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And when they perform raids, they should be required to shout "This is a F.A.C.T. jack"! Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

While it doesn't work as well with or as your joke, the ATF is actually now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. So we need to add the E as well and we can spell FACET, which is less fun. Or use M for Marijuana and spell FMEAT.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Combine Weed and Tobacco into "Smoking" and make it SAFE

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Where is the C coming from? Firearms, Alcohol, C, Explosives, Tobacco?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Sure thing that "legalized everywhere" you talk about:

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They mentioned the ATF. It was explicitly US centric and while a bit hyperbolic it is becoming more common there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You mean ATF as in the automatic transmission fluid? No it was not explicitly US centric. You thinking a three letter acronym has to be about the US is just further evidence of the same assumption being the basis for all your thoughts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's a you problem. You need to learn to Google stuff in context. "ATF" alone might not tell you what it is, but you had "cannabis" and "dea" as 2 other keywords you could've used. That's like putting "right" in Google translate and complaining that it sucks because it gave you the word for "just" instead of the opposite of "left"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

As if I did not use a search engine to find the result about automatic transmission fluid just to make a point. Funny you try to belittle me for not being able to understand what the post wrote when what actually happened here was that my point went straight over your head. To put it in plain words for you: I understand the post is about the US. OP talks like the US is everything, like many people from the US do, and the stupidity of it is tiring.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I got your point. You pretended to be dumb to make it, good job. And now you're pretending to be a victim because I pointed out that using Google wrong is not op's fault. Me explaining how to Google is not "belittling". Didn't call you any names or anything.

Back on point: I actually agree with the base idea that many people from the US talk as if they're the center of the universe and everyone should know what they're talking about, but c'mon... Let's not pretend that we're not watching films and series made there and we don't know what ATF and DEA are. Make these points when they're valid, not every time an American speaks.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

Everywhere? DEA? ATF? I really didn't miss reddit's US defaultism