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really love learning about american culture from reddit, for example now I know that in american households it's perfectly normal to let your dogs piss and poo poo under the dining room table and leave it there for someone else to clean up
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goethe.cx posted:a lot to unpack here but this no, the part about being a Queens Russian and bragging about his parents making enough money to move out to a "renowned area" on Long Island does
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Dec 1, 2019 01:39
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Pinecone Sample posted:no, the part about being a Queens Russian and bragging about his parents making enough money to move out to a "renowned area" on Long Island does i have yet to encounter a queens russian in my lower manhattan bubble
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Dec 1, 2019 01:40
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AITA for not writing holiday cards to my husband's family out of principle?quote:The day after Thanksgiving, my husband and I went over to his parents' house. When I was chatting with his mother, she politely asked why we hadn't sent cards to them wishing a happy Thanksgiving. I told her I wasn't aware of such a tradition, as my family wasn't the sort to send cards of any kind (we don't even do birthday cards). She said to keep it it in mind for Christmas. I called over my husband, and told him that his mother wanted him to send cards for the holidays. Though I didn't think much of it then, my husband and his mother exchanged a look.
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Dec 1, 2019 01:42
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Biplane posted:Wow, what a loving rear end in a top hat. That's also a really loving bad idea, from a legal standpoint. If he dies after they are married the baby may not go to her, depending on where it happens and what his will says.
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Dec 1, 2019 01:46
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Mr. Lobe posted:he's a petit bourgeois russian, that means his family's wealth probably came from the scraps from when the russian economy was smashed open and plundered like a piggy bank by a handful of plutocrats around the fall of the soviet union. I would not expect his politics to be especially progressive. I dunno if a member of the bourgeoisie would talk about picking up after yourself instead of having the help do it, or be handy enough to finish a basement by themselves.
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Dec 1, 2019 01:46
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Batterypowered7 posted:I dunno if a member of the bourgeoisie would talk about picking up after yourself instead of having the help do it, or be handy enough to finish a basement by themselves. there's a big difference between bourgeoisie and petit bourgeoisie it's the difference between a house in long island and a penthouse in manhattan
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Dec 1, 2019 01:49
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goethe.cx posted:i have yet to encounter a queens russian in my lower manhattan bubble They're friendlier than Brighton Beach Russians, I'll give them that.
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Dec 1, 2019 01:49
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Ziv Zulander posted:I had brekky at Macca’s then pulled a sickie "Off work" is implied. Last half of sentence could be contracted into one word. Seriously, all this is covered in the style manual. See me after class. Oh, efb. That'll learn me phone posting. Miserable Maid posted:God, I hate "Maccas". It doesn't even make sense! At least "Micky D's" sounds like the real name. The Mac part is right there in the name! Unless you pronounce that some weird way in North America, like squirrel or whatever. Aussie slang is easy: drop everything past the first syllable and add a vowel sound. Bottle-o, arvo, sickie, seppo, etc. Elissimpark fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Dec 1, 2019 |
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Dec 1, 2019 01:50
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VanSandman posted:That's also a really loving bad idea, from a legal standpoint. If he dies after they are married the baby may not go to her, depending on where it happens and what his will says. Or just a moral one where he gives a drat about the people he "loves". Imagine preferring the state forcibly strip your kids mother from her life than deal with custody law. And not just now when she can remember, she could be 5 or 10 and have a deep bond with her mom. gently caress everyone who doesn't consider their kid in this poo poo.
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Dec 1, 2019 01:51
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MarcusSA posted:They probably are.
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Dec 1, 2019 02:03
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Pinecone Sample posted:AITA for going to hooters? This reminds me of when I was in the apprenticeship and went out to dinner with my classmates on the same side of town. We wound up going to Hooters. Next week at class, one of the guys says "man gently caress y'all, I got in a ton of trouble with my wife for going to Hooters!" We were like  so he explained he got home with his leftovers to put in the fridge and his wife asked where we'd gone. He said Hooters, and she started giving him the cold shoulder all evening. Finally she took a shower and went to bed at like 730. So he went in and asked if she was ok and she yelled back "I'm not going to gently caress you after you were staring at all those other women!" and made him sleep on the couch.
