Salty • ソルティ
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イラストレーター｜言語学習マニア | 猫好き hiiiii I’m Salty | 22 | ENG/日本語 | any pronouns | language nerd | I like to draw 文法の間違いがち！
what if i do not want to be optimized. what if i want to make mistakes because that’s how you learn; what if i want to do nothing sometimes, what if i want a world that is weird and challenging and has mysteries left to reveal. what if i like taking the long way
Revenue at Duolingo in 2024 was up 41% on 23 to $748M. Net income was up by 451% for same period and yet they're firing workers. We've long been at "insatiable greed" point of late stage capitalism. People may feel helpless but there's a very easy way to kick companies like this. Delete their apps.
Dom Evans@domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 2y agoI have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI. I urge everyone to delete their app.
My Favourite Free Resources for Learning Japanese 🧵 These are all for beginners who are looking to learn or practice the fundamentals of Japanese without spending any money!
lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider : are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No. *but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no. *but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no. maybe you're not being negative *enough*
Two great clothing references I can't recommend highly enough if you're a translator (or writer or artist or fashionista) are Fashionpedia and Stylepedia. The first is clothes, fabric, construction, industry; the second is exactly what it says on the label.
I spent a lot of last year focusing on improving my speaking skills and read a lot of books for Japanese people on how to have 雑談 (ざつだん) "small talk". Then I put together all the tips I picked up from these books into one handy dandy article. jtalkonline.com/how-to-have-...
How to Have a Conversation in Japanese - Japanese Talk
How to have a conversation in Japanese with Japanese people based on books written by Japanese people for Japanese people.
jtalkonline.com
I love language so much, I love the diversity of human expression ahhhhh!!!!
いつも取り違えちゃう日本語の言葉をいつか見分けられるようになるために作ってるスレッド Japanese words I always get mixed up in the hopes of one day being able to differentiate them: a thread
けいおんの色塗りスタイル(？)を勉強しています〜 studying the coloring style in k-on
i love scrolling through the japanese cat feed on here. u get to practice japanese reading and see some cute kitties
I used to be quite ignorant as a young adult. But do you know what changed my mind each time? Art. Art is the best thing to get into the hearts of others and help them see something new. Just make something completely sincerely. Everything else falls into place. There is a reason for what we do.
today i spanned the entire range of human emotions in like 3 hours
sorry for getting ✨️political✨️ on the good vibes and video games app again, but the human brain is not designed to withstand another 207 weeks of this shit so pace yourself and try to channel that anger, despair, and hopelessness into something productive. make some kick ass art, we will need it
明日からは大学新学期…戻りたくないよおおおおお😢 new semester starts tomorrow… I DONT WANNA GO BACK NOOOOO
