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takeheart wrote

On what? I see capitalism, monopoly of violence, copyright, technocracy, jewish banking cabal, scientific establishment.

But all of those require cat on top to actively harm bottom cat for just being there, until the second platform is destroyed and bottom cat falls to the ground.

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onion OP wrote

Reply to comment by Rambler in CAN you? by onion

I only remember hearing it once, when I was asked it. I was very confused about how to respond lol

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Wahaha wrote

Reply to comment by Rambler in CAN you? by onion

Huh.. I don't remember ever using the school toilet. Thinking back, I don't even know where the toilet would have been.

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Rambler wrote (edited )

Reply to CAN you? by onion

When I was a student, it seemed like teachers got great satisfaction out of that exchange.

"Can I go to the bathroom?"

-- "I don't know, can you?"

<sighs> "May I go to the bathroom?"

I had 8 classes each day and just pissed between them like a normal person but it seemed like that once per day I'd witness this exchange. It seemed to always give the teachers satisifaction to correct the student and it happened enough that I know when to use "may I" and "can I" in normal discussion for fear of activating some smug look on the other person's face.

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SmokeyMeadow wrote

Parents like this need to be executed. It was clearly never about his choice. The mom was following a trend and wanted to be fashionable. It's no longer hip for your kid to be just be autistic, ADD or ADHD. Now they have to be a full-blown fagosexual tranny with all the mental illness trimmings. Because no one is going to give Instagram likes to your boring normal kid.

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Wahaha OP wrote

There's no shortage of apps, but I can't stay motivated. Worse, if I learn these without context, it's less effective. I'd need to play a game that doesn't have too much Japanese and then look up things as I go, but alas, looking up Kanji is a pain in the butt.

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awdrifter wrote

Reply to comment by Wahaha in The Worst Alphabet Book Ever™ by Wahaha

I feel like watching anime with dual language sub helps (though that's hard to come by). I have forgotten a lot of the Japanese grammar rules now, due to not using it for many years. If only I had tried to go to Japan right after graduating college and live there for a year or 2, that probably would've improved my Japanese and cemented the skills.

For learning kanji, I think the only way is to be exposed to it constantly, which is not easy if you don't live in Japan. Maybe there are some language learning apps that helps? Writing it out (even on a touch screen) should help with memorization.

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Wahaha OP wrote

Yeah, I also had this during formal education. It's just that I never paid attention. At least not in the languages. Was more of a math guy. That half a year I learned English privately was still during my schooldays, so my English teachers were somewhat surprised.

The only way I learned Japanese was by watching anime with subtitles. That has been enough to get at least 60-80% of movies watching them RAW. Still can't write or read, though. If only there was a way to look up Kanji within half a second, while being deprived of the copy/paste ability.

Then I'd just switch to Japanese subtitles, give it another half a year and would be fluent in Japanese, too. Well, maybe not fluent, but it would be enough.

I tried buying Kanji cards to memorize them, but this type of learning doesn't work for me. If there's no immediate use like understanding a movie, I won't bother to keep up the effort.

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awdrifter wrote

Reply to comment by Wahaha in The Worst Alphabet Book Ever™ by Wahaha

At least initially, I learned English by teachers of my native language, so I would get the grammar explained in my native language. Now that I've been living in the US for so long, I'm used to just think in English without translation, but during the time when I was learning, I had to memorize all these irregular rules.

I also learned Japanese, I took some Japanese courses in college (also for the love of ACG and Vocaloid), so it was also taught (at least the 100 and 200 level courses) in English and the textbooks are in English. I felt that the Rosetta Stone style of just learning the language doesn't work with me.

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Wahaha OP wrote

Not in my case. I didn't learn the language by translating what I would want to say in my first language, so I never noticed these irregularities while learning. I'd just read books and watch movies and translate English words I didn't know to my first language, which at first were all words.

So, I've got zero grammar knowledge in English. But it's fine. I've got zero grammar knowledge in my first language, too. I'm of the opinion that grammar will impede language learning. It took me about three months to half a year to learn English my way out of school, since I wanted to watch anime that happened to only have English subs. I'd have learned Japanese, but looking up Kanji is a major pain in the ass.

What I've instead got is a feel for the language, so even if I can't tell you the grammar rule, I'll notice mistakes. Like when someone uses shined instead of shone. Both words are correct, but used in different contexts. I couldn't tell you what the exact difference is, but if I see it wrongly used in a sentence, it just hurts my language feeling. Funnily enough, that doesn't happen when someone uses "of" instead of "have". I'll subconsciously read it correctly and don't notice that mistake at all.

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awdrifter wrote

Reply to comment by Wahaha in The Worst Alphabet Book Ever™ by Wahaha

English is my second language, as I was learning it I noticed there are a lot of irregular words and rules you just have to remember. Like why I would need to say "Are you ok?" instead of "Is you ok?" when I'm referring to a singular person. Also why is persons a word and yet we use people to refer to multiple humans? This is the kind of stuff that comes naturally to a native speaker that a second language learner will have to learn and remember.

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Elbmar wrote

Reply to comment by smartypants in Commercialized Penis Envy by Wahaha

Lol, that is quite a list you have compiled. Is this... a problem for you or something? Yes, popular products are often copied by other companies.

Like Rambler said, these are used for camping, hiking etc. I do think there are some wacky things being pushed related to gender norms, gender identity and such, but this is not an example of that.

The alternative to this product is that women would always have to pull their pants down and squat in the woods, and there is some risk being seen doing that, especially in an area where trees and bushes are more sparse. This is helpful for modest women who are nervous about being seen. With this, they only need to face away from the trail and do not need to pull down their pants.

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Wahaha OP wrote

Reply to comment by Rambler in The Worst Alphabet Book Ever™ by Wahaha

It's actually not too bad. English is my second language and I'd say it's fairly easy to learn. You don't learn languages by memorization anyway, so these kinds of quirks actually do not impede language learning in any way whatsoever.

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Rambler wrote

This is one of the reasons why I don't give anyone learning English a hard time. It's a difficult language.

There is a YouTube channel that I can't recall the name of now. A Russian couple learning English and they vlog only in English as a means of practice. Pretty interesting, they just share what their life is like in Russia. Show the supermarkets, talk about prices and cost of living, etc.

I think it's a neat way to learn a new language, and they're pretty fluent right now but lack confidence and words like those shown in the book would definitely cause their brain to short circuit, lol.

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Rambler wrote

Pretty common in the backpacking, off grid, van life, etc world.

Standing up to pee is great. I don't blame women for wanting to be able to do that. Still a goofy product, but it's popular and gets the job done I guess.

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smartypants wrote

DOZENS of companies make these for women to stand up to pee:

  • SheWee
  • GoGirl FUD
  • Whiz Freedom
  • Gotta Tinkle
  • Peecock
  • Pee-Zee
  • Peequality
  • The Stand Up
  • The Travel Jane
  • PeeBuddy
  • Ms Whiz
  • Mr. Limpy
  • Mr. Fenis
  • The P-Mate
  • KleanGo
  • Travel John
  • Lady J
  • P-EZ
  • LadyP
  • The pStyle ® Reusable
  • Pibella
  • Freshette
  • Chickpea
  • AquaEve
  • TinkleBelle

... and about 10 more.

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