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[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 days ago

I did one of those mail in DNA test and found out I'm like over 50% data breach

[–] [email protected] 232 points 6 days ago (3 children)

damn didn't realize yall would be so hostile

same feeling as: "wow very judgemental community here" lmao

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago

lmao I wonder if he's one of those guys who believes it's gay to wipe your ass

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Not to be confused with /r/straightedge, which is about drug-less Punk.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago

Americans love to answer the question "where are you from?" with an ingredients list.

[–] riodoro1 54 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Americans are all saying they’re proud of their country and then say shit like this unironically.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

in America, everyone is American regardless of background, race, etc

Except if you moved here recently, of course. We can't have that.

[–] SkyezOpen 10 points 5 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago
[–] Thcdenton 48 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Me after I found out I'm 1% South American

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There weren't enough hand emojis 👋👌, mama Mia's, or references to spaghetti. No wonder he didn't fit in.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 55 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Maybe if you're mostly German, you learn to avoid wild hand gestures from a young age. Just to be safe, you know?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

You missed the main one🤌🤌ma che cazzo

[–] [email protected] 112 points 6 days ago (2 children)

"or should I say us 🇮🇹"

"Sopranos was my favorite show"

Oof. Imagine saying "roots was my favorite show so it makes sense my great great great grandparent was black"

[–] [email protected] 55 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (10 children)

I have Italian ancestry and I've always found these guys to be cringe, but I also get why they do it . Many people in the United States yearn for meaning and interpersonal connection in their lives. "Being an Italian" provides a prepackaged, very commercialized possibility of community with little effort required - you're just born to it, so instant acceptance, right?

The reality is often less Soprano's chic and more "nonno and nonnina were illiterate farmhands who moved to the US for a better life. Nonno died from mystery cancer and all of nonnina's bones dissolved after birthing her 15th child at 24. Now chew nonnina's birthday cake for her".

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

My sister got a DNA test done that shows we've got 96% Italian heritage and I've never seen Sopranos.

Guess I'm a poser

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You'd better go to Olive Garden and get in touch with your heritage.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago

My lineage is German, Irish, and Scandanavian, but my stomach is 100% Mexican.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (13 children)

Americans when they find out they're 1/823th of a footballfield finnish: "OMG I AM SO DIVERSE! AND NOW A CERTIFIED MINORITY" Americans when they try to do finnish things: "Yeah no this is fake, its not possible for anyone to survive in 230f"

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[–] RememberTheApollo_ 32 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Basing your preferred genetic heritage on how much you like a TV show. Smh.

American Italians have embraced the pop culture caricature of themselves and become it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Americans ~~Italians~~ have embraced the pop culture caricature of themselves and become it.

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[–] MataVatnik 84 points 6 days ago (11 children)

This looks like a great way to troll communities. Might do this in the France sub

[–] [email protected] 54 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Hon hon hon fellow baguette connoisseurs!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VnjqSZ7mBQ

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[–] Funkytom467 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm French, ain't no way a french community doesn't fall for it, this might be the easiest one to troll.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Ehhh qubecois are even easier to trigger than the french

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (6 children)

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.

[–] Valmond 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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 line 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.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Arda1 29 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When you learn that Vikings are also Germanic:

There is no escaping it, Gustav

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And the Vikings invaded the isles … so, they may still well be Germanic and Irish. Just sorta.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 days ago (4 children)

American with 7% Irish ancestry on the Shankill Road lecturing the locals on why they should have a united Ireland energy.

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[–] SkunkWorkz 41 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

If he is mostly German good chance that his Italian roots are from the Italian Alps where they speak German.

[–] daggermoon 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Y'all actually know your ethnicity? I know i'm white and that's about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I know i’m white

100% American.

[–] General_Effort 4 points 5 days ago

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.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

He's like every other person in New Jersey

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