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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Every time I see a "US eagle" with a speech balloon...

Well, when a bald eagle is depicted on TV, it's usually "dubbed" by a hawk. I'd recommend anybody to search what those eagles actually sound like, so you can laugh too.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 29 points 3 days ago

For the lazy: they sound like goofy confused seagulls.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 14 points 3 days ago

Seagulls with good PR.

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

If I don't search, I can keep imagining a clown car horn.

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I tried and I still find fascinating that Google Translate can do realtime translation using the camera

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What does the chinese text say?

[–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Right one says "what are you foreigners doing? Although it is cute"

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Cat tax? Mistranslation, or just something I'm missing?

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 33 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

A lot of Americans were asking what they need to do to be welcomed, and Chinese users replied asking for pictures of our cats, this evolved into "cat tax".

spoiler

[–] ech@lemm.ee 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Cat tax has been a thing for years and years.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago
[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago

Ah, thanks! That makes sense.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

Son-of-bitch!

[–] Cycle0861@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Poor Chinese people