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RobErtE87
"How to start a koo" koo's klan
QueenBaculum
Coup Klutz Klan
lbargomancer
Coup Cucks Clan might have been better
woozle
nice.
Walmartstallwithnolock
That Journalist:
somethingawesomeandgreat
He is!
Turbolibros
harrison100012
I put foreign news coverage on staff canteen screen at least it started discussion .We are a world joke at the Moment.
UpvoteBuddyJesus
But. ... India LOVES him!
SomeMotherGuy
They spelled klutz wrong
asdykeasadutchdam
India itself is a shitshow.
kojenk
you mean like the shit the riotors smeared on the floor and walls of capital hill?
pinksquiggle
Ermm, kinda. But our transitions of power have peaceful for decades. Go get your shit together
LDSmithereens
Coup Clutz Clan (not my joke)
EvilleBob
People who learn English as a second language usually end up understanding it better than the rest of us
Affray
1)When I was learning Spanish I'd tell my Spanish buddies about funny quirks I noticed as I learned and none of them ever thought about it
Affray
2)until I brought it up. And they'd do the same to me as they learned English. You don't think about what comes naturally.
MrLelon
That’s a fantastic headline.
AxlotlTank9
doomedtogrow
Among bids, the old rob & bob is a classic.
Bobeez
Rob & Bob & vagine
TheMeanGombeen
India was ruled by Britain for hundreds of years. English is still widely spoken.
ErniesWidow
And properly.
TheMeanGombeen
Long time since I was there, but they seem to read and write it perfectly, but very hard to understand them speaking it.
ErniesWidow
Accents can be tough.
kalamariner
#maggots
ambsey
I like coup klutz klan better
Clickbot9000
Nothing about how their cricket team is getting squashed? No one there cool is interested
fireaza
Looks like it's not just India's cuisine that's spicy!
palkiry
I love that literally every country knows what he did. Except America who still have to debate it.
somethingawesomeandgreat
Which stage denial was again?
Ravirn
Egypt
Affray
noonehasthisoneyet
copingcabana
Second to naan.
TheMeteorMan
This is revenge for all the bobs and vagene jokes. Well played.
PoptartSpankySpoogeMonkey
I’m an American and this is correct.
GnomeDeGuerre
That's worth a golf clap, haven't seen a better headline.
SmugglerOfPositivity
Welcome to S#÷%hole country!
disinformatique
Sorry that you live in US, currently #1 in the s#$%hole country list.
SmugglerOfPositivity
I moved
disinformatique
Grats, wish i could move out of mine, its going towards the same and even worse direction.
draxiom
The guy that tased himself in the junk? More like the coup clutz clan
palmo
Zero corroborating evidence. Stop spreading that until it's proven.
Rhubarbara
Too bad. It was a fun story. Too good to be true.
palmo
Exactly. But if it's a lot (and it looks likely that it is) when the cult says we're defaming him, they'll be right. And we can't allow that
Antheon
lewdev
Wow. Too soon? This is messed up and hilarious imaging the talent and speed at which this was created.
urmomcangetit2
What do you think his obituary will read? " He Heart was in the Right place, but his Teaser Gun was Not":(
urmomcangetit2
His
Cassady
*Tazer
gottacatchemalldragonball
OKSasquatch
*tazer gun. Though the way he was using it, perhaps he also thought it was a teaser.
Yupurineutah
"Ask your doctor if a free sample of Vipertek is right for you."
bonkhonagahoogs
Wait what?? Someone tased themselves in the junk?
palmo
There is a single site that reported one of the deaths was due to a self inflicted taser. The balls thing was made up and spread by revolt(1
palmo
So far there is zero corroborating evidence. Stop spreading it until it is actually proven to be true. (2
Feralkyn
No, there's a net rumor running around but afaik it's just that and there's been 0 legit source
CirB
Yup. While trying to steal a painting, and then promptly died of heart attack. What an epitaph :D
palmo
There is zero corroborating evidence of that. Only revolt.tv. And they aren't really reputable
bonkhonagahoogs
What a way to go damn! The bad place gonna have some fun with that one loll
Feralkyn
That's not been verified and the only "source" has been internet bullshit, so I doubt that it's true
ThailandExpress
SwedenAndersson
Hahaha!!!
