I can distinguish those, and compared to rats I don’t have a sense of smell. That doesn’t surprise me much.

Like, I really understand where this is coming and I see why it’s that way. But I’m also really tired of being seen as a threat just because my way home seems to have some overlap. How do I react to make clear I’m not interested in rape, violence, stalking, whatever? I just want to get home to my dogs, there’s no need to prepare your keys to gouge my eyes out.

Dude tells you he’s gay, immediately turns you trans. The danger is real, people! 😭

Danke 💕 I was half asleep reading it as well, that might not have helped.

I’m not really gifted, language wise, but I’m pretty interested. I love watching this one YouTuber of which which I forgot (Brit which seems to live in Germany, explaining things like the great vowel shift (aha, remembered! https://youtu.be/fmL6FClRC_s) and I’m fascinated by the similarities of old English and modern German. But I won’t ever be able to keep things like those “For example /t͡ʃ/ is as in ⟨chill⟩, /θ/ is as in ⟨think⟩, /kʷ/ is as in ⟨queen⟩ but Latin handles it as a single unit, etc.” in memory.

I understand it as I’m reading, but it’ll be gone tomorrow. Washed away by some algorithm in trying to get working.

But thank you so much, it was a pleasure reading 💖

I think it went over my head after the third paragraph but I’m deeply fascinated and impressed. I’ll act like I understood everything to look smart though. Thank you 💕