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I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns.

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    Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 17 Dec 2015

    The dog goes "woof, woof". The bird goes "tweet, tweet". I wonder what 1 onomatopoeic word an alien would use to sum up all human utterance

    8:11 PM - 17 Dec 2015
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    • Vishrut Arya a stock photo of a pumpkin Jesse Ruderman Hoolian Jenderson Keshav Kini red scott Niftier liam adams zzz
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      1. DTH‏ @DavidTHogan 22 Dec 2015
        Replying to @jamesmcn

        @jamesmcn @slatestarcodex Good point. It's an extra level removed from reality due to physical parameters of alien vocalization.

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      2. Daniel J. Brundlefly‏ @danieljbrunson 17 Dec 2015
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        @slatestarcodex Bar bar?

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      3. Richard Heyduck‏ @rheyduck 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @danieljbrunson

        @danieljbrunson @slatestarcodex that was my second thought, right after "gab gab"

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      1. Autumnal Misha‏ @drethelin 17 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex I've heard that dogs barking is actually them trying to imitate people and feral dogs in the wild don't bark at all

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      2. ~‏ @nihilsupernum 17 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex "blah"?

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      3. Moral Of Story‏ @MoralOfStory 17 Dec 2015
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        @nihilsupernum @slatestarcodex "derp"

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      1. Daniel Pryor  😄‏ @DanielPryorr 23 Dec 2015
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        @TeamPangloss @slatestarcodex fleek fleek

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      2. Ben Tibbetts‏ @BenTibbetts 17 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex "The, the"?

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      3. Shane Celis‏ @shanecelis 17 Dec 2015
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        @BenTibbetts @slatestarcodex Ding, ding, ding. Backed up by data! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_common_words_in_English …

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      1. Michael Wiik‏ @mwiik 18 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex Huh?http://www.newstatesman.com/martha-gill/2013/11/what-one-word-thats-same-every-language …

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      1. Kevin Ponto‏ @kevinponto 17 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex “me, me”

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      1. We're A Culture Ship Not A Costume‏ @TristanSevers 17 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex I believe BAR BAR has precedent.

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      1. crepuscular dispatch‏ @schakalsynthetc 18 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex rhubarb

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      1. Moaaz  🌗 Bukhari‏ @MoaazBukhari 18 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex I thought "blah, blah" covered it.

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      1. Prof. Berna‏ @zerdeve 17 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex @paulbloomatyale that would be "lak lak" in turkish.

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      1. Loft Experience‏ @loftexperience 17 Dec 2015
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        @slatestarcodex @ehud "run run!"

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