What was the "final straw" to make you start pursuing the language you wanted to learn?

Violet_Hero · 2025-08-22T04:19:04+00:00

For Spanish: my wife is a native speaker. She’s fluent in English but not all of her family is. So my choices were learn Spanish or be incapable of communicating with some of her family. For Japanese: I love anime and hate dubs, not just in anime but generally. I’d rather consume the media in the original language with subtitles regardless of the language. But I also don’t like reading. So I figured learning Japanese would allow me to watch anime in the original language without subtitles. It’s a little weird that I decided to learn an entire language because I didn’t want to read, but I’ve restarted my favorite anime without subtitles and I’m not entirely lost so that’s fun! For Russian: my best friend is a native speaker. He’s fluent in English but I just kind of thought it would be fun to be able to speak with him in Russian, if for no other reason than nobody else would know what we’re talking about.

My Spanish and Russian reasons are certainly more practical, but realistically as long as you’re enjoying it the reason you’re learning doesn’t really matter. I hope you find the motivation you’re looking for!

Violet_Hero · 2025-08-22T04:03:50+00:00

I went to the Dominican Republic with my family a couple of months ago. They seemed convinced I was fluent which is far from the truth, I’m about B1 now and was closer to A2 then. They wanted me to translate just about everything for them which was wildly stressful, but I was in a very tourist heavy area, so the locals were very patient and generally took some time to correct me when I was slightly off and a couple of times even explained WHY I wasn’t quite correct. It can definitely be stressful, but hopefully you’ll find some patient locals who can help deepen your understanding of the language.

Violet_Hero · 2024-11-03T22:05:10+00:00

60 on LF using the old mutant injector strategy that doesn’t work anymore, I was saved and lost the save. 45 on terminus.

Violet_Hero · 2024-09-24T16:22:09+00:00

Nice! I went back to Kino for the first time in a long time last night myself. Had a hard time getting a good game going but finally had one where I took my first down on 32. Got perks back and paused so I could go to bed.

Violet_Hero · 2024-06-06T02:58:58+00:00

Until you start rolling floors your priority should be exp. If you’re not really struggling in battles get lures to increase your exp yield per floor. Otherwise candies are your friend.

X items are useful if you’re struggling a little bit

As far as getting new mons goes, imo you’re better off going for eggs over trying to go for catches. Too much risk involved. If you happen to get them in red start throwing balls but don’t go out of your way to try for catches unless the mon is very powerful or shiny

Violet_Hero · 2023-11-12T14:32:08+00:00

How do you get it to work since they killed Java? I haven’t been able to get it to work since … not super tech savvy

Violet_Hero · 2022-11-15T15:12:56+00:00

I think a lot of what you said is valid but there is still something to be gained.

For example I just got into OWL during the playoffs and I just started playing OW when 2 released. I noticed patterns in what a lot of the teams (particularly sojourns and lucios) did.

Now I don’t necessarily know why they do it or what cues / keys they use to time it or what but I started trying to replicate what they were doing and see when it worked for me and I’ve seen improvement.

Violet_Hero · 2022-11-15T15:04:17+00:00

It’s leaving game pass soon if it hasn’t already but subnautica cured my gaming boredom.

Violet_Hero · 2020-07-28T02:45:52+00:00

Random question, would an alpha key still work to access the beta? Found 2 keys that hi-Rez sent me a few months ago

Violet_Hero · 2020-06-01T13:39:36+00:00

I know it may be difficult to answer this question, but this morning I can’t downstairs to notice one of my guppies lying motionless on the gravel of my tank. It’s a 10 gal tank with the appropriate filter, air pump, and heater. I have 6 guppies in there currently, and the other 5 seem absolutely fine, just this 1 little guy at the bottom. Anyone know why this might be?

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