Unpopular Opinion
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Yes, well, the world isn't quantified into "mine" and "different", "different" can be separated into "redder", "bluer", "colder", "warmer", "more random" and "more ordered", "more scarred" and "more solid", "softer" and "harder" and so on.
You are simply much more limited if you only know one language. This would seem to be obvious, I don't get all the attempts to argue.
Yes, born in a country speaking world's default language you have had fewer incentives to learn others, so in some sense you've been unlucky. Too bad, that doesn't mean you should punish yourself by not fixing that.
While I'm in theory limited, there are more things to do in life than study other cultures. I have a todo list that I honestly expect it would take me 3000 years to get to the end of. (I doubt medical science will give me anywhere near that long to live). That I can't learn about some culture in depth because I haven't learned the language yet - well learning their language is something I'll get around to when I'm 1000 years old.