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They All Got Mysterious Brain Diseases. They’re Fighting to Learn Why.
(www.nytimes.com)
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Nah I’m American and we should be embarrassed
Whether we should be embarrassed is besides the point. The article is about the Canadian government doing some sketchy shit. Absolutely no reason to shit on America in the comments.
Nobody mentioned America till you got offended.
Everyone else seems to understand that they are attacking America, except you.
Maybe you should worry about why it's so easy to make jokes on america, maybe if we weren't actively trying to out absurd the onion we wouldn't be so easily joked about.
Maybe. But that doesn't change the fact that the obsession with shitting on America is equally absurd as the jingoistic "America is always the best!" obsession.
I'm still not convinced it's not just a joke about Canadians being to polite to kid a stranger out.
Also how is your obsession with people being obsessed with shitting on\talking up America not equally absurd?
Because I only point it out when it happens? I'm not like looking around for this, it's just in most every thread. And I certainly don't bring it up when it makes no sense. Although I admit I'm less confident now in my judgement based on this alternate explanation.
So you engage in a huge multi thread rant drawing more attention to the joke and also painting the picture of yourself as someone whose deeply offended any time someone brings up America that you make up things to be mad about.
Relax. You are not America.
This is true, doesn't change the fact that this is the equivalent of jingoists always claiming America is better when another country is talked about, and I'm calling it out.
I don't see USA mentioned anywhere in that comment. I assumed it was a joke about the "overly polite Canadian" stereotype.
YOU assumed it was about the states cause you know the average American is batshit crazy
You and one other poster dont realize that it's a jab at a America. Everyone else sees the obvious.
"We are the default country" lol get outta here!
You've been down voted to shit in this whole thread, I wonder who "everyone else" is exactly?
Lol it's definitely a jab at America (says a Canadian)
Mindless? Surely they had to put some thought into it to connect that America is really the only country where people are being shot for pulling into the wrong suburban driveways? A bit of research at the very least.
Holy shit, mindless doesn't mean "no thought." lmao
Irony. You know what is the least amount of research one can do? Look up a word in the dictionary.
But that being said, why even attempt to pedantically defend attacking America when we aren't even discussing America at all?
It does though.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mindless
So you thought I meant asleep and couldn't figure out from context that I meant "requiring little attention or thought especially : not intellectually challenging or stimulating"?
Wow, just wow.
If you could read, you'd note I provided the full definitions according to Meriam Webster. Two different definitions (a) and (b) are listed, with b(1) being exactly what you think "mindless" doesn't mean.
The only way to read what you submitted and think that the original statement that "it means no thought" makes sense is if you are picking the one about being asleep or unconscious. Which means someone can't read things in context while hilariously shitting on people for no being able to read.
Lemmings are called lemmings for a reason. We laugh at our hivemind dumb jokes and try to find the funny. Dark humor is the way some people cope with tragedy.
(Not to mention I thought this was about the welcoming and polite Commonwealth stereotype in the first place.)
This seems to agree with my point that it's mindless. I absolutely understand and agree that lemmings mindless parrot the same stuff over and over again, it can be quite an echo chamber.
Because it makes the world a little funner
Pot:kettle. You think you are making an insightful point on any degree? You're yet another bleating sheep spouting nothing of value on the Internet like the rest of us. Welcome.
I'm more than willing to defend my position. Which you did not actually address because just an empty insult is, of course, much easier than making an actual point.
So when you call someone's point mindlessly repeated nonsense it's enlightened debate but when I point out that yours is as well it's pointless and vulgar. Do you happen to see what's happening here or do I really gotta break it down for you, hoss.
That may or may not be entirely true, but you have to admit that was a damn good burn. Someone had to say it, it was too perfect a setup not to.
Unless the assumption that it's America despite them not explicitly saying so is just extending the joke? Apologies if so, nice one.
Why simp for American healthcare?
Who is simping for any healthcare? I'm so confused by this post.
Actually it's to raise awareness and start a conversation
Why would anyone think to "raise awareness" about America's gun problem in the comments section about the Canadian government possibly covering up an illness on behalf of a major Canadian industry? I don't buy that for a second, but even if it is the case, they are distracting from what doesn't get much attention.
Possibly sarcasm, but I wouldn't know anything about that
Nobody mentioned America, who's obsessed about America here?
I mean my first thought was that we really are America jr and growing up fast
Just chiming in with a serious response. Even if this comment was talking about America (which it isn't), it would be a prescient to consider the consequences of having an armed person who is psychologically prepared to kill an intruder on sight, suffering from rapid mental decline that causes them to misidentify their own family members as intruders.
So even if this were a jab at America (and again, it wasn't), we'd probably have it coming.
With guns? Yeah. That's the problem. I'm glad we can laugh about the gun-clutchers, as they have enough problems of their own.
I'm all for laughing at obsessed gun nuts when it makes sense. But if you are bringing up obsessive gun nuts when the topic is about the Canadian government covering up a major industry for poisoning it's own people...well, you have serious obsession problem.
I love how often when I bring up this obsession, people can't grasp the fact that I'm not defending America or Americans.
I don't know how that post was intended. But I didn't take it that way at all.
I thought it was a joke on Canadians because of how polite they are known to be. The "sorry" apologizing for everything stereotype. Was confused how that could be referencing guns or US.