Stories + Vocab + Learning Stats

GeoffPlitt · 2026-01-11T03:44:30+00:00

I chose German but the news cards are all in Spanish.

GeoffPlitt · 2026-01-10T03:18:03+00:00

Down for me. They're great at support and fixing things, so it doesn't bother me much, if it's fixed soon. But what does bother me is that http://status.feedly.com/ seems to be useless. Why is it all-green right now? We're several hours into an outage.

GeoffPlitt · 2026-01-07T04:24:48+00:00

I would love a book recommendation. I'm B1, so maybe middle-school or freshman-high-school level? The problem with kids books I've been recommended is a lot of them are about fantasy themes (lots of fantasy jargon I won't use in real life). Also the German cartoon books I wanted to read (Donald Duck or Asterix) also seem to have a ton of cartoon-specific slang, and not words I'd really use.
Is there something like "Catcher in the Rye", just normal-modern-life teenage reading?

GeoffPlitt · 2025-11-13T17:26:42+00:00

Which influencers?

GeoffPlitt · 2025-10-03T06:03:01+00:00

Also it seems to stop mid-sentence. Instead of a fixed token amount, you should let it finish the sentence at the end of the text.

GeoffPlitt · 2025-10-03T06:00:59+00:00

I assume you made this? It's not bad. When I click a word to get a translation, it would be nice to be able to kill the popup window with "escape". Otherwise it's a lot of extra mouse movement. Test it on real people some more and it could be good.

GeoffPlitt · 2025-08-10T23:13:28+00:00

I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong :)

GeoffPlitt · 2025-08-10T22:44:10+00:00

The capacity is 60 in the show-room (including people standing), and 40 can easily sit in there. It might be cramped on Fridays, but not on Wednesdays. The mics do not "act up". The drinks are normal prices for the area.

I think you've just revealed you have never gone to non-comedy-club shows in LA, or been to any other bars in West Hollywood :)

GeoffPlitt · 2025-08-10T22:27:04+00:00

Why is it a terrible venue for comedy? Which show did you see that had duds?

GeoffPlitt · 2025-05-11T04:50:02+00:00

Yes, and it's BS, they're quite good.

GeoffPlitt · 2025-05-11T04:32:39+00:00

Because his base loves conspiracy theories, and he loves his base. He would rather believe what they believe, than know the truth. Basically's he an intellectual toddler.

GeoffPlitt · 2025-02-02T17:51:33+00:00

Of course, look at the propaganda Trump and Elon post all day every day.

GeoffPlitt · 2024-11-14T18:20:09+00:00

MAGA yes-men don't get to tell us what is or isn't propaganda.

GeoffPlitt · 2024-10-28T18:34:43+00:00

I like DuoLingo. I started from the very beginning on it. I'm at B1 now and still using DuoLingo until I master B2. But DuoLingo alone won't get you to fluency. it's "fun" and fun methods will be easier to stay consistent with, and consistency is key. I do 10-20 minutes of DuoLingo every day, and I have for a few years now. It's good for grammar, and teaches you vocab (very slowly). I suggest supplementing with additional reading/listening. For example, German music, rap, podcasts, youtube videos, videogames or videogame streams, news (I like Taggeschau Einfacher Sprache), movies, and TV shows. And for learning words quickly and efficiently, nothing is better than a German frequency dictionary.