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Dec 1, 2019 02:03
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Pinecone Sample posted:They're friendlier than Brighton Beach Russians, I'll give them that. even the crazy guys shouting in subway stations are friendlier than brighton beach russians Peaceful Anarchy posted:They're probably all Republicans, just one group is diehard Trump lovers and the other is never-Trumpers. never-trumpers don't actually care if other people support trump. they just don't like that trump says the quiet part loud
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Dec 1, 2019 02:07
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Elissimpark posted:"Off work" is implied. Last half of sentence could be contracted into one word. Seriously, all this is covered in the style manual. See me after class. I'm an Aussie, but what the hell is seppo??
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Dec 1, 2019 02:15
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Lucrece posted:I'm an Aussie, but what the hell is seppo?? seppuku
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Dec 1, 2019 02:15
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Skypie posted:This reminds me of when I was in the apprenticeship and went out to dinner with my classmates on the same side of town. We wound up going to Hooters. Next week at class, one of the guys says "man gently caress y'all, I got in a ton of trouble with my wife for going to Hooters!" What craft? If she gets offended by hooters I’d like to see her face if she hears how boilermakers talk.
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Dec 1, 2019 02:17
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Lucrece posted:I'm an Aussie, but what the hell is seppo?? Seppo was the youngest Marx brother, he emigrated to Australia and his family never mentioned him again.
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Dec 1, 2019 02:17
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goethe.cx posted:never-trumpers don't actually care if other people support trump. they just don't like that trump says the quiet part loud
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Dec 1, 2019 02:22
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:Checks out then since the mother dislikes his political views but he doesn't seem to have much issue with hers. Also explains why everyone else gets along. His family is rich and cares about appearances, hers is also rich but doesn't give a poo poo about living in dog piss. you know what, this is actually a great point
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Dec 1, 2019 02:25
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Elissimpark posted:
it isn’t though. the restaurant is called McDonald’s.
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Dec 1, 2019 02:27
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Lucrece posted:I'm an Aussie, but what the hell is seppo?? Short for 'septic tank', rhyming slang for 'yank', derogatory way of referencing Americans. Also anyone being a snob about Australians calling McDonalds 'Maccas' can take it up with McDonalds: 
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Dec 1, 2019 02:30
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Lucrece posted:I'm an Aussie, but what the hell is seppo?? But why so much derision for the white ibis? Why is it called a bin chicken?
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Dec 1, 2019 02:36
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Skypie posted:This reminds me of when I was in the apprenticeship and went out to dinner with my classmates on the same side of town. We wound up going to Hooters. Next week at class, one of the guys says "man gently caress y'all, I got in a ton of trouble with my wife for going to Hooters!" The only way to make amends is to give her a hall pass to tug off a male stripper.
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Dec 1, 2019 03:00
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Batterypowered7 posted:I dunno if a member of the bourgeoisie would talk about picking up after yourself instead of having the help do it, or be handy enough to finish a basement by themselves. We talking about handies again???
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Dec 1, 2019 03:42
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tactlessbastard posted:We talking about handies again??? just german cellphones
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Dec 1, 2019 03:44
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Pinecone Sample posted:no, the part about being a Queens Russian This was confusing as hell to me until I realised you meant the location, not the person.
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Dec 1, 2019 03:46
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goethe.cx posted:just german cellphones God damned german cellphones. They never work and always cut out while I'm walking into a German bordello while I'm talking to my husband. I would gladly narrate my infidelity to my husband but German cellphone services are so bad.
