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If you're brand new, take it easy. You can take as many in-game or RL years to complete it as you want.
That said, I typically use the first day to meet the villagers and buy 25 parsnips (to plant alongside the 15 gifted by Lewis), like in this video. I only clean the necessary to plant the 'nips, plus some pathways between the three farm exits. Plenty people go fishing because it's a good source of early game income, but since I hate it I tend to delay fishing.
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The whole "one individual talking to another" aspect of the internet of the 00s is gone. It feels more and more like an "everyone is talking to you and hearing you, like it or not". Facebook is only an example of that - and even if it didn't enshittify, I find unlikely that it would've kept that aspect.
I also wonder if my experiences with Orkut wouldn't be similar to the ones of the author with FB, if only Google didn't kill Orkut. (It was a big thing here.)
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My first spouse was Haley; mostly because she was the only one who wanted to dance with me on year 1.
My favourites are Abigail and then Maru. I can relate to the later better, but I love that free spirit vibe from Abby.
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Always get a silo before a coop to… what, exactly?
It's mostly to store some food before you buy your first animals, so you don't need to buy it from Marnie, and you have some time to set up some space for them to graze on later. (The early game farm is usually a mess, and it gets a bit annoying to get animals walking through all of that junk and your crops.)
That said it's perfectly fine to ignore this piece of advice - as any other - if you already know the game a bit better.
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I think that a key distinction that we need to do here is between what happens inside their instance versus outside.
Inside their instance, you might get some shitty situations (like you being piledrived), but I think that what @Cowbee@lemmy.ml says holds some grounds - it's mostly a space for Marxists. I don't use it often because I have a better time lurking in Lemmygrad, but it has a reason to exist.
The main problem is once they leave. Then the piledriving becomes brigading; and all that implicit agreement that they have among themselves (such as "mayocide" being typically uttered by someone who's themself light-skinned, and not genuinely preaching genocide of people based on skin colour) is suddenly not there, they're discussing with people in a completely different mood, they're in a situation where their political discourse will be in conflict with what others users say, they'll be likely in the minority so prone to ask for backup...
Frankly I think that their decision to enable federation was a mistake.
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It's a lot of stuff so I'll only mention a few points here and there. Others might want to check your link directly for context.
[CW: link contains frivolous usage of a word considerably more likely to trigger victims of sexual violence than a kiss in a comic.]
You're inferring too much from a drawing. The kiss is unexpected for two reasons: it is not a romantic situation (it's a sports game), and Shane not being an assertive person. Same sort of surprise as someone otherwise prudish using swear words. On being "limp", seriously?
I need you to understand that posts like these can absolutely wreck someones day and pose a barrier to the site and lemmy as a whole. So best case: it's ableist to put it up.
Everyone has a different trigger. You might triggering with your clothes, or your perfume, or your usage of a specific word unrelated to violence... that's awful but it's how things are.
It's simply too far from any reasonable boundary that we could say "no, this is going too far, it's too likely to trigger someone", you know?
Because if we [people in general] stop doing and sharing every single thing that might potentially trigger someone, we'll neither do nor share anything. Doubly so if we need to also take into account people who are oblivious to the context.
That includes your prescription not allowing women to express themselves, as it is the case of this comic. People across this thread have not mentioned the author, but here she is; so you got a woman representing the scene as positive, but apparently women can't have their fun too, right.
[She's also likely Latin American. It's common knowledge that folks here are considerably more eager to touch each other. Unless I'm supposed to pretend that the only valid behaviour rules are the ones followed by Anglos.]
Secondly: the fact that your first line of defense is "it's just a game" makes me want to shoot you. It's just a comment.
I'm highlighting this because it's an actually good argument. If this was indeed a piece of content encouraging sexual abuse (it is not, but let's pretend that it is), "it's just a game" would not be a valid defence.
