1. never signed up for anything like this,
  2. never donated to or signed up for emails from the DNC, et al.,
  3. political texts like this come all the time, and
  4. I hesitate to reply “stop” because I don’t want them to know this is a live number (is my instinct here outdated/inapplicable?)
  • @Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•3 months ago

    and until someone brown opens their mouth they could just as easily be an Arab or a particularly tawny Italian.

    …if all brown people look the same to you, you might need to start meeting more people from different races.

    • @CanadaPlusEnglish
      1•3 months ago

      Hmm. How good is your eye for heritage? Can you pick apart Telugu from Hindi, for example? Mongol from Chinese?

      It’s a total continuum so there is no perfect, but mine might be relatively bad, that’s true. I have an uncle with mixed ancestry, and I didn’t pick up on it until someone told me, lol.

      Re-edit: Aaand federation broke. My apologies to this user for the misaimed accusation. I’ve apologised in private messages, which hopefully go through normally.

      • @Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•3 months ago

        I think I actually can pick Mongol from (Han) Chinese, actually.

        It’s a total continuum so there is no perfect

        Agreed.

        As for your edit, you responded to me, dude. I didn’t jump over here.