apricops:

me: Stop.

my brain: Listen. It’s a simple, legitimate question. When Trump’s speeches get translated into Japanese, what first-person pronoun do you think they use?

me: They don’t have to, first-person pronouns are entirely unnecessary in Japanese most of the time

my brain: but not always, right? So that leaves you with a tricky situation, doesn’t it? Do you stick to the supposed formality of the situation with something like ‘ware?’ Or do you convey Trump’s tone with–

me: WE ARE NOT FANSUBBING TRUMP SPEECHES YOU RAT BASTARD

my brain: TRUMP WOULD SAY ORE-SAMA AND YOU CAN’T PROVE ME WRONG

me: STOP I AM NOT A WEEB I SWEAR TO GOD