Thirdly: Shane being a depressed alcoholic does not give him a pass to SA people?? And if he's been drinking even though he's an alcoholic all the more reason to step out of the situation. How is pointing out that this is not just a comic about SA but about an alcoholic relapsing and then SA'ing helping your argument? "oh he's been down lately, lets let this one slide"? [REDACTED]
You were so fucking close to convince me that you actually care about victims of sexual abuse being triggered by content on the internet. So close.
Until you posted the part that I've redacted off, containing a word that is considerably more likely to trigger them than a kiss in a comic. Rules for thee, but not for me???
The asterisk does nothing by the way.
Famously in stardew valley you aren't dating until after the ten heart event.
That is blatantly false. Eight hearts is when you start dating; ten hearts is when your relationship is solid enough that you can safely ask the person in marriage.
Props for actually discussing this, unlike most HB kids who hopped into this thread just to have fun. (...I kind of had my fun with them too.)
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Hexbear has been far more level-headed than Lemmy.world in my experience
This whole thread proves that this is false.
And, granted, I'm partially at fault here - since I was kind of expecting them to behave like 11yo kids once the teacher is gone, and having some fun at their expense - but note how they're in an otherwise serious discussion and doing nothing but shitposting.
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WHEN WILL YOU DENSE MOTHERFUCKERS UNDERSTAND AN AD HOMINEM ISNT “WHEN YOU GET INSULTED”?
No, I'm not conflating both things.
Depending on the way that the insults are being used, they do count as argumentum ad hominem. Basically when you dress them as counter-argumentation, in order to defend a point - like that user is doing, there's exactly fuck zero argumentation, the whole thing boils down to "u're coment is wrong because ur a ass hat lol lmao", to the point that my answer is... well, simply shitposting in return.
What doesn't classify as ad hominem is shit, for example, like you're doing now. You're being like a 12yo who discovered their ability to call others "u poopy head lol lmao", but not really using ad hominem since you aren't trying to dress it as the argument.
In other words: contrariwise to your assumption, yes, I understand the difference. And it is still argumentum ad hominem.
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You’re now inventing a position the other hasn’t even claimed to approachh.
Not really. I'm framing what he said in a different way, to highlight how stupid it is to trust = be gullible towards the .ml admins more than someone random banned by them.
The reason for trusting moderators of .ml has jack shit to do with the ideology of the instance
I think that both of us know that you're lying.
I'm not blind to the red scare going on. But I'm not blind to you all using it as an excuse for every single thing.
And it is clear why they're doing it. Since there's some red scare going on, you kids are using it as an excuse for everything and a bit more. Specially because it's a give-and-take here.
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The OP is a great example of what I'm talking about: admin in charge moderating content of a comm about a topic that they're clueless about, not arsing themself to check it, assuming the worst, telling OP to kill themself*, filling an opaque ban under "rule 1". That's all poor moderation practices, the later is lack of transparency, and the post has zero to do with communism, economy, or politics.
This shite is a dime a dozen in .ml. And while it does affect political topics, it's considerably wider than that.
*whoever is in charge sets up the behaviour standard for the others.
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I trust the admins of .ml more than a day old account that was banned instantly for Rule 1 violations after trying to take over a comm.
"I'm gullible towards people in a position of power, once they say that they're communists."
I'm a communist too. (Seriously) Trust me, you should go lick a cactus.
Serious now. You don't even need to trust me, or anyone here. Just pay attention to .ml modlogs and take your own conclusions.
Also, when sharing shit in the dunk tank, remember rule #1.
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The reason why .ml is a crappy instance has nothing to do with communist propaganda. It's lack of transparency and shitty moderation practices.
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To be fair I've had good discussions with a few of them, so I can't generalise.
But... yeah, some of them don't quite realise that the childish behaviour that would be OK in HB is despised elsewhere, and that it's the the major reason why their instance gets defederated so bloody often - it is not red scare, it's "get the children back to the kindergarten so the adults can talk".
