Even as a joke, I think what you said was very serious. I thought a lot about it and it is true. Translators in our devices are very good nowdays and will keep getting better. There really is no point to knowing a language in a few years. That is why I am going to quit my hobby of language learning. Thanks for enlightning me Steve! It's April 1st by the way.

You got me. I should have been more wary on April 1st.

I understand the point and it is good to have worries before starting to learn a new language. If you don't need it for a job or to live in a country where people only speaks that objective language, you have to be really sure about your reasons of your study. Talking about me, I do it because it is a very healthy habit and i have fun learning japanese. I lose nothing, but maybe i just win entertainment. I prefer doing this than playing videogames. Finally, i think there is a lot of time left before you can talk and understand in real time with people, not being dangerous. In conclusion, if you don't need a language, and you can't find a way to enjoy learning, you shouldn't bother learning, but if you do like it or need it, it is a very good idea to begin this healthy habit.

oh, i just realize it is april...

The Winning Side The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time. -Psalm 34:19 From the moment we come into this life, there are all kinds of troubles. Life is filled with challenges, and it seems as though when you have one problem finally resolved, three more take its place. In fact, the Bible says, “People are born for trouble as readily as sparks fly up from a fire” (Job 5:7) Some people may say that if you accept Jesus Christ, then all your troubles will go away. The implication is that if you become a Christian, then your problems will be gone. On one hand that’s true, because when you become a true follower of Jesus, many troubles do go away. The issues of an ever-present guilt, an emptiness in your life, and the fear of what happens beyond the grave are resolved. But in all fairness, other troubles start once you give your life to the Lord. The moment you decide to follow Jesus Christ and seek to do the right thing, the devil will do everything that He can to stop you. But you also need to know that God is far more powerful than the devil. And God will do everything He can to strengthen you. You are on the winning side. That doesn’t mean you aren’t going to be tempted. It doesn’t mean you aren’t going to face hardships or that you won’t have obstacles in your life. But it does mean that you will ultimately get through these things with the help and power of God. When the disciples were afraid, Jesus gave them some words of assurance to bring calm to their anxious hearts. He said, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me” (John 14:1) We could also translate this to say, “Don’t be agitated or disturbed or thrown into confusion.” Jesus didn’t tell the disciples to mull over their problems. Instead, He told them not to be troubled. He was saying there are reasons to be troubled in life, but there is a greater reason not to be. Yes, we have all kinds of troubles in our lives: health troubles, family troubles, relationship troubles, and financial troubles. Things don’t go the way that we hoped they would go. And there are times in our lives when things happen that we just don’t understand. Why did God do a certain thing? Or why did God not do a certain thing? When I don’t understand something about God, I try to always fall back on what I do understand. I understand that God loves me and that He’s looking out for me with my best interests in mind. I do understand that no matter what happens, He will get me through it. Nothing is too hard for the Lord. There is no addiction so strong that He cannot free someone from it. And there is no problem so complex that He cannot unravel it. There is no hope without God. But with Him, you have all the hope that you ever will need.

You're super genious

Made my day 🎉🤣

That would definitely be harder than it would smart. He already learned Cthuluan so he'd prolly just summon something to ruin your life

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Ah yes, a fellow Lenny fan ( ͡° ͜^ ͡°)

I get it now 🤣

I thought it was real

oh gosh....yept..and I wrote a long text...lmao

almost fell for it

I fell for it.

So screw people, nothing good comes out of this

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I read well in french class and this is true. people look at me with soul-less dead looks in their face when they speak their anglo french.,\..

​@@13hehe Ikrrr. My classmates think I'm an insanely good TTS machine when I'm reading in my English class. Although some of them can't even read properly in their native language.

​@@13heheSe llama vivir en un mundo competitivo

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Yooo hahaha I just came from your videos hahaha 😂

Cuando vas a continuar tus lecciones de vasco? Duolingo is waiting

Ahora me acuerdo que pude poner el comentario en español porque este man lo habla 🗿

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Yes but the likelihood of making a contact is higher if we can speak the language rather than stumbling with a phone. I can tell you using my iPhone when my wife and I were in Vietnam only worked in emergencies.

i like learning languages, and in my country if u know arabic and english there is no way that u will not find a job at all@@Thelinguist

LOL. I figured, yeah, a jerk is a jerk no matter the language! 😂😂😂 Maybe she just did not want to be bothered!!!

