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Comment by jonny_eh | Hacker News Reader

Imagine if people made a Trump joke whenever New York City came up in conversation.

When talking to foreigners and someone mentions USA, it's about 50/50 I get a trump joke or a fat joke. I don't think HN is the place for it, but stereotyping countries is pretty common.

It should be trivial to combine them into one for a 100% score.

The throwaway's comment has been flagged. Who was he joking about? Mozart? Freud? Arnie?

You can enable [Show Dead] in your profile preferences and see for yourself.

It was the usual no effort reference to a failed Austrian artist who later led Germany.

Yeah, I could tell. I was playing dumb while pointing out some good Austrians.

Didn't know about [Show Dead] though, thanks for the tip!

Pardon my missing the playing dumb :/ Glad the tip was appreciated.

Still, hashtag NotAllAustrians: Russell Crowe, John Clarke, Jacinda Ardern, Keith Urban, Jane Campion, the Finn brothers et al. all raised the bar.

Meh. Your joke here, like a kangaroo, has too many leaps. None of these were even born on the West Island.

Take the opportunity and interest to read up on the history of WW2. It is a riveting read.

Wow. Didn't know he was a failed artist.

To confirm, and also to check if big G's AI could infer it, I searched for:

a failed Austrian artist who later led Germany

Worked.

I'm in Brazil and that happens often

So uh... wonderful women, good social skills, awesome parties... those are just true :)

Yes, just imagine if trump was brought up often no matter the subject.... I can't imagine what point you think you're making.

tbf Trump is at least somewhat relevant to whether the US is a good place to live right now. It's more like inserting a Charles Manson joke when someone says why they like California...

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