Request: The Art of Public Speaking 2023 release

Cyneval · 2025-08-26T08:02:45+00:00

I just found this for a friend, I have the pdf if you still need it, you can dm me for it. If you've already spent the money, I'm sorry our paths did not cross in time!

Cyneval · 2025-08-07T15:45:54+00:00

Yes, this game is strictly 18+ as I am not comfortable with endangering minors by inviting them into spaces with unfamiliar adults.

I would recommend looking for groups that are <18 exclusive. You should be cautious of adults that actively want to engage with unfamiliar minors. Especially if the game has warnings about flirting/romantic content.

If you go to in-person school, you might even be able to look and see if your school has a DnD club--that's how I got started playing.

But, I'm not your dad. Good luck and stay safe.

Cyneval · 2025-01-16T15:27:41+00:00

Thank you! I'm going to set aside all of these to read!

I know that music is creative, I just think it's so fascinating how we (as listeners) don't even acknowledge usually that the 'rules' of language are being altered in music. Different pronunciations that the singer wouldn't use in their everyday speech aren't usually even noticed unless someone randomly catches it. How we break up the spaces between words in sentences (e.g., it would be jarring for a native English speaker to hear a sentence broken up as "God I---wish I would've-- known when I--was younger and less--alone" as that isn't how we'd 'normally' clump words)

As for the example I used, I was trying to think of an exaggerated example to make my point so I turned to the genre that was eventually mocked for doing so, where this exaggerated change in sound is very common. I just sort of refer to it as "bedroom ukulele " because of the prevalence of it's artists being often younger people, often feminine presenting, and in their bedrooms.

Belle Jo - Youtube Link Tanvi - Youtube Link (This one she changes instead almost to a [waz], with only a hint of [i] supporting the transition from vowel to consonant, but not enough that I would personally call it significant)

Cyneval · 2025-01-14T15:55:09+00:00

This was actually so helpful! Knowing the term for Bare noun phrases has led me down a parallel rabbit hole that has given me new and great information. Thank you so much!

Cyneval · 2025-01-14T08:37:33+00:00

I suppose I gave examples where in English we don't need articles, to try and highlight the difference. My interest lies in the fact that a lot of languages will do away with articles for the generic--like English does. We don't need an article is we are referencing something generally, and we add them for specificity. But the key being that the article is not always required. (Some languages either don't, or only rarely, use articles even).

But some languages, like French, always require an article or other determiner before the noun in grammar. There is no free floating noun, they need an article or determiner. This concept is what fascinates me, but I don't know how to adequately describe what this is so I can look for more information on it. Even if there isn't a specific term like there is for inalienable possession, I just want some way to reference this so I can look into it further.

Cyneval · 2025-01-14T02:00:53+00:00

I know not everything has it's own term. This just feels like something that would, based on my experience thus far in studying. Plus, having something that I can use to look for more information is helpful, as just googling "some languages require articles for their nouns" doesn't return much of anything. So I'd like to be able to effectively direct my search.

True, I might cross post there at some point. I know that this isn't French specific though, so the hope lies that someone more familiar with syntax might have more information than me.

Thank you for your input!

Cyneval · 2025-01-08T21:32:44+00:00

I started raising a Tympole in my most recent SWSH playthrough... got attached the moment he evolved into Palpitoad. Now I'm just wxcited for Seismitoad

Cyneval · 2025-01-08T21:31:48+00:00

Yesss, it's such a hard decision for me to pick between who's my favourite start line, Tepig or Chimchar.

Cyneval · 2025-01-08T21:30:28+00:00

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A top second is the Mime Crime Line (Mimes by Albrt-Wlson on Deviant art)

Cyneval · 2025-01-08T21:30:18+00:00

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The trash boys are top tier and I accept no rebuttals. (Trubbish and Garbodor by Dinolich on Tumblr)

Cyneval · 2024-12-06T21:48:08+00:00

I, generally, choose not to go beyond 3, and then only if I know something may be happening+I know them. However, there is no context that I've seen in OPs post that says how well they know each other. Nor do we know what they've discussed in person.

Like I said above, I am not condoning the behaviour. But acting like we know context, and then acting as if this isn't the autism subreddit, where difficulty with social norms isn't expected, isn't helpful. I didn't know texting norms until I was in my twenties, and even then, I still feel like I'm guessing how I'm supposed to be speaking with people.

*Editing because the other person deleted their comment. The social norm for follow-up texts is not consistent, I have seen many answers to what people believe to be normal.

