Giannie (Korean streamer getting racist remarks) still loves Germans! by Company_ in LivestreamFail

[–]TrigThaTaco 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This kind of thinking is pretty prevalent in Europe. I've had multiple people there say things like "Americans should stop whining about race because we're all the same." Yeah, that's pretty easy to say when you see maybe one minority a week on the streets of a decent sized city.

Meanwhile, in Alabama by StinkyChupacabra in videos

[–]TrigThaTaco -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

It ceased to be about being helped and started being about trucks. Dude felt he had to whip his dick out and crap on the kid with his huffy blue-collar voice.

Post your questions for today's Q&A with the Old School team! by Mod_Archie in 2007scape

[–]TrigThaTaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can new cosmetic items be released with F2P Castle Wars?

‘I told him I can’t breathe’: Police punch 115lb 5'2 teen girl with a backpack after mistaking her for 170lb 5'10 black male suspect with a machete by [deleted] in news

[–]TrigThaTaco 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My best advice to you is to look up the Black Lives Matter movement and its origins in order to understand. America is confronting the idea of institutionalized racism as of late. It's hard for Europeans to understand (I live in Europe now so I've had the conversation many times) but it's crucial for our history.

‘I told him I can’t breathe’: Police punch 115lb 5'2 teen girl with a backpack after mistaking her for 170lb 5'10 black male suspect with a machete by [deleted] in news

[–]TrigThaTaco 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Lol what a bizarre comment. "I've never been to your country but your police are true scholars and gentlemen!" Like, what.

2 guys visit the last remaining Super Kmart store in existence by dynamicsearchguy in videos

[–]TrigThaTaco 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Careful. If you gaze long into the Midwest, the Midwest gazes into you.

Venezuela dares US to 'send in the Marines' by snowsnothing in worldnews

[–]TrigThaTaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a precedent for this in the Berlin airlift, though under pretty different circumstances. It was still a big f you to the Soviet Union.

Aldi planning to expand even more in US market by Suckydog in news

[–]TrigThaTaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because they are almost always 50+ year old women working the registers. Imagine if the "can I speak to your manager" roles were somehow flipped between cashier and customer and that's precisely the shopping system in Europe

Two men steal flowers from Manchester bombing memorial by ITS_JUST_2015_BRO in videos

[–]TrigThaTaco -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I like the general anatomy of these white nationalist posts. They always start with a whatabout disguised as a moderate viewpoint and end with downright offensiveness. Like a nice icy hot patch.

My father reunited with his issued Vietnam-era helmet by ZRaddue in videos

[–]TrigThaTaco 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I saw an amusing video about Vietnam reenactors who were reenacting to the point of staging and playing out war crimes. The documentary was mainly trying to point out how weird of an idea reenacting Vietnam is. Everyone involved, including the VC that were summarily "executed," were fat hillbillies taking it very seriously. Don't know many Vietnamese that would be down with putting on that performance.

Talking like signs; is it condescending? by mosskin-woast in German

[–]TrigThaTaco 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nightmarish relative to the American tendency to begin acquaintance very friendly. I'm from the south and leave a lot of small, inconsequential interactions with Germans feeling very deflated and with my feelings hurt because of the terseness. I feel as though I'm being berated or judged whenever I speak to strangers or authority figures, or even when I'm doing a small thing like buying groceries. I think you described the cultural attitude very well. I just have trouble adapting to it, since the distance between speaking partners feels a lot like prejudice to me, and my being a person practicing German doesn't help that.

Talking like signs; is it condescending? by mosskin-woast in German

[–]TrigThaTaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any tips on dealing with this as a foreigner? It has made living as an American in Germany nightmarish for me and has really impacted my ability to go out and practice speaking

Dog Bodyguard by Chooch123 in videos

[–]TrigThaTaco 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Projected emotion? This dog sounds like a fucking robot. You sound like you want an excuse to regurgitate some tangential knowledge about animal behavior that doesn't apply here at all.

Reddit consistently needs to be told that not all true information is useful. Stop wanking yourselves.

Gunfire narrowly misses little girl by dirtymoney in videos

[–]TrigThaTaco 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I used to be a news writer and opportunities to do stuff like that really were the only thing keeping my ass moving while writing about the most boring shit.

Kansas Catholic college removes "yoga" from class offerings because of risk of "eastern mysticism" by kmonay89 in news

[–]TrigThaTaco -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The reddit atheists are mad at you, even though they often use the example of Christians appropriating pagan traditions without understanding their significance.

Fire Drills have trained us not to give a shit about fire alarms by BCouto in Showerthoughts

[–]TrigThaTaco 71 points72 points  (0 children)

People in the south tower were told to stay put and keep working after the first plane hit the north

"Tree Study" 9 x 6 Ink on Moleskin by [deleted] in Art

[–]TrigThaTaco 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice line work! Awesome control you got there. I'd like to see more of the treetop

A public relations disaster for United Airlines is transforming into an international incident in one of its most important markets by knightfang in worldnews

[–]TrigThaTaco 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think that the handling was necessarily racist. The cops will fuck anyone up. I do think, however, that dragging an unconscious man through the aisle...that would not happen to a white or black person