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It's interesting to see what qualifies as a swear in different languages.

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"白痴" (moron or idiot) counts as a swear in zh. "抐屎" (to churn shit) isn't a swear in zh-min-nan.
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"白痴" (moron or idiot) counts as a swear in zh. "抐屎" (to churn shit) isn't a swear in zh-min-nan.
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It varies within english too.

Cunt is an offensive term in British English while it is a term of endearment in Australian English
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It varies within english too.

Cunt is an offensive term in British English while it is a term of endearment in Australian English
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Context is very important there. I definitely wouldn't recommend calling random people in the streets cunts
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Context is very important there. I definitely wouldn't recommend calling random people in the streets cunts
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Depends on the street in the Goldy
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More importantly the most advanced labs are on earth. Would you leave something so dangerous to a second rate lab?
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Maybe there was a cure for human cancer, but it didn't work at all in mice.
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Or it worked too well on mice and stopped regular cells from dividing.
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Public transit is heavily utilized in Tokyo because they are so overworked that if they drove, 50% of people would fall asleep at the wheel
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Or its because it is a far more space efficient way of moving hundreds of thousands of people who need to be at the same place at the same time.
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The first century BCE and the last century BCE are the same century.
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Your going to have to expand on that one mate.
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A lot of media depict the United States as being invaded by fascists from the outside. Nobody thought fascism will come from within until now.
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It always comes from within. Those who thought it is an external thread kinda had their head in the sand.

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It's interesting to see what qualifies as a swear in different languages.

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If we ever find a planet with life in it, we could never set foot on it, because the interaction of the two biologies can have unpredictable consequences

Maybe there was a cure for human cancer, but it didn't work at all in mice.

Public transit is heavily utilized in Tokyo because they are so overworked that if they drove, 50% of people would fall asleep at the wheel

The first century BCE and the last century BCE are the same century.

A lot of media depict the United States as being invaded by fascists from the outside. Nobody thought fascism will come from within until now.