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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I live 2 streets away and have never been. What’s so good about it?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Bloody AusPost left my parcel up a fucking tree.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What happened to McAfee exactly?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

A mistake you only make once a day.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Tibetans 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 videoJigme 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.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5854/tibetans-explain-what-suck-my-tongue-means-dalai-lama-viral-video

tl;dr: A harmless translation issue.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

A 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?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should rebrand to Mariland

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a good move.

Anyone who may be harmful to others has an exception, so there’s no risk cops won’t say try to stop a kid with a knife trying to murder others.

And any of the children are still going to get their details taken down, it’s not like they’ll escape this ever catching up with them just because they don’t get locked up on the day.

This way a lot of it can ideally be chased up by more appropriate social workers, and with proper training compared to cops on the street.

 

The officers issued him an official warning after determining his actions were not racially motivated.

 

Is anyone shocked Catholics wouldn’t want to teach consent.

 

What’s the bet this’ll end up with Sky News installed on all new TVs by default.

 

Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

 

Forest Lake, an urban reservoir near Brisbane, Australia, ranks as the sixth most polluted lake globally in terms of microplastic contamination, according to a landmark international study.

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