• cactopuses@lemm.ee
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    22 hours ago

    I donā€™t know if it was so much ā€œMake fun ofā€ as the sentiment was ā€œThey canā€™t handle itā€ similar to how certain cultures eat relatively spicy food tease those who canā€™t handle it. I donā€™t have direct evidence for that part, and my source was a friend of mine who was a foreign exchange student from France who explained it to me as such.

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      22 hours ago

      Right thatā€™s the toxic masculinity/hair on your chest aspect. Espresso is in general easier on your stomach than drip and itā€™s certainly easier to drink (worst case itā€™s a shot). So even though the driver was toxic masculinity, as per usual that toxicity wasnā€™t even valid.

      Ironically in the middle of being toxic the Europeans invented something called an Americano that Americans donā€™t drink, doesnt have the rich flavors of what itā€™s making fun of, has less caffeine than what itā€™s making fun of, and is actually harder to drink (because of the shit flavor) than the thing it waters down. Itā€™s a massive dumb backfire driven by toxic masculinity from the romance states.