Laptops, cuz I like to travel a lot and…4 years later now, I can still play the new games or go back to the old ones whenever I want to.

It’s very convenient.

If I was in one place, I’d probably get a PC just cuz it’s usually cheaper for the same hardware.

But I love traveling and I don’t love extra possessions! And I love playing games now and then.

No, I didn’t say any of that.

If you guys are interested in these stories, why don’t you read?

I guess I do like it when people explain things to me and I don’t have to do the research myself.

But it leaves you real vulnerable to sounding pretty dingus.

The facts as we know them now are that Blinken(US Secretary of State) was shown photos of babies burned to death and shot/stabbed, killed in a bunch of ways by hamas. If blinken saw those photos, Biden saw those photos. Some of those photos are publicly available.

NSFL NSFL(https://nationalpost.com/news/world/israel-middle-east/warning-graphic-content-hamas-terrorist-attack-israel) NSFL NSFL

Netanyahu and other israeli officials tweeted about those photos, Biden tweeted in sympathy, and it’s hard to imagine he didn’t see the same photos that the Secretary of State did in which one baby looks like it had its throat cut.

Biden tweeted that he saw pictures of beheaded babies.

The White House clarified that biden didn’t specifically see pictures of beheaded babies.

So no, everything you wrote is either incorrect or unverified.

But at least we have the facts as they stand here now.

Uh, yeah it’s the same president.

It’s only been 8 months.

So you’re like, super uninformed?

Guess your little inaccurate tantrum bears that out.

Just to blast apart your irrelevances there, 1) Biden admitted that he was wrong about the babies as soon as he found out he was wrong about the babies due to faulty intelligence. 2) With complete non-involvement from the US, israel has enough other allies and stockpiled ammunitions to have started and continue this genocide for years(as they have been doing for the last half century); the fact that you don’t know this bears out your ignorance and renders your plaintive cries irrelevant.

I know you feel safe on the bandwagon, but you might want to read a little before you start making things up.

I do. They are delivering hundreds of tons of aid, even if netanyahu and the IDF are being real pieces of s*** about letting it get delivered.

It helps biden’s image, but to call it a “public relations distraction at best” is absurdly narrow-minded and dismissive.

Okay, thanks

Oh, haha, got it. Thanks

Very cool, thank you for explaining that.

Rad. Thanks! What do the pluses denote in a programming language? What’s the difference between c+, c++ and c sharp?

Do you know why sharp is added to the end of programming languages? Like c sharp and f sharp?

Actually, I don’t even know if it is pronounced c sharp or f sharp. I just assumed it was the same as music.

Congratulations

You might want to go climb up to the top of this thread, that’s not what this thread is about at all.

My simple example one can easily extrapolate from is a response to a commenter claiming that sanctions won’t work against China because they are strict, but if the US treated China like a parent treats their child, manipulating and urging them onward with soft encouragement, the US could get that they wanted from China without the need for sanctions.

My point is that if even the word “yes” is not directly translatable in Chinese languages, and they have a couple tens of thousands of words, and China has an entire historical set of behaviors and culture separate from the US with unique calls and responses, it’s insulting and unreasonable to expect a desired response using manipulations that work differently in different cultures.

Separately, you haven’t demonstrated much capability in either language you’re theorizing about and as a result haven’t earned that trust.

Idk, I generally just gave an eyebrow raised whenever I read a political nyt article, I’m perpetually aware that the nuances or implications in the article too be important to pay attention to.

Or a largely reliable news source with certain red flag issues

Well, if you have an unrelated McDonald’s anecdote…

Your grasp on either these languages or the main premise of the argument is sorely lacking.

To humor you, if you truly believe that you can ask in English “do you like ice cream?” and expect to receive the answer " I like it", then we’ve determined which language you understand less.

Then again, The Chinese noun and verb for love is "爱“, not the McDonald’s phrase you quoted, so maybe you don’t understand either language as well as you would like.

But hey, you know McDonald’s lore, so there’s that.

Very nice of you to add that in to your admission that you’re incorrect, thanks.

I appreciate your admission of guilt.

And accept your continued congratulations!

Haha,yea. You should definitely wear a badge.

Thanks again

Still no evidence?

Keep up those fabrications, thank you for admitting I’m right again.

Nope, those are discrete words and concepts, and It looks like you’re missing the point.

The point here is that you’re not going to get the response you want by asking a question you’re used to because the affirmative word in English that is the answer to that question does not exist in Chinese languages.

Yes means yes, 喜欢 means ”I like it",and 是的 means “it is”.

Neither of those Chinese words are the direct equivalent of the English “yes”.

Approximations? Functional phrases? Sure.

Different words and concepts and language building blocks? Of course.

And to keep you accountable, “I like it” is a very strange, inaccurate and extremely uncommon way to answer “do you like ice cream?” In English.

Thank you, I appreciate it.