Does anyone else use Duolingo. What do you think of it?

[Anonymous]

I used to like it. I want to improve my Spanish. I used it for close to 200 consecutive days now

But I am so fucking sick of all the woke bullshit they throw into it. You want gay couples for Spanish lessons? Fine. You want woke feminists with purple hair? I will tolerate them every once in a blue moon but they are insufferable when they are displayed in every Spanish lesson.

There are seriously more “progressive” stereotypes, scenarios and relationships in it then there are traditional situations. I swear over 70% of the relationship examples on duolingo are gay relationship examples. Also there is all sorts of feminism examples where the men are often acting stupid and weak vs the women acting smart and confident.

It’s just way over the top and the agenda has gotten to the point I just want to delete the app. On top of that I know for a fact that Mexicans overall hate woke progressive crap more than Americans do.

I lived in Mexico for a while and know for a fact Mexicans tend to be much more conservative and traditional when it comes to family values. So why try to brainwash Americans in speaking into a progressive tone that will make them disliked by many conservative Latinos?

Are there any other good language apps that don’t do don’t have a leftist agenda with all this bullshit?

I like it

It’s alright

I hate it.

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I spend ten bucks a month on “super Duolingo” which is the paid subscription of the app.

If the app stuck to reality and just taught Spanish it would be well worth it. But I hate spending money on companies that push woke indoctrination. I don’t want to support them. But I don’t know who else to go to.

[Texaskid1]

I have never used Dualingo before.

You might want to try www.Italki.com They have one on one lessons with private tutors. Each one has a different price and different times but it is worth a try. There are also a million Youtube videos and Your tube channels that will help you learn Spanish.

Have you tried Hello Talk? This app is good for learning languages although you will have to be careful since some people try to use it as a dating site - but those don't last very long.

Italki is the best oned because you are paying money directly to a teacher who will have a live one on one lesson with you. The people on Italki are serious about language learning and they are very strick about anyone behaving inappropriately or any kind of sexual harassment.

[Asker]

The nice thing about Duolingo is that I can do it at anytime anywhere yet it kept me on track and forces me to stick to daily lessons. Even if it’s only 5 minutes.

But I got to an end of a lesson plan last evening and there was entire “story” about how a old gay male couple fell in love over a first date over a song. I have yet to a “story” lesson of just a man and woman. At least 3 quarters of the lessons involving romantic interactions are about gay couples which is insane. It’s gone way over the top. They put the agenda above learning.

[Jamie05rhs]

God bless the Latinos. I think our only hope is that they will flood into this country so fast that they will be able to take over the culture before it has a chance to brainwash them just like it's doing to the kids who grow up here.

[Asker]

I’ll take traditional Latino culture over backward deranged white libtard anti culture ANYDAY and I say that as a 100% pure European gringo. Hell I don’t care if they out breed us. As long as they keep their traditional hard working family values I am all for them.

The fastest growing segment if conservatives right now are Latino Americans. Democrats thought they could buy them off with all their open border policies but in reality traditional Latinos hate almost everything else that is modern liberal.

[Jamie05rhs]

Hell yeah, brother. My thoughts exactly.

[Jamie05rhs]

by the way, have you tried Rosetta Stone?

[Jamie05rhs]

Thanks for the MHO.

[Asker]

Not yet. Duolingo was free and simple. I also am connected with friends on it. But it’s wokeness just worse and worse and worse. Funny at first. Then annoying. Then literally insufferable.

[Jamie05rhs]

But it (Duolingo) ISN'T free. You just told us you have been paying them $10 a month.

[Asker]

It’s got a free version with ads. That’s how I got started on it.

I am at 173 days on it now. It keeps me on track with reminders and competitions. It’s been “gamified” with points and awards to keep it fun like a video game.

I need something like that to hold me accountable. So if Rosetta Stone or maybe Babble has something like that I will try it.

[Jamie05rhs]

Okay. Cool

[Potteplante]

I use it daily and I'm learning a language - how I end up using it, isn't upto Duolingo but me. Duolingo isn't going to change my mindset and thought pattern - I'm a bit to secure in myself for that.

Duolingo is teaching you a language, if you end up expressing yourself in a "progressive tone" then that's on you - not the app.

[Asker]

When I posted this question this I just got done with a lesson and it threw in an extended Spanish “story” of an old gay male couple and how they feel in love over a song.

If that happened occasionally I could care less. But from what I’ve read so far there are MORE gay romance stories/lessons than straight stories and romantic scenarios. The agenda is so obvious they should just call it rainbowlingo.

Now your probably laughing or judging me as a homophobe, bigot, etc. But when you try to warp the very reality through an obvious “agenda” it makes me trust the entire system even less.

Also they are teaching Castilian Spanish and have done a pretty shitty job at picking up on slangs that are common in Mexico. Words like “chaqueta” might mean “jacket” in Spain but it actually is a slang for masturbate in Mexico.

[Potteplante]

Lol, I don't care about the "stories" - I want to learn a 5th language, how I use said language is up to me. The stories could be about a little poop, who couldn't get to the sun - because the closer it got, the warmer it got and as a result it got stinkier.

I am laughing at you - you're right. That you might be a homophone and a bigot, I couldn't care less about but still laughing at you. There's no master agenda.

You're expecting way to much of an app, if you want to learn mexican - then just move back there. If they're teaching Castilian Spanish - then that's what they're teaching. Want slangs - go online.

[Asker]

Moving back there is easier said than done.

Alright enjoy the laugh and enjoy learning the 5th language. Have a nice day.

[Guy13]

I have never used it nor do I know anyone who has.

[Asker]

The concept of the app is actually awesome. It keeps on you to practice daily and compete via a points system with other users. It effectively tracks your progress.

But it’s gotten more and more woke for the last two years I’ve been on it. It was just irritating at first but I tolerated it to focus on the bigger picture (improving my Spanish). But the lesson I had do last night just blew it out of the water when it comes to their agenda. They aren’t subtle about it at all.

[Drumlin2001]

I used it for a few weeks then got out the habit and haven't gone back.

[Asker]

Overall it’s been great for helping me improve my Spanish. But the political messaging has increasingly more and more obvious and over the top. It’s like the “disney” approach but far worse.

[Drumlin2001]

It's been months since I used it. Can't say I recall any political messaging, but then didn't use for long.

[Asker]

It gets more obvious the more you use it. I also think the app developers really started to push this shit in the last few years.

I pay for the premium app which is 10 bucks a month. While I don’t mind spending money on effective Spanish lessons I hate supporting companies that spew leftist indoctrination bullshit.

[QuietRunner]

pretty good

there are mistakes in the Japanese language lesson

like sounds that don't exist in Japanese, some wrong uses of words