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German flag in username. Opinion super not valid.
“Actually Israel is defending itself and you’re antisemetic”
Where do you think the „g“ in „lgbtq“ comes from?
Godzilla? I suck at this game.
I think it’s actually “Georgia”.
Can’t remember whether it refers to the state or the country, though 🤔
It refers to the O’Keeffe
The one with the vaginal flower paintings?
That’s her! “Lesbian Georgia, Buddy — The Quintessential”
Lebanese German Bosnian Turkish Qatari
Clearly had no education. Opinion truly invalid.
Being prideful of your country means that you have nothing done or are nothing that you are proud of.
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I really wish there was a pictoral way to indicate preferred language without tying it to a country or making people think I like the values of said place.
We could always do (ENG) or (DE) or something but that doesn’t offer much more clarity to the difference, and it reads as less scrutable than 🏴 or 🇩🇪 to me . Maybe something like (🗣️:🏴🇩🇪) would work?
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And it’s not like there’s a rule about not being able to be proud about something you’ve done nothing for. If your Parent does something cool, are you not allowed to be proud of them?
They might, but it’s usually used by AfD supporters or far-right conservatives. Because of Germany’s history with nationalism, most sane people don’t use or show the flag all that much.
Funnily enough, the most extreme Neo-Nazis, those who don’t even try to appear moderate, reject the German flag because it’s the flag of the Federal Republic. The German Reich they so desperately want back had a different one.
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The thing I really hate is how this shorthand dismissal of people’s opinions based on their gender identity or sexuality has become normalized on social media. Yes, the joke is funny, but it’s saddening that this has become acceptable behavior as it encourages discrimination in the real world too. It also makes me wonder how we can continue to function as a society without deprogramming individuals that have gotten radicalized by online hate.
The things people joke or lie about can say a lot about the way they think. My favourite example is the wife of Octavian Augustus, who was claimed to have woven his Toga herself. Whether or not it’s true or just propaganda made up to make her look good, it tells you something about Roman culture that even the elites would praise a woman for doing diligent manual labour.
Transferred to this: Even if it was a joke, the fact it’s a thing that people come up with at all indicates the underlying sentiment you describe. The joke wouldn’t work if it didn’t reference a known phenomenon. It would just be a monk out back with a ladder to us.
One of the oldest known jokes is from ancient Sumeria, and nobody understands it:
A dog walked into a tavern and said “I can’t see a thing. I’ll open this one.”
