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If I had an artisinal shop of any kind in America, I'd have an emergency button under the counter that lights up an enormous neon sign behind me that says "NO!" (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by whaleross to c/showerthoughts
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I've seen enough of the internets to know this is a must have. Damn, if I was in America this would be a business idea in itself.

Edit: If you nick this idea and make it your business - YOU'RE WELCOME! I only ask kindly of you send a yearly donation to Doctors Without Borders or some similar organisation.

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[–] FireTower 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As an American, is there a reason you can't do this in your home country? Do they ban neon signs?

[–] whaleross 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We don't have the same problem with immensely obnoxious self entitled people that you guys seem to have so the need is not sufficient to motivate a sign and hence even less to start a business selling them.

[–] FireTower 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

IMO that perception is just the result of the Internet being English language centric and Americans making up the majority of English speakers online. We have a disproportionate impact online. So whenever you hear about a Karen, she is probably in America because most of the time you hear about something it's from America.

I haven't seen data on the issue but I'd imagine the data would probably just reflect that humans are humans no matter where you are.

In my personal experience I haven't seen this kind of behavior much, then again I don't work retail.

[–] whaleross 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah i know. It's all tongue in cheek. I did consider of I need to clarify but decided in the end not to.