• thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Ngl that damn streak took over my life at one point, I was over 1000 days and climbing. Decided one day to just…let it go on purpose. To no longer be caged by the tyranny of the owl.

    Highly recommend it, the sense of freedom is unreal.

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      9 months ago

      Back when I was learning languages, I got obsessed with the streak thingie. Then I found myself without internet for a few days and started to get really stressed and upset about losing the streak.

      I then realised that my reaction to it was unhealthy and decided that these streak things are just toxic to me. So now I don’t really care about them.

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        9 months ago

        The only streak that’s EVER benefitted me was the one for my diary app (highly recommend Daylio) though I think if you didn’t buy it before it’s on a subscription model now… Like everything else. Don’t pay a subscription for your diary!

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      9 months ago

      I’m on day 744 and my streak is just an alternating pattern of fire and ice. I hate it but I think I hate the idea of dropping all that progress more. Did you stop using Duolingo altogether or just switch to practicing when you want to?

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        9 months ago

        I hate the idea of dropping all that progress

        It’s not like people learning a new language practice every single day

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            9 months ago

            You are implying immigration from area with your native language to are with your native language doesn’t exist.

            Joking aside, I was thinking of regular classroom setting as the “normal” way to learn a new language.

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        9 months ago

        Kept it going for a while, making sure to take a day off once a month to avoid building another stressful streak. But I kinda got to the end of its usefulness and wandered off to other things.

        Just started learning Spanish and I thought about firing it up again but the app is such a mess these days I actually can’t face it.

        Edit: Remember getting rid of the streak doesn’t actually lose your “progress” in learning the language, which is presumably the important part. It’s just a meaningless number. You can do it!

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      9 months ago

      I’m at nearly 1500 days. I’m not really dedicated to it anymore and usually just do a single lesson a day, but I keep doing it so that I don’t forget I want to learn French.

      Someday I’ll actually enroll in a French class so that family reunions wouldn’t be so awkward…