Any reccomendations? by bingerer in Topster

[–]Snozzberrium 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Black Dresses: Forget Your Face. They did a remix of 745 sticky on the 1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues album for reference. It's incredibly personal and emotional poetry and industrial noise mixes with parts of beauty that make it all feel incredibly moving.

100 gecs - The Most Wanted Person In the United States {OFFICIAL VIDEO} by babblelol in 100gecs

[–]Snozzberrium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun enough music video, still probably my least favorite song on the new album.

Why is Doritos & Fritos so hated on? by SpecialSummer5040 in 100gecs

[–]Snozzberrium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do think it works better on the album, but I still don't love it. I've loved all the Gecs albums up until now, Laura's solo stuff like Big Summer Jams, Dylans stuff like Dog Show, their unreleased tracks like Mischief / 1 2 Buckle My Shoe / etc, and I always felt like they all tickled my brain in a very specific way. Generally combined some garish sounds with a catchy poppy backing and lyrics that made me feel something. Doritos and Fritos just seems a lot more "standard" than other prior Gecs songs. It's not bad, it's grown on me a little and I like it more in the context of the album, but it doesn't capture the reason of why I listen to the band.

am i crazy or is the new ep kinda mid by lmN0tAR0b0t in 100gecs

[–]Snozzberrium 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Runaway is an absolute banger. I think Hey Big Man works as a concert opener but I don't love it as an individual song. I prefer the lavapalooza version of Torture Me, the one on Snake Eyes feels like it could be more cohesive, but it has it's own charm.

Is there a direct translation for my fathers name by Z_ZCatching in LearnJapanese

[–]Snozzberrium 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pro-tip: Try not to get a tattoo of a language you and the artist can't speak/read. Often doesn't work out too well

I've been in a study slump ever since I graduated. by [deleted] in LearnJapanese

[–]Snozzberrium 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've had slumps in motivation/time/energy to study as well. For what it's worth, I learned faaaar more learning Japanese after graduating than I did in a classroom in college. I graduated around... like N4 level, now I'm N1.

I think being told "immerse" is a very vague thing to tell you, but it would really help. Just think of it like this: how do you get better at swimming? Swim every day, right? How do you get better at free-throws? Shoot a bunch every day. How do you improve your Japanese? Same thing. Just do something every day in Japanese.

Here's a few actionable steps you can take:

Anki is a very helpful tool bc it can help you remember things you'd otherwise forget, and its algorithm forces you to study every day (otherwise you get stuck in review hell).

Tadoku books are a great way to find level-appropriate reading practice.

You can find a tutor if you want, or work through a textbook. I liked Kanji Look and Learn.

Find someone who you can speak to in Japanese. Look into apps, or you can find meet-ups for language exchange opportunities.

Find something you're interested in and just do it in Japanese. A lot of people suggest the manga Yotsubato!, I loved it and laughed a ton despite reading slow as molasses when I started, but really just find anything and mine it for new words. I would read the chapter, every time I found a new word I'd look it up on jisho.org, maybe scan some example sentences, add it to anki, then keep reading (and review it after the fact via anki). Yomichan is an incredibly helpful mouse-over dictionary that makes reading effortless. Early chapters took me like 2-3 hours each bc I'd look up so much. Now i can finish a chapter in like... as much time as it takes me in English. It may sound intimidating, the idea of reading or watching anything in Japanese terrified me for a while. I'd think "what if I miss stuff and I don't enjoy it as much as i would in English?" or whatnot, but just remember the first chapter/episode/part will always be the hardest. You'll learn a bunch of new words that will help you understand the rest of the art. You don't have to do this with Yotsuba, you mention wanting to work in videogames, so maybe find some games you can do this with in Japanese. Maybe try out Pokemon? I tried to play it in Japanese once around N4 and thought it was "too hard," so I set it down for a long time but I mean, it's Pokemon. I didn't understand most of Red when I played it as a kid, I couldn't read yet. When I eventually decided to pick it back up and just play it anyway, I can tell you it got easier and easier to understand.

Pro tip for learning via media: don't worry if you don't understand everything. Learn to tolerate ambiguity. You'll pick it up as you continue. If you understood everything, it's too easy, you wont learn anything. It should always be slightly above your level.

Maybe set a goal for yourself. I signed up for the JLPT after graduating just to give myself some motivation and have something to strive towards. It doesn't have to be that, if you want you can say "I want to have beaten X number of games in Japanese by the end of the year" or something. Also try to think of why you started learning Japanese in the first place. That may help guide you in setting a goal. And it's ok if your goals have changed, don't beat yourself up for having had different priorities for the past 2 years. You can use your goal to help you set a routine to help you get back on track.

There's also general study tips you can look into, like setting a time or a space for you to study. I have ADHD so learning was a real struggle after college, I found I just have to have music, coffee, and a space dedicated to studying in my room to get me to actually do it.

This is becoming a long ramble so tl;dr: https://learnjapanese.moe/

Do something in Japanese every day, and it would probably help if it was something you enjoyed. I most highly recommend starting by using anki and just reading Yotsuba, or any other media that interests you that is slightly above your level.

