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[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

like people thinking that all languages come from turkish

This is amazing, I fucking love this. People striving to create the lowest stakes possible conspiracy. I struggle to think of something that would have less impact on the world no matter it were true or false.

A shadowy cabal of powerful people guarding the secret of "actually, it was [rolls die] Turkish people who invented [rolls another die] language!"

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago

then think again, because it was a part of continuing series: turkish nationalism

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago

Okay sure, but this is comical. A Turkish nationalist will be a Turkish nationalist with or without this idea. It's the equivalent of saying that Turkish people have naturally less odorous farts and thus TURKIYE SHALL RULE THE WORLD!

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago

okay but this idea was kinda central to modern turkish nationalism. see, kurds are not distinct people, they just speak turkish but wrong (heard anything similar recently?) also this is part of the reason why standard turkish is actual common language in turkey

[-] mawhrin@awful.systems 3 points 2 months ago

oh, it's like russia's idea of ukrainian and belarussian. fucking orphans of the empires…

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 9 points 2 months ago

Funny you say that, as it was the Dutch who invented dice.

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