We do, but like anything else you learn the basics and a few classes won’t make you fluent. You need immersion to get good and if you don’t use it you lose it.
The people that use it are already in a multi language home and took the class because it’s super easy for them. Just about everyone else won’t really have a chance to use it outside of the classroom so everything we learn fades quickly
Go on radio.garden and try to find non-english music. My point is it’s wild how much English has become a common language worldwide, even if it’s not the first language
If every state had a different language they’d be more like europeans that have second and third languages as a normal thing. But it’s almost all English, everywhere all the time unless you are near Mexico.
You get orders to do a thing (“Blow up that orphanage soldier!”)
You ask for clarification (“That looks like a civilian target, do you mean the outpost next to it?”)
Get claification that confirms unlawful order (“No the orphanage full of kids, level it before the enemy uses it for cover.”)
You are OBLIGATED BY YOUR DUTY TO INTERNATIONAL LAWS OF WAR to reject the order (“Negative, I cannot do that”) and to report others who obey unlawful orders, outside of your chain of command if neccesary (“Fine, I’ll get someone else to destroy it. You’re finished.”)
Then you’ll likely be pulled from your unit, and face court matial where the situation will be investigated like most other court cases. (“There was an outpost nearby but the orphanage was not a legal target”)
That’s how it’s supposed to work, but like most things we don’t live in a perfect world and things get messy when careers, commands, politics and reputations are on the line. (“The officer made a big mistake in the heat of combat, but we can’t have this make world news. Maybe we can just move him to a different unit and classify this whole ordeal…”)
Steam is cool and all but I think I’m going to go with GOG a lot more going forward.
And I’ll never stop buying discs for consoles
Good, glad it’s getting some main stream attention. If more people start taking advantage of these settings and alternatives it’s going to hurt Meta’s bottom line eventually
With my AI nightmare camera glasses!