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me watching the suicide squad (2021):

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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 all endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

"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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i literally have to lay down after every minor task. going to the supermarket is a herculean effort. how am i supposed to live a life like this

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showering:

pros: you get to feel clean. you get non greasy hair, non oily feeling skin, it just in general makes you feel better, more energised, refreshed.

cons: there are so many steps. oh my god are there so many steps. before getting into the shower there are steps. during the shower there are steps. and once youve gotten out of the shower? guess what!!! more fucking steps!!!!!!!! UGHHHH

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the feminine urge to get lost in your delusions and end up in a forest far from society and reality

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Shannon Elizabeth in Scary Movie (2000)

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every movie I’ve watched in 2023 [12/?]:

SCARY MOVIE (2000) directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans

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art parallels jeremy lipking, federico zandomeneghi, serge marshennikov, allan douglas davidson, svetlana tartakovska

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Doc Brown: the most important thing my friend Marty taught me is that you don't have to be the gender you were assigned at birth. You can merely say, 'no thank you'.

Doc Brown: in view of that, I have decided to simply no longer have a gender. it's just too much work and I don't want one.

Doc Brown: 'are you a man or a woman' I am, first and foremost, a scientist.

Marty, in the background: far out

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post-enchantment under the sea thoughts

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Back to the Future (1985) dir. Robert Zemeckis

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cocaine bear (2023)

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[cw blood] a tiny doodle for the two most recent movies I've watched (The Menu & Cocaine Bear)

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Cocaine bear Spoilers but no context

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COCAINE BEAR (2023) dir. Elizabeth Banks

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cocaine bear is a feminine power film. the strongest characters were single moms (cocaine bear & a lady wearing a bright pink matching set). one guy had just lost his wife, and cried multiple times. it was never supposed to be funny. at first his bestie (archetypical tough guy) tried giving him tough love, but open conversation, honesty, and support is what helped him heal and eventually allowed their own relationship to flourish. the grand finale was the bear eating the man who was the physical representation of toxic masculinity/absent father. in this essay I will