#can I disappoint teachers? no
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Yes I have homework for tomorrow. Am I going to do it? ... yes
#or I'll cry#can I disappoint teachers? no#I love tagging because I can just write anything I want to and nobody will read it#Also I can put as many punctuation symbols as I want ?!:;'@|\"£$%^&*() and they will all be in the tag which is cool
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Most normal energy drink consumer
#new tags time yippee#cj updates#so there's some old-ish tags here lol#i had this saved for a while actually. just didnt know if i wanted to post goofs yet#old tags:#i will say i personally cannot make fun of him for that#as i was [still am even] overly invested in drinking mnt dew#they used to sell a full liter mnt dew bottle for like a dollar at the stores near me & id take one to school a lot an drink the whole thin#[Sometimes id be able to get a whole 2 liter. Tho I couldn't drink the whole thing during the day [mainly just to save it for later rlly]]#which i would then have after the can id get every morning.....#im better now i swear#tho it was always very funny when i had a class with a friend where id slowly pull the very long bottle out from my bag#the face they would make is always so funny to me still#so i have a feeling i know *exactly* what face his teacher made#either like a mix of astonishment & confusion or its just disappointment#a “why are you like this” typea look#its great#however his story is still horrifying#i drink monster a bit & like one can is enough for me for a day [if i can finish it even]#maybe if i clutched onto that instead of mnt dew during school years id be just like him then#im in the good timeline thank god#rant over lol my bad
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It's speak your language day! I have some fun facts on Kiswahili! Translation under the cut.
Leo hapa Tumblr ni siku ya kuongea lugha yako ya kwanza (inaitwa speak your language day)! Kuisherehekea siku hii, nilitaka ku shiriki nanyinyi nyote semi chache za Kiswahili. Kiswahili ina utajiri nyingi ya mapokeo ya mdomo, na kuna desturi na historia ndefu ya kusimulia mahadithi, kutega vitendawili, n.k.
Kwa mfano, ukitaka kusimulia hadithi, unaanza hivyo:
Msimulizi: Hadithi hadithi!
Hadhira: Hadithi njoo, uongo njoo, utamu kolea!
Msimulizi: Zamani za kale...
Hadithi zinazosimuliwa mara kwa mara ni hadithi za wanyama wa porini: sungura mjanja, mfalme simba, fisi, na kadhalika; hadithi kama hizi zinapatikana katika nchi nyingi za Kiafrika.
Vitendawili ni semi zinazotegwa, na watu wanatakiwa wazifumbulie. Watu wanaoongea Kiswahili kawaida wanajua vitendawili vingi, kwasababu tunazifunza katika shule ya msingi—mi mwenyewe nakumbuka nilipokuwa katika darasa la saba, kabla ya mtihani ya taifa, nilikaa ninakariri vitendawili kama arobaini! Vitendawili vinachekesha na vinachemsha bongo, kwa mfano:
"Askari wangu ni mpole lakini adui wanamhara." (Jibu: paka)
"Tajiri wa rangi." (Jibu: kinyonga)
"Numba yango ina nuguzo mmoja." (Jibu: uyoga)
"Mzungu katoka ulaya no mkono kiunoni." (Jibu: kikombe)
Kwa ukweli mi mwenyewe nimeaanza kusahau vitendawili vingine—lakini zinapatikana ukiGoogle siku hizi!
Kiswahili ni lugha yenye historia, desturi, na vipengele vingi vya kuvutia—siwezi kuziandika zote hapa, lakini kwa mfano, muda ya Kiswahili ("swahili time"), ngeli za nomino, historia ya uandikishi wa Kiswahili (kuanza na harufi za Kiarabu), na ilivyotengenezwa 'lingua franca' katika Tanzania, na lugha ya taifa baada ya uhuru. Natumaini mtafunza kidogo kuhusu lugha ya Kiswahili leo—usiache baada ya kujua 'Hakuna Matata' tu!