HerpestonMcDerping
Bravo Kenya, bravo.
Markamanic
Wait, so the US was the shithole country all along?
Phelpysan
The incumbent president inciting his followers to storm the capitol because he refuses to accept losing an election... It's the kind of
Phelpysan
shit the US would take as an excuse to invade and install a democracy
PyllyNalleMissionaries
Always has been.
UrinalCarrier
I now officially wish I could buy Mr Ondieki a drink for this one, and that's rare coming from me
LizLemonDifficult
Ironically banana republics were created by US intervention.
HerrBisch
So justified. I always thought "banana republic" just mean like "hah they're bananas!", the real meaning of the term is unbelievably racist.
DidItForScience
It stems from the US backed 1954 Guatemalan coup which led to the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) dominating South America.
Rugmimgu
Correction: Central America
SpreadyUnsettling
Stay in school.
KiopMiko
Is it because they wear banana hammocks?
boffinofwhitfurrows
I thought it was a clothing store and was super confused for a long time
hep0710510
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic can't see how it's racist, at least originally
RyanHaynes
A banana republic has nothing to do with race. It's literally a government formed around the exportation of a single product.
CoffeeDaemon
You know you fucked up if kenya is ripping that hard on ya.
MarleafChef
If we believe trump, one of our best presidents came from there... If we believe Obama, our worst one came from Kenya too.
DidItForScience
The Belgians, British, Dutch and US all have a history of supporting colonialism and violent regime change across the African continent.
TheRealCaveman
As someone who grew up in West Africa and witnessed two coups... Yeah.
LavaAxe
I feel Kenya has been a pretty stable country
schlaymer
Honestly in the past few years I hear quite a few positive news from there, which is pretty cool.
DKB13
It's the most stable, developed, and affluent country in that neck of the woods
GnomeDeGuerre
Is there any good documentaries on how things are going over there?
Halifax13
Plus it's the only place you can see lions (forget Norway)
GabeTheT
Yeah, but polar bears are fluffier.
FievelsBrotherFourvel
Indian newspapers are in English?
disinformatique
India is the second highest english speaking nation in the world.
killbillsexwife
It’s taught as a first language in many places. They speak it better than most Americans I’ve met.
upvotehypnotoad
I work w/engineers in India. 2 of them speak different Indian languages that the other doesn't know. They can only communicate via English.
Vaars
India was a colony of the British Empire for many years. Still within living memory technically.
derekjohn
you'd have to be about 78 years old to actually remember it. Independence was in 1947.
NPaine
Hmmm well yeah due to similar reasons native Americans also speak English
nonCanadianGoose
For a similar reason that Americans do....they used to be a British colony
lwoshea
India and the US are step-brothers.
SergeantMajorSpoiler
Reading one of those newspapers once in a while would definitely help...
FievelsBrotherFourvel
SergeantMajorSpoiler
Way to defend willful ignorance.
FievelsBrotherFourvel
lol k. I guess I never had the "what language are foreign newspapers printed in" class in high school. Only learned important things.
SergeantMajorSpoiler
English being an official language of the biggest democracy on the planet isn't important enough for you? lol k. Way to go champ! You do you
NescioLXX
So are US papers....
egoAristippos
Good grief, in which part of the world did you grow up? Do they have schools there? Oh, sorry I See, you are from God‘s own country. Innit?
GrenadeIn
You didn't know that?
FievelsBrotherFourvel
Napollo
It's a former brit colony, just like US
cometitmakesyourteethturngreen
How is this not common knowledge?
FievelsBrotherFourvel
Donotjoin
It is!
BrooceWayyne
Yup, there is a reason why you hear so many things out of India. A “relatively” free English media.
Crimmins
Indians probably have a far better grasp of the English language then Americans. ?
FievelsBrotherFourvel
Idk, a lot of the scam calls I've received would tell me otherwise...
