"I ego-attach a little bit to Mongolia: I'm jaded and I drink a lot. The good things about Mongolia."
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Interesting things said in my presence
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other categories found with "cynicism": insults (3), ethnocentrism (3), SSSR (3), sadness (2), insightfulness (2)
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heard: 13 January 2011
[edit] added: 16 January 2011
[edit] added: 16 January 2011
CB: "There's one rule about language comparison—"
Niko: "Don't trust a Russian?"
russian, linguistics, hyperbole, insightfulness, SSSR, provincialism, pessimism, insults, incompetence, ethnocentrism, cynicism, gradschool, bad-ideas, academia
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heard: 31 August 2010
[edit] added: 2 September 2010
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[edit] added: 2 September 2010
"For Indiana, Irkutsk is gay-friendly."
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heard: 17 September 2010
[edit] added: 17 September 2010
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[edit] added: 17 September 2010
[Niko says something syntactically odd in English]
[Everyone pauses and frowns, including Niko]
Niko: "Eh, L9 interference."
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heard: 9 April 2011
[edit] added: 17 May 2011
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[edit] added: 17 May 2011
Monolingual people are so paranoid!
BP
tautologies, sadness, insults, insightfulness, ethnocentrism, cynicism, culture, patriotism, language
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heard: 11 October 2011
[edit] added: 11 October 2011
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[edit] added: 11 October 2011
"Wait, what's this a commercial for? It's a waste of paper and it's inconvenient!"
(screen shows "USPS")
"Oh, of course."