• @swlabr
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    92 months ago

    It’s much more awkward as a subject of the crown. I tried explaining the game “telestrations” as pictionary + chinese whispers before I had this knowledge. I didn’t know!!! It’s even right there in the name!!! I swear I’m not racist!!!

    (Note: I am of chinese origin and have heard my extended family mangle messages through the telephone. So both names are real to me)

    • Mike
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      92 months ago

      As a white British dude the problem is that “Telephone” is an Americanism, so I think the solution is that we find an entirely new name to describe speech-like yet utterly incomprehensible-to-the-listener noises that’s completely devoid of cultural appropriation. I suggest “This is all Trump to me”. The game could be “Trump Tweets”.

        • Mike
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          62 months ago

          Definitely that. “It’s all covfefe to me”