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> "Our culture" really means "the ways in which we've become accustomed to doing things (because reasons), and which we believe everyone else should recognize a
by geraneum 2y ago
> "Our culture" really means "the ways in which we've become accustomed to doing things (because reasons), and which we believe everyone else should recognize as an entitlement for us."
This could be the laziest definition of culture that I’ve read so far.
- dctoedt 2y agoIt's a translation of the word as used in context. I suppose I could have added "Here," to be more clear that it's not a definition.
- geraneum 2y agoRight, this could be the laziest translation (to English?) of the word culture in any context, that I’ve read so far. There, I fixed it.
- dctoedt 2y ago"Laziest" — you misspelled concise, right? Or I guess you meant succinct.
- dctoedt 2y agoToday's Pearls Before Swine comic is relevant concerning "translation": One of the characters has a "magic translation box" to translate "politicianish" into "the truth." I did something similar in my original comment above. https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/05 https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/05