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If you've ever interacted with someone who speaks a different language, what is the funniest misunderstanding you've had?

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  • A work colleague on a few occasions has mixed up “ball handling” and “hand-balling”, easily done if English isn’t your first language!

    • If you've ever interacted with someone who speaks a different language, what is the funniest misunderstanding you've had?

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  • The Spanish word embarrasada means "pregnant" and not "embarrassed".

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  • I had to make the change to Windows 11 at work, it was certainly a downgrade. Pretty common that there is a massive wait for even the most simple applications to load. Quite often I end up opening multiple copies, because I think the first click to open didn’t register, click again and they all open at once. This is on the same hardware that Windows 10 did fine on.

    • Once a bloodline has no more children, its history is lost to the wind—extinct and likely forgotten.

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  • Do you know the names and history of your great great grandparents?

    Yes. I guess permanently moving halfway around the world is notable. Although that also means the next generation will know what their great great great grandparents did.

    • why is my whisky evaporating?

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  • For research

    • Trump taps key Project 2025 architect Russ Vought to head budget office

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    • If you could broadcast one song into everyone's mind, with them feeling the same emotions as you, what would it be?

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  • I just don’t think they’d understand

    • Is there a genre of music that's death metal without the screaming vocals?

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  • Anthrax
    Haven’t listened to them much in years but I used to like their album, The Sound of White Noise. Singer can be a bit gruff but doesn’t quite scream like I think you are talking about.

    • Should Ukraine build the bomb? How would you feel if they did?

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  • If they get used it is obviously really going to be a bad time for all but one thing in their favour is that the prevailing wind goes from west to east.

    • Dear Americans, be prepare to get screwed!

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  • So in your example, I guess the tariffs don’t apply to Canada? Because the proceeds of tariffs go to the government of the country charging them.

    • What is your pet peeve in 2024?

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  • That every store wants you to sign up and have you give them your details.
    When I bought a shirt in a department store a couple of years ago and the guy wanted me to give him my email address “to save paper” (yeah right), rather than give me a receipt. It was like we were having a stand off for a while there. I just want to buy a shirt not sign up for ongoing spam!

    • I benchmarked 6 different metal USB sticks

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    • The customer is always right

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  • Had a friend who worked in a pizza store have someone order at pizza with chilli as an ingredient, "how hot do you want it?", customer said "11/10". They were very generous with the chilli flakes. Customer then called back to complain it was too hot!

    • Nocturnal rule

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  • Years ago when my schedule allowed it, I slept from 2am to midday for a month. Probably the one time in my adult life that I had caught up on my sleep debt, it was glorious. Although it seemed once I was “caught up” I couldn’t sleep that long anymore.

    • Hey Lemmy, what's a movie you think everybody should see at least once?

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  • The Matrix

    • Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media

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  • True but would you prefer weak enforcement or strong enforcement?
    Strong enforcement would likely involve the government having better records of your browsing habits.

    • Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media

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  • Since Leisure Suit Larry at least. ;) Since alcohol sales were restricted to adults? Since.. ?

    • YSK that there's a better index than the BMI to measure obesity called the Body Roundness Index

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  • Good to see it as a chart but that is different to the results it returns

    • What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger?

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    • What's a technology that was cooler in its older iterations?

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  • BlackBerry (RIM)