• FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Do these moderators think they have the right to moderate because they landed a boat on that subreddit hundreds of years ago?

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      17 hours ago

      I’m on vacation and my buddy had someone ask if we’re Canadian. It felt like a compliment.

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        16 hours ago

        Did you lie, or did you feel filthy and disgusting having to tell them the truth lol.

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          15 hours ago

          I wore my dirty scarlet letter. I’m not proud of it, but I’m not a liar. It always comes with the caveat that I’m also disgusted and hate everything that’s happening. Every foreign person I’ve talked to has been understanding in that we have the same views and concerns. Rational people know that there are a lot of us that disagree and are protesting against the current regime, and we bond on that.

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    18 hours ago

    My sentiments exactly. Americans always find a way to make eeeverything about themselves. And then they’re surprised to find Trump as their president. And then, instead of actually doing something about their miserable country, they will dominate every online space with their political shitshow. Most ironically it’s usually accompanied with a significant amount of self-flagellation about what evil imperialists they are. A lot of it. They REALLY need you to see how badly THEY feel about being shitty (not that they’ll take any real action about it). 0 self-awareness. Trump is just the pus-filled cap of an inflamed zit.

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      16 hours ago

      Yes, the country with a population equivalent to the 8 highest population EU states is definitely homogenously made up of imperialists who are the same people hating on themselves.

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        56 minutes ago

        No, the imperialistic “I must dominate every space I find myself in” attitude is pretty ingrained in Americans, regardless of if they embrace it in themselves or not. Anything from “I must make everyone aware of how bad I feel about my terrible country” to “I must force every country and culture in the world to follow my value system” to just sucking the air out of any room they’re in by making sure that they are the loudest and most visible person around. They come from a culture where everyone is trying to be the tallest poppy. Most of the world by varying degrees generally trims the tallest poppy. It’s not without issues but I could write a hell of a rant on how the tall poppy thing has been painted in overly negative light thanks to American hyper-individualistic sensibilities worming their way into the general consciousness (and don’t confuse me for a tankie, that’s like cutting the whole field if one poppy grows too tall).

        Maybe not all Americans go out with the intent to conquer. But very few Americans seem to actually ask themselves if maybe for FUCKING ONCE they could just shut the fuck up, sit quietly in the corner and give their attention to someone else. But no, even if magically all Americans took what I just said to heart, they’d FLOOD social media with posts about themselves sitting quietly in the corner. They’d make sure that everyone knows just how quiet and invisible they are. They would keep their mouth shut but paint a massive red circle and arrows on the wall behind them, and they’d definitely try to be better at it than the other guy. This is the American mentality.