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21asdffdsa12today at 6:22 AM2 repliesview on HN

Nowhere does the us "center of the universe" mindset shine more through, then when to expect the world to remember the presidential dogs name.


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distancestoday at 6:49 AM

Well, the main hurdle was that we were 7-9 years old iirc and didn't know any English at all, beyond the memorized "knock knock" etc. So the topic of the questions wasn't on the table :-)

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riffrafftoday at 7:24 AM

I think everybody does this to some extent.

Like, I remember someone telling me at one point that the thing in Head over Heels was a Dalek with prince Charles head. I didn't know either of those.