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		ehmmmmmmmm on Dec 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A former Uber engineer's disaster story That's why I call idioms idiots. If you have to learn idioms, it's an idiotic thing.

ineedasername on Dec 11, 2020 | [–]

There is no language where full expression is possible without use of idioms that don't have direct translations in every other language.

microtherion on Dec 10, 2020 | [–]

What do you propose as an alternative?

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