Oddtail @oddtail@meow.social

So, hey, I'm a translator. And I'm pretty much *always* looking for more work.

I translate to and from Polish.

Not the most in-demand language in the English-speaking world, but if you need a translation done or know someone who does, hit me up.

I'm good at what I do, I have low rates, and I can work pretty damn fast if that's what you need.

I am also pretty versatile, I've translated everything from literature to marketing to technical stuff.

#introductions

Might as well do this.

Hi! I'm a leftist, furry nerd from Poland, 32 y.o.

I'm shy/socially inept, but always vaguely hope to talk/befriend new people, esp. online (so talk to me about whatever). Both online and IRL, I default to treating everyone as a friend unless given a reason not to.

I'm a cis guy (pronouns he/him), but if you're a furry - I'm vastly more comfortable and less prone to anxiety if you assume I'm a woman (she/her) and if we interact as such online.

So, Johansson said that she should be allowed to play "any animal, tree or person"?

She wants to play a tree? That checks out. Explains the wooden acting in just about every role she's played.

I mean, there may be more complex stuff down the line, I've barely just started. But no declension for case and such, no conjugation, and everything (apparently) marked by very clear-cut suffixes at the end of words? It's almost suspiciously simple at first glance.

I really dig how Korean doesn't, from what I gather, have a fixed word order (except verbs which end sentences). A sentence's just a big pile of information. Little is marked grammatically (and it's simple enough) and a lot can be obvious from context.

I'm used to the "free word order" part, since that's how my native Polish works. But unlike Polish words with tens/hundreds of variations each, Korean words do not need to change wildly to adjust to grammar. Makes things easier.

I've spent hours now learning/practicing Korean basics, I've seen the word many times, and only now have I put together that the Korean word for "boy" (or "girl" for that matter) is literally just the words "man child" (or "woman child") put together.

Man, am I dense xD

This made my day. I just had to share it.

If you don't speak Polish (and why would you?), the text reads:

"People on the Internet get upset for no good reason. I recommend colouring books as a stress relief."

It continues to amuse me that Hangeul (the Korean alphabet - by the way, it's one of the most brilliant pieces of design in the history of mankind, fight me) was heavily opposed by the educated population when it was introduced in the 15th century.

They had a problem with the fact that the new system would be too easy to learn, and therefore the writing system borrowed from China was superior.

Also, I'm getting back to learning Korean basics after a break. How's your morning (or whatever)? =)

After the Notre Dame fire, millionaires/billionaires were quick to promise money, 850 M€ in total. Apparently, the money collected so far is about 40 M€.

Rich people can't be trusted even when they have a sudden attack of conscience or whatever and VOLUNTEER their money. Remember that.

I used not to worry about my weight, so I developed some pretty shitty eating habits. I noticed how bad my weight'd become around 5 years ago, I started paying more attention and got some results. But as I mentioned, the past year or two I got complacent and gained back most of the weight lost.

My ideal weight when I was in my early 20s was around 72-75 kg, but nowadays I have more muscle, so around 80 kg is probably more realistic now, and perfectly healthy.

Just wanted to brag a bit.

I'm back on track with weight loss. Last year or two have been pretty bad and my weight crept up slowly but VERY consistently. Eventually I hit around 95 kg (210 lbs) for the second time in my life.

In the past few weeks, I went back to around 88 kg (194 lbs), and while I'm currently plateauing, it's still halfway towards my best result in the past 5 years.

My long-term goal is sub-80 kg (175-ish lbs), but for now, anything below 85 kg will be tolerable.

Eighties' movies gave the strangest, most random advice.

"Nobody puts baby in the corner". I mean, yeah? But shouldn't that be obvious?

It's a BABY. It frickin' can't walk on its own. You can't just put it in a random corner. It's gonna wander off, or hurt itself, or cry because it wants its mommy.

Was leaving babies in corners a thing in the sixties that an 80s movie desperately needed to address?

I mean, I'm glad the message is out there. Babies in corners? Just irresponsible.

Ending a Toot (or Tweet) with "don't @ me" is lazy, obnoxious, somewhat condescending and entirely unncecessary. Don't @ me.

You'd need to switch colours around, but hear me out:

Emotions from "Inside Out" as Green Lantern Corps, as well as other colour Lanterns.

It'd be the best Marvel/DC crossover ever!

I've had my dog for about a year and a half now, but I still sometimes need to physically stop myself from squeeing when I see how excited the little guy gets when he's running around.

I'm so tired. No particular reason. Life is just... too much right now.

And the bad part is, I feel like that on the tail-end of my vacation. In a few days, it's back to work, I sure hope I am not that (mentally) exhausted in three days' time =/

Isn't time off work supposed to recharge your batteries? I'm clearly doing "vacation" wrong.

(3/2, LOL)

This calculation, by the way, ignores the baseline energy your body needs. On a long journey, that base energy will add up fast, so a pace of 3 km/h is probably not the optimal pace to save energy long-term.

(2/2)

So walking slowly is more reasonable than walking fast if you want to travel a long distance without getting tired (or on little food), but as long as you're running, it doesn't matter if it's a light jog or a run at a very brisk pace. I'd say that's counterintuitive for me.

Incidentally, riding a bicycle is more energy efficient than anything but a VERY slow walk (on a per-kilometre basis). While being so much faster. Bikes are really among the most brilliant inventions ever. Seriouly.

(1/2)

Here's a fun fact. I looked up metabolic rates for various physical activities, notably walking/jogging/running.

Of course, the energy per minute goes up (and quickly) with walking/running speed.

But if you calculate by distance, slow walks are much more energy efficient than fast walks. Running, on the other hand, is about as energy efficient regardless of speed (in the range of 9 km/h to 15 km/h). The extra energy spent cancels out with the less time spent to cover the distance.

To clarify: I do not merely get somewhat annoyed or whatever. I have a strong need to correct the inaccuracy and have to put a lot of mental effort into not doing that. Been like this for as long as I can remember (I recall getting in trouble in school for that when I was, like, seven).

Reason no. 148 I think I might be on the spectrum: a person deliberately saying something blatantly untrue upsets me a lot (especially if they do so repeatedly), even if it's completely obvious it's a joke and/or trolling.

A while back, I unfollowed at least one otherwise insightful and funny person on birdsite because they had a running joke like that. It became just too much for me to read such tweets, and I decided following the person for other tweets was not worth it.