TastehWaffleZ
@TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world
- Comment on I am a modest person. But I have to agree with her 2 days ago:
He’s pitching a serious tent
- Comment on Just a random image unrelated to anything in particular 1 week ago:
Hahahahaha not at all. I’m barely picking anything up but I was watching Doraemon and I was only getting the same 30% of the words so I just decided that if I powered through Gintama I might end up picking up more. I’m about 30-40 episodes in because I skipped around and boy has it not made any difference.
I actually recommend this podcast. I found it when I first started learning Japanese by using Google Translate to look up “Pokemon podcast” and clicked the first result. I liked it even though I didn’t understand anything so I watched another episode and that’s where I found out that not only is it not a Pokemon podcast (they only did one Pokémon episode), it’s called the Badonkadonk podcast and the dude is from the US and starts every episode off by saying Daaaaayyyuummmmm that’s a badonkadonk! before continuing the podcast in mostly Japanese. Over time the intro has turned into him referencing song pop culture but replacing words or actions with badonkadonk and the woman tries to guess the reference.
It’s great because his Japanese is more basic, he randomly breaks into English which gives me more context, and HR speaks a bit slower. I’m usually able to understand 15-40% of it and I’ve noticed a lot of the words I’ve learned from Anki show up so it reinforces the learning. They’re both comedians so the bits I’m able to pick up usually crack me up.
- Comment on Just a random image unrelated to anything in particular 2 weeks ago:
Yeah that Jerry episode 🥹
I love Gintama. I’m rewatching without subs to help my Japanese learning by immersion and there’s so many gags I’ve completely forgotten. It’s nice because I get taken by surprise again
- Comment on Just a random image unrelated to anything in particular 2 weeks ago:
That episode made me cry, I wasn’t expecting out given how silly that arc started off. I kept metronoming between laughing my ass off and fighting back tears.
It’s a two episode arc the scene from that screenshot is in the next episode. The show is pretty episodic so while there is an overarching plot you can just jump in on those episodes and be fine.
- Comment on I've never done THIS 1 month ago:
- Comment on ‘Hell’s Paradise’ Season 2 Key Visual 1 month ago:
I’m cautiously optimistic. The visuals and intro were incredible but the pacing was not great in the first season. That said, I can’t wait to see what’s next, I feel like the show has a lot of potential.
- Comment on Yōjo Senki II (The Saga of Tanya the Evil II) Teaser PV 1 month ago:
That’s so hype, I was just talking about how I wanted more of the show
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 1 month ago:
I had that exact same conversation with my mom but it went like this:
“Ok mom, picture a cow in your head”
“Oookayyy”
“Now you can see a cow right?”
“What do you mean”
“Like… You can see a picture of the cow, right?”
“Nooo”
My dad chimes in “yes, obviously”
“…crap. Mom, I have some news for you”
Both of us grew up thinking we had no imagination or were dumb. I remember being incredibly frustrated when a teacher taught us the concept of the Memory Palace where you picture things in rooms of a house. Like if you had to remember five playing cards you’d picture a room with 7 red clowns, with hearts on their cheeks. Then in the next room you’d picture a king, holding up a spade, etc. That just made it harder for me to remember and the teacher kept telling me I wasn’t listening or trying
- Comment on 🚣 🚣 1 month ago:
Look at you, already deducting the taxes 🚣♂️💸
- Comment on Trump tariffs are helping drive U.S. beef prices to new highs 1 month ago:
Image I saw this at my local Publix grocery store and thought it was a mistake. It wasn’t.
- Comment on Raven Big Mom 2 months ago:
My daughter thought everyone with glasses was me until she turned 3 so that checks out.
- Comment on I have no idea what this is about 2 months ago:
And those 🐜 That was the only movie I’ve watched in a movie theater that was so bad that I feel asleep
- Comment on Firefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessions 3 months ago:
I had no idea until I read Katy’s comment, it’s a game changer
- Comment on Firefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessions 3 months ago:
Holy crap that’s exactly what I was looking for, thank you!!
