#its not because of the individual designs

[thydungeongal]

I have seen several posts about your dislike for D&D and I wanna know if it's the same for Pathfinder? I love pathfinder but in my eyes it's just a crunchier D&D. (Though admittedly the "canon" worlds for Pathfinder are far more interesting to me)

Obviously that's a very baseline view of the two but I wondered if it's possible to like one and not the other due to their similarities.

P.S. I hope you've had a good week!

Truth be told, I don't dislike D&D! I dislike people treating it as a universal game when it's a very specific type of game! Note: what that specific type of game is also depends heavily on edition! But regardless, D&D will end up sucking big time if you don't play to its strengths!

Now, my opinion on Pathfinder is basically that Pathfinder 1e leaned in on some of the worst designs of D&D 3.5 (a quirky game that still had a lot to love about it): towards the tail end of D&D 3.5 its designers were at the same time getting really nutty with the design and coming up with some really inventive designs (Binders, Tome of Battle, a lot of individual systems in Complete Champion and Complete Scoundrel) but at the same time they were running out of ideas and they came up with the Worst Type of Feats: feats that made a thing that anyone could theoretically do into a thing now gated behind a feat. Player's Handbook 2 for D&D 3.5 had a few of these.

And Pathfinder 1e for some reason decided to really lean in on this type of feat. I will never shut up about the feat that allows gnomes to request their captors to loosen their shackles.

Now Pathfinder 2e is a much better game in my opinion because it seems to have largely rejected that type of design and focused on being a really crunchy D&D clone. It feels like a better successor to D&D 3.5's design ethos instead of Pathfinder 1e, that was ultimately a collection of D&D 3.5 house rules (some of which imo made the game worse than D&D 3.5!) coupled with following some of the worst design trends of D&D 3.5.

Also I refuse to ever shut up about Pathfinder 1e literally having feats that didn't do anything like Monkey Lunge and Prone Shooter. But anyway Pathfinder 2e actually looks like a fun albeit crunchy game instead of just being D&D 3.5 but somehow blander and with worse rules-writing. (now of course D&D 3.5 also kind of sucked in its own ways, but it kind of sucked in a "hey these example characters don't actually qualify for the Prestige Class they're supposed to be representing" type of way instead of a "our FAQ accidentally made it so you could qualify for the Eldritch Knight Prestige Class simply by virtue of being a Tiefling" type of way)

#thydungeongal answers

[eldritchdyke]

The recent Signalis anticommunism discussion on here made me stumble onto your take about it from last month, and while I do believe that Signalis is very... normie anticommunist (you seem to disagree), your post made me really curious, but at the same time it was very vague, and a lot of people interpreted it as "Signalis isn't anti-communist, it's anti-authoritarian". Would you be willing to elaborate?

Oof didn't realize there was more discussion to it than I thought so I won't wade into the whole of that cuz that wasn't what I was responding to at the time. Also just to preface two things; for one I am a communist myself and that did effect my reading of the text a great deal and for two I didn't say anything about the "Signalis isn't anti-communist, it's anti-authoritarian" thing myself that was a later addition from other people (personally I don't like the term "authoritarian" as a way to analyze the faults of certain socialist states but that's neither here nor there).

What I was driving at is the idea that the DDR imagery (and beyond that, as others have pointed out it isn't solely pulling from that) is doing a lot more than simple condemnation or any sort of post-war triumphalism over "dystopian" socialism. We can read a lot based on what was given attention in the text, and I think the ways that DDR imagery show up in the game are shown with a rather loving, even reverent light at times (you don't create a bunch of intricately designed DDR robot girl ocs and name some of them after historical DDR special forces units because you totally despise everything the DDR stood for). This is intentionally contrasted with the rotting and decayed state we actively find a great deal of these things in, which provides a great deal of contrast between the lowercase i ideal and the reality of an execution which was tainted by the literal bleeding psychology of collective trauma and the attempts at domination of individuals.

