americans: you are very, very weird. 'but calvin everywhere is weird' no, compared to anywhere else on the planet, america is EXTRA weird. If you don't actively seek out other perspectives, you have NO IDEA how INCREDIBLY WEIRD your country is
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two fish pass an older one going the other way. the older fish says 'hey boys, how's the water?' the two fish swim on, and after a little while one turns to the other and says 'what the hell is water?'
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if you've been immersed in the american culture, way of life, moral concepts, and norms without exposure to others, you have genuinely zero idea how weird american water is. please seek other perspectives.
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without even going into the deep stuff like your healthcare, your constant military propaganda, the patriotic brainwashing, your hyper capitalism, the endless consumerism, the poisonous evangelical ethic: MONTH/DAY/YEAR? 110v? letter paper size?! whatever the fuck family guy is?
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an american board game convention recently did a survey asking for members of the board game community responses. one of the questions was 'what would make you attend gen con?' i answered 'repeal the 2nd amendment.' it was not a joke.
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anyway if you're friends with any americans who aren't aware of American Weird it would genuinely be a public service to help them understand it
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oh, right, forgot to explain Why This Is A Problem it's a problem because everything america does affects pretty much everywhere else on the planet. so when we get mad at you it's not because we like having to pay attention to your fucked up politics or shitrag newspapers
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it's because whatever happens there is going to affect us. and we fucking hate it
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how am I make this tweet about me???
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someone should write a thinkpiece about this
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