return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoNon-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?message-squaremessage-square494fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down15
arrow-up1236arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square494fedilink
minus-squareMariemarion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 hours agoWhere I’m from, the hyperbole would go “You’ll get punched.”
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour 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-up1·9 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-up3·12 hours agoWell yeah… That’s America for you
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