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[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 67 points 2 days ago (7 children)
[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

When I was about 16, I was traveling to the US. I still vividly remember immigration asking me if rollercoasters existed in Europe.

Americans also love asking where you're from, and there's only 2 responses:

  1. Oh yes, I actually have far relatives in Belgium!
  2. Oh yes, I've been in Belgium! Amsterdam is such a nice city.
[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

i like telling "irish"-americans how they're legally kot irish according to ireland

[–] degen@midwest.social 1 points 21 hours ago

It's funny, l vividly remember being a kid, definitely less than 10, and wondering about the prevalence of amusement parks. In my mind, my state had a nationally known park, and then there was Disney.

The people sorting out your papers saying that is wild.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

It is really ingrained into most of us to be outwardly friendly and inviting.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When I was in a remedial history class to make time for advanced Spanish, several kids were entirely unable to read. All of them very poor and black. I remember it frequently, any time I try to get my head around the state of the US and the reason education is so frequently under attack. Systemic racism has far reaching ramifications.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The purpose of the American school system is to provide childcare while the parents work and to adjust children to life as workers, teaching them some of the absolute basic life skills required so that the children can someday take over their parents' jobs.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

And this is one of my primary foes, this design. It's one of the least libre forms of life and I reject it. I can only hope many others do the same, otherwise America won't be the only corporate slave-centric country.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They live out most of their lives in their cars, and exhaust fumes are clinically proven to be deeply harmful to cognitve ability. I don't know why we don't talk about that more. Wait, no, I know exactly why we don't talk about that more.

There was an interesting study done. A group was asked if smoking should be banned in outdoor cafes. Most said yes, it smells and forces everyone to inhale it.

Then they were asked if high-polluting vehicles like trucks should be banned from streets with outdoor cafes. Most said no.

The dots cannot be connected for some.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

especially keep it ignorant about africans/ and AA people, so they have easy scapegoat later on,.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Do they got the Pizza Hut?

[–] evol@lemmy.today -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People are dumb, no need for any American Exceptionalism here

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago

Okay, americans are exceptionally dumb