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[–] West_of_West@piefed.social 26 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

We all know Bela was the real MVP in the Wheel of Time

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago

Best. Horse. Ever. Also, you NERD.

[–] aegis_sum@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

That was where my mind went first!

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 15 hours ago

Ah yes. His favorite line from A Street Car Named Desire, just as he remembers it.

Bela!!! Hey, Belaaaaa!

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] johnny_deadeyes@slrpnk.net 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Lugosi? Fleck? Bartok? Enquiring minds want to know...

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[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

I'm sure he was referring to the card game, which is commonly referred to as Bela.

[–] VonVoelksen@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 17 hours ago
[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Look, I can speak Trumponian:

Bela-bela, cowfefe!

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Unfortunately there is no direct translation for the words we are just aware that after a decade of existence in their current form they have successfully been able to form these two words.

The scientific community is all abuzz, as it could indicate the first non-human signs of human language development, if the words do infact have meaning.

Scientists have confirmed that we "are unlikely to find out any time soon as we only have two records of novel language development, and unfortunately, at that rate, humanity will have either transcended the need for audible or written language, or climate change has made the planet inhospitable."

When the right-wing totalitarian was asked for further meaning behind his words, he shrugged, folded his arms in and proceeded to sit there looking at us angrily like a toddler that was told no more TV.

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[–] notaviking@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

I believe this isn't 4D chess in which he makes a snide remark about South Africa again, but Cyril Ramaphosa signed a controversial bill called Bela or Basic Education Law Act where the ANC wanted to give more state control and give less control to school governing bodies, in regards to languages being taught at schools. Many Afrikaners, myself included, ( just Google Pretoria girls highschool of you want to read a rabbit hole of government overreaction) felt this was a ploy to try and exert control to try and dictate which languages should be taught wat school, such as choosing English over native mother tongue languages (like suppressing Afrikaans for example). There are merit and drawbacks to the bill, but even if Trump is obsessed with us white Afrikaners in South Africa (sarcasm), I do not think this is what he meant, and if he did, we would like him to allow us to deal with our own issues through dialogue and democratic methods

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