aka, "You know you've been SRSing too much when..."

1) ...you have to upgrade your cell phone plan to fit in more Anki data transfer.
2) ...your first thought on seeing a difficult passage is how many flashcards it would take to understand it all.
3) ...a weekend trip makes you nervous because you'll have three days worth of reviews to catch up when you get back.

What symptoms are you showing?

I'm using AJATT's SRS. Each day you have until 1am to finish off your reviews, if not it goes into the next batch.

1. So last Friday night, I was like "I have to go home by 12, so I can have an hour to finish my reviews"

2. Every time my family sees me on the computer, all they see is me using my SRS.

3. I wouldn't even plan a weekend trip

4. I purposely review as much as I can early in the day. I learned that for some reason, random things will pop up out of nowhere and try to prevent me from finishing.

mr_hans_moleman Wrote:3. I wouldn't even plan a weekend trip

... *guilty*

Actually, a weekend trip would be too much at the moment... But I have two days possibly coming up which could keep me from adding new kanji, so I'm doing more than my daily goal to be able to skip those days.

1. Ask your parents to reschedule a trip until you're finished with RTK1 (yes I did this. They did reschedule as well.)

2. Keep trying to convert people to SRS-ism by talking about it non stop

3. (more a sign of RTK-overdose I suppose) think of kanji stories whenever you hear/read certain keywords.

4. when you see new information, wonder how it could be turned into SRS cards.

Funny!!

1 and 3 for me!

Being in a social situation and having to conciously think of a conversation starter that doesn't concern japanese language.

I'm using my SRS during holyday in Japan. Who can beat this?

Airymon Wrote:I'm using my SRS during holyday in Japan. Who can beat this?

I was going to make a reply, but this literally is too nuts for words :S. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!

<edit> P.S. Nest0r: I Loved (<-- with a big L, to put further emphasis on it) your joke.

Savara Wrote:2. Keep trying to convert people to SRS-ism by talking about it non stop

Oh god, this is SOOOO me. I only discovered SRS and Anki last week, and I've already told about 10 people about it, with at least half of them already checking out the sites and a couple of them have started doing the program as well.....lol.

My internet was just out for 2-3 days, and I was literally going crazy since I couldn't access this site, and the idea of my reviews piling up was stressing me out to no end. After some hours of reviewing, I still have 225 cards left in my expired pile now, and I've been spending so much time reviewing that I haven't been able to learn any new cards, so even though my internet was only out for like 3 days, I'm left with 4 or maybe even 5 days of not learning new material, so I'm going to have to double up now in order to meet my goal that I was aiming towards (finish in exactly 3 months).

I got myself an Eee PC so I can do my reviews on the bus or even during a weekend trip. It allows for very efficient studying and leaves me with more time for social activities. Plus when I am at a party I can immediately SRS all the things a hot chick tells me about herself and impress her with my retention rate later on

1. Postponing your 4-days stay at your girlfriend's house until she manages to get her broken internet connection working again.
2. Using your SRS reps as an excuse when you don't want to do something: "I'm sorry, I've still gotta finish studying, I can't come today..."
3. Finding yourself repeating random Japanese sentences and kanji stories in your mind during *any* activity.

abbott Wrote:Plus when I am at a party I can immediately SRS all the things a hot chick tells me about herself and impress her with my retention rate later on

If you really do that you're my hero!

recurring dreams (nightmares?) of reviewing cards...

nest0r Wrote:During sex: "Wait, stop everything... one of my cards just expired, I can feel it. I have to go."

...only to find that the card that expired was that 'special technique' you were trying to remember.

Sevenhelmets Wrote:I only discovered SRS and Anki last week, and I've already told about 10 people about it, with at least half of them already checking out the sites and a couple of them have started doing the program as well.....lol.

Anki is a virus. Ban it already!

Frequently being irritated with your Japanese co-workers for attempting to make small talk and hence distracting you from your sentence reps.

1. You begin to feel guilty because all you do in your free time is reviewing all day long, disregarding all other housework and simply cannot convince yourself that studying all day is actually a good thing.

Yo Silmara! I have the same feeling!

Silmara Wrote:1. You begin to feel guilty because all you do in your free time is reviewing all day long, disregarding all other housework and simply cannot convince yourself that studying all day is actually a good thing.

No no, its when you feel guilty to take a break for housework.

1. When you put off studying for a final you have that day in order to add more kanji.
2. You're in one of the most beautiful places in the world and you're inside adding kanji/sentences (I was on the Gold Coast of Australia when I did RTK1).

I agree with the difficulty trying to talk about anything not Japanese and avoiding people to add more sentences

When you realize that you've been spending literally all day everyday entering kanji or reviewing them for a month straight. (Today is 31 days for me)

You know, I estimate about 160 hours spent in the last month on kanji.

God, I was so cranky yesterday without my review fix. I was in a fancy "eat all you can" buffet, with sushi included. And I could not forget I was ditching my reviews!

I'm going on vacation for a week, but I'm bringing my laptop with me and committed to 50 new kanji a day plus reviews. Is that too much? I've been doing SRS for under a week, and I'm at kanji #518. My large amounts of reviews should start hitting during my vacation.

By the way, when I lie down to sleep, I think of a recent radical and all the kanji I can make with it.

Yo, sure is doable. But doing all the reviews is more important. And enjoy your vacation!

OMGOSH. Thank GOD I am not the only person like that on the planet. Seriously. I thought I was the only one who struggles to keep conversations on topics besides Japanese. And I'm totally down on the whole "My social life is totally suffering because of ANKI" thing. Oh yeah, during the day, any time I'm not in front of my computer, I can practically *feel* the reps building up. That's why I can only do like 12 new each day--otherwise I'd freak out and have a nervous breakdown. Perfectionist much?....

stehr Wrote:recurring dreams (nightmares?) of reviewing cards...

Or similarly, doing the SRS a lot, but then having nightmares about having to figure out kanji but failing horribly! Cannot do anything cause you are stuck in Japan with Kanji attacking and you need to beat them!! ><

Rough Stuff