gregconen comments on Open Thread: May 2010 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: Jack 01 May 2010 05:29AM

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Comment author: gregconen 04 May 2010 11:38:25PM 0 points [-]

It may have helped if you'd explained yourself to onlookers in English, or simply asked in English (given Thomas's apparent reasonable fluency).

I disagree with the downvotes, though.

Comment author: Clippy 05 May 2010 01:19:48PM 1 point [-]

All I said was, "Do you prefer to speak German? That's a language that I can also do [sic]. Do you want me to sometimes translate for you?"

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 05 May 2010 01:35:09PM 0 points [-]

The decision to start speaking in German where it's unnecessary for communicating what you've said, was stupid, and should be punished accordingly.

Comment author: Clippy 05 May 2010 01:56:59PM 3 points [-]

Sex is unnecessary and stupid too, ape. How about some tolerance for other's differences? Oh, right, I forgot.