• Gargantuanthud@lemmy.ca
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    7 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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      7 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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          7 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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      7 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!