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Title says it all. Great, the treat printer made a video that fooled people convincingly at the low low price of a few more burned acres and a few more dried up lakes and a few more tons of carbon dumped into the sky.

Must we repeat that trick until it kills us all? elmofire

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[–] Weedian@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

When a white person speaks 2 languages its like a super power

When an immigrant speaks perfectly understandable English with an accent they get told to go back to their country

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (11 children)

That is indeed the situation in the Anglophone countries, but I swear, living in Norway... the responses I get when people find out I'm learning Japanese, right? It feels like most Norwegians seem to think that learning Japanese is this crazy impressive thing, no matter what my level actually is, and I'm just quietly thinking while people are going and putting me on this whole pedestal — "Motherfucker YOU'VE learned a foreign language!"

[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

But if you want to watch/read most dumb slop it’s English by default globally.

Also business, it’s so globally dominant as a secondary language.

Also good luck in learning Japanese, the only people I know who learned it, learned it partially connected to work.

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