this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
811 points (99.4% liked)

Memes

45553 readers
830 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Username02@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Just pack some garlic with you. Sharks hate that smell. Not sure about New Yorker however.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (14 children)

With their high Italian population, it would probably be just bait.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Italian

Lmao. What's it with Americans still claiming an identity of their grandparents?

[–] Mr_Blott@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well would you admit you were just a mutt 😂

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why don't they call themselves American? Are they stupid?

[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because America is incredibly diverse, so saying your American is virtually meaningless in terms of your culture and values.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow I didn't know that. I'm from a very homogeneous country, India. This concept of diversity is unfamiliar to me.

/s

[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And Indians tend to refer to themselves as Bengali, Tamil, Telegu, etc...

So why is Americans giving a more culturally specific title at times confusing to you?

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

They sound like a bratty teenager. If we're taking their comments at face value, they probably get a lot of praise from their friends with cheap digs at America even if the same problems exist in their own culture.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

culturally specific

Lmao ok. Texan '''Irish''' and Californian '''Italian''' have stronger links to their '''Irish''' and '''Italian''' roots. Sure.

[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

They do, but depending on context, Italian is the answer they really being asked. If an American asks another American about their background and they get an answer like Italian-American or American of Italian decent, they'll get a funny look because the American part is implied.

load more comments (11 replies)
load more comments (11 replies)
load more comments (11 replies)