• @TheGrandNagus
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    141 month ago

    It’s not just him. The “I’m Irish/Italian” crowd is a widely known-about American thing.

    I didn’t mean to offend you. Relax. I never said all Americans do it, you don’t need to come up with some reactionary strawman just because you took my comment to heart.

    • @[email protected]
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      101 month ago

      America is a lot of people from different places settling in one continent. lots of people care about what their family history is. I’m not sure what’s weird about that.

      there’s a lot of people with bloodlines from different parts of the world in every country. it means something to some people. not everyone, but quite a few.

      that particular phenomenon is everywhere.

      • @TheGrandNagus
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        31 month ago

        No, it really isn’t much of a thing for the rest of the world. You’d never see someone from, I dunno, Poland saying they’re Irish because 23andMe says they’re 2% Irish.

    • ivanafterall ☑️
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      21 month ago

      I wouldn’t understand, but then I’m 1/128th Cherokee, so…