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		local_issues on Aug 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Modern action films fetishize the body even as the... Please refer to us with our chosen demonym, it’s just basic manners. I could dunk on Germans by referring to them as Nazis then acting indignant when they protest, but I won’t, because that would be bizarre and make me look insane

burnished on Aug 5, 2023 [–]

Well, you're right that would be bizarre and make you look insane.

You know that isnt what we do right? German is our word for them, it isnt what they call themselves.

local_issues on Aug 6, 2023 | [–]

That would make sense if we were speaking German. But we, and they, are not

burnished on Aug 6, 2023 | | [–]

What? You're talking nonsense now.

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