What results is less a coherent world as such that can be dissected as one might dissect typical worldbuilding lore and more an emotional portrait which depicts a sense of portrayal at the way the history of the DDR played out, and you may disagree with parts of that (I do with certain parts as well) but it isn't intended to reflect a dissertation on the flaws of the DDR. It's an emotion first conceptualization of tainted Ostalgie and the hauntological traces of a future which was not allowed to be for reasons internal and external, through that lens it is, to me, quite ambiguous over whether or not the source object was a negative or a positive. Instead its a truly conflicted portrayal of the emotional state one is left in after both the (again lowercase i) ideals of that revolutionary state and its practical execution, warts and all, have passed into the realm of cultural memory.

(I'm sorry that's probably a whole lot of words to not fully answer your question but tldr I don't think Signalis is as anticommunist as a lot of people think it is, I think people are generally reading the diegesis too literally and not really delving into the full emotional depth going on with how communist imagery is used in the game)

#eldritch asks #signalis #it's also super late where i am so i'm a bit fried but this is my best stab at an explanation #without writing the whole essay of feelings i have on the topic #this isn't even getting into the additional context of how the Eusan Nation is 1. described first and foremost as a nation #and 2. contrasted with the Empire or 'Reich' which is intentionally not depicted #and the additional meaning that lends to showing the Eusan Nation in the state we see it in #also obligatory 'i cannot read the devs minds and i very well might just be a communist projecting a better read than the one they intended

[tea-cat-arts]

Me: "ok, wait till it's in game and you have context to react. The storytelling may support the design"

Also me: "THEY FUCKING ELYSIA-IFIED SEELE!!!"

#honkai impact #I'm really not a fan of the new design direction in honkai #its not because of the individual designs #most of them are fine in a vacuum #its just together they all just sorta blur together for me #and its especially noticeable given how fantastic most of the star rail designs have been #ive been watching witch from mercury recently and it really made me realize just how much i dont like mihoyos art style #for characters at least (big fan of their environments) #the characters in witch from mercury all wear pretty similar clothes (uniforms mostly) #but they all look SO distinct because they go so ham on the body shape and hair and eyes and face shape and everything else #every mihoyo lady just seems to be some pretty lady with long flowing hair and like- #its not objectively bad. I just find it boring #i just want more variety ✊️😔 #honkai leaks

[bixels]

I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

#not art #dungeon meshi #rant #i'm someone who can get obsessive over colors in my own art #will stare at the screen adjusting hues/saturation for hours #luckily i've gotten faster at color picking #but yeah modern anime's color design is saddening to me. the general trend leans towards white/grey desaturated palettes #simply because they're easier to pick digitally #this is not the colorists fault mind you. the anime industry's problems are also labor problems. artists are severely underpaid #and overworked. colorists literally aren't paid enough to do their best #there isn't a “creative drought” in the anime industry. this trend is widespread across studios purely BECAUSE it's not up to individuals #until work conditions improve anime will unfortunately continue to miss its fullest potential visually #don't even GET ME STARTED ON THE USE OF POST-PROCESSING FILTERS AND LIGHTING IN ANIME THOUGH #SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK. I HATE LENS FLARES I HATE GRADIENT SHADING I HATE CHROMATIC ABBERATION AND BLUR

[starrysharks]

every art critic, teacher or tutorial maker who tells you that your character designs must be conventionally attractive or appealing is a big fat liar

[boxheadpaint]

how do i start coming up w more interesting character designs like urs. they are sooooo cool and i try to make a character like that but it always comes out stinky

if it stinks thats great

#serious-ish answer that i am not great at setting out tips or advice. but just get weird and out of the “comfort zone” with some things #also learning anatomy but thats a given. you can do even more funny shit once you learn the basics of anatomy #but for everything else just get weird! think of something thatd be strange or funny and run with it. what qualifies as funny is up to you #u kno whats also funny and cute and awesome? variety #mess with proportions bodies faces markings and make something that is unique and strange #maybe ypu think well this stinks or is too strange or people will think youre weird. but why? and why should it matter? #id love to see your character designs anonymous individual. have faith in yourself #if it sounds like im bullshitting its because i havnt had brekfast yet but character and creature design is something im very passionate ab #especially seeing how others interpret the “rules” of it or how some “ignore” these “rules”. have i mentioned pokemon quartz yet #i love unique characters that stand out among ... i dont know. “clean” designs. i like how ones artstyle impacts a take on a design too #im rambling insanies i realize also. im inspired by old cartoons and looking at people and animals. i also learned how to draw hands #by drawing wings first. what does thay mean? Well get strange sir

