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    7 hours ago

    me with Outer Wilds but also i say nothing about the actual game and just keep trying to get them to play with vague ass “it’s a lighting in a bottle once in a generation gaming experience c’mon guys try it, i can’t say more, i don’t want to lessen your sense of wonder and awe as you explore, the only thing i can say is that it’s about space and it’s a mystery game, sort of, let me look up some equally vague reviews, i can also play you some ending reactions from the 30 different playthroughs i watched, but only the ones that, you guess it, are vague enough”






  • pro tip - wing it, don’t try to downgrade th to t or d, listen to how natives talk and mimic them the best you can. the thing that might be making you struggle more than necessary is that there isn’t one th sound in English, there’s two: þ and ð. this = þis. there = ðere. very few second language English teachers ever point that out

    same for soft r but tbf, if you just listen to the Scottish accent (or even Scouse), you can get a hang of th and keep the rolling r

    i’m saying this as a fellow slav who learnt English by absorbing English media, natives describe my accent as “like an immigrant who came [to the UK] 30 years ago” (i’m 25 lol)




  • of course there are alternatives, but they are all compromises, here’s a couple of reasons why:

    • Adobe aggressively patents every new feature they come up with, so every other software has to reinvent the wheel each time

    • adobe has a huge head start with the software they already have & they make bank on the subscription model so the development (though subpar for how much money they make) is constant and steady

    • to replace say photoshop you need more than one program. photoshop is a beast, it’s RAM hungry but for a good reason, you can edit photography, draw traditionally, paint with oils, watercolours, do calligraphy, do pixel art, create collages, do photo manipulation, create designs, fill out digital forms, make your file into an editable pdf, sketch, hell you can even animate if you’re feeling masochistic! you can bascially change any image into any other image you can possibly imagine, it’s incredibly versatile and powerful. other software focuses on niches (because they can’t afford to try to compete with adobe), doing one thing but doing it really well, no single program can challange photoshop, even if the main feature it offers is better than what photoshop can do. same goes for After Effects, Illustrator, and i’m sure others but those are the main ones i use (Premiere Pro recently-ish got outmatched by Davinci Resolve which is a huge win)

    • if you plan on making money with your art you’re basically required to at least be competent working with Adobe apps, it’s the industry standard, and it’s not looking like that’s going to change any time soon. look up any digital drawing course, 80% are going to use photoshop, 15% procreate, 5% krita, corel, and other software (disclaimer, those numbers are vibes based and do not reflect the actual %s)

    so yes, there are alternatives, but there is no photoshop-but-different-brand or after-effects-but-we-rearranged-the-ui. To replace one Adobe app you often need several programs which slows down the workflow significantly