(Kama nimokesea sarufi, samahani sana! Siku hizi siandiki kwa Kiswahili kwa kawaida.)
(Translated from Kiswahili/Swahili, with some extra notes)
Today, here on tumblr, is Speak Your Language Day! To celebrate this day, I wanted to share with you a few short sayings in Kiswahili. Kiswahili has a rich variety of oral traditions, and there is a long history and tradition of narrating stories orally, posing vitendawili (common riddles), etc.
For example, it is traditional when one is narrating a story to start like this:
Narrator: A story, a story!
Audience: Story, come! Fiction, come! Make it sweet!
Narrator: Once upon a time...
The common tales that are narrated are folk tales involving wild animals: common characters of the cunning hare (sungura mjanja), the king lion, the hyena—folk tales of similar nature can be found in many African countries.
Vitendawili are short sayings that are posed, and people need to solve/figure them out. People who speak Kiswahili will know many of these, because we learn them in primary school—I remember when I was in Grade 7, before my national exams (standardised tests taken at the end of primary school), I sat and memorised about forty different vitendawili! Vitendawili can both make one laugh, and be mind-bogglers (literal translation: they boil the brain), for example:
"My soldier is so gentle, but the enemies are scared of them."
"The one wealthy in colours."
"My house has only one pillar."
"The white man has come from England with his hand on his waist."
Answers to the vitendawili are at the bottom.
In all honestly I have forgotten a lot of the vitendawili—but these days you can Google and find lists of them easily!
Kiswahili is a language with a rich history, and many fascinating features—I couldn't write them all here, but for example, Swahili time, our many noun classes, the history of writing Kiswahili (there are early Kiswahili writings using the Arabic script), and the way it originated as a lingua franca and how it became the national language and a uniting factor in Tanzania after independence. I hope you'll look up the history of or a little bit of Kiswahili today—it's much more than just the phrase 'Hakuna Matata'!
(My apologies if I've made any grammar mistakes—these days I don't often write in Kiswahili. Also, because I intentionally wanted to write this in Kiswahili first, and then translate it, and I'm not practiced at translation, the English sounds clunky/weird—my apologies, but hey, it's SpYLD, I gotta prioritise the non-English text.)
Answers to the vitendawili:
A cat
A chameleon
A mushroom
A teacup
Some links:
Langfocus' Swahili video, which is a really good primer
The online Kiswahili dictionary I use most
For Kiswahili news, BBC Swahili (both online and you can listen to the radio) is pretty good. There's also many, many Kiswahili language news sites you can find, eg Mwananchi.
And of course, music!
Bongo flava is a genre of Tanzanian music (that originated in Dar es Salaam! Bongoland!)—it's a vibrant genre, it's closely linked to hip-hop and Afrobeats; I have a soft spot for the Bongo Flava of the 00s, so here's Usineseme by Ali Kiba (2009)
Sauti Sol are super well known these days, with good reason! They're awesome! They sing in both Kiswahili and English, but my favourite song of theirs is Nairobi
And in a departure from my usual brand, some patriotic music—this is a remix of the traditional patriotic song Tanzania Tanzania, recorded to encourage people to vote in the 2015 elections. I like it because it's a fun video that captures a lot of different parts of Dar es Salaam.
#this got so much longer than i planned#and translation is hard my god#spyld#speak your language day#kiswahili#swahili#languages#linguistics#home and neighbouring lands#text post#my post#anyway hope you all have enjoyed this journey in which i learn bad i am at translation#and how much specific kiswahili vocab i've forgotten#i can feel my primary school teachers' disappointment
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Byleth makes Edelgard say swear words.
(~350 words; too stupid to post on ao3)
“‘Shit.’”
“Grotesque.”
“Give it a try.”
“… Shit.”
“Very good. ‘Ass.’”
“That one is easier. I’ve said it before.”
“Then why don’t you say it now?”
“I… er…”
“If it’s so easy, then do it.”
