

Only English is ticked… Don’t worry mate, I already solved the problem!


Only English is ticked… Don’t worry mate, I already solved the problem!


I just block meme-posters and meme communities and my Fediverse stays interesting as a result. No need to convince/wait for the world to change when I can conveniently block the slop myself, it’s one of the most appreciated features of PieFed/Lemmy imho.
Recall that whole db0 defederation of feddit.org? Was not a problem for me at all because I had already blocked the instance long before the whole thing kicked off simply because I didn’t speak German and didn’t want my feed full of German posts I couldn’t understand anyway.


Sounds like Reddit is a better fit for you then.


Sarcasm can be conveyed non-verbally. Through facial expressions, gestures or situational context for example. The core concept is not bound to specific languages but to the social/cognitive ability of the communicators, I’d say. Young children have a very hard time with sarcasm, regardless of where they’re born.


They absolutely do. Even within the same language, regional accents can have very different prosodies.
I recall reading a Nature article iirc about how neonatal cry melody can reflect prenatal exposure to parental language! How nuts is that!? Brains are cool.
eta: Found it: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982209018247


It could mean “It’s just the same old shit but with 5 new heroes next week”
It’s this new trend of making a confusing headline so people click it for clarification.


Headline is a poor attempt at saying they are renaming it to just ‘Overwatch’ without the 2.
“nice dick bro”