Slow Progress

Once again, a visitor comes to my office, sees this:

and joyfully exclaims, “Ah, you teach Russian!”

It took three statements to the effect that I’m a professor of Spanish to get the fellow off the topic of when my imaginary Russian courses are scheduled next Fall.

On the positive side, he’s placing the flag in the right geographic region, so that’s progress.

9 responses to “Slow Progress”

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    Anonymous

    Also found this clip of Zelensky calling out Israel’s atrocity in Gaza, so I guess not every Ukrainian supports Israel’s war crimes, and that’s A GOOD THING. You should be proud.

    https://x.com/MacaesBruno/status/1797552573442084876

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Zelensky is trying to ingratiate himself with the Biden administration in the aftermath of the Trump verdict. I think he’s making a mistake.

      Fair warning, though. One more phrase issuing a command as to what I “should” do, and you are permanently banned. If you can’t control yourself and communicate like a normal person, I’ll help you move along.

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        Anonymous

        Condemning a war crime is a great thing though — no matter what you think about it.

        Also shows that not all Ukranians are warmongers, and that’s a great relief.

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        1. Clarissa Avatar

          Empty, inane verbiage again.

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    Anonymous

    And so much for freedom of speech… Getting banned and all. Lol

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Freedom of speech doesn’t mean anybody is obligated to listen to you. It’s bizarre that people who don’t have the intellect to understand something so simple would believe they are valuable discussion partners.

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        Anonymous

        And yet when someone pointed out that you not being confident to say bigoted/ignorant things in your place of work — because it’s inane — is not a constitutional infringement, you cry “It’s a Soviet world in the US now!”

        At least be intellectually consistent. Lol.

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        1. Clarissa Avatar

          I’m not firing you, so please calm down. I’m simply asking you to control yourself and try to be polite. Drop the infantile “lols” and try to learn something for once.

          Good job keeping the discussions of your masturbation on check for several hours. This is progress.

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          1. Clarissa Avatar

            Also, I really like the “someone.” This someone was you. I see who’s leaving the comments. Grow up already.

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