Laghail's Wandering Inn

[Wild Wolf]

I love this so much. AND having you back has 10000% completed me for the rest of the year. First Rurik, now YOU. Bro....you've been missed my friend. I love the challenge set up! I'll be following along hard....

 

 

Wolf

[KB Girl]

5 hours ago, spezzy said:

BSS are the one movement I cuss myself out for programming for myself every. Single. Time I see them.

 

And then I program them for myself again because they are the best 😂

Yes, exactly!

 

1 hour ago, Laghail said:

Made a covid DL pr yesterday at 475. 505 is doable by end of year to match lifetime PR DL #.

Congratulations! That's a lot of weight. Definitely good to celebrate these post-things PRs. How long was your training hiatus? 

[Heidi]

5 hours ago, Big_Show said:

also currently working on a Duolingo habit.  Trying to learn Spanish, then want to go back to my German again

Look me up! I'm doing Spanish, too. PhilosophyHeidi 🙂

[Stronkey Kong]

Hoe-lee shit!

 

Laghail's back!

 

PS. I'm studying a new language too.

[Leigh]

Dude... you can deadlift two of me. That's impressive as hell *high fives* well done sir! And it's hella nice to have you back on the boards. I'm glad I came back when I did

[iatetheyeti]

I have vague memories of seeing you around before, though I don't think we ever interacted. But I'm gonna say it's good to have you back anyway! Plus, this place looks like somewhere I will be very comfortable, so I'm going to hang around

 

[Mr_Willes]

14 hours ago, Wild Wolf said:

I'll be following along hard....

 

 

Wolf

 

Can vouch for that!

 

 

Congrats on the PR!!!

[Leigh]

What in earth is happening in that last gif...  O_o; 

[Laghail]

19 hours ago, Wild Wolf said:

I love this so much. AND having you back has 10000% completed me for the rest of the year. First Rurik, now YOU. Bro....you've been missed my friend. I love the challenge set up! I'll be following along hard....

Glad to have you! Just make sure to drop pics of the bambinos now and then.

 

19 hours ago, KB Girl said:

How long was your training hiatus? 

My Y closed in march and I got back in around June I think. Lower body lost some capacity but bench came back fast.

 

10 hours ago, Stronkey Kong said:

I'm studying a new language too.

Oh what're you working on?

 

9 hours ago, Leigh said:

 I'm glad I came back when I did

Me too dude. You still raiding with WOW?

 

6 hours ago, iatetheyeti said:

I have vague memories of seeing you around before, though I don't think we ever interacted. But I'm gonna say it's good to have you back anyway! Plus, this place looks like somewhere I will be very comfortable, so I'm going to hang around

 

I'm really happy to have you! Can we trade tips on the care and feeding of gender queer friends??

 

4 hours ago, Mr_Willes said:

Can vouch for that!

Belgie stalkers are best stalkers.

[Leigh]

7 minutes ago, Laghail said:

Me too dude. You still raiding with WOW?

 

I have abandoned WoW in favour of checking out what FFXIV has to offer, as well as deeping around in Sims 4 and Fallout 4. 

 

I do occasionally get nostalgic for that Shadowrun game you had started up ages ago. 

[Laghail]

4 minutes ago, Leigh said:

I do occasionally get nostalgic for that Shadowrun game you had started up ages ago. 

Saaaaaaame. Same.

[Mike Wazowski]

Duuude, 2 pages and barely two days in. Classic Laghail. Glad to see you're still putting up obscenely large numbers for your lifts!!

 

And doing all sorts of good nerdy stuff, natch.

[iatetheyeti]

3 hours ago, Laghail said:

I'm really happy to have you! Can we trade tips on the care and feeding of gender queer friends??

 

We sure can

 

[Stronkey Kong]

8 hours ago, Laghail said:

Oh what're you working on?

 

 

Slovene... yeah, it's not on Duolingo. But a bunch of Slovenes got together and made their own site like Duolingo, just for Slovene.

[Mr_Willes]

Okay okay okay, can someone explain me WHY everybody is doing something like duolingo? Am i missing something like i did when i found out there is not only poker but also strip-poker?

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

5 hours ago, Mr_Willes said:

Okay okay okay, can someone explain me WHY everybody is doing something like duolingo? Am i missing something like i did when i found out there is not only poker but also strip-poker?

In the US there aren't a lot of chances to practice using a language other than English. I get to use Spanish a lot due to the proximity to Mexico, but we border exactly two other countries, and one of them primarily speaks English. If someone is from the Interior of the country the distance to another country can be larger than most European countries themselves. People crap on US citizens for only speaking one language, but unless you are in a major metropolitan area with a lot of people from other countries you're really only going to hear English. DuoLingo is a helpful way to learn a language when there aren't a lot of speakers of that language around. Also, most opportunities to learn a language other than English come in High School, where the most common offering is Spanish, but again, there aren't a lot of chances to practice it in the real world unless you live in California, Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas (and then often only in the Southern parts of those states), so even diligent students will lose their skills over time.

[Mr_Willes]

10 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

In the US there aren't a lot of chances to practice using a language other than English. I get to use Spanish a lot due to the proximity to Mexico, but we border exactly two other countries, and one of them primarily speaks English. If someone is from the Interior of the country the distance to another country can be larger than most European countries themselves. People crap on US citizens for only speaking one language, but unless you are in a major metropolitan area with a lot of people from other countries you're really only going to hear English. DuoLingo is a helpful way to learn a language when there aren't a lot of speakers of that language around. Also, most opportunities to learn a language other than English come in High School, where the most common offering is Spanish, but again, there aren't a lot of chances to practice it in the real world unless you live in California, Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas (and then often only in the Southern parts of those states), so even diligent students will lose their skills over time.

