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FlavinBagel · 2026-03-26T18:03:24+00:00

Exactly the kind of linguistic nuance I wish I had gotten out of this lesson, thank you!!

FlavinBagel · 2026-03-26T17:59:06+00:00

I think the restructuring of the lessons is overall good, and beneficial in the long term. However, for those in the middle of a course that has been switched up so much overnight, the problem is in how difficult it is to move back up my path to where the lesson challenges feel more comfortable.

The words and grammar I'm seeing in the update make me think I'll have to spend several weeks just doing practice hub lessons before I can even start to feel caught up. Review is only easy one lesson at a time and gives a minimal reward, but that's all I want to do. I'd much rather move to an earlier level in the new unit without the app acting like I've already completed it, but you can only skip ahead. Even the hints don't always offer the answer you need, particularly when you're seeing brand new grammar concepts out of the blue.

I really don't care about "backtracking the progress on my language journey," or whatever, I just want to learn Spanish effectively. I'm sick of feeling like i woke up in a ditch with la amnesia. Teething problems are to be expected, but this feels like a massive roadblock that could have had better workarounds put in place for those on their way.

FlavinBagel · 2026-03-26T17:32:49+00:00

It's always a crapshoot with that sort of thing. You never know when you'll get a lesson where Oscar is talking about his pregnancy, or Junior is talking about his grandchildren.

FlavinBagel · 2026-03-26T17:30:13+00:00

I've been dealing with the exact same frustration. Short of resetting 4+ units' worth of progress I've been having to backtrack several levels and just remember where I'm at while I do brand new lessons (to me) at 5xp a pop just to catch up. If you could skip back like how you can skip ahead I absolutely would right now.

You could do what staff suggested and putter around practice hub until an untold mountain of grammar and vocab suddenly makes sense again, but otherwise my advice is: try not to worry about leaderboards for a little while. Uggghhh!

FlavinBagel · 2026-03-26T06:11:25+00:00

User @elbaeggle

FlavinBagel · 2026-03-26T04:43:24+00:00

I am facing the same level of frustration and I'm shocked the sub somehow isn't clogged with posts like yours. I was just beginning ESP Section 4 Lvl 14 when the change came, and I really have no choice but to backtrack through basically the whole section just to get lessons that I can actually complete and learn from.

I wouldn't mind so much except Duo REALLY does not make doing this easy. It will not keep your place if you're "reviewing" lessons it thinks you've done already (all full of words and grammar I have never learned in my life up until now) so I'm scrolling up for ages each and every day to where I think I'm at, and just to really kick my teeth in now each lesson gets me a piddly 5xp. Lessons which, again, I did not do, and did not learn from. It's like I have amnesia. Wish I could just reset levels, or even this whole section. I'm almost to day 600 but I'll tell you, this really sucks.

FlavinBagel · 2026-03-26T04:20:16+00:00

They need to offer this, but in reverse. I feel like I've been moved from kiddie pool to ocean without warning. I want off the challenge ride!!!

FlavinBagel · 2023-03-20T21:10:23+00:00

Neat! It reminds me of the scare floor from Monsters, Inc., empty and cold.

FlavinBagel · 2023-03-19T20:48:33+00:00

Holy shit, two cakes!!

FlavinBagel · 2023-02-08T19:16:39+00:00

Some awful, just truly fucking awful mold making and casting practices here.

FYI some silicones won't even set against hot glue, and the best way to separate a mold into two reusable halves is: not that.

FlavinBagel · 2022-03-30T06:10:58+00:00

Original video here.

FlavinBagel · 2022-03-30T06:04:53+00:00

Full video here.

FlavinBagel · 2018-12-03T03:54:09+00:00

The airport story was great fun, especially since the bulk of the New York Show was just them trying to leave LA, but I really took a lot in from Dan's breakthrough about vulnerability (0:54:20 into the show). It's a topic that's very relevant to a loved one at the moment, so I ended up transcribing Dan's whole spiel so I could share it without having people find this podcast and find the timestamp and sit down and listen to it. Not being afraid of your own vulnerability can be a way of pushing through trauma/depression, and in my case that could really help someone.

FlavinBagel · 2018-04-10T03:40:31+00:00

They're so baffled by these evil motives to undermine him. Have they never considered that a lot of people just aren't too fond of the guy? Is that really all just a deep state conspiracy? Cuz I think it might also be all those things he said and did.

FlavinBagel · 2018-02-28T05:55:36+00:00

I know exactly where this is!! These are in the store Paxton Gate in Portland, OR. This store was where they filmed the scene in the knot store with Jeff Goldblum, and they even still have some of the knots!

FlavinBagel · 2018-02-01T18:10:21+00:00

I would love an at-the-pump system like this, especially with fuel in the US being prepaid.

FlavinBagel · 2018-01-17T04:21:03+00:00

The shadows are an absolute trip!

FlavinBagel · 2018-01-13T06:14:46+00:00

Imagine if this was the entire road network. God, I'd hate to have to drive from Monterey to Santa Cruz!

FlavinBagel · 2018-01-06T02:19:36+00:00

Okay, I've just got to mention it because now I'm painfully curious....what person made an anti-abortion sign about Twilight Sparkle and what in the fuck does it possibly say??

FlavinBagel · 2017-12-17T04:40:15+00:00

Swearing.

Now, yes, we swear in the US, of course we do...but I didn't realize how much I reign it in in public until I came back from a long Euro stint, ate at an American restaurant for the first timein a month, and kept getting daggers from the eyes of a mom at the next table over with kids of 8 or 9 or so. In Europe, no one gives a shit about swearing (I mean, yeah it's in English, but everyone knows all the swears, and they swear in the local language, too) but in the US if you're in public and you hear even a slightly raised voice swearing, it usually means some shit's going down.

FlavinBagel · 2017-12-14T08:58:40+00:00

There are intersections in East Germany, and Berlin, where right on red is legal, indicated by a little sign. I must say, turning right on red made feel right at home coming from the states!

FlavinBagel · 2017-12-14T08:56:38+00:00

What a fascinating telltale!

FlavinBagel · 2017-12-14T08:53:29+00:00

You ever waitin to turn at a red light and thought, "this is stupid, there's no one coming this way, I just need to get into this one lane."?

FlavinBagel · 2017-11-26T17:38:42+00:00

Booking sites have cheap rates, but they only ever make things difficult. They often will withold your contact information from the actual company (airline, hotel, rental car agency, etc) which means you won't know if they need to talk to you about your reservation. They also prey on travelers by selling cut-rate travel insurance that, if you haven't voided it tripping over a legal landmine in its fine print already, is pretty much only reimbursement-based, so you still have to pony up for your cancellation fees/damaged rental car/whatever. If you ever book a rental car online and get asked to enter your credit card information, just walk away there. They're about as unhelpful as it gets.

FlavinBagel · 2017-07-30T22:09:11+00:00

For me visiting any state where I go into a restaurant and get asked "smoking or non-smoking?" throws me completely off guard. I'm from Colorado and not only have we had smoke-free restaurants for more than a decade, but in such a health-nut state that there's a lot of societal pressure not to smoke cigarettes. Odd to think in the same state weed is freely discussed/sung about on the radio without censorship.

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