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      Asking what the Spanish word for tortilla is a valid question.

      If you ordered a ‘tortilla’ in Spain, you would get an omelette, not a flatbread.

      This comment section is like the bellcurve meme.

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        Yeah, false friends (loan words that don’t mean what they mean in the original language) are super common.

        Edit: The definition I gave is wrong, or rather too narrow. Wikipedia says this:

        In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that looks or sounds similar to a word in a given language, but differs significantly in meaning.

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            Mixing those up would certainly be embarassing, though :D

            Example from German: “sensible” is not “sensibel”

            also “handy” and “Handy”

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      This is somewhat similar to my raw attraction to toxic, dangerous women. I once had a woman casually say mid-blowjob, “I could totally bite your cock off right now.” I giggled like Ralph Wiggum and then we had mind blowing sex.

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        It’s through the grace of seeking Dommes that I freed myself from my self destructive instinct towards dangerous and toxic women lol. Thankfully these days I’m married to a dangerous but completely nontoxic woman, because I really can’t handle the “picking fights out of boredom” type behavior

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          It could be a group project.

          I also had a toxic partner and amazing sex stint. We called ourselves Sid and Nancy as a joke, but also because it was definitely heading towards both of us in a filthy hotel room (again), drunk and high (again), and someone accidentally dies (first time!). We both nicknamed each other the fucking safe word for society, and still missed the signs.

          She went on to write a bunch of songs about it. I married a sort-of friend of the ex who is non-toxic, but also amazing with the sex. And who every time she sees a certain type of woman with trashy makeup on, says “oh, she looks like (name of ex)” as a rib to me.

          Yeah. Good times.

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        I had a friend like you once, if he was into a woman there was guaranteed something dreadfully wrong with her. Like this was an actual conversation:

        Friend (excited): I just started seeing her, she’s amazing! The best thing that’s ever happened to me!

        Me: Dude, the last two girlfriends you said that about ended up in jail.

        Friend: No it’s different this time, she’s cool! She’s a gamer, we like the same music, she’s super chill.

        Me: Ok dude, I’m happy for you.

        Two weeks later

        Me: Dude, you ok? You look pretty down.

        Friend: My girlfriend likes to get into throw down drunken brawls with strangers every weekend.

        But this friend was also a weirdness magnet in general.

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        I need a legit survey of women who haven’t thought about this at least once.

        I’m convinced it’s half the appeal of oral sex. “I could be your last with a chomp and a twist, but you’re too horny to care”.

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      To be fair to the last comment: The Pink Panther could be either a leopard or a jaguar, it isn’t clear which one.

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        I am wrong in thinking that panther is just another name for the family of animals also called cougars, mountain lions, and pumas? Is this just an US thing?

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          Apparently that’s the north American usage of the word, TIL

          The cougar holds the Guinness record for the animal with the greatest number of names, with over 40 in English alone.

          Y’all need to calm down

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        I (male) have a twin sister.

        I have been asked on more than one occasion if we are identical.

        I have also been asked by someone if we are the same age.