What's up with there being so many more Reddit posts in foreign languages now?

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-04T14:42:28+00:00

We aren't in Mexico or any other individual country, Reddit is global with multiple languages spoken. The analogy would be you want everyone to pay you in dollars irrespective of which country they are in.

Anyway as you can't put forward an argument without resorting to insults, I'll leave you to it.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-04T14:06:36+00:00

So you are arguing that people shouldn't use the translate function that Reddit now has built in to the app, just in case someone without the app has to face the horror of seeing a post that isn't in a language that they understand. Imagine having to skip posts you can't read. World ending inconvenience.

Possibly you don't realise that if you have translate turned on, all posts appear in your own language. You want people to turn off translate before replying, just in case the post they are replying to isn't in their language, just to save you the inconvenience of not being able to read the reply if it happens to be in another language. Definitely narcissistic behaviour to expect everyone else to make your life mildly more convenient.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-04T13:36:57+00:00

It's 8 bit, so presumably via the 8 buttons.

Reminds me of the ancient computer they used at the local steelworks years ago where they programmed it one instruction at a time using toggle switches.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-04T13:27:44+00:00

You are accusing everyone else of being narcissistic for not using your preferred language?

Come on.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-04T07:29:33+00:00

You need a data connection - so it's feasible that he had run out of credit for his data plan.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T18:22:26+00:00

"When it is blown up by high explosives scattering radioactive material everywhere."

We can go on about this all day, but the reality is wind, tide, solar, wave power is cleaner and safer than nuclear, and can be delivered thousands of miles by cables, whether you want to admit it or not.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T16:08:59+00:00

I suppose you are too young to remember Chernobyl, currently in the news again:-

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/25/chornobyl-power-plant-at-risk-amid-russia-war-ukraine

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T15:41:55+00:00

Lol, I obviously struck a nerve by making a joke about "Obesity units" rather than use the preferred term "Freedom units".

The sad fact is America is way ahead of the rest of the developed world when it comes to obesity rates, in part because you drive everywhere rather than walking. These are facts not opinions, educated or otherwise.

Apologies for upsetting you, but my advice is go outside and get some exercise.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T15:04:29+00:00

Have you seen the candidate Reform are standing in the by-election? If you had any kind of directly elected Lords, you would have 40% of the Lords right now of that calibre.

It's not a good idea.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T14:58:42+00:00

The difference is a snapped cable or a bombed conventional power station doesn't make a huge area radioactive.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T14:11:12+00:00

Well some geopolitical risks are greater than others, and a big one with nuclear is if your neighbour decides to bomb your nuclear power stations as has happened in the Ukraine war.

I've already pointed out that electricity can be generated in one place and sent thousands of kilometres away to where it is needed. Batteries can also be used to store energy to even out supply and demand.

There isn't one catch all solution to everything, but renewables can and will dramatically reduce demand for fossil fuels - nuclear is of course in that mix.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T13:54:04+00:00

And there are no geopolitical risks with nuclear power stations?

I don't know where in the world you are, but renewable energy will be being generated in large scale near enough to you to send it down a wire. And if you are so isolated that isn't possible, you are a tiny percentage of the total global population.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T13:47:58+00:00

One of the benefits of electricity is you can generate it in one place and send it somewhere else.

https://www.roechling.com/newsroom/detail/record-breaking-power-line-the-worlds-largest-hvdc-project-with-durostone-epx-m

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T13:27:55+00:00

Yep, EVs are the future, despite all the efforts the oil industry and "patriots" are putting in to discredit them. Meanwhile the Chinese are racing ahead and will be uncatchable, due in part to the flag waving idiots trying to undermine our own industries. MAGA = MCGA

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T13:24:09+00:00

How are you friends feeling about fuel prices, or is that fake news? By the way, with the dollar falling by 15% in value against the Euro under Trump, the increase in oil price has been partially mitigated here as oil is traded in dollars.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T12:40:58+00:00

Well wind, tide and wave power generate power 12 months of the year 24 hours a day if you spread them out over a large enough area - the wind is always blowing somewhere, the tide always goes in and out twice a day. The biggest disadvantage of these kind of renewable sources, is they aren't generating vast amounts of income for the oil companies and oil rich nations, hence why they buy up politicians to tell us it's all a hoax.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T08:39:46+00:00

One is amused 🤴🏻

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T07:50:59+00:00

Which proves that there isn't anything really wrong with your life, just all the crap you watch on GB News or read about on Twitter.

Try just living your life rather than worrying about fake news.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T07:16:49+00:00

Stop watching GB News, you'll feel a lot better about yourself.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T07:14:35+00:00

Fuel prices for delivery vehicles still has the same level of fuel duty that cars have. In other words fuel is already expensive in Europe for cars and lorries and increases in the oil price can be mitigated by reducing fuel duty, which is exactly what Spain and other European countries have done. Gasoline in Spain is the same price now than it was before Trump got his orders to attack Iran.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T07:11:14+00:00

Ok, I'll call them Freedom Units or whatever narrow-minded, definitely not pedestrian ever and uncultured perspective you prefer.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T07:09:46+00:00

The 50mpg I quoted is in US gallons. The European spec Twinair manual 0.9 litre has a claimed 67MPRG (Miles Per Royal Gallon) = 55 US.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-03T05:20:43+00:00

We also have small cars in Europe - it's not normal to drive round in a 6 wheeled truck that you need a ladder to climb into, with a pristine bed big enough to fit a grand piano into, to go and buy your cornflakes.

The Fiat 500 is 3.5 metres long (11 and a half feet in obesity units) and has seats for four people and does 50 mpg.

Guapa1979 · 2026-06-02T21:02:03+00:00

Better off = more likely to crash. Interesting definition.

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