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Anonymous United States No.212819377 [Report] >>212819551 >>212819915
Is learning a language that isn’t commonly spoken in your country a waste of time
Anonymous United States No.212819403 [Report] >>212819476
If you intend to actually use it (either online or in person) then it's not a waste of time.
Anonymous United States No.212819476 [Report]
>>212819403
If you happen to like it, it isn't a waste of time either
Anonymous Norway No.212819551 [Report] >>212819724
>>212819377 (OP)
Why would it be? Not only are you presumably enjoying yourself, but you are acquiring a new skill.
Anonymous United States No.212819659 [Report]
>itoddler posts dogshit opinion
Anonymous United States No.212819724 [Report] >>212819761
>>212819551
skills are useful. learning Japanese to better enjoy anime is not a skill
Anonymous Algeria No.212819761 [Report]
>>212819724
name a useful skill that isn't strictly about making the line go up
Anonymous Belgium No.212819915 [Report] >>212820008 >>212820065 >>212820296
>>212819377 (OP)
A language is only useful if its speakers are monolingual.

>Americans are monolingual -> English is useful
>Latinos are monolingual -> Spanish is useful
>Brazilians are monolingual -> Portuguese is useful
>Russians are monolingual -> Russian is useful
>Chinese people are monolingual -> Chinese is useful
>Japanese people are monolingual -> Japanese is useful

Languages whose speakers are bilingual are useless.

>Germans are bilingua -> German is useless
>Swedes are bilingual -> Swedish is useless
>Finns are bilingual -> Finnish is useless
>French people are bilingual -> French is useless
>Koreans are bilingual -> Korean is useless
>Indians are bilingual -> Hindi is useless

The more monolingual speakers a language has, the more useful it is.
Anonymous United States No.212820008 [Report]
>>212819915
So you’re saying Laotian and Albanian are more useful than German
Anonymous Algeria No.212820065 [Report]
>>212819915
>>French people are bilingual -> French is useless
>>Koreans are bilingual -> Korean is useless
these stand out to me as no that bilingual and would fit better in the first category
Anonymous United Kingdom No.212820296 [Report] >>212820478
>>212819915
French people are not bilingual at all
Anonymous United States No.212820478 [Report]
>>212820296
A lot of them seem somewhat capable in listening/reading at least