Unpopular Opinion
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Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
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Which one? The USofA as no official language. And apparently English is not even the most spoken language in it, by some recent surveys.
Should we make Italian the official language for telephones? It was an italian that invented the technology that gave rise to it. No? Doesn't really make much sense, does it? Or perhaps chinese should be the only writen language. After all, they did invent paper and popularized it as a writing medium.
The american armed forces got to create the concept and kickstart it but the moment the technology is out, it belongs to no one and every one. Let's all be collectively happy for that.
https://www.usa.gov/official-language-of-us
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States
Finally. Took long enough.
No, but we absolutely need to all start answering our phones with "Ahoy-hoy".
Off the top of my head, I can answer the phone in half a dozen different ways in my language. And that is without going into rude or strange words for older people.
I want my diversity of options.
Like Mr. Burns!
American is the most spoken language in America and it’s not even close.
78% of the population vs 13% for Spanish which is the second most spoken language.
Which dialect of "American" is the right one, then?
The one that I speak.
That's such an American answer.
And that's coming from another American. God, we're terrible sometimes.