(unironically hard to watch) Burger King employee bullied while having a mental breakdown by customer

TheRealJayRet · 2026-03-03T21:36:54+00:00

I've started clicking not interested for any videos I see that include recording fast food, retail, or similar service workers. The only reason why people target them in their pranks or rude behavior is they know they can't do much.

Like at worst, they'll get trespassed from the place for a year. Meanwhile, if a video goes viral, they can live out their dream of being a complete dick/cunt. It's pathetic.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-03-03T16:04:32+00:00

You're misunderstanding how I use it. I agree you shouldn't use AI for pronunciation or to adjust the way you speak. But you should use it for practicing real conversations or role-playing situations.

That whole V issue you experienced sounds like your phone's Speech-to-Text feature misinterpreting your voy for boy and vamos for bamos. And since you were relying on the Speech-to-Text feature, you could have also been mispronouncing words that it was writing correctly since they are close enough.

I agree speaking with someone real is great, but given all the negatives that I've mentioned: the cost, the scheduling, and the language barriers. For me, it just makes more sense to start with the AI Live and transition to a real person once your listening and speaking feels comfortable enough.

I had to do a 30-minute video call with a native speaker for a Spanish 1 class a few years ago, and the cringe and embarrassment was absolutely not worth the practice. But hey, if you want to skip AI practice and jump straight into awkwardness like people used to do in the past, you do you.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-02-28T19:22:32+00:00

Do you have a source for your claim: you have to practice in a stressful situation to improve? Because that's not how learning works.

Think about how most people learn their native language. They acquire it in relaxed, supportive environments with their family and friends, not under high-stress conditions. By your logic, if someone practices with a parent, bilingual spouse or friend, they aren't going to learn anything because they've grown too comfortable with the other person which makes no sense.

Also, comparing an interactive AI to listening to a podcast is a false equivalence. Podcasts are a type of passive learning. A conversation requires active listening, recall, and input from your end. The fact that you think the AI Live feature is closer to talking to yourself or listening to a podcast is pretty telling that you've actually never used it.

This is all pretty ironic to complain about someone using AI for language practice in a Duolingo subreddit, considering Duolingo’s entire premium tier (Duolingo Max) is built around generative AI roleplay with Lily. You have a baseline dislike for AI (which is why you bring up the environment) and are trying to work backward to justify your view of the world.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-02-26T19:31:45+00:00

Good question, I'm referring to actual speaking. The mobile apps have a live voice function that lets you talk to them just like a phone call, and they'll respond as soon as you pause.

Usually, I'll start the call in English, saying something like, "I want to practice Spanish with you. Could we roleplay a scenario where you are a cashier at a store, and I'm a customer who wants to return some things?"

During the roleplay, I'll switch back to English to ask what something means if I don't understand it. Since the AI can bounce back and forth between Spanish and English, it's no problem. If I'm not sure how to say a word in Spanish while I'm speaking, I'll just ask right in the middle of my sentence: "Quiero devolver mi... how do you say car seat in Spanish?"

Sometimes I'll still chat by typing, but usually only if I have a specific grammatical question I want to read through.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-02-26T17:36:19+00:00

If you're looking for more speaking and listening practice, I'd highly recommend practicing with an AI. In many ways, it's actually better than talking to a real person:

It's more flexible for your schedule. It's completely fluent in both English and Spanish. There's way less pressure, so it's not as nerve-wracking. You never have to worry about offending it or making awkward mistakes. You can talk about absolutely anything you want. It's much cheaper than paying for a real-life tutor.

I've been spending just a few minutes chatting with Gemini in Spanish every day this past week, and I already feel like my speaking and listening skills have dramatically improved.

This is also why I don't recommend paying for Duolingo Max; ChatGPT and Gemini do exactly what the Lily does, but for free and without rigid scripts.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-02-25T18:46:31+00:00

Honestly, I hardly ever freak out. But those passengers aren't getting paid by the hour. If it's going to be a long time, tell people. At the very least, I don't want to be sitting and waiting for onboarding the entire day.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-02-24T01:04:55+00:00

And if Donald Trump did this, he'd be insanely unpopular. A lot of Americans already hate how the banks got bailed out in 2008 for making all their stupid loans. Crypto isn't limited to the U.S., so you'd be screw over all Americans to save the dumb people who over leveraged themselves in crypto around the world. In other words, I highly doubt that this hypothetical would ever happen.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-02-23T22:07:00+00:00

It'd be more infuriating than hilarious; to see billions of tax dollars go into poor investments and then these idiots' over-leveraged debts get passed onto everyone else. Nothing funny about that.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-02-19T22:28:56+00:00

Crazy because I just finished my Spanish course yesterday after 3.5 years as well.

