It gets even funnier when you realize Koko used broken sign language, which the people around her made note of because they wanted to fit the narrative that other primates can keep up with out complex language systems.
Put koko and a human that signs in the same room to have a conversation, and no conversation will happen.
Sorry to break the illusion of Koko having the frontal lobe compacity of a human. She's a gorilla, not a human; the language part of the brain (frontal lobe) in her brain isn't as gigantic as a human's. The computer just can't support that massive and complex of a program that is human sign language. At least not in a direct "import, immediate output" kind of way that we recognize as a cohesive form of communication.
Then there's me: zipping through tests, drawing during class while paying attention, and taking notes at insane pace (my handwriting is sloppy as hell), and i still graduated.
Between all that, i still was able to build a small fictional world and hone in my style of creative writing.
I broke the mold because i had to; I'd have a mental breakdown if i didnt.
Still dispise jobs that don't let me think for myself. I crave the thrill of figuring things out, using my hands, and getting lost in something with many parts.
All tests should be open book. It’s not like your future boss is going to say, “I need those tax returns finished by noon, but don’t look at any of the financial statements. Do it all from memory.”
Wizard: *casts fireball, exploding a small room of enemies* And I'm out of spells
Barbarian: i can cast magic, too, Ya know
Wiz: really?
Bar: yeah, watch this. Separate! *slits an enemy in half with their ax* it's a cantrip touch spell.
Wiz: but -
Bar: *points to ax* spell focus. Ooh, and it's an occasional ranged, too. *throws ax 10 feet, nailing another enemy in the head* see?
Wiz: have you been reading my books?
Bar: No, just looking at the pictures. You need more pictures in them.
Post corrections/clarifications are my favorite genre of humor: a compilation
Huzaa! After 18 month out of commission due the old engine finally broke, Peter the powerhammer is once again operational! Needed to get new engine, new belt wheel for thst engine, to make new engine mount on thst engine... And everything else 😅 but it is finally done!
He’s so cool
TRANS PRIDE HATSUNE MIKU KITTY
Headcanon: goblin is a homophone heavy language; you can learn a quarter or so of it and b able to understand the rest.
This sounds amazing, but it also has the Grammer of a drunk man: n's and l's are dropped, double letters are dropped, and many noises are terribly recorded.
A number of words are borrowed words from other languages as well, which makes it more complicated.
Example: "behl e banum" has several possibilities:
Either "that large animal is over there" or "that large animal is constipated," or "nose in dirt, poo is good," and only those fluent in the language understand the context and how to respond without sounding like an idiot.
"Gway ot ma gassa" gets even messier; "ma gassa" and "magassa" are two completely different things, and "ot" and "öt" can lead to disaster if swapped around.
This is why it sounds like noise; because it's several layers of context and percise pronunciation.
They seem like canon fodder, but in groups, word spreads fast, and what's implied is understood.