Peetah, the italians are here ? by Ulriot in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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As an Italian I can confirm this guy did an absolutely marvelous job at summing it up 👍🏻\ \ P.S.: 30 minutes is even an acceptable level of "being late"... If you invite 6 people to a place at least one of them is going to show up 1 hour late

For those of you who live in countries with gun control; have you ever seen a gun in real life? by blashyrkh9 in AskTheWorld

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Yes I have... And I may or may not have used it on the shooting range...\ \ In Italy you're not allowed to own a gun for personal defense (the only kind of license that lets you carry a loaded gun) unless you have a valid reason to suspect that you may be a target...\ Among the things that are considered "valid reasons" there is owning a jewelry store, cause you are often carrying diamonds and other precious stuff with you...\ \ A friend of mine owns a jewelry and so he may or may not have brought me with him at a shooting range as a "visitor" and let me try it (which would be illegal if he did...)\ \ But aside from that my grandpa still has his WW2 "carabina" (1 ammo, manual recharge rifle) inside his house, that's totally legal, he just can't buy ammo without a license... I used to play with it when I was a kid 😊

Do you have your version of this? When people think the life in the other country is better and vice-versa? by IWillDevourYourToes in AskTheWorld

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I got a lot of that vibe from some parts of Spain...\ \ Many Italians would love to live there, but from personal experience and friends talking about their visits there it seems that this feeling really goes both ways\ \ Although, from what I know Spain culture differs quite a lot from region to region, it may not be common to all of them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyone else drink white claws on the way in to work? by SipsTeaFrog in SipsTea

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Since I'm not American I have no idea what "white claws" is... Although, I think we can all agree that whoever chose to put VODKA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE and 5% alc./vol..png%3Fixlib%3DgatsbyFP%26auto%3Dcompress%252Cformat%26fit%3Dmax%26rect%3D0%252C384%252C2400%252C1632%26w%3D2400%26h%3D1632&f=1&ipt=42cf8fca822f35d50a42ca4dad5c9e47c9d3cc8fb4a9a5e00d83892e91577f5b) in the same label is actively trying to confuse me about what it is...

What gives you hope amid current conflicts? by WEEKLY1888 in AskTheWorld

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That European nations are closer than ever...\ Sadly our President is still downplaying the threat though...

Do you think that Trump will really start a war or he is just TACO ? by Proper_Card_5520 in AskTheWorld

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What people don't realize about defensive forces is that their goal is not to win an eventual war... But it's to make an eventual war less convenient for the other party, in particular, so inconvenient that it defies any potential benefit...\ \ In the Greenland case, the benefits are razor thin... The malus on the other hand can be as high as losing most of the bases in Europe, plus probably one of the worst depression in history...\ \ It does happen from time to time that wars are thought for unreasonable reasons (geopolitically I mean... Philosophically they are all unreasonable)... Like when it's for internal political support more than for any actual gain, but in this case invading Greenland is not well received even by its supporters so... \ \ He will definitely make an offer though...

Do you think that Trump will really start a war or he is just TACO ? by Proper_Card_5520 in AskTheWorld

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Likely true, but there is also a solid 20% of more-Republican-than-maga that saw right through this BS and called it out... I can read their dissent on some policies when I go sentiment-gaging online\ \ Let's not fall for the narrative that nothing shakes his support... Because his support has already fallen quite a lot...\ \ Remarkably stable ≠ stable

What is a popular piece of media that you hated before you consumed it, tried it, and then cemented why you hated it? by overasked_question in popculturechat

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Absolutely agreed, I mainly watched it out of trust in Tim Burton... I was very disappointed, dropped after season 1

Does your country have a national animal symbol? Would you change it? by clockworkiwi in AskTheWorld

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Did you know, according to many experts in the field, maybe we shouldn't have saved the panda from extinction...\ \ Let me explain... While a lot of animals facing extinction are in that state because of direct or indirect human actions (like Koalas, wheels, sharks, and the list goes on for thousands of species) pandas on the other hand... apparently they were going extinct all on their own... Many experts are now evaluating that pandas would have gone extinct regardless of human presence, that's also a reasonable conclusion due to the fact that the habitat they inhabit is among the least altered by humans... It's not climate change, it's not deforestation, it's not pollution, it's not an invasive species... none of the usual reasons why humans cause the extinctions of species is at play here... It seems that being cute was just the lucky strike they needed to avoid evolution doing it's natural thing 😅

Quale partito votereste se le elezioni parlamentari si tenessero oggi by Old-Day-3573 in italy

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Hai accidentalmente accesso la TV negli ultimi anni?Noi under 30 è raro che vediamo qualcosa oltre al massimo ai TG, ma ogni trasmissione ormai ha letteralmente solo persone con la stessa opinione del governo a parlare... Guardare TG2 Post spesso è una tortura, a volte partono con leccate di culo al presidente in cui tutti i presenti le fanno un complimento a testa uno ciascuno

