We've all had that fear that despair of losing someone or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is the more desire we have.
There is the fear common to all English-only speakers that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise you know why not just come out and say it?
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I won't touch on risky because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.