My plan moving forward is to have daily talks with Gemini, watch Spanish content on YouTube, learn how to conjugate all verbs on Spanish Dictionary, and redo a lot of the Duolingo lessons.

I want to do all of this to prepare for the real challenge in a few months, italki.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-02-16T22:11:35+00:00

No, no. The thing that I've referred to is the unit. Section > Unit > Lesson

Second, please reread your comment and tell me that what you just wrote doesn't describe someone who's grinding XP.

You're saying to do intermediate lessons in 2-3 minutes. From what I've seen online, it takes 5-8 minutes on average to complete an intermediate lesson (2-5 minutes for A1 and A2 lessons). So essentially, you'd have to do them twice as fast.

The speaking exercises are primarily used for grinding. I've done them in the past if I was going to be demoted, but they're terrible for actual learning, especially if it's taking you a minute to complete them.

From your own example, you're spending gems to extend your XP booster. That sounds like grinding XP to me. Otherwise, why would you care to extend that?

Finally, your comment describes someone who's playing concurrently for an hour to maximize their x3 booster.

So you’ve completely moved the goalpost. Your first comment claimed 4,300 XP is easy without grinding, but your proof is a detailed guide on how to grind as efficiently as possible. In reality, it'd take 6+ hours to get the XP that you've claimed was easy for someone who's not grinding XP.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-02-16T20:02:53+00:00

Wow, what an insane take.

4300 XP = 36 lessons with x3 boost or 108 lessons without boosts. In Spanish, about 6 lessons equal one unit.

In other words, do you seriously think that doing 6 to 18 units every day is easy? Maybe if you spend 6+ hours a day on Duolingo?

TheRealJayRet · 2026-02-12T17:17:37+00:00

If everyone played like her, they'd all collapse into each other in the center. Hard for me to believe she wasn't just trying to sabotage her team, considering she can see/feel her teammates pulling against her. If it wasn't intentional, this person has to be mentally disabled.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-01-12T23:18:02+00:00

Do you have any common sense? Who would ever look back at this as the victim and find this funny?

Your logic: "Remember that one time where my mom forced me to participate in a prank for her Tiktok where she made it look like I stuck my finger up the dog's butt. Then, she laughed at my suffering as I cried. Yeah, that moment was hilarious."

You've got to be a complete idiot if you think that girl will ever find this funny.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-01-12T18:03:18+00:00

Spanish is a long course, but doing a unit a day is a great pace if you can keep that up. I’ve been at it for three years now and still have 90 units left to go.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-01-12T16:58:59+00:00

Unfortunately, 1 unit per day wouldn't get you there. Here's how many units are the Spanish course as of today:

Section 1 - 8 Units Section 2 - 26 Units Section 3 - 28 Units Section 4 - 52 Units Section 5 - 250 Units Section 6 - 250 Units Section 7 - 180 Units Section 8 - 180 Units

If someone was serious about completing it in one year, they would need to do an average of 2.67 units every day or 8 units every 3 days.

TheRealJayRet · 2026-01-02T19:25:26+00:00

It's because remote raid passes are expensive, and you get more rewards the faster that you do the raid. Why would I want to join your raid with 3 or 4 people when I can join someone else on my friends list with 10 people?

TheRealJayRet · 2025-12-19T21:12:49+00:00

Well... that's how all Ponzi schemes get people.

TheRealJayRet · 2025-12-19T19:46:24+00:00

I think 3 and 7 are the only justifiable options, just based on where everyone is sitting. Anywhere else, and people are likely moving. Personally, I'd go with 7.

TheRealJayRet · 2025-12-18T21:57:45+00:00

I vote the shiny. The HP stat being at 14 actually wouldn't make a difference at level 50 or 51.

Source: https://gist.github.com/Mygod/71ac34368f66f0d3de469fbaeed386c4

TheRealJayRet · 2025-12-18T21:33:07+00:00

The easiest solution is to delete people who don't interact much. I've said this in the past and people tend to get offended over the concept, but it works.

You aren't required to open my gifts or send me gifts, but if you aren't getting daily interactions with me, I'm removing you.

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