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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 116 points 1 year ago (7 children)

What makes them think they're American? I don't see any guns or medical bills piled up?

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 92 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The framed picture of a fan.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] LolaCat@lemmy.ca 130 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would you have a framed picture of a mirror, that'd just be weird.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Americans are weird

[–] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

Why is the mirror non-reflective and shaped like a fan? Seems like an odd design choice.

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

No, it's a framed picture of a fan

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Somehow I can tell it it's a room in a USian or canadian house, not sure why exactly though. Maybe it's the closets, door styles, the carpet, or how they paint their walls. Windows, outlets and door knobs are a dead giveaway.

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the unpainted walls because why bother if you can't afford it and your landlord will soft-evict you by doubling rent in a year?

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's definitely painted, otherwise you'd see the ~~cardboard~~ drywall, maybe it's the choice of colour.

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

US: pastel colours, gaudy ceiling furniture, furniture the colour of the walls, tacky metal frames sprayed with gold, needless 6-panelled doors, walk-in closet.

If this was UK: white walls + cheap spotlights that point nowhere, wood-coloured furniture, tacky metal frames but thinner and black, smaller doors with stupid handles, no closet.

If this was Germany: white walls + no ceiling fixtures, cheap but wooden furniture, tacky metal frames but strong for some reason, clearly framed doors, wide light switches for household pets, no closet.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

UK here. We use magnolia for every wall, thank you very much

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[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't think there are other countries with ceiling fans?

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw one in Liechtenstein.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair, so either US or Liechtenstein. 😄

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[–] dunz@feddit.nu 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had one in my first apartment, in Sweden, but I had one of those really high beds you can keep a desk under, so I had to watch my head when climbing down.

And also watch my head when standing up from the desk. But hey, I had both a desk, an armchair and a bed!

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[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm in Aus and we have ceiling fans

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

No you fuckin don't mate.

[–] Thatuserguy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Get a load of this guy pretending Australia is real

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[–] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 109 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't know why i remembered i had this somewhere in my dusty folder full of thousands of old memes, but:

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Why do Americans do weird shit like this?

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 year ago

i have this exact picture in the bottom of my old reddit drawer, thats been expanding for 2 years and now merging with my Lemmy drawers....

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Then the question becomes, "Why do you have a mirror hanging over your fireplace?" It's too high for practical use.

[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mirrors can make rooms feel bigger, even if you can't see yourself in it

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[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Could just be tall. As a 6'5'' guy this mirror would be perfect for me.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A portal to an alternate dimension where I am ugly.

[–] lucidinferno@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Funniest thing I’ve read in a long time

Oh my god this is the best "straight line" type of joke I've heard in a long time. I just told my six year old they loved it

[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are we censoring Pepe now?

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

That is the pepe.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a rare abstract Pepe.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

Minimalist Pepe

[–] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Erm, that looks like a mirror reflecting the ceiling fan, not a framed picture of a ceiling fan.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 131 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Somebody get this guy the Detective of the Year award

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 1 year ago

Perhaps it's reflecting a picture of a ceiling fan.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Thats what I thought too at first, but notice the soft pastel colours separated by the diagonal, as if in a fragrant meadow of flowers, bisected by the hard steel blades of the fan, the artist showing the juxtaposition between country and city life, whilst the fan itself is depicted at an elusive angle, like an anxious child shying away from their duties.

No this is clearly the work of a Master.

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

I hope that's bait because he fuckin gottem

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Is it not a mirror?

Granted it would be strange to place a mirror so high

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No its framed picture of a celling fan.

Can confirm, am American and we're obligated to hang a picture of a ceiling fan. I don't make the rules.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Mirror is face-ish high, to look at your ugly mug.

I have my mirrors much lower so I can admire my better as(s)pects.

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[–] sheepishly@fedia.io 10 points 1 year ago

That's a good cat

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Lol, it's obviously not a picture of a fucking fan, those have dildo blades.

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