Chinese singaporean dont know how to ask in Chinese, somehow service worker at fault
News article:
Reddit thread:
https://old.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/120b89k/woman_berates_ntuc_fairprices_staff_at_the_fish/
I unironically hate /r/singapore users so much it's unreal when looking at their responses
Are Singaporeans that terrible at speaking mother tongue?
Why can't they just admit they suck at it.
Another similar incident:
Reddit thread:
https://old.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/127hlld/i_dont_know_how_to_read_chinese_rider_explains/ (Comments locked btw) 
Maybe I should practice more on my mother tongue, no its the stall owners who should learn a new language entirely 
I would've ranted about how much I hate these redditors but I need yall opinions on these. Are these ppl actually Singaporeans or foreigners larping as one after living here for like a year. Hardwarezone unironically feels more singaporean that whatever the ang mohs are doing on the singapore sub
Edit: Actual Singaporeans in /r/askSingapore btw
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Maybe chinese just shouldn't suck as a language? Like english has pretty shitty spelling, but it's head and shoulders above chinese in every dimension. Not surprised that when given the option people are opting out.
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What kind of self-respecting language doesn't include pronunciation in its script. The Vietnamese were smart to replace it.
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Its a cool concept, and dabs on idiots who have trouble learning it. I respect that. But I can see why said idiots would abandon it.
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singapore is just bad at teaching chinese. you need to give kids a strong connection to both languages if you want them to grow up bilingual. (immersion programs, family, study abroad, hobbies). otherwise, anything you teach them in the classroom will go in one ear and out the other.
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Learning how each word and its specific tone is pronounced is definitely insane. Westchads got it it right by combing constants and vowels for a (mostly predictable) pronunciation. This is the main reason why East Asia missed the industrial revolution.
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The japanese have two domestic writing systems they could use for easier comprehension and the dumb bastards still choose to use Kanji.
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