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Re:Nabokov's guide to foreigners learning Russian by koiueo on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @03:58AM (#46373823)
Ah, famous whataboutism.

Do they pay in rubles, or do you do this for free?

Re:Nabokov's guide to foreigners learning Russian by cryptoegorophy on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @04:11AM (#46373895)
Because there is 0 logic in blaming the language.
Re:Nabokov's guide to foreigners learning Russian by koiueo on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @04:26AM (#46373993)
My man, if you think language is just a communication tool, you're very wrong.

Language is a carrier for centuries of cultural evolution. Russian language is rich with unique untranslatable slurs for neighboring nations. Why?

Language is a powerful colonization engine. Read history of any colonization. First thing colonizers do: teach colonized their language.

Once you impose your language on a person, you immediately integrate that person in your cultural domain.

I assume you just have no experience with the matter, and haven't seen this in action.

Re:Nabokov's guide to foreigners learning Russian by wiseowise on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @04:39AM (#46374071)
The language is literally pretext for the current war, if you read just a little bit about it.