[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 27 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 25 points 10 months ago

Who wouldn’t want to escape an overcrowded prison.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 27 points 11 months ago

Nah, this is part of genocidal behaviour.

Apartheid forced the people into small areas, such as what was done in Gaza/West Bank. What’s happening now is trying to remove them even from those regions.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 26 points 11 months ago

So it’s due for another one soon? I’m going to go delete my computer to be safe.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 25 points 1 year ago

This new Apple campaign is interesting.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 25 points 1 year ago

Dude 30 people died.

Let their bombs explode in the launcher.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 25 points 1 year ago

Damn where did all those vocal supporters telling us how we were wrong and it wasn’t just a hospital have gone.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

RIP open and user owned Internet movement attempt.

Say Hello to Fediverse+, for only $39.99 a month you can access ad free browsing as your feed is fed only corpo approved posts that have flooded and drowned out any alternative voices.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 26 points 1 year ago

Wonder how many of those babies will be reunited with their families after this, if they’re even still alive.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 27 points 1 year ago

The kid also stole 14m dollars and was already caught for his previous hacks into other companies.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's specious reasoning.

You’re trying some appeal to emotion angle, where you align not restricting people’s choices with the act of sexual assault. Something you also admit people are already doing today, with such restrictions in place.

I think we as a society can never be better unless we make every step that we can. Freeing up the most natural thing we all have is one of a thousand we must make.

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