Lobok posted:

Ah, so the thread has moved from correcting the oldest joke in recorded history to correcting the biggest joke in recorded history.

fruit on the bottom posted:

Yeah I know the context, but it seemed like a waste to have the post I quoted and not have a canonical image of Donald Duck in Nazi regalia make an appearance

Lobok posted:

Ah, so the thread has moved from correcting the oldest joke in recorded history to correcting the biggest joke in recorded history.

Lobok posted:

Ah, so the thread has moved from correcting the oldest joke in recorded history to correcting the biggest joke in recorded history.

Somfin posted:

You're talking to Tiggum.

A Moose posted:

It's funny because Tiggum is profoundly autistic

BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:

You insulted the honor of Donald Duck. It's offensive that you think this can simply be excused.

mostlygray posted:

I've been 225-245lbs my whole life.

Facebook Aunt posted:

Your poor mother!

Chuck Buried Treasure posted:

Tiggum’s kind of a weird case because yeah he can be hardheaded to an absurd degree about the weirdest stuff but everyone I’ve ever seen complain about him is 1000x worse. Like a really tedious lightning rod for bad posters.

Horrible Lurkbeast posted:

Is there a type of ugly butterfly that can only get off on racism?

fizzymercy posted:

Bubbafly.

DC Murderverse posted:

i think there should just be a "don't wear something you should only wear to the beach" rule. it doesn't blame girls for boys' "distraction", it's just like, school is not the beach. short shorts? beach. crop top? beach. button-up with no shirt? beach. really really deep-necked tank-top? beach.

Samuel Clemens posted:

So basically the Vatican's dress code?

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

World famous for successfully discouraging sex with children.

Rutibex posted:

there are bridges in europe used for motor traffic that were originally installed by the roman empire

skasion posted:

Rome, unlike this bridge, wasn’t built in a day.

Flapjack Monty posted:

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND SLAM MY PALMS TOGETHER. ITS A PRAYER FOR A QUICK DEATH AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I START EXPECTING THE WORST OUT OF OUR 45TH PRESIDENT, TRUMP. I PANIC AND I BREAKDOWN HARD. MAKIN PAINED SOUNDS WHEN HE SLAMS DOWN SOME UNPRECEDENTED STUPID BULLSHIT OR EVEN WHEN THE DEMS gently caress UP AGAIn

Besesoth posted:

In case it isn't clear, this is me telling you that you don't know as much about this subject as you think you do, and it might be time for you to stop talking about it.

Tiggum posted:

I was only "talking about it" to begin with in the sense that I was asking a question in the hope that someone more knowledgeable might have an answer. If that's you, why not just answer the question instead of telling me something I already know? I haven't been here trying to tell anyone anything about translation, people have just been restating my question at me like as though they're answering it. Perhaps the phrase "badly translated" triggered some kind of weird defensiveness; perhaps I should have said "literally translated". But either way, the question I asked was not "why did these idiots translate it wrong, why didn't they do it the way I would have done it (because I clearly think I'm an expert)" that's just something you're apparently reading into it. The question, which I'm still wondering about, is "why did they (the people who publicised this translation) choose to present it in this form instead of translating it in a way that would have more closely preserved the intent and humour of the joke?" If you don't know the answer that's fine, it was just idle curiosity on my part.

Snowy posted:

What was the porno shop doing with all that birdseed?

Besesoth posted:

Look, buddy, if someone wants to gently caress a bird, you gotta have the bird handy.

Comptroll The Forums posted:

I think with birds it's called a wingy.

Pick posted:

has anyone ever regretted a breakup they instigated??

Barudak posted:

Pretty sure the guy in charge of O-Rings on the Challenger does

Farmdizzle posted:

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veiled boner fuel posted:

“Look at the tits on this Pacific Islander son. Not bad eh?”

-Tinfoil papercut fighting racism

Mr. Sunshine posted:

Pick posted:

big nipples big life posted:

What video games did the bridge play?

VikingSkull posted:

burgertime

mind the walrus posted:

When you put it like that it almost seems highbrow

Grandmother of Five posted:

Props as always to the style of epic porno industry goon that thinks of themselves as some kind of bastion of free speech and thought. Whether you're the really empowered person with a belly full of anti-depressants and cum, or the guy coding the website, it must feel pretty great to be part of the process of making it slightly easier and more intuitive for people to jerk off and cum while sitting in their computer chairs.

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

Zulily Zoetrope posted:

Well if we're gonna debate Sumerian quotes, my favorite is definitely the ol' proverb "The fox urinates into the ocean and says: 'Behold! All this is my piss.'"

Paladinus posted:

i shagged ya mam

Farmdizzle posted:

Tiggum, I mean this in the nicest possible way.

There is a historical context, dude. They were translating from an anthropological standpoint. They weren't trying to (nor were they required to) make it funny for you in particular.

Normal people can just accept that. You're being tedious about it.

Tiggum posted:

All I did was ask a simple question that still hasn't been answered. All I want to know is why that particular translation is the one that gets quoted everywhere when, in most of the contexts in which you see it, that kind of translation does not seem ideal? What's the source? What were the reasons for translating it that way? Unless you know who translated it and where and why they published that translation then you don't know the answer and your guesses are not helpful. And as far as I can tell that's all you're doing - guessing. I can guess too, I don't need you for that. You, like everyone else who has responded to my question, are providing absolutely no new information then acting like as though you've given not only a definitive answer but that I'm the one who's being unreasonable. The opposite is true.