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submitted 2 days ago by BeamBrain@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

because growing up, I only ever heard that word from neoconfederate types, and so I'm conditioned to associate that word with "the South shall rise again" bullshit

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[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 36 points 2 days ago

Yeah whenever I've called Americans Yanks they always get confused and think I'm talking about the sportsball team, but it's definitely not confusing to the rest of the world.

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 32 points 2 days ago

Those jedi mindtricks don't work on Americans. We're too dumb.

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