“… Ass.”
“Excellent.”
“Don’t mock me.”
“How about this one? ‘Cunt.’”
“Wh—I actually, um, don’t know what that means.”
“You don’t know ‘cunt’?”
“I don’t know what to tell you, Byleth, it’s simply not in my lexicon.”
“It means va—”
“All right, I understand. The gesture was absolutely unnecessary. I’m astounded at how many words there seem to be for the same thing.”
“If you think that’s bad, you won’t believe how many there are for pe—”
“Well, this has been a fun exercise and hopefully a source of great amusement to you, but I think I’m finished.”
“Wait, wait.”
“No.”
“One more, one more.”
“Mm, no. I don’t think so.”
“Please?”
“… You know it’s not fair of you to give me those eyes.”
“Is that a yes?”
“All right. All right. One more.”
“Yesssss. ‘Fuck.’”
“Byleth!”
“What?! You said one more, and that’s the one to say.”
“I’m—I am not—”
“Please?”
“You can’t pull the same maneuver twice in a minute and expect to succeed. That’s poor strategy.”
“Is it working?”
“… Regrettably, it is.”
“Then it seems like a good strategy to me. Just say it. ‘Fuck.’ It’s easy.”
“It most certainly is not!”
“Try it. Say ‘fuck.’”
“… Fuck.”
“Oh, that’s rich. That’s very good.”
“Are you quite satisfied?”
“Nearly. Now use it in a sentence.”
“Byleth.”
“I’ll give you one. It’ll be easy.”
“I did not—and do not—agree to this!”
“Just repeat after me.”
“No!”
“Say, ‘Byleth, I want you to fuck me.’”
“… Oh.”
“Go on, El. You can do it.”
“… Byleth, I…”
“Keep going.”
“Byleth, I-I want you to… f-fuck me.”
“Good girl. Wasn’t so hard, was it?”
“Less than I—ah—thought it would be.”
“Mm. Well, you’ve certainly earned a reward, haven’t you?”
“Yes, my teacher. Fuck…”
“Aren’t you a fast learner? I’m impressed.”
“If you don’t shut up and kiss me right now, I’m going to start swearing in earnest.”
“Don’t threaten me with a good time, Your Majesty.”
#fe3h#fire emblem#edeleth#edelgard von hresvelg#byleth eisner#ficlet#sterge.rtf#sick of having this knock around in my drafts so now it is loose in the wild#but it’s so dumb that i really don’t want to bother posting it on ao3#if i got an email alert for this i’d be disappointed#besides i’m trying to pretend i’m hard at work on the vickyvesties right now#it’s not crack it’s just goofy#theoretically this takes place during the honeymoon phase of chapter 5 of shared space#since edelgard knows her swears by the time of muscle memory/shared space chapter 9#edelgard’s combination teacher/praise thing is truly unfortunate but what can you do. sometimes a girl is a gotdam mess#it’s not weird unless you make it weird. but she makes it weird.#i think sometimes (like here) she drops a ‘my teacher’ accidentally and byleth politely pretends not to notice#because if she Did call attention to it edelgard would be mortified and that would be the end of whatever fun things they’re doing#frankly no one deserves to say fuck more than edelgard#but with that giant stick up her ass she’d have a hard time getting around to it without some goading#i also hc that dropping honorifics is generally a Huge Turnoff for edelgard due to power dynamic shenanigans#their relationship is Complicated Enough in canon before i fucked it up more in shared space lol#so byleth is really asking for trouble here#but i also reckon ‘my teacher’ is a vibekiller for byleth so if anything they’re just riling each other up now#godspeed girls. hope you shut up long enough to get some
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Have you ever seen the owl house? If so, what are your thoughts on it?
I have watched Owl House and I plan to make a review, but I need to rewatch it at least one more time to gather my thoughts
The Owl House is insanely popular, but I was really disappointed with it, especially season 1. And people are not gonna take kindly to that opinion, so I will probably get a lot of angry comments for it so I've just kinda avoided talking about it.