[rxttenfish]

one of the things that particularly pisses me off about art discussions, either in how nowadays everything has to aim for more and more realism in art styles and even live action to be seen as "real art", and in dismissing more abstract styles of artwork as not "real art" and having no inherent worth, is that they explicitly do not consider realism an art style either. to them, realism is just a given of "good" art, not chosen but rather just default. which i hate, because you CAN pick realism as an intentional style and a purposeful choice to suit a narrative, and all this results in is no one noticing or understanding why you made that choice or why that choice works better than any other possible choice to tell the story you want to tell.

#all the care guide says is 'biomass' #like i like realism because i have a heavy focus on anatomy as a theme #on the body as something innately complex and with a lot of feelings to have about it in all its messy ugly states #im interested in all the complex ways the body intersects with its environment and with culture and with other people #as the outside as contrasting the inside or serving as a strange reflection of it #like im kind of going for a lot of merfolk designs to not be particularly visually different from each other #they have incredibly similar silhouettes and thats on purpose #i want all of their differences and visual traits to be things that they would find more prominent #but we would struggle to pick apart without learning about them deeper and committing these to knowledge #because thats so much been my experience with trying to tell different individuals of the same species of wild animal apart #and i want to use that as a lens to then discuss how humans would then interact with an entirely different sapient species #and what happens when you are someone who experiences that #of someone else not recognizing you as individuals like you do each other #of them not even trying to adapt or learn your differences #what damage it does when this happens to you #and how much the world opens up when someone actually does learn these little differences #but of course #no one else recognizes this because everyone just thinks realism is the default #realism cannot be a purposeful choice done for a reason #realism is just What You Are Supposed To Do and Unevocative Of Deeper Meaning

[montanabohemian]

i just watched this video on youtube about a $12 million dollar house and while it was in fact stunning, the thing i couldn't get past was the fact that every single bedroom had their own washer and dryer. and i'm like, if i spend $12 million on an enormous house, i ain't doing laundry in my own fucking room. no way. there will be an entire room dedicated to that thank you very much. like what the fuck. you spent 11 years building this stunning chateau-like house and you give each bedroom that?! i don't know man, rich people are weird.

still want the house tho. hahahahaha. where's my rich sugar daddy when i need him.

#the kitchen – while impressive – also really stressed me out #i mean i suppose at that price you'd probably have staff so it wouldn't matter much #but like the kitchen was so incredibly spread out and didn't seem to have much cohesion or sense #in terms of like if you were actually going to use it to cook meals #and i guess the basement and attic were both unfinished which was INSANE #you spend however many years designing and building this monstrosity and then don't finish it??????? #the 'master' bath was certainly a sight to behold and i loved EVERYTHING about it *except* where it was placed #so like it was ALL windows and that was fine cuz they were up in the mountains on like 40 acres and zero neighbors and of course #but one side of the bathroom (i think the shower maybe?) faced part of a driveway #and like if i had $12 million those windows would be those mirrored windows hahahahaha but on this house i don't think they were 😬😬😬😬😬 #but my favourite part of the whole house was ironically what could be considered its own apartment wing because it had its own kitchen #and it's the only part where the individual washer/dryer makes sense #but i suppose that might be where staff could live? who knows. ahahahhhahaa #ANYWAY apparently the family only lived in it for *three* months and it's sat vacant for like 7 years (tho not abandoned) #i mean what the fuck rich people #hahahahahahahahq #where's my sugar daddy when i need him #i will 1000% take care of this place #could have some cool parties at this place too

[timeisacephalopod]

I saw a post like, awhile ago now that was mad about "like shaming" because people obviously would like Tumblr to function like Tumblr and not like Instagram or Twitter (no I will Not call it That) and it's like breh. If you see "reblog stuff because that's how this site works" and you get offended enough to call it "like shaming" then go back to a site where likes actually spread shit around instead of whining people would like you to use Tumblr as intended. Fucking "like shaming" no, for the last like seven years on this site the existing user base has repeatedly had to explain how Tumblr works and instead of just using the damn site that way you whine about like shaming??? If you want to use a like based social site then get off tumblr- like obviously you don't even like it here if you cannot use the site as intended without it being "shaming" to you??

