Imeimei

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

orchuris asked:

god DAMN your conlang is impressive,,, so much STUFF /vvpos

wondering! as someone working on their own conlang, you have any tips for beginners? :0c

Thanks for softballing this one in just in time for the holidays!

If you or someone you need to buy a gift for wants to learn how to create a language I wrote a book almost ten years ago called The Art of Language Invention. It assumes no knowledge of language creation or linguistics and tries to take you most of the way to being able to create your own language. There are two editions: the old black cover edition with four chapters, and the new blue cover edition with five. You want the blue cover.

If you’re interested in codes and ciphers or know someone who is (someone who’s a bit younger), you can check out Create Your Own Secret Language. I’d love it if people bought this book, since I haven’t yet earned out the advance…

Either would make a handsome holiday gift. If you get both, you can stack The Art of Language Invention on top of Create Your Own Secret Language. You can wrap each individually and then tie the whole thing with ribbon. Unless you’re quite adept at ribbon tying, though, I’d recommend affixing a small bit of tape to the underside of The Art of Language Invention after you’ve wrapped each. Now, if you feel you need a third thing to put on top of the two books, might I recommend a ring box inside of which you can place a single button? They’ll ask you why a button, and then you can tell them to open the other two and they’ll understand. When they do they’ll be so surprised and delighted to see my books that they’ll temporarily forget about the button. This is your chance! Seize the button and pocket it. Chances are they’ll forget about it entirely. But should they, in their reverie, happen to remember the button, and then ask you about it, simply ask, quite innocently, “What button?” And, of course, when they go to retrieve it, it will be gone! And as they search for it, poof! You drop your smoke bomb and make good your escape!

But if you were looking for some short advice, I’d say come up with a solid reason to create a language in the first place, and never lose sight of why you’re creating that language.

Thanks for the ask!

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catsofyore

In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. Source.

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howieduet

Nationality: pussy

official-lucifers-child

this is the funniest fucking medical report i’ve ever seen, like yeah nationality: pussy but also the 69’s?? “cattish”??? “he does alright”???

hkayakh

Imagine you get the info card by itself

seananmcguire
netherworldpost: “secondlina: “projectsurreal: “setzeri: “ There’s a lot going on in that little critter’s head right now. ” 1. Power move. 2. Why do people whisked away to magical worlds just automatically believe the first creature that tells them...
setzeri

There’s a lot going on in that little critter’s head right now.

projectsurreal

1. Power move. 

2. Why do people whisked away to magical worlds just automatically believe the first creature that tells them what side the person needs to help? Where’s my isekai where the MC slowly finds out they got in with like the deranged zealots and are part of the evil faction, and not the plucky rebels? 

secondlina

I think about this comic once per week. It’s funnier then anything I can conceive of. Mastery.

netherworldpost

I keep referencing this comic to my mythology clients in the back office and it is directly leading to multiple projects.

This comic is amazing.

angrylittlesliceofpizza
ladyimtolstoy

A friendly reminder to USians: if you are planning to vote on Election Day, your mantra is "Nothing I see today convinces me not to go vote."

Exit polls suggest DT cannot be caught? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Exit polls suggest KH has it in the bag? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Pundits are saying the country is swinging overwhelmingly red? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Pundits are saying the country is swinging overwhelmingly blue? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Polls can be misleading (intentionally or not). The methodology can be biased (or simply poor). Early results may not reflect what the full count will show. There may be a red mirage. NOTHING YOU SEE CONVINCES YOU NOT TO VOTE.

The biggest Democratic win in swing states means nothing if democrats don't turn out everywhere to keep the reliably blue states blue.

VOTE. Wear appropriate weather gear if you think you may have to stand in a line outside (coat, hat, gloves, umbrella, sunhat, whatever, you know where you live). Bring water and a snack and something to do (book, game on your phone, podcast and headphones, whatever, you know what you like). GO VOTE.

NOTHING YOU SEE ON ELECTION DAY CONVINCES YOU NOT TO VOTE.

archipithecus
max1461

Harry Potter is like Star Wars in that, in its original incarnation, you aren't supposed to think about it, its world is a pastiche meant to provide suitable aesthetics for a simple and fun adventure story. And at that task it succeeded so thoroughly that it attracted a lot of people who wanted to think about it, and in its later incarnations it seems that its creators want to too. But this was a doomed thing from the start because it wasn't designed for that and was never going to succeed at it.

musingsofaraven
mariacallous

I'm seeing people scoff at the ad showing the wife privately voting against her husband's wishes. "It's so patronizing to women!" "Nobody has a marriage like that!" Just a reminder: this guy has 113K followers and there are more like him. pic.twitter.com/14gEz0Kohc — Rachel Darnall (@TrueConsolation) October 29, 2024ALT
You can say "he's fringe!" all you want, but imo fringe has become a pretty meaningless word in today's America. I've been around this stuff since I was a baby and it USED to be fringe. It's not anymore, and people need to wake up to that. — Rachel Darnall (@TrueConsolation) October 29, 2024ALT
We have dozens of pastors publicly threatening their flocks that if they don't vote a certain way they're not REAL Christians. And you don't think there aren't men privately doing some version of the same to their wives? It's unbelievably naive. — Rachel Darnall (@TrueConsolation) October 29, 2024ALT
azeutreciathewicked

"Many women are being pressured or threatened into voting as their husband wants"

and

"It is outrageous that it's a thing and should not ever be a thing in a civilized society"

can co-exist.

This is where political pragmatism is necessary: we send the messaging needed to help as many people as possible to vote their conscience. And after this election is resolved, we keep working to make a world where such messaging is unnecessary because everyone is free to vote as they want, regardless of gender or family situation.

vaspider

I mean...

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4964265-kamala-harris-ad-julia-roberts/

“If I found out Emma was going to the voting booth and pulling the lever for Harris, that’s the same thing as having an affair,” Fox News host Jesse Watters said on air Wednesday in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.

Multiple relatively mainstream news dudes are outright saying they feel like they have ownership over their wife's vote.

“I think it’s so gross. I think it’s so nauseating where this wife is wearing the American hat, she’s coming in with her sweet husband who probably works his tail off to make sure that she can go you know and have a nice life and provide to the family, and then she lies to him saying, ‘Oh, yeah, I’m gonna vote for Trump,’ and then she votes for Kamala Harris as her little secret in the voting booth,” [Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie] Kirk fumed to radio host Megyn Kelly.

“Kamala Harris and her team believe that there will be millions of women that undermine their husbands and do so in a way that it’s not detectable in the polling,” he added.

This isn't "fringe." It should be, but it isn't, just like a lot of right-wing beliefs.

vaspider

And look - really truly getting rid of this idea is going to require things like "dismantling Evangelical Xianity and its idea that men own women and children"*, but until we get around to doing that, maybe we can do a little harm reduction along the way.

*yes I know that there are more than just men and women, but they don't think so.