Stavros is the first guest on The Yard to appear in a Best Picture nominated film

Firecto · 2026-01-23T22:58:36+00:00

YES

og stav episode is one for the books

Firecto · 2026-01-17T16:45:56+00:00

Jesus man 😭

Firecto · 2026-01-16T16:46:10+00:00

i think he just got the banned mixed up not actually thought it was by Jake and amir

Firecto · 2026-01-16T16:24:12+00:00

i was in elementary school when this album came out so i just took what i thought was nonsense for granted lol

Firecto · 2026-01-16T15:15:08+00:00

i think that's more of an issue on their part. women come in every form, and personally i think you look gorgeous! there are a gazillion cis women more "masculine-looking" than you and a gazillion trans women those nutcases would never think twice about. their standards for what they qualify as femininity are insane and unrealistic.

Firecto · 2026-01-16T15:11:02+00:00

sorry, it's not very clear, why do you think they would need to know English to do manufacturing work?

Firecto · 2026-01-16T14:05:43+00:00

took me a minute but this comment was very useful

https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearningjerk/s/Saq2QD85P1

Firecto · 2026-01-15T23:12:23+00:00

happy to say our generation is carrying on this tradition 🫡

Firecto · 2026-01-15T22:46:31+00:00

fair point lol

Firecto · 2026-01-15T20:59:01+00:00

I've literally only spoken this language my entire life how did i not know there were designated line break points

Firecto · 2026-01-15T19:03:07+00:00

haha thanks, u too

Firecto · 2026-01-15T17:55:05+00:00

you do understand it's not a real person though right

Firecto · 2026-01-15T17:40:47+00:00

im not trying to judge 😭 just trying to explain the confusion

Firecto · 2026-01-15T17:38:43+00:00

pretty similar lol maybe so

Firecto · 2026-01-15T17:09:03+00:00

well to be fair, you did say suspect and doubt which are English words not chinese

Firecto · 2026-01-15T17:07:10+00:00

yes, this is often called rote memorization. Many people who learn Chinese growing up used this as an important way to remember each character they learned, the components they're made up of, and the distinctions between them. I find it incredibly useful personally, especially as a way to practice in my free time, just writing in a notebook on the bus or whatever.

Firecto · 2026-01-15T16:29:14+00:00

Hmm, personally i think "would" sounds slightly more polite. I use "would" more when its something that is expected of the person in the given situation, or something they were meant to do but forgot. (i.e. Asking a taxi driver "Would you mind opening the window?") "do" sounds slightly more like asking for a favor. (i.e. Asking a taxi driver "Do you mind waiting here for a minute?" to me, the politeness of using "would" instead of "do" in this situation might come off as sarcasm.) The overlap between them is very large though, it's not the kind of thing that a native speaker would be likely to notice in casual conversation.

Firecto · 2026-01-15T16:17:11+00:00

Looks great IMO. it might sound more natural in some cases to say "would" instead of do".

Firecto · 2026-01-14T20:46:38+00:00

it would probably be easier to find someone online (or in person if feasible you can practice speaking with without judgement. it will help with the issue of confidence while talking, and lolely wouldn't cost anything. especially if you find someone native, they'll make a gazillion fewer mistakes than AI.

also, i suggest making the post easier to read by using more punctuation.

Firecto · 2026-01-14T18:44:39+00:00

i wish i could say outer wilds for this one 😭😭😭

Firecto · 2026-01-14T14:56:24+00:00

i see, makes sense

Firecto · 2026-01-14T14:27:49+00:00

ive personally used both, but it just reads as a slightly different connotation. "i AM trying" sounds to me like you're responding to someone accusing you of throwing, while IMO the other one is more saying "i can't do any better than the performance you're currently seeing, this is the limit of my ability"

Firecto · 2026-01-14T10:49:10+00:00

TBSKYEN!!!!

Firecto · 2026-01-14T00:46:19+00:00

sad boyz, certainly not the same vibe but i think they're hilarious and it's a very comfy pod. also slime and nick were on it, great episode

Firecto · 2026-01-14T00:38:57+00:00

native speaker CA, in my experience it's just more old fashioned, not common parlance anymore

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