return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoNon-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?message-squaremessage-square677fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down19
arrow-up1307arrow-down1message-squareNon-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square677fedilink
minus-squareprolelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 months agoSounds like someone was just being hyperbolic?
minus-squareMariemarion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoWhere I’m from, the hyperbole would go “You’ll get punched.”
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoyeah that’s equivalent to getting shot here in the US lol. I would probably argue if someone said “i’m going to punch you” would be more of a threat than “you’ll get shot for that”
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAround me, the threat would be “That’s how you get fucked up,” leaving the level of violence ambiguous.
Sounds like someone was just being hyperbolic?
Where I’m from, the hyperbole would go “You’ll get punched.”
Well yeah… That’s America for you
yeah that’s equivalent to getting shot here in the US lol.
I would probably argue if someone said “i’m going to punch you” would be more of a threat than “you’ll get shot for that”
Around me, the threat would be “That’s how you get fucked up,” leaving the level of violence ambiguous.