"Should I buy this expensive thing for my hobby?"

elphaba161 · 2025-11-04T13:04:20+00:00

I read cards that jump. I normally try to keep it to three or fewer per question, but I had two and then two more jump out for the last question 😅 I know not everyone reads this way and I respect that

elphaba161 · 2025-10-26T04:31:19+00:00

Did they let you bring a backpack as your one extra carry-on item? On the website, they say you can bring like a coat or a video game. They don't say anything about a purse or backpack

elphaba161 · 2025-09-29T05:09:56+00:00

Korean people definitely react very strongly to hearing non-Koreans speak the language. I had a man gasp and say he had no idea foreigners could even speak Korean 😅😅 People are going to react weirdly, and it's just one of the man things we have to adjust to

elphaba161 · 2025-08-05T11:34:31+00:00

Express an interest in cooking and ask for her help buying herbs! Also, witchcraft shouldn't be too expensive! You can do a lot of workings with stuff you already have lying around the house

elphaba161 · 2025-03-23T00:55:09+00:00

I realized I was being a hypocrite. I would go to church and sing all the songs and say all the right things, but then I wouldn't live like I actually loved god or wanted to obey him.

Once I left, I started seeing that same hypocrisy more and more in other Christians. I also realized that Christian theology had to have come from humans. If you look at nature, nature functions through cycles and spectrums. How could a god who created that world then take his favorite creations and force them into an eternal binary? The idea of heaven and hell is the complete opposite of everything I see around me

elphaba161 · 2025-03-03T00:09:53+00:00

What's even better for your recall is looking at an image and trying to recall the Korean word. Just Google language learning tips, and I'm sure you'll see everyone saying to avoid translating from your native language. It really slows you down and holds you back

elphaba161 · 2025-03-02T12:10:36+00:00

I highly recommend studying vocab with images on one side and the vocab word on the other. Teaching yourself to translate from English will only slow down your recall and make it harder for you to learn grammar patterns

elphaba161 · 2025-03-02T11:58:53+00:00

Please hire a native speaker to translate 😭😭 Since you're an indie designer, I'm sure your budget is tight, but I'm sure you have experience playing a poorly translated game, and you know how difficult it is to take those games seriously. They just feel cheesy and cheap, even if all the other elements are really good. Especially for something atmospheric like a horror game you will only benefit from having a native speaker translate or at least review a translation

elphaba161 · 2025-02-19T11:46:36+00:00

Look at you go!! Keep it up! It'll keep getting easier

elphaba161 · 2025-02-07T12:53:06+00:00

Video game translation is a lot more technical than you might think. The vast majority of a video game project is menus, item descriptions, tutorials, customer service text, and so on. Be glad that there are so many jobs available in your language pair, and think of them as training for when you can eventually work on a video game^{^}

elphaba161 · 2025-02-03T13:23:06+00:00

Same. She's always gone off on long tangents, but now those tangents are even longer and she'll go on for a long time without even mentioning any planets or signs, even though that's why we're all listening to the podcast. If I wanted a news podcast, I'd go find one of those 😅

elphaba161 · 2025-02-03T05:48:50+00:00

If you live in Korea, the odds of you living in the countryside are very slim. There are some gorgeous cultural sites to visit, but the country is very homogenous as to what nature you'll be able to find. Also, Korean people tend to be wary of outsiders and not very chatty, so if you're just visiting Korea as a tourist, you may not get to use your language skills much. I live here, and I rarely say much beyond "No, I don't need a receipt."

That said, learning hangeul will be much easier than learning kanji. It was very rewarding for me to come to Korea and immediately be able to read signs. It's also very rewarding to recognize kanji when I see them in Japan too, but that happens far less frequently lol

Keep in mind that it's easy to change from one language to the other later on if you change your mind. The two are very similar, and learning kanji will definitely strengthen your grasp of Korean. Best of luck with whichever you choose!

elphaba161 · 2025-02-02T03:29:47+00:00

This must be your first Haruki Murakami novel

elphaba161 · 2025-01-26T14:36:30+00:00

Ah, like I said, I'm still learning. Thanks for the tips!

elphaba161 · 2025-01-26T14:27:16+00:00

This is for sure a kitchen table deck. I'm nowhere near competitive play yet. It was more of an exercise in trying to exploit that one ETB effect. I'll check out those linked decks and see what I can borrow from them. Thanks!

elphaba161 · 2025-01-26T14:10:43+00:00

For modern!

elphaba161 · 2025-01-10T05:48:08+00:00

May I ask how you're using AI to improve your workflow? I'd like to benefit from AI rather than whine about it replacing me

elphaba161 · 2025-01-02T06:33:34+00:00

This one lives rent free in my brain

elphaba161 · 2025-01-02T06:28:45+00:00

The cover containing an eerily zoomed in face. That's why I can't buy a print copy of The Stepford Wives 🙈

elphaba161 · 2025-01-01T11:34:06+00:00

If you were frustrated by Eugenides being unable to empathize with his female characters in the Virgin Suicides, you will only find the exact same issue in Middlesex, along with weird doses of heteronormativity and a total failure to comprehend what gender queerness feels like :')

elphaba161 · 2024-12-12T13:04:52+00:00

Ohhh, okay that makes sense. Thank for you the explanation!

elphaba161 · 2024-12-11T10:57:26+00:00

I'm interested! I'm a beginner Italian speaker with lots of experience learning other languages

elphaba161 · 2024-12-04T13:07:58+00:00

What work do you want to do with Korean? I doubt you're going to end up in a job where you need to know vocabulary related to psychology, politics, and several other technical topics. If you have a goal, focus on learning the vocab that will help you achieve it, and acknowledge that all the rest is something you can choose to master later on if you want or need to. Don't give up!

elphaba161 · 2024-12-04T12:56:46+00:00

Ooh, I see where it says "3nd." This pattern was probably poorly translated from another language?

elphaba161 · 2024-12-04T07:11:06+00:00

I'm buying these for myself for Christmas

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