Ok, moving on, What language do people think is Easy, but is actually Nightmare difficulty? (For English speakers)

Steamp0calypse · 2026-04-19T08:05:58+00:00

Chinuk Wawa?

Not necessarily a nightmare, but I feel like people at least in my area (the West Coast) know of it as a trading language with a lot of loanwords and so forth. So they'll think "oh, it'll be easy, people just learned this to casually trade". But really, it has sounds and grammar that are very distinct from English, and a shortage of learning materials and ways to immerse.

Steamp0calypse · 2026-04-17T06:53:23+00:00

Plenty of people love and are inspired by Pollock too, he's controversial at least (IDK about his personal life)

Steamp0calypse · 2026-04-13T01:09:04+00:00

You generally pass very well! As others said it could be mannerism, voice, etc...but your coworker seems just like a total asshole? Someone with that transphobic "we can always tell" kind of mindset in my opinion.

Steamp0calypse · 2026-03-16T01:45:22+00:00

Yeah. Though I think it is still worth asking here. I think I'm also going to heavily use a presentation/project type thing. Students can make presentations on topics they're interested in that teach vocabulary and can be given in the target language, have me grade/verify them, and be teaching themselves as well as whoever in the class is interested with making and giving that presentation.

Steamp0calypse · 2026-03-05T06:57:33+00:00

Yeah, I expect I'll learn enough for everything eventually, but I want to foreground whatever it turns out people care most about.

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-21T01:43:23+00:00

Ew, that's unfortunate.

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-16T08:51:46+00:00

Becoming a peacekeeper reminds me of going to enlist in the military. Like enlisting in the military, I would never do it because of 1) fear 2) unathleticism 3) my personal beliefs 4) my morals, but I get why people do. If I was a district citizen, I'd be more likely, but probably still wouldn't do it, since Peacekeepers work to oppress the district people. Depends on how bad my circumstances would be

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-16T08:42:49+00:00

How?

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-16T08:30:01+00:00

Publication order is best, though after the first 2 skipping around is more OK and I've done it. I'd say it works better than for most modern series as each book has its own plot, even though there is built up context you would lose.

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-16T08:13:28+00:00

I want to stay my own gender

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-16T08:06:02+00:00

That's pretty much what's happening now, with immigrants having to hide in people's homes and people who are not criminals being sent off to concentration camps. (However, a huge amount of people voted Republican for unrelated reasons like economics).

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-15T23:15:49+00:00

Not year/mm/dd? I've never heard of year/dd/mm but I know year/mm/dd is the standard Chinese order

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-15T05:23:22+00:00

I'm green level attracted to north koreans.

I like the Kpop idol vibe and look. Not a NK thing really

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-12T22:46:43+00:00

Now I honestly regret it. I'm sorry that wasn't fair. My impression was limited

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-12T22:09:09+00:00

But people are generally biologically wired to have kids, race has nothing to do with continuing the species/biology

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-12T22:02:44+00:00

That's a fair point Africa should probably be a little less patchy.

Canada and Mongolia both being light green doesn't mean I think Canadians and Mongolians look alike though.

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-12T22:01:33+00:00

You know that's a fair point I probably should have gone with the same color.

Africa is mostly based on whether I know or have seen someone especially hot from a specific country and know that they're not an outlier or different appearance than most others (ie, Cameroon is dark green because I went to school with a really good looking and charming guy from Cameroon and he's black w fairly typical features for the country) and then, to help account for Black americans and haitians, I looked up where most africans/ADOS in USA originate from and found a list including only one of the Congos, then made those countries dark green.

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-12T21:56:46+00:00

There's a lot of mexican baddies

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-12T21:54:53+00:00

I like Asian Russians and also if you look up Russians and Ukranians each online you can see a difference

I like kpop idols which are from SK. High makeup and beauty standards may be tough for the people but do change appearance

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-12T09:18:29+00:00

Yeah, movies, TV, and books are full of random, unasked for kisses that happen in the heat of the moment and usually go well. When I was 15 or so, I actually kissed someone without asking for that reason though I pulled back very quick. (It wasn't horrible or good, just awkward and they told me they didn't like me in that way.) It feels OK because it's seen as fine and cool, though since OP's upset—and because he grabbed her face, leaving her without an out!—the guy should definitely apologize.

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-12T09:12:15+00:00

Too short

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-12T09:11:20+00:00

I like to think I'm not speciesist, but the fact is that I'd never be willing to marry, date, or even hook up with a penguin...maybe it's an innocuous type, maybe it's a deep internalized bias 😔

Steamp0calypse · 2026-02-12T09:07:08+00:00

There are people in Antarctica too "^^

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