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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I give you my silly example. We were on a work trip with a college. We were talking in English. I said something like: I wanna try a hash brown! Never had one.

This dude replies to a conversation he wasn't part of: THEY ARE JUST POTATO! very angrily.

Yeah.. I know... Turns out I love potato

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You think an American wouldn’t also regard that interaction as weird?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Maybe!

My anecdote is just that, an example.