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Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens ‘wrongly fined for driving in London Ulez’ (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 9 months ago by HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works to c/europe@feddit.de
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The UK ladies and gentlemen, scuttling their ship, one aweful policy after the other

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[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sure if English is your first language (if not, you write it very well). Direct translations can cause all sorts of misunderstandings. For a native English speaker, that is a rape joke.

[–] PeroBasta@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hi, no english is not my first language, thank you for the compliment tho.

Anyway, another word that I could have used would have been "prepare to get fucked" still sexual; is it still "rapey" ?

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Weirdly enough, that wouldn't come across as a rape joke. I know, it makes no sense.

[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So if someone is eating a really spicy chili and I say "Prepare your anus".

Is it a rape joke ?

Not a native speaker either but I feel presenting the original comment as a rape joke is a stretch.

Context matters.

Also breaking news, plenty of Police forces and prison guards are able to kindly ask you to "prepare your anus" and in a very much legal manner. This is how I understood the original comment.

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In the context of eating spicy food, it is fine.

In the context of law enforcement, it is 100% a rape joke.

[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How is it a rape if it's legal and the person consents to it ?

Oh well whatever. This is pointless.

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

Oh, you're a troll. Fuck off.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

This whole conversation has really derailed at some point...