Me: "I want to learn German."
Them: "Why would you do that? Don't bother!"
Me: "Because I spend half my time on the Fediverse clicking on the 'Translate' button."
I can't help it if so many of the awesome accounts I follow are in German. And I want to be able to understand their messages without clicking on 'Translate' 50+ times a day. Plus this way I would understand / could attend ALL the talks at Berlin #FediDay.
I'm putting this here so that people hold me accountable 😅🤗
@_elena@mastodon.social Oh, I understand you so much! I used to learn German for nine years and I haven't actively used it for 20 years at least. But now I'm finding it super useful during mornings when the trending page is half in German until folks across the pond wake up :D I'm glad I can understand most of the toots. Just one downside: I am no longer able to feel smug about saying my secondary school German teacher that I won't ever be able to use the knowledge. Dang, I hate that she was right 👿