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> but it's not some random backwater. And nobody really thinks that. My god, what a time to be alive, when you can't make simple jokes anymore, because somebo
by martin_a 7y ago
> but it's not some random backwater.
And nobody really thinks that.
My god, what a time to be alive, when you can't make simple jokes anymore, because somebody somewhere always is offended and thinks there must be some racist agenda in place.
Even as a German with a total lack of humour (and an Italian motorcycle with strange quirks in the garage) I found this funny. Funnier than the Holocaust at least.
- toyg 7y ago>> [Italy is] not some random backwater. > And nobody really thinks that. As an Italian expat, I can assure you this is unfortunately incorrect. > you can't make simple jokes anymore No, you can't make jokes based on lazy stereotypes that end up affecting the lives of millions. It's a different thing. It might have been fundamentally innocuous, back when populations didn't mix as much as we do today, but now it's a real problem. If I go to a job interview and the potential employer assumes Italian == lazy, I'm done for. That's the casual bigotry that these jokes end up entrenching.
- martin_a 7y agoAnd I've worked with and for Italian people and they were just as lazy or hard-working as any other nationality. No reason to value them more or less.