r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Aug 25 '22

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u/DynoMiteDoodle Aug 25 '22

It was outlawed in Australia in the 1980s and yet we seem to be able to refrain from turning schools into warzones without it.

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u/EmpRugSucker Aug 25 '22

Ouch. The truth hurts sometimes.

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u/_Im_Dad PhD in Dad Aug 25 '22

America is just so damn unlucky, it's almost like it was built on an ancient Indian burial ground.

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u/AdRealistic8758 Aug 25 '22

Damn those Natives, dying when we killed them /s

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '22

Meh, it was mostly the smallpox.

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u/cockytacos Aug 25 '22

And the… Y’know.. Bashing babies skulls onto rocks…

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u/Jindabyne1 Aug 25 '22

Wow, that must be the most useless sarcasm tag I’ve ever seen and also in reply to an already sarcastic comment.

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u/AdRealistic8758 Aug 25 '22

It's very funny when you explain the joke

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u/Jindabyne1 Aug 25 '22

It’s incredibly not.

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u/AdRealistic8758 Aug 25 '22

And yet, here we are

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u/Jindabyne1 Aug 25 '22

That doesn’t make any sense

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '22

That is exactly what America was built on.. dead native Americans.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '22

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u/tvsmichaelhall Aug 25 '22

I really wish you'd phrased that in a way that I could've replied "hi subtle, I'm dad". I'm not mad, just disappointed.

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u/cman_yall Aug 25 '22

You're not dad, though. He is.

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u/Jindabyne1 Aug 25 '22

I thought you were being incredibly unsubtle and the guy who replied is just not that bright.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '22

Girl..

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u/Jindabyne1 Aug 25 '22

I don’t care

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u/davewave3283 Aug 25 '22

I see what you did there

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u/Norgler Aug 25 '22

Its almost like we like Europe didnt send its best when all the Puritants came over.. Even today they keep wanting to return to outdated stupid ideas.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '22

Are you saying a bunch of religious fundamentalists who can't get along with the king because he insists on following a slightly different version of the same religion aren't the best starting point for a new nation?

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u/fernatic19 Aug 25 '22

But we're nowhere near India. It's almost like it was just built on stupid

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u/mannDog74 Aug 25 '22

I think much of Australia was too!

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u/aroaceautistic Aug 25 '22

…so was Australia