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Thoughts, rants, enjoyment of life, and everything random

[jimhenson-themuppetmaster]

[pubby-paws]

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward

[rebecaaug]

[sentientdessert]

Simba, that's your sister...

[fuckyeahanarchistposters]

"It's easy to say "violence is never the answer" if you've never had to fight for your life"

Poster by Vincentrose Art

[fuckyeahanarchistposters]

"It's easy to say "violence is never the answer" if you've never had to fight for your life"

Poster by Vincentrose Art

[flork-of-cows-official]

[flork-of-cows-official]

[flork-of-cows-official]

lubes here.

[rooji-r]

Cute chthonic horror for @hell-alka 🍎

[hell-alka]

Oh my God, what a beautiful creation this is!!! This is so unexpected and pleasant!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, I have no words, I am blessed...

[flork-of-cows-official]

[flork-of-cows-official]

[flork-of-cows-official]

lubes here.

[flork-of-cows-official]

[flork-of-cows-official]

I need to study Flork in a laboratory.

[sentientdessert]

Have people never heard of synesthesia?

[teaboot]

Not to be rhe ten millionth person to say “USAmerican President Donald Trump Is An Incoherent Public Speaker Whose Train Of Thought Can Be Best Described As Scat Jazz” but I just remembered that when he talks at international events it is several dozen people’s job to translate what he’s saying and what he intends to say to world leaders in real time

And I desperately wish to hear how they do it

[teaboot]

If anyone reading this isn’t fluent enough in English to understand the sentences that man says, please know that he has essentially mixed a number of adjectives and topics together in a hat and is pulling them out at random like a horrible children’s game

[teaboot]

Like that waxy jaundiced bitch will straight up be like “J'étais sur internet l'autre jour – internet, la plus grande invention américaine. Et la Chine a “internet aussi. Pas un bon internet, pas comme le mien, j'ai un internet formidable. Les gens me disent : « Donald, ton internet est génial ! » On adore l'internet de Donald. Mais la Chine… Chine, Chine, Chine… Vous savez qu'ils mangent des oiseaux ? C'est terrible. J'adore les oiseaux. La Chine mange des oiseaux. Pas comme nous. Pas comme mes oiseaux. Mais vous savez, c'est comme ça, et c'est terrible. Mais voilà ce que je vais faire : je vais sauver les oiseaux. Je vais sauver internet et sauver les oiseaux. Tous ces magnifiques oiseaux. Pour l'Amérique. Et la Chine va nous détester pour ça. Ils vont nous détester parce qu'on est les meilleurs sur oiseaux”. And people will lose their minds

[angryraptor13]

International translators have had this problem for A While - if they *don't* clean up what he says to sound coherent, they look like they're doing a bad job.

Why is difficult to translate Donald Trump? Trumpslation explained.

Explore Trump translation challenges, tips for interpreters, and 2025 strategies for accurate political translation and Trumpslation success

[teaboot]

oh my god

[freckles-a-constellation]

There was a scandal in Poland because one translator decided to translate him accurately, tone, vocabulary level and word salad tangents and all. Polish conservatives who don't speak English and previously only heard smoothed out translations that sounded coherent and used big words were up in arms about how the translator was "inserting her political agenda", "mocking him", "exaggerating", "purposefully trying to make him look bad" and "incredibly unprofessional". I listened to the translation in question. It was literally just accurate.

[kimbureh]

5. Sensitive and Controversial Language Trump’s speeches occasionally contain misogynistic, sexist, or inflammatory language. Japanese interpreter Tsuruta, for example, faced challenges when translating sexualized remarks, ultimately opting for standard terminology to maintain professionalism. Similarly, Chinese translator Kumiko Torikai found certain lewd expressions ethically challenging, ultimately leading to her retirement. Navigating these situations requires skillful balancing of accuracy, professionalism, and cultural sensitivity, ensuring that the translation is appropriate without distorting the original intent.

I don't know why the authors of PoliLingua act as if Trump's verbal misogyny and racism wasn't very much part of his "original intent".

it only now dawns on me that millions of people on this planet think Trump is way smarter than he is because translators have neglected to relate his violent speech accurately out of misunderstood politeness. Make the ape sound like a ape

[lacetulle]

Joli Poli | Barcelona Fashion Week

[theconcealedweapon]

[smbc-comics]

You've got to own that feeling, girl.

Check out the bonus panel on the site.

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[wilwheaton]

SpaceX Taps Crypto Billionaire to Lead First Crewed Mission to Mars

SpaceX shared new details about a crewed Mars flyby in the lead-up to Thursday's Flight 12 launch attempt.

"During the live webcast, SpaceX played a video of cryptocurrency billionaire and civilian astronaut Chun Wang speaking from Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Wang, who has gone to space one time before, explained that he will embark on a Starship flyby of the Moon and Mars."

Ah, yes, the crypto dipshit who rode in a rocket once is going to *checks notes* command a mission to Mars.

SpaceX is such a fucking joke. I don't know how anyone with self respect can work there.

[sentientdessert]

C'mon Wil... launching a parasite into space where he can do so much less harm... is typically a good thing. If the rocket even makes it out of the stratosphere that is.

[thebibliosphere]

Today’s discovery: I have my first gray hairs!!

I’ll need to try to get a picture but it’s not showing up on camera, but it’s the most beautiful silver like my dad’s and it looks like hair tinsel in the sunlight.

Guys, I lived long enough to get gray hair 😭💖

[sentientdessert]

You earned the grey hairs...

[inadequate-nefelibata]

Just think, if it happens, I can go away from here and not be anyone's problem.

Vivien Leigh and Kim Hunter as Blanche DuBois and Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)