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Dec 1, 2019 03:56
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Pinecone Sample posted:AITA if I report a Purple Heart marine for fraud or maybe worse? First thing is who are you going to report him to? Second thing is what happens when he says you're lying? (answer: nothing) On my first tour we had a dude who wanted to go home really badly. So badly that he figured he could go home if he just hurt himself. So he went and intentionally broke his hand. He didn't get to go home. He got to stay where he was at, albeit with less pay and extra duty added to his regular work. And there was, of course, the pain of having a broken hand too. spacetoaster fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Dec 1, 2019 |
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Dec 1, 2019 04:19
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Batterypowered7 posted:But why so much derision for the white ibis? Why is it called a bin chicken? they are named for their habitat 
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Dec 1, 2019 04:20
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Imagine not bothering to clean up piss and poo poo. Piss and poo poo under the loving dining table Rip and tear the shitpiss family
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Dec 1, 2019 04:21
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How loving dare you say we are not clean the mom says as she props up the thanksgiving table with a dry turd
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Dec 1, 2019 04:25
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Daughter. This MAN wants you to pick up your crusted panties off the floor into some bin? AND he wants you to clean for someone that isn't ME?! Leave him now, Cinderella.
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Dec 1, 2019 04:30
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datajugend posted:Imagine not bothering to clean up piss and poo poo. Piss and poo poo under the loving dining table Who is responsible for cleaning up stripper semen though? 
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Dec 1, 2019 04:34
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spacetoaster posted:First thing is who are you going to report him to? Second thing is what happens when he says you're lying? (answer: nothing) My drug addict brother joined the Army after 9/11. Not because he wanted to or felt it was a good thing to do, because it was either that or he'd be stuck with his addict friends across the country. So he came home, hosed around for a while, and finally went into the Army. He was stationed in Germany for a few years, never left the drat base. Never learned a word of German. Decided he wanted out, so he stood on a chair in his room, with a noose around his neck, waiting for his roommate to come back. This happened twice. He was offered treatment and all kinds of therapy, and he refused. Ended up leaving with a dishonorable discharge for something, and came back to the USA. Doesn't stop him from telling people he's a veteran and joined after 9/11 because it was the American Thing To Do.
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Dec 1, 2019 04:55
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Cowslips Warren posted:My drug addict brother joined the Army after 9/11. Not because he wanted to or felt it was a good thing to do, because it was either that or he'd be stuck with his addict friends across the country. So he came home, hosed around for a while, and finally went into the Army. He was stationed in Germany for a few years, never left the drat base. Never learned a word of German. Decided he wanted out, so he stood on a chair in his room, with a noose around his neck, waiting for his roommate to come back. This happened twice. He was offered treatment and all kinds of therapy, and he refused. Ended up leaving with a dishonorable discharge for something, and came back to the USA. Doesn't stop him from telling people he's a veteran and joined after 9/11 because it was the American Thing To Do. don't respond to known trumpist chud spacetoaster
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Dec 1, 2019 05:00
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Ugly In The Morning posted:What craft? If she gets offended by hooters I’d like to see her face if she hears how boilermakers talk. Electricians. This dude was kinda the baby of our class, joined right out of high school so he was 18. His wife was his high school sweetheart, they got married when he 22, maybe? I remember he got the nickname "Cupcake" on a jobsite cuz he said that he and his then-fiancee were abstaining from sex til marriage. He got ribbed a little bit for it because construction workers, but then he tried to defend himself by saying "but we do other things, like bake cupcakes together!" and it was all over for him.
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Dec 1, 2019 05:05
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SpaceSDoorGunner posted:Who is responsible for cleaning up stripper semen though? Old cum is probably an improvement on the smell in turd house
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Dec 1, 2019 05:11
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Skypie posted:
That’s loving amazing, I don’t know why he thought that would save him. Though that may just be general sparky weirdness. You guys are odd.
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Dec 1, 2019 05:23
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Skypie posted:Electricians. This dude was kinda the baby of our class, joined right out of high school so he was 18. His wife was his high school sweetheart, they got married when he 22, maybe? This is amazing in such an adorable yet helpless way. Like a dog with a cardboard tube stuck on its nose
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Ugh, going to Hooters for a work events is basically 'we wanted to go to the strip club but knew we'd get in trouble, so we went one step away' - it's entirely inappropriate for work events on the company dime. And 'lol that guy should see what it's like in industries with worse sexism' is not really an excuse that makes it ok. that guy sounds like a chode, but still, gross. EDIT: It also basically reeks of the sort of dude-culture behavior designed to try and quietly push women out of such industries. Bc of course if you can't 'take the heat', get out of the kitchen, right? not our fault she couldn't handle a little mild sexual leering at a work event. ugh.
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