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Kevin M. Kruse

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My ancestry is mostly German and I've never once brought it up to warn my enemies of my coming vengeance.

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Kye Fox's avatar Kye Fox @kyefox.com
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it wasn't germane

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Guy's avatar Guy @e-warren.bsky.social
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Her Maiden name: Schrute

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BoulderSizedBoulder ✡️🇺🇦's avatar BoulderSizedBoulder ✡️🇺🇦 @rocksizedrock.bsky.social
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me, a Jew; I'll do a DNA test what's the worst it can happen lol it's not like i'll be related to Hitler *test comes back showing I'm fully Austrian-German* me; OH COME ON

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What tactic do you use to warn your enemies of your coming vengeance?

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There is still time

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Chris Dawe's avatar Chris Dawe @ctdawe.bsky.social
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Kill da wabbit?

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CineWolf is living deliciously 's avatar CineWolf is living deliciously @cinewolf.bsky.social
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Is that because it's generally a bad idea to warn your enemies in advance?

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EchoSedai's avatar EchoSedai @echosedai.bsky.social
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missed opportunities

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's avatar @kbethany.bsky.social
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I used to regularly refer to myself as a “Jewish German Russian Pole” but that was basically to reflect that every branch of my family had been ousted from somewhere.

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Ray Curren's avatar Ray Curren @rjcurren.bsky.social
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Barbie Girl, Interrupted's avatar Barbie Girl, Interrupted @leesha.bsky.social
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Does this count as a warning now, or?

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One Who Walks Among the Dead's avatar One Who Walks Among the Dead @anubisthejackal.bsky.social
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Reverend m1ck's avatar Reverend m1ck @reverend-m1ck.bsky.social
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I recently discovered I'm half Norwegian and I haven't played the Viking card. Yet.

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notyourmel's avatar notyourmel @notyourmel.bsky.social
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Spouse is at least half German, and I think he doesn't bring it up because he'd rather spring vengeance upon you when you're all unsuspecting.

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Wine Goddess's avatar Wine Goddess @lawddicted.moselruhe.de
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As a german: we don't want her back. Please keep her, preferably locked up.

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peptide 's avatar peptide @peptide.bsky.social
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Maybe not, but I bet you've hung a contentious flag pre-emptively to clap back at someone weeks before you've actually had a conflict with them. I mean, who hasn't?

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Peter's avatar Peter @pschastain.bsky.social
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I tend to lean on the French side of my heritage, which may explain my tendency to give up

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Jerry Timber's avatar Jerry Timber @jerrytimber.bsky.social
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Don’t know what I am. Don’t care. Doesn’t fucking matter.

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Land Moose's avatar Land Moose @landmoose.bsky.social
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Ah, so you're more of a Blitzkrieg type

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Ant Murdering She-Devil/Shelley's avatar Ant Murdering She-Devil/Shelley @shelleyelwood.bsky.social
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I've really only brought it up to explain why my family's potato salad doesn't have mayo

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Fauxmorian's avatar Fauxmorian @fauxmorian.bsky.social
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Frau Alito would like you to know she's a very specific kind of German

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Martin Schneider's avatar Martin Schneider @wovenstrap.bsky.social
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I'm a middle-european mutt, I feel like "YOU WILL SUCCUMB TO MY SWISS-AUSTRIAN WRATH" is never far from my lips.

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Ghost In Jelly Shoes's avatar Ghost In Jelly Shoes @motherboy.bsky.social
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I mean I’m German and if she wants to go German vs. German I volunteer as tribute 🤷‍♀️

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Andrew Elder 's avatar Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social
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History graduate, not of German background: vengeance is not necessarily s German trait

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CHOAM Nomsky 💭's avatar CHOAM Nomsky 💭 @thielman.bsky.social
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Uh, yeah, me neither

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Clint's avatar Clint @eaglepursuit.bsky.social
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I bring it up when I'm eating sausages.

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jagosaurus's avatar jagosaurus @jagosaurus.bsky.social
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Mine, too, and I have also somehow failed to avail myself of this…uh…feature.

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Lazear's avatar Lazear @lazear.bsky.social
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Hell, I have german citizenship, and it literally never comes up unless it's forced.

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Arash Mohebbi's avatar Arash Mohebbi @thatoldbear.bsky.social
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If anything I'd be more scared if my enemy said they were say, Italian or Spanish or like Croatian or Chechen. My German enemy? Is he going to hit me with an BMW or choke me with a week old strudel?

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Comfortably Numb's avatar Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly
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Devilish's avatar Devilish @devilishlydo.bsky.social
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My unending thirst for vengeance has no ethnic roots.

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Ian Randall's avatar Ian Randall @epinicion.bsky.social
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Prob 'cause, historically, German vengeance turned out going not quite as advertised.

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Chris Givler's avatar Chris Givler @chrisgivler.bsky.social
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But you weren't born in Germany, so you lack the soil component. You need blood *and* soil to unlock the Teutonic Vengeance buff.

