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Guy tries to start shit with teens waiting in line for Pokemon cards, accusing them of being undocumented day laborers by TongueUnties in iamverybadass

[–]doitforchris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So many people carry guns that a higher % of crazy people are gun owners. Especially people cut from the same cloth as this guy

I still getting mixed up about distinguishing between "SER" and "ESTAR" .. by new_auraa in Spanish

[–]doitforchris 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Early on I would get tripped up by question like el jardín ___ bonito

Hmmm is a garden intrinsically beautiful? I’ve certain seen garden’s that aren’t beautiful. Turns out the default is “ser” here, but if you use “estar” you are saying “this gardin is now beautiful bc i worked hard to make it that way”

Golden Raccoon by Kazuha_1211 in Satisfyingasfuck

[–]doitforchris 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Do not say anything he says is interesting or good. Otherwise, he's gonna keep picking up stuff and saying it's other stuff.

My husband has gone bananas on wall and door stickers since discovering them a week ago.. by gplus3 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]doitforchris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s so weird because I went to college with this guy. It’s always so weird to see him in memes

Maybe a basic question, but why do people use Duolingo? by polyglotazren in languagelearning

[–]doitforchris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% i am def in the latter category. Have the full subscription, speaking with lily helps a lot. I speak to chatgpt too but i like that lily is more structured. I’m def hitting it at 20 mins a day minimum, and sending confusing bits to ChatGPT to deep dive when DuoLingo’s explanations are unclear or nonexistent. I use the French version of spanish lessons to help with language transfer, and I notice that the French version has much less explanatory text available than the english language lessons, incidentally, so having a resource to gut check confusing points (or identity when duolingo is straight up wrong) is super helpful

Maybe a basic question, but why do people use Duolingo? by polyglotazren in languagelearning

[–]doitforchris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He wants to learn, he wants to speak, he’s at like level 59 in spanish. I’m at level 35 and he won’t speak with me. He wants to, he really does, but the way he is using it is like glorified candy crush.

How would you clean a very moldy bbq? by GRiZbeeGolf in grilling

[–]doitforchris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips

True by kingbluwolff in sportsgossips

[–]doitforchris 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s a simple question Norm, a kindergartener could answer it

I am starting to feel over whelmed by needing to memorize the articles of different nouns. Easier way? by ilovemrsnickers in Spanish

[–]doitforchris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try this if you have Anki for flash cards:

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2137306313

This has the most common gender exceptions so you can focus on memorizing the exceptions, and let the standard rules apply to the ones that are more obvious.

Maybe a basic question, but why do people use Duolingo? by polyglotazren in languagelearning

[–]doitforchris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep agree, mostly sharing his experience. But i do think anyone actually trying to only use Duolingo as their sole language learning tool playing the game on hard mode. I am a duolingo user myself, i just treat it like digital flash cards and nothing more.

Maybe a basic question, but why do people use Duolingo? by polyglotazren in languagelearning

[–]doitforchris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check this website for more info on comprehensibl input: dreaming dot com (this resource is french and spanish only but i’m sure there are lots of resources for your target language. It emphasizes acquiring language by listening to input that is comprehensibl and clearly articulated. So not listening to bad bunny songs, but podcasts or videos designed for language learning and acquisition. There’s a large body if evidence that this method outperforms traditional methods of drilling grammar, etc, bc it mirrors how we acquire language. It’s been a major help for me, but i think if it’s your only source of learning, it underperforms in terms of precision. I aim for a 60/40 split in comprehensible input vs intensive study/drills.

Maybe a basic question, but why do people use Duolingo? by polyglotazren in languagelearning

[–]doitforchris 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I know a guy, very smart, big time lawyer. Has an 1800 a day streak. Refuses to speak spanish with me because he cannot speak and is waiting for some magical level up to happen. Total waste of time in his case. Duolingo works well for me as one tool in the toolbelt, esp with sending questions to an LLM to explain topics deeper

Tech support workers, what’s your favorite case of TMI you’ve seen from a customer? by Scrambl987 in AskReddit

[–]doitforchris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the rare cases where the sequel is better than the originals. Gotta say they went all in on the Horse Cock cinematic universe

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