 

Bolded part, is that the sole reason/motivation?

 

So this answers part of my question. I might have to rephrase, WHY do people want to learn a second language? I really don't feel like learning French or German. I consider my english sufficient that i don't need to study for that. Maybe that satisfies my "need" for a second language.

 

To give some insight to way this is puzzling me. For example, my friends around me, i'm pretty sure everyone pretty much understands english. Some are pretty proficient in German and/or French. But i can't think of anyone that is actively pursuing mastering another language.

[Mike Wazowski]

19 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

In the US there aren't a lot of chances to practice using a language other than English. I get to use Spanish a lot due to the proximity to Mexico, but we border exactly two other countries, and one of them primarily speaks English. If someone is from the Interior of the country the distance to another country can be larger than most European countries themselves. People crap on US citizens for only speaking one language, but unless you are in a major metropolitan area with a lot of people from other countries you're really only going to hear English. DuoLingo is a helpful way to learn a language when there aren't a lot of speakers of that language around. Also, most opportunities to learn a language other than English come in High School, where the most common offering is Spanish, but again, there aren't a lot of chances to practice it in the real world unless you live in California, Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas (and then often only in the Southern parts of those states), so even diligent students will lose their skills over time.

Also, adding to that, many large cities have pretty stark racial segregation by neighborhood in the US (not commenting on whether that's good or bad, just noting it's a thing), so if you're not Latinx, you could go about most of your day to day life without many interactions, if any, with someone who is Latinx (again, not commenting on whether it's good or bad, just noting that it's likely that a good number of native English speakers in the US, even in cities with large numbers of native speakers of other languages, run into primarily other native English speakers in their day to day).

[Scaly Freak]

2 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

In the US there aren't a lot of chances to practice using a language other than English. I get to use Spanish a lot due to the proximity to Mexico, but we border exactly two other countries, and one of them primarily speaks English. If someone is from the Interior of the country the distance to another country can be larger than most European countries themselves. People crap on US citizens for only speaking one language, but unless you are in a major metropolitan area with a lot of people from other countries you're really only going to hear English. 

 

1 hour ago, Mike Wazowski said:

Also, adding to that, many large cities have pretty stark racial segregation by neighborhood in the US (not commenting on whether that's good or bad, just noting it's a thing), so if you're not Latinx, you could go about most of your day to day life without many interactions, if any, with someone who is Latinx 

 

When I lived in Sweden (two different towns, one small and one larger), venturing out of my home either to university campus, public transit, or to the grocery store, would lead to overhearing multiple different languages. In addition, every Swede learns English in school as a minimum, and learning a third language was highly encouraged, since everyone speaks English so that's nothing to brag about on a job application. I learned German.

 

Then I moved to where I now live in the US, and the only time I ever hear any other language than English is when I seek it out online, or when I leave the country. It feels weird and narrow, and quite unsettling in an echo chamber so of way, to be honest.

 

And I started duolingo because I wanted to recover my lost German, and then my kitchen drowned and the Chain of Disasters happened, and I stopped. I should start again.

[Wild Wolf]

On 10/21/2020 at 6:21 AM, Mr_Willes said:

Can vouch for that!

 

 

LMAO....you sir....you are a master of gifs. I already knew this but every once in a while you'll pull one out of your ass that really makes me laugh. Well done 

 

Wolf

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

4 hours ago, Mr_Willes said:

So this answers part of my question. I might have to rephrase, WHY do people want to learn a second language? I really don't feel like learning French or German. I consider my english sufficient that i don't need to study for that. Maybe that satisfies my "need" for a second language.

It's fun to learn stuff, and in the U.S. a second language can be a type of status symbol. It can also help with job searches. I know my ability to speak Spanish is a great asset as a hospital chaplain. It helped me go from part time to full time faster than some of my colleagues. 

4 hours ago, Mike Wazowski said:

Also, adding to that, many large cities have pretty stark racial segregation by neighborhood in the US (not commenting on whether that's good or bad, just noting it's a thing), so if you're not Latinx, you could go about most of your day to day life without many interactions, if any, with someone who is Latinx (again, not commenting on whether it's good or bad, just noting that it's likely that a good number of native English speakers in the US, even in cities with large numbers of native speakers of other languages, run into primarily other native English speakers in their day to day).

Honestly, even in those LatinX neighborhoods once kids start going to U.S. schools they're gonna pick up English. It's usually only people who came to the U.S. as adults who don't speak English. Even where I am, which is closer to Mexico than other U.S. States, it's very easy to function without speaking Spanish. In fact, I speak better Spanish than a lot of my LatinX contemporaries.

[Laghail]

6 hours ago, Mr_Willes said:

So this answers part of my question. I might have to rephrase, WHY do people want to learn a second language? I really don't feel like learning French or German. I consider my english sufficient that i don't need to study for that. Maybe that satisfies my "need" for a second language.

I read a lot in German, and I have family in several francophone countries. shrug

[Laghail]

Update: had some family medical drama that ate up a lot of yesterday evening and most the day so far. All of the family is well, and I refuse to count the last two days as anything but coping successes. In lieu of a normal update (which resume tomorrow) here's pictures of smol doggos:

 

 

[KB Girl]

1 hour ago, Laghail said:

I refuse to count the last two days as anything but coping successes

Good for you, glad everyone is alright. 

 

[Scaly Freak]

1 hour ago, Laghail said:

Update: had some family medical drama that ate up a lot of yesterday evening and most the day so far. All of the family is well, and I refuse to count the last two days as anything but coping successes. 

 

Ouch. I hope it ends soon! (Glad everyone is well!)