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New comment by cdnh22 in "Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub"

cdnh22 — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 15:10:17 +0000

What are the goals Microsoft wants to achieve with this?

New comment by cdnh22 in "Demand for American Sperm Is Skyrocketing in Brazil"

cdnh22 — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:29:23 +0000

Actually, in Portuguese and Spanish there is the word "estadounidense" that is basically "Unitedstatizen". But this is a formal word, used only in books (and Wikipedia). At least in Brazil, we use "americano" in the day by day for both someone born in the USA or in the continent (which is still called "America", no plural).

New comment by cdnh22 in "Demand for American Sperm Is Skyrocketing in Brazil"

cdnh22 — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 11:44:19 +0000

The funny thing about it, is that at the time the name "United States of America" came to be, "America" was the full continent and the name of the new nation simply reflected the fact that it was a union of states in that continent. I think the name "America" for the country got stronger because people from there were calling them selves "Americans" for a lack of better demonym.

New comment by cdnh22 in "Demand for American Sperm Is Skyrocketing in Brazil"

cdnh22 — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 11:08:45 +0000

This guy is not achieving immortality. His genes are. His genes are controlling him to believe in this, but he is only the puppet.

New comment by cdnh22 in "Demand for American Sperm Is Skyrocketing in Brazil"

cdnh22 — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 11:02:07 +0000

As a Brazilian from Sao Paulo, I used to consider myself white. But now I live in North America, and I don't think that anymore.

If you think about, many very white people in Brazil get nicknamed "Alemão" (German), independently of their origins. That's a sign that we are not so white after all.