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    Comprehensive collection of American baseball player names as imagined/made up by Japanese developers of Fighting Baseball in 1995 due to their lack of licensing rights. Never gets old.

    The gift that keeps on giving 😂

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      Jokes on you, I don’t own a tractor! (It did remimd me of that time my pickup truck got stuck in the mud though)

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          I just borrow my Dad’s, tyvm.

        • merari42@lemmy.worldOP
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          As a true American you lease one at absurdly high interest rates. You can also buy a cheap used tractor by overdrafting several credit cards.

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            I sold my tractor to a company then leased it back so it comes out of the monthly budget and not the capital account.

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      Mud? Must be nice. We ain’t seem moren’a tenth in weeks. Ponds nearabout dry. Hope’n the Good Lord blesses us with a shower soon.

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      pickup trucks looking longingly at the tractor stuck in the mud, dreaming of a day where they might leave the pothole-filled asphalt and actually be used for something productive

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    Howdy fellas, my name is Kenichi Smith.

    I’m a 27 year old Japanese Toonaholic (Cartoon fan for you foreigners). I draw cartoons and comics on my tablet, and spend my days perfecting my art and playing superior American games. (Halo, Gears of War, Call of Duty)

    I train with my revolver every day, this superior weapon can shoot straight through steel because it kicks ass, and is vastly superior to any other weapon on earth. I earned my gun license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day.

    I speak English fluently, both the American and the British accents, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about American history and their Constitution, which I follow 100%

    When I get my American visa, I am moving to New York to attend a prestigious High School to learn more about their magnificent culture. I hope I can become an animator for Nickelodeon or a game designer!

    I own several cowboy outfits, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to America, so I can fit in easier. I keep cool to my elders and seniors and speak English as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond.

    Wish me luck in America!

  • DxK@lemmy.sdf.org
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    The Simpsons eating at a restaurant called America Town in Tokyo:

    Waiter: Howdy, gangstas. I am average American Joe salary-man waiter. Don’t ask me, I don’t know anything, I am product of American education system! I also build poor-quality cars and inferior-style electronics.

    Homer: Hahahaha he’s really got our number!

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    Sure, Japanese writers smash a bunch of English-sounding syllables together and it’s funny but when I make up Chinese names by throwing pots and pans down the stairs suddenly I’m the racist.

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      Well, it’s the fact that you did that then reported it on the news is what people took exception to.

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    If’n that boy wants to play a lil Possum in the Graveyard, I ain’t see no harm, am I right fellas? 🤣🤣🤣

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      Possum in the Graveyard… is that one where we stuck a possum in Ricky’s dishwasher & fed it nothing but circus peanuts til Ricky got back from jail?

      That damn thing cut him up so bad 🤣 I’m a little sorry he lost an eye, but that was funny as hell.

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    Travis Smithson is a DAMN FINE COWBOY and I won’t hear NOBODY tarnish his good God-fearin’ American name!

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    still strange to see “welp” has integrated into communication in this way.

    Well is a word (a place to get water, and how you can be described while getting it)

    Whelp is a word (the act of birthing adorable canines)

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      “welp” isn’t related to whelping. It’s a way to write the word “well” when it’s used as an interjection (meaning it has no definition). The word is often pronounced with a terminal -p and people started writing the letter in text.

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        $ well -p

        bash: well: command not found

        I honestly don’t know what I’m doing with my life, but saw terminal and… welp…

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    The “am I right” irks me so bad. It just screams “I NEED EXTERNAL JUSTIFICATION. PLEASE SOMEONE NOTICE ME.” And on it’s own that’s not all that terrible, except it’s been shamelessly used by bots to plug ads.