If you live in Japan, learn to speak Japanese. If you can't communicate with people because you refuse to learn their language, you have nobody else to blame. And if you think the fact that people don't understand your language entitles you to sue them, you are a massive 🤡.

— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) June 27, 2023

Exactly. I’m trying to get better at Spanish because we’re in an area where Spanish is pretty heavily used, and I’m in my own fucking country! And that’s great. I love going out and hearing half a dozen different languages.

I’ll never be a fluent Spanish speaker tbh — because I don’t really like talking to people that much. But being able to understand it and read the language matters too. Also, I try to learn like a dozen languages at once and though I have a big fucking brain, that puts some boundaries on any progress in any particular language. But I’m having fun.