Y’all actually know your ethnicity? I know i’m white and that’s about it.
I know i’m white
100% American.
Americans use ethnicity as a synonym for race. That’s not formally correct. Wikipedia has it thusly:
An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.
If you don’t know your ethnicity, then you don’t have one. Except you do have one. White American certainly fits the definition.
Americans love to answer the question “where are you from?” with an ingredients list.
I’m over 90% Italian, it was a very small town full of my relatives, that should pretty much explain everything without having to go into detail.
do you like sopranos?
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!
My family was actually apart of making the Soparanos 💀
I did one of those mail in DNA test and found out I’m like over 50% data breach
My lineage is German, Irish, and Scandanavian, but my stomach is 100% Mexican.
My brother got a DNA test and found we’re mostly descended from Nordic people and not Germanic/Irish as we were told as kids. So naturally, I am now a Vikings fan.
When you learn that Vikings are also Germanic:
There is no escaping it, Gustav
And the Vikings invaded the isles … so, they may still well be Germanic and Irish. Just sorta.
There’s actually weirdly little Viking DNA in the British Isles. Except maybe in Yorkshire where there’s a suspiciously high incidence of natural blondes.
*not counting the Orkneys and Shetlands.
Americans are all saying they’re proud of their country and then say shit like this unironically.
Makes sense though because in America, everyone is American regardless of background, race, etc etc etc so people, in their search for ways to differentiate themselves from others, latch on to their heritage.
in America, everyone is American regardless of background, race, etc
Except if you moved here recently, of course. We can’t have that.
Ironically America has incredible diversity within its borders. The average west coaster, northeasterner, Bible belter, and Midwesterner are completely foreign to each other. Plus a religious obsession with sports is another way we tribalize.
He’s like every other person in New Jersey
It’s lonely not being Italian American in NJ. I was psyched when Korean and Japanese kids started moving into town in the 1980s because suddenly it wasn’t me and 25 kids who all shared a common culture.
There are a lot of Polish Americans there too.
Marrone? Uffa, issat aposta be a Madone?
Thats how they say it in the show i think it was supposed to be some Italian dialect
That was my guess. He just misheard.
There weren’t enough hand emojis 👋👌, mama Mia’s, or references to spaghetti. No wonder he didn’t fit in.
Maybe if you’re mostly German, you learn to avoid wild hand gestures from a young age. Just to be safe, you know?
Well they used to teach it in schools!
Or just register as a republican and say it’s fashionable.
fashion with a sc
Elon: 0% german
Everything you do below your shoulders is fine
EVERYTHING??
You missed the main one🤌🤌ma che cazzo
This looks like a great way to troll communities. Might do this in the France sub
Tbh, I would be much more triggered by the fact that you gave your DNA to a private company for fun, than any “oui oui baguette” jokes
Can lean into that too
Now I kinda want to know which country communities would react most positively and negatively to such a post.
UK here so we get multiple choices but I think all of them would laugh at you. Northern Irish you should probably be careful with.
Well trolling UK communities is too easy so it would be like cheating
Omg I love England! I went last year and stayed in Edinburgh for a week! Going back to #GB next year, this time going to Belfast!
Mine would be “I’m from Argentina but I found out I’m 10% British! 🤗 This means the Falklands can be BOTH British and Argentinian amd everybody wins!!! Or should I call them the Falkinas 😆”
Sit back and wait for the firing squad
Oh just go for full points.
This time I’m going to Dublin!
I almost thought about trying to throw in something that would annoy both the unionists and republicans as well
I’m French, ain’t no way a french community doesn’t fall for it, this might be the easiest one to troll.
Ehhh qubecois are even easier to trigger than the french
IDK try pointing out to a French person “I know nothing about France but why should that matter after all it is just France. It’s not an important place like America or The UK” they love it.
Tell a qubecois they’re not real french and it gets hilarious. Took french lessons as an adult and our teacher was from quebec, it got weiiird. At least the flemish have their own thing and don’t give a shit.
Québécois here. I have never understood when people tell me I am not French. I don’t understand what you’re trying to say.
Of course we’re not French, we haven’t been for centuries! We share a language and an ancestry.
I think most Québécois would agree with me that your statement is just confusing. You’re just stating something like we’re not aware of it.
Tabernak!
I used to sell wine in retail and for the most part only at nationally recognized stores. My favorite thing to do with French people is talk all about the culture that didn’t invent wines but perfected them as I brought them over to the Italian sections
you magnificent bastard.
When I came to france, there were regular errors about my capital, brands etc from my home country (Sweden), which is okay, especially in the pre Internet times. But there were these arrogant people brushing it off like it doesn’t matter because it’s just some small country or whatever. My live with them was “no problem mate, we all do these kind if errors, like what’s the capital of France, Berlin, Paris, Madrid? Who cares!?”
That worked surprisingly well, I’m just baffled no one had a brain aneurysm. Some were so angry.
I remember from my pub roaming days in paris, stumbling upon a depressed US guy next to the opera. He told me that he had recently been promoted by his firm in bumfuck in some flyover state and that it was his first time out of the US.
And for some reason he thought everyone would be in awe of an actual US guy. Someone who actually had a car and electricity! But instead, nobody gave a fuck. So there he was, drowning his illusions in a pint.
By far my most surreal meeting in a bar.
Quebecois are too close to the US, you guys know what it’s like. So I give you that it must be a more common thing to happen to you.
But we on the other hand would never even consider origins like an American.
Not only that but a lot of us hate Americans, and most of us have some chauvinism.
Terminally online Québecois will fucking light their keyboards on fire with friction alone. Absolutely wild over here.
IRL I love the energy though: government proposed a modest increase to tuition so over 100k people protested for days.
Compared to anglo Canadians who just take whatever they get, I appreciate the Québecois.
Hon hon hon fellow baguette connoisseurs!
Defarge: We are so poor! We don’t even have a language! Just a stupid accent!
Peasant: She’s right. She’s right. We all sound like Maurice Chevalier. Honh, honh, honh!
I brew my own alcohol, the stuff I call wine would probably offend the French.
Emily in Paris was my favourite show so it makes sense!
If he is mostly German good chance that his Italian roots are from the Italian Alps where they speak German.
damn didn’t realize yall would be so hostile
same feeling as: “wow very judgemental community here” lmao
lmao I wonder if he’s one of those guys who believes it’s gay to wipe your ass
I don’t know, one guy has a real problem that needs to be addressed. The other guy is mad because people got mad at him for cosplaying an ethnic identity.
I still remember when someone came to /r/Wicked_Edge, a subreddit about straight razors, and asked to compare two disposable brands. People were as kind as possible.
Not to be confused with /r/straightedge, which is about drug-less Punk.
Without the edit this post would have been perfect 😂
