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minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down10·9 months agoOn one hand, we shouldn’t be going around picking fights. In the other hand, lol try us.
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·9 months agoWho is “we” and “us” here
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·9 months agoAh. As a citizen of the US I dont use “we” and “us” when referring to the US state.
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·9 months agoBecause it is not necessarily great to subsume your identity to an empire
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·9 months agoAnd that’s what you’ve decided this is?
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·9 months agoWhy else would you speak of the US state as if you were a part of it, with “we” and “us”?
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·9 months agoBecause I’m in it. What do you want from me?
minus-squareتحريرها كلها ممكن@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoHow do you feel about losing again?
minus-squarePili@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoIt usually doesn’t end well for you, when then try you.
On one hand, we shouldn’t be going around picking fights.
In the other hand, lol try us.
Who is “we” and “us” here
US us.
Ah. As a citizen of the US I dont use “we” and “us” when referring to the US state.
So?
Because it is not necessarily great to subsume your identity to an empire
And that’s what you’ve decided this is?
Why else would you speak of the US state as if you were a part of it, with “we” and “us”?
Because I’m in it. What do you want from me?
How do you feel about losing again?
It usually doesn’t end well for you, when then try you.