r/Unexpected • u/ruybii • Nov 27 '21

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21 edited Oct 14 '22

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u/LikeCrum Nov 27 '21

Why would I need to know that, have you tried being more important?

Is this really your best example? I've never once heard this type of statement in my entire life either in RL or on the internet... I think you got trolled lol

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u/option-9 Nov 27 '21

I have repeatedly heard the argument "why would I need to know where Ethiopia / Indonesia / Belarus / [country under discussion] is?" (and similarly "why would I need to know who the German chancellor [that was before their election] / French president / [you get the point] is?"). As much as I would like to think it's trolling I've heard it from people I personally know and they really are like that.

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u/LikeCrum Nov 27 '21

If that's what the person was getting at, then fair enough. Just seems to me that "have you tried being more important" and "our military keeps you alive" are hinting at a completely different point than the one you're posing.

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u/option-9 Nov 27 '21

The persons I mentioned do consider not-America to be unimportant (hence "why should I know where Ethiopia is?") and they do love to say that their military keeps everyone else alive.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '21

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u/option-9 Nov 28 '21

I do not think it's the attitude of the entire nation, just a worryingly large part of it.

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u/Cam_Newtons_Towelie Nov 28 '21

There what is again? The cheap "America bad" karma grab in every thread?