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Missed opportunity to be honest...

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Linda Holmes's avatar Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social
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I mean, feels like a missed opportunity, but okay.

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Hispanic pixie dream girl 's avatar Hispanic pixie dream girl @bocadelperro.bsky.social
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Ricardo B's avatar Ricardo B @richardcblair.bsky.social
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Well, I’m mostly English and Scottish. So I’m going to do either the “Henry V” Saint Crispin’s Day speech (“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers”), or the Braveheart speech. Apologies to all Scots.

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Eric The Chipher 's avatar Eric The Chipher @ericthechiper.bsky.social
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Dag.'s avatar Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social
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Honoring my German heritage.

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derek's avatar derek @derek.bsky.social
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It may also require marrying a powerful, yet tiny little whiny bitch first though.

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Ana Jones's avatar Ana Jones @anajones.bsky.social
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My ancestry is Mexican Indian so the chances that someone in my family cut hearts out of peoples chests while they still lived and displayed their skulls as warnings are greater than zero. I should use that!

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's avatar @steegs.bsky.social
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We raised five kids with a German last name and heritage - I didn't know it came with such benefits.

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Keith's avatar Keith @mosheroperandi.bsky.social
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In trying to claim vendettas as her Germanic birthright, Marth-Ann is once again appropriating Italianx valor.

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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎'s avatar Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social
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While using an Italian slogan?

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Neil Alan Willard's avatar Neil Alan Willard @neilwillard.bsky.social
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The end of a 🧵 saying the same thing:

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Achilles’ Elbow's avatar Achilles’ Elbow @achilleselbow.bsky.social
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Ok is this a comment on a new Trümp quote?

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Snowden St.'s avatar Snowden St. @snowden.st
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American ladies invoking their German ancestry get Schott’d, them’s the rules

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Dan Mandell's avatar Dan Mandell @dhistoryman.bsky.social
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I get strong Conan vibes.

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Norbizness's avatar Norbizness @norbizness.bsky.social
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Maybe she's like a Monty Python cartoon policeman but for her you play Deutschland Uber Alles and she has to stand at attention for the whole thing

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Coach Finstock's avatar Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social
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My mom was off the boat German. She lived through WW2 with Nazis occupying her home. She was German and hated Germany. We hear you loud and clear Mrs Alito.

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Brainworm Enjoyer's avatar Brainworm Enjoyer @misterfungi.bsky.social
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I’m like 25% and I bring it up every time I meet someone new should they become an enemy later

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Zirgar's avatar Zirgar @zirgar.bsky.social
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You should. It really open doors.

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Justine's avatar Justine @anchorstine.bsky.social
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Scottish ancestry here. I do it with bagpipes.

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Wool-Encased Tea Addict's avatar Wool-Encased Tea Addict @passeriform.bsky.social
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I'm half Texan and I'm ashamed how much I think it does

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scribblegurl's avatar scribblegurl @scribblegurl.bsky.social
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Half German, yet somehow I manage not to wear hobnail boots or goose-step anywhere.

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Velvet Hydrangea 's avatar Velvet Hydrangea @velvethydrangea.bsky.social
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Mine is mostly French and I do think about the guillotine an awful lot these days, but I don't TALK about it, ffs.

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LillianOrlando's avatar LillianOrlando @lillianorlando.bsky.social
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And I am a real live Viking.

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ThurberTeam 's avatar ThurberTeam @thurberteam.bsky.social
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TBH, I have always associated Germany with more of a first strike personality.

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Innocent🕷Abroad's avatar Innocent🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social
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Hell, I even have a German passport, & I've never done this The fact that my German grandparents were Jewish might affect my approach, TBF

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CyberneticGuerilla's avatar CyberneticGuerilla @cyberneticguerilla.bsky.social
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I'm Melungeon. Stay out of my mountains or find out why Germans are 0 for 2.

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Lizard's avatar Lizard @lizardky.bsky.social
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My ancestry is mostly British. Wrong me, and I shall invade your home and liberate all your historical artifacts, along with your spice rack, which I will then summarily ignore.

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Big-D™️'s avatar Big-D™️ @diesel79.bsky.social
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Dear gawd I'm German/Irish this just takes a curve doesn't it?

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Kwertzy Industries's avatar Kwertzy Industries @kwertzy.bsky.social
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Usually those of us with German ancestry downplay that part.

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Gregory Pijanowski's avatar Gregory Pijanowski @gpijanowski.bsky.social
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Sorta like the weird Blake Masters ad where he kept emphasizing his gun was "made in Germany".

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Dr. Jimbosaur, Esq.'s avatar Dr. Jimbosaur, Esq. @jimbosaur.bsky.social
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I know the journalist who recorded that convo had to maintain her cover, but I would've LOVED to hear Frau Alito answer a follow-up question about what, exactly, she meant by that.

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Smart. It's always better to launch a sneak attack.

