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Andy Ryan
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Andy Ryan
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@Player0129876 @MaleHumanPerso1 @SteveSkojec @InsiderGeo Just don't whine when other countries don't want to help you out with your stupid wars.
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People often don’t realize that you can’t talk to Asians the same way you talk to Europeans or Westerners. There’s a cultural expectation that historical context, respect, and subtlety are treated differently what might seem casual or humorous in the West is deeply offensive in Japan, In Japan, context, respect, and subtlety guide almost every interaction. Unlike in many Western countries, where directness is valued, Japanese communication often relies on reading between the lines.
Adam Schwarz@AdamJSchwarz
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi's reaction as Trump says "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Habour?" Undoubtedly the worst American diplomatic gaffe in post-war US-Japan history.
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@alexis_nev11587 @aruvinchan @galenginho I thought he was trying to call out other people being racist, but then straight up did the dirty on Bangladeshis, after all the great food they've given the earth. Ungrateful git.
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@ItsAndyRyan @aruvinchan @galenginho Motherfucker wanted to express his racism to Bangladesh ppl for no reason😭
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Race dynamics are so interesting in Spain.
I met a Mexican-American last week.
He told me he's going to leave Spain once he gets his Spanish passport.
I asked why,
He said, "Because Spanish people are racist pricks."
He looks Latino, he acts Latino, he IS Latino.
But he was also born and raised in Texas, speaks fluent English, and also has a lucrative remote job.
So when Spanish people discover those other things about him, they short-circuit a little bit.
Like you can see the sheer confusion and cognitive dissonance on their faces:
"Wait, I want to look down on him like how I look down on all the other Latinos in Spain, but he has literally 3 things in which he's superior to me. I don't know how to react now."
Because Spanish people have that stereotype that Latinos are all lazy, impoverished freeloaders who are trying to steal Spanish jobs and replace the local population.
But when he revealed the other things about himself, Spanish people don't know how to react anymore.
It's like if you and I met a Bangladeshi billionaire Chad.
It just wouldn't compute.
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That’s just not true. Obama did not “come from the moderate wing of the party,” he ran as a liberal, and by the way, you guys supported his primary opponent!
Lily@lilyycohenn
No base? Every Democratic president in over three decades has come from the moderate wing of the party.
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@RobinWeep @ExtraTH61688879 @HaliReturns2026 @StealthQE4 "I'll never vote again"
This disaster is partly due to people sitting out the last election.
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@ExtraTH61688879 @HaliReturns2026 @StealthQE4 Not in hindsight. Dude is right, we fucked up. Sure, we were tricked, but we should have been able to see through it. I'll never vote again.
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If we didn’t piss off Europe with the tariffs they’d probably be singing a different tune.
Honestly this administration is a complete dumpster fire and I voted for Trump.
There’s absolutely zero thought or analysis before they do anything.
It’s all impulsive and ego.
BRICS News@BRICSinfo
JUST IN: 🇪🇺🇺🇸 Europe tells US President Trump Iran is "not our war."
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@_petraThorn @AlCabbage045 You've never heard me speak, and you've obviously not followed the argument in the thread. Cheerio.
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@ItsAndyRyan @AlCabbage045 well i can pronounce the consonants at the end of words but you can't say "tsunami"
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I don’t get why Japanese speakers struggle so much with word-final consonants. It’s literally the same sounds they pronounce at the beginning and in the middle of words. It’s not like they pronounce アイス “aiu”, like how they say “aisu” for “ice”
Kuuhaku@Kuuhaku3993
I don't get why English speakers struggle so much with the "tsu" sound. It's literally the same as in the word "sports". It's not like they pronounce it "spors" like how they say "soonami"
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@_petraThorn @AlCabbage045 If you can't say a word that ends in a consonant then it's your problem. Same argument.
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@ItsAndyRyan @AlCabbage045 if you can't pronounce the "ts" in "tsunami" then it's your problem
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@AutixTheCore @KostyonkiLady @Visegrad12 @redhead_ophelia So you'd be wondering if they mean somewhere in the U.S., Bermuda, Canada, Greenland or St. Pierre and Miquelon. Quite a big difference between them.
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@KostyonkiLady @Visegrad12 @redhead_ophelia And what is wrong with that? No one said it was a country. You don't need to specify a country for this at all. Why would you need to?
