#Speak in Sentences

[ahagia-sophia]

Listening to a centrist speak and remembering why the French Revolutionaries executed the Girondins

[intermundia]

this is the single worst way i've ever read to describe an erection, frank herbert

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

guy who's stuck in a timeloop for so long he stops wanting to leave it. guy who started out trying to escape but slowly grew used to and became comforted by the familiarity of the repeating day. guy who is no longer who he was before the timeloop. guy who is offered a way out and violently refuses it because he can't leave, doesn't want to leave. guy who escapes the timeloop by chance or force or accident and doesn't know how to live anymore. guy who keeps going through motions that don't match the situation and keeps having conversations that aren't actually occurring. guy who panics every time he realizes he can't predict the next instant. guy who left the timeloop but still lives with it.

[gildedbearediting]

National Speak in Sentences Day

May 31 is National Speak in Full Sentences Day. This is one that can be hard for some when trying to change their speech pattern. Even for those celebrating it through their emails, texts, and other written ways may find it hard to shake using text-talk or other abbreviations. After all, many need to use their time wisely in order to get all their daily tasks done within whatever timeframe that…

[saulbaby]

Adult Scooby-Doo series where they're all in their 70s and the mystery now is why is scooby still alive but nobody says it out loud bc they don't wanna jinx it but everybodys suspicious and often worried about this talking dog in his mid 60s

Edit: if anybody tells me Scooby-Doo is an alien in the tags again I'm turning reblogs off

[sunsetdeathcity]

something ive noticed is that you dont pick a favorite dungeon lord. one of them picks you and youre just stuck forever and will constantly have them on your mind and itll make you so unbelievably sad

[shepscapades]

I…. I d. I don’t…. I don’t..

[azrielslittleslut]

You guys know how Cassian and Rhys talk about how Az never really talked when they were younger. They even beat him up and he never spoke.

What if that’s because he didn’t know how to talk, at least not well. I mean he was locked up, denied of any and all social interaction, and that’s how children learn how to talk. By listening to others.

And now I’m imagining Rhys’s mom picking up on this, so she was the one who taught him how to talk😭😭😭

Sarah please write about the bat boys as children I beg you-

[elumish]

I know that I am preaching to the anti-AI choir, but I genuinely believe that skills like summarizing, articulating, and refining an argument, engaging with existing research or information yourself, and going through the process of crafting materials are core skills for life but also for many careers, and outsourcing those degrades people's ability to think critically and engage with ideas.

Even ignoring the fact that generative AI is awful for the environment and based almost entirely in intellectual property theft and has a bunch of other ethical issues, using gen AI as a crutch will actually just make you worse at both engaging with life and doing many professional jobs.

But also, beyond this, you will benefit from actively engaging with research and the news and shaping, summarizing, and articulating arguments.

Can you read a piece of news or an article and understand the point it is making? Do you know how to identify the biases of the source? Do you know how to understand what you are reading in the context of that bias?

Can you shape an argument based on information you have engaged with? Can you validate that argument by seeking out additional relevant information? Can you describe that argument to someone who is familiar with the subject matter? Can you describe or summarize that argument to someone who is not familiar with the subject matter?

Can you articulate your point--whether it is an argument or just a question--in written format? Can you articulate it out loud? Do you know how to shape what you are expressing to a given audience?

Being able to articulate yourself clearly, in a logical structure that is based on verified evidence, is important for so much of life.

[stealingyourbones]

Never will I stop with the steadfast notion that folks in the DPXDC fandom should interact with at least some form of canon DC media.

There are comics, tv shows, radio dramas both old and new, podcasts, movies, magazines, so much shit that intentionally avoiding the media is simply preventing yourself from spawning new ideas and gaining a new appreciation for a fandom that you’re already in.

The Superman Radio Show has episodes 11 minutes long. A lot of the TV shows don’t have episodes that surpass 30 minutes and most are nearly fully clipped on the official DC YouTube channel. The amount of fan made motion comics is astounding. The amount of fanmade animations is equally as incredible.

[amazingferret]

Something finally convinced me to use this meme huh

[mekanikaltrifle]

I feel like one of these days I should make a 'Scots For Non-Scots Speakers' guide so that when someone's doing wee bits of writing with a Scottish character (like Jamie McCrimmon, but honestly any character), they can get the language right.

I know there aren't many Scots at all online, and especially not a huge number on a given platform, but it pains me how often you see like 'I'm nae happy' or similar.... that's. ouch. It's obvious when someone just substitutes the expected word from English to Scots and doesn't know how the language usually sounds when spoken by a fluent speaker.

[dcxdpdabbles]

You know what would be really fun?

