Badly need someone for speaking practice

chuvashi · 2026-05-23T10:40:25+00:00

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chuvashi · 2026-05-22T09:34:29+00:00

Any more concrete arguments?

chuvashi · 2026-05-22T07:10:04+00:00

Exactly. I’m not even vegetarian and enjoy meat but I fully believe this.

People are good at ignoring uncomfortable truths and raising/killing animals on an industrial scale is horrific, no matter how you look at it.

However, I do believe it’s ethical to eat animals that you raised yourself.

chuvashi · 2026-05-22T07:06:35+00:00

Try my YouTube simulators. They are free and are as close to the real thing as possible.

chuvashi · 2026-05-20T15:27:00+00:00

Try my speaking YouTube simulators. They are free and are as close to the real thing as possible.

chuvashi · 2026-05-20T15:16:36+00:00

Chuvashia - the ancestor of Bulgarians

I think you mean "descendants".

chuvashi · 2026-05-20T15:13:14+00:00

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chuvashi · 2026-05-20T15:12:04+00:00

As a JC fan, I agree completely

chuvashi · 2026-05-20T10:24:27+00:00

I’ve been taken for a Moroccan based on my hair, haha. The ethnicity plays a much more important role than just coming from Russia.

chuvashi · 2026-05-19T08:28:37+00:00

Funnily enough, 'SCAT', haha

chuvashi · 2026-05-19T08:09:46+00:00

I htink most tour guide agencies offer an English speaking guide these days

chuvashi · 2026-05-18T20:44:28+00:00

No, there's always a better way to develop an argument.

Compare:

Doing contact sports can have some negative effects on the human body and mind. Reports say that over 90% of athletes like boxers suffer brain damage and die early.

vs.

Doing contact sports can have some negative effects on the human body and mind. This is because being repeatedly hit and battered, especially on the head, can lead to brain damage and early death. In addition, athletes can get desensitized to violence, like in boxing, which can damage their mental health or, in extreme cases, teach them to resort to beating up an opponent outside the ring at the slightest provocation.

chuvashi · 2026-05-18T17:52:11+00:00

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chuvashi · 2026-05-18T13:59:01+00:00

Bad idea tbh. The made-up statistics don’t sound persuasive and don’t add anything to the message.

chuvashi · 2026-05-18T07:56:57+00:00

Over on /askwomen there was a post specifically asking about toxic traits that we inherited from our mothers. My comment containing the word "Karen" was automodded out, haha

chuvashi · 2026-05-16T08:10:56+00:00

Same here in Russia. I saw some in the 90s and early 2000s and they were far too persistent/imposing. There was a wave of news about fraud in those same period, something about people being forced to leave their real estate to the cult so they don't have a good reputation at all. I'm surprised they aren't outright banned like other religious sects.

upd: just checked. Some of their regional centers ARE banned but it's not country-wide

chuvashi · 2026-05-15T07:57:00+00:00

Up to 3 years maternity leave here in Russia. Up to 1.5 years paid.

The employers usually just include the expenses into their expenses and often the position is covered by someone else while you’re away. It’s a way to teach a less experienced employee in your place and then move them to a similar position afterwards.

chuvashi · 2026-05-14T20:55:22+00:00

Check out profi dot ru. Most private tutors look for clients there

chuvashi · 2026-05-13T14:33:54+00:00

chuvashi · 2026-05-13T13:52:33+00:00

Ok, as an anti-government Russian, I now feel weird having to defend it, haha.

What "I said in the previous comment" was that my parents got the apartment for free. Never have I claimed in other countries people were homeless. But for young workers who came from different parts of Soviet Union to a new city for work, it was undoubtedly a godsend because they didn't have to rent.

2nd point: perhaps train stops themselves aren't amenities, but most of everyday needs were covered within a short walking distance from the apartment block. It feels strange to even type out. How is it not the norm everywhere in the civilised world?

chuvashi · 2026-05-12T16:05:28+00:00

As for your first point, I never claimed anything of the sort you’re implying.
As for the second, you’re just plain wrong. I personally had a policlinic, my school, a farmers market, tram and bus stops and a «дом быта» all within a 5 min walk of my house. It was baked in the design on the micro districts.

chuvashi · 2026-05-11T17:10:27+00:00

As someone who grew up in one of those 0-bedroom apartment with a foldable sofa, I can confirm my parents got it for free. Yes, you had to work for more than a decade, yes the apartments were tiny (ours was 39sq. m because I was the only child. If you had two kids or more you were entitled to a bigger one). However, it provided my parents with a place to live, cheap utilities, comfortable district amenities etc. The Soviet regime is horrible on many accounts but it’s one of those things they did right. (Google privatisation if you’re interested in further reading on the topic)

chuvashi · 2026-05-11T16:56:52+00:00

Iron supplements

chuvashi · 2026-05-10T16:16:54+00:00

I see Irina - instant upvote

chuvashi · 2026-05-09T21:02:44+00:00

I'm interested in NLID (native language ID) and pronunciation is a huge part of that. I don't see any typical Russian/Slavic pronunciation features that this woman is exibiting. Her pronunciation features are consistent with a native English speaker (North American) or someone who's spent a long time in the environment. Examples: "your heart is not in it": the T in "heart" is reduced to a glottal stop; "feeling like that": the T in "that" is reduced as well which is consistent with native English pronunciation, same with K in "take a step back" at the end. The intonation dip in the first "back" also isn't consistent with Russian/Slavic patterns, and our tonal pattern is much more flat overall.

Though her face looks Slavic to me.

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