 What's up guys? Evil D here and tonight I want to respond to something I've seen raised within the doorlinger discussion area I've also seen in other areas and you probably know some speaking English I don't speak English very often on this channel anymore But I'm speaking English because this is something for English speakers Esperanto's already sold on this. We don't care about this topic But I thought this would be interesting for new learners of Esperanto So okay, so the question is is Esperanto a useful language? Well, that is so subjective. I don't even know how to start with that type of thing But let you know, I'm gonna give you some of my personal experiences because realistically I could throw studies at you to show why it's useful in this You know instance in that instance and whatever but you know that shit's boring No one wants to read that stuff like I don't want to read that stuff I fall asleep reading about that stuff So I'm gonna give you some of my personal anecdotal evidence because you know, that's the best type of evidence But okay, so let's let's let's look at my own history and why I think it's a frickin awesome language Okay, so first up Um, I suck at languages in all honesty I totally suck and most people who watch my Espanol channel will go well, dude How can you suck at languages you speak Espanol fluently? Whatever. I'm not talking myself up here. I'm just you know Just saying okay, um and that's I Realistically I suck at languages. I studied Japanese at school and failed miserably. I can count to ten Honestly, I will say right now. I was only ever in that class because of the girls And I studied French. Yeah, I failed at that. I'm currently studying Chinese not much progress studying Spanish Slowly making inroads, you know, type of thing, but Esperanto has it's the only language. I've ever actually conquered now this This for me gave me the courage that How's the best way to put this? Okay, so I want to learn languages I've always wanted to learn a language. It made me feel cultured. Okay, I know that's probably a lame excuse But I always felt that someone who could speak another language was cultured I come from like a monolingual country Australia. Okay, nearly everyone here speaks only English unless you're in Sydney Then you've got like heaps of demographics, but generally Australians only speak English So I I felt that that was something that I needed to do but I could never find a language I could actually freaking conquer and then I conquered Esperanto and I Think the only reason I managed to conquer it is because with every language I'd start and I'd study a little bit and then I would get distracted and I'd be like Butterfly come back type of thing like I just easily get distracted I just move on okay, but first Brian I was progressing so fast that there was always something new so I couldn't Realistically get distracted. It was just like oh cool. I've got that. Oh, there's something else Oh, cool. And then next thing I know I'm fluent. Okay, now it didn't just like happen like that overnight It took time like with any language, but it gave me the courage to continue on in itself Esperanto is like the recorder of languages literally if you want to learn foreign language You want to learn many languages? Start with Esperanto. It's the easiest language It's the easiest language that's alive and you can use in every context There's obviously languages which can be easier though designed to be easier, but they're just not used Realistically, so yeah, that that was my main thing now The second thing is a lot of people go well, that's great. You could get that from any language I guess you know your own created language if you wanted, but that doesn't really answer the question is Esperanto useful Well, I've traveled through Europe using Esperanto as stage in free accommodation using Esperanto that type of stuff And then there's a lot of people that go well, you can do that with couchsurfing. Yeah, I guess you're right in that sense I guess I could do that with couchsurfing Surfing and then other people be like, okay, what about um Economically, have you made any money off this? This is the main one that everyone here asks Can you make money off of it if you can't what's the point of it? And you know I have realistically made nothing off of Esperanto like money-wise financially But it really doesn't matter for me because because of the size of the language I'm able to actually do something artistic within the language and it's seen by people look I'm I'll give you a little bit of my backstory. I'm a trained actor. Okay? I've done Year of theater training. I've taken part in local TV shows all that type of stuff I'm fully into the industry, but I'm just a nobody literally. I'm a nobody I'll probably always be a nobody in the English community now in an Esperanto community. I actually have a place I'm able to fill a niche the niche being YouTube videos Okay, I'm able to do something and make an impact on other people's life Hopefully in a positive way sometimes I traumatize other people but hopefully in a positive way So has it been useful? Yes for me because it's allowed me to do what I've always wanted to do Which was impossible in the English community community. I can't even speak frickin my own language right now Just because of the pure Saturation we have in the English community. So an Esperanto community. I am someone I have a position I know what I can do and I mean something to people but I'm fulfilling an internal need and that need is being fulfilled through knowing a secondary language and Also the fact that I'm able to make an impact on other people's lives Now one thing I have noticed and a few people have said this and it's really really strange to me So I just wanted to focus on this one thing is and people have said Well, I don't like Esperanto because it seems elitist and this comes usually from polygots Which is really strange and then when you ask them about what do you mean by it's elitist? They go well only usually educated people learn Esperanto people who've got time All that type of stuff they go and learn Esperanto and I'm like that does not make sense to me because realistically Esperanto is an easy language to learn which means that you don't have to invest so much time into it But if you want to go learn French Chinese you know, you're gonna invest the same amount of time money resources everything into it just to become Conversable a you can't even you'll never become fluent You'll never be on par with a native speaker But just to get on a level where you can speak to them about everyday topics You're gonna dedicate so much time. So how is that not more elitist than me dedicating my time Part of it to you know a language that can be learned in a temp of the time So I just wanted to focus on those things because a lot of people like to pull up studies about how fast Esperanto is to learn and all this type of stuff. But for me that really doesn't matter It's one the fact that I actually managed to conquer a language to that I'm able to make an impact in the community I'm actually I have a place here and you know another thing I didn't even mention but I've mentioned so much in my other videos is the fact that it has a very Unique culture and history unlike anything else in the world like how many other languages were born out of an idea So is it useful for making a career? Maybe not right now, but it is expanding massively this language. It's growing massively. You just go look at Duolingo They've launched Spanish Esperanto for Spanish speakers who knows what's next. So maybe yes in the future. It will be an economically important language at the moment no, but who cares because I've already given you all my other reasons So that's it if you've liked this video give it a like share it around for your friends Subscribe to my channel if you haven't already and I'll see you all in the next video And if you're not there, I will find you and I'll leave my mark on your ass And as always I'd like to thank my patreon supporters Who are alexander tolfess and jay-z knuckles will disto lupit margherita kill pack robert nielsen robberport So as see Shane power slavish glaive a tommy lindsley And if you want to donate to my channel so that it can become better in the future You can see my patreon link below in the description