Quokka
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281·5 days 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.
81·5 days agoA public company should totally be allowed to ban someone for hate.
Why wait until they commit a heinous act to try to stop the spread of them?
Why the fuck apologise for that? Did some bigoted fucksticks get upset? Good.
They should rebrand to Mariland
Not to mention everyone has a camera in their pocket whereas before no one would believe you or be able to share the story far.
5·12 days 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.
Spring shoes sound less useful on a horse.
Horse people is not the preferred nomenclature. Centaur, please.
If capitalism is shit you attack capitalism not a technology.
All the misplaced rage and wasted effort.
Aren’t horses expensive as fuck to keep?
72·12 days agoLaptop mobo sounds like overkill for retro gaming compared to a pi clone or some such.
10·12 days agoKaraage is basically Popcorn Chicken.
Heather Wells bit, kicked and spat at staff as she reportedly attempted to open the front cabin door mid-flight
Yeah, nah. Stick her down with super glue if you have to at that point.
“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?
32·12 days agoCan’t wait for Google to cancel Android and replace it with a messaging service.
They did or Erdogan did?
Because this reeks of useless nationalism.
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.
Fuck Israel, they just want more targets to murder.