>>16317400yeah, both are just youtubers framing things in really strange ways. obviously memorizing new vocabulary is useful and obviously being close to someone who speaks your target language will help you learn, but that doesn't mean never studying grammar or hunting japanese women in the streets is advisable
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>>16317420i could potentially do just a little bit of gaming..
>>16317458in my mind the big thing is that by using japanese i'm either implying that my japanese is better than their english or that them speaking japanese to me is an important part of me enjoying the interaction even if it's more difficult, so it depends a lot on context whether it'd be ok to do
so for example while ever trying to speak japanese with wendy would be insane because she speaks native english, it would probably always be reasonable to do at a niziu fanmeet since being a japanese group is explicitly part of their appeal. gets a lot muddier if we imagine a scenario like meeting sana at a fanmeet in korea since it genuinely might be an easier way to communicate, but could also come across as me being judgmental of her english and/or cocky about my japanese proficiency, especially if i misjudge either
