

Never said it was correct to not translate country names. Only that there is a reason to think they wouldn’t be.
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Never said it was correct to not translate country names. Only that there is a reason to think they wouldn’t be.


Finally we can get into Eurovision!


Your name is your name. Things like Jack versus Jacques or Matthew versus Mateo exist, but those aren’t your name.


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But they specifically said “There’s no reason to expect them to be the same in different languages.” Which there absolutely IS a reason to expect that.


In Spanish it’s Estados Unidos which seems like a translation of the words.


No… I have a name. Someone talking to me in a different language doesn’t make my name different. It’s intuitive to think country names are the same.


In Spanish Germany is Alemania. Just to add more confusion to this topic.


The US is acting the way I do in grand strategy games right now.


Do what you want, I’m not the Lord of the bathroom.


Efficient AI hypothesis


That doesn’t make it not a coup.


He lost, did this, then won. Oh, and don’t forget what he did in Venezuela. Two coups now.


I’ve been blessed with not having children.


You should teach your children to do the things you want them to do. That’s not a contradiction. If I wanted my child to leave the seat down I’d teach them that. If I wanted my child to leave the seat up I’d teach them that. If I wanted my child to do what I suggested earlier in the thread I’d teach them that.


Teach the child to leave it down if you want it left down.


Just put it back as you found it. Easy peesy.


I’d post one of Facebook’s “Imagine” images as a joke but it sort of defeats the purpose. So imagine I did it. Feel free to leave the tap on while you do if you really wanna get the full experience.


I’ve been saying this for a while. It’s gonna be particularly difficult to get valuable insight. With sponsored search results you can keep scrolling. Sponsored content will “pollute” the context of the conversation even if only some responses push sponsors.
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