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Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

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me when the ship is lightly seasoned with insecurity and longing and fear of abandonment and fear of death that leads to devastating, heart-breaking devotion bordering worship and clinginess bordering codependence

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I'm just gonna take this opportunity to say that if you think other people on the internet should cater to you because you're uncomfy, especially when it's to the point that you're harassing and slandering complete strangers, fuck off. Stop following me, here and everywhere else. You need to learn how to fine-tune your online experience and avoid stuff you don't like. You can't child-proof the world, so you must become world-proof. Other people's preferences do not affect you.

I have never read a more excellent article

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I feel like if I keep trying and enjoying Konami games they're gonna turn around and become dogshit again

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all my friends should quit their jobs/drop out of school so they can PLAY WITH ME

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Facts:

Inklings and Simon Belmont both appear in Smash Bros.

Respawn points are canonically a real technology in the Splatoon universe, and it's impossible for an Inkling to permanently die while they're synchronised with one.

Simon Belmont is canonically Christian.

This information in mind, I want you to imagine Simon Belmont trying to explain the miracle of the Resurrection to an Inkling.

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★ 【haraya】 「 Vampire Hunter 」 ☆ ✔ republished w/permission ⊳ ⊳ follow me on twitter // bsky

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horny aces are wonderful and terrifying

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the Came Back Different trope is so tragic

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From an Australian design page. Why would you put a net “floor” in front of a tub? This is the ridiculous.

That’s it, I’m architecture shaming group post

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We’ll have to do dinner Thursday night instead.

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Preach I guess

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💫To Be A Man💫

Thrilled I get to post my part of @ghostsharkpress ‘s transology zine before pride month ends. Our prompt was to recontextualize a formative childhood cartoon through the lense of transness/gncness.

These are thoughts I’ve had spilling around in my head for a while and seeing how important Treasure Planet was for me as a kid I thought it would be perfect. I always struggled with the fact I don’t really have any older male guide or figure to learn myself from so as a kid I tried to mimic the masculinity of shows or my peers. Growing older and wanting to step out of boyhood has really been a journey of self discovery and self worth and I’m really proud of the person I’m becoming.

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