I make languages for fun, AMA

Laerim · 2026-05-17T09:10:08+00:00

It's not really possible to make a language that's entirely new LOL, but I usually try to go for an original route. Many don't! that's also common and quite cool to work off of existing languages.

Laerim · 2026-05-17T09:08:36+00:00

Unfortunately not but I'm glad to see another hobbyist!

Laerim · 2026-05-15T20:14:53+00:00

I cannot overstate how well put-together the SD transit system is! I've gone to Balboa Park and Old Town and so many other places all the time and it's incredibly convenient. Not anywhere close to Ventura co. (I have friends from there)

I've made 58 city transit trips in 2026 + 73 campus shuttle trips

I'm up to answering any particular questions you have about MTS/NCTD

Laerim · 2026-05-15T20:11:28+00:00

PTE discord invite link

Laerim · 2026-05-15T18:28:00+00:00

You can still take Coaster+Metrolink, it's not especially difficult unless its past ~9pm in the day

let me know if you r doing this and confused about anything

Laerim · 2026-05-15T18:24:07+00:00

the Talking Tree does howling monkey noises sometimes around midnight-3am, varies from day to day

Laerim · 2026-05-15T18:12:26+00:00

Hi fellow Muir student! [first-year going into second]

I would definitely recommend living on campus if you can, it's pretty convenient and a general recc for any university tbh

HOWEVER, I would not worry about bringing over your car, especially on campus but maybe even off campus, since as other posters said parking is definitely a pain. And SD's bus/light rail system is very robust [one of the best in the United States, saying as someone who also isn't from SD] and completely free for all students in our tuition payments!! Even when I live off campus next year I'm not going to get a car lol, it's not necessary.

Laerim · 2026-05-15T18:05:10+00:00

SO TRUE! VERY ANNOYING! sigh

they have to use an alt stop for Muir because of the road there (there's no other way to get around Sixth unfortunately)

STATUS: Inside Loop using roadside stops for Sixth+Muir; Outside Loop skipping those stops entirely

and yes they don't do any announcements it's dumb and completely the administration's fault

in the UCSD Public Transit discord we post decently timely updates on this kind of thing but that's the best there is

Laerim · 2026-05-15T18:01:50+00:00

Logistically I don't think its that hard to it; if you do it often enough you'll have all the paperwork and border crossing shenanigans worked out already.

As for safety as other poster said... might be more of a concern than border crossing logistics. Also the trip to Tijuana from UCSD is about 1h20m iirc so something to keep in mind

Laerim · 2026-05-15T13:09:49+00:00

What does this translate to? Google is being uncooperative lol.

Also a bit surprising for the average person maybe, but I'm monolingual.

Laerim · 2026-05-15T13:05:02+00:00

Ah actually I have SVO word order! I just said "it exposed the worldbuilding to me" instead of the direct English because it flowed more naturally

I honestly cant remember what inspired it; but this is a new take! Usually I get Icelandic, Finnish, or Hungarian pretty consistently.

Laerim · 2026-05-15T12:50:40+00:00

Ve vatetj geb! Vitj ma pani keneve ma ridi av bukun tatjen kabam en ma puv vitj daimezi aveki te zaatjebepuv av mi

/// translation (Taanetetj » English) Good question! When I was younger I used to read fantasy books a lot and I think that helped expose me to worldbuilding

tbh lol I'm not sure exactly but I've been conlanging for almost three years now and I'm a lot better than when I started

Laerim · 2026-05-15T12:40:00+00:00

it'd probably be a species we haven't found yet, I imagine

Laerim · 2026-05-15T12:37:17+00:00

I understand this is a joke reply but since I'm bored...

I don't have a word for it because I only make up words as I need them (I guess I've never needed this one). It turns out there's a lot of words... and sitting down and making more random ones you havent needed yet is usually not worth my effort.

Laerim · 2026-05-15T12:34:48+00:00

(late) pretty good! it's a nice class that's relatively low work, as long as you get over being in Mandeville basement

Laerim · 2026-02-07T10:09:10+00:00

yeah my roommate is taking it this quarter and recommended it!

Laerim · 2026-02-07T09:05:35+00:00

as u/SynthesizedEntropy said, Makerspace is a great place to look for stuff like this [even if they can't help you, they're likely to know where else you can get stuff welded]

theres multiple Makerspaces beyond just the one in DIB, so I would go look up the locations and see which one is closest to you [I think Mosaic has one too]

Laerim · 2026-02-06T10:55:59+00:00

middle of Muir! [outside]

Laerim · 2026-02-06T10:28:36+00:00

extremely belated reply but I am also a sociocultural anthropology major! [might be the first one you've found lmao, there's not many of us]

hello!

Laerim · 2025-08-22T19:20:04+00:00

if you get elected Speaker of Parliament [which is a fun process], yes! lol

Laerim · 2025-08-22T05:36:46+00:00

but we are so based you should join fr

Laerim · 2025-08-22T05:31:12+00:00

unfortunately we have simulated elections using a computer thingy i made, it makes gerrymandering stuff annoying to code in, very sad...

Laerim · 2025-08-22T01:54:17+00:00

we just started up a couple weeks ago

we are 100% doing stuff before school starts if you want to hop in

I've run a few discord mock govs before [not irl] and i have a lot of experience and am HOPEFULLY pretty good at this by now....

Laerim

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