return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoNon-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?message-squaremessage-square544fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down15
arrow-up1249arrow-down1message-squareNon-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square544fedilink
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-220 hours agoSounds like someone was just being hyperbolic?
minus-squareMariemarion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·19 hours agoWhere I’m from, the hyperbole would go “You’ll get punched.”
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoyeah that’s equivalent to getting shot here in the US lol. I would probably argue if someone said “i’m going to punch you” would be more of a threat than “you’ll get shot for that”
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoAround me, the threat would be “That’s how you get fucked up,” leaving the level of violence ambiguous.
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoWell yeah… That’s America for you
Sounds like someone was just being hyperbolic?
Where I’m from, the hyperbole would go “You’ll get punched.”
yeah that’s equivalent to getting shot here in the US lol.
I would probably argue if someone said “i’m going to punch you” would be more of a threat than “you’ll get shot for that”
Around me, the threat would be “That’s how you get fucked up,” leaving the level of violence ambiguous.
Well yeah… That’s America for you