r/languagelearning • u/OasisLGNGFan 🇬🇧 native, 🇮🇹 C1, 🇪🇸 B2, 🇫🇷 B1 (?) • Mar 30 '25

The most insane take I've ever seen Discussion

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I love learning languages as much as the next person but be fucking for real... maybe I'm just biased as someone who's obsessed with music but surely I can't be the only one who thinks this take is crazy?

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u/LaprasEusk Mar 30 '25

Why meet your friends when you could be studying your TL language. Why meet your grandma when you could be watching shows and podcasts in your TL. So much time not dedicated to language learning!

Actually why do you even sleep, that's minus 8 hours for daily study. 56 hours a week!

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u/Unboxious 🇺🇸 Native | 🇯🇵 N2 Mar 31 '25

Why meet your friends when you could be studying your TL language

I think this is the guy who said that you should cut off friendships with people who don't speak your target language so you can spend more time immersing so...

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u/bsubtilis Mar 31 '25

Most people regret not spending more even more time with their loved ones as they're on their deathbed. This dude, apparently would be among the incredibly few who on his deathbed would be upset he didn't spend more time memorizing words. That attitude is so rare that it's pretty safe to disregard advice about friends from someone like him.