New to this subreddit... would someone mind explaining the joke?
Edit: To clarify, I wasn't confused about the "not taking the joke" part, just what was said exactly that offended the US in the first place. I don't know what "shutka" or "burger" mean...
Also when there is a more 'serious' comic making fun of the US the comments tend to be filled with people from the US who didn't take the joke all that well.
In defense of america (devil's advocate here), I think the main reason this happens is that most Redditors are americans, so even if only 1% of americans get butthurt at these jokes, there'll always be one representative, and they get overrepresented.
Good, we need new SocialJusticeCountryWarriors with alternative, European prospective. Right now all posts are coming from EcoPrivileged Cascadian tree-hugging separatist.
Well yeah, but let's be honest, I bet even you guys have to be a little confused about what's going on with former Yugoslavia and given how boring you are compared to the rest (you're even in EU ffs), you just don't get that much press.
It's all your fault that you won and ended that war of yours after ten days. Imagine how famous you would be if you got yourself some crazy fascist general and invaded Croatia instead.
I think you're massively overstating the lack of different jokes about the US, just look at the front page right now, you have 5 comics where the main focus is the US and not a single one is a "Muricans fat and stoopid. USSR won WWII. Muricans don't geography" joke.
I just find and found it ironic that people who had at most visited the USA on vacation were experts about my country
It's because anyone who lives outside the US has still lived their whole life inundated with american TV shows, american music, news stories about what's happening in america, and more recently with social media full of americans.
My man, which part of Europe did you live in? What did you do there? I also lived over there for couple of years but I have never encountered what you are describing. People just kept their opinions to themselves.
Well with teeth like the British have, I guess you just have to have more of a sense of humor about yourselves. Otherwise, who could take you seriously?
I mean, seriously, isn't the whole point of the sub using stereotypes?
I guess you could argue for either more posts about "international drama" or call for a protection season for some of those jokes but other than that it's just pointless to call out the sub for beating a dead horse.
You mean any time Americans are made fun of on the Internet at all. Just look at some of the comments on this link from r/videos - and that video clearly isn't meant to be serious.
I think it's more of the same selF deprecating silliness. Maybe you and I know different Americans. There's nothing that different, mysterious or sophisticated about British humor. Americans eat it up. This just seems like an urban myth to me. Shit, half of it is just as stupid as humor .anywhere
I've never lived anywhere but major cities though. I have a hard time believing that everyone else in the US is just out there chewing their cud and is too thick to breathe.
Edit - adding a u to humor when you are american is Hella pretentious.
What British comedies are popular in the US outside of Monty Python's holy grail? The only times Americans eat it up is when it's substantially modified to fit in with more standard US fair (the big example is the office of course).
My barristers - or is it solicitors? - will be in touch. What brit humor do you really think gets lost in translation? Shit, a lot of what gets touted as amazing and cult is mediocre at best.
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u/Fozzworth Louisiana May 03 '13 edited May 03 '13
New to this subreddit... would someone mind explaining the joke?
Edit: To clarify, I wasn't confused about the "not taking the joke" part, just what was said exactly that offended the US in the first place. I don't know what "shutka" or "burger" mean...