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Learning a language takes years and a lot of work and practice. Asking someone to learn a language is asking a lot of them.

Most Americans do not encounter a foreign language day to day.

Sure there are instances here and there, but they are not significant enough to learn an entire language.

Would you learn to speak Chinese because you couldn’t help someone with directions in China town or your food order was incorrect because of a language barrier?

I learned calculus for the same number of years that I learned Spanish in school.

So by that analogy, most Americans have studied a second language.

The problem is that you need other people to interact with who speak the language.

So, if you don’t naturally have friends or family who speak that language it’s is not really practical to learn as you can immerse yourself in it.

There is also no point in doing it, if you don’t have a way to use it.

Why not learn something else that can actually be used?

Again, this is coming from someone who is currently learning a third language.

I just had a white person tell me (a white person) that ask white Americans are colonizers. But she works elaborate on why other races of Americans are not. She also didn’t want to elaborate on what I should do. Just told me that if I cared I’d already know it look it up.

So this is part of the reason. People claim to be leftists without putting any effort or critical thought into it.

So, here is my response to that.

Why? Where I am from in the US, at least 2 years of language classes were required.

I took Spanish as most people did and years later I had a long term relationship with a Mexican, so over time I learned Spanish.

I’m now, not living in the US and learning a third language.

But I’m very much the exception. Most US citizen, never interact with people who don’t speak English as most Americans never leave the US.

No matter how much you study another language, you are not really going to learn it and be competent with it unless you regularly use it.

Most people in the US will not have any exposure to the language they learned or studied. So what’s the point?

It just seems like a wasted effort for most people.

The article is really just a rant, but it does make good points.

I don’t know anyone who wants to use windows after they have tried Linux or macOS and that is Microsoft’s fault for different reasons.

It doesn’t say how long he was looking for a job and what his degrees were in.

Not that anyone deserves to feel suicide is the only option, but I’m curious.

Haha, that’s kinda funny. Then people are like.

Just tell your friends and family to stop using iMessage. Like everyone will be ok to switch their routine just like that.

I thought it said that it cut metadata usage by 100 bytes 😂

They’re too expensive for the processors being so old.

I think I’ll use my iPhone 15 for many more years than I would a fair phone 5, just because it won’t get too slow too quickly.

I know it’s more repairable and interpose has that, but I’ve not repaired my last 3 phones, so it’s not really something I need.

I love my steam deck so much. When a second green comes out, I’ll probably pick it up on day 1.

I know don’t get things on day 1, but I live in a third world country and we get everything delayed, so it’s not really day one.

I’m not in the US but have been waiting for these cars to make their way here. We already have other cars by Chinese companies and I just saw my first one today.

I’ve curious about their pricing. Hopefully they are cheap here too.

Sadly, I don’t have a way to charge an electric car at my condo.

It’s feels blasphemous to say it, but Trek was at its best once Roddenberry left the show.