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JustAnotherGen

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10. Thank you

Reply to LuckyCharms (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 10:06 AM

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I remember traveling during the Bush Admin to places such as France and Ireland and having to hold back a snicker when I would tell them . . .

Um - I'm a black American. Accusing me of being one of them is highly insulting. They got the point.

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I found this thread in the Greenland Sub-Reddit, and I found the OP, as well as the comments, well worth a read. [View all] LuckyCharms Tuesday OP

Then there's me JustAnotherGen Tuesday #1

I didn't do it either. LuckyCharms Tuesday #2

I commend you JustAnotherGen Tuesday #6

Profound malaise Tuesday #8

But also... LuckyCharms Tuesday #9

Thank you JustAnotherGen Tuesday #10

That's solid underpants Tuesday #3

Maybe Greenland doesn't realize that we're hostages too. dem4decades Tuesday #4

Yep. The USA is now a crime syndicate. Irish_Dem Tuesday #5

If it is on all of us JustAnotherGen Tuesday #11

When the regime finally does fall... Initech Tuesday #15

Now we are experiencing the effects of American Exceptionalism... MiHale Tuesday #7

I've no idea who this Sub-Redditor is, who claims to speak for "the rest of the world", but he doesn't speak for me. Emrys Tuesday #12

I saw a number of people in the replies who wanted to see a general strike in the US, and more of a highplainsdem Tuesday #14

If any of them are from the UK, then I'm unimpressed Emrys Tuesday #16

As disgusting as Farage is, he couldn't even if elected there do the worldwide harm Trump is capable highplainsdem Tuesday #17

Yeah, I've had to explain the US political setup to folks in the UK before, Emrys Tuesday #18

Thanks for posting that, LC! I saw it late last night - I was awake till after 4 ayem - but was too tired to highplainsdem Tuesday #13