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(Translation under the cut)

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Ubaldo translated, for @subaru-copilot 🩵

Hello <3 I love that my silly meme is making people laugh sjksjksjkhslal (☺️) so get ready for the explanation: the expression actually comes from a movie directed by Paolo Sorrentino, and the template for it is actually a scene from it. The movie title is È stata la mano di Dio in italian (Fué la mano de Dios) and it comes from the famous Diego Maradona quote. Maradona is so deeply loved in Naples and part of the cultural tradition of the city by now, and the movie is set in Naples and touches on that.

The literal translation of ‘non ti disunire’ is ‘do not get separated’ so in spanish something like ‘no te dividir’ or ‘no te disgregar’. It’s a deeply idiomatic expression and the meaning is largely metaphorical and tied to the movie scene: it’s a warning, and exhortation to stay true to oneself and do not lose your ties and your roots, the sense of who you are and what you stand for. Something like ‘remember yourself’ kinda has the same meaning.

Now I heard the idiom first in the movie, I don’t know if it was used in Naples before that, in the local dialect or as an expression (amici napoletani se volete contribuire🩵). The actor who starred in the movie said that their football mister used that expression, to urge them to not separate themselves while they were playing important points, so also with the meaning of ‘remember your role in the team and play that, because the team effort makes the victory if you can stay together and trust each other to do your job’. I don’t know where Sorrentino took that line and I can’t find interviews about it (again if someone wants to add to this I’d be glad to learn more!).

Now how did that idiom get roped into my tennis live commentary? Well, the inspiration for it was actually a Sky Italia commentator during Flavio Cobolli’s first match at Wimbledon😭 I was watching his match and, after winning the first set I think, he was having a bit of an hard time and the commentator went something like “C’è Flavio adesso che si è un po’ disunito (There’s Flavio now that got a bit separated from himself)” and it made me laugh so so much, because by now the sorrentino quote has gotten into the common use with a bit of a funny air to it, coming from a movie quote, and I had to make a silly meme out of it. Thank you sky commentator I don’t know who you are but I will find out your name sooner or later. Well, after that comment from the sky guy and the subsequent silly meme, Flavio proceeded to win that match so. A new superstion was born and was definitively consolidated when Jannik won Wimbledon having had three match points (Rolad Garros war flashbacks) and now I have one for every fave of mine jkjkjk

Long ass explanation I hope you had fun reading this🩵 And remember:

Anon it’s not strange at all it’s actually really sweet🩵

Are we talking about the Novak rg pres con? Yeah reading those answers was really a defining moment for me, because suddenly I could understand him as a person. That shifted my perception of him… How is that quote, something like ‘with empathy comes understanding and with understanding comes forgiveness’ or smt? I can’t remember where it’s from but it made me realize that most conflicts about racism and xenophobia come from this: having such drastically different views of the world and not trying to understand why that is. The quote in my header is from “To kill a mockingbird”, masterpiece of American literature by Harper Lee, and I want to recommend it to everyone because it was such a foundational read for me as a person. It deals with themes of prejudice and cultural bias and kindness found where you wouldn’t expect it in a very poignant way.

Now go to sleep please 4 AM it’s definitely time for bed hahah