Literally had someone tell me, unless the lemmy police were actively trying to take my app away, I have no right to complain about the elitism, lol.
I noticed OP is a beehaw user, so they're probably shielded from a lot of the active vitriol we see here.
"LEMMY POLICE, FREEZE! Sir/Ma'am and or otherwise, you are under arrest for the following crimes against lemmy. Use of an unapproved app, 2 counts. Pointing out elitism, 5 counts. Making comparisons between lemmy and reddit, 10 counts. Criminally bad meming, 5 counts. And expecting better of lemmy, 1 count. You have the right to stfu."
I had no patients or focus to do it when I was younger. I actually learned more Japanese and Chinese in the past 3 years, than I had ever done in childhood or university.
I assume in terms of incentive, there are more reason for Spanish speakers to learn English than English speakers to learn Spanish. Likewise most Spanish speakers within the US tend to keep to their own communities, and you're unlikely to directly interact with them unless you are friends with people in the group, or frequently do business with people who speak Spanish.
It's kinda like Russian and its bordering Countries. Many people in Kazakhstan can speak Russian, but not many Russians can speak Kazakh.
And good luck with your language endeavors as well. Japanese does get easier the more you interact with it. I am at the top of my game when I'm watching and reading media constantly.
Geographically it is a subcontinent that slammed into Asia to form the Himalayas, so you could make the argument it is its own thing.
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