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[–] 17887337? ago 

Am I betraying my heritage by learning Japanese over a European language?

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[–] 17887343? ago 

Japanese has a lot of good content but you won't get insight into the coming European race wars, so it's mostly useful for untranslated anime/manga/vidya and novels if you get hardcore. German hasn't made much of note since the war, but they have tons of great written works from during/before it, and a wealth of technical literature, plus the best learning resources. But many/most of the younger generation speaks English, so you'll have less opportunities to speak it. French is pretty good in terms of written content and they have good comic books, but they have no image board except for /dempart/. It's also a bit easier to learn than German, if you commit to using a pronunciation trainer early on. Russian has the most internet content because they built their own infrastructure instead of just reusing Facebook and speaking in English all the time. Italian is pretty mediocre for modern content, but they have a low English speaking rate and are welcoming to speak with learners. Most of modern Spanish content is garbage from Latin America, and dubs/translations of stuff from the Anglos/Francosphere. It's also muddied by a shitload of different pseudo-dialects, but they are mutually intelligible for the most part.

In short I think it depends on your goals. Is it just a hobby or do you want to strengthen your bonds with another culture? Are you looking for a wife? Who nearby you speaks it, are you interested in travel or potentially moving, a backup country to evade the FEMA camps?

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[–] 17887345? ago 

The reason why I picked Japanese was because I was inspired to learn it recently. If I want to be serious about learning a language it can't simply be a hobby so I suppose its to strengthen my bonds with the culture. I am not looking to get a wife from Asia. Nobody nearby speaks anything but English. And for the final question, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have a place where I know for sure I could move to with my educational background in STEM.

To be honest, I just enjoy the media from Japan which is probably why the European languages don't have that same spark for me. It makes me feel guilty because of that disconnect.