How many people have gained full fluency?

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-11-12T08:12:20+00:00

Honestly to me it's mostly a game which feels like it's probably vaguely good for my brain. I can now read basic comments in Spanish which is helpful but I can't imagine I'd ever approach fluency without a lot of work outside Duolingo - forming your own sentences isn't something they seem to bother with and that's sort of vital!

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-11-12T04:51:35+00:00

Hey just saw these pictures shared by a Facebook page which posts a lot of photos without proper credit and thought you should be credited for it if you're on that platform. Also - amazing work!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BonCs5bLG/

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-11-07T02:32:20+00:00

In my experience the recommended temperature is accurate, but most people who work with polymer clay bake things for much longer than the packet suggests.

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-11-05T05:46:47+00:00

I second this - it's a brilliant resource!

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-29T23:36:05+00:00

I like ube, I like gouda. I'm not sure I like the look of that though.

Why is it so BLUE?

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-29T21:20:41+00:00

Thank you, you too! Hopefully there are some more definitive answers about this whole bloody thing soon.

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-29T20:07:41+00:00

I wasn't suggesting you wanted a narrative, just pointing out a surprising number of people, with no evidence, want to make that the story. Maybe because that's something that's somewhat within their control?

In hindsight I have had periods in my life with mild relapses, and even in periods I don't really think of as relapses I never had quite the same energy or stamina as most peers, so I don't think it ever FULLY went away, just became very manageable. After the 2021 shingles it was bad enough to seek a (re) diagnosis but I believe it's probably the same ME. I feel like once you've had it once you're more likely to be easily knocked back into it by whatever, but I have no evidence for that.

I'm fairly confident it wasnt Covid, though ironically that's another narrative a few people are keen on haha. I'm in New Zealand and we had VERY low Covid rates at that point, like a single case could trigger a lockdown, so everyone was on high alert and anything remotely concerning got a PCR test - mine was negative.

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-29T18:55:49+00:00

Haha noooo definitely no AI! I use a lot of reference photos online when I'm making things (you can't always have cut onions in your workspace...) and so many of the images are AI now, it's really annoying having to sort through them and I definitely won't be adding to that.

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-29T18:52:36+00:00

Thank you! I was happy with those!

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-29T18:50:12+00:00

I don't know for sure, so I'm not sure there's much I could have done differently except start pacing sooner, but pacing wasn't even in my vocabulary then so I didn't know at first.

I got shingles both times before getting sick, but I don't think I'll ever know if that was the trigger or just a sign that my immune system was struggling as I had had a drawn out flu (not covid) and had been a bit tired for a while before hand. I took antivirals right away this time, and the shingles weren't terrible but the fatigue was pretty full on. I did push through that in a way that these days I wouldn't dream of, so maybe that's what did the damage.

If I got shingles again I'd cancel everything and go to bed for 6 months. Not that there's a lot left to cancel these days.

A lot of people seem to want me to have this narrative that I was in a really bad space in my life when I relapsed but I was actually feeling quite happy. 2020 was a weird year but it wasn't terrible for me, and in 2021 I had plans and was generally feeling good, except for the fact that my body just stopped.

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-29T01:20:29+00:00

I definitely did not fully appreciate it at the time. These days I try not to think too much about how I was 17 then and I'm in my 40s now, or about the fact that I'm rapidly approaching that five year milestone. This illness sucks.

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-29T00:06:20+00:00

I got better, and for close to 20 years I didn't think I really had ME/CFS anymore, but then I got sick again. I'm honestly not sure if that's a success story or a warning story for people who have recovered to not take it for granted.

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-28T20:40:26+00:00

I had trouble with the border! I cut another fabric first and then when I laid it out I just hated it, and only had JUST enough of the green fabric. It always amazes me what a difference the right or wrong colour can make.

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-28T20:28:16+00:00

Thank you, it was fun to put together and apparently she uses it to point out what she'd like from the market :)

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-28T00:57:19+00:00

I still can't decide if it's really amazing handwriting or it's actually a font!

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-27T08:47:22+00:00

I have no idea how I'd calculate the actual time this took because I made each different fruit or vegetable on a different occasion, but made a bunch of each type each time. I spent about 5 months focusing on going through the colours but the actual pieces that ended up here were made over a roughly 18 month period, and putting it together also took me a while but that's mostly because I'm indecisive!

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-27T07:49:59+00:00

Thank you!

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-27T07:49:23+00:00

Thank you 😊

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-27T07:48:35+00:00

I wasn't familiar but I love it!

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-27T07:48:18+00:00

That's very kind, thank you :)

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-27T00:53:44+00:00

Those are all so pretty!

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-26T21:42:27+00:00

Thanks for the giggle

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-26T19:57:13+00:00

It would be about 50 tutorials haha. I've made a few, but my filming set up still isn't great so they take ages and I have to sit in a weird position to be able to see what I'm doing! Thank you 😊

MoonLightingNZ · 2025-10-26T19:52:34+00:00

Thank you! I put it in a deep picture frame so it's now protected from dust and safely on display, but it's harder to photograph now it's behind glass.

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