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Reported for trolling. This isn't trolling. It's shitposting.
Staying up.
Shitposts belong to their respective board
Rule 4 allows for them
It should be Chinese because that is the most common language on the planet. 😌
Ni hao!
Languages that aren’t American confuse me and I get scared when I’m confused.
Luckily I have a gun to help with the fear.
200+ years of american culture, all satirized in this one short post.
Chinga tu madre
See?
Nobody understands that.
Fich dich schwanzschwuctel
I love pork schwanzschwuctels.
Puton pedé
You like fich dich? You must be a gay fish
Don't you insult my mother's chin!
I think blue should be the default colour of the sky because its basically water.
The sky is blue because it’s reflecting the ocean.
The oceans migrate to the other side of the planet at night, which is why the sky turns orange late in the day. No more water to reflect!
The oceans migrate to the other side of the planet at night
And why they do that? To get away from America!
Mother Nature is wise
Yep, unpopular alright, even among all those of us who benefit most.
But on the more positive side, Isn’t it amazing how well translation is becoming embedded everywhere? This is a huge technology improvement of the last couple years that deserves more attention!
And from the synergy…. It wasn’t all that long ago that phones (or at least iOS) added text recognition from photos so _now it’s trivial to see a translation _. From a photo!
I have a whole community where I use that tool to translate German memes so people can understand them.
Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
I'm like 90% sure this is bait
Only 90%?
yeah its SMCF and he does this a lot. I like him but this stuff gets annoying enough im tempted to not see it anymore.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂😂,nope
I swear 9 out of 10 times lately if I'm having an argument that is absolutely dumb, it's with an American person that lives in their American bubble.
Makes sense because where else is there to live?
Boozhoo.
Mii go anishinaabemong.
Which one? The USofA as no official language. And apparently English is not even the most spoken language in it, by some recent surveys.
Should we make Italian the official language for telephones? It was an italian that invented the technology that gave rise to it. No? Doesn't really make much sense, does it? Or perhaps chinese should be the only writen language. After all, they did invent paper and popularized it as a writing medium.
The american armed forces got to create the concept and kickstart it but the moment the technology is out, it belongs to no one and every one. Let's all be collectively happy for that.
Should we make Italian the official language for telephones?
No, but we absolutely need to all start answering our phones with "Ahoy-hoy".
Off the top of my head, I can answer the phone in half a dozen different ways in my language. And that is without going into rude or strange words for older people.
I want my diversity of options.
Like Mr. Burns!
Which one? The USofA as no official language.
Does the U.S. have an official language?
Yes. English was designated as the official language of the United States in an executive order on March 1, 2025.
https://www.usa.gov/official-language-of-us
And apparently English is not even the most spoken language in it, by some recent surveys.
English 77%, Spanish 13.9%, other Indo-European languages 4.1%, Asian and Pacific languages 3.7%, other languages 1.3% (updated 2024 survey by the Census Bureau)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States
Finally. Took long enough.
I’d appreciate an apology.
American is the most spoken language in America and it’s not even close.
78% of the population vs 13% for Spanish which is the second most spoken language.
American is not a language. English, on the other hand...
Which dialect of "American" is the right one, then?
The one that I speak.
That's such an American answer.
And that's coming from another American. God, we're terrible sometimes.
"American" is the most spoken language... Lol, John McWhorter would like a word
this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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