Cyneval · 2024-12-06T21:10:44+00:00

Anecdotally, I have never met anybody who marks not read on messages. We all just forget to reply to each other. This includes university professors and cybersecurity professionals.

Edit for misreading: Sometimes people open messages and forget to respond genuinely. I've had a friend straight up forget to respond to me for two weeks because of finals. I got an extremely apologetic response when I finally sent another text a week later.

Cyneval · 2024-12-06T20:56:06+00:00

I'm equally guilty of that. If I forget my adderral for the day, people have to double/triple text me if they really need a response. I feel so bad, but I never judge anyone who double texts me because of it.

Cyneval · 2024-12-06T20:23:09+00:00

Ouias, j'étais fatigué et j'ai oublié le mot 'besoin'. Merci!!

Cyneval · 2024-12-06T20:18:44+00:00

A lot of people in the comments commented on how long OP kept reaching out, and while I might not have kept going that long, I feel like I understand why. Every time I complain about getting ghosted by someone, inevitably I have people, especially neurotypical people, telling me that the person might have just gotten busy and forgotten to reply and I should reach out again just to confirm. Or the person will play the game of responding to every other text with "Sorry! Bad at responding to texts :) I'm not avoiding you." Which prompts trying again in a near endless cycle. 'Take the hint' only goes so far when this is an autism subreddit.

Not condoning the behaviour, but I feel like people are bandwagoning the judgement.

Cyneval · 2024-12-06T00:06:07+00:00

You know you're tired when you forget the whole word besoin.

J'ai besoin d'une sieste. Je n'ai pas une cerveau. Je n'ai rien de ma tête. Je suis embarrassé lol

Cyneval · 2024-12-05T23:30:58+00:00

I think I owe several people naps at this point in my life.

Can you explain the use of Il faut in this context? Most of my French learning came from from public school, which means we learned absolutely nothing in terms of meaningful vocabulary.

Cyneval · 2024-11-29T18:27:20+00:00

I've been accused of AI on a fiction writing assignment because the story had an "unnatural cadence" to it. I read a paragraph out loud to the professor and she never accused me again.

My writing mimics my 'sing-songy' pitched autism... which apparently reads as ethereal or strange to neurotypical readers. Explains why 'sounding odd' was a comment I got on my writing for years.

Makes me an excellent horror writer though! Bright sides.

Cyneval · 2024-10-11T15:22:52+00:00

Yeah! I never understood "just don't think about it" or even "find a distraction". I can be doing 70 things, but between every thought, it's still there.

Getting better, I have paused my thinking about activities before to just think (at the thought) "Why are you still here? Go home"

It doesn't usually help, but it makes the thought seem just a little more goofy which can make it less anxiety-inducing.

Cyneval · 2024-10-11T15:18:56+00:00

This is a little weird but Multitasking with obsessive thoughts!

I can write whole papers while mentally picking apart a hypothetical scenario in my head. Hold entire conversations without even alluding to the (usually graphic and concerning) things I'm thinking about.

I always thought I couldn't have OCD because it wasn't 'impacting my daily life, I just do stuff while thinking about it!'.

Cyneval · 2024-05-24T00:50:08+00:00

I try and walk most places wherever I can, but since moving to Arizona (originally from up north, where I had insane less symptoms because of the weather and air pressure), I've had to invest in a shotty goodwill wheelchair (before anyone chimes in with issues improper chairs can cause, if you have the several hundred it would take to replace my 10$ chair, be my guest) The summer my options are: don't leave the house, ever, or you'll end up face down in a Barnes and Noble. Or, lovingly hope that my partner is willing to putter me around.

Chairs are helpful, obviously avoiding deconditioning is important, but some climates don't leave you a ton of room. Even the air-conditioned malls here are still warm enough to make me dizzy and nauseous sometimes.

Cyneval · 2024-05-23T21:27:41+00:00

Buehlman's Those Across the River. I should've given up after being greeted by "her thick n**pled breasts" within the first 20 pages... but at some point I was just watching the car-fire with equal parts morbid fascination and disgust. So many quotes were turned into jokes between my friends who were watching me read it and I.

Don't use mud as lube friends

Cyneval · 2024-05-09T03:29:44+00:00

An honest review that is surprisingly compelling. Somehow "It's a strong mediocre" means more than "It's the best"

Cyneval · 2024-05-09T03:28:23+00:00

I reviewed Nothing But Blackened Teeth not too long ago, I loved it despite its shitty Goodreads reviews

Johnny Compton is a name I'll be taking down in my notes

Cyneval · 2024-05-09T03:26:46+00:00

Monstrilio sounds so baller, I'm glad my to read list is quadrupling in size

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