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#173 Esperanto should be the language of EU competitive in The Dumpster
AimIsADickAlso, everyones biased to an extent, my dude (me included). humans are not soulless beings; we have emotions from our primitive days. However I've backed up most of my claims with sources starting from early in the thread.

Also, the entire grammar and letters of Esperanto can be read in just 1 (yes, 1) page: https://www.akademio-de-esperanto.org/fundamento/gramatiko_angla.html . so I'm founded on actual evidence in this regard (and not just using clickbait scumbag tactics like, hyping up chinese to be easy focusing on the grammar, only for the beginner to get crushed down by ideograms.
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I think I wasn't clear, I meant moreso that you can't really use (functional) illiteracy rates of Esperanto as evidence of the ease of the language because of confounding factors. Also, practically speaking, if you define functional illiteracy as when an individual lacks the literacy level to interact with their immediate environment Esperanto is practically automatically exempt given its nature (given that Esperanto is usually learned because it serves as a bridge for ppl across the world, how many places in the world do you truly rely on it as your sole means of communication/interaction). The confounding is in the form of socioeconomic status, as was mentioned that drives functional illiteracy and I'd be very surprised if most people who have the desire or time to learn a conlang are at least well off "enough". Previous point more or less applies to all conlangs, although I doubt anybody is teaching Klingon to poor kids.

I agree that Esperanto on its own merits is very "easy" or "simple".

posted about 2 years ago
#169 Esperanto should be the language of EU competitive in The Dumpster
AimIsADickIn Esperanto, functional illiteracy is unheard of, because of the easiness of our language.

I have not really read the rest of this thread (given its length) but I would like to comment that I would be very very surprised if this wasn't largely or entirey driven by selection bias/confounding.

Also would like to comment that if you can prove or show evidence that simplicity/consistency/regularity of syntactic structure of a particular language leads to differences in processing speed compared to a language that is more "complex" (in the sense of syntactic structure, irregularities in morphology/conjugation that type of stuff, ambiguities in semantics), to quote my undergrad advisor, "I will give you a PhD". To my knowledge that is not a settled point. Not sure if there will ever be a study on that tbh, seems extremely difficult to set up that sort of experiment in a good way (want native bilingual speakers of a "simple" and "complex" language, doubt there's that many of those out there and linguistics depts are struggling for funding as is). If only "wild child" experiments weren't looked down by IRB, would love to see if my woodland child could flex esperanto twice as fast as english.

posted about 2 years ago
#7 rahThread: Advice on Sleepmaxing in Off Topic
brodyhonk mimimimi

inferior virgin hoooonk mimimier's vs. superior chad honk shoo honk shoo honk shoo's

posted about 2 years ago
#3 refugee lfp adv in Recruitment (looking for players)

earl big chilla

monkey got that dog in him

posted about 2 years ago
#5 My indie movie idea (investors please read) in The Dumpster
capnnofapnAt the local bar, a man who loves craft beer keeps trying to roofie women, but he fails because they never finish the barleywines and double ipas he orders for them. Eventually though, he finds a girl who loves 11%ipas, realizes how special she is, and switches drinks with her right before she's about about to take her first sip, roofie-ing himself in the process. He wakes up at her place and the two start a loving relationship over their mutual love of high end beer I know my film idea is amazing but working in this B plot will be a challenge for me as a director and screenwriter

Absolutely unhinged subplot, a+ writing.

posted about 2 years ago
#2 [PSA] RGL Store refuses to remove low quality item in TF2 General Discussion

not cutting the sticker is crazy lmao

posted about 2 years ago
#5 Words or phrases in your language that don't have in Off Topic

撒娇 (sa jiao) in chinese, typically refers to adult women acting spoiled/throwing tantrums (typically in public) at their partner. It's more so used to look "cute" and not really manipulative in nature.

Although maybe this is cheating since it's more of a reflection of differences in social norms.

posted about 2 years ago
#69 No Hats Mod + HeadsFeet, 2020+ Edition in Customization

bless jeebs

Link to headsfeet DL:
https://files.catbox.moe/z05j7c.vpk

As always lmk if there's something wrong.

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Added Dead Heat to headsfeet list.
posted about 2 years ago
#6 OMG 5 in TF2 General Discussion

to get night terror of all people to upload this lmao

posted about 2 years ago
#67 No Hats Mod + HeadsFeet, 2020+ Edition in Customization

Damn it's uh been a long few days (sorry)

Link to headsfeet DL:
https://files.catbox.moe/e0n6n0.vpk

Link to nohats DL:
https://files.catbox.moe/tme3gv.vpk

Changelog:

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Added Summer 2023 cosmetics. Added Flame Warrior and Goalkeeper to headsfeet list (thank you Homosapien)
enkaydo you have a github or something where we can download/see updates?

Nah have just been rlly busy (and admittedly could've done this earlier just keep putting on backburner since I don't play game anymore).

posted about 2 years ago
#35 logan lft in Recruitment (looking for team)

bumping lft after being on froyo is wild

posted about 2 years ago
#2 rahThread: Imagine ping cut by 1/10 in TF2 General Discussion

I will still discriminate against those with 0.5 ping

posted about 2 years ago
#7 LFP Peak Era in Recruitment (looking for players)

maff and mr. causa are friendly goobers fun to play with

cannot stress how much main calling might be needed here though

posted about 2 years ago
#30 RGL Sixes™️ Season 12 Post-Season Survey in TF2 General Discussion
wonderoflid prefer discourse, i think young man trying to shut u down for being a degenerate furry is bad, but i also cant take it on good conscience that an unprincipled hedonist that justifies lowering himself to animals wouldn't prefer to erase the challenges of dealing with mg instead of growing from them. if u move only towards pleasure, you'll naturally be appalled by anything which decreases it even temporarily.

finally I can check off "psychosexual analysis involving tf2 unlocks" off my tftv bingo card

posted about 2 years ago
#16 miskyworks lft in Recruitment (looking for team)

rlly good

posted about 2 years ago
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