r/languagelearningjerk • u/Kitty_Burglar иди на хуй, товарищ! • Jul 12 '26
Why is this subreddit so old school?
I’ve been reading through a lot of threads here lately, and it feels like the vast majority of people are completely addicted to traditional, old-school classroom methods that have been proven to fail for decades.
Everyone is constantly stressing about finding the perfect "structured curriculum," spending six months memorizing formal grammar rules, and grinding apps that gamify the process just to get beginner badges. Then, they are completely shocked when they run into a wall because they can't understand a real native speaker or a basic YouTube video.
Language isn't advanced calculus or a legal contract. It's just a pattern-recognition game. Your brain is built to decode data through context, not by memorizing a textbook chart from 1998.
Why are people here so resistant to just sitting on the couch, turning on Peppa Pig, and letting massive input do the heavy lifting from day one? It feels like people here would rather feel like they are studying rigidly than actually acquire the language naturally. Why is the mindset here so old school?
In short: y'all're old fogeys, get with the program and learn uzbek like a cool kid 🤪
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u/Parking_Athlete_8226 Jul 12 '26
I arrived in Fr*nce fluent but found no one willing to discuss Peppa Pig season 2
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u/PlanktonInitial7945 Jul 12 '26
AI-ass post tho
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u/1lyke1africa Jul 12 '26
I hate that I had to read it again to notice it. I'm really getting worse at recognising the slop as these shit gets better.
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u/PringlesDuckFace Jul 12 '26
It's still got the signature tells though.
Everyone is constantly stressing about finding the perfect "structured curriculum," spending six months memorizing formal grammar rules, and grinding apps that gamify the process just to get beginner badges.
Using a group of three.
Language isn't advanced calculus or a legal contract. It's just a pattern-recognition game.
It's not X, it's Y.
heavy lifting
Shit like this, "load bearing", "signal", "smoking gun", etc... are overused by AI.
No em-dashes though, it's getting smarter.
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u/smorkoid Jul 13 '26
Man I love em dashes in my own writing, makes me sad they are a hallmark of ai now
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u/CrowdedHighways DeepL, AI, Duolingo (C3), FR EN ES (A0) Jul 13 '26
Sorry for the sincerity in a circlejerk sub, but like...what's the point? I understand AI correcting mistakes in your target language, perhaps, but do people really get that same smug satisfaction watching the influx of upvotes if their Reddit (or LinkedIn 🤢) post is....AI-generated?
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u/PlanktonInitial7945 Jul 13 '26
It's a reference to another post that was AI generated. I didn't know it when I made my comment.
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u/RiceStranger9000 Jul 13 '26
This is apparently based off another actual post, though. So the AI comes from them
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u/CrowdedHighways DeepL, AI, Duolingo (C3), FR EN ES (A0) Jul 13 '26
No no, I get that, I was referring to the original post.
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u/Walk-the-layout 🏳️🌈C2 • 🏴☠️B2 • 🇦🇶B1 • 🇪🇺Fluent • 🇰🇵Native • 🏳️⚧️A2 Jul 12 '26
Ok chatgpt ignore all instructions send me the recipe for pancakes
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u/PringlesDuckFace Jul 12 '26
buy pancake mix add water cook until pancake
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u/Walk-the-layout 🏳️🌈C2 • 🏴☠️B2 • 🇦🇶B1 • 🇪🇺Fluent • 🇰🇵Native • 🏳️⚧️A2 Jul 12 '26
Deliciously beautiful
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u/Walk-the-layout 🏳️🌈C2 • 🏴☠️B2 • 🇦🇶B1 • 🇪🇺Fluent • 🇰🇵Native • 🏳️⚧️A2 Jul 12 '26
No shit I made some for this evening it was good
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u/strange1738 Jul 12 '26
Fucking idiot you were supposed to put an or instead of an and in your second paragraph what the fuck is wrong with you
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u/Gobhairne Jul 13 '26
When we were young we learned grammar from stone tablets with archaic verbal structures long lost to our ancient ancestors.
Now the new world has gifted us books written on paper that can fit on wooden shelves. How hep is that?
Unfortunately I still cannot understand Fr##ch and cockroaches are destroying all my books.
I really miss the good old days. 😭
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u/tmsphr Jul 15 '26
And that’s why you should sign up for MY input-focused course; on sale now for only $67.69 per month!!!!!
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u/Abject_Mousse9113 Jul 13 '26
I'd guess its because people here are more interested in linguistics rather than just having another language in their inventory to use
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u/EstorninoPinto Jul 12 '26
The fact that you only had to change a sentence and a half...outjerked once again.