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[-] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 hours ago

This is a nationalistic move. To remove the washington regime away from other english speaking countries and brand itself as something larger. It makes the washington regime seem entitled to landgrabs. It makes washingtonlings feel superior to other english speakers.

It is as stupid as nationalism is stupid, but nationalism is great for ruling people.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 5 hours ago

Look, I only speek one language. That means it's the only language that matters. Wtf.

/sarcasm. You should have been able to tell, but reality is that bad.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

imagine him thinking he has to speak LATIN in latin america. hes a mean drunk.

[-] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 8 hours ago

USA is special kind of stupid that this probably gets a huge cheering back home.

[-] 7101334@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago

USA is a special kind of stupid, but a majority still oppose war with Iran and... you know... raping children, so Hegseth isn't too popular on the home front either.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Glad to hear that at least

[-] sveltecider@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 hours ago

The literal dumbest people run everything.

[-] linuxfiend@fedia.io 8 points 8 hours ago

Actually he only speaks Douche.

[-] kamen@lemmy.world 60 points 12 hours ago

So Simplified English instead of Traditional English, right?

[-] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 18 points 11 hours ago

Honestly, the way they're speaking. I'm fine with them calling it "american".

It gives the rest of us a heads up that we should use small words so they can understand.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Or use big words when we don't want them to understand.

Not sure if this is common knowledge among English speaking countries, but we in non English speaking countries use English when we don't want our small kids to understand what we're saying. 🫣

[-] sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 52 points 14 hours ago

We have the dumbest leaders ever," one person commented. "What a weird thing to be proud of," a second person added"

this is some concise journalism. they didnt bother to even note if the people they were quoting were posting on twitter or a facebook thread in any way. just said "some dude said this".

the irish star is a dirt rag tabloid, this isnt a source worth posting. surely other platforms are reporting on this

[-] Jiral@lemmy.org 64 points 14 hours ago

He probably wanted to say "English (simplified)"

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 21 points 12 hours ago

That's so many languages!!

[-] 7101334@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

California has SO MANY languages

Is that because indigenous people also realized it's the best part of America (half joking, mostly not joking), or because of Spanish colonization somehow?

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

It's actually down to two reasons. Firstly California is probably the first part of North America to see continuous permanent settlement by humans, possibly including Non-Sapien genus Homo but that's still up for debate. Mostly because everything further north was a frozen shithole on par with Svalbard.

Secondly the various tribes of the West and especially in California were able to actually recover somewhat from the wave of plague the Spannish unleashed. Mostly because between the Sonora, Mojave, and Great Basin it meant that it took centuries for Europeans to get into California. Though the Russians may have been fucking around Oregon if a rather well traveled Native American from out east is to be believed. Sorry I can't remember the dudes name or his tribe I think he was from Arkansas.

[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

My uncle had a relationship with a Dene woman. I had no idea that language family was so widespread! Fascinating.

[-] ambientdread@lemmy.world 21 points 12 hours ago

Once upon a time we had a deep state. We replaced it with a dumb state. D'OH

[-] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 121 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Sabes cómo se llama uno que habla tres idiomas? Trilingüe.

Sabes cómo se llama uno que habla dos? Bilingüe.

Sabes como se llama uno que habla un sólo idioma? Americano. Se llama americano.

This fucking moron made himself the punchline of the joke that we invented to mock those like him.

[-] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Shitgeth = puta merda.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 43 points 16 hours ago

As an American, I laughed.

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[-] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 48 points 15 hours ago

"Don't worry: We will make sure to use only small words for you"

[-] tourist@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago

I don't speak American

Can someone translate

[-] IratePirate@feddit.org 18 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I'm not a very fluent speaker of asshole, but I'll try. I think this little man said that his severe lack of

  • education
  • basic decency

did not allow him to

  • speak any other language than the one he was born with
  • know that this language is called "English", and an "American" language does not exist
  • realise this was a flaw rather than a badge of honour proudly to be worn in a diplomatic context.
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[-] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 255 points 19 hours ago

Its "I only speak english and bad english" you uncultured fuck

[-] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 24 points 13 hours ago

White nationalists are the weakest and most brittle snowflakes.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 204 points 18 hours ago

And nazi, he speaks nazi too. That sieg heil in the photo didn't happen by coincidence.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 98 points 18 hours ago

It's an accurate snapshot of the American executive branch right now... the moron MAGA President asleep at the wheel, the moron MAGA underlings putting on full display their idiotic rendition of fascism.

[-] hateisreality@lemmy.world 26 points 17 hours ago

Whilst spending untold billions on military gear for ice to violate our constitutional rights.

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[-] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 39 points 15 hours ago

A bullet in each of their brains would be too kind.

[-] The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago

Add a cactus in each of their asses and we might be getting somewhere 

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[-] eestileib 71 points 18 hours ago

Literally the Colbert Effect in action.

This guy wants to be the parody of an idiot.

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago

Spoken like the pair of Trucknutz he is.

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[-] socsa@piefed.social 36 points 17 hours ago

Wait until he learns that English is a hybrid of Latin, French and German.

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 61 points 17 hours ago

Wait until he learns

We're gonna be here a while…

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

Interpreter to foreign guest, in his native language: "The minister admits that he is an idiot."

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