return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1334arrow-down132cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlnews@beehaw.org
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minus-squareمهما طال الليل@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·3 days agoThis Tiktok ban is going to make people in the US do what they never did before and learn a second language. 万岁
minus-squarerealharo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·3 days agoMore like start learning a second language and give up after a week. This may be a stereotype, but TikTok specifically caters to people with short attention spans.
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoYeah learning to speak Mandarin is one thing but learning to read it feels fucking impossible if you don’t start young.
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoStep 1: Die Step 2: Reincarnate in Taiwan (don’t pick mainland China like I did in my current incarnation)
This Tiktok ban is going to make people in the US do what they never did before and learn a second language. 万岁
More like start learning a second language and give up after a week.
This may be a stereotype, but TikTok specifically caters to people with short attention spans.
Yeah learning to speak Mandarin is one thing but learning to read it feels fucking impossible if you don’t start young.
Step 1: Die
Step 2: Reincarnate in Taiwan (don’t pick mainland China like I did in my current incarnation)
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