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I don't get the connection between losing access to tik tok and starting a +20 years journey to learn chinese
I believe that a clickbait title about 400 idiot people starting the first lesson in Duolingo and then quickly quitting without deleting their accounts is the through line here.
"only idiots show interest in a second language" is a take for sure
The context of this bump is people being so enamored with tik Tok that they're interested in a second language just to use a potential replacement.
You can be a dumbass but still be interested in a second language. That doesn't imply everyone interested in a second language is a dumbass.