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[Note for other users: since the other user is simply grasping at straws with argumenta ad hominem, and there's zero valid argumentation, I'll have my fun at his expense.]
While I can appreciate how much effort you put into the affectation of the appearance of intelligence [implied: "lvxferre is pretending to be intelligent"]
"Oh noes! How does someone DARE to disagree with Our Holy King AntiOutsideAktion? They must be stupid!"
...or perhaps I'm intelligent enough to not fall for your obvious bullshit. Not that this is some achievement, because I bet that even a dog could do it.
and how well you’ve internalized “more words = more good” as a writing style
If my verbosity deeply offends your precious, oh-so-precious sensibilities and your entitlement to abridged content, well... I don't care.
Now let's see if you have some actual argumentation or if you'll keep whining [yes] this shitty ad hominem. (Onwards "AAH")
I observe that you are still a dumb motherfucker who should just keep their idiot mouth shut.
Nope, it's still AAH.
And bossing me around to "waaah! shut up! shut up!!! I'm going to cry if you don't shut up!" is ineffective, by the way.
Basic reading comprehension: I was calling you and the rabble of .world accounts toxic.
I.e. you were using a non-descriptive weasel label that can be used to justify everything and nothing at the same time, to whine at LW users and me, because you have the same intellectual honesty of a hypothetical child of Elon Musk and a genderbent Spez, and can't back up your claim.
But no, something must be wrong. People aren't laughing at your shitty arguments because they're bloody stupid. No - it must be because they're stupid!
Yeah, I’ve heard of it. Where did you hear of it? In a court system? Not on a private forum the owners of which can decide who they want to join or not?
Oh look, the Musk x Spez child never heard about moral values. ...and suddenly your babble makes a lot of sense.
Again, I’m not calling you a fucking moron frivolously. You’re a fucking moron.
"Again, I'm not calling you a fucking moron frivolously. You dare to disagree with me, even if reality magically bends around my belly button and makes even my inane and immoral shit become true, As if By Magic®"
AAH still ongoing... *yawns*
The word is “gullibility”
Yeah, nah. The word "gullibleness" is registered at least in Wiktionary, WordHippo, bab.la, and the spelling corrector that I'm using.
Next time that you want to prescribe against the usage of some specific word, at least make sure that the word isn't actually valid. Otherwise you'll keep making a fool of yourself. Although... by this comment, it's clear that you're willing to be the laughing stock of everyone here, right?
But hey. Let's pretend, for a tiny moment, that your prescription held some merit here. Ah, my bad if my L3 English offends your sensibilities! I forgot that Lemmy is supposed to be the WASP e-Lebensraum, and that you're expected to have native tier proficiency! Mayocide is threatening me and I must fight against it!
lol
Yeah, I've already noticed that you're braindead. You don't need to reinforce it.
Ordinarily I wouldn’t expect someone to brag about moderating a pedophile instance.
Finally, you found something else than argumenta ad hominem! I'm so proud of you!
And it's still a fallacy. Changing goalposts - since the bullshit claim that ani.social contains CSAM is too stupid even for you, you're now claiming that it's a "paedophile instance".
Stop making shit up. Not even the individual .ml admins agree with each other about it. It's just that one is too stubborn to admit that he was wrong (he does the same all the time in LG), and there's another [not in the linked conversation] clapping to what the stubborn one does.
(Blame still goes to the admin team as an entity.)
This concludes my response titled “Why you’re too much of a stupid piece of shit to engage with seriously”
You do realise that, if you did this in your own home instance, you'd be correctly banned, right? You're supposed to disengage without arguing. (Or trying to, in your case.)
That without even considering the blatant linguistic prejudice that you showed in this comment.
"You could've gone to sleep without that." - local saying.
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Well, without the proper context it's hard to interpret things correctly, indeed. And yet it's what we (people in general) should do, to avoid being unfair. Doubly so when we're in a position to dictate what others should/shouldn't share, like the admins of an instance are. [EDIT: it's what we should do = interpret things correctly.]
