Can I rant/nerd out for a moment?
It is so wild to me that there are people out there that only consume English media (or media in their own native language) and hear me out on this one for a minute.
I am not trying to call anyone out for liking what they like, I am not trying to gatekeep or shit on what people consume or even have access to. I'm mostly trying to get to my own experience with consuming media from different countries and how it has positively affected me.
Because I don't often get the chance to say this to people in real life without facing judgment. But I don't think people are fully aware of how much it JOYS me to pick up on small pieces of language, social norms, or other bits of culture by consuming media from different countries.
Personally, I can almost say with certainty that I learned most of my English by consuming English media from a young age. English is not my native language but just by watching, consuming, and allowing my curious brain to explore this language, I am now on a level where (thanks to the silly papers I got) I am allowed to call myself a native-level speaker/writer/listener/reader. Of course, school had a big influence on this too, learning a language is always better with a teacher present. But that's not the point of this post.
The point is, even if you have no interest in learning a new language, just by consuming media in a language that isn't your native language will expose you to culture, social norms and even allows you to pick up a few silly words here and there and I think that that is the coolest thing ever.
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