the big stickied thread is getting cluttered with lots of new people and the “how was your week” thread isn’t a great fit for introductions, so it seems about time to make this a dedicated thread of its own so peoples’ posts aren’t getting lost.
tell us a little bit about yourself, folks. don’t gotta be too specific or revealing, just whatever you want to put out there. this’ll be a good way of getting to know all the people you’re now on here with
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HI all! Another from Reddit. In my mid 40’s, west coast US, and was really looking for a community like this.
I was a gaming geek growing up (Commodore 64 through all current gen consoles) and even worked in the industry as a game tester in the late 90’s to early 00’s. Grew up with an uncle working for IBM in the early 80’s and was exposed to REALLY early personal computers when they were not a “thing” yet and I have loved them ever since.
Other hobbies / interests are graphic design, photography, and for work I use AutoCAD and Revit as a designer. It was not what I got a degree in college (graphic design)…but I get paid to draw so I can’t complain :)
Looking forward to BeeHaw!
First post! Just throwing myself in here. Initially I was interested in this community as a Reddit alternative, but I have to admit I’m pretty impressed with the coherent vision that this site has for how it wants to exist. I’ve been lurking for a little bit and I think this site provides a totally different type of value than other social media spaces! That’s amazing! So I’m excited to contribute what value and content I can and be a part of the ethos.
Hey everyone, I’m Juniper. I’m a trans woman living in Vancouver currently. Very shy, but I love games, ttrpgs, mycology, worldbuilding, and photography. I’ve recently picked up leather working as a new hobby, and I want to start to learning Italian soon. Lovely to join this community!
Hi hawbeeists 😊 (like hobbyists, but Beehaw, get it?)
I came from Reddit. I like plants and animals and occasionally going hiking. I live in Atlantic Canada and am currently displaced by hurricane Fiona (still, after seven months), but the end is in sight and I should be able to go home soon! I have a BSc (major in Env. Sci.) and I like to draw digitally and play with string (crochet, knitting, etc.). I’m providing some 2D art to the upcoming free Steam game Jerma’s Big Adventure 2, which has been an absolute blast to work on. I’ve mainly been playing Sea of Thieves and Diablo III lately. I’m also a lesbian and most likely autistic. She/her.
Edit: je parle français aussi, mais il faut vous dire que mon français est rouillé 😅
How did you learn French?
In school. Started in grade 4, then did late immersion starting in grade 7 and stuck with it through junior high and high school, took the DELF and got a nice scrap of paper saying I was bilingual. I have tried to keep it up with Duolingo, but it was way too repetitive for me. I basically just read the odd article or book in French now, or occasionally eavesdrop on people from Québec or New Brunswick when I go to the mall in the city.
Damn, the anglophones are learning English to eavesdrop on us! /s
Though that’s interesting. For a lot of Quebecers, we expect classes of French taken in the rest of Canada to be kinda useless as most don’t seem to be learning much of anything. Definitely cool that you’re trying to keep it up!
I assume you’re in Nova Scotia or somewhere around that area?
I mean it takes a minute to even register, like “oh hey, they’re speaking French over there 👀”
Tl;dr for the following 1 a.m. ramble: most folks only take core French, so yeah, they don’t learn a whole lot. Those of us who go through either early or late immersion generally get a much better handle on the language, but nothing to the extent of a native speaker.
At least in my experience (in NS, you guessed correctly), French class was always pretty easy for me, since it was a lot of learning rules and patterns and I thrived on that sort of thing. Having all the other classes be in French was the really beneficial part of it, in terms of language application. There’s also the French school system in NS (conseil scolaire acadien provincial) that does French from either pre-school or grade primary. I guess I could’ve gone into that system since I’m Acadian, but the French school in my area was right in town, while my family was way the hell out between the suburbs and the sticks.
Based on what I’ve heard from some if my friends who took just core French, where there’s only one French class and you only take it up to grade 10, that’s where you often get a class full of kids who either don’t care or who just don’t quite have the knack for language acquisition. Most people take core French, so you’re right that most people come out of school with pretty well nothing. I’d wager that it’s similar in other provinces.
We all love 1AM ramble, it’s pretty coherent though.
Some of my family origins are Acadian as well in the New Brunswick region (though far enough in the genealogy that I don’t know anyone from there). Kinda interesting they use that ethnicity (I’m not really sure what to call it?) in the name of the French school system there. I kinda would’ve expected government offices to avoid using the term after the huge deportations.
It makes sense that a lot of students don’t bother with French outside of Quebec honestly. Unless they want to get into Federal politics or get a job in a federal office, they likely will never need it. It’s my understanding there’s still some small communities of French people in some provinces though so I guess that explains why there are French school systems, kinda out of obligation because of the law on the official languages of Canada?
Here’s their about page. I just kinda skimmed it. Seems to be open to any francophone in the province, as well as newcomers who either speak French or speak neither French nor English and exchange students who speak French.
I would say that it’s because of the grand dérangement that the term acadien is used in the name, so that those who are still here have the right to education in French, not that one necessarily has to be Acadian to go to a CSAP school. There’s also Mi’kmaq immersion in at least some of the schools on reservations, and I believe there’s a Gaelic immersion school somewhere in Cape Breton. Pretty neat that there’s this push for language/cultural reclamation.
