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minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·7 months agoReal anti capitalists learn Esperanto
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoBecause it’s a W language meant to foster international communication and understanding.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoSorry for my ignorance, what’s a W language??
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoW, like winner. It’s internet slang. It’s a winning language.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoYou sent me down this rabbit hole, you meanie.
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoLol, I had never heard of that before. That’s awesome!
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI was like “oh a programming language you can speak now I want to learn it.” 😭
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI did not know that was a thing. Now I need to learn to read cyrillic esperanto as well. Thanks!
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoEsperanton estas bona lingvo. Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoJes. Mi lernis paroli Esperanton antaŭ kelkaj jaroj. Estas amuze, sed neniu parolas ĝin.
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoNah, they’d learn Toki Pona, because it’s an amazing interlanguage.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months 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).
Real anti capitalists learn Esperanto
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!
I did not know that was a thing. Now I need to learn to read cyrillic esperanto as well. Thanks!
Esperanton estas bona lingvo. Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?
Jes. Mi lernis paroli Esperanton antaŭ kelkaj jaroj. Estas amuze, sed neniu parolas ĝin.
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).