MobileTechGuyAug 16, 2023

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Show threadUsername02
Just pack some garlic with you. Sharks hate that smell. Not sure about New Yorker however.
Aug 16, 2023 at 10:47amWeb
Show threadDuamerthraxAug 16, 2023
With their high Italian population, it would probably be just bait.
Show threadThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥Aug 16, 2023

Italian

Lmao. What’s it with Americans still claiming an identity of their grandparents?

Show threadMr_BlottAug 16, 2023
Well would you admit you were just a mutt 😂
Show threadThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥Aug 16, 2023
Why don’t they call themselves American? Are they stupid?
Show threadTavarinAug 16, 2023
Because America is incredibly diverse, so saying your American is virtually meaningless in terms of your culture and values.
Show threadThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥Aug 16, 2023

Wow I didn’t know that. I’m from a very homogeneous country, India. This concept of diversity is unfamiliar to me.

/s

Show threadTavarinAug 16, 2023

And Indians tend to refer to themselves as Bengali, Tamil, Telegu, etc…

So why is Americans giving a more culturally specific title at times confusing to you?

Show threadDuamerthraxAug 16, 2023
They sound like a bratty teenager. If we’re taking their comments at face value, they probably get a lot of praise from their friends with cheap digs at America even if the same problems exist in their own culture.
Show threadThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥Aug 17, 2023

culturally specific

Lmao ok. Texan ‘’‘Irish’‘’ and Californian ‘’‘Italian’‘’ have stronger links to their ‘’‘Irish’‘’ and ‘’‘Italian’‘’ roots. Sure.

Show threadTavarinAug 17, 2023
Many do.
Show threadDuamerthraxAug 16, 2023
They do, but depending on context, Italian is the answer they really being asked. If an American asks another American about their background and they get an answer like Italian-American or American of Italian decent, they’ll get a funny look because the American part is implied.
Show threadDuamerthraxAug 16, 2023
Why are you being confrontational about this? Italian Americans aren’t claiming to have Italian citizenship. Their cultural identity has more to do with their cuisine and values passed down the family. It’s more than just a piece of land that’s shaped like a boot.
Show threadComradeRAug 16, 2023
I don’t understand that too! I have some Italian ancestors on my mom’s side of the family. But I’m brazilian and I refuse to call myself “Italian”.
Show threadGormadtAug 16, 2023

As an American it’s frustrating to me as well

The amount of people I know who have no attachment to their so called “homeland” is pretty much most of them. And usually due to their families they basically just pick one family to associate with.

I know people who say “I’m Irish” while their siblings say “I’m Finnish.” Simply because of which grandparent they more closely associated with.

Of course normally when I ask people where they’re from it’s usually in the context of which state.

Show threadJmrAug 17, 2023
6% scottish, 0.1% Lithuanian, 42% British, 93% Canadian, 12% German.