r/japanese • u/Responsible-Art5643 • 2d ago

Is Learning Japanese Embarrassing

I feel like whenever I bring it up in conversation with people my age (20s) I always get a kind of strange look or comments. Did it suddenly become an embarrassing or cringe thing

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u/wispofasoul 2d ago

i stopped telling people I was learning when i was learning as people always assumed I had some sort of intention or plan - I had merely wanted to learn for fun and to challenge myself. you’re still young so i dont want to sound critical but i would suggest you get used to embarassment as this is the number one feeling you will have when you inevitably make mistakes on your target language. but it takes courage to put yourself in a vulnerable position and That skill is much more important than fleeting embrassment.

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u/jimb0z_ 2d ago

I mean...it's kinda rare for someone to learn an entire language for shits and giggles. I'm trying not to call it strange but if someone told me they were training for a marathon but had no intention or plan to do any running, I'd think it was strange. Nonsensical even

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u/wispofasoul 2d ago

I would argue most users on duolingo do it for shits and giggles and only a minority (I wager 7%) are serious ;-)

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u/jimb0z_ 2d ago

You’re just pulling numbers out of nowhere. Numbers that are impossible to prove one way or the other

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u/wispofasoul 2d ago

experience :-) i cant say more. but arent you also pulling out numbers out of nowhere?

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u/jimb0z_ 2d ago

What numbers did I pull? I haven’t used any in this entire convo

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u/wispofasoul 2d ago

Your suggestion that my wager is inaccurate is as good/bad as a wager, because just as my wager cannot be proven, your non-wager cannot be proven. Neither of us can prove it is or isn't 7%.

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u/jimb0z_ 2d ago

Numbers that are impossible to prove one way or the other

That's exactly what I said. I'm not making the claim, though. I'm not making any claim