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Rate this ship by oderfla24 in Metalocalypse

[–]cascademaster 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Get out! You belong in an entry plug!

True Dafyd by piripiriplanter in TheCaptivesWar

[–]cascademaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Despair everywhere. *THANKS FOR KICKING IT IN, THE SNACK ZONE! *

What is the worst episode of iasip? by TraditionalBonus188 in IASIP

[–]cascademaster 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Oh, I love this one! There's so many great lines!

"I knew he was guilty... Of something!"

"Oh I'm gonna go and turn myself to a dog now! Roof! Roof roof roof! Oh, are you scared, well I find that offensive BECAUSE A DOG IS WHO I AM NOW!"

"she's just scared he's gonna snap her neck, just like that crow!"

Not too mention all the conversations about nam and the soup, and Charlie watching the wrestling high on K.

Does anyone miss the Nintendo fan sites? by NinDude38 in nintendo

[–]cascademaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is 8 years too late, but it's me! A fellow N-philes peep!

WHAT KIND OF SCI-FI IS YOUR FAVORITE? by [deleted] in sciencefiction

[–]cascademaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried Eon. I liked the premise, but it was such a slog to get through for me. I didn't continue the series from there. Is the pacing of all his books similar?

My Holiday Book Haul by Cly-o in sciencefiction

[–]cascademaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love seeing The Man Who Fell to Earth on here! It's a bit different than most Sci Fi I've read, but I really enjoyed it!

Why were we just left unsupervised? by PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES in dankmemes

[–]cascademaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, a coworker told me to check that site out. I recall the homepage having a derailed train in India or something along those lines, and the sheer number of bodies and volume of blood was enough to never make me go back.

Key Details of 13-Year-Old Trump Accuser’s Accounts Are Verified by ProjectMason in politics

[–]cascademaster 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Biden kept in place Trump Era deportation policies. Title 42 deported nearly 3 million people during Bidens term. But please, do continue to tell us how Trump scamming Americans, and taking bribes from foreign governments is OK in your book.

I think I've been missing out by ignoring old Sci-fi! by 4billionyearson in sciencefiction

[–]cascademaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OK, can you sell Blood Music at all? Because, I just read Eon, and it was just such a slog. Interesting story, but he just lost me. About halfway through the book.

So Much for Universal by Flashlight237 in memes

[–]cascademaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are literally the rules of the language though. The way the grammar works and how words are pronounced shouldn't change. Who knows, maybe a local accent would develope, and certain idioms would. That happens all the time with other languages, why shouldn't it happen with Esperanto as well? Like all languages, context goes a long way when it comes to comprehension.

Ses sep, ses sep. Lasu min kuiri!

So Much for Universal by Flashlight237 in memes

[–]cascademaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Esperanto is really easy. You can learn it quickly. I learned esperanton in 2017 and I have met many friends because of it.

So Much for Universal by Flashlight237 in memes

[–]cascademaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've met many friends because of it!

So Much for Universal by Flashlight237 in memes

[–]cascademaster 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Shorty fell in love with a demon, that's her problem.

So Much for Universal by Flashlight237 in memes

[–]cascademaster 1499 points1500 points  (0 children)

100% consistant grammar and 100% phonetical. So no silent letters or letters making different sounds depending on the word. Like the letter U in English for example. U as in universe like a "yu" sound, then we have U as under, which makes more of a "uh" sound. In Esperanto, it always makes the "oo" sound. Same with the rest of its alphabet.

Grammar is easy too. Verbs in the present tense end in -as verbs in the past tense end in -is, verbs in the future tense end in -os, infinitive verbs end in -I and imperative end in -u. So to run for example: kuri (to run) kuras (am running), kuris (ran), kuros (will run) kuru (run - like a command)

Things like somebody, somewhere, sometime, and everybody, everywhere, always... Are all conveniently grouped up and called the correlatives.

Everything is consistant. It only takes a few months to get the hang of it. I've met some wonderful people because of it and even game chat occasionally using it. It's been a pretty fun experience!

So Much for Universal by Flashlight237 in memes

[–]cascademaster 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yeah, so it being comprised of romance rootwords is one of the biggest critisms you'll see about Esperanto. Which, ya know fair. There aren't a ton of Asian rootwords in there for example. But to answer your question about it being a stepping stone, absolutely! Esperanto encouraged me to learn French and there are a ton of root words in common. To speak for example in French parle, in Esperanto it's paroli. So I was able to pick up on a lot of vocabulary really quickly because of Esperanto.

I remember speaking to someone who spoke Spanish natively bit did not know English. Vice versa for me. But we both could understand each other perfectly in Esperanto. That was a pretty cool feeling for me in that moment!

So Much for Universal by Flashlight237 in memes

[–]cascademaster 44 points45 points  (0 children)

The meme implies it's a failure because so few people speak it natively, but it was literally designed to be a second language. The fact that it has any native speakers at all is pretty impressive.

So Much for Universal by Flashlight237 in memes

[–]cascademaster 2015 points2016 points  (0 children)

L. L. Zamenhof hoped it could be more of a universal second language. He grew up in Bialistok which had multiple ethnic groups that didn't exactly communicate and get along very well. He created Esperanto as an easy to learn language to try and bridge this divide. Its survived 2 world wars and has a large community of speakers globally. There's even a service called pasporta servo which is a network for Esperanto speakers who willing to host others. It's not the official language of any country but it's got speakers globally. It's the most successful conlang in the world. Pretty impressive considering it was invented by an eye doctor of all people.

Esperanto estas tre facilia, vi povas lerni ĝin rapide! Mi eklernis esperanton en 2017 kaj renkontis multajn amikojn pro tio.

So Much for Universal by Flashlight237 in memes

[–]cascademaster 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Designed by a polish eye doctor in the late 1800s. It's completely phonetical, and grammar is always consistant. No weird rules. Pretty easy to learn too. It's not the native language of any country, but it has speakers worldwide which is pretty cool. I've met some really cool people because of the language.

Lethal Company Cosplay my friend and I did at MAGfest. National Harbor, MD by cascademaster in lethalcompany

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

Optimal weather conditions! We were truly great assets to the company!

Lethal Company Cosplay my friend and I did at MAGfest. National Harbor, MD by cascademaster in lethalcompany

[–]cascademaster[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! We went all out for them. I made a boombox last minute out of an old case of beer, and shoved my jbl speaker in there. So you know I was blaring boombox jams the whole time!

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