#winters ramblings #like obviously likes are a lovely thing but theyre much more for individual users to find posts THEY INDIVIDUALLY would like to find again #if you actually want shit on your tumblr dash then shut up about LiKe ShAmInG and actually use the site as intended #i like shit semi frequently but thats not how anything gets around on here why are you MAD people are pointing that out?? #i will forever be baffled that people get MAD you expect them to use tumblr as its DESIGNED to be used #like if youre THAT allergic to reblogging stuff you dont belong on the reblog site go back to instagram #because CLEARLY that is the type of social kedia you prefer and theres no shame in that its FINE #but whats not so fine is whining up a storm that old ass tumblr users who remember the days where people werent ALLERGIC #to using this site as its MEANT TO BE USED only for somewhere along the way STOP using tumblr the way its intended to be used #only to then COMPLAIN as if the whole od your dash is not constructed by reblogs. do you have ANY idea how dry a dash is #if all the people you follow EXCLUSIVELY like shit??? because i do i watched the change happen and it's ANNOYING #that people want to whine that using a site as intended is HARD WORK or something like ???? then leave!!! you dont even like it here!!! #why are you complaining about how shit is INTENDED to work if you dont like it this is not the only social media opinion go find one #ACTUALLY suited to you instead of INSISTING tumblr needs to work the way YOU want it to not the way it was BUILT TO FUNCTION

[roguestorm]

IDK if it’s just bc of how I read and what my preferences are but IMO most comics are worse to read issue-by-issue than they are to read all at once, comics that seem deeply mediocre in isolated issues shape up to be reasonably fun when you aren’t waiting a month in between each (deeply mediocre) issue. There are some comics where each issue functions as both its own thing and part of a larger narrative, but most modern comics seem to be serialized not because that’s the way the story needs to be told but just for historical and commercial reasons.

#m.txt #one of the things that impresses me so much about breaking bad is how each episode is its own thing but is also part of the larger story #and i think it’s rare to find a tv show that does that well despite the fact that it’s a serialized medium for that purpose! #and i think the same is true of comics #gillen does it but gillen does it because gillen loves skipping moments #saga i think actually does this reasonably well. every six issues is an arc but every issue within has its own thing #comics that are designed as anthology - scarlet witch or all star batman #pak’s storm (my beloved) and most older comics #but for most modern comics it’s like. this is all an undifferentiated blur #i think if you’re going to sell your story 20 pages at a time those 20 pages damn well better be worth reading on their own #i think a lot of writers would benefit from using gillen’s approach of just skipping things #actually sylvie if you see this one of the things i like about reading your reviews is that they make me consider more #how the individual issues function and how they add up to create a story

[youve-always-had-me-cas]

The Reddit blackout is really funny because I fucking hate Reddit, I can't stand it, I will rant about the flaws in Reddit's Moderation system at the drop of a hat and as someone who used to mod a >300k subreddit believe me there are so, so many of them, but finally the admins of the website who have been profiting off the unpaid impossible labour mandated of their moderators by the structure of their website for years are getting the exact same treatment mods get every day. Your users are demanding an impossible thing of you. They hate you. They hate you. They want what you are offering them but their sense of justice is irreparably skewed and they will not listen to a single thing you have to say anymore. But unlike the people stuck trying to hold a community together under these absurd constraints they do not control you made this horrid mob of people and fostered this culture for decades this is entirely one hundred percent your fault.

