Aargh.
Nobody took offense. People just think this sort of post is stupid and pointless. Its like asking “why does dog diarrhea have no good smells?” Everyone knows it smells awful, everyone knows multiple reasons why. Its a pointless discussion to have.
Also, most importantly, read rule 6.
I wish we as society could simply have one language to overcome language barriers, but that’s more of a content for my daydreaming.
We sort of do. English. I say sort of, because obviously its not 100% but its the closest thing we have. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_as_a_lingua_franca
In my country, we have two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. Finnish is the main language but everyone has to learn Swedish as well. But we also have mandatory English lessons and in fact, we teach more English than Swedish, even though Swedish is a official language and English is not. I learned English from grade 3 to grade 9, Swedish from grade 7 to grade 9. I also took voluntary German and French, but I’ve forgotten most of those.
As to to your main question, the best way to learn a language is to use it. Duolingo and such apps are pretty much useless, they get you started, but if you don’t use the language you might as well be memorizing random words.
lol come on, dont be so naive. Of course OP knows, or at least have their own opinions on what and why. Its obvious this is just a circlejerking “those guys are real jerks!” post.
If they didn’t know and genuinely wanted to know answers to these questions, they would have used a less inflammatory way of questioning. Otherwise this is just a way of defending being toxic on purpose with JAQing off (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions)