#spanish also that reminds me

[diluc33rpm]

oh boy 200. here we go:

1/2 Do you speak multiple languages? Which do you dream in? What language would you want to learn?

a few. but i'll have you know i dream exclusively in whatever the fuck this is

[fluffypotatey]

okay so:

the year is 2021. the month is june. the new season of hermitcraft, season 8, has just started, and everything is great! the hermits are all messing around, having fun, building insane things within the first week of the server being active, and generally having a good time. everyone's collected themselves into little factions, pranking each other, and it's all the fun, lighthearted, mostly-vanilla content hermitcraft is known for.

and then the split between minecraft versions 1.18 and 1.19 is announced. the delay of new terrain, and especially of new mobs like the warden, considerably disrupt several of the hermits' plans. but it's fine, they'll figure something out, they're professionals, and it mostly goes unnoticed.

about two weeks later, on november 9th, grian turns to mumbo jumbo in one of his episodes, and asks the famous question that would seal hermitcraft season 8's fate:

"mumbo, is the moon... big?"

suddenly, the fans panic. they search back through videos and streams, and realize that the moon had been abnormally large and stuck in a full-moon phase since october 30th. the Moon Big event has begun.

this is where the roleplay really starts. once the moon's size has been brought up, the hermits start a weird combination of scrambling to figure out why the moon's growing, and how to stop it- but also of ignoring it, hoping it won't be a problem, hoping someone else will deal with it. the moon keeps getting bigger, more hermits start realizing it's going on, and a creeping sense of dread starts to grow. but it's fine. it's fine, right? they do little plotlines like this all the time. they'll figure something out, the moon will go back to normal, and we'll laugh about it when this is all over. it's fine.

and then, blocks start flying away. just floating up out of the ground, and falling right back down! like for a moment, a square meter chunk of dirt has decided it's a ballerina and leaped out of the ground! but it's fine, right? the blocks are coming back. no lasting harm is done. they're going to fix it all... right?

the moon gets bigger. it's growing every day- local hermit weirdguy joe hills measures it every stream. the blocks start flying higher. gravity starts getting... weird, with players getting the slow falling effect at random, and being lifted off of the earth themselves. the players form cults and rituals and whatnot to try and appease the moon, convince it to leave them alone, making plans to escape. nothing works. things keep getting worse, and the moon keeps getting bigger. but it'll be fine. these storylines never leave lasting harm, or at least they never have before. they'll be fine.

and then the blocks stop coming back, just floating into the sky forever. the players have the slow falling effect more than they don't now. the moon is now so big it's visible even during the day, and fills the entire sky at night. they start planning their escapes in earnest, and say their goodbyes. some hermits jump into a void hole in the overworld (it was the centerpiece of their village). some flee to the End, some to the nether, some just fly with elytras and hope they can get far enough away in time. one brave hermit, tango, flies himself to the moon in a futile attempt to blow the whole thing up before it can crash.

but in the end, the moon crashes into the server, and everything they'd built was destroyed. and the whole time, there'd been nothing any of them could've done. season eight was over, a full six months before anyone had expected it to end, and season nine wouldn't start until about three months later. and im still not okay about it.

(here's a cool animatic of the moon's crash! honestly i dont think you need too much hermitcraft knowledge to get the gist)

(also the moon crash happened on the day before my birthday lmao.)

….

holy shit

[oceanic-sunsets]

english teacher Mike Wheeler who comes across as this Serious Intimidating and pretentious jerk until you discover he's just a nerd who all the Troubled and 'Difficult' kids surprisingly love and look up to. No one knows how he does it. (he was, once, that angry troubled teen).

art teacher Will Byers who absolutely every student loves. You cannot hate him. Queer kids are especially drawn to him and he's the best at reassuring them and helping them feel comfortable and safe. He's always followed by at least two or three students and he gets the most notes, gifts and hand-made crafts during holidays.

and yes they're married

[valewritessss]

Kotlc fandom, how do you pronounce Calla, as in Calla tree? The Spanish speaker in me wants to say “kah-jah” but I thought the same for Luke Castellan and I was wrong

[ratatatastic]

local man haunts (me) open practise yet again more news at 11

[atthebell]

i feel like new server members & viewers don't realize all the original eggs spoke english and spanish partially bc people don't explain the original intent of the egg event (pairing eng & esp speakers so they would interact more) nor do people realize the original eggs were randomly picked by their parents so they weren't assigned ahead of time (even cellbit for a while thought dapper didn't speak spanish because he thought he was just for bad and wouldn't have needed to, let alone far newer members)

[skitskatdacat63]

Anyways. Look at baby boy king au Fernando

[lunakataaahhh-1228]

Taisui, my eepy boy 😴

[pancakeke]

why do so many people in amazon reviews want product instructions spelled out with words. most of the time when I see these complaints, adding text to the illustrated instructions wouldn't add any additional clarity.

I get that some people might process information better in the form of text but there comes a point when a matter is so simple that reading any amount of words is more complicated than seeing a visual. like if a coffee table arrives as a tabletop with four pre-drilled holes and four screw on legs what the fuck are these people doing leaving a review saying "garbage instructions don't explain anything". like how did they even figure out how to buy things online.

though I guess these are probably just shit-stirring "this is america and everything should be written in american" types.

[waddei]

does tubbo have a tragic backstory in the arg au or did he just get on the internet too young?

his tragic backstory is that he watched redditt reading videos and instead of settling for that he went to the site and never left

[adhd-languages]

how to keep motivation when language learning? i always lose interest a couple weeks after picking up a new language and i feel that starting to happen with my current one too

I try and find low-key ways to keep up the language until I’m feeling more motivated, and also try to incorporate my interests into the language learning.

For example, I’ve not been very motivated with Japanese recently. But I listen to a Japanese podcast to fall asleep, and I’ve been really into Sky : Children of the Light, so I’ve been looking for videos in Japanese about the game. I’ve also been playing stardew valley in Japanese.

I’ve kind of just accepted my interest in actively studying will ebb and flow, and it’s fine if I just learn a bit slower (taking breaks and then coming back to it).

I also find following lots of langblrs or studyblrs can help. Its a pretty supportive community and seeing other peoples excitement makes me more motivated.

Sorry if the answer isn’t super helpful 🙏 it’s super difficult to keep motivated studying for me as well.

[marcsnuffy]

since Masaya's comic got me thinking abt names, I like that Lorenzo's name is Don

[burningcomputerpersona]

You might wake up, but you'll never be better

You might come through, but you'll always second guess

You might breathe free, but you'll never stop pacing

You might find love, but you'll always be depressed

You might change your hair, but you'll always look awkward

Your back might heal, but you'll never get your rest

You might move on, but you'll never feel important

You might be fine, but you'll never be your best

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

hiki and geki matching post

hiki and geki matching post

[lunarcrossingart]

Old designs vs final designs!!! A lot can change in a year. :) Initially, I thought since it was going to be horror, I needed really drab colors for my game. I kinda stuck myself into the genre box and into the timeframe of the game. Then, my friends reminded me that I can do whatever I wanted to, and I broke out of my little box. :3

[victoriademedici]

I’m not good with roman numerals so every time I read Felipe’s name on a post I read it in my head as King Felipe Vee Eye instead of King Felipe the Sixth. I probably could’ve guessed it meant the sixth before but I just googled today to confirm lol