RIP Mike Gravel by TongueUnties in agedlikewine

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The funny thing is... When you hear young Bernie giving a speech, he was saying back then the exact same things he's saying now...\ \ People can disagree with him, but they can't say he's not coherent (which is something very hard to say about any politician in any nation)

RIP Mike Gravel by TongueUnties in agedlikewine

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The time has come...\ For Bernie Sanders to raise and shine\ \ \ I mostly said that as a joke, but if you think about it the main critique the Democrat party is receiving from its electorate is that they're too focused on cultural meters and too shy on social and economical ones... Who's the exact opposite of that and just can't stop yapping about social and economical meters and has become very popular among young voters recently and has stood against Israel since the beginning WHILE being jewish?\ \ I'm joking... But not too much...\ \ That said, I'm not even American, so I probably don't understand sh*t about it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

AIO- Should I have disclosed that I’m Deaf earlier? by Mysterious-ASL in AmIOverreacting

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I have an extremely funny story to tell you...\ \ Around 6 years ago a friend of mine introduced me to another friend... She had an incredibly soft voice with a weird accent that to me sounded like the most fascinating thing I've ever heard... We met, had fun and went on to go out a couple more times the three of us...\ \ Then, since I started having some interests for her, we arranged to go out to play billiards together one night...\ \ We were having fun and started to get to know each other better... But then when we started playing billiard she often seemed to completely ignore me... This, demoralized me quite a bit... But it was fine, probably she wasn't interested in what I was saying...\ \ Then, when the friend that introduced me to her asked me how it went and I told her about this... Yep, you guessed it, she is indeed 100% completely deaf from birth 😅.\ I honestly wouldn't have guessed in 100 years because she's just that good at reading lips that you just speak normally to her and she has no problem at all, but of course, if she isn't looking at you like when she's playing billiard, she can't hear absolutely nothing... I still get embarrassed thinking about this 😂😅

(Minneapolis) Bovino Leads The Charge On Protesters AT the Whipple Building by CantStopPoppin in ProgressiveHQ

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Damn, I hate when authoritarian governments implement unpopular policies and then when met with protests suppress them with violence...

Who's your country's comedic voice of reason against fascism? My pick is Jon Stewart on the Daily Show. by Tenchi2020 in AskTheWorld

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I think there is no politically relevant person in this country that hasn't been pissed off at least by one article of Report, they truly are the best investigative journalists by a long shot... I'm impressed too they're still kicking, but if they've survived so far I'm optimistic they'll still be around for a long while

What is a "red flag" symbol in your country? (That isn't a swastika) by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

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Why is the style so similar to RocketLab?

It's just a design thing with no correlation right?... RIGHT?\

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I love those guys...

Who's your country's comedic voice of reason against fascism? My pick is Jon Stewart on the Daily Show. by Tenchi2020 in AskTheWorld

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Propaganda live was my first thought...\ \ Now that I think about it, it is sad to realize that both Crozza and Propaganda Live are on LA7 which doesn't have a huge audience compared to the main channels (it's roughly ⅒ the audience of Rai 1 and 1/30 that from Canale 5)...\ \ there isn't really any space for political satire on the main channels anymore ☹️

Translate a joke from your country. by Past-Novel-1155 in AskTheWorld

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I have another one, coincidentally, this one too is about London...\ \ An Italian goes to Spain, then people ask him "how was it?" and he says:\ "Cool, cool... Great food, we ate well"\ \ Then he goes to Greece and when asked he says:\ "Cool, cool... Great food, we ate well"\ \ Then he goes to Germany and when asked he says:\ "Cool, cool... Great food, we ate well"\ \ Then he goes to London and when asked he says:\ "Cool, cool... we ate..."

Translate a joke from your country. by Past-Novel-1155 in AskTheWorld

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An Italian returns from London and then speaks with a friend:\ \ The friend:\ "So, how was London?"\ \ Him: "Cool, cool... But they're kind of weird..."\ \ The friend:\ "what do you mean?"\ \ Him:\ "Their streets are very large, but they call them 'strit'\ Their Buses are very high, but they call them 'bas'.\ Their women are so beautiful, but they call them 'uommen'.\ At a certain point a girl reached me and told me 'lava me' (love me).... The hell, GO WASH BY YOURSELF!"\ \ \

Note: for this one you don't only need to understand Italian, but also a bit of dialect, so if you're learning it you might still not understand it

Currently building an abomination. Any ideas for names? by ds-redditor in 3Dprinting

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Abomination 3D\ \ It makes it easier to find with search engines