Imagine if we all spoke the same langeage and we all could understand the same memes and songs, we could be so united i would seem so smart if yall understood my native tounge

Nah I don't want y'all to understand me unless I actively choose to switch to a language you can understand.

England for the last 500 years

500 years later and no one would speak the same language anymore.

Just now, Badgalbriel said:

500 years later and no one would speak the same language anymore.

why

That would be BORING AF

girl

genesis 11:9 explain it!

it's good!

because separate cultures developed their own languages over thousands of years, and those languages became tied to their identities and ways of understanding the world

culture is ingrained in language; jokes, traditions, emotions, and even certain ideas often lose something when translated, so one universal language could never fully replace them. the world would be a bit more blah

And force myself to learn Mandarin which is notorious for being one of the most complex language both in writing and speaking? No thanx

because of continents and geography

Because distance and separation will always affects humanity

For example, f4gg0ts are "united" through speaking with gay lingo aka adopting AAVE. However, due to different place and communities, f4gg0ts in ATRL are still culturally accepted to talk about Christina / Britney or Gaga / Madonna, f4gg0ts in Twitter are already evolving to talk about Charli XCX / Kelela while f4gg0ts in Discord are busy talking about Jane Remover / underscores

Imagine if we all spoke the same langeage and we all could understand the same memes and songs, we could be so united

let's ask our fellow american users on ATRL

Even with a universal language we still wouldn't be able to understand your threads I fear

Because we would've never gotten this classic:

Have you ever read about the Tower of Babel?

We're literally all speaking the same language here

All those instant AI translators are gonna make learning languages obsolete imo, not sure how to feel about it

Stream Love Language by either SZA or Ariana

22 minutes ago, oceans said:

why

Local dialects, accents, mannerisms would eventually make that language sound different everywhere. Look at German and English. Spanish and Portuguese

I blame gaga

whats ur native tongue sis maybe i can understand it

as long you think of atrl as all of humanity then your dream has come true

26 minutes ago, Heirloom said:

Because distance and separation will always affects humanity

For example, f4gg0ts are "united" through speaking with gay lingo aka adopting AAVE. However, due to different place and communities, f4gg0ts in ATRL are still culturally accepted to talk about Christina / Britney or Gaga / Madonna, f4gg0ts in Twitter are already evolving to talk about Charli XCX / Kelela while f4gg0ts in Discord are busy talking about Jane Remover / underscores

this made me go should i download discord again...

55 minutes ago, aesthetic bih said:

And force myself to learn Mandarin which is notorious for being one of the most complex language both in writing and speaking? No thanx

Speaking wise It's actually not that bad once you get past the tones. Korean/Japanese are actually more difficult in the advanced levels.

Reading and writing is a whole other beast.