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Re:McDonald's is losing its low-income customers by throw-the-towel on Saturday November 22, 2025 @03:56PM (#46018183)
> If I could learn it, so can anyone else.

More than a billion people have successfully learned to speak Chinese, some of them very stupid. Yet here I am, struggling to remember the hanzi and the tones.

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Re:McDonald's is losing its low-income customers by lotsofpulp on Saturday November 22, 2025 @04:37PM (#46018484)
Different skills take different amounts of time and parameters to master.

Comparing learning a language to watching a video or reading a recipe and spending a few weeks adding some oil and spices in a pot or pan is ridiculous.

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Re:McDonald's is losing its low-income customers by throw-the-towel on Saturday November 22, 2025 @04:52PM (#46018571)
Sorry, I wanted to sound edgier and made my point less clear! What I wanted to convey is, it's waaaaay easier to learn a skill when you've been exposed to it since you were a baby.
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Re:McDonald's is losing its low-income customers by johnisgood on Saturday November 22, 2025 @05:21PM (#46018821)
My mother and grandmother cooked, but I have never participated, I just ate the food. Does it count as exposure?
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