I hope the encounter in stardew valley is different enough not to count as SA
If you're in the mood, give this link a check. It's the whole 3min scene, straight from the game. Just keep in mind that, as I mentioned before, the player avatar and Shane (purple hair guy) are already dating.
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What about the bean bags and snacks? Lust isn't the only deadly sin dammit, you got to think about sloth and gluttony!
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...well, yes. You're right.
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Was grandpa a farmer dreaming to be a chocolate maker?
Or was he a chocolate maker dreaming to be a farmer?
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With some exceptions, preserve jars are mostly for the fun. Kegs are where the real money is. Make wine/juice of everything expensive that you have.
You can put random machinery and chests outside your farm, just be careful where - NPCs destroy what's in their way.
Never donate to the museum the first dino egg or prismatic shard that you get! Use the dino egg to raise more dinos, and the prismatic shard for the sword (more damage = killing monsters faster = more efficient mining = more prismatic shards).
Do donate to the museum the first ancient seed that you find though, as you'll get the recipe.
Ancient fruit + keg = mad profits. Plant it on the 1st of Spring, then harvest it through three seasons. Make sure to keep some for more seeds later on.
On average the seed maker outputs 2 seeds for each sacrificed crop, being useful the most for things with multiple harvests (ancient fruit and berries). Plan accordingly.
The greenhouse isn't that big, it's just 120 plots of land, plus some space to plant trees around the plots. It won't give you as much money as a certain endgame location, but since it doesn't care about seasons it's a great place to multiply seeds.
[Idea] If you don't want to see huge flags taking space over actual drawings in the Canvas, pick the biggest flag that you can find to deface. As long as a lot of people are doing that, the ones templating larger flags will be forced to reduce their layouts and give more room for actual drawings. __________________ [Reasoning] When it comes to country flags, I think that the immense majority of the users can be split into four groups: 1. The ones who don't want to see country flags at all. 2. The ones who are OK with smaller flags, but don't want to see larger ones. 3. The ones who want to see a *specific* large flag taking a huge chunk of space. 4. The ones who want to see the whole canvas burning, like the void. I'm myself firmly rooted into #1, but this idea is a compromise between #1, #2 and #4. Typically #3 uses numbers (and/or bots) to seize a huge chunk of the canvas to their flags. Well, let's use numbers against it then. As long as #1, #2 and #4 are trying to wreck the same flag, we win. ___________ [inb4] >But what about identity flags? Not a problem. They're typically bands instead of thick squares, and people drawing them are fairly accommodating. >But what about [insert another thing] Even if [thing] is a problem, it's probably minor in comparison with huge country flags. >What should be the template? None. We don't need one, *as long as everyone is working against the same large flag.* Just draw something of your choice over the flag, preferably over its iconic features. >But I'm not creative enough for that! No matter how shitty your drawing is, it's probably still way more original than a country flag. So don't feel discouraged. That said, you can always help someone else with their drawing. Or plop in some text. Or just void. >Why are you posting this now, you bloody Slowpoke? I wish that I thought about this *before* Canvas 2024. But better later than never. (And better early by a year for Canvas 2025.) ____________________ **EDIT:** addressing on general grounds some whining from group #3 (the ones who want to see a specific large flag taking a huge chunk of the canvas space). You do realise that this sort of "war against the largest flag" should benefit even you, *as long as the biggest flag is not the one you're working with*, right? Even for you, this makes the canvas a more even level field. Let us not forget that you love to cover *other* flags with your own.
