so who else has decided to learn German due to the number of German language posts?

just remember that ich_iel has a lot of fun with literal translations of english words which can lead to very weird german.

Nur erinnere, dass ich_iel ein Los des Spaßes mit literarischen Übersetzungen von englischen Wörtern hat, was zu seltsamen Deutsch bleien kann.

nie.

please be advised that speaking german properly is super fucking hard compared to learning many other languages, and you don't need german in germany for the most part.

when I'm in germany I speak my shitty, broken german and they respond to me in english

Viel Spaß dabei!

I copy that and will increase production, if you ask I translate, you're welcome.

Sincerely, RatherMaybe.

I just blocked the communities 😅

Does anyone know what is the deal with the images (I assume it’s some kind of German meme) of people or characters with instant ramen on their head?

I was thinking about it for a while. The posts encouraged me. The prospect of possibly wanting to leave the US in the next year or two depending on things also makes me want to learn a second language.

SPRICH

Don't learn german. As a german I always feel sorry for people who learn this language just for 80 million old people ^^

Deutsch ist gar nicht so schwierig. Versuch es doch einfach mal!

A better reason to learn it is that anything you say in German sounds like swearing.

Mein Hovercraft ist voll von Aalen!

I'd be interested in learning, because German is the biggest contributor to modern English along with French. Of course the split happened long, long ago, but still...

It would have to be a couple years though, after I (knock on wood) am done getting to about B2/C1 on French.

Huh? Wo sind die posts? Where are they?

Ja, das habe ich

I find it hard to imagine learning a language that I don't foresee myself using at least once a week IRL

I've tried learning French and German but honestly I very rarely encounter speakers of those languages and can count on one hand the number that didn't also speak English.

I've been learning Spanish though for nearly a year to great success.

No, but I've seen a few French posts (nowhere near as much as German) and it's been a good chance to practise my French.

What are you subscribed to, to be seeing that many?

I think I've seen a couple tops in recent memory.

I took spanish in school but if I had to do over would have likely done french but german is second choice.

Not only because of that, but it was definitely a factor.

I know some German (B1), but it's been a few years since I had classes and those posts help me brush up my German (though they are a bit advanced for my level).

I've been learning German for a few years (very slowly) now with Duolingo. I see a lot of Spanish posts too (especially on masto) and have been enjoying how the fediverse encourages me to work on my languages.

Do people use language settings? I have mine set to include German so I don't know if turning it off would actually filter out many of these posts.

I lived in Germany from '83 to '94, but I never did learn to speak much of it since I went to American schools. Apparently most Germans speak decent English now? That would have been nice back in the day!

I haven't seen a single one, so nicht ich.

My phone translates anything on screen in more or less real time. If the post looks interesting I can read it no matter the language.

I use catodon.social and it's got a ton of German speaking people, and while Catodon is very very well designed it doesn't have a translation option yet.

I started way before I came here but the posts are nice, the comments are really good cause they tend to be longer/more in depth

It's a good thing I already know a little German!

... What German posts?

Mark Twain wrote an essay about The awful German language