▲ 74 ▼ You talking about Shenanigans? (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments Disclaimer: russkies just hanging out in a separate hangar. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/russian-troops-enter-base-housing-us-military-niger-us-official-says-2024-05-02/?utm_source=reddit.com r*ddit
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yeah I'm not sure if it's an outright threat or "Yankees go home" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago I've been pondering it for hours... 98% it's a threat about kidnapping Americans, put the word "ransom" in place of "bonus". A non native English speaker could easily confuse the two words. It's like when you are in a hurry and the precise word in another language escapes you for a moment, but you toss in a placeholder, knowing that the person you're talking with will fill in the right word from conversational context. This is a shitty vetsion of "Look at me. I am the Captain now." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago I've been pondering it for hours... 98% it's a threat about kidnapping Americans, put the word "ransom" in place of "bonus". A non native English speaker could easily confuse the two words. It's like when you are in a hurry and the precise word in another language escapes you for a moment, but you toss in a placeholder, knowing that the person you're talking with will fill in the right word from conversational context. This is a shitty vetsion of "Look at me. I am the Captain now." permalink fedilink source parent