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“Small European town”
American hands wrote this summary.
DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm
First look at Martin Scorsese's next film ‘WHAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT’, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence. The film follows a married couple who travel to a small European town to adopt a baby but nothing is quite as it seems.
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@Visegrad12 @KostyonkiLady @redhead_ophelia It's very easy to refer to specific countries in Europe, too. Just say the country.
And there are six countries in Europe with greater populations than Canada, regardless of its geographical size.
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@KostyonkiLady @redhead_ophelia North America has like three huge countries instead of dozens, so it’s easier to refer to specific countries. It has nothing to do with anyone thinking Europe is a country.
Dumb “arguments” and “engagement” like this is exactly why vague posting exists. Congratulations.
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@Visegrad12 @AmphibianDan @redhead_ophelia A better comparison is "a small Northern American town", with no clue if they mean the US, Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, or St. Pierre and Miquelon.
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@AmphibianDan @redhead_ophelia A small town in California is very different from a small town in West Virginia. So?
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@buzzcutluvr @PanderShirts Seems like an accidental or incidental joke, given JLD just says the word that way naturally. I guess it's a quirk of geography how Americans see it as posh to say French foods properly, but dumb to say Spanish/Mexican words wrong.
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@ItsAndyRyan @PanderShirts i think both are true! the fact that she's describing something very vulgar (using croissant as a dildo) contrasts her pronouncing it with a proper french accent, something an average american viewer would consider posh
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its cause everyone over here is taught to pronounce it soonami, if you pronounce it like "tsu" people are gonna look at you like you're super performative and crazy. its like saying croissant in a french accent, you look like a douche
Kuuhaku@Kuuhaku3993
I don't get why English speakers struggle so much with the "tsu" sound. It's literally the same as in the word "sports". It's not like they pronounce it "spors" like how they say "soonami"
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@AlCabbage045 cool but "ts" is super easy to pronounce. like you already do when you say "pizza"
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@buzzcutluvr @PanderShirts I argued with someone here who said Veep having her say croissant the French way is a joke about her character. I said it's more likely just because her dad was French and half the creators and writers on the show were Brits.
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@PanderShirts julia louis-dreyfus is the only anglophone to have ever pronounced croissant in a french accent without looking like emily in paris
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@PanderShirts @RonyBzh Americans don't tend to pronounce the ts in 'bottle of water', so this isn’t a great gotcha. Boddle of wadda.
Better to point out Brits do badly on any South American food names, and saying words like "chorizo" correctly is seen as affected.
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@kodkod87 @haugejostein How many US forces get to operate on UK soil rent-free? Quite a few. You're welcome, by the way.
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@ItsAndyRyan @haugejostein How many American forces based in the United Kingdom?
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This is wild.
People in *every single one* of the top US allies now think it's better to depend on China than the US.
The global balance of power is clearly tilting away from the US and toward China.
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@MickGMick @baseballcrank @willcollier @NYPostOpinion They turn to right-wing grifting when being a sexual predator loses them their lefty audience, because they know the right won't care (eg Russell Brand).
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@baseballcrank @willcollier @NYPostOpinion Or they get taken down when they have an opinion that the Left no longer finds convenient
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Me @NYPostOpinion: Sexual predators can get off the hook if they are progressive enough — just look at Cesar Chavez nypost.com/2026/03/18/opi…
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@kodkod87 @haugejostein "the umbrella of American protection"
We're barely months since Trump was threatening military action against a Nato country.
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@haugejostein And yet they're all still in NATO enjoying the umbrella of American protection. Are they inviting the Peoples Liberation Army to take over Landstuhl?
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@johanlenox @Caol_MacCormaic I just say I like Clint Eastwood's films and don't bring up his politics.
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@Caol_MacCormaic it’s def more common going the other direction though, if only bc there’s like 10 conservative celebrities
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I mean a lot of lefties on here love Clint Eastwood etc lol I don’t think it’s all that difficult to say “I admire this art and wouldn’t want this guy to be the president” from anywhere on the political spectrum
alco ⊢ ꙮ@qualiascript
being right-leaning and high openness is so funny. "this is one of my favorite musicians, i disagree with everything they stand for, highly recommend"
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