Getting in touch with your roots : funny

[-] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 235 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 31 points 2 years ago

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.

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[-] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 years ago

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

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[+] SARGE@startrek.website 113 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 58 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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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[-] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 29 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 17 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] 1SimpleTailor@startrek.website 104 points 2 years ago

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

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Tja@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago

Or just register as a republican and say it's fashionable.

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[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Well they used to teach it in schools!

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Elon: 0% german

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[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

You missed the main one🤌🤌ma che cazzo

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 84 points 2 years ago

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

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 54 points 2 years ago

Hon hon hon fellow baguette connoisseurs!

[-] reddwarf@feddit.nl 21 points 2 years 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

[-] HeurtisticAlgorithm9@feddit.uk 16 points 2 years ago

Emily in Paris was my favourite show so it makes sense!

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[-] Funkytom467@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 19 points 2 years ago

Ehhh qubecois are even easier to trigger than the french

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[-] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 2 years ago

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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[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Soulg@ani.social 18 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] cybersin@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years 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@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years 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.

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] exasperation@lemm.ee 41 points 2 years ago

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

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 41 points 2 years ago

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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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 34 points 2 years ago

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@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

When you learn that Vikings are also Germanic:

There is no escaping it, Gustav

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

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

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[+] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 years ago

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

[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago

He's like every other person in New Jersey

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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Marrone? Uffa, issat aposta be a Madone?

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Funny