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Getting in touch with your roots (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 41 points 6 days ago

I did one of those mail in DNA test and found out I'm like over 50% data breach

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 26 points 6 days ago

Americans love to answer the question "where are you from?" with an ingredients list.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 26 points 6 days ago

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 22 points 6 days ago

My lineage is German, Irish, and Scandanavian, but my stomach is 100% Mexican.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Y'all actually know your ethnicity? I know i'm white and that's about it.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Americans use ethnicity as a synonym for race. That's not formally correct. Wikipedia has it thusly:

An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.

If you don't know your ethnicity, then you don't have one. Except you do have one. White American certainly fits the definition.

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

I know i’m white

100% American.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I only know mine because I know the immigrant I descended from.

[–] Zeon@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I'm over 90% Italian, it was a very small town full of my relatives, that should pretty much explain everything without having to go into detail.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

do you like sopranos?

[–] Zeon@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

My family was actually apart of making the Soparanos 💀

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Do you have six fingers?

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 233 points 1 week ago (4 children)

damn didn't realize yall would be so hostile

same feeling as: "wow very judgemental community here" lmao

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I don't know, one guy has a real problem that needs to be addressed. The other guy is mad because people got mad at him for cosplaying an ethnic identity.

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 113 points 1 week ago (15 children)

"or should I say us 🇮🇹"

"Sopranos was my favorite show"

Oof. Imagine saying "roots was my favorite show so it makes sense my great great great grandparent was black"

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[–] 1SimpleTailor@startrek.website 102 points 1 week ago (8 children)

There weren't enough hand emojis 👋👌, mama Mia's, or references to spaghetti. No wonder he didn't fit in.

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[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 84 points 1 week ago (26 children)

This looks like a great way to troll communities. Might do this in the France sub

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