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Re:Scientists find genetic signature of Down syndrome in anc... by Broken_Hippo on Thursday February 29, 2024 @08:06AM (#39548768)
And realize that if you were born just a few centuries earlier, you would have probably been illiterate - and if you were literate, you probably couldn't read anything beyond religious texts.

But on the other hand, you wouldn't have been able to broadcast the holes in your knowledge as far, either. And everyone has them - the holes in their knowledge. One of yours seems to be reading communication. If most folks can barely speak coherently - to you - I'd wager that you just aren't putting in the work to better understand colloquial speech.

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Re:Scientists find genetic signature of Down syndrome in anc... by barrysteve on Thursday February 29, 2024 @09:18AM (#39549557)
The cultural context of colloquial speech is incredibly difficult to pick up online. It is literally never communicated, you have to scrape Culture Shock and reaction videos for weeks to piece it together. Or study full time, or live there.
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