Imagine you're an alien who just arrived to Earth. You are trying to decide what language to learn. One hipster tells you "You need to learn Esperanto! That's

Imagine you're an alien who just arrived to Earth. You are trying to decide what language to learn. One hipster tells you "You need to learn Esperanto! That's totally cross platform and the most ideal language ever!" Another hipster tells you "Learn latin! That's the most legit language ever. All other western languages are based on it!" But all you want to do is live in the US and make some friends. Will you go learn Esperanto or Latin, instead of learning English? Don't listen to these hipsters. I agree with another guy on this thread saying don't learn a language for the sake of learning it. Because you will probably become a mediocre dabbler that way. Only learn if you want to accomplish something because only by using it in a practical context you become proficient at it. Otherwise you can maybe tell your friends "Hey I know Esperanto!" but does that really matter? There are thousands of other more valuable things you can do with your time than learning Esperanto, especially if you're looking for the "first language to learn"