"The Parisienne I used to date insisted that America has yet to develop a culture."
I guess she didn't know anyone of African descent
Without (stolen) African farmers there would have been no American food that wasn't indigenous
And without the African banjo there would have been no "country" music
Unless you're not a White American, in which case people will still try to call ICE and have you deported
No, not kidding
It has been my experience that many of the same people who complain about having to “press 1 for English” are by and large the same people who salivate over vacationing in popular European destinations, will never leave the security of their flock while travelling abroad, will return home to complain about what they perceive as the natio…
MAGA just laser focused on things that make a difference in people’s daily lives.
Please keep ignoring your constituents’ genuine complaints, and keep making up new shiny things like this to keep them distracted! Your voters LOVE it when you assume they are dumb and treat them like children! Keep up the great work, MAGA. Stay classy.
These are the salad days for Know-nothing incurious xenophobes.
"Those of us who are capable of thinking things through have surely figured out by now that this does not mean that these people are never going to have to do that again, because the US government can’t actually tell private companies how to operate their hotlines. "
Wanna bet…
Really, "Press 1" is about the least of our problems.
Too bad Trump didn't repeal the Business Cycle by EO.
Administration chaos - Negative
Housing availability - Negative
"Personally, I love regularly seeing and hearing other languages. I love that I know the words for “cold beer” in both Polish and Spanish just by virtue of living in my neighborhood,"
Logan Square and/or Ukrainian Village for the win!
From a transactional standpoint, shouldn't our official language be Russian ? . . .
" In 1780, John Adams proposed that English should be made the official language of the US to the Continental Congress, but it was deemed "undemocratic and a threat to individual liberty." -IFLSCIENCE
I can claim only a tiny fraction of indigenous Californian heritage, and zero linguistic knowledge of it, but given the chance I would retort "go back to England if you want to demand English"
These assholes can still press all the triggers they want. America!