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Bonobo: This motherfucker doesn’t know algebra, I can tell.
Oh, shit. Good thing my boss is a chimpanzee.
He’ll never know!
Chimpanzees and bonobos are separate species. Your boss cannot help you. You’re on your own.
That may be the case, regardless of species.
I know. That’s what makes my joke good.
Thank you for recognizing I couldn’t tell something and pointing me in the right direction. You would make a good bonobo.
“They can tell” implies "they can speak“. No they can’t. #Clickbait
“They can tell” implies "they can speak“
That… isn’t what that phrase means in English. I assume you’re new to the language?
I’m not, and I’m perfectly aware of the ambiguity of “tell” meaning both “understand” and “communicate”. But so is the person who wrote that clickbait title.
If I’m choking, I can sure tell people about it despite being unable to speak.
Colloquially, in English, “I can tell that…” directly translates to “I can discern/detect that…”. An example would be in a game of poker, “I can tell that you’re bluffing”.
The ability or desire to communicate what you have become aware of is irrelevant.
Let me guess humans are the only intelligence on the planet too huh
Not the ones who use sign language, apparently.
Or at least they can’t tell you anything.
