i’m actually tired bro, like from the bottom of my heart. i am tired
learning a language is like learning about a country’s culture. therefore, one should take some culture notes once in a while. if you need any ideas on what to research/study, take a look below! i might add more if i think of any.
countries that speak the language
common dishes/foods/drinks/alcohols
festivals
cultural tidbits (ex: why japanese uses kanji still)
world leaders/figureheads/etc
wars
history in gen
art
games
paintings
sculptures
instruments
music/genre-related
anything
pop culture
hit movies
celebrities
music
etc
history of the language
make a travel guide
recipes
traditions
holidays
places to see/go
sightseeing worthy/statues/etc
important people
common animals that live in certain country
cultural differences?
holidays they have that you don’t
do they celebrate (holiday) differently?
etymology of words – they can act make good history lessons
myths/fairy tales/ urban legends
dialects
provinces/states/etc
whats it like driving there?
how does schooling work?
how does a typical family live?
common stereotypes
do they go about finding love differently? (ex: is it common for arranged marriages?)
typical sbjs one learns in school
college?
beauty standards
chaotic academia is ilegally downloading 18 books from a suspicious website
I just wish I could learn every language and all the histories and about everyone's food and folklore and... 😔 but i only have one brain and it is small and malfunctioning
i am doing my best with the knowledge and resources i have.
i do not need to judge myself harshly and should treat myself with kindness.
it is natural to have limitations; not every limit can be or needs to be altered, and alteration takes time.
it is not my fault that others neglected me, even if i didn't speak up for myself.
i am doing my best with the knowledge and resources i have.
me @ me: no offence but literally what the fuck are you doing
one thing i need to start living by is “become the thing that you want” if i want friends who throw themed parties maybe i should start throwing those parties. if i want someone who writes me love letters maybe i should start writing letters for the people i love. if i want to hang out at museums and pretty cafes maybe i should invite my friends to these places. and maybe even then i won’t find the kind of people i want to be around. but then i would have become the exact person i want to be around. and maybe that’s good enough.
trees are very 🥺 because sometimes i’ll stand under the shade of a tree and look up at it and it’ll sway its branches about in the wind and i’m like oh my God i’m alive and YOU’RE alive. we are alive together and made up of the same starry stuff and standing right next to each other in this moment on this earth. do u feel it when i reach out and press my hand to your trunk? can you hear me? i think you’re so neat. and then the sunlight filters through its leaves just so and that lovely green color leaves me dazzled. it’s just very nice to be an alive thing next to a different sort of alive thing
The worst part about Liam Payne dying is that people are posting about “the switch up is crazy”
Like no. He was an abuser and made horrible decisions, but nobody wanted him to die. He was getting hate for an INCREDIBLY valid reason, but we all recognized that he needed mental and physical help. He needed to go to rehab. He needed to get away from drugs and alcohol and improve upon himself away from the public. No one wanted him to die.
We’re not mourning the life of an abuser, we are mourning the part of him that we adored and looked up to for a massive part of our childhood/ teenage years. He was a huge part of how I was introduced to my love of music. And yes, he did horrible things and made horrible decisions and over the last few years has been anything but admirable, but none of us wanted this.
Maya didn’t want this. And everyone saying that it’s her fault can actually go burn in hell. She likely already blames herself enough. She likely already wishes she hadn’t spoken up about it out of the guilt that she likely feels. You guys commenting all over the socials about how this is her fault and “are you happy now?” Are actually horrible people.
A 7 year old boy just lost his father. A woman just lost her long term boyfriend. Two parents just lost their son. Several young children just lost their uncle. Show some fucking respect. Joking about it and hating on people who had nothing to do with what happened is not doing anything but twist the knife for the people who this has ACTUALLY effected.
whenever i'm trying to talk myself out of buying something i don't need i always hear my old russian professor's voice echoing in my head: "WHAT??? WILL YOU DIE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD?" and then i make an unwise financial decision
united states of america* but yeah please i know way too much 😭😭😭😭
you know what, i know too much about america. social media is so american-centric i could probably tell you more about there than my home country. i would like to forget some information about america please. i would like for someone to say “I am from Oregon” and for me to reply “haha is that some kind of herb?”. please erase america from my knowledge. thank you