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minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 day agoReal anti capitalists learn Esperanto
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoNah, they’d learn Toki Pona, because it’s an amazing interlanguage.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoI’m no anti capitalist, but I also learned Esperanto a few years ago. But nobody really speaks it, so I switched to learning something a bit more practical (SO’s native language so I’m less helpless when we visit their country).
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoBecause it’s a W language meant to foster international communication and understanding.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoSorry for my ignorance, what’s a W language??
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoW, like winner. It’s internet slang. It’s a winning language.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 day agoYou sent me down this rabbit hole, you meanie.
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoLol, I had never heard of that before. That’s awesome!
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI was like “oh a programming language you can speak now I want to learn it.” 😭
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 day agoEsperanton estas bona lingvo. Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoJes. Mi lernis paroli Esperanton antaŭ kelkaj jaroj. Estas amuze, sed neniu parolas ĝin.
Real anti capitalists learn Esperanto
Nah, they’d learn Toki Pona, because it’s an amazing interlanguage.
I’m no anti capitalist, but I also learned Esperanto a few years ago. But nobody really speaks it, so I switched to learning something a bit more practical (SO’s native language so I’m less helpless when we visit their country).
May I ask why?
Because it’s a W language meant to foster international communication and understanding.
Sorry for my ignorance, what’s a W language??
W, like winner. It’s internet slang. It’s a winning language.
You sent me down this rabbit hole, you meanie.
Lol, I had never heard of that before. That’s awesome!
I was like “oh a programming language you can speak now I want to learn it.” 😭
Есперанто товарищ!
Esperanton estas bona lingvo. Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?
Jes. Mi lernis paroli Esperanton antaŭ kelkaj jaroj. Estas amuze, sed neniu parolas ĝin.