Veserr@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 8 days agoPeople assume I can't speak Welsh because I'm not whitewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPeople assume I can't speak Welsh because I'm not whitewww.bbc.comVeserr@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareAlk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoPeople assume I can’t speak Chinese because I’m a white American. They are correct.
minus-squaresepiroth154@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoInvalid comparison. It would be more like you being born and raised in China and people defaulting to English all the time.
minus-squareAlk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoIt was a joke, not a real comparison. I just happen to not be able to speak any other language.
minus-squaresepiroth154@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThe ‘it’s just a joke’ defence doesn’t really work when the context it’s posted in changes its meaning entirely.
minus-squareAlk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThere’s no defense here. You didn’t get the joke, that’s okay, move on.
minus-squaresepiroth154@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoI understood it was a joke. I was commenting on how it lands in context, not missing the humor. We’re just reading it differently.
minus-squarenathan@lemmy.permisuan.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoYeah you already said you were American 🤣
People assume I can’t speak Chinese because I’m a white American. They are correct.
Invalid comparison. It would be more like you being born and raised in China and people defaulting to English all the time.
It was a joke, not a real comparison. I just happen to not be able to speak any other language.
The ‘it’s just a joke’ defence doesn’t really work when the context it’s posted in changes its meaning entirely.
There’s no defense here. You didn’t get the joke, that’s okay, move on.
I understood it was a joke. I was commenting on how it lands in context, not missing the humor. We’re just reading it differently.
Yeah you already said you were American 🤣