Y’know, it does sound like something sweet to wish upon someone if it did not literally mean death. I can imagine someone who doesn’t have the linguistic & cultural connection with The West to wish something like that upon someone in a heartfelt manner.
Rest in peace
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Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And water boarding in Guantanamo Bay sounds fun.
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
In a similar context, yep
pancakes@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
To be fair, it is something sweet to wish upon someone. It’s just the context is that person has to be dead.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
If you think about it, it’s the same statement as “sleep tight”.
2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Holy shit. I need to start saying this
Jerb322@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Have a nice dirt nap.”
gargolito@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
To be fair, it makes more sense to say it to the living.
AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Years ago some random Chinese lady added me on Facebook. I ended up chatting to her for a good while, she was so funny and loved football (soccer) like me.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Would be kind to explain why not to say that.
ickplant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Totally agree with you there. I’d like to believe he did next time they talked.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
it’s like how every so often you have to tell someone referring to the final design for a software project as “the final solution” is probably not the best phrasing
Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Probably, I assume they were just tired and wanted to sleep at that point though.
Karjalan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m such a cynical skeptic so when I see such back and forths I tend to assume they’re fake. It maybe not? But it ends up being worded in a way that’s funny to post as an image, but doesn’t feel like a real conversation.
helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
It means the same thing as sticking your chopsticks in the rice so they stand up, or as pouring a couple of drops of your alcohol on the ground.
It’s universal. You just have to find the local way of expressing it.