Excluding the obvious ones such as politics, what topics can't you stand listening to people talk about?
Excluding the obvious ones such as politics, what topics can't you stand listening to people talk about?
For me it's detailed describtions about people's dreams.
Not only doesn't your story make any sense, but you're also telling me about something that didn't even happen. It's kind of like telling about an event, and then ending the story by saying you just made it all up, except with dreams you begin by telling it's all made up. I'm already not interested before you even started.
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As a European, when an American talks about his gun collection.
They're somehow so proud, and want you to be impressed about how much they go on about their guns.
Please. We're not all barbarians here. Shut the fuck up.
I'm European and I can appreciate a nice gun.
As an American, I can’t stand it when Europeans gripe about or insult American culture. Not because some parts of our culture don’t deserve it, but because you guys have made it one of your national pastimes. It’s pathetic. Get some therapy for your insecurities.
You're right, all any of us do, all day, non stop is gripe or insult American culture. Why only the other day, I was in the shop and when I got to the till to pay, all me and the cashier could talk about was America. "That'll be £44.99 please love and did you see the latest data about gun deaths in America?" God, we're so insecure.
No what's pathetic is the inescapable bullshit we keep hearing about America. What's pathetic is that America considers itself so fucking important that the ENTIRE world got to know about it when some politician farts. What's pathetic is that America doesn't even have something as simple as a proper healthcare system, like an actual civilised country, yet spares no expense rubbing in everyone's that they're some kind of world leader.
You don't want better countries to insult American... Uh... "culture", then either evolve into something better or shut the fuck up.
You don't hear about American politicians farting because we decided you needed to, you hear about it because France Info, BBC, Sky News, etc. decided you did, or because you're on English speaking parts of the internet and the USA represents the largest English speaking population in the world by far.
American - in my life i think I've heard two people talk about gun collections. One is an idiot. The other one just mentioned it because she was telling me a story about moving her father-in-law's things and getting stopped at a federal checkpoint with guns in her car.
As an American, that has literally never happened to me.
I feel that way about guns and I'm American. It isn't a hobby, it isn't a passion, it's a fetish. They never want to admit why they're so adamant on having access to any amount of guns they want isn't for any practical purpose outside they think they're cool and they feel powerful owning them. There's also a subset of gun owners here who have guns for "home defense" but they fantasize about someone breaking into their house so they can shoot them. It's god damn sick, I hate gun ownership culture here. The last reason people love to trot out is the 2nd amendment will help protect the people against a corrupt government, again playing to the sense that gun nuts are some how on part training and mentality wise to a professional military. If the US government ever tried suppressing the population using the military, no amount of Big Gun-Nut Energy and a closet full of guns will stop the real soldiers.
The only way we'll ever curb mass shootings is to pass laws restricting gun ownership to the types of guns with low capacities like break action shotguns or low capacity bolt action rifles. Essentially just down to hunting firearms. But that will never happen here, it's typically right leaning folks who love their guns an unhealthy amount, and right leaning politicians are swing further and further into crazy shit to appease their extreme voting base.
So instead of any good sense gun laws, we get laws being repealed to make gun ownership easier and easier, open carry, conceal carry etc etc. To even hint at laws to bring down the the amount of mass shootings, people screech like howler monkeys. They love the "slippery slope" argument, where any law to restrict any type of gun will lead to the government coming and forcefully taking their guns. They are crazy people.
It isn’t a hobby, it isn’t a passion, it’s a fetish.
Are you kink shaming?