• @[email protected]
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    8 months ago

    Wait til they got told Mexico is in America, they’re gonna lose their shit.

    Like the USA owns the continent, pffh.

    The abbreviation for the US, due to what I think are dumb syntax rules in Spanish, is E.E.U.U.

    For reals. I know, right?

    But wait there’s more! Mexicos official name is the United States of Mexico, or Estados Unidos de México in Spanglish.

    And also in Spanish, I think

    • linuxgator
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      148 months ago

      I think the official English version is actually United Mexican States.

    • Flying SquidM
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      28 months ago

      EEUU makes sense when there’s also an EU.

      • @[email protected]
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        48 months ago

        In Spanish, plurality in abbreviations is denoted by doubling up the letters; so (United States) Estados Unidos -> EEUU

    • @ickplantOP
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      218 months ago

      This is actually really cool because I am connecting with my teen son over One Piece (live action), and I can throw this fact out at him. Thank you, it will be a wholesome mother-son moment.

      • @LemmySoloHer
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        118 months ago

        Parents taking an interest in their kid’s interests and One Piece are two things that make this world a better place!

        • @ickplantOP
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          118 months ago

          I love the show, it’s so great. My son and I grew apart a bit when I was in grad school, but we’re making up lost ground. Parents should always make a big effort to be involved with their kids, and I wish I did more 2 years ago, but I’m doing my best now.

    • vex
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      18 months ago

      nowadays it’s mostly fentanyl though

      • @[email protected]
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        28 months ago

        Sad but true… If you are interested in street stories check out soft white underbelly on youtube

      • CashewNut 🏴󠁢󠁥󠁧󠁿
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        18 months ago

        Poor Yanks. The UK has primo heroin still. Must be cos we’re closer to the Middle East and the Dutch are excellent drug traffickers.