jd but its hard to get into their shows because of the subpar acting

[jjsanguine]

It's always hilarious when someone is like, "yeah, I know how to do that" and then it jump cuts to them googling how to do the thing

#its so funny that yutaka was anxious about minoru and tane finding his bento making subpar #minoru somehow managed to minorly fuck up making rice with a rice cooker. there are instructions on both the bag of rice and the machine #the coworker immediately figured out yutaka must really like whoever he was going to all this effort making a bento for #but it'd've been a real looking directly at the camera moment if she knew they'd've probably found the bento with rice like 😐 satisfactory #speaking from experience nothing incentivises taking home cooking leaps of faith like knowing your guinea pigs have low low standards #our dining table #bokura no shokutaku #yutaka

[lightbulb-warning]

i like keeping all my wips open because otherwise they go straight into "i forgor"-ville (population? everything im not currently staring at.)

my laptop fucking HATES it though. very unsupportive of you, bestie. wdym you can't handle the weight of 12 different overly ambitious projects at once?? massive you problem, you inanimate object.

#/lh #hi i know i haven't uploaded anything art related in THREE WHOLE DAYS #i know right? completely unprofessional of me. #/sarcasm #dont worry i know i have unreasonable expectations for myself. it's just how i have fun! #“aim for the moon because if you miss you still end up among the stars 🥴” except i am launching myself out a window with a firecracker #thus am impressed by any achieved elevation at all. idk metaphors are hard. you get it. #anyway just here to bitch and moan about my physical form preventing me from dishing out unlimited amounts of drawings #my physical vessel do be acting subpar as of recently. groan. hate it when can't get good am i right kids #new symptoms unlocked! randomly just. crashing? idk how to best describe it #“guess im on the floor for the next five minutes. love your ceiling btw very ceiling-y” #the social circle is lovely though they've really taken it (maoira corpse era) in stride im really happy about that #*maiora (i really should have chosen a fake name that doesn't make my dyslexic ass implode but it's funnier this way) #i got my blood stats results back tho! mayhaps the docs might figure out what the hell is wrong with moi??? #i sincerely ✨doubt✨ it because the medical system always finds new ways to screw people over #groan #oh well literally nothing else i can do about this #the tone is lighthearted i am speaking lightheartedly im having a chuckle at my own expense for funsiez!! #wow i really appreciate you asking about my day! (yes. you totally *did* do that) how was yours?? #/genuine question since you're still here reading my tags #fun fact! all my electronics are named Apοllo. all of them. #thanks for reading have a nice day take care of yourself buhbye!! #shut up maiora #anecdote anthology #gargantuan levels of eepy in me rn

[mantisgodsdomain]

That said we have no morals or standards if we get paid enough for something so if you drop us something like $3 on Ko-fi then we are available to hash out details and we will have a go at just about Literally Anything.

#we speak #unless it is by someone we have previously interacted with and thus may consider a friend or something like a valued reviewer/neighbor #in which case we will at least try to have things like standards #because we do not particularly want to have time and money spent on a subpar product #which also means that our Range Of What We Will Do narrows just to things we're confident we can do but. not much to be done abt that #you can hire us for things that are wildly outside of our general stuff and we may not be good at it but we will try #we're currently on a few hundred bucks a month and a lot of that goes into things like food so we do appreciate the extra money #we dislike the “im trans and disabled give me money” things because it really feels like using it as cheap leverage for diversity points #and we don't really feel like being the kind of person that you donate to in order to feel better about yourself #if you're giving us money then it better be for your own damn self-indulgence in whatever you're ordering from us #we should be the sort of frivolous payment that is rightfully considered a questionable financial decision #people are already paying us for being disabled and unemployed. please do not put yourself on the level of the government. #be better. only give us money for the sake of extremely frivolous personal purchases that will temporarily brighten your day.

[houseofache]

it never occurred to me that i can post music on here LOL would that be something yall would want to hear??

#lana speaks #oh boy yall are gonna actually hear how subpar my talent is LMFAO

[nzoth]

joined an alliance guild to try heroic fyrakk for the aotc mount, few days later my horde character is randomly whispered by a different guild recruiter so i join horde too, to have double the chance and as it happens... those two guilds just hooked up to merge their raids to have fuller lineups i feel like this is a sign

#no i haven't joined any of their runs yet bc my gear is subpar and i hate socialising in warcraft sooo much #me with increasingly less chance to get aotc speaking thru tears i'll get it i can get it yet (no i can't)

[sir-subpar]

Update on Buddy.

Hello everyone, I want to thank you all for your support.

My family and I are grateful for all of you who donated and spread the word about our beloved Buddy. You all really blew me away with the sheer amount of care and support (both financial and emotional) you gave us and Buddy.

However, I have an unfortunate update to share.

We had another appointment for Buddy, and the cancer has accelerated even more. And the treatment is going to cost far more than previously estimated.

On top of that, I mentioned before that we'd have to go to another state to get the radiation therapy for our dog, turns out, we'd have to live there for the treatment to be available for us.

So, we can't afford the treatment. Even if we could, the vets have said that his cancer has gotten so aggressive, that the radiation might not keep it from coming back again. His quality of life would worsen severely.

Despite everything we have tried, and thr help you all have offered, Buddy is beyond saving.

I really can't thank you all enough for trying so hard to help us save our dog, I can't express how much I appreciate it. I am struggling to describe how saddened I am by the fact that it ended up not being able to do more for our Bud Dog.

We will have to put him down.

I don't know when, but likely soon.

(I am sharing some photos of him pre-cancer here. I want him to be remembered for the dog he was on the inside, not the diagnosis that is taking him.)