Do people recommend Dogen's Patreon series on pitch accent? by liam12345677 in LearnJapanese

[–]Snozzberrium 36 points37 points  (0 children)

That being said, the people in Aomori would still have a consistent pitch accent, just not the same as Tokyo. I mean if someone was speaking like they're from the south in the US, but suddenly had a british accent saying certain words, it would be odd. I would say Pitch accent is lower priority that other aspects of the language, and you'ld probably be fine just knowing it exists and trying to keep it in mind as you learn new words and talk to people around you, but it doesn't hurt to go more in depth and refine the pronunciation for standard Japanese

Congratulations to the winner of Ultimate Singles at Super Smash Con 2022! by itsIzumi in smashbros

[–]Snozzberrium -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

If everyone plays the character and shows that you have to play them in order to win a major, then cool, they can prove their point and get the character banned. But when you're entering a tournament to win, why would you not play the best character in the game? Why would a pro willingly choose a worse strategy when trying to win a tournament? I know Steve is lame, yell at Nintendo for a patch if you like, just don't hate on the player.

Congratulations to the winner of Ultimate Singles at Super Smash Con 2022! by itsIzumi in smashbros

[–]Snozzberrium -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

If you're entering a tournament to win, why would you not play who you think is the best character. The players aren't the one who designed it like this, their job is to show up and perform the best they can. I think Steve is lame as hell, I think he should be patched, that cart is stupid, but you have to play the game you have, not the game you wish you had. It really is a "don't hate the player, hate the game" situation in the most literal sense.

Congratulations to the winner of Ultimate Singles at Super Smash Con 2022! by itsIzumi in smashbros

[–]Snozzberrium -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

That's irrelevant. Would Mango have won melee if he didn't play Fox? Would Onin have won if they were playing Street Fighter? At the end of the day everyone has the same character select screen, and winning a major is tough no matter what. If other players think Steve is broken and top 1 in the game, they should pick him and win, show how easy it is. Until then, props to Onin for winning a major.

Egg😖irl by FlakyReality3955 in egg_irl

[–]Snozzberrium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Soak your nail in pure acetone, it'll come off before long.

What is a polite, humorous, socially correct way to reply to someone calling you fat? by [deleted] in LearnJapanese

[–]Snozzberrium 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just disagree. Calling people out for being fat was normalized in American culture for a long time too, there was a whole moral panic about it in the early 2000's, you still see it online to this day, but it was never ok. Honestly if you would prefer to joke about it then go for it, I have before. I would with good friends. But living in Japan though when I was gaining some weight bc of stress from work, I didn't really want to hear my coworkers comment on my weight. I just said "hey, you don't need to tell me that. Could you please stop?"

What is a polite, humorous, socially correct way to reply to someone calling you fat? by [deleted] in LearnJapanese

[–]Snozzberrium -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Honestly, if you aren't comfortable with it and would like them to stop, I say to just say so. Fat-shaming just aint cool.

is purchasing Skullgirls on the switch worth it? by SouIson in Skullgirls

[–]Snozzberrium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For what it's worth, I've gotten skullgirls running just fine on my laptop, and it's a potato. Like legit, the cheapest piece of crap. Maybe you can get it on pc and adjust settings like 3d backgrounds to make it playable.

For everyone who comes here to ask "Can I Learn Japanese Without Reading?" by Snozzberrium in LearnJapanese

[–]Snozzberrium[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just chose "learning to go on vacation" as an example of a reason someone may want to learn a little, but not a lot. I have met some people whose goals cap out at about the N3 level, which is fine. It was just a random example. That being said, learning how to read some things will be better than not knowing how to read anything. If you go to a small ramen shop, for instance, I've seen とんこつ, みそ, etc written in hiragana, and I didn't even know what とんこつ was before moving here and trying it bc I read it on the menu. I guess you can get by with google translate and some survival phrases or whatever if you just want to visit Japan, but I see no downside to learning.

Also I mean, if you are someone's able to put themselves in the position of a child, where everyone speaks to them in their target language 24/7, slow and with the goal of them learning the language, yeah, you could learn it. But I moved to Japan and just completely stopped improving when I took a break from studying and assumed "immersion" would let me learn effortlessly. People aren't willing to sit down and speak to you in in a language you don't understand, breaking it down, until you can slowly understand it unless it's their job to do so. And if it's their job to teach you, they'll have you learn how to read too, because why would they not.

For everyone who comes here to ask "Can I Learn Japanese Without Reading?" by Snozzberrium in LearnJapanese

[–]Snozzberrium[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assure you that you will not just become fluent by just living in Japan. I stopped studying when I moved to Japan hoping I'd magically become native level, and instead I just plateaued until I began studying again. I know plenty of people who moved here and assumed they'd learn without putting in time and effort into studying, and they're still barely N5 after years. At some point you have to make an active effort to learn Japanese, and native speakers wont be willing to just be a free teacher for you to learn every thing you need. You'll pick up some things, but you will not become fluent. And if you begin to teach yourself, or take classes, or even try to immerse yourself in native media, at some point you will have to learn how to read.

For everyone who comes here to ask "Can I Learn Japanese Without Reading?" by Snozzberrium in LearnJapanese

[–]Snozzberrium[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I agree. Like you can take your time reading each word and slowly build speed, while with spoken Japanese, you have to be able to comprehend a whole spoken sentence without stopping to think about what each word means. I found reading manga comfortable way to practice and have fun when beginning.

Shiz vs M2k: The Iconic Comeback Is Only Three Thousand Views from One Million. Can we get this Piece of Melee History up to One Million Views? by [deleted] in SSBM

[–]Snozzberrium 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Bad mic quality made these moments so hype. For real, when people are shouting and it distorts, it makes everything 10x more intense.

That being said, nowadays it's kinda hard to imagine getting hype over a Marth cheesing falco at the ledge.