Justin Searls

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4,727 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 7 Aug

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Breaking Change · v55 - I'm a good guyjin · 7 Aug 2026 podcast

And the truth is, I love the walkability, I love that I can become a regular at certain places, I like the familiarity, but like I'm also a creature of novelty, and I've been wondering about this.

But I have to say

I think that the language learning kinda creates a sandbox where

Sort of like a really hard, complex video game that has like a you know, some sort of repetitive loop involved where every time you get a little bit better.

There's that aspect to life out here where it's like, Oh shit, I was able to read.

quickly enough, like the the the bus line sign in Japanese to understand that it was this bus and not this bus that would get me back fifteen minutes faster.

And

Could I have used Google Maps or Apple Maps to do that?

You would think yes, but the answer is no, because they almost never contain.

the uh correct information for like which which

Which numbered stop in the bus terminal do you need to stand in?

Or what is the name of that line that you're about to get on?

Because they always share multiples.

Uh so little things like that where it's like the actual forcing yourself to learn the language is rewarded.

And that that an app, at least at this point, could not really totally help you.

And trust me, I'm use I'm throwing all the AIs at it as I as I can.

Uh, but it's

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