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Following my recent visit to the USA, I have gained a newfound respect for the communists living within the country's borders. It's just unbelievable what you all have to put up with. (hexbear.net)

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Like I won't say that absolutely everything about the USA was bad, necessarily, and I of course have my own biases at play here... But the point sparing the details is really just like, I've spent the past month thinking practically every day about how every single US-based communist really must be working in incredibly trying circumstances, if even just visiting had me feeling lethargic and kinda wanting to go home within a week. Now that I'm back home again, that time in the USA is already starting to feel like a strange dream again.

So, uhh, what are your secrets, basically? Like I'm sure that all the nonsense of the USA feels like less of a burden to put up with if you grew up with it and have spent little to no time in other parts of the world, but still. I honestly do not think I could live in the USA until it is decolonized, but when that happens, it wouldn't be called the USA anymore, anyways.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Genuine question from a european: What’s the “Seppoland” thing? Never seen it before.

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

Seppo from "septic tank" which rhymes with "Yank" as in Yankee, in other words Seppoland is "Yankee-land", i.e. the USA.

I was told that this term "Seppo" originated as a derogatory Australian term for US soldiers stationed there, and was from there expanded into a general term for "US-Americans". "Seppo" is today used in a number of different English dialects but remains most common in Australian English. I don't have any personal connections to Australia myself — my own first language is American English and I've lived in Europe my whole life — but I still try to refer to the USA as Seppoland if I feel like this wouldn't cause any confusion. There are a few reasons why I favor the name Seppoland when I can, the most important of which has to do with my views on American national identity.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

That’s like chinese levels of complicated shitposting haha