schizoidman@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlduolingo@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1311arrow-down1external-linkDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square106fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlduolingo@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareBigBenis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·1 day agoEw but then I have to talk to actual people /s
minus-squarewebghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 day agoThats /s feels unnecessary honestly. Introversion is on the rise globally.
minus-squareBigBenis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoThat’s fair. Though I do think there’s some irony in wanting to learn a new language only to avoid communicating with people who use it (though I do also understand the utility of knowing a language isn’t exclusive to talking directly to people).
Ew but then I have to talk to actual people
/s
Thats /s feels unnecessary honestly. Introversion is on the rise globally.
That’s fair. Though I do think there’s some irony in wanting to learn a new language only to avoid communicating with people who use it (though I do also understand the utility of knowing a language isn’t exclusive to talking directly to people).