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Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (15 children)

The firearm culture, and how normalised it is.

I went into a Walgreens in Chicago, and waited in line behind two other people. There was a cashier free but the person in front of the line was waiting to be called. The guy behind the person in front politely said, “ma’am, the cashier is free” ‘I’m waiting to be called” was the response.

So the guy behind her just walked past her, and she pushed him and said, “Careful buddy, you’ll get shot for doing something like that”

I was taken aback at how quickly a simple discourtesy escalated to shooting someone. It just blew my mind that shooting someone over queue jumping was verbalised, and seemingly normal to each other.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Sounds like someone was just being hyperbolic?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Where I'm from, the hyperbole would go "You'll get punched."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Well yeah... That's America for you

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

yeah that's equivalent to getting shot here in the US lol.

I would probably argue if someone said "i'm going to punch you" would be more of a threat than "you'll get shot for that"

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

Around me, the threat would be "That's how you get fucked up," leaving the level of violence ambiguous.

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