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I'm sharing this here mostly due to the alphabet. The relevant region (Tartessos) would be roughly what's today the western parts of Andalucia, plus the Algarve. [Here are the news in Spanish](https://www.csic.es/es/actualidad-del-csic/el-csic-investiga-un-abecedario-hallado-en-la-tablilla-de-pizarra-del-yacimiento-de-casas-del-turunuelo), for anyone interested. The number of letters is specially relevant for me - 32 letters. The writing system is [a redundant alphabet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Paleohispanic_script), where you use different graphemes for the stops, depending on the next vowel; and it was likely made for a language with five vowels, so you had five letters for /p/, five for /t/, five for /k/. Counting the "bare" vowels this yields 20 letters; /m n s r l/ fit well with that phonology, but what about the other seven?
Context: some days ago, I commented in a topic about *Argiope bruennichi* that I had a similar spider living on my kumquat tree, later identified to be *Argiope argentata*. And [@quinacridone@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/u/quinacridone) asked for an update, if she laid eggs. So, here they are. Sadly I couldn't even notice that she laid eggs, let alone photograph the egg sac. But hey, I got little cute spiders~ Here's their mum, Kumoko: 
This recipe is great to repurpose lunch leftovers for dinner. It's also relatively mess-free. Loosely based on egg-fried rice. Amounts listed for two servings, but they're eyeballed so use your judgment. Ingredients: * **Cooked leftover rice.** 200~300g (cooked) is probably good enough. It's fine to use pilaf, just make sure that the rice is cold, a bit dry, and that the grains are easy to separate. * **Two eggs.** Cracked into a small bowl and whisked with salt, pepper, and MSG. Or the seasoning of your choice. * **Veg oil.** For browning. * **Water.** Or broth if you want, it's just a bit. * [OPTIONAL] **Meats.** Leftover beef, pork, or chicken work well. Supplement it with ham, firmer sausages, and/or bacon; 1/2 cup should be enough for two. Dice them small. * [OPTIONAL] **Vegs.** I'd add at least half raw onion; but feel free to use leftover cooked cabbages, peas, bell peppers, etc. Or even raw ones. Also diced small. * [OPTIONAL] **Chives.** Mostly as a finishing touch. Sliced thinly. Preparation: 1. Add a spoonful of veg oil to a wok or similar. Let it heat a bit. 2. If using raw meats: add them to the wok, and let them brown on high fire, stirring constantly. Else, skip this step. 3. If using raw vegs: add them to the wok, and let them it cook on mid-low fire. Else, skip this step. 4. Add the already cooked ingredients (rice, meats, vegs). Medium fire, stirring gentle but constantly; you want to heat them up, not to cook them further. Adjust seasoning if desired. 5. Spread the whisked egg over your heated rice mix, while stirring and folding the rice frenetically. You want the egg to coat the rice grains, but they should be still separated when done. If some whisked egg is sticking to the wok and/or the rice is too dry, drip some water/broth and scrap the bottom of the wok; just don't overdo it (you don't want soggy rice). Anyway, when the egg is cooked this step is done, it'll give the rice grains a nice yellow colour and lots of flavour. 6. If using chives, add them after your turned off the fire (they get sad if cooked). Enjoy your meal. I was going to share a picture of the final result, but I may or may not have eaten it before thinking about sharing the recipe. Sorry. :#
I got a weird problem involving both of my cats (Siegfrieda, to the left; Kika, to the right). Kika is rather particular about having her own litterbox(es), and refuses to use a litterbox shared by another cat. Frieda on the other hand is adept to the "if I fits, I sits, I shits" philosophy, and is totally OK sharing litterboxes. That creates a problem: no matter if properly and regularly cleaned, the only one using litterboxes here is Frieda. We had, like, five of them at once; and Kika would still rather do her business on the patio. How do I either teach Kika "it's fine to share a litterbox", or teach Siegfrieda "that's Kika's litterbox, leave it alone"?
