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Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British | Technology | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Or even worse, they think that they do some typical Italian food when in fact, if you gave that food to Italians, they would be disgusted.

[–] NOT_RICK 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You’ve got me thinking of the episode of the Sopranos when they go to Italy to seal a deal with an old mob family and none of Tony’s guys want to eat the real Italian food

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Exactly. Damn, The Sopranos were a good series.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Vice versa as well! I've tried to share some chocolate salami with "italian-americans" in the past and they've basically run away screaming every time! For some reason theyre not able to comprehend that its not actually meat...