This is a genuine question. I’ve always had an interest in learning languages and I have a list I want to learn. I am already somewhat decent in Spanish, so I’m picking up that, practicing my Portuguese, going to learn French and Italian, maybe German, learning Polish, and possibly Russian.

I already canceled the idea of living in Russia due to obvious reasons, but will I have any need to learn the language? Will it be useful? Will that be offensive? Many people HATE Russia and the language.

    • [鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      I mean, I get it.

      I used to hate Mandarin a lot because of my government, kinda hated Cantonese too because of my parents and their conservative culture

      But I realized they don’t own the language, fuck governments, language is a weapon, and I can wield it to advance my goals.

      Make anti-government content using the very language they use as an official language, wield the language as a sword. Use it to attack the corrupt governments.