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A Boring Dystopia

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It was a "rubber" bullet, but still.

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[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My european brain could not handle why this would be the way to treat a pregnant person until I realized, that this might be about a weapon instead of a child.

The context might make this obvious for people who are more used to guns than babies, but I was very confused.

[–] Fillicia@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My Canadian brain was in the same boat. I had to wonder if it was an joke about cops shooting pregnant people that I wasn't american enough to understand.

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

So it IS a cultural misunderstanding. Nice to know, that I am not the only one confused. 😃