Because Some People aren't into honesty and straightforwardness.

@@Thelinguist I found about you today . You motivated me ,thank you

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I have no motivation anymore, and I don’t want to continue learning foreign languages. I feel that learning foreign languages ​​is really useless.

Still, nothing he said wasn't true, although these are things I believe most language learners have long since considered.

@user-sg6uo5kt7q true... I think that's why it felt kind of real. Why bother learning other languages if everyone will speak in english with you? Still, I like to think that learning languages is a plus! And a fun journey! Not everyone speaks english.. I work in a hotel and we had a french family last week who could only speak french (only the father could speak a bit of english). Since I speak french, I was the only one capable of helping them when they needed and communicating with them. So that kind of stuff motivates me! Also, it's fun to speak languages that not everyone can! ;)

I swear I was going to sleep when I saw this video pop up and almost had a heart attack. I watched the whole video, contemplating the years I've spent on language learning Normally I don't get bothered by someone else's words, but I have so much respect for Steve's knowledge and approach to language learning, that I not only 100% believed every word in this video, but also felt like a part of my soul left me I hope i have nightmares about this video tonight.

@@lapkrit you do know that the video is a joke right.

@@lapkrit April fools!

Hahahah I'm Russian! Good luck with learning that... even I myself don't know the full alphabet or grammatical rules 💀

He got me as well 😂

hvordan går det med norsken din?, blitt noe bedre?.

I feel ya, man. I started learning Swedish a year ago and I'm sixty. Even if I go to Sweden (been there once) you can't convince Swedes not to switch to English. So why do I learn it? Because it's interesting and fun. Statistics tables tell me I have 259 months left to live. Can I figure out how to spend some time there in that expensive country after retirement? Mebbe. Doubtful. But it's about being able to say, Hey, did you know that in Swedish this is called that, or that the Dutch word is almost the same, or this expression is almost exactly like English... Jag önskar dig lycka. Og jeg ønsker deg lykke.

Dark thoughts 😂 but in my case, having conversations in three languages other than English (French, Spanish and Russian) every morning for about an hour, thanks to the free language sharing site Tandem, and being 77 years old, retired and in the demographic perhaps most at risk from dementia, I must say that switching between languages and learning new vocabulary in all of them has sharpened my mind and given me a more positive attitude. Best way to start the day!

That's just masturbatory. Why not congratulate yourself immediately so that you don't have to go through the whole ordeal? just kidding :) , congratulations on your accomplishments, and good luck on many others!

Wow, that is fantastic. Congratulations to your daughter.

That's inspirational, thank you : )

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Are you guys Chinese Americans

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Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight! Remember? 😊

Today is April fool’s day! 😂 🙏

exactly!

I heard the parable years ago and don't speak a word in Mandarin. Which proves that learning languages is way overrated - studying parables and metaphysics is a much better use of your limited time

Long live PAK CHINA friendship !

I wish learning languages worked for me like that. Learning languages for 12+ years now, still getting extremely embarrassed about cultural mishaps.

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lovely message 💙 ... ​@@WaaDoku ... I understand you ... But you are actually way AHEAD those that never entered the territory 🎁 ... So this alone is reason for you to have a high self-esteem 🥇 ! 💁🏾‍♂️

@@Nicolau29 What do you mean? The territory of other countries or the territory of learning languages? I think globally speaking, learning languages is not that unusual. Places like the US are a rare exception to the rule. The other thing is, if you've never experienced this it's probably hard to imagine. So I appreciate your encouragement but it doesn't work like that. Just picture you with business partners and you saying a word or phrase you thought is perfectly fine but the context and timing are a bit off which makes you sound like you just said something extremely offensive and condescending to the boss of a foreign company. That's the level of embarrassment I'm talking about.