Luz and the show act like Eda is a super powerful witch who is Luz's personal teacher who is gonna show her all the secrets of the witchworld, when that couldn't be further from the truth. Eda is like a parent who tells you you're going on a hike with no supplies, she drops you off in the middle of the woods by yourself and gives you like, a stick, and tells you "good luck!" and runs away. Eda is just the weird lady who lets Luz crash at her house.
It's misadvertised, it has tone issues, it has confusing and straight-up unexplained lore issues... and it fell victim to the SU curse of not knowing what they are doing in season 1, just kinda screwing around introducing random concepts
Then they finally get their footing in season 2 or 3 only to get cancelled for being gay. Which sucks, like REALLY REALLY SUCKS, because it's the Network producer's homophobic fault for it being rushed, but its also the fault of the creator of the initial debut for the misuse of screen time on characters or plot that has no stake in the rest of the series.
Most of season 1 is just the formula of "our main characters going to school, screwing up and having to fix their mistake for each episode." And then season 2 is like "Oh right, we're a series with an overarching plot, I forgot- whoops! We're out of time, sorry :/ "
#the owl house#the owl house critical#text post#i just have so much to say about that series#Luz is a disappointment idk if you can call her a marysue in the traditional sense#but she gets away with a lot of stuff that she shouldnt#Edas plot wth her sister wasnt handled very well#the villain is bad- he is extremely boring and just a horrible person for no given reason- horrible person to the extreme-#King's dad showing up in the end doesnt make sense#its advertised as a human witch ward and teacher duo but its not that at all#it kinda just turns into Harry Potter but gay#honestly Luz x Amity............ lowkey drarry#super lowkey but.... im squinting and i see it#the troublesome weasley twins- the mom is lucius malfoy- willow and gus as hermoine and ron-#like its not 100% but if you squint im telling you i cant unsee it#its like harry potter meets high guardian spice meets DOREMI meets Disney#its not a very original series- it doesnt have to be but#in terms of what it was trying to go for- ithink the execution was extremely poor#at least the animation and fight scenes were really badass and cool
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WAAHHHHH the work shop was SO FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!! I GOT TO PERFORM WITH MY SISTER FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!!!! WE MADE EVERYONE LAUGH AO MUCH
#txt#sistar#BEST EVEREE#im in influsion rn though skipping amhis bc i javent finished my essay </3#WHICH IM SAD ABT but i can not face the disappointment from my fav teacher.
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Coming back just to say that Steve Harrington would never be a fucking cop
AND writing him as a cop is super fucking lame
#i like hopper#but him being a cop is the least interesting and most disappointing part of his character#okay you want there to be some sort of familial or paternal bond between steve and hopper?#making him a cop is the most boring way to do that#steve can go to trade school for cosmetology and become a hairdresser#he can give college another go and become a school counselor or a teacher#anything is better than a fucking cop#i like to think he’s a better more sensitive person than that#hopper isn’t even a cop anymore because he’s legally dead so unless they just renew his spot no questions asked that idea is dead too#as it should be#anyway i just think it’s a huge disservice to steve’s character if he becomes a cop#it’s an incredibly one dimensional character choice and i like to think he has more depth than that#stranger things#steve harrington#fuck cops
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Mm.