#brain.txt #the redditors are right btw #that's the thing #it wouldnt be impossible if they were wrong #redditors are always right about knowing what would be best for them as an individual but because of the way the site works what is right #for the individual is in direct opposition to what is right for the group #and for the people calling the shots #so there is never a compromise and there is never a halfway everyone is just supposed to hate the ones at the top as a way of feeling like #they have some semblance of control over the situation even though it literally doesnt have to be like that #tumblr exists #pretty much any website that isnt reddit exists ans doesnt force people into this unbearably shitty mindset #ugh #one comment and i drop the manifesto honestly #AND BY DESIGN THE ONES AT THE TOP GETS OUTSOURCED TO REGULAR PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO DO GOOD #its so evil #reddit as a metaphor for everything that can be wrong with a society #i sound crazy but you havent seen what I've seen!!!

[soloh]

I love buying gifts for people and feeling confident that they'll like them, but now I have my own new bar that I've set, because I came up with the idea for what my siblings and I were gonna mum for mother's day, and designed it and everything, and she liked it so much it's now her Facebook profile picture

#personal #if anyone cares: its a faux canvas #but it's got a photo of me and siblings when we were younger in the middle #and then individual photos of each of us as adults around it #(i have 3 siblings) #i designed the collage and printed the canvas at work #(didnt assemble the frame though because i am notoriously bad at it so one of my coworkers did it hahahaha) #but yeah i guess idk how im gonna top that reaction in future

[donuts4evry1]

Amahiro, Momoka

Next up we have our ore-sama, Amahiro Momoka (天博 百嘉). He’s a Nausithoe aurea, which unfortunately doesn’t have a common name but it’s a type of Crown Jellyfish in the order Coronatae.   His pronouns are He/They/It, and he is gender fluid :). He’ll make his preferred pronouns known on whatever day he wants to, but when it comes down to it he doesn’t mind using any combination of them.

As always, Etymology, Fun facts, and Human form are listed below :)

Amahiro consists of the kanji 天 (ama) “heavens, sky” and 博 (hiro) “command, esteem” Momoka consists of the kanji 百 (momo) “100″ and 嘉 (ka) “praise, auspicious”

He’s the student council president, as well as the youngest prince (it prefers using masculine terms for everything) in the royal family.

It’s only attending school because they want to know what it’s like for the “commoners”

The school forbids it from bringing an entourage of guards, so he only has two bodyguards disguised as students. It’s fine, the school is usually well-guarded anyway

All of his siblings are half siblings, with the exception of the crown princess. 

He typically switches between boy, demigender, nonbinary, and agender on a daily basis. Very, very rarely will it experience demigirl days.

Depending on the day, it might go by “momo” because 100 is a very cool name ngl

I PROMISE I PROMISE I’M NOT MAKING ANOTHER SAKUYA PLEASE DO NOT COME AFTER ME /lh

ESPECIALLY YOU @iskeletoncloset​

Human notes:

He is also slightly photosynthetic and has some freckles as well- though those are usually covered by makeup (they are very shy about it >w

They have thick underlashes(?). I think it makes them look pretty distinct :3

The crown is really just for show- no one made him put it on, but it needs everyone to know who the boss is

His family would’ve preferred it if they wore something from the royal family, but they really wanted to wear the gakuran. The best middle-ground was a frilly button-up and what I think is a cravat(?)

It binds!!!

short king

#IM JUST NOTICING I DREW ALL HIS HUMAN DRAWINGS LOOKING THE SAME WAY IM SO EMBARASSED AHRHUIWHEGSDBHFBSGSF #i should make them look to the left for a change gasjdbfsdg #also it is aroace :)))) teehee #i was havin 0 ideas for the name so I went ahead and did the design first...... and wow i actually adore this little guy so much jhaejfbsdgj #ANYWAYS!! this marks 4/7 of the planned romanceable characters I'm creating :)) yay!! we're almost done #and then onto planning their individual routes......... #and then putting it on renpy............................. #i was looking up a couple of tutorials today and imma just say i already have my work cut out for me lmao #mostly just for ui design because dialogue and stuff isn't actually that bad #and also creating a gallery #that stuff is kinda scary ngl ;w; #BUT I'LL GET TO IT WHEN I GET TO IT :). im having a blast creating characters rn ehehehe #jellyfish game #jellyfish #mun rambles #my art #realizing that amehiro looks weird in romanji so im going to use a different reading of that kanji lmao #Momoka Amahiro #Ite! It's Jellyfish Love!