Context: my mum got some keikis of this orchid from a neighbour. She managed to grow them into a full plant, it even flowered (as per pic), but she has no idea on which species of orchid it is. I am not sure if it's a native species here (I'm in the subtropical parts of South America), but it seems to be growing just fine indoors in a Cfb climate. Disregard the vase saying "phal azul" (blue phal), it used to belong to another orchid; it doesn't seem to be a Phalaenopsis. If necessary I can provide further pics, but note that it has lost the flowers already. Any idea? _____________ EDIT: thanks to [@jerry@fedia.io](https://fedia.io/u/jerry)'s comment, we could find it - it's a Miltoniopsis. Likely from Colombia or Ecuador, not from my area.
I feel slightly offended. Because it's true. (Alt text: "Do you feel like the answer depends on whether you're currently in the hole, versus when you refer to the events later after you get out? Assuming you get out.") [xkcd source](https://xkcd.com/2390/)
Link to the community: !isekai@ani.social Feel free to join and talk about your favourite series. The rules are rather simple, and they're there to ensure smooth discussion.
I'm sharing this mostly as a historical curiosity; Schleicher was genial, but the book is a century and half old, science marches on, so it isn't exactly good source material. Still an enjoyable read if you like Historical Linguistics, as it was one of the first successful attempts to reconstruct a language based on indirect output from its child languages.
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[Link for the Science research article](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aav3218). The observation that societies without access to softer food kind of avoided labiodentals is old, from 1985, but the research is recent-ish (2019).
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[Même texte en français ici.](https://theconversation.com/quand-les-ia-sattaquent-a-nos-accents-197240) I'll copypaste the English version here in case of paywall. *Accents are one of the cherished hallmarks of cultural diversity.* ## Why AI software ‘softening’ accents is problematic Published 2024/Jan/11\ by Grégory Miras, Professeur des Universités en didactique des langues, Université de Lorraine “Why isn’t it a beautiful thing?” a puzzled Sharath Keshava Narayana asked of his AI device masking accents. Produced by his company, Sanas, the recent technology seeks to “soften” the accents of call centre workers in real-time to allegedly shield them from bias and discrimination. It has sparked widespread interest both in the English-speaking and French-speaking world since it was launched in September 2022. Far from everyone is convinced of the software’s anti-racist credentials, however. Rather, critics contend it plunges us into a contemporary dystopia where technology is used to erase individuals’ differences, identity markers and cultures. To understand them, we could do worse than reviewing what constitutes an accent in the first place. How can they be suppressed? And in what ways does ironing them out bends far more than sound waves? ### How artificial intelligence can silence an accent “Accents” can be defined, among others, as a set of oral clues (vowels, consonants, intonation, etc.) that contribute to the more or less conscious elaboration of hypotheses on the identity of individuals (e.g. geographically or socially). An accent can be described as regional or foreign according to different narratives. With start-up technologies typically akin to black boxes, we have little information about the tools deployed by Sanas to standardise our way of speaking. However, we know most methods aim to at least partially transform the structure of the sound wave in order to bring certain acoustic cues closer to a perceptive criteria. The technology tweaks vowels, consonants along with parameters such as rhythm, intonation or accentuation. At the same time, the technology will be looking to safeguard as many vocal cues as possible to allow for the recognition of the original speaker’s voice, such as with voice cloning, a process that can result in deepfake vocal scams. These technologies make it possible to dissociate what is speech-related from what is voice-related. The automatic and real-time processing of speech poses technological difficulties, the main one being the quality of the sound signal to be processed. Software developers have succeeded in overcoming them by basing themselves on deep learning, neural networks, as well as large data bases of speech audio files, which make it possible to better manage the uncertainties in the signal. In the case of foreign languages, Sylvain Detey, Lionel Fontan and Thomas Pellegrini identify some of the issues inherent in the development of these technologies, including that of which standard to use for comparison, or the role that speech audio files can have in determining them. ### The myth of the neutral accent But accent identification is not limited to