The best way to learn is through flashcards

I can't think of a single thing that I have tried harder to get people to do than flashcards. I've been using Anki flashcards for seven years now and, honestly, I can't believe that I was able to learn anything without them.<br><br>The best part of Anki is that it costs you absolutely nothing to use it. The app is free, the website is free, whatever. It's just a flashcard program. It has no frills, no flash, no nothin'. For God's sake, it doesn't even use your phone's GPS to track your movements when you're not using it (looking at you, Duolingo).<br><br>I started using Anki when I was taking a history of Latin America class and realized that I didn't know the names of countries. This led to me making flashcards for _every_ country. Then I made some for capitals. Then for each country in Latin America I made cards for presidents, capitals, indigenous peoples, European country that colonized it, major battles, major rebellions, etc. I made a flashcard for every term in the glossary of the book. I even made flashcards for each class, every professor, I even have flashcards for basic tasks that I have do at work each day.<br><br>I made so many flashcards so quickly that I realized I needed to organize them, so I made categories. I made a category for each flashcard set and I even made a card for each category (part of flashcard set). I realized that I was wasting so many cards making cards just for categories, so instead I made a flashcard for each by determining the amount of cards a set had and then dividing that number by 20. So if I had a set with 160 cards, I would need flashcards for categories 1-8. It was so tedious that I ended up doing it by hand a few times. Then I made a flashcard for it.<br><br>I even made a flashcard of flashcards. I _analyze each card_ to ensure that I can get the most out of it. I even made flashcards to track different types of cards; I have cards for cards, supercards for categories of cards, _and flashcards for cards for categories of cards_. I even made cards for flashcard categories of flashcards for categories of cards (part of flashcard).<br><br>It honestly has been the best decision I have ever made. I can do so much better than _analyze each card_ to ensure that I can get the most out of it; now I can _do partial derivatives on cards_ to ensure I can get the most out of it. And I have _proven_ that Anki is the best way to learn something. I made cards for flashcards for cards of flashcards of cards of flashcards for cards of cards of supercards of flashcards for categories of flashcards for categories of flashcards of cards, etc.<br><br>I can honestly say that it has changed my life. I can honestly say I don't know _how_ to do anything else.<br><br>—or—<br><br> bottleflip<br><br>I can't think of a single thing that I have tried harder to get other people to do than bottleflip. I've been flipping empty plastic bottles for seven years now and, honestly, I can't believe that I was able to do anything without it.<br><br>The best part of bottleflip is that it costs you absolutely nothing to do it. All you need is an empty bottle and a bit of water, and you're good to go. It has no frills, no flash, no nothin'. For God's sake, it doesn't even use your phone's GPS to track your movements when you're not using it (looking at you, Duolingo).<br><br>I started flipping when I was taking a history of Latin America class and realized that I needed something to do while I was sitting in class. This led to me making some flashcards for _every_ country. Then I made some for capitals. Then for each country in Latin America I made cards for presidents, capitals, indigenous peoples, European country that colonized it, major battles, major rebellions, etc. I made a flashcard for every term in the glossary of the book. I even made flashcards for each class, every professor, I even have flashcards for basic tasks that I have do at work each day.<br><br>I made so many flashcards so quickly that I realized I needed to organize them, so I made categories. I made a category for each flashcard set and I even made a card for each category (part of flashcard set). I realized that I was wasting so many cards making cards just for categories, so instead I made a flashcard for each by determining the amount of cards a set had and then dividing that number by 20. So if I had a set with 160 cards, I would need flashcards for categories 1-8. It was so tedious that I ended up doing it by hand a few times. Then I made a flashcard for it.<br><br>I even made a flashcard of flashcards. I _analyze each card_ to ensure that I can get the most out of it. I even made flashcards to track different types of cards; I have cards for cards, supercards for categories of cards, _and flashcards for cards for categories of cards_. I even made cards for flashcard categories of flashcards for categories of cards (part of flashcard).<br><br>I used to flip the bottle between the three flashcard flipper positions on my desk, but I started flipping flashcards like a boss. Then I realized that I was wasting a lot of cards making cards just for tasks, so I made a card for each by determining the amount of cards a set had and then dividing that number by 20. So if I had a set with 160 cards, I would need flashcards for categories 1-8. bottleflip is a lot harder to do than flashcards, but it was so tedious that I ended up doing it by hand a few times. Then I made a flashcard for it.<br><br>It honestly has been the best decision I have ever made. I can do so much better than _analyze each card_ to ensure that I can get the most out of it; now I can _do partial derivatives on cards_ to ensure I can get the most out of it. And I have _proven_ that bottleflip is the best way to learn something. I made cards for flashcards for cards of flashcards of cards of flashcards for cards of cards of supercards of flashcards for categories of flashcards for categories of flashcards of cards, etc.<br><br>I can honestly say that it has changed my life. I can honestly say I don't know _how_ to do anything else. bottleflip. bottleflip. bottleflip bottleflip bottleflip bottleflip bottleflip bottleflip bottleflip bottleflip bottleflip bottleflip bottleflip.<br><br>or—<br><br>Okay, so no one actually flip bottles anymore, but I'm going to talk about it a bit. I think bottleflip was a good thing for humanity. I think it was a way to blow off some steam, let out _analyze each card_ to ensure that you can get the most out of bottleflip. It was fun, it was easy, it was clean, it was simple, it was the best.<br><br>It didn't cost you anything to do it. Literally all you had to do was flip the bottle, and you could do it. At _every_ bottleflip flip competition, the prize was the chance to flip the bottle and feel super excited. That's it.<br><br>And it was the best thing ever.<br><br>At a time when your brain was at bottleflip level, it gave you the chance to flip the bottle. It gave you the chance to forget about all the things that gave you flashcard flipper positions on your desk. It gave you a way to feel super excited about _partial derivatives on cards_.<br><br>But Anki flashcards gave you the chance to flip the bottle, flip the cards, do _partial derivatives on cards_, and still learn a ton of stuff.<br><br>Bottleflip was a chance to do all the things we loved, and it was simple. You could flip the bottle, flip the cards, learn _partial derivatives on cards_, flip supercards, and flip flashcard cards. And it was simple. You could flip the bottle, flip the cards, and flip the cards for supercards of cards.<br><br>And it was the best thing ever.<br><br>But do flashcards instead.<br><br>EDIT: I guess people hated on this a bit. I think bottleflip is super fun, but I also think it's kinda over. I wouldn't make the _same_ post bottleflip about bottleflip, but I think I have a few partial derivatives on cards about bottleflip if you want to flip the bottle.