• dalekcaan@feddit.nl
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    26 days ago

    You stupid AMERICANS and your HIGHWAYS. Good thing no other country uses highways! Now I can feel morally superior for being born elsewhere!

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      25 days ago

      I can tell you’re American by the way you completely misunderstood what you read because of your assumption that someone was jealous of highways

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        25 days ago

        Dutch, actually, but do enlighten me to the deeper philosophical implications of this Tumblr thread, o wise non-American.

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          25 days ago

          Why are you getting offended for Americans? Americans can get plenty offended on their own. Actually, a whole lot more than plenty.

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            25 days ago

            I’m offended now, too? I’m learning all sorts of new things about myself today.

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          25 days ago

          You saw the word highway and assumed someone was jealous of highways. That’s it. It’s not that deep. Maybe it is if you’re American 🤷

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            25 days ago

            Where on earth did you get “jealousy” from? It was clearly a poke at the implication of the original image where a poster was implying that mentioning highways was something that only Americans would do. As if no one else has them. Reads like sarcasm to me.

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              25 days ago

              Nobody implied that “no one else has them” because that would be dumb. You added that all by yourself. The implication is that Americans are consumed by car culture. It’s very common. Do they not have Americans where you’re from?

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                25 days ago

                Answer the question, and try not to be snippy about it. Where did “jealous” come from? Bringing up highways is useful even in a non-American context, because it’s one of the more common experiences where people are crammed together in close proximity, and the split-second safety of everyone depends on things like depth perception.

                Tachyon-log implied that was something only an American would do, which leads us to the next part:

                “As if no one else has them,” is not literal. I apologize if English isn’t your first language.

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                  25 days ago

                  Why else would you misunderstand what you read so badly? If you really do feel sorry about English not being my first language, read the original post again

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                Their point was that other countries do in fact have highways, and so assuming someone is American because they brought up a highway is dumb