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Nanoraptor

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social 56 min. ago

What's your local regional phrase most similar to "We're not here to fuck spiders"

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Josh :everything_bagel:

@josh0@babka.social 42 min. ago

@NanoRaptor we’re not here to string chile, apparently.

A screenshot of an LLM output that reads:

GPT-5.6 Luna
A Northern New Mexico-flavored equivalent
would be:
"We're not here to make tortillas."
It isn't a fixed traditional idiom, but it has the same
playful, no-nonsense energy. A more natural local-
Spanish version would be:
"No estamos aquí para perder el tiempo."
"We're not here to waste time."
For extra chile-country flavor: "We're not here to
string chile.” — A screenshot of an LLM output that reads: GPT-5.6 Luna A Northern New Mexico-flavored equivalent would be: "We're not here to make tortillas." It isn't a fixed traditional idiom, but it has the same playful, no-nonsense energy. A more natural local- Spanish version would be: "No estamos aquí para perder el tiempo." "We're not here to waste time." For extra chile-country flavor: "We're not here to string chile.”

I love this, so I

@jpm@aus.social 45 min. ago

@NanoRaptor it’s such a good phrase to illustrate how much of a tonal language en_AU is, with 6 different meanings depending on where stresses and inflections are pronounced in the sentence.

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@datarama@hachyderm.io 51 min. ago

@NanoRaptor To overly obsess over details is called "flueknepperi" in Danish. Literally: "fly fucking".

That's the only regional idiom I can think of that involves sex with arthropods. You could bend it a bit closer to yours and say "Vi er her ikke for at fluekneppe" ("we're not here to fuck flies"), which would be understood to mean that you're not interested in overfocusing on details.

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