Wait a minute... Are you suggesting someone on the internet lied for attention?! I don't believe it!
I have Italian ancestry and I've always found these guys to be cringe, but I also get why they do it . Many people in the United States yearn for meaning and interpersonal connection in their lives. "Being an Italian" provides a prepackaged, very commercialized possibility of community with little effort required - you're just born to it, so instant acceptance, right?
The reality is often less Soprano's chic and more "nonno and nonnina were illiterate farmhands who moved to the US for a better life. Nonno died from mystery cancer and all of nonnina's bones dissolved after birthing her 15th child at 24. Now chew nonnina's birthday cake for her".
So I made a new community.
!onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Banner and icon will follow, I'm literally out running errands right now!
I've seen so many pictures like this that I can't remember what he actually looks like.
Further evidence of why you use a dedicated alt for anything even vaguely sketch.
I keep all my Google icons quarantined in one folder. Case in point:
And many of the salsa ladies hate this as they just want to dance and not navigate the minefield of various men trying to hit on or grope them.
Wait, this isn't satire?
Edit: I commented too soon. It's satire.
What I think is funny is the character they're referring to isn't unattractive. I'd wager she's significantly more attractive than any of the guys commenting there.
Fact check: the woman turned 100 in 2023. The oldest rhododendron was 48, having been planted in 1975. The story is amazing on its own, no need to fabricate a more fantastic one.
https://abc11.com/rhododendrons-100-year-old-birthday-nc-woman-gloria-stenger/13738762/
I've been enjoying the coal rolling, Republican Chuds trying to come to grips with their latest thought instructions that some EVs are now good.