esperanto is sexist eurocentric garbage with no reasonable claim to being "international"
@Concerned_Catgirl I find it bizarre that despite this the Chinese gov't is crazy about Esperanto
@Concerned_Catgirl Honestly, I like the idea of Esperanto, but the implementation is lacking. Zamenhof was making a language based on principles he knew; he was a dentist, not a linguist. I think his vision is why it has the prominence it does amongst conlangs (that and it was the first big one).
@Concerned_Catgirl @Elizafox Holy Hecate! Volapük is a pretty obscure language.
This old amateur linguist cat is impressed. 
@Concerned_Catgirl Basically what I rant to people that think esperanto could be an international language. 😄
@Concerned_Catgirl esperanto, aka stilted germano-romance with a czech accent
@Concerned_Catgirl knockoff romansh
@Concerned_Catgirl What about Lojban? How's that one stand up? :/
@Angle @Concerned_Catgirl Lojban is sooo unnatural
@Concerned_Catgirl Perhaps the same could be said of all Indo-European languages.