• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    Ah thanks for another interpretation. I often suck at this in text, so can I ask what makes you think that? I’m not doubting you, just trying to learn.

    Is it the interrobang?

    • burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de
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      23 hours ago

      It’s the identification as an american. Americans just assume everyone knows they’re american, so it stands out as an obvious extremifier to point out its satirical nature.

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      23 hours ago

      It’s… More of an art than a science.

      It’s just a fairly common thing people say online about Americans. The comment in question says the exact same thing about Europeans AND specifies they’re an American. Classic turnabout IMO.

      Of course if you’re not terminally online you might just not get the reference