damn didn't realize yall would be so hostile
same feeling as: "wow very judgemental community here" lmao
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I still remember when someone came to /r/Wicked_Edge, a subreddit about straight razors, and asked to compare two disposable brands. People were as kind as possible.
Not to be confused with /r/straightedge, which is about drug-less Punk.
lmao I wonder if he's one of those guys who believes it's gay to wipe your ass
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"or should I say us 🇮🇹"
"Sopranos was my favorite show"
Oof. Imagine saying "roots was my favorite show so it makes sense my great great great grandparent was black"
I have Italian ancestry and I've always found these guys to be cringe, but I also get why they do it . Many people in the United States yearn for meaning and interpersonal connection in their lives. "Being an Italian" provides a prepackaged, very commercialized possibility of community with little effort required - you're just born to it, so instant acceptance, right?
The reality is often less Soprano's chic and more "nonno and nonnina were illiterate farmhands who moved to the US for a better life. Nonno died from mystery cancer and all of nonnina's bones dissolved after birthing her 15th child at 24. Now chew nonnina's birthday cake for her".
In no particular order, I have French, German, Dutch, Scottish, Irish, and a teensy tiny bit of "my great great great great grandmother was native American and we actually have the proof but nobody could ever tell without a DNA test so it only gets brought up when talking about obscure family genetic lineage"
Maybe it's because my family is super midwest-usa-bible-belt, and I never even found out about most of it until a genetics test when I got married to my now wife (we wanted to know if kids would even be a medical possibility with our various issues), but I don't identify with any of the places my ancestors lived in, so there isn't a particular culture I'd like to be part of. And to be perfectly frank I'm not sure I want to be part of any culture, I just want to tend to my forest with fair ~~Goldberry~~ my wife.
You do make a good point though, if you're looking to be part of something or feel particularly drawn to a culture after being immersed in what you think it's really like, I could absolutely see this happening with 100% sincerity.
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My sister got a DNA test done that shows we've got 96% Italian heritage and I've never seen Sopranos.
Guess I'm a poser
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There weren't enough hand emojis 👋👌, mama Mia's, or references to spaghetti. No wonder he didn't fit in.
Maybe if you're mostly German, you learn to avoid wild hand gestures from a young age. Just to be safe, you know?
Well they used to teach it in schools!
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You missed the main one🤌🤌ma che cazzo
This looks like a great way to troll communities. Might do this in the France sub
Hon hon hon fellow baguette connoisseurs!
Defarge: We are so poor! We don't even have a language! Just a stupid accent!
Peasant: She's right. She's right. We all sound like Maurice Chevalier. Honh, honh, honh!
Emily in Paris was my favourite show so it makes sense!
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I'm French, ain't no way a french community doesn't fall for it, this might be the easiest one to troll.
Ehhh qubecois are even easier to trigger than the french
IDK try pointing out to a French person "I know nothing about France but why should that matter after all it is just France. It's not an important place like America or The UK" they love it.
Tell a qubecois they're not real french and it gets hilarious. Took french lessons as an adult and our teacher was from quebec, it got weiiird. At least the flemish have their own thing and don't give a shit.
I used to sell wine in retail and for the most part only at nationally recognized stores. My favorite thing to do with French people is talk all about the culture that didn't invent wines but perfected them as I brought them over to the Italian sections
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Tbh, I would be much more triggered by the fact that you gave your DNA to a private company for fun, than any "oui oui baguette" jokes
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Americans are all saying they’re proud of their country and then say shit like this unironically.
Makes sense though because in America, everyone is American regardless of background, race, etc etc etc so people, in their search for ways to differentiate themselves from others, latch on to their heritage.
in America, everyone is American regardless of background, race, etc
Except if you moved here recently, of course. We can't have that.
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American with 7% Irish ancestry on the Shankill Road lecturing the locals on why they should have a united Ireland energy.
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I did one of those mail in DNA test and found out I'm like over 50% data breach
If he is mostly German good chance that his Italian roots are from the Italian Alps where they speak German.
My brother got a DNA test and found we're mostly descended from Nordic people and not Germanic/Irish as we were told as kids. So naturally, I am now a Vikings fan.
When you learn that Vikings are also Germanic:
There is no escaping it, Gustav
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Basing your preferred genetic heritage on how much you like a TV show. Smh.
American Italians have embraced the pop culture caricature of themselves and become it.
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Americans when they find out they're 1/823th of a footballfield finnish: "OMG I AM SO DIVERSE! AND NOW A CERTIFIED MINORITY" Americans when they try to do finnish things: "Yeah no this is fake, its not possible for anyone to survive in 230f"
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Americans love to answer the question "where are you from?" with an ingredients list.
My lineage is German, Irish, and Scandanavian, but my stomach is 100% Mexican.
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