[davidfor]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

I use Google Translate in both directions.

So, you, writing in colloquial German, expect Google Translate to a produce perfect translation for us to read. Then you expect Google Translate to produce a perfect translation of our colloquial English.

What makes you think that?

Um, because you said it? What else could that post mean? You said that people only understand up to their comprehension. As you clearly believe you understand, then you are stating that no one else is as smart as you.

And I do agree with @BookCat. It is a childish insult. But, of course, as you are fond of pointing out, it must be the translation at fault and our lack of comprehension that the translation is at fault.

I have no idea who reads or understands my posts.
If there is agreement, I don't expect an answer, and since there are very few answers, and they come from only a few, it means:
- I am in the filter with those who do not answer,
- there is little interest in the topic,
- there is agreement with my posts,
- the user does not like to answer for some reason.
A mixture of these is certainly true - but I don't care about it.

While I partly agree with that, with the argument going on, the fact is that no one has agreed with you. As there is such solid disagreement with you, I would expect someone that did agree with you to come forward and state so. Especially as there is a language issue, I would expect that someone who agreed with you would chime in to help sort that out.

As an Austrian, do I need to know what is meant by this?

Don't worry, it wasn't a very good joke.