93maddie94
@93maddie94@lemm.ee
- Comment on New Japanese Law Stops Parents From Naming Their Baby 'Pikachu' 3 weeks ago:
I have had students or known kids named Princess, King, and Legend. Charleigh Brown. Atilla Hunt. Harley Quinn. Their name just becomes the collection of phonemes you use to address them. It’s funny when you see it, then you don’t even think about it anymore.
- Comment on How can I properly learn deaf sign languages? 3 weeks ago:
Connect with the local Deaf community. There’s likely a Facebook group or something that you can browse (even without an account). Look at local community classes, college courses, or even free classes held at a church. Our local community has a bi-weekly silent dinner at the mall and other events that hearing and Deaf people attend. I started with a local community center class ($50 for 8 weeks or whatever) and then found everything else through the instructor. I usually screenshot the silent dinner dates from the Facebook group and then attend when I can.
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 1 month ago:
I didn’t do the marriage thing because of love. I don’t need a piece of paper to tell me that. I did it for the logistical stuff. Buying a house. Having a kid. Combining finances. Life insurance. Health insurance. While all of this could be possible without being married, it’s much easier to have a marriage certificate than to try to prove to everyone all the time that we’re partners. If my husband were in the hospital on life support, being next of kin would simplify so many things. My culture is designed in a way that traditional marriage shapes so many processes. There may be workarounds, but they’re not always simplified and most people may not know how to use them. That can take valuable time that you don’t always have.
- Comment on Rocky rock rocking 2 months ago:
Pretend it’s a seed
- Comment on How the fuck do I find out where and when all these protests and rallies are happening? 2 months ago:
This has some. I don’t think 50501 is on there but there’s a range of events. My teacher’s union posted on here and then I found a few more.
- Comment on Removing Watermarks From Images With Gemini Is Now Way Too Easy 3 months ago:
What if I asked it to place a white border around the image? Would it watermark the white, which I could then crop?
- Comment on Do most people still use computers, or do people only use a smartphone as their main/only device? 4 months ago:
Our house is mostly mobile. We each have a laptop but it’s more for “bigger things” like filing taxes, booking a trip, designing something, and filling out forms. We have decided that we are getting a desktop within the next year, however. We have a toddler and it’s important to me that she is able to navigate a mouse and keyboard. I work in a school library and my lesson on using the catalog in 2nd grade begins with how to use a computer mouse because I have some of the only desktops that are left in the school. (I’ve even had grown-ass adults come in and try to touch the screen).