mandrake
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I bet you do you do, cosplay freedom fighter.
@GBNEWS gathered all the dissident voices and convinced them they cared about free speech.
Another establishment mouthpiece bought for a cheap price.
Well played.
Mark Dolan@mrmarkdolan
Covering the 9pm to 11 shift on @gbnews tonight, couple of things to talk about
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@wartranslated The decision seems sound but you’re reaching on your justification of its use by the soldiers imo. Gay slurs are still homophobic even when not intended to literally refer to someone’s sexuality.
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Several readers expressed concern about Ukrainian soldiers using "gay slurs" in recent videos I published, asking them to be changed. However, translation is translation, the point of it is to interpret the meaning of a word as close to the original as possible, and trust in a translator is earned through being precise.
But it is also important to understand the context of translation, and in this case, this gay slur is not used to describe someone's sexual orientation. This word stems from decades ago, it is widely used in Eastern Europe, but nowadays it is most often used to grievously insult someone (although it is still used in the original meaning).
In fact, this slur "pidor/pidory" is a generalisation that Ukrainians picked up for Russians in this conflict, and is convenient to use in a rush. It's fairly similar in its intent to the Russians calling Ukrainians "ukrs/hohols".
However, it is most certainly not used to describe someone's sexual orientation on the battlefield: after all, no one's walking around asking captives about their sexual orientation just to use this slur exclusively for them.
Ukrainians are a modern, respectable society, which they have proved on numerous occasions in the past 15 months and much earlier.
The closest equivalent to this slur in the English language would probably be "motherfucker" or "cunt", with the latter being particularly suitable due to having few syllables.
While I am not a big proponent of replacing words in translations, I may stick to one of the equivalents in the future, just in case readers don't know the context.
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@gainzy222 maybe cos finance news is boring, but giant orange douchebags getting nailed is a super fun watch
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@cobie @HsakaTrades Life or death, have to invest in either FTX ponzi v 2.0 or 3ac GTX ponzi v 2.0 who do you choose?
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@HsakaTrades Maybe because questioning by a bunch of house members few of whom understand the subject, in a forum where he can refuse to answer and basically trot out his media tour narrative again would do more to prejudice the case than help it.
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