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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 111 points 1 week ago (7 children)

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

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 89 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The framed picture of a fan.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] LolaCat@lemmy.ca 126 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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

Americans are weird

[–] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

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

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

No, it's a framed picture of a fan

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 7 points 1 week 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 5 points 1 week 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 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 8 points 1 week 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 week ago (4 children)

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

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

I saw one in Liechtenstein.

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

Fair, so either US or Liechtenstein. 😄

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[–] dunz@feddit.nu 8 points 1 week 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 week ago (2 children)

I'm in Aus and we have ceiling fans

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

No you fuckin don't mate.

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

Get a load of this guy pretending Australia is real

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[–] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 107 points 1 week 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 week ago

Why do Americans do weird shit like this?

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

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

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

A portal to an alternate dimension where I am ugly.

[–] lucidinferno@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week 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

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

Somebody get this guy the Detective of the Year award

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

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

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week 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.

[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are we censoring Pepe now?

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 32 points 1 week ago

That is the pepe.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a rare abstract Pepe.

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

Minimalist Pepe

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

I hope that's bait because he fuckin gottem

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 week 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 week 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 week ago

That's a good cat

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

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

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