Quokka
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281·5 months agoTibetans told VICE World News that the meaning of this common expression used to tease and teach children is completely lost in cultural interpretation and its English translation. The correct phrase in Tibetan for this joke is “Che le sa”, which roughly translates to “Eat my tongue.” English is the Dalai Lama’s second language and Indian news outlets have previously reported that the leader speaks in broken English at public events.
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In a Youtube video, Jigme Ugen, a second-generation Tibetan refugee living in the U.S., explains how this display of affection was born out of a game played between the Tibetan elderly and children. Kids who go up to their grandfather, for instance, are asked to kiss their grandfather’s forehead, touch their noses and kiss them.
“Then [the grandfather] says that I’ve given you everything so the only thing left is for you to eat my tongue,” Ugen said. “The child probably never gets the candy or money but gets a beautiful lesson about life, love and family.”
tl;dr: A harmless translation issue.
Why the fuck apologise for that? Did some bigoted fucksticks get upset? Good.
5·5 months agoThat literally tells the story of a people’s losing their livelihood due to capitalist usage of technology, and targeting the technology instead of the systemic issue.
If capitalism is shit you attack capitalism not a technology.
All the misplaced rage and wasted effort.
“Biden enables genocide, but to me he is ok”
Really? What’s a person gotta do to not be ok in your books if you look past genocide?
Good thing about this is it’s self selecting, all the luddites who refuse to use AI will find themselves at a disadvantage just the same as refusing to use a computer isn’t doing anyone any favours.
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Will you use the maximum amount in reverse?
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Wow the title really makes it sound like the resistance forces are to blame.
Israeli terrorists are literally attacking the UN and the world’s doing nothing about it.
That is 100% what the headline is designed to sound like happened.
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Neoliberal governments ain’t going to do shit about shit.
They’re committing genocide against the Papuans, this is merely an apology for being caught.
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