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ben schwartz's avatar ben schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social
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well, i've tried to intimidate my enemies like that in the past, but informing them that i was born in wisconsin did not have the desired effect.

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Melancholy's avatar Melancholy @melancholyself.bsky.social
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Never met a real ethnic German, but I'm: Quarter Gaelic Irish, Quarter Ulster-Scot, Quarter Anglo-Irish, Quarter Et Cetera threatening vengeance against your life is how I show love, Maybe its the same?

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Cousin Dusk's avatar Cousin Dusk @cousindusk.bsky.social
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I use my German ancestry to explain why I prefer not to hug strangers.

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Barb's avatar Barb @barbaid.bsky.social
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I only use my German ancestry to explain why everything has to be so darn tidy.

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CNY Big D's avatar CNY Big D @pat0615.bsky.social
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We put out an Irish flag on St Patty day, one part of our heritage, so her eyes would be burning 🥵

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Dave's avatar Dave @davebrowne.bsky.social
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I mean, I know this gif is overused these days - like, a lot - but still...

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Malaclypse the Middle's avatar Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social
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It's a somewhat-uncommon part of the dissertation acknowledgements.

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Dan Davis's avatar Dan Davis @bindlestaff.bsky.social
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Clearly you aren’t of the Kentucky Teutons

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Mike Masnick's avatar Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social
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And that's why you're not a SCOTUS spouse.

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Scott Berfield's avatar Scott Berfield @sberfield.bsky.social
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Mine is mostly Scottish. That doesn't scare anyone.

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uosdwis r dewoh's avatar uosdwis r dewoh @thulcandrian.bsky.social
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Missed opportunity for you… 😂

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ᦓꪮꪑꫀꪮꪀꫀ's avatar ᦓꪮꪑꫀꪮꪀꫀ @smeone.bsky.social
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They couldn't figure it out from your name. Alles warmduschende Turnbeutelvergesser. Vengeance is justified.

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Jen Ebbeler 's avatar Jen Ebbeler @jenebbeler.bsky.social
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Same, same.

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Anne's avatar Anne @deweycat.bsky.social
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Like Martha-Ann, I was born on a military base in German, and was also a librarian. I'm not known for my love of flags, or support of insurrectionists, or spitting on my neighbors. Odd.

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Nicholas Bauer PhD's avatar Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.bsky.social
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When did her family come over from Germany, is my question.

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Secrecy Envelope's avatar Secrecy Envelope @bigstape.bsky.social
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Well that's how you lose the element of surprise

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Andrew "Official Act" Glisson's avatar Andrew "Official Act" Glisson @andrewglisson.bsky.social
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Swiss anabaptist, baby! You take that holy water away from my head until I reach the age of consent like the good lord intended, thank you very much. *Flexes and eats milk chocolate*

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Tom Wrongbottom 🍦's avatar Tom Wrongbottom 🍦 @wrongbottom.bsky.social
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I was born in Rhineland-Palatinate, and kids here in South Texas used to call me a nazi in elementary school through high school. Fun times.

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cats_hell_yeah's avatar cats_hell_yeah @sukatra.bsky.social
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Well I guess we know which flag is going up next

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I Dissent Cha Cha's avatar I Dissent Cha Cha @rachacha.bsky.social
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Rache serviert man am besten kalt, Kevin.

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Jamie Gump, testing the acceptable limits of hubris's avatar Jamie Gump, testing the acceptable limits of hubris @jamiegump.bsky.social
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Annika Brockschmidt's avatar Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social
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Because that would be a truly unhinged thing to do. As a German, that’s not something you do, ever. Unless, you know, you want to evoke the impression that you’re a raging right wing lunatic. So seems on brand for her. Jeez.

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Martha has the same grasp of history as her husband.

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Gravewriter Frog's avatar Gravewriter Frog @gravewriter71.bsky.social
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Oh you should. I'm part Cuban & part Sicilian and hell yeah I bring that up. A college friend said it meant I have a short temper & a loooonnng memory. Perfect for grudges!

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Orcish Law's avatar Orcish Law @orcishlaw.bsky.social
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Well, you know, the Germans know how to get (((revenge))). [Mind you, just about every German I've ever met has been lovely. But I'm pretty sure I've translated this accurately]

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BFR's avatar BFR @bfr74.bsky.social
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Yeah I do nazi where she is Göring with this

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JLRoberson's avatar JLRoberson @jlroberson.bsky.social
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so you attack without warning

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mmmm, paint chips 's avatar mmmm, paint chips @shamr0cker.bsky.social
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Nixon telling on himself,”who doesn’t have an enemies list, huh?”

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Peter E. AKA Say10's avatar Peter E. AKA Say10 @pelsner.bsky.social
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Same. I just surprise them.

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨's avatar your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk
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my forebears Joe the pig farmer, Sean the pig farmer and Bjorn the pig farmer will unleash their unspeakable vengeance

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