If someone genuinely cares about you, they would be devastated to know that they have genuinely hurt you. People make mistakes, but when you express your hurt and they respond by gaslighting, deflecting, lying, or manipulating, that’s not love; that’s ego. They’re more concerned about being criticized, judged, or appearing flawed. You challenged their self-perception, so they react defensively.
People are allowed to delete you off social media, delete your number, and just stop hanging with you. They don't owe you an explanation. If they don't like your energy anymore, you're toxic to them now, or you're affecting their mental health they're allowed to cut you off. Period.
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Impact and IEM Dallas 2025 done. ✔️
Some of the biggest shows of the year for us, right behind EWC. The amount of work and love that goes into crafting these shows is always mind-blowing. Well done to everyone involved.
Thanks Dallas!
Stop using bilingual dictionaries. Use ChatGPT to create conceptual definitions instead.
Conceptual definitions explain the concept that a target word expresses without relying on direct translations from your native language. They’re generally generated using a large language model, like ChatGPT.
For example, on https://t.co/E3SXWP6UM3, the definition listed for こだわり is: “obsession; fixation; hangup; determination; fastidiousness; pickiness about (trait, style, etc.)”
None of these really get at the true nuance of the word.
On the other hand, a conceptual definition might look something like this:
“Carefully insisting on certain details to ensure they align with personal ideals.”
Traditional bilingual dictionaries don’t actually explain what target words mean. Instead, they generally just list a bunch of English words that have a similar meaning. In this sense, traditional bilingual dictionaries are closer to thesauruses than actual dictionaries.
Most target language words won’t have a perfect analogue in your native language. Every word has subtlety and nuance unique to that language. Because of this, associating a target language word with a similar (but ultimately slightly different) native language word can actually block you from acquiring the full nuance of the target word.
This is the primary reason that monolingual dictionaries have long been valued in the language learning community: they allow you to learn target language words without making false associations between the target language and your native language.
Conceptual definitions are essentially monolingual definitions in English. They allow you to reap the benefits of using the monolingual dictionary, but right from day one.
GGs RLCS Düsseldorf. Glad I was able to stop by for setup and meet a bunch of the awesome people making the event a success during my trip to Germany last week!
@i3Broadband The lack of communication for such a lengthy outage is unacceptable and unprofessional. Acknowledging and publishing an investigation of the outage was the least you could have done. You should be crediting a day of service to affected accounts.
@MissMythodical@i3Broadband My service has been impacted the same with no sign of being restored. Was supposed to be working after the maintenance and I've been forced to have a coworker cover my shift