Eh, I've been around the block at this point. Fedora ftw. Simple, easy, GUI installer, "just works"™️, sane package manager, normie default DEs, stable, corporate backing. Maybe not for a purist or enthusiast, but I don't have time for that stuff anymore anyways. My days of pouring hours into getting my Arch install just right are long past me. That was for when I still had free time.

I swear I could have written this post. Here's my 0.02:

1. I totally understand where you're coming from. That feeling of not being able to understand even a single sentence without having to look up a word or two is just... the worst. Basically, I've just had to come to terms with the fact that I'm not going to 100% understand everything. Heck, man, I live in Japan, and I doubt I truly understand 100% of any given (nontrivial) conversation. So, my advice is to give up. Give up on trying to 完全に understand every sentence, every word. Be okay with ambiguity. And I know, it feels like "I know every word in the sentence except the most important ones!" Sucks, but you'll enjoy Japanese a lot more if you release yourself from the need to grok every tittle.
2. Tobira was the very next textbook I studied after Genki II. If you've finished Genki II and retain most of it, it shouldn't be too advanced for you. I know the Internet romanticizes the idea of learning languages quickly, but really nothing beats time in the language stretching your skills. If it's not too frustrating for you, try studying the textbook a little more contemplatively rather than speedrunning it.
3. Believe it or not, you actually have an advantage over me, despite the fact that I live in Japan. Japanese people aren't exactly warm and forthcoming in casual conversation with foreigners, so I wouldn't describe living in Japan as a constant state of immersion, especially because I work remotely for an English-speaking software company. Your advantage is in the consumption of Japanese media: I'm not a huge fan of anime/manga, and I don't have time for video games. I've noticed that my friends who do like anime in particular have much better listening skills than I do. Simple exposure will get you used to speaking styles, etc. and you'll be able to pick out the difficult words in time.
4. Key insight: if a character says a complicated word once, and it's never used again for the rest of the show, don't worry about learning it. Media consumption is a natural SRS. If they don't use the word again, chances are it won't be worth learning (at this stage in your learning). We're not targeting 100% comprehension, after all.

Best of luck to you!

I found this one especially humorous because of how ubiquitous the word otherwise is.

Doesn't seem to work on FF on Android :(

Edit: NVM, forgot I was on kbin not Lemmy, disregard.

I live in Japan and survive completely with Takoboto and Kanji Study.

I could go completely with Kanji Study but for the fact that it doesn't do deconjugation and minor error correction like Takoboto, which is a lifesaver when trying to look up words that I only heard. For example, if you type in けいしき, it will still show 景色, and if you type in こべ, it will still show 神戸, and if you type in れんこう, it will still show 連合.

Working on it! Right now, with this huge influx of new users, is a great time to create content that is very search engine friendly. In an effort to promote such content, I started the dance community here on kbin. Please join!

https://kbin.social/m/dance

This is the way.

This is how Lemmy wins.

Let's be honest. If you haven't broken your bootloader at some point in time, you haven't experienced Linux.

I don't journal or really even take notes by hand anymore. The notebook I have in my bag is mostly for more abstract sketches, mockups, or examples.

However, I make a frequent practice of handwriting postcards to my friends and family, so I keep my handwriting well-maintained for that.

ジメジメムシムシしてるんだよねぇ…もういいよ、えっ？！まだ7月になってないのに？？？カンカンカンカンカンカンカンカン

It doesn't make the separation any easier, either. A clean break is sometimes necessary!

commented!

all hail ActivityPub!

Who is the Richard Stallman of the Fediverse? 🤔

Aether and Ruqqus. Descended into extremism pretty quickly.

Here's my submission!

https://kbin.social/m/Fitness/t/82763/How-to-get-started-in-a-traditional-gym

@pumpkin Thanks! I'd not heard of this one before.

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."

I can count on one hand the number of billionaires who have died on an experimental submersible touring the wreck of the Titanic.

Nobody looked at the Titan and thought: ahh well, they signed a waiver saying they accepted death was a possibility, there’s no point saving them.

Yeah, this author has obviously never been on the Internet before.

Although I agree with the general sentiment of other comments that are okay with the meta commentary, I do think that it is important for the federalized platforms to build up as much useful and search engine friendly content as possible during this influx of users. Although it doesn't hurt the efforts to do so, necessarily, the meta commentary probably doesn't help.

If the fediverse is to become a replacement for reddit, truly, then rather than simply sharing image macros and commenting about the expatriation, you should find a genuine community and contribute to it in real ways.