I did one of those mail in DNA test and found out I'm like over 50% data breach
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Americans love to answer the question "where are you from?" with an ingredients list.
My lineage is German, Irish, and Scandanavian, but my stomach is 100% Mexican.
Americans are all saying they’re proud of their country and then say shit like this unironically.
Makes sense though because in America, everyone is American regardless of background, race, etc etc etc so people, in their search for ways to differentiate themselves from others, latch on to their heritage.
in America, everyone is American regardless of background, race, etc
Except if you moved here recently, of course. We can't have that.
Ironically America has incredible diversity within its borders. The average west coaster, northeasterner, Bible belter, and Midwesterner are completely foreign to each other. Plus a religious obsession with sports is another way we tribalize.
Americans when they find out they're 1/823th of a footballfield finnish: "OMG I AM SO DIVERSE! AND NOW A CERTIFIED MINORITY" Americans when they try to do finnish things: "Yeah no this is fake, its not possible for anyone to survive in 230f"
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damn didn't realize yall would be so hostile
same feeling as: "wow very judgemental community here" lmao
lmao I wonder if he's one of those guys who believes it's gay to wipe your ass
I still remember when someone came to /r/Wicked_Edge, a subreddit about straight razors, and asked to compare two disposable brands. People were as kind as possible.
Not to be confused with /r/straightedge, which is about drug-less Punk.
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Basing your preferred genetic heritage on how much you like a TV show. Smh.
American Italians have embraced the pop culture caricature of themselves and become it.
Americans ~~Italians~~ have embraced the pop culture caricature of themselves and become it.
HEY, I'm typin' hea'
Y'all actually know your ethnicity? I know i'm white and that's about it.
I know i’m white
100% American.
I only know mine because I know the immigrant I descended from.
Americans use ethnicity as a synonym for race. That's not formally correct. Wikipedia has it thusly:
An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.
If you don't know your ethnicity, then you don't have one. Except you do have one. White American certainly fits the definition.
My brother got a DNA test and found we're mostly descended from Nordic people and not Germanic/Irish as we were told as kids. So naturally, I am now a Vikings fan.
When you learn that Vikings are also Germanic:
There is no escaping it, Gustav
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There weren't enough hand emojis 👋👌, mama Mia's, or references to spaghetti. No wonder he didn't fit in.
You missed the main one🤌🤌ma che cazzo
Maybe if you're mostly German, you learn to avoid wild hand gestures from a young age. Just to be safe, you know?
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"or should I say us 🇮🇹"
"Sopranos was my favorite show"
Oof. Imagine saying "roots was my favorite show so it makes sense my great great great grandparent was black"
I have Italian ancestry and I've always found these guys to be cringe, but I also get why they do it . Many people in the United States yearn for meaning and interpersonal connection in their lives. "Being an Italian" provides a prepackaged, very commercialized possibility of community with little effort required - you're just born to it, so instant acceptance, right?
The reality is often less Soprano's chic and more "nonno and nonnina were illiterate farmhands who moved to the US for a better life. Nonno died from mystery cancer and all of nonnina's bones dissolved after birthing her 15th child at 24. Now chew nonnina's birthday cake for her".
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This looks like a great way to troll communities. Might do this in the France sub
Tbh, I would be much more triggered by the fact that you gave your DNA to a private company for fun, than any "oui oui baguette" jokes
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I'm French, ain't no way a french community doesn't fall for it, this might be the easiest one to troll.
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American with 7% Irish ancestry on the Shankill Road lecturing the locals on why they should have a united Ireland energy.
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I'm over 90% Italian, it was a very small town full of my relatives, that should pretty much explain everything without having to go into detail.
do you like sopranos?
My family was actually apart of making the Soparanos 💀
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!
Do you have six fingers?
If he is mostly German good chance that his Italian roots are from the Italian Alps where they speak German.
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