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English rule (media.beige.party)
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[-] Korne127@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

This is literally about the nationality of a person (being British). Maybe racism isn't the best word, but it's certainly discrimination.

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Lol, it's an individual in their field trying to give a friendly warning to a person who is too entitled to even try to understand the local dialect (not even different language!).

No one is being discriminated against, clown.

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

He is speaking Scots though. You can start arguments saying it isn't a language.

[-] force@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

this isn't scots writing, this is someone who is probably not scottish trying to represent scottish english with text

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

Jfc with the semantics and completely missing of the point.. It's considered by many a dialect of English and should be understood by other English speakers without too much trouble. There, is that better? 🙄

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago

the semantics

Ironically enough, you don't seem to know the meaning of the word.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah no, try listening to someone that actually speaks Scots and tell me is easily understood.

[-] theFibonacciEffect@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

But it clearly isn't easy to understand the local dialect. And the other person doesn't even try to make himself be understood, eg by speaking slower.

[-] Korne127@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There are tons of German dialects I would have trouble understanding as a German. Saying it's entitled to not be able to understand something like that is just far from reality if not ableist.

The picture is just a joke about the cultural hate of Scottish people against British people due to the history of these nations. It's not made to be taken seriously, but if you do… of course it's discrimination. I mean not the joke itself but what happens to the character in the joke. Like lol, it's literally because they are British. Trying to deny that is just ridiculous.

[-] SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

British people have such the thinnest of skin. Americans have been the center of European jokes for so long and most of us just nod and agree. But British? Like bro, you guys stopped Scottish independence and when they pass positive trans bills y'all get into a hissy fit and fucking step in and stop it. Maybe stop being such fucking dicks first about and maybe the jokes will stop.

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 10 months ago

English. Its the English. It's always the English. They ruined England!

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Like bro, you guys stopped Scottish

They literally voted not to themselves.

Americans have been the center of European jokes for so long and most of us just nod and agree. But British?

yeah the British are famous for not going along with banter and you should definitely take this one dude on lemmy as a representative example of the entire country.

[-] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

They kinda are tho. No way to piss off a br*t faster than saying anything critical of their empire

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Your average Brit really does not give a shit

[-] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You're prob right I was just thinking of British r/196 users

[-] Korne127@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I… am not British? Why would you think I am??? lmao

I don't even have anything against the joke; it's (kind of) funny and just a nod about the cultural hate of Scottish people against British people due to their nation's history. I was just telling that if you take it seriously (which it's not supposed to), it is discrimination. (I mean not the joke itself but what happens to the character in the joke.)

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