You know the typical trope

Batkid meets Danny and has a huge crush on him

Maybe they're just acquaintances or even friends

The thing is, Batkid pines for Danny, a lot

A little stalking here, a little cyberstalking there, just to get to know him better

(Bats are incapable of being normal with their feelings)

Batkid wants to ask him out on a date, but doesn't have the courage (or for whatever reason)

The family finds out, of course because they're nosy and intense

The family gets involved in that relationship (that doesn't exist yet) already excited about the future brother-in-law

They're already, jokingly, planning the wedding

The family encourages Batkid, that "they're perfect for each other", that "he'll accept", that "you're a great catch"

Batkid goes and asks Danny out on a date

There's just one little problem

Danny is Aroace

and he says No thank you (or even *confused nervous laughter* What? no)

Cue the confusion (anda maybe outrage) in the Batfam

(That's right! I'm subbing this trope, love loses here)

"No, thank you. I'm AroAce," Danny tells the man who approached him and offered to take him out on a date.

"Oh, sorry for bothering you. Have a good day," he says, raising his hands and backing away. He returns to the table of other black-haired people who are doing poor jobs of not staring. They all start jeering and taunting the man until he shakes his head and speaks.

Everyone at the table pats him and passes the chips and dip. They move on to a different topic, and Danny can't help but feel highly grateful none of them made it a big deal.

One of the girls with dark hair sees him staring, but she merely smiles. She proudly holds up her purse, displaying the demisexual pins, and with a wink, she lets Danny know that he doesn't have to feel uncomfortable.

It is then that he realizes he actually knew that man. He was Jasson Todd, the TA for Sam's advanced English Epic Poems class. Danny would see him whenever he waited for her class to end since he was her ride. He would do his homework in the back of the lecture hall after getting permission from the professor since he could use their Wi-Fi.

He never realized Todd paid him any attention.

He returns to the bar, signaling the barkeep for another jarrito mug tequila shot. That's when Jazz returns from the bathroom, smiling at the few men who throw her appreciative looks but find her seat next to him without stopping for any of them.

"Don't be mad," She says, gesturing to the approaching mariachi band. "The restaurant has a special treat for birthday boys."

Danny can only turn bright red as the band surrounds him, and an employee appears carrying a slice of chocolate cake. They surround him, tuning up the Spanish birthday song (He thinks it's called The Little Mornings?). Jazz is signing along because she studied Spanish and worked as an English teacher in Mexico for about four years before returning to the USA to finish her childhood dream of being a psychologist.

She recommended this restaurant because it was classy and well-decorated, and the food was authentic Mexican cuisine, which she had missed so much.

Danny smiles awkwardly, unused to the attention when he realizes that Jason Todd is singing from his table and his siblings (?) are all clapping along. From the corner of his eye, he catches Jazz, sending Todd a grateful smile that has a tad bit too much interest.

The man may leave this place with a date from a Fenton after all. Todd blushed when Jazz sent him a drink towards the night's end, but he didn't seem uncomfortable with her attention.

Danny got to leave with the whole chocolate cake behind the counter. Everyone had a great night.

[ketchup-the-kid]

you know he would say that to splinter

[anonymouscheeses]

Bonus under cut vvv

Later that same day:

And... I made an Emily redesign too...... *sniff sob /j* it's not final (like all my redesigns) I'm just trying get better at this design stuff and where better to do it except my current fixation ehhh?????

Long Emily design explanation/rant thing ignore it probably but pls dotn im desperate: I wanted to make her more round and soft cuzzz I love those typa designs I'm just a sucker for circle characters. Made her actually black and not fuckin gray cuz its a transformation to look more human and gentle(for me they go between two forms, their true ones that we see the first time we see them snd their human/softer ones if they ever interact with actual humans which... they usually dont.) Not a demon form tfff. In this version I wanted to put Emily in animal inspired features like... the sheep nose, ears, and hooves. Because she and Sera know that humans and about all beings love animals. Birds have sharp features mostly so they don't look as welcoming as they want to seem. I wanted Emily to look sheep likes and pretty much all the seraphim look more sheep like to make Lucifer stand out as the only one who was symbolized as a snake/goat(still don't know if I'll make him goat or make Lillith goat. I'll decide when I get there lmao). Justtt overalll wanted Emily to look more round, welcoming, and cute. I kept the freckles lighter than her skin color(even tho that's SUPER not accurate to what actually black people look like with freckles but whatevr) because it reminded me of fawns and.... sure Emily is a sheep but I still wanted to incorporate other cute animal traits with her cyz y not.

[brainrotcharacters]

"found your new anchor being"

"and we're doing just fine, you piece of shit"