• ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    22 hours ago

    human race

    shows the usa

    easy to hate when you cherrypick the worst example.

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      21 hours ago

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0h67-88k7E

      Futurama:

      <TV turns off>

      Leela: Look I know there are no car chases but this is important. One of these two men will be president of the world

      Fry: What do we care? We live in the United States

      Leela: The United States is part of the world

      Fry: Wow, I have been gone a long time

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      21 hours ago

      I believe that’s because only north America experienced totality for that eclipse (along that line).

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_8,_2024

      The people who live there are members of humanity. As you can see, the humans not on the totality line mostly didn’t hurt their eyes. that probably is true for the rest of humanity. this post is about the humans on the line though

      Would you prefer the post be entitled “Humanity that stares at the sun during totality never cease to amaze me” and kill what tiny semblance of a joke is there?

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          14 hours ago

          People from other countries also know how eclipses work, not just people from the US. In any case, it’s not a good metric to use when deciding what country someone is from.

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            14 hours ago

            i was referring to you being mad at the jab at your favorite country.

            i reckon people from other countries know how eclipses work, i had literally never thought about it before.