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> And the fact that you are native Spanish speaker makes little difference here. How trustworthy is a native Spanish speaker? You will know it when you navigate

> And the fact that you are native Spanish speaker makes little difference here. How trustworthy is a native Spanish speaker? You will know it when you navigate the Spanish speaking Internet and find most of it are antivaxxers, flat earthers and people that believe "US Navy" is a given name ("Usnavy"). That has absolutely nothing to do with the topic of how something is pronounced in Spanish, which is ostensibly something that a native speaker of the language would certainly have experience with and who’s opinions should be listened to. They shouldn’t be trusted as a source of information about vaccinations, the curvature of the earth, or the etymology of the US Navy but it’s also not expected that they would be experts in any of those topics. There’s also plenty of English (and whatever other language, it’s not like the two are correlated in any way) speaking folks who believe all those things as well, but that doesn’t mean we instantly discount all people who speak English because of that.

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29athrowaway 4y ago
That last paragraph was critique of the Spanish-speaking Internet, with a non-serious tone. A critique rooted in frustration due to exposure to the abundance of low quality content. There are oasis of high quality content, but the situation is worse than over here. The proliferation of flat earth theory (as a movement, in its modern incarnation) and antivaxxers started in the English-speaking Internet.
- mynameisvlad 4y ago
  > with a non-serious tone. That’s a hilarious escape hatch to try using once you saw how badly people reacted to it. “GUYS it’s ok I was only joking!” Absolutely nothing in your comment came off as being non-serious in tone, and nothing whatsoever in your further responses indicates that was even remotely the case either. Sarcasm doesn’t transfer well over text, but there’s absolutely no way you’re expecting people to buy that. > The proliferation of flat earth theory (as a movement, in its modern incarnation) and antivaxxers started in the English-speaking Internet. No shit Sherlock, it’s as if that was my point or something.
  - 29athrowaway 4y ago
    That comment paragraph has non-serious written all over it and if you failed to see it is because you are desperately looking for a reason to be angry. Do you want a reason to be angry? Try finding a better reason, like the environment, or nuclear proliferation, etc. If we steered society towards what makes people comfortable the world would be a very horrible place to live. Galileo, for example, would have said "OK guys, sorry for making you feel certain way, I better stop using my telescope and doing science so your imaginary friend is not angry". Have a good day.
    - mynameisvlad 4y ago
      Or, the more realistic explanation, which is that you were in the middle of a heated discussion, said something that wasn’t reasonable or appropriate, got called out on it by multiple people, then backtracked and pretended you were joking the whole time. Which you clearly weren’t. There was no tone shift. There was no /s. There was no “non-serious” tone there. You wanted to call into question their credentials, and found the most idiotic thing you could and ran with it. The fact that every single one of your replies is serious and aggressive in tone does not help your case. Obviously that one paragraph is the sole exception, obviously. Next time, just take the L in stride.
      - 29athrowaway 4y ago
        Interesting conclusion, but wrong nevertheless. You saw what you wanted to see. Being a native speaker does not give you a final say in a discussion about language, that was the main point being made, with a bit of condiment.
        mynameisvlad 4y ago
        If one person says something, then sure, perhaps they just misread it. If multiple people respond in the same way (which has happened here) then maybe, just maybe, they're all reacting to the same thing and you are just shit at making your point known.

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29athrowaway 4y ago

That last paragraph was critique of the Spanish-speaking Internet, with a non-serious tone. A critique rooted in frustration due to exposure to the abundance of low quality content. There are oasis of high quality content, but the situation is worse than over here. The proliferation of flat earth theory (as a movement, in its modern incarnation) and antivaxxers started in the English-speaking Internet.

mynameisvlad 4y ago
> with a non-serious tone. That’s a hilarious escape hatch to try using once you saw how badly people reacted to it. “GUYS it’s ok I was only joking!” Absolutely nothing in your comment came off as being non-serious in tone, and nothing whatsoever in your further responses indicates that was even remotely the case either. Sarcasm doesn’t transfer well over text, but there’s absolutely no way you’re expecting people to buy that. > The proliferation of flat earth theory (as a movement, in its modern incarnation) and antivaxxers started in the English-speaking Internet. No shit Sherlock, it’s as if that was my point or something.
- 29athrowaway 4y ago
  That comment paragraph has non-serious written all over it and if you failed to see it is because you are desperately looking for a reason to be angry. Do you want a reason to be angry? Try finding a better reason, like the environment, or nuclear proliferation, etc. If we steered society towards what makes people comfortable the world would be a very horrible place to live. Galileo, for example, would have said "OK guys, sorry for making you feel certain way, I better stop using my telescope and doing science so your imaginary friend is not angry". Have a good day.
  - mynameisvlad 4y ago
    Or, the more realistic explanation, which is that you were in the middle of a heated discussion, said something that wasn’t reasonable or appropriate, got called out on it by multiple people, then backtracked and pretended you were joking the whole time. Which you clearly weren’t. There was no tone shift. There was no /s. There was no “non-serious” tone there. You wanted to call into question their credentials, and found the most idiotic thing you could and ran with it. The fact that every single one of your replies is serious and aggressive in tone does not help your case. Obviously that one paragraph is the sole exception, obviously. Next time, just take the L in stride.
    - 29athrowaway 4y ago
      Interesting conclusion, but wrong nevertheless. You saw what you wanted to see. Being a native speaker does not give you a final say in a discussion about language, that was the main point being made, with a bit of condiment.
      - mynameisvlad 4y ago
        If one person says something, then sure, perhaps they just misread it. If multiple people respond in the same way (which has happened here) then maybe, just maybe, they're all reacting to the same thing and you are just shit at making your point known.