Duolingo wasn’t teaching me to communicate; it was training me to become more addicted to the app. Surely not, I thought. How could something connecting me with the German culture be secretly evil? | James Colley
He plays upon the shame I feel for not knowing the language of my grandfather. He uses the lights and sounds of a pokie to keep me coming back for another hit. To my great shame, I always return.
If a hypothetical stranger was to pull out a card-based word-matching game and challenge me to prove my linguistic abilities, I would easily dominate the game well within the allotted two-minute time period and pick up all 40 well-earned experience points. It’s my only hope. I cannot delete the app and walk away. I’m too far gone. To stop is to admit defeat, and if there’s one thing a German would never do, it’s surrender.A cultural guide to going out and loving your city.
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