• rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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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              24 days ago

              I am not able to tell you why you misunderstood the post. All I can do (and have done) is explain it to you. Good luck!

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                24 days ago

                No need to tell me why I misunderstood. Just tell me your line of thinking and how you got there. That’s how humans communicate ideas. Pretty easy.

                Look, I get that you’re trolling, it’s just… Kind of half-assed.

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                  24 days ago

                  You’re the one trolling. I can’t be any clearer; you’re insisting on being dumb. You sure you’re not american?

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                    24 days ago

                    It’s really simple. You picked up from a top level comment that someone was claiming that people were jealous of highways, which doesn’t match anything in the original comment. Myself and a couple of others have been asking for clarification of what you mean, and you’ve been avoiding it, claiming that you’ve already explained it. Now I’m just kind of fascinated by how much you’re struggling to avoid explaining your thoughts so that other people can understand them. No one else has insulted you.

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        25 days ago

        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