yuri
the internet of today means i can basically live my life in japanese immersion mode despite living in america. all my devices' ui, tv shows, movies, games, radio, websites, books. me of 20 years ago couldn't even dream of such a luxury
It's gotten so much easier to start learning so many more languages, you used to be limited to the 3-5 major languages that a local bookstore or educational institution had decided it was worth making available, and now you can just like, look things up in hundreds of them
FFXIV: Endwalker (2021)
100% to the second, 99.9999% to the first. If we find intelligent life, it won't be the life itself, it will be evidence and/or artifacts because however big you think space is, it's a million times bigger than that, and given our own speed run to destruction, intelligence doesn't last all that long
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in fifth grade we had a class spelling bee where the class winners would go to the school spelling bee, and potentially beyond my teacher intentionally gave me harder words than the rest of the class, so i didn't make it past the class contest am i still bitter about this? maybe
“I hold you to a higher standard than your peers because I know you can do better”
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i held on til i was like 25 but i sure did flame out spectacularly
Alright, where are my gifted kids at? You were smart and you never had to study and then you went to college and suddenly had to learn a new skillset overnight, that everybody else had years to learn, or flame out spectacularly? That’s what talent is like.
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archie staring directly at the camera every time it pans over. does he know??? (also omg 2 chicks so far! one fluffball and one so fresh it hasn't quite reached fluffball yet) @calfalcons.bsky.social