Voytek (They/Them)@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 18 days agoWhat is the weirdest argument you’ve overheard?message-squaremessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the weirdest argument you’ve overheard?Voytek (They/Them)@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 18 days agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 days ago“Grandpa, Israel isn’t a state, it’s a country!” This was a woman in her 20s, if I had to guess
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·18 days agoI don’t think that’s weird. A lot of people don’t know that “the state” means “the country” unless you are specifically talking about individual states within a country. I can see how that could be confusing for somebody who doesn’t know better.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoIt’s a uniquely American problem because all those stupid states had to unite
“Grandpa, Israel isn’t a state, it’s a country!”
This was a woman in her 20s, if I had to guess
I don’t think that’s weird. A lot of people don’t know that “the state” means “the country” unless you are specifically talking about individual states within a country. I can see how that could be confusing for somebody who doesn’t know better.
It’s a uniquely American problem because all those stupid states had to unite
It was fine until we let the south join.