A short spoken monologue by Hadar Shemesh criticizing the pressure to sound 'advanced' in English and mocking the social-media cycle that encourages insecurity to sell language courses. The speaker alternates between sarcastic examples of 'advanced' phrasing and candid remarks about feeling stuck and pressured to sound native or sophisticated.
So tired. An advanced speaker would say, my energy is depleted. That is so weird. I don't care. You're so basic. Why do you post stuff like this? To make you feel like your English is never good enough. So you'll keep following me and maybe buy a course from me. But now every time I speak, I'm constantly worried that I sound too basic and then I get stuck. Exactly. Do you want to buy my course? That's terrible. An advanced speaker would say, my malicious. Okay, I'm unfollowing. An advanced speaker would have said.
