People are learning mandarin because they are so addicted to this form of social media that they are choosing to learn a new language over using other forms of social media.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Perhaps this is a case of the kettle calling the pot black? Have you even considered what I said could hold some truth? I can say I have considered yours and told you I thought there was merit to it.

Does it make sense to go to the extra effort to learn a new language when they could just go to Instagram or lemon8 like many others have done? That is the path of least resistance for feeding an addiction, not overcoming a language barrier.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I wish every addiction could drive people to learn an entirely new language.

[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you also send thanks to abusive partners because they force their spouses to learn to cook for them?

I mean, yeah. It’s great that homeless drug addicts get to know how to use the public transit system so well 👍

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah dude using an app is basically the same as being a battered spouse or a homeless drug addict. 👍

[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If you’re just “using an app”, the whole thing would be meaningless to you.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

That's... what it is? It's an application on people's phones?

[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

Great. Then we agree you can just remove it. No harm done and you can easily move on with your life.