A place for optimism, relentless positivity, anti-doomerism, and snuggle sessions.
We're all in this together, and a better world is possible!
This is now also a space for organizing tips for our collective survival as we confront climate change and everything else. Still no doom-posting. We're here to work together, support each other, and boldly face the future.
Rules:
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No doom, no gloom, only bloom. There's plenty of room for doomerism elsewhere. This community is solely for having a positive outlook on the future and spreading good vibes.
Be kind to your fellow users. This also means no arguing in the comm. Arguments and negativity are not conducive to blooming. Constructive discussion is good. No interest-policing. Support your comrades in their joy!
Always share good news. We can't exactly enforce this one, but if you have good news, please share it with us! Keeping happiness and positivity to yourself is the twelfth type of liberalism.
Time for another bloomer thread in which we post about the good stuff. Be it something big, like a major breakthrough with your org, some good news you want to share, or even something small like "hey, look at this cute bug!". This is a thread where we take a short moment to spread some joy in some very dark times. So if you have something nice to share, share it!
Bopomofo sounds pretty fake lol. If I Google this will you end up laughing at me???
I know how to pronounce mandarin lol, and Arabic too, but neither have the ability to write many of the sounds in the other, unfortunately. Chinese has so many retroflex, and Arabic none. But Arabic has a ton of pharyngealized sounds, and Chinese none. Could just write it like 'sh' of course.
Bwoh-pwoh-mwoh-fwoh is how all Taiwanese children are taught. It's like hiragana, a bunch of symbols. Pinyin uses Latin letters. It's hard to say which is worse. IPA can fuck all the way off.