«Why don't people speaking the ~10th most spoken language want to learn the 200th+ most spoken language to talk to people who mostly understand Russian?»
Let me think… because their demand is mostly performative? They want to minimize communication, not the other way around.
@blaire_18_@KSHN А были ж у них дебаты на первую годовщину войны.
Мне популярность Жмилевского непонятна, чувак по ниочёмности речей почти догоняет Шульман. На любую мысль дюжина оговорок, канцеляризмов, отвлечений, душнейших конструкций...
I'm in love with Yaku Neko's voice. This performance alone puts Misato Matsuoka among my favorite seiyuus, probably right behind Aoi Yuki as Rent-a-Girlfriend's Mami.
(I'm a slut for girls with slightly husky voices...)
There are «friends» whom I'd happily betray in the vilest way possible if I knew I could get away with it because I know they'll betray me over nothing.
But I also know that it's never obvious in life: it's usually the dearest friends who fuck you over, and foes who lend a hand.