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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
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cyclone25
Romania3344 Posts
Why doesn't Ghermination get a "warning" for saying this: "and every time we have one of these threads a romanian steps up and get's laughed at due to their lack of sarcasm detection and weak english". It's like saying "yeah they're all the same: dumb and stupid". Instead I get a "warning" for saying exactly the same thing but replacing romanians with other race/nationality. | ||
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Caller
Poland8075 Posts
and LOL GO TO TAHITI | ||
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minus_human
4784 Posts
On March 08 2010 17:50 jalstar wrote: go to a comedy club why? I don't get it. | ||
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minus_human
4784 Posts
Sorry mdb I've never been to Timisoara, but if you come in Cluj Napoca (Cluj in short, it's not THAT far away from Timisoara) I'll be sure to meet up with you, anything until Friday/Saturday this week. | ||
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
On March 09 2010 02:24 cyclone25 wrote: Because jokes about romanians are allowed here, and since they don't refer to some individuals but to every romanian, I like to call this racism. Why doesn't Ghermination get a "warning" for saying this: "and every time we have one of these threads a romanian steps up and get's laughed at due to their lack of sarcasm detection and weak english". It's like saying "yeah they're all the same: dumb and stupid". Instead I get a "warning" for saying exactly the same thing but replacing romanians with other race/nationality. You make a good argument. However, the difference is that you said "niggers" which is a derogatory term. The others haven't used some derogatory term for Romanians, though I don't know if there is one. I agree that your argument is good but your word choice was what (probably) caused the warning. | ||
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mdb
Bulgaria4059 Posts
On March 09 2010 02:35 minus_human wrote: ^Well I guess someone genuinely fucked up earlier so my troll attempt is in vain Sorry mdb I've never been to Timisoara, but if you come in Cluj Napoca (Cluj in short, it's not THAT far away from Timisoara) I'll be sure to meet up with you, anything until Friday/Saturday this week. no, i`m going to tahiti | ||
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minus_human
4784 Posts
On March 09 2010 00:52 Chill wrote: Romania what are you doing? It's such a self-fulfilling prophecy. EVERY TIME. How can it be a self fulfilling prophecy when a relatively new poster has no idea about the retarded TL meme of making fun of Romanians? Yes he did not found it funny and I for one am fucking sick and tired of all the brainless sheep trying to be funny at my expense, however I don't sweat it since it's a goddamn internet forum. I guess it brings a sense of accomplishment to certain posters who use English as their native language to make fun of people who lack the linguistic means of defending themselves, or occasionally miss the humor of said native English speakers. It really annoys, since what brings people to this website is the passion for a video-game, not for the English language. | ||
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minus_human
4784 Posts
yeah but you can't get drunk as fuck there lol suit yourself  | ||
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mdb
Bulgaria4059 Posts
I think its a common problem for us eastern europeans to be a bit too much proud of ourselves and we seem to take innocent jokes too hard. | ||
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minus_human
4784 Posts
Nobody I know hates Bulgarians. And yes Europeans, the farther to the east they are, the more different they seem to be than Western society regarding things like humor, and its many nuances | ||
Chill
Calgary25974 Posts
On March 09 2010 02:45 minus_human wrote: How can it be a self fulfilling prophecy when a relatively new poster has no idea about the retarded TL meme of making fun of Romanians? Yes he did not found it funny and I for one am fucking sick and tired of all the brainless sheep trying to be funny at my expense, however I don't sweat it since it's a goddamn internet forum. I guess it brings a sense of accomplishment to certain posters who use English as their native language to make fun of people who lack the linguistic means of defending themselves, or occasionally miss the humor of said native English speakers. It really annoys, since what brings people to this website is the passion for a video-game, not for the English language. Because 75% of the time someone doesn't understand a joke involving sarcasm, he is Romanian. I don't know why Romanians are so offended. You can see this happening. Just accept it and laugh it off instead of pretending it doesn't happen. | ||
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hoax
Romania12 Posts
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
On March 09 2010 02:54 mdb wrote: I understand why my romanian friends get angry about all this "sense of humor stuff" (although apparantly romanians hate bulgarians), but I dont think there are any bad intentions when this "sarcasm" joke is said. I think its a common problem for us eastern europeans to be a bit too much proud of ourselves and we seem to take innocent jokes too hard. try convince the ROMANIANS of that! lol ^_^ | ||
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Chill
Calgary25974 Posts
On March 09 2010 02:58 hoax wrote: Romanians are just as good at understanding sarcasm as americans winning wars. LOL this is either the most clever or most bitter comment I've read. What a thin line. | ||
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cyclone25
Romania3344 Posts
What are you talking about, lol! Can't you feel the evilness in this post for example? On March 09 2010 00:53 ghermination wrote: The romanian jokes are funny because they're true, and every time we have one of these threads a romanian steps up and get's laughed at due to their lack of sarcasm detection and weak english, perfectly reinforcing the stereotype. | ||
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mdb
Bulgaria4059 Posts
On March 09 2010 02:57 minus_human wrote: whoa man what the hell Nobody I know hates Bulgarians. And yes Europeans, the farther to the east they are, the more different they seem to be than Western society regarding things like humor, and its many nuances Well, imo our (and by our I mean bolkan peninsula) sense of humor is pretty bad. And one of the reasons for it exactly that. Its too hard for us to make fun of ourselves and I kinda agree that we are not that good with sarcasm compared to the "western world". | ||
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cyclone25
Romania3344 Posts
On March 09 2010 03:05 mdb wrote: Well, imo our (and by our I mean bolkan peninsula) sense of humor is pretty bad. And one of the reasons for it exactly that. Its too hard for us to make fun of ourselves and I kinda agree that we are not that good with sarcasm comared to the "western world". You guys need a history lesson: "The Hungarians hate Romanians, the Romanians hate Bulgarians, the Bulgarians hate the Turks and the Turks hate the Greeks." (I took it from a "Balkan countries" article). | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
On March 09 2010 00:53 ghermination wrote: The romanian jokes are funny because they're true, and every time we have one of these threads a romanian steps up and get's laughed at due to their lack of sarcasm detection and weak english, perfectly reinforcing the stereotype. I've never seen this mistake before. It goes straight to my collection. | ||
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minus_human
4784 Posts
What I find a pretty big paradox is that Romanian (and I assume other neighbouring countries who have been under the communist oppression) people use a very unusual type of humor, we actually make fun of ourselves/our own problems most of the time. I find it really difficult to explain, but during the age of Ceausescu, a certain somewhat underground type of humor flourished, it's called 'haz de necaz', which is difficult to translate, but it's something along the lines of 'making fun of your own troubles'. The sarcasm in this type of humor/comedy is (rather, was) actually pretty strong and subtle. Why so many Romanians fail to comprehend American sarcasm is a mystery to me, but yes it does happen. | ||
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