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Juan Joya Borja, known as 'El Risitas' or the 'Spanish Laughing Guy' meme, has died

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  1. HoolaBoola
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    Most of us know his iconic laughter from the countless memes. I'm sad to learn of his passing, though apparently he'd been hospitalized in 2020 already.

    Most of us know his iconic laughter from the countless memes. I'm sad to learn of his passing, though apparently he'd been hospitalized in 2020 already.

    3 votes
  2. [5]
    cfabbro
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    English article from VICE: Juan Joya Borja, the 'Spanish Laughing Guy' Meme, Has Died
    2 votes
    1. [4]
      Deimos
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      Thanks, edited to that one. The original link (in Spanish) was https://sevilla.abc.es/sevilla/sevi-muere-sevilla-juan-joya-borja-risitas-202104282101_noticia.html
      3 votes
      1. [3]
        cfabbro
        (edited )
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        NP. I was thinking about doing that myself, but wasn't quite sure about the etiquette for editing links. So, in future, should I be trying to edit in English language equivalents (if there are any...

        NP. I was thinking about doing that myself, but wasn't quite sure about the etiquette for editing links. So, in future, should I be trying to edit in English language equivalents (if there are any available) to articles in other languages that have been submitted here?

        1. HoolaBoola
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          Thanks both you and @Deimos, there weren't any articles in English (at least I couldn't find) when I posted

          Thanks both you and @Deimos, there weren't any articles in English (at least I couldn't find) when I posted

          4 votes
        2. Deimos
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          I think if there's comparable coverage in English, it's definitely best for that to be the main link. There have been some cases where someone like mrbig posts something in Portuguese while saying...

          I think if there's comparable coverage in English, it's definitely best for that to be the main link. There have been some cases where someone like mrbig posts something in Portuguese while saying that it's not being covered in the English press, and I think those make sense. But there should be a relatively strong reason for a link to be non-English, since that's the shared language on the site.

          2 votes