Waarom zou ik, of wie dan ook, meer nodig hebben dan een standaard "welkom"?
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Ik zal het je vertellen. De arrogantie van Amerikaanse ondernemers die de verantwoordelijkheid voor het betalen van een leefbaar loon rechtstreeks op hun klanten afschuiven. Daarom laten Amerikaanse obers je nooit met rust terwijl je eet. Ze zijn verplicht om uitzonderlijke service te verlenen, zodat de restauranteigenaar het loon van $2,85 per uur kan rechtvaardigen. Voor die fucking "tips". Ik heb een grenzeloze minachting voor de zakelijke praktijken van mijn landgenoten.
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Awakened to the historical and contemporary socio-economic and political realities surrounding colonialist and native populations' ruling classes' manipulation, subjugation, and exploitation of marginalized peoples who were and are deemed as the "others".
I speak 4, besides American English, at various levels of proficiency, but I'm an American-born son of immigrants who splits time between the US and EU (my wife is Dutch). I also enjoy linguistics and etymology.
Even though this is anecdotal, every daughter and son of an immigrant diaspora that I personally know, like me in the US, speaks multiple or at least 2 languages.
I argue this meme refers to an issue largely for Americans of European descent. Since a very young age, I noticed "white" people in America seem to be scared of "new" or "foreign" things. One of them is learning a language, trying to speak it in public with a native-speaker, and getting corrected for mistakes which will happen, including self-styled "leftists" and "liberals" (the American definition).
I categorize this specific phenomenon, this fear of embarrassment, as another facet or aspect of what some of my black colleagues back in the States refer to as "white fragility".
Those people who look down on "Americans" should talk to more of us who aren't of European descent. Perhaps, that may give some depth to your perception of us, or of what our capacity for a global perspective and living as part of a global community is.
The gender war is a proxy for the only war that ever mattered: the class war.
I turned 43 a few weeks ago.
Sucks to suck, Heg-suck.
"I moved on, but for the favor, I need another 2 grand off."
Yes, throughout history, in fact.
And to answer the meme's question, it can have either definition based on the context of usage.
I'm an Indian by blood and an American by birth; let me tell ya:
Ain't nobody hatin' quite like family.
The
<insertGroupCategoryHere>-war is a proxy for the only war that ever mattered: The Class War.Yes, they are.
Kneel before the barefoot-programming aristocracy!
Nah. I'm good.
Me, running CachyOS, and eschewing the socks:
Natuurlijk niet.
Waarom zou ik, of wie dan ook, meer nodig hebben dan een standaard "welkom"?
::: spoiler spoiler Ik zal het je vertellen. De arrogantie van Amerikaanse ondernemers die de verantwoordelijkheid voor het betalen van een leefbaar loon rechtstreeks op hun klanten afschuiven. Daarom laten Amerikaanse obers je nooit met rust terwijl je eet. Ze zijn verplicht om uitzonderlijke service te verlenen, zodat de restauranteigenaar het loon van $2,85 per uur kan rechtvaardigen. Voor die fucking "tips". Ik heb een grenzeloze minachting voor de zakelijke praktijken van mijn landgenoten. :::
As an American living in the Netherlands for 4 years now:
NO, YOU MOTHERFUCKERS. NO.
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Yes, I'm well aware.
I still think the meme should have "White" in front of "Americans" in its caption.
Awakened to the historical and contemporary socio-economic and political realities surrounding colonialist and native populations' ruling classes' manipulation, subjugation, and exploitation of marginalized peoples who were and are deemed as the "others".
I'm a citizen of the United States.
I speak 4, besides American English, at various levels of proficiency, but I'm an American-born son of immigrants who splits time between the US and EU (my wife is Dutch). I also enjoy linguistics and etymology.
Even though this is anecdotal, every daughter and son of an immigrant diaspora that I personally know, like me in the US, speaks multiple or at least 2 languages.
I argue this meme refers to an issue largely for Americans of European descent. Since a very young age, I noticed "white" people in America seem to be scared of "new" or "foreign" things. One of them is learning a language, trying to speak it in public with a native-speaker, and getting corrected for mistakes which will happen, including self-styled "leftists" and "liberals" (the American definition).
I categorize this specific phenomenon, this fear of embarrassment, as another facet or aspect of what some of my black colleagues back in the States refer to as "white fragility".
Those people who look down on "Americans" should talk to more of us who aren't of European descent. Perhaps, that may give some depth to your perception of us, or of what our capacity for a global perspective and living as part of a global community is.
I contend that One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison is still over-valued.
I am a leftist. Islam most certainly does not "get a pass".