@ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world
Post #1312043
2026-04-11 02:32 UTC
Replies (10)
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@TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 03:59
Haha same
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@helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 05:42
Same here… But in my defense the guy that runs the corner store near me has one, and Apu from Simpsons comes to mind too (the two have completely different accect btw
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@QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-11 05:50
We’re used to a lot of owners and managers of convenience stores (I think this includes corner stores?) and gas stations being naturalized citizens and foreign nationals. Idk how that got started or how widespread it is, how much of it is a true demographic vs confirmation bias of what we see portrayed in entertainment and media—but either way there is a clear concept of people in that line of work, true or not.
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@phx@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 06:17
Not sure about these days - other than 7-11 the typical “corner store” seems to be getting increasingly rare - but when I was younger most were generally run by people that I assume were immigrants due to having some accent or other.
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@fenrasulfr@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 08:07
The shop owner in the village has this awful accent. Something about baguettes and croissants. Indiciferable as a someone from the Netherlands.
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@Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 10:49
It was the quick shift to “very handsome” without a pronoun modifier. Linguistics ftw!
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@FishFace@piefed.social 2026-04-11 09:54
Everyone has an accent!
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@clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-11 13:07
I imagine him Persian or Arab, because in my limited experience they have been the most charismatic shopkeepers.
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@PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2026-04-11 15:27
For some reason I imagined him with like... A Bosnian or Hungarian accent or something
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@gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-04-11 22:03
an indian accent, in my mind.