I have never heard the word conlanging but I was somewhat aware of the phenomenon of linguistic hobbyists. It was interesting to learn how many people are doing this as a hobby and how widespread these made up languages can be. I thought it was really funny that the article referred to Yankee English as sounding like a “honking horn” I had never thought about it sounding like that and find it sort of subjective and inadequate, at least to me. The fact that Dothraki is heard by more people than the five languages mentioned combined was very eye opening and made me think about the death of a language in a new way, as well as the development of a language in a new way. I suppose the same was true of Klingon and Tolkien’s language at the time. I found it very funny that the creator of Ithquil began his language creating hobby after hearing Magma; I had a very different reaction to Magma the first time I heard it and did not even realize it was their own language so it was interesting to hear about this in music. When the article mentioned gendered languages and how it affects how we see objects I started thinking about the gendered words of the Polish language and how much that affected me and my view of objects and if  it would be negative or positive for my view of the world or simply neutral. I like that Quijada realizes his language is hypothetical and wouldn’t be widely used but would mainly be a blueprint to think about language in new more meditative, efficient and not at all vague manner. He also seemed to think that it would be perfect for philosophy which I would disagree with because I think philosophy is in itself a reflection on language and ideas expressed in different languages. I think metaphor, sarcasm and vagueness all have a place in language and that many words can be used to describe an idea or object and language does not have to be super efficient and quickly written or spoken. When he realized that the psychonetics people were using his language to create a political movement that would be more efficient after studying it and take over sovereign lands to create a new Soviet Block, it made me think of the power of language. If a language could really change the way you think about an idea and even the speed and efficiency of the idea just by speaking it differently, would it prove the Sapir-Worf hypothesis to be true?