@@WaaDoku I meant the territory of learning ... Just the effort you went thru is already very valid, in my eyes ... 💯 ... But, well, from your answer I realise the difficulties you had in your experience 🙁 ... Usually, as learners we also expect some other people to appreciate our efforts ... It is sad when we make an honest mistake and are met with harsh judgement from the other side 💔 ... As seems to have been the case with you ... Perhaps someone was not fair to you ... Best wishes from Brazil 🌞 !

He had you fooled from day 1, this can never amount to anything but a huge waste of time.. good he's finally admitted to it Just kidding of course ;)

everyone should learn languages not because they have to but because they want to

Bonjour 🇫🇷 I am French and appreciate every bit of French you can use! It's all about motivation and need. If you want a little and know a little, fine. If you are passionate about something, you will acquire a lot. No stress. Native speakers should accept you wherever you are at!

People often describe this dichotomy between simple sentences and deeper sentences, but it's kinda wrong. If you can say "I would like 2 chocolate croissants" then you can also say "I would like more money", and so you CAN discuss the railway strike. You can really discuss a ton of deep topics with simple grammar and the 100 most common words, if you're willing to forego some nuance. But that's okay - your croissant ordering isn't as nuanced as your native language either.

bro was not already prepared for today! 💀

LLMs for example are linguistic and predictive. They don't do what the human is doing which is have a model of the world from which a linguistic capacity then picks and selects from. A world of a difference. It's true AGI/ASI one day will probably have a kind of model of the world and even surpass our own but it also probably won't be human either nor your own or another's. That alone let alone many other reasons is good grounds to learn a language if you wish to communicate or have a need to do so. Additionally the doing bit in living is the fun part and the bit that uses your brain and body which need using (correctly). That all said time is limited one must pick activities that are most appropriate to one's life.

I'm not sure they will be able to translate all the nuance of the language even with advanced technology, so if you want the raw experience there's nothing like the old fashioned way :)

@@samp1312 The enjoyment of food is in the tasting as much as the visuals and knowledge about food are rewarding. Same with doing it yourself eg talking.

I can think of a lot of reasons why you might still prefer to learn a language, even if a "universal translator" existed. Does the "universal translator" cost $30/month to use? Does it have ads? Does it stop working when your phone runs out of battery or you lose your internet connection? If you're in a foreign country and it breaks for some reason or you lose it, are you now stranded with no way to communicate with anybody? Is it even slightly slower than a brain would be? Do you trust it to convey all the nuances of your ideas correctly? Can it explain cultural references to linguistic communities that don't know about them, such as local politicians, celebrities, TV shows, history, and cuisine? Can it explain puns well, or tell you when there's rhyming or alliteration? If it can explain cultural references and puns and semantic nuances well, does it significantly slow down the conversation to hear these explanations all the time? Does hearing explanations like this ruin comedic timing and make it very difficult to enjoy the humor of a language? Does the "universal translator" record your conversations and use them to "improve the product"? Are there situations where you couldn't legally use it because you're not allowed to record? In a crowded location with lots of voices, how would you specify which ones you wanted it to translate? Would you be able to coin new words in a language you don't speak the way you could in one you spoke? Do you have to push a button to turn on and off the translation, making it difficult to understand things if your hands are full? If it's a bluetooth headset, does it look ugly? A lot of these aren't just technological hurdles that could be figured out, a lot of them are fundamental issues with the concept itself.

That was the point of my opening made up story. AI is not going to replace language learning, not for learning about other cultures, and not for interacting with people in any meaningful way.

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you do know this is a joke right.

The story was not true of course. I was not aware that trying to strike up conversation was harassment. It's easy enough to say I'm busy, or my boyfriend is the bouncer at the door so leave me alone.

I think it was probably part of the whole April fool's joke

No, she wasn't impressed by his language knowledge... He wasn't even simping for a foreign language... So she was in disgust

It depends on how well we speak as well. But the speaker of the language we are learning has every right to practice their English. We can also insist on using the language we are learning.

This video was an April Fools joke btw lol

Remember that when we forget and don't understand we are still learning. It is well worth a little frustration every now and again to be able to enter into world of another culture.

This video was an April Fools joke btw lol

It's not a true story. It was meant to illustrate the futility of communicating via google translate or AI on your phone.