Thank you all, for your kindness and care.

#subpar speaks #serious talk #we love you buddy #thank you all #cancer #love this dog #update

[worstloki]

if you can gush constantly about enjoying a piece of media but diss the idea of people disliking the same thing unless/even though they provide detailed reasoning or proof with citations... idk I feel like you need to reassess something

#''how can you hate on--'' it is a movie! and even worse - a marvel movie! and yet more even it's biggest crime yet - it is a terrible one ! #it makes no pretense of consistency with the rest of the 'cinematic' universe it alleges to come from ! #the character acts like nothing of itself in the previous movie appeared in ! #there is no character arc nor development of any character save for in the villain's final breaths ! the flimsy morality of such regret ! #the humour is subpar in that it is reliant on gags - a cheap and desperate tactic to make weak comedy appear stronger ! #for all that it speaks of love and grief the writing is poor and smart decent lines do not fit the context they are spoken in ! #nor the characters speaking them thematically ! #there is either too much unexplained occurring or nothing taking up too much time. this pacing and convenient exposition is bland ! #final denouement carries little to no weight ! #fight scenes are badly choreographed despite the genre + there is dubious camerawork in play on top of it which further breaks immersion ! #it seems unable to decide on the rules of the world it has itself established ! #ending cliffhangers can be good but in this instance feels as though done constantly solely to encourage watching the next product ! #character interactions leave much to be desired and motivation to move the story forward tend to be convoluted at best ! #what was once original characterization built on relevant events to flesh the character feels generic by both writing and presentation ! #outfits make no attempt to look like they're authentic materials (plastic? :/ ?) and the CGI is problematically attained AND poor quality ! #the 'inspiration' drawn from comic religious and myth source material is either offensive meaningless easter eggs or both ! #maybe the move was generic and formulaic and difficult to follow along without other pieces of media and boring to top it off ! #someone out there seems to believe sexualizing the men is a solution ! #characters I have interest in were sidelined or mistreated by the narrative ! #racist casting/roles have been given and the product did not reflect how it was advertised ! #maybe............. someone simply did not have fun watching it .......................... has that been.........considered................? #L + based + ratio + Ctrl+Z + must I say more? #no one owes anyone an explanation to their enjoyment or lack thereof of a piece of media and shouldn't be insulted for it smh #now if someone gives reasons and THOSE are dodge... but no this isn't about that. another time then

[sourb0i]

MoSt rEPtILes aRe at THe tOP of tHEir ResPeCtIVE FoOd ChAiNs No they aren't???? There are literally so many reptiles that are just a tasty snack for larger birds/mammals. What the fuck are you even talking about.

#sour speaks #sorry im watching the amazing spiderman again and conners' grasp of ecology is subpar at best

[dennisboobs]

Was considering buying (ridiculously overpriced) Sunny blu-rays to (very, very legally) rip them (for Personal Use archival purposes), decided to test on a blu-ray I already own, realized my external drive only reads DVDs, successfully ripped a DVD, but then was sent down a rabbit hole trying to see if I could use my (again, very, very legally) hacked PS3 to rip the .iso (I can) since it is indeed a blu-ray player with an attached PC-adjacent machine...

Long story short. If you see me spending $70 on seasons 1-5 on DVD and 6 on blu-ray, no you didn't, but also expect a 1080p season 6 bloopers upload in the near future.

definitely not from me, though. no way. i would never do that. i'm not a pirate. i'm just a good ole upstanding wiki admin.

#i need season 8 so bad but the price of it on bluray is ATROCIOUS #THESE MFERS ARE ASKING FOR EIGHTY WHOLE DOLLARS. FOR ONE BLURAY. and i'm NOT about to get fucked over with a bootleg so options are limited #i mmmmight hold off on the earlier season dvds because i think i might actually have some luck finding them in local stores #but who the FUCK has season 8 on bluray. im convinced there are only like 5 legit copies out there. #afaik a good chunk of the season 1-4 extras are out there already but the interlacing on them is disgusting #so if i can. i'm going to attempt to deinterlace them properly and then stick em on the internet archive #ada speaks #actually i should probably... see if anyone is interested in donating to help cover this lol #the episodes are out there and there arent any official blurays after season 8 (so like why even bother with 9 to 11's subpar 720p DVDs) #but 6-8 extras are all shit quality if theyre even available online at all #youtube doesnt cut it for me either #YEAH Y'ALL REMEMBER MACDEN BREAK UP BEAUTIFUL LIPS SCENE. ITS GONE. NOWHERE TO BE FOUND OTHER THAN TUMBLR. #and i. will change that singlehandedly if its the last thing i do #also like i need the cereal defense scene in hq i literally attempted to upscale the shitty youtube copy i was desperate #this is for me. the fact that im able to download every fucking dvd extra for THE X FILES. a series as old as me. but not for sunny. #FX why do you hate sunny so bad. go on. rerelease these dvds. release a fucking season 15 blu ray. bitch. #its so horrific that season 10 only has a gag reel and 11 has NOTHING included on the disc for bonuses #season 6 has a wholeass trivia game #what happened #its not even like the bonus feature stuff doesnt exist its just on youtube #and MOST of the shit is privated. because FX sucks. #low quality compressed youtube videos that ppl have downloaded and reuploaded and crunched to shit all over again #at least some of them are archived. but. fuck

[queer-fag]

really enraptured by the idea that Christian girlies are reading fantasy smut but skipping the smut

#these books are subpar and only worthwhile for the romance that is the same in each one my guy #so like .. to tell me ur reading acotar for the plot… #prophet speaks #and ur not even getting cock out of it❤️‍🩹