• IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf
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      7 days ago

      translations depend on literalness and the way its said

      for example

      the difference between

      “I ate a bunch of fruit today”

      and

      “A bunch of fruit was consumed by me today”

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        7 days ago

        Yeah but then you say a bunch of racist authoritarian shit and try to shrug it off as sarcasm when the crowd turns against you. You’re not allowed to decide you were joking after the fact.