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@quichwe10 @Lucretia281 @parodyinaskirt you act like you’re the only place with immigrants and people from those places, europeans are considered stupid for not understanding NY is a ‘melting pot’ yet our cities experience the same amount of immigration

@quichwe10 @Lucretia281 @parodyinaskirt i appreciate the diversity between american populations, but it’s really unfair to claim a Spanish person is the same as a Norwegian culturally just because we all have differences

No actually the point was not simply to flex how large the United States is (though that is also fun). The point—which was admittedly not spelled out for the benefit of slower viewers—was that Americans do not NEED passports to be “well traveled,” assuming that’s something you care about. America is huge. The nation is approximately the size of the European continent, its states the size of countries. And it’s got all the cultural, geographical, and environmental variation that comes with that size. An American who has traveled throughout his country is as “well travelled” as a European who has traveled throughout his continent. Leaving his state is like a European leaving his country. But the American never needed—and so likely never got—a passport.

@quichwe10 @Lucretia281 @parodyinaskirt so how do you become more well-travelled by visiting multiple US states vs multiple European countries?

@cheapfreddo @Lucretia281 @parodyinaskirt The legacy of Jim Crow and Racism is clear to see if you run from the old Black Belts and the northern, inner city black neighborhoods, you have the sheer number of different Caribbean groups that've settled down in NYC alone, Cubans and the other SA nationals in Florida.

@bussyboi420 @opress57 @parodyinaskirt whole point is that the same climate differences you described is also found in europe: mediterranean (Italy , oceanic (uk), continental (budapest) or alpine (alps in france)

@cheapfreddo @opress57 @parodyinaskirt Buddy, europe has proven it's arrogance again this year. Actively ignoring the world does not make you 'diverse'. It just makes you goofy. And my goodness are yall a bunch of goofs.

@jaqui4 @parodyinaskirt What evidence do you have for someone visiting 3 US states being more well traveled than someone visiting 3 European countries? bare minimum they have experienced three languages vs US monoculture

@jaqui4 @parodyinaskirt okay? so you’re telling me you would be more well-travelled by visiting LA and Miami than Rome and Paris? Or even Tokyo and Beijing? Cultural differences between states are not the same as between countries elsewhere in the world

@jaqui4 @parodyinaskirt I’m saying that you get a much stronger cultural experience by visiting three different European countries than visiting three different U S states, and europeans are more exposed to culture due to proximity to other countries

@cheapfreddo @parodyinaskirt What are you talking about? I don't avoid language discussions and I don't think I'm better than anyone. I have literally no interest in Irish and either do half the Irish, that's why it's at risk.

@js70400 @parodyinaskirt so you think Louisiana had had the same global impact as every european country? you are a severe victim of propaganda if you believe this is the only time they’ve received attention

@cheapfreddo @parodyinaskirt Meanwhile your country's Economic impact is around the equivalent of some of our poor states like Missouri or Louisiana. The people with an inflated sense of importance is all of Europe. Your entire continent(besides Russia) has not had much impact on the world since WW2

@js70400 @parodyinaskirt okay so in your opinion, States are more diverse due influence from different countries but this influence somehow makes them more diverse than the actual countries

@cheapfreddo @parodyinaskirt There more diverse because America has groups of people from every European countey as well as most every country in the world. As for impact US states by themselves have larger economies then the majority of countries.

@quichwe10 @Lucretia281 @parodyinaskirt the original point was about being well-travelled, which they said you could achieve by visiting multiple states and was the same as visiting multiple european countries. If you can provide info on how this makes you more well travelled then i would agree

@cheapfreddo @Lucretia281 @parodyinaskirt And the difference there gulfs going from little Somalia, out to the greater and older Scandinavian-German population, and then to the wide swaths of Vietnamese in just the Twin Cities area how?

@DetWha @parodyinaskirt okay, even from that perspective there are much more differences between the states of Georgia and New Mexico than any US states

@cheapfreddo @parodyinaskirt I'm talking about the US State of Georgia compared to the US State of New Mexico

@jaqui4 @parodyinaskirt you think youre better than everyone by avoiding language discussions in europe but realistically you are weak by failing to support an at-risk language such as irish

@cheapfreddo @parodyinaskirt Lol, ok.

@terexnceJr @eoinyk weirdo that thinks they’re superior for acknowledging rage-baiters’ but fail to acknowledge you’re also falling inti their trap by not noticing honey traps

@cheapfreddo @eoinyk there is no “sides” it’s just you taking a ragebaiter seriously and then constantly thinking that they represent an entire country of 330M people 💀 then namecalling because i pointed it out

This is a completely useless point to make. All 50 American states are still the *one* country, with the same language, legal system, federal government etc. There's more linguistic diversity in tiny Switzerland than the whole US. Completely missing the point here.

@jaqui4 @parodyinaskirt europeans based in europe are immersed in the culture, and indulging has different implications for an American

@cheapfreddo @parodyinaskirt To be fair, Europeans don't indulge in history that much when they travel to other countries. I lived in Europe for 7 years and most Europeans completely look past a lot of it. I've traveled with Europeans and they mostly want to go to the spa, lake or beach.

@quichwe10 @Lucretia281 @parodyinaskirt again you’re cherrypicking european countries when a better comparison would be italy and finland

@cheapfreddo @Lucretia281 @parodyinaskirt Run me by the vast differences in culture between Spain and Portugal and why that's not a difference that can't be equal to going across the Mason Dixie line outside of language, or between Boca Raton and Little Havana?

@bussyboi420 @opress57 @parodyinaskirt You’ve been consistently ignoring any valid points I’ve had comparing any U S country to any state, you might’ve had a point but made yourself look absolutely pathetic and now there’s more going on between anyone that posted this on tinder than any other possible discussion

@cheapfreddo @opress57 @parodyinaskirt Lol literally 'no u' aight buddy.

@terexnceJr @eoinyk but you don’t realise this makes you the weirdo defending american ragebaiters? im happy enough to admit i was wrong but absolutely pathetic for you to be on the ragebait side

@cheapfreddo @eoinyk god your so stuck on namecalling you can’t even read my responses without seething i am NOT and have NOT defended their stance because it is clearly blatant rage and anyone with a working brain knows that you are the only one taking them as fact and regurgitating it 💀

@bussyboi420 @opress57 @parodyinaskirt yep, you’re the one insisting cultural differences between states are the exact same as cultural differences between countries

@cheapfreddo @opress57 @parodyinaskirt Keep trying to put your words in my mouth. You'll fool some idiot one day.

@bussyboi420 @opress57 @parodyinaskirt You’re also actively ignoring cultural differences between Spain and Finland. They both have radically different cultures. But you wouldn’t know that because you ignore it and hide behind some fake image of ‘diversity’

@cheapfreddo @opress57 @parodyinaskirt You're actively ignoring cultural differences in the US. Hawaii and Alaska have radically different cultures. But you wouldn't know that because you ignore it and hide behind some fake image of 'diversity' that doesn't actually exist in your part of the world outside of language.

@DetWha @parodyinaskirt Georgian is considered very distinct to european languages so you are very obviously speaking nonsense to support yourself

@DetWha @parodyinaskirt do you have a specific example that would apply to Europe a a whole? We have Catalan vs Spanish which is much more significant than anything you mention,