opponent019

joined 1 year ago
[–] opponent019@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It also really bothers me that they get to coin the whole American term when it's a terrible representation of America as a continent, the USA doesn't really even have a proper name, it's a description, kinda like calling a dog Dog. Mexico's full name is actually Mexican United States of America.
I personally call them united-statesian when the word gringo doesn't fit the context, which is the translation of estadounidense from Spanish. But it's so stupid because whatever you call them applies to so many more people than just them because they don't have a name! And their states are not really that united.

[–] opponent019@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd definitely buy one... if there was one that wouldn't cramp my small hands after 5 minutes of holding it :(

[–] opponent019@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

One of the most "prestigious" schools in Nuevo Leon, Mexico is Centro Universitario Franco Mexicano de Monterrey which was shortened to CUM for many many years and kids would wear it in their uniforms like that pic, they changed it a few years ago because whenever school teams went to compete to the US they'd get mocked relentlessly, now they're CUFM. I wonder if this pic is from that school.

[–] opponent019@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have no idea how this works so hopefully this isn't too wild but it would be neat to be able to use the app with kbin (a kbin account from a kbin instance, not just look at kbin content is what I mean)

Edit: nvm i see someone else already suggested it and you responded, should've checked first

[–] opponent019@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I wear pride because it took me 19 years to realize I liked girls and there was nothing wrong with me. Because the only examples of queers I saw were terribly mocked.