• Lazerbeams2
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    11010 months ago

    Oh come on. There can’t possibly be that many people outside the US right?

  • Objectionist
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    7010 months ago

    whaddaya mean, the united states is the entire world!

    hell, look at every alien sighting and you have your proof.

    just, yknow, ignore the 7.7 billion other people on the planet

      • @[email protected]
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        710 months ago

        Funny, I’m an American and I also blame it on the military industrial complex.

        Specifically, fucking planes and now drones.

        • @[email protected]
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          One could certainly note that America also spends by far the most on things like stealth bombers and fighters, or that the most common types of sightings oh-so-coincidentally end up matching the profiles of those stealth planes once they become common knowledge.

          • Jay
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            1110 months ago

            I don’t remember where I read it (this was years ago) but The US had purposely experimented during the cold war with making people think they’ve seen ufo’s to gauge their reactions and to feed the frenzy to make russia think they have more tech than they actually do.

            • @[email protected]
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              I’ve read they do this with our own military too so they can gauge the reaction of military personnel elsewhere in the world without exposing them to our secret technology. I’m like 99% sure that’s what all the recent UFO video stuff was that had been circling the Internet.

  • Undearius
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    5610 months ago

    There are 3 countries in the world. The United States, Alaska, and Hawaii.

    • Iron Lynx
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      1810 months ago

      You speak English because it’s the only language you know.

      I speak English because it’s the only language you know.

      We are not the same.

  • @Wisi_eu
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    1610 months ago

    Arrêtez de parler anglais à ces abrutis… ils s’habituent.

  • @[email protected]
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    1510 months ago

    Why didn’t they just say “in all states…” puzzles me. What other states can we be talking about?

      • @[email protected]
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        1210 months ago

        Yeah, but no one actually lives there, right? And if they do, they’re certainly not on the internet.

        • @can
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          210 months ago

          Is that true? Why does Canada have provinces and territories anyway?

    • Bob
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      All countries are states, and a good handful or so countries are federations which call their largest constituencies states, so Germany for example has states, as does Malaysia, as does Australia.

      Edit: just reading now that there’s no consensus on what a state is exactly, so, fuck knows.

    • @[email protected]
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      -210 months ago

      Post is probably fake. Anyone that thought they were talking to another American WOULD just say 50 States, or all the States.

      I reckon someone is using multiple accounts so they can “murder” something to make a point. I’m surprised they didn’t throw some metric stuff in their to really throttle the pretentiousness.

  • @[email protected]
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    1110 months ago

    This isn’t even true in all 50 US States. Bro was getting teased for only knowing only one country…he actually knows zero.

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        None that I know of that’s for sure

        I’m fairly certain if a state tries to lower it they lose government funding

        • @jscummy
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          Some states have weird exceptions though where you can drink at home or sometimes even in a bar with parents permission

    • @[email protected]
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      810 months ago

      In what states is this not true? The National Minimum Drinking Age Act said that states needed to make the age 21 or else they would lose federal funding. Looks like they all complied from my quick research into it.

    • TheLowestStone
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      110 months ago

      You’re incorrect. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 made the minimum drinking age 21 in all 50 states.

      • @[email protected]
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        There is no minimum drinking age in Wisconsin if you are with a parent or guardian. Minors can order, possess, and consume alcohol legal at any age, under the discretion of the bartender, as long as they are at the alcohol establishment with their parents or a legal guardian.

    • @Classy
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      United States states, yeah that makes sense. States within the boundaries of the United States. How else would you say it? If you just say “states” it doesn’t necessarily clarify them to be American states but could be ones in other countries.

  • @[email protected]OPM
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    910 months ago

    Ok, I’m getting some reports about potentially xenophobic comments and insults in this thread. I’d like to remind everyone to be nice and abide by the rules. I’m going to lock the thread now because I’m the only mod and I need to go to sleep. Have a good weekend everyone, and remember, it’s just a stupid post on the internet.

  • quarrk [he/him]
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    510 months ago

    Sorry buddy, the 21 years drinking age is international law per the rules-based order you agreed to.

  • @[email protected]
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    Wow, people are still posting this ancient history. Imagine owning someone who’s probably in middle school. Glad I stayed off Twitter from the start.