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* I could be a verbatim translation and so lose subtle semantics; "don't expect what you don't inspect" would be idiomatic * Any Soviet saying would come from
by 62951413 5y ago
* I could be a verbatim translation and so lose subtle semantics; "don't expect what you don't inspect" would be idiomatic
* Any Soviet saying would come from a culture used to double-speak to survive government oppression and censorship. Which is probably still new to many Americans who remember good old days.
- blooalien 5y ago> "Which is probably still new to many Americans who remember good old days." It's been straight up surreal watching the world turn into the George Orwell "1984" world we were all warned about as children, and seeing the USA (Land of "Freedom") gleefully join in the dystopian "fun".