My nephew (16, Italian Catholic) and his girlfriend (17, Jew) were at my house when they got into a bizarre argument, the exact causes of which I could not ascertain. She called him a "filthy papist bastard" and a "person of pasta" he replied with something about her still falling over herself for "dago cock" and called her a "fucking red sea pedestrian"

Unsure how to proceed, would teaching them about the 1929 Atlantic City conference and the national crime syndicate be a good way to inspire them to bridge their divide?

  • flan [they/them]
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    11 months ago

    As an expert of Italian-American on screen relationships I can tell you that nearly all relationships involving Italian-Americans are antagonistic and filled with creative, often hilarious, insults.

    • Nationalgoatism [any]
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      11 months ago

      And movies are the best way learn facts, so this must be true

      • buckykat [none/use name]
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        11 months ago

        Like the movie Green Book, which is about how all stereotypes about African-Americans are wrong and harmful, but all stereotypes about Italian-Americans are true and good.

  • TheCynicalSaint
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    11 months ago

    Sounds like my love language, to be honest. Insults are a love language, so is smartassery.