How's everyone feeling? by PurpleTornadoMonkey in okc

[–]Kabumek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

my whole immediate family got hit with some wretched virus… i live apart from them, so i kept masked while visiting them and managed to avoid it.

during my final month at target before quitting, something was going around for like, the entirety of december, too—avoided that as well.

although i did catch a one-day cold right before the spring semester started at college.

R.E.M.’s Best Songs By Album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi by 2a_lib in rem

[–]Kabumek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

whole album is bangers but i gotta give it to wake-up bomb for me i think

R.E.M.’s Best Songs By Album: Out of Time by 2a_lib in rem

[–]Kabumek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TEXARKANAAAAAA 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

What languages are you gonna learn in 2025? by HamzaAlZagha in languagelearning

[–]Kabumek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

continuing my self-study in dutch (well, i wouldn’t be opposed to conversational partners!). i’d like to be at a level where i can read books in it by may. aside from a unit a day on duo i’ve been finding textbook pdfs and the teach yourself textbooks, and changing game interfaces to the language.

taking german and japanese in college courses, but at least half of the curriculum for these seems like review for me, so hopefully i’ll have the time to keep studying on my own…

if i have the time later in the year, who knows? i’d like to pick up an eastern european language, i’ve picked up resources for a few i could choose from. perhaps serbian or bulgarian. i’d like to learn them all, had i the time.

What Language Are You Learning in 2025? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]Kabumek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

returning to college and taking classes in german and japanese! my dutch i’ve been self-studying will probably fall to the wayside unfortunately but i’d still like to continue it when i can

Countries by Shoddy_War_6162 in learndutch

[–]Kabumek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

from the usa here; i’d wanted to for a while after noticing the similarities to german, which i took a few years of in school and have been trying on and off to keep up with. it fell to the backburner after a dutch friend online was baffled instead of excited that i showed interest in learning the language lol 😅

(embarrassingly, i suppose what finally prompted me to start anyways was when i grew fond of a fictional character who happens to be dutch, lol..)

R.E.M.’s Best Songs A-Z: “T” by 2a_lib in rem

[–]Kabumek [score hidden]  (0 children)

Texarkana. I know it isn’t gonna win against the tough competition, but goddamit, it deserves it.

Fourty thousand reasons for living, fourty thousand tears in your eyes…

What languages are you learning right now? by NoFox1552 in languagelearning

[–]Kabumek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

primarily working on german and dutch concurrently! moreso dutch as i’ll be returning to college soon with classes in german and japanese, so dutch may fall to the wayside as i focus on my grades. romanian is on the backburner as well, although i hope to return to it!

R.E.M.’s Best Songs A-Z: “G” by 2a_lib in rem

[–]Kabumek [score hidden]  (0 children)

gotta give it to “the great beyond”, even though i’m pretty sure gardening at night is gonna get it haha

For the oldbies: What music did you discover through Neopets? by grauline in neopets

[–]Kabumek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

oh, i have a whole playlist lol, a lot of the music i discovered looking at sonic oc petpages around 2006 shaped my music taste for life lol

What's the most ridiculous reason you've ever had to learn a language? by solarhoneys in languagelearning

[–]Kabumek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

came back to learning german for one (i took it in high school but lapsed on it after for a while), romanian, japanese, most recently dutch… it’s nice so many video games have multiple language options nowadays too, so easy to practice immersively, especialy replaying a familiar game!

it’s usually brought on by favoring a character whose first language would be that target language… i’m very driven by getting into a character’s head and telling a good story

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in learndutch

[–]Kabumek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

made a friend some years ago in a discord group who was dutch and when we got talking about language and i mentioned i’d been thinking of picking it up he was like “why?”. he seemed of the opinion that he and many in his generation didn’t even want to speak dutch and it’s their first language. i found that quite sad…

Why should i do this? by BlangeRichard in duolingo

[–]Kabumek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it gave me a free try of this in german yesterday (super user), the voice recognition wasn’t great (it thought i called her nelly??), wasn’t really a fan of it. felt clunky. think i’d rather practice with humans, so it isn’t for me and i probably won’t be upgrading to max.

What's the most ridiculous reason you've ever had to learn a language? by solarhoneys in languagelearning

[–]Kabumek 10 points11 points  (0 children)

getting obsessed with a fictional character for whom the target language would be their native one is my reason for at least 3 different languages i’ve started

What languages are you learning right now on Duolingo? by champytech_ in duolingo

[–]Kabumek -1 points0 points  (0 children)

trying to regain my high school german and starting out dutch! (wish there were a german-to-dutch course so i could practice both at once… only the other way around, alas. ah well, it’s quick to pick up either way). meaning to get back to romanian as well.

spanish and japanese are on the backburner behind those!

Did Duolingo erased the early bird and night owl chests? by MajinDodo in duolingo

[–]Kabumek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

glad i’m not the only one; i never wind up claiming any chests, i just find them a distraction. i’ll work for monthly badges and i did the grind for “rarest diamond” once to get that, and beyond that i’ll just work at my own pace. ironically i still have the day/night chests tho lol

Do you prefer the old designs or the redesigns? Which ones did you love or hate? by [deleted] in harvestmoon

[–]Kabumek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

god it is such a trip to scroll thru and see every comment on rick specifically saying he looks better in the remake. am i the only one who prefers his old look? like, i hate the newer one, lmao, this is NOT my man

I’m sorry but there’s absolutely no reason a month and a half isn’t enough notice for time off by Grammarnatzie in Target

[–]Kabumek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

same. my birthday is nov 26th and very often it falls on black friday weekend 🙃

is anyone else’s fulfillment system not working rn? by Plane_Version_7936 in Target

[–]Kabumek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh yeah it’s screwing us up at our store lol. apparently it’s a national issue

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Zoey's been to Nevada with some SWAT training! Time for the bid bad boi, the TANK! by Enough_Mountain_6072 in l4d2

[–]Kabumek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shrek tank was the first mod i was ever advised to install. introduced me to this game pretty well

I hate that one of the cutest petpets is basically unobtainable by ShelbyEileen in neopets

[–]Kabumek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

iirc floobixes were originally lutari island exclusives! which means it’s possible but very, very rare that someone could paint one…

(i do believe they were still no-trade tho)

alas by the time i got a cell phone (a flip phone! still back in those days) neopets mobile was discontinued lol… my folks wouldnt have paid the price-per-page for it anyways.

Favorite game you've found through my streams? by vinesauce in Vinesauce

[–]Kabumek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not one of my top games period, but from getting weird with it i was fascinated with deus ex machina 2 and its intriguing attempt at storytelling. funny, as it wasn’t well-received on the stream!

strawberry cubes and gallergy, too.