Wait then shouldnt you be native level already
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404 likes? awesome! LOL. whoās trolling who? Finished Rosetta Stone. Finished 85% of WaniKani. (the last 10 Levels arenāt actually big on JLPN1 so Iāve had to move on past wanikani since the end of July 2021) I passed the JLPN3 a few months back soā¦right on schedule.
ā¦what?
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Next up: learning the correct name of the exam.
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Holy shit I didnāt even notice that
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Japanese learners be like. In all seriousness I only see this in online Japanese learning communties. Never have I seen it for others smh.
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I rarely comment here, but this is the ultimate dumpster fire
tldr; memory palaces are useful but donāt provide quick access to information IMO
To salvage some of this thread, I will say memory palaces are helpful. In my programmer terms, it helps āencodeā the information into your brain in a more associative way; however, it takes a lot more time in my opinion. You really have to āputā pieces of memory in a physical place you know well. I found this guyās, Nelson Dellis, Youtube channel really helpful. Link to memory palace search. He also teaches morse code pretty well.
Learning the radicals seems to be more optimal. For example, I lived in Japan for a couple of years (dropped my wanikani habit 
), but a lot of kanji I just know and donāt fully understand why; however, I also donāt understand or remember where and how I learned all the English words Iām typing.
I think memory palaces and radicals help with the initial learning phase, but some of it is just interacting with it again and again over time.
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Itās quite funny how people are fine with constructing their own mnemonics, which also takes more time than using default mnemonics from WK (because it is obviously not working for many people, including me) and attacking another method like this which is also slow in comparison. For both reasons, I wouldnāt say I like both. Mnemonics construction also takes big time, rather do other things than daydreaming about silly stories.
Rote memorization is the easiest, fastest, and is widely studied. Also, Iām lazy and not good with daydreaming, so it works best.
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Mine is more of a memory shed. I just throw everything in there and hope to pull out the right thing when i need it lol.
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I think the several calls for appeal to authority are quite fallacious and rude.
This seems more like an āObjectivistā takedown of others that was spurred by six months of active, primary research; evidenced by your lashing out at members for not being able to wrap their heads around the ātruthā that you discovered.
In an attempt to give you advice, there is a central flawed premise here:
There are seldom any ātruthsā. The idea that the accomplishments of Einstein, the lovely YouTuber you linked, your husband Giga Chess Master Chad, and yourself are rotely recited means that you believe that tangental accomplishments and prominence lead them down to universal truths that evolve human from some sort of basal state.
Not only is this wrong and ahistorical, but it is also a very dangerous mindset to get trapped inside.
Please undertand that other people have been able to learn Japanese and gain a greater understand of the languageās nuance without your ātruthā. People learn at different speeds, (some perhaps faster than your method!) and others may grow to understand nuance at different paces.
With this in mind you need to be respectful and kind to others, especially when they show genuine interest in what you have to offer. 
Personally, Iāve had experiences with āMind Palacesā and I find that pre-conceived notions and overly rote memorization to be counter-intuitive. Especially with regards to language. Having a more open mind and a native mentor has allowed me to pick up vocabulary and understand the variation/nuance of kanji at a much more productive pace, and without having to acively erase my preconcieved notions of a living foreign language/culture.
Still, I do not deny that rote memorization, or perhaps even your own method, does wonders for others. Everyone learns differently!
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It mustāve been badā¦lol
For me (not speaking for anyone else), mnemonics construction takes practically no time at all. First, I donāt do it for anything that doesnāt stick naturally. Maybe those fall under rote memorization to you. If so, fair enough.
Anyway, for those I fail more than once, I spend generally less than 15 sec. coming up with something. In reviews, I only think about mnemonics if I get something wrong for reinforcement. And the amount of time I spend is about the same as things that I havenāt previously generated mnemonics for.
Mnemonics donāt have to be long or complicated stories. In fact, I think rather the opposite. The shorter and punchier they are, the better they work. WKās tend to be on the long side, which is another reason I donāt use them.
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*cries in aphantasia*
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Yeah, my memory palace is eternally dark and foggy. Have been searching for the light breaker, so far unsuccessful.
Ouch! What idiot dropped a fire extinguisher in the middle of the hallway??
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iāve never really bought into the visual memory tricks, like imagining things to help me remember them, as i have the wonderful aphantasia, and really only find brute force to work, but having a mind map i draw out or write a story for, to help do a level at a time might still really end up being helpful as i see more and more kanji that look nearly the same but are just slightly different, or have just slightly different keywords from how i take them to mean when i encounter them in the wild. thanks for sharing!