acoustics alone. Donald L. Rubin has shown that listeners can recreate the impression of a perceived accent simply by associating faces of supposedly different origins with speech. In fact, absent these other cues, speakers are not so good at recognising accents that they do not regularly hear or that they might stereotypically picture, such as German, which many associate with “aggressive” consonants. The wishful desire to iron out accents to combat prejudice raises the question of what a “neutral” accent is. Rosina Lippi-Green points out that the ideology of the standard language - the idea that there is a way of expressing oneself that is not marked - holds sway over much of society but has no basis in fact. Vijay Ramjattan further links recent collossal efforts to develop accent “reduction” and “suppression” tools with the neoliberal model, under which people are assigned skills and attributes on which they depend. Recent capitalism perceives language as a skill, and therefore the “wrong accent” is said to lead to reduced opportunities. Intelligibility thus becomes a pretext for blaming individuals for their lack of skills in tasks requiring oral communication according to Janin Roessel. Rather than forcing individuals with “an accent to reduce it”, researchers such as Munro and Derwing have shown that it is possible to train individuals to adapt their aural abilities to phonological variation. What’s more, it’s not up to individuals to change, but for public policies to better protect those who are discriminated against on the basis of their accent - accentism. ### Delete or keep, the chicken or the egg? In the field of sociology, Wayne Brekhus calls on us to pay specific attention to the invisible, weighing up what isn’t marked as much as what is, the “lack of accent” as well as its reverse. This leads us to reconsider the power relations that exist between individuals and the way in which we homogenise the marked: the one who has (according to others) an accent. So we are led to Catherine Pascal’s question of how emerging technologies can hone our roles as “citizens” rather than “machines”. To “remove an accent” is to value a dominant type of “accent” while neglecting the fact that other co-factors will participate in the perception of this accent as well as the emergence of discrimination. “Removing the accent” does not remove discrimination. On the contrary, the accent gives voice to identity, thus participating in the phenomena of humanisation, group membership and even empathy: the accent is a channel for otherness. If technologies such AI and deep learning offers us untapped possibilities, they can also lead to a dystopia where dehumanisation overshadows priorities such as the common good or diversity, as spelt out in the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity. Rather than hiding them, it seems necessary to make recruiters aware of how accents can contribute to customer satisfaction and for politicians to take up this issue. Research projects such as PROSOPHON at the University of Lorraine (France), which bring together researchers in applied linguistics and work psychology, are aimed at making recruiters more aware of their responsibilities in terms of biais awareness, but also at empowering job applicants “with an accent”. By asking the question “Why isn’t this a beautiful thing?”, companies like SANAS remind us why technologies based on internalized oppressions don’t make people happy at work.
[Source.](https://xkcd.com/1483/) Alt-text: «God was like, "Let there be light," and there was light.»
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Small bit of info: Charles III still speaks RP, but the prince William (heir to the throne) already shifted to SSBE. [Geoffrey Lindsey](piped.video/watch?v=mgPRqjJCUyE) has a rather good video on that.
[Source](https://leftoversalad.tumblr.com/post/102245409302)
Links to the community: * [/c/linguistics@mander.xyz](/c/linguistics@mander.xyz) * !linguistics@mander.xyz The community is open for *everyone* regardless of previous knowledge on the field. Feel free to ask or share stuff about languages and dialects, how they work (grammar, phonology, etc.), where they're from, how people use them, or more general stuff about human linguistic communication. And the rules are fairly simple. They boil down to 1) stay on-topic, 2) source it when reasonable, 3) avoid pseudoscience. Have fun!
This is a rather long study, from the Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents. Its general content should be clear by the title, and it focuses on three "chunks" of the former Roman empire: Maghreb and Iberia, Gallia and Germania, and the British Isles.
I've recreated a Linguistics community here in mander.xyz. As the sidebar says, it's for everyone, regardless of previous knowledge over the field, so even if you're a layperson feel free to drop by. Here's the link: !linguistics@mander.xyz In case that you're in a Kbin/Mbin instance and the above doesn't work, try /m/linguistics@mander.xyz instead.