- Comment on Firefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessions 3 months ago:
I did this as well but the other accounts get ads because the premium only applies to my first account. Terrible user experience and Google go hand in hand
- Comment on Firefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessions 3 months ago:
It really is insane how a company can be so massive yet unable to do basic UI. I got a notification that someone replied to a YouTube comment I made so I clicked the notification and it opened up YouTube’s landing page. I tried to find notifications and couldn’t so instead I tried to find a page that has my comment history.
I had to look it up and apparently you can’t even find it on YouTube, you have to go to a separate website, my activity.google.com.
- Comment on Firefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessions 3 months ago:
I wish there was a feature like this on YouTube. I’d love a profile for watching educational videos, a profile for feeding me cool videos when I’m high, and a profile for when my kids want to watch stuff. I’m tired of vibing and listening to music videos only to get hit with Disney songs.
It’s insane that they have an incognito mode that still serves up ads even though I have premium.
- Comment on scheming hot banana cookies 3 months ago:
Can’t wait for Dave to taste test
- Comment on [Episode] GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class • 3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei - Episode 1 discussion 3 months ago:
Didn’t realize it was out yet, thanks for the reminder!
- Comment on How realistic is it for me to learn Japanese so that I can experience Anime better? How long would it take to learn? Has anyone attempted this? 3 months ago:
TL;DW: keep listening to Japanese media. Watch anime in Japanese with no subs, listen to Japanese podcasts, listen to audiobooks in Japanese, etc. Try to find something you know a bit about because it will help keep you engaged and help with context.
There’s a chapter about tolerating ambiguity which means they in the beginning you won’t understand anything and it will be very frustrating but you need to accept it and keep feeding your brain Japanese inputs. You’ll learn the sentence structure and vocabulary as well as learning pronunciation, this is basically how babies learn. You’re brain is really good at pattern recognition so just give it enough inputs and eventually it will start to click
Start doing Anki cards which will supplement all the inputs. Don’t go overboard, just learn the alphabets and then some common vocab and keep listening to other media. After about a year, start reading and writing a lot. Read manga, read books, and start writing notes and stuff in Japanese.
That’s basically it. You can use study materials if you want but feeding your brain more inputs is key. In addition to being really effective it has the benefit of being way more fun than studying grammar and whatnot
- Comment on Meta chief technology officer(CTO) explains why the smart glasses demo failed at Meta Connect — and it wasn’t the Wi-Fi 3 months ago:
That sounds like complete damage control lies. Why would the AI think the chef had finished prepping the sauce just because there was heavy usage??
- Comment on The song that never ends announces what it is in the first line, then expects us to believe some people started singing it without knowing what it was 3 months ago:
Maybe they started halfway through and by the time they realized what was going on, it was too late. They started singing it, not knowing what it was. And they’ll continue singing it. Forever. Just because…
- Comment on Charlie asks to speak to the manager 3 months ago:
St Pete was right.
- Comment on Lemmy be like 5 months ago:
Ek sal dit nagaan, dankie vir die voorstel! Ek het van Suid-Afrika af geïmmigreer toe ek 4 was, so ek kan dit redelik goed praat, maar my lees- en skryfbegrip is nie-bestaande, so ek gebruik Google Translate om te help lol.
- Comment on Lemmy be like 5 months ago:
Ek is mal oor jou gebruikersnaam. Ek ook.
- Comment on At first I thought this was the typical warning about the ocean depth rapidly increasing, but now I'm not so sure 6 months ago:
Saved you a click, it’s sudden drop off
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
My take is that they don’t understand privilege and are used to being catered to because straight white males are the “default setting”.
I remember when I went to my Korean friend’s wedding my wife and I were the only white couple there and it felt strange. I talked to some of my black friends and it turns out that out of place feeling is just typical for them but racist white people fight that uncomfortable feeling
- Comment on Terraria Hive Base 9 months ago:
When I started playing, the guide was completely useless. He would also open your doors and leave them open, I very quickly grew to despise the guide and made his home a prison.
- Comment on Terraria Hive Base 9 months ago:
To each their own, I hated playing without knowing the crafting recipes and always loved looking up what I can make with everything I picked up.
- Comment on Terraria Hive Base 9 months ago:
Keep the wiki open, explore the surface for cave entrances and look for pots/chests, the game completely changes once you get a grappling hook.
