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there are two countries. USA, and Europe. and everyine who says anything about the USA, that isb ad, is a Europeman. you use Celsius? congratulations. youre from Europe (the country)(European). you dont .ike Eat Delicious Jimmy’s Regional Hamburger Chain? okay Europe guy. youre not Joe Biden president? well then youre Privileged to have EuropePresident (the president of Europe) (Boris Johnson? ithink) so shut up about our American politics you ()Europe) (the only other place in the world) would never undrestanding, rthat in America, we have regional subdivisions and local dialects(you dont have those in Europe)(the other coutnry there is)(iuts just one coutnry basically and america is like 50 countries in a trenchoat did you know that?). and so. Youre not allowed to be mean to me or hamburger every again :/

  • idiomaddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    As an American living in Germany: I won’t say any of that if you please just stop joking about school shootings to me in every context.

    A) I’m clearly okay living in a scenario where guns are more restricted, and

    B) I’m from not too far away from sandy hook (elementary school, 2012, ~25 kids and teachers died, the first one Alex jones convinced people was fake), and know multiple families who lost a child to it- your edgy joke just brought them to mind at eight am at work. It’s fucking tragic and I can’t laugh about it- the only reason you can is that it’s not real to you.

    • stray@pawb.socialEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      Wait, so people IRL find out you’re American and start making school shooting jokes at you? I thought I was supposed to have bad social skills.

      • idiomaddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Yeah. To be totally fair, it’s not a lot of people percentage wise, but it’s a lot of jokes for me to experience because I work at a busy bakery, and chat with easily a hundred people in a shift. I probably get ~10 casual jokes about mass shootings in a week, most of which are about schools, but not all.

        It happens more in social gatherings like larger parties or when playing with strangers at a game store, but I can push back more there, so it’s not as bothersome.