[natsumepilled]

practice again this time with moonstone

#thinking of making them something individual so i can put them literally everyhwere because i like drawing them #one of my stronger designs tbh ik its not much but super long hair is just peak design for me bc my fav part to draw is hair #bonus if its straight

[aria0fgold]

Actually this creechur is kicking my ass.

#aria rants #fingers....... why is it so hard to draw...... aint even the hands at this point its the fingers #also the fact that i chose three difficult to draw hand poses who wouldve thought that the very simple hand pose of just #a hand with all the fingers together is harder than with all the fingers separated. also a hand clasping together BUT #leaving space in the middle so it made the fingers do some weird positioning. whyd i do this to myself actually #also im gonna be testing my patience in that im about to draw SO MANY stars that i cant even shortcut out of #because i wanna make a veil made of just stars. all individually drawn stars on strings to make a nice lil veil of my own suffering #i love how the design is turning out tho so ill brave anything for my lil design of the dear Universe

[allinllachuteruteru]

Duolingo is NOT what it used to be.

“Duolingo is ‘sunsetting the development of the Welsh course’ (and many others)”.

I’ve used Duolingo since 2013. It used to be about genuinely learning languages and preserving endangered ones. It used to have a vibrant community and forum where users were listened to. It used to have volunteers that dedicated countless hours and even years to making the best courses they could while also trying to explain extremely nuanced and complex grammar in simple terms.

In the past two years it feels like Von Ahn let the money talk instead of focusing on the original goal.

No one truly had a humongous problem with the subscription tier for SuperDuolingo. We understood it: if you can afford to pay, help keep Duolingo free for those who couldn’t.

It started when the company went public. Volunteers were leaving courses they created because they warned of differing longterm goals compared to Duolingo’s as a company; not long after it was announced that the incubator (how volunteers were able to make courses in the first place) would be shut down. A year goes by and the forums—the voice of the users and the way people were able to share tips and explanations—is discontinued. A year or two later, Duolingo gets a completely new makeover—the Tree is gone and you don’t control what lesson you start with. With the disappearance of the Tree, all grammar notes and explanations for courses not in the Big 8 (consisting of the courses made before the incubator like Spanish/French/German/etc. and of the most popular courses like Japanese/Korean/Chinese/etc.) are removed with it. Were you learning Vietnamese and have no idea how honorifics work without the grammar notes? Shit outta luck bud. Were you learning Polish and have absolutely no clue how one of the declensions newly thrown at you functions? Suck it up. In a Reddit AMA, Von Ahn claims that the new design resulted in more users utilizing the app/site. How he claims that statistic? By counting how many people log into their Duolingo account, as if an entire app renovation wouldn’t cause an uptick in numbers to even see what the fuck just happened to the courses.

Von Ahn announces next in a Reddit AMA that no more language courses will be added from what there already is available. His reasoning? No one uses the unpopular language courses — along with how Duolingo will now be doing upkeep with the courses already in place. And here I am, currently looking on the Duolingo website how there are 1.8 million active learners for Irish, 284 thousand active learners for Navajo, and even 934 thousand active learners for fucking High Valyrian. But yea, no one uses them. Not like the entire Navajo Nation population is 399k members or anything, or like 1.8 million people isn’t 36% of the entire population of Ireland or anything.

And now this. What happened to the upkeep of current courses? Oh, Von Ahn only meant the popular ones that already have infinite resources. Got it. Duolingo used to be a serious foundational resource for languages with little resources while also adding the relief of gamification.

It pisses me off. It really does. This was not what Duolingo started out as. And yea, maybe I shouldn’t get invested in a dingy little app. But as someone who spent most of her adolescence immersed in language learning to the point where it was literally keeping me alive at one point, to the point where languages felt like my only friend as a tween, and to the point where friendships on the Duolingo forums with likeminded individuals my age and other enthusiasts who even sent me books in other languages for free because they wanted people to learn it, the evolution of Duolingo hits a bitter nerve within me.

~End rant.

#duolingo #langblr #huge language rant feel free to skip #evolution of duolingo #luis von ahn #duolingo welsh course #language learning