Heads Up To Not Use Duolingo Or To Cease Using It

Heads up to not use Duolingo or to cease using it

In December 2023 they laid off a huge percentage of their translation teams, replacing them with ai and having the remaining members review the ai translations to make sure the translations are “acceptable” (Note how they use the world acceptable and not accurate)

Link to the tweet that informed me of this:

https://x.com/rahll/status/1744234385891594380?s=46&t=a5vK0RLlkgqk-CTqc0Gvvw

If you’re a current user prepare for an uptick in translations errors as I’ve already seen people in the comments say they’ve noticed

Maybe Looking too deep into this but that’s what I do for everything,

Anyway I was scrolling and saw another on of the silly little photos of the lizard from the Pjo Tv show,

And it got me thinking, what type of lizard (gecko) is that? Does he give us any silly foreshadowing?

This is a crested gecko I believe, and though crested geckos don’t have any specific mythos geckos themselves symbolize adapting to situations, regrowth, protections (dubious but idk)

And crested Geckos change colors through their natural life! I think having one of them specifically is really fun for the show because in line with the symbolism that I found they map well with Percy (who has to grow and adapt to demigod life)

Okay that’s it :]

Times Caligula was probably fucking with people

I have a pet theory that at least some of Caligula's "madness" was really him being a huge troll and screwing with people, and that several incidents the ancient historians take seriously were shitty jokes taken out of context. From Suetonius, Gaius:

Wandering into emperor Tiberius' bedroom at night with a dagger, thinking, "Eh..." and wandering back out. (12)

Chucking money into crowds to make people scramble for it. (18, 26)

Telling people "I'm gonna fuck the moon." (22)

Getting into arguments with a statue of Jupiter. (22)

Constantly pranking his uncle Claudius. (23)

[Caligula's daughter violently attacks her playmates] Caligula: "Yep, she's definitely mine." (25)

Promising an exciting gladiator show and then swapping in old shitty fighters at the last second. (26)

Reminding people "I could kill you whenever I like." (29, 32)

Grumbling about how the empire was too peaceful and there was nothing heroic left for him to do. (31)

"Everyone reads Homer. I should ban him and see what happens." (34)

Leading an army to the coast, making them gather seashells as "spoils of war," then telling them "Treat yourselves!" on the tiny monetary bonus he awarded them. (46)

Practicing goofy faces in his mirror to freak people out. (50)

Invites three terrified senators to the palace in the dead of night. Jumps out from behind a curtain and does a song and dance number in drag. Refuses to explain. Leaves. (54)

Does not actually make his horse consul, but pampers it so much people said he wanted to. (55)

Taunts the praetorian guards with so many "sissy" jokes they get fed up and shank him. (56, 58)

When people heard he was dead they thought he was pulling a stunt. (60)

Octavian and Michael quest where Venus lost her girdle.

This is totally random but I wanna write it specifically because I wanna write tiny little baby 13-year-old Michael and Octavian sit there and have to get to like, Santa Barbara and pick it up from like Artemis because she had one of her hunters bag it because she lost in Uno against her or something.

Super stupid example but I needed something really quickly and I dunno. Feels like a thing Artemis would do to her Aunt(?) in Pjo canon I think its like her Great-Aunt.

That example obviously has massive repercussions to the Hunters and their knowledge of both camps and whatever. And like Octavian and Michael having to somehow retrieve it without being like turned into a dog or something I don’t know!

Anyway probably expect a like skeleton of that potential story soon once I figure out what their doing.

(Except for the prophecy. I can’t make prophecies, I’m worse than Pjo Apollo at trying to poem myself so that will… have to be figured out.)

For reference that’s the distance between Berkeley (I think that’s where Camp is) and Santa Barbra. Though I might move it to being in Santa Cruz so I can make stupid Disney shenanigans.

Also this entire concept is totally subject to change but I just wanna write what Octavian and Michael’s quest was but I also wanted it to be very like. Not super duper serious? Sure the Girdle is a very powerful thing but I didn’t want it to be like on the brink of war whatever,

Honestly how it’s going down in my head is like, two sisters arguing about clothes swapping but instead it’s like, “JUNOOOO! Where is my girdle??” Haha silly Iliad reference and then like Juno does the whole “I don’t know Venus have you blah blah blah” and then Like you get the idea.

Genuinely wondering if the camp Jupiter legionnaires get paid.

TV SHOW SPOILERS!!!

*Note from the future; this has been my live reaction to the new episode, I was going to write about Ares but clearly I spiraled. writing this upped my enjoyment so much because I got to put I down and andondjroanfnsi

OMG I LOVE ARES

Ahfoneanfindnfjsaj

THEY SIFJAODMRNSIJFBF

He’s so silly. He is a mean older cousin, exudes that energy

LOOK AT HIM

That first scene, so silly. Goofy. THE GABE THING, HEHEHEHEHE

I LOVE HIM. ARES NOT GABE. HES PERFECT

The entire episode solidifies my love for Pjo!Ares so much. And i already adored him.

I’m actually Ares. Annabeth’s snark is so rhaokfjiandhsi

This isn’t coherent whatsoever but like- he’s so hehehehehe.

Still might have gripes about depictions but I feel like it’s better than book but that might just be my first impression happiness to see Ares :3

Typing this in realtime of the episode. WHAT GROVER IS A FAN?!?? THIS IS SO SILLY! WAR HISTORY BUFF GROVER IS SOMETHING I DIDNT KNOW I NEEDED BUT I CANT LIVE WITHOUT IT. GROVER AND ARES HAVING A RELATIONSHIP IS SO FUN TO THINK ABOUT! SILLY LITTLE FAN GROVER SILLY LITTLE FAN GROVER

WHAT IS THAT MELODY? WHAT IS LOVE, BABY DONT HURT ME!!

RHIS IS EPIC HEPHAESTUS ORIGIN STORY

Deep conversation while the what is love song plays in the background is what I live for.

Still not liking the Ares hating his kids. Mythology from what I’ve read and interpreted likes to often disagree with that. Does this imply he hates Phobos and Deimos in Pjo canon because that’s sad :[ I like Phobos and Deimos and liked the silly little headcanons in my brain over them. Grover is so real though.

PRESENTATION? wHAT? I need to talk about this now-

Grover 600 iq? Love Athena and Ares sibling rivalry.

ARHENA TALKING TO HER OWL? HER BEST FRIEND, THATS FUN

What.

Grover.

Grover is so silly. Him getting the answer that Ares knows who got the bolt is so good, love them.

Wait what, no the episode can’t end. Grover- GROVER-?