this specific comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27353849

the context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27352807

the post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27352325

warning: don't go to any of the above links (or the orange site in general) unless you are prepared to potentially withstand a lethal amount of techbroism

:anti-italian-action:

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    COLUMBUS DIDN'T EVEN FOUND AMERICA AS A NATION, HE STOLE EVERYTHING THAT WASN'T NAILED DOWN AND GAVE IT TO THE QUEEN OF SPAIN FOR GOOD BOY POINTS

  • Cherufe [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The fact that there was an episode about this is one of the reasons why The Sopranos is one of my favorite shows

  • honeynut
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    edit-2
    1 year ago

    deleted by creator

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Speaking as an IT worker, the IT community is an endless sea of smug libs high on the smell of their own farts, thinking they're experts on every problem in the world because they know how for loops work

  • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Proud anti-Italian racist here. When do I get a time machine so I can sink Columbus's ship?

  • Theblarglereflargle [any]
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    3 years ago

    I mean it is true that Italians pushed colombus to be accepted I to the American civil religion as whites with a connection to the country.

    But on the other hand fuck this weirdo

  • sam5673 [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Columbus was prosecuted by the Spanish for what he did in America. Guy was considered immoral by the standards of his own time

  • volcel_olive_oil [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Columbus jumps off the boat and yells "First!" making him the first american of all time

    • 5bicycles [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah seriously, is this not why we hate on columbus in the first place?