That makes sense.
Really surprising there’s Gaelic immersion, I kinda assumed it was essentially no longer taught even in Ireland. Cool stuff!
Howdy from Austin, TX! Excited to be here. I have a love for strange sounds, and stranger places (virtual or not). Current projects include: trying to teach myself how to sketch in 10 minutes a day, writing my dissertation, learning Spanish, and playing go (I’m terrible).
Curious to hear what your dissertation is in?
I’m an ethnomusicologist! The diss is focused on experimental music and sonic communities in Austin and their relation to the city’s transformation over the years.
That’s awesome! How did you fall into such research?
Haha, it’s interesting, I started grad school with a different project (more about noise, improvisation, and politics) and just kind of fell into it because of the way that some of my writing in various classes progressed! That’s how grad school in the humanities goes often, your classes begin to mold your ideas differently.
hey everyone! i actually discovered beehaw just today; been interested in the fediverse for a while now, the decline and recent events of reddit pushed me to take a closer look ;) i am a software developer, and interesting in all things tech, history, nature. happy to become a part of this community!
Helloooooooooooooooo out there!
Mid-20s queer trans lesbian here, yet another girl fleeing frantically from Reddit, but glad to have found a space that’s such a refreshing contrast from social media nowadays. (A social space? Being social? Imagine that!)
I am an extremely avid gamer (FFXIV being the game of choice for me right now), and a board gamer too, for that matter! I’m also finding myself down an anime/manga hyperfixation right now… and honestly being queer is a bit more of my personality than I might like to admit. Really, I’m hoping to find a sense of community here, and meet some cool folks, especially queer folks, in the process.
Immensely glad to be here!
Welcome!
What animes are you watching this season? I’ve been watching Hell’s paradise and Oshi no ko!
thanks for the welcome!
honestly i’m not even watching current season stuff right now – mainly i’ve been working my way through all the awesome stuff out there that i just hadn’t watched til lately. loved watching kill la kill, urusei yatsura’s been enjoyable, and revolutionary girl utena is one heckuva ride. (my tastes are pretty eclectic!)
Greetins <:
I’m into digital art (esp. character design), synthesizers and audio production techniques, ambient music, programming/software eng, reading, hobbyist gardening and plant-keeping…
My pronouns are she/her and I live in the PNW. Generally just trying to vibe and meet likeminded queer people!
Hi all! Another newbie here investigating Beehaw in the endless search for online connections. I love to chat about shared interests and get to know new people, so in that spirit here’s a non-exhaustive list of things I’ll probably end up posting about:
Crafts of all kinds (cross stitch, knitting, sewing, 3d printing, etc etc), web and game development, Eurovision, NFL, snooker, being awkward and weird, Discworld books, scifi, gaming (mostly of the cozy indie variety but sometimes of the rock and stone, bug-shooting variety), trying to recapture my old goth style before I hit 40.
If you share one or more of these interests, well, hello there!
Hello all. I’ve been lurking for a couple of weeks and made the leap today as I’ve decided this is more my home than mastodon.
I’m from the Isle of Wight (small island off the south coast of England for people that don’t know) but now live in London.
I enjoy lots of nonsense and want to keep my online world candy floss and conflict free.
hello. I’m a reddit lurker glad to potentially have more community, but we’ll see if I can stick it out. I think reddit persisted in my life because I didn’t log in almost ever :)
anyway: I’m a software engineer, queer (they/them), near-vegan, and happily autistic. here to talk about surviving to 2040. interested in books, video games (currently 11 years into my longest rimworld save), spiders, gay memes, sustainability, trans rights, and noninvasive home tech.
Hello! I’ve discovered Beehaw a few months ago, but then I never really used it till now, as the new Reddit update is happening. I am living near Eastern USA. I am interested in languages (more specifically constructed languages), psychology, and gaming. Can’t wait to see how this community goes!
Hey y’all. I’m bettyspaghetti and I too am a Reddit refugee. I live in central Ohio. I’m a data engineer by day, artist by night (I paint and quilt). I’m a grouchy cusp of Gen X and Millennial. I have a Bernese Mountain Dog named Louie (he is a certified Good Boi). I love exploring the world (19 countries so far), playing baseball with my two boys, reading, making niche Spotify playlists, kayaking, laying in my hammock in the warm weather with the jazz cabbage and watching the night sky.
I just want to say I’m excited to be here! Feels like how message boards used to feel back in the day with the number of users not being crazy high like other social media platforms.
Hi Everyone
As with a lot of people here (most people?) the recent Reddit API changes (among other things) have encouraged me to go and look at what alternatives are out there. My username is new for Beehaw so not related at all to Reddit.
I live in the UK, am a parent to a 2 year old (great age, but it is knackering!) and fitting in with the stereotype I’m a bit of a techy, enjoy sci-fi, Gaming (playing Tears of the Kingdom right now) and D&D
Looking forward to taking part in the community
Edit: Just thought I’d add - I mostly used Reddit for following (and very occasionally taking part) in various Parenting, TV, Movies and Techy subreddits. I do like checking out episode discussions after watching a show to see what other people thought. Hopefully these kinds of things will be happening over here!
