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What app you americans use for personal conversations? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by medvedev@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Here in South Europe people mostly use Viber. Edit: I was very unaware about situation in Southern Europe as I've learned from this post... Most people in Croatia use Viber!

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, it was a lighthearted joke. I genuinely have had almost nothing but good experiences with Canadians. Like, 8/10 encounters with unknown fellow Americans is anything from indifferent to bad. Canadians, it's been more like 1/10 is bad. Mind you, one of those was trying to bang my mom and grabbed my ass, so he can continue fucking right off lol.

Have you never run across that before though? Where you make fun of a bad stereotype? Like, Americans treating canada like an extension is a common enough thing that I see it online all the time as a serious thing, so it becomes a joke in itself.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, it was a lighthearted joke.

Ah good. Keep shootin'!

No it's really typical banter, it's just with Americans you can't be sure how aware they are. Same with Chinese if you can talk to them, apparently; it must be a byproduct of being a giant self-contained hyperpower.

Sorry you got downvoted.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

No worries :)

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a former Vermonter we used to delight in considering ourselves part of Quebec. Hell, most of our power came from Hydro Quebec.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Hey, and you've already succeeded in separating from Canada!