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minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoReal anti capitalists learn Esperanto
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBecause it’s a W language meant to foster international communication and understanding.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSorry for my ignorance, what’s a W language??
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoW, like winner. It’s internet slang. It’s a winning language.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYou sent me down this rabbit hole, you meanie.
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoLol, I had never heard of that before. That’s awesome!
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI was like “oh a programming language you can speak now I want to learn it.” 😭
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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-21 year agoEsperanton estas bona lingvo. Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoJes. Mi lernis paroli Esperanton antaŭ kelkaj jaroj. Estas amuze, sed neniu parolas ĝin.
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNah, they’d learn Toki Pona, because it’s an amazing interlanguage.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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).