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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
    31·
    22 days 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.

    • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      16 days ago

      That’s not true. I joked about the worst shit that was happening while the medics were¹ trying to find the pieces.

      ¹sometimes metaphorically. The times when it wasn’t, the jokes were really bad. Hard to improvise a good stand up routine in those situations; you understand.

      • idiomaddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        16 days ago

        Black humor is a totally different thing and I’d react differently if David Hogg were laughing about school shootings (and have reacted differently when my friends who were directly affected by them do), but these are more like the dead baby jokes that teenagers tell for shock value, as opposed to humorizing pain. I said “you,” but I was referring to the people telling me these jokes, rather than the general you.