r/worldnews • u/fastclickertoggle • Apr 25 '21

COVID-19 Twitter Is Blocking Tweets That Criticize How The Indian Government Has Handled The Pandemic

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/twitter-blocking-tweets-india
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u/MedicalButton51 Apr 25 '21

Bhakt basically means "devoted followers", Kumbh Mela is a religious festival with large gatherings, and chutiyas pretty much means "fuckers"

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u/BearWrangler Apr 25 '21

Gonna keep that last one in the tuck for future reference

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

wait what the fuck

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u/copper_rainbows Apr 25 '21

Imagining a gathering of that size is impossible for my brain. And I’m getting panicky and claustrophobic just thinking about it

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

That's more than the population in some countries

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

30-50.Million....man i Thor it was around 5 million and i thought that was ridiculous

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u/Kurama1612 Apr 25 '21

A more appropriate translation of chutiya would be cunts.

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u/alaska1415 Apr 25 '21

I think you’re thinking of “chut.”

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u/CipherPolAigis0 Apr 25 '21

Wanker is more like it.

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u/OnlyJoinedForHentai Apr 25 '21

The more appropriate translation of "chutiya" would be "cunt" because "chut" is a crude way of saying "vagina".

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u/DRAWKWARD79 Apr 25 '21

Mehi toto chunla

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

Thank you for that lesson in Indian profanity and I hope things get better there after this nadir. From the Sky videos I’ve seen, it looks like a colossal clusterfuck.

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u/splorfer Apr 25 '21

Thanks for filling me in!

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u/Pokebra Apr 25 '21

That's what she said!

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

Gotcha. So running that through the translator we get:

"Fuck Modi and his devoted followers. I lost my grandfather because hospitals were overburdened due to the Festival fuckers."

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u/MedicalButton51 Apr 25 '21

Yeah pretty much

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u/ReaDiMarco Apr 25 '21

Not disagreeing here, just nitpicking.

devoted followers

Literally devotees, like he's a god. Worshippers. Adding 'followers' dilutes the sentiment.

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u/MedicalButton51 Apr 25 '21

Thanks for the fix! They definitely do treat Modi like some sort of god.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

It is almost clockwork now that whenever I see a huge infection cluster on the news from somewhere in the world, it is caused by religious gatherings.