#rennikorambles#/neg ... sigh#no she didnt reject me#no i didnt mess up#no ididnt even CHICKEN OUT.#i had everything i had my courage i had my words i had my loose plan ready i was ready.#i wasnt gonna chicken out. and the worse that could happen i knew was that she wasnt ready.#i had high hopes. youve seen a glimpse of the hype havent you guys?#but of course. the one . ONE thing that could ruin everything. isnt me. isnt laurel. but the world it-fucking-self.#the auditions were canceled and we didnt know. our teacher told our class prez but he didnt tell us. or the very least laurel#didnt send it in any gcs and everything. and im not even upset about the auditions ofc im not. sure i care about it but#it could all move to a year later and i wouldn't care . or well i would of course but just..#but the fact that i had all this hope for this one moment for this one CHANCE and it all goes down the fucking drain#her friend (and by extension mine) lets call her Brash Girl which you can expect how she is. was literally just caught up in the whole thing#and of course with her stuck with us i couldnt do anything.#dragged me to 7-11 to mope about our teacher who canceled the auditions and.#.... yeah. no shot. nothing. laurel asked her mom to pick her up. i watch her leave. i leave. the end.#after all that effort. all that dreaming. all that hoping nothing.#i know it's not the end of the world. i know i'll get another chance. but god does it fucking suck.#im exhausted and disappointed and tired and i. i dont know.#i need a breather.
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buh. i did my solo! for some reason my breath support fucking flew out the window bc i was so nervous . so i don’t think i’m getting command or performing at the concert but oh well it’s done now
#thank fuck i was so tired of singing fucking caro mío ben for 5 months straight#i can finally working on belting n mixing#i genuinely don’t care that much. i more care about disappointing my choir teacher#i just have so much other crap going on i’m so glad it’s done with lmao
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I GOT THE JOB‼️
#🧿#i‘m gonna be lead art instructor!! and i‘ll make more than if i was a first year teacher in a public school bc my state doesnt pay the best#gonna go get drunk as fuck lol#lowkey disappointed to quit my current job bc it’s the best job ive ever had#but this offer is salary & i can afford basic necessities and even save up to finish my transition 👀 so 2 weeks notice it is
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you're not an academic failure!! all the best for you math test tomorrow <3
ty <333 i get so hard on myself about this kind of stuff, but hopefully tomorrow goes well and soon we have another english assignment
#i get so disappointed in myself when i make dumb mistakes in math or i just don’t understand what my english teacher wanted#because really i know that i can do better it’s just yeah <//3
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is it true that beaucoup means "very much"
Oui
#kei!#8-ish years of french classes and i can only remember key things#my french teachers would be disappointed; especially since i got the highest grades and best accent u_u#i'm pretty rusty; haven't been in a french class since ... 2016. yeah. last time was grade 10
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#if i could give gen z one piece of advice#it's kill your heroes#or at least recognize early on that your heroes are human and all humans have certain blind spots#and those blind spots can do untold amounts of damage but somehow people are still worth it#somehow#i had a teacher i looked up to really disappoint me today#and it's messing with my head
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visiting distant relatives right now (5 hour distance for usamericans might not be far but it is for me) who I haven’t seen in like 17 years…..it’s so sad how nobody has thought about meeting earlier
#learned about some more family drama today#drank quite a lot of wine but I feel good#I really hope that my cousins (who aren’t really my cousins but I’ve been calling cousins since I’ve been little) and I stay in touch….#disappointed in myself for not being fluent in speaking Russian#I can read and understand more than I actually talk#and I blame my parents my anti russian elementary school teacher and those ugly German kids who bullied me lmaooo#new goal for 2024 is to become more fluent in Russian; pick up Chinese and Spanish again; learn my man’s native tongue 😮💨
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Okay i need to calm down first
#whats the worst that can happen#i can fail this test#and disappoint my teacher#yeah that sucks#.mimiming ❜
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one thing I have been learning watching the glee over the panic ChatGPT created and sustains is that some people are just bitter as all hell that they can’t write and that they did poorly in school
#and listen#I too am bitter about my life and I am disappointed with how it turned out#but that doesn’t mean you get to take it out on everyone else#all this as though somewhere some cruel 7th grade English teacher is like#‘ah now that this computer can write as well as a mediocre high schooler who can’t be bothered to do actual work#‘I feel terrible that I was so mean to Jessica back in 2007 for botching that creative writing assignment’#‘I now see that I am a fascist for having standards and that this system is cruel’#‘can they ever forgive me??’
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