Veserr@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 days agoPeople assume I can't speak Welsh because I'm not whitewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down19
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkPeople assume I can't speak Welsh because I'm not whitewww.bbc.comVeserr@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareAlk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down8·9 days agoPeople assume I can’t speak Chinese because I’m a white American. They are correct.
minus-squaresepiroth154@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down4·9 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-up11arrow-down4·9 days agoIt was a joke, not a real comparison. I just happen to not be able to speak any other language.
minus-squarenathan@lemmy.permisuan.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·9 days agoYeah you already said you were American 🤣
minus-squaresepiroth154@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·9 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-up4arrow-down6·9 days agoThere’s no defense here. You didn’t get the joke, that’s okay, move on.
minus-squaresepiroth154@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 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.
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.
Yeah you already said you were American 🤣
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.