I’m curious how many of those 7/10 think it’s a good thing

Yes.

Haha I’ve lived there for almost a year between two stints and had a lot of free time for one of them so seemed like a fun thing to learn.

It very occasionally has been helpful traveling in more rural Germany speaking areas

Ah cool, danke! Immer nett zu hören, dass jemand meine Versuche schätzt.

I’m an American who speaks decent German. I’ve gotten this flak traveling in non-German speaking Europe - Stupid American only speaking English attitude thrown my way. Mother fucker I’m in France, a German would also be using English here. To some people the only way to not be “that American” is to speak all the languages.

On the flip side, I’ve had a few Germans ask me why I bothered learning their language when I could just use English.

Not gonna lie, had me in the first half