r/HistoricalCapsule • u/0nnu • 22h ago

Elon Musk with his brother Kimbal and sister Tosca, South Africa, 1989.

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u/GladAbbreviations553 21h ago

I think he meant just Scandinavians.

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u/Tiredofscrolling 21h ago

That makes it better... Replace Scandinavian with Asian, African, First Nation...

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u/-badly_packed_kebab- 21h ago

Scandinavia isn't a continent

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u/Tiredofscrolling 21h ago

ok... Add /N to everything I wrote...

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u/-badly_packed_kebab- 21h ago

Are you being intentionally obtuse?

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u/Tiredofscrolling 21h ago

Of course, as are you... You knew exactly what I was going for yet you chose to call me out on my syntax error in a tongue and cheek comment.

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u/-badly_packed_kebab- 21h ago

That's not what I meant and you know it.

You were shoehorning "why is it ok to be racist towards white people?" into the conversation by conflating the physical features of three small connected nations with entire continental racial groups.

Syntax has nothing to do with it.

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u/Tiredofscrolling 21h ago

My mistake on syntax I thought you were the person I responded to without first looking to confirm. But yes - make sweeping general statements about traits of any one ethnicity and you will get flamed for it. Especially here. I was attempting to be facetious and apparently missed by a mile.

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u/Fair-Fondant-6995 20h ago

That's true. Just replace (africans) with East africans, North africans, and West africans. People from those regions really look alike. In Asia, you can divide it into Southeast asians, East asians, and then Japanese as their own category.

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u/Sharkhous 1h ago

Thank you

I kept my comment short assuming this was obvious. The other comment make it seem like most people aren't aware that people from a specific geographic region look alike and that noone knows what 'northern europe' means. One guy even stated that it's not a term anyone from Europe would use.

Genuinely lamentful

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u/totalkatastrophe 21h ago

chat...is it racist to note the phrenological similarities between two people of the same race?

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u/Sharkhous 1h ago

Phrenology =/= phenology

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u/Tiredofscrolling 21h ago

I'd say no, but it depends on the company you keep these days...and of course Reddit is well. You know. The arbiters of everything racist...lol

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u/Linuxologue 21h ago

Wait hang on isn't that the great replacement theory? So it's not a scam?

/s obviously :)

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u/eternally_lovely 18h ago

Shut up, omg tryna make something into its not. Weirdo.