123sigh
than
shakeyerbonbonshakeyerbonbon
India is the third largest English speaking country in the world
disinformatique
second
fuzzy2k3
Hindi and English are both official languages in India
TheMeanGombeen
Along with a dozen others.
FievelsBrotherFourvel
neat
Itseemedreasonable
Perhaps you might familiarize yourself with the colonization and occupation habits Great Britain held back when they were imperial and all
KillingTlme
Yep. Thanks to those english slave traders.
butiswhy
Why is it so hard for you to believe that we can speak English?
FievelsBrotherFourvel
There's a difference between knowing how to speak a language, and having your newspapers printed in another language
doesntmatter
Not that you can -- that it is used in the country as s lingua franca. They likely have no idea of how many languages are spoken in the 1/
doesntmatter
country. 2/2
ArtOfKarolMichalec
Bc americans think only white people speak english as first language.
HeresYourSauce
English is an official language, and is spoken by 10.6% of the population, vs 57.1 of Hindi.
EarthFinger
Burden of evidence. I'd like to see sauce
AnonKneeMoose
*British Occupation of India for several decades & membership under the Commonwealth of Nations*
HeresYourSauce
Hey imgur? Can you stop downvoting this guy? It's just a joke based off my username, no need for all this.
SageOfDepth
HeresYourSauce
Generally common knowledge is except but... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_India
Strostkovy
You're a burden alright
FondofM
+1 for clever funny business. Too bad folks are a little twitchy right now.
PTMdragon
man its not an accusation its an easily verifiable fact just google it if youre curious
FievelsBrotherFourvel
exactly. So why would it be in English and not Hindi?
wHatThEQuAk
10% to 30% understand/speak English from 1.4bn people
RoodKontjeAapje
I suppose English papers are just aimed at a high social status audience?
wHatThEQuAk
Around 140M to 420M people speak English in India. Schools in India teach english from the very beginning. Pls rethink ur viewing point 1/2
wHatThEQuAk
Before think about ur mentsl concept about other countrys. Bcs English is the easiest language and ofc the British colonies 2/3
wHatThEQuAk
English became a language spoken from alot of people aka it was "forced" on them
pwiklund79350
Today I learned.
JustDontCare
People seem to forget that whole English occupation thing can lead to pretty significant cultural changes.
melmboundanddown
*British
Selerox
It's partly that, but also partly because it's a useful lingua franca in a country with LOTS of languages.
JustDontCare
I mean... yeah. But... You know. Empires... a British one.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Or 216,000,000 people, not that many less than the US lol.
wHatThEQuAk
My friend ur math is wrong. ~1.4bn People and 10 to 30% speak English - > 0.14bn ~ 0.42 speak English. - > 140.000.000 ~ 420.000.000
TheBMachine
Sounds like they have a solid conservative estimate in between those figures?
wHatThEQuAk
The numbers have this range bcs of dif. Degrees of understanding , speaking and fluent speaking.
AlwaysFokenSavage
Its the rich peoples language...
wHatThEQuAk
11% up to 30% in India speak English almost 1.4B people live there. Do the math
GravitySmellsLikeCheese
Mathematics
wHatThEQuAk
140.000.000 to 420.000.000 people
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
It's also the business language. I mean, it's the world's business language. When a Dutch sales person calls an Italian supplier, they'll …
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
most likely have a conversation in English, the most widely taught second language.
KoalaOnTheJuice
It's funny how little is taught in America about the British Empire when it's the heritage and origin of your country.
Ishman2000
I’m an American. Our education system has a lot of flaws.
KoalaOnTheJuice
For example the Boston Tea Part was a colonial version of wider British protest against the East India Company corporate takeover of Bengal
KoalaOnTheJuice
Hence why EIC ship & cargo (tea from India) was targeted & they dressed as (american) "indians". They didn't want a repeat in their colonies
KoalaOnTheJuice
Incidentally the head of the EIC was soon after put on a public trial in the British Parliament at about this time, due to company actions.
UnoriginalPoster2000
A lot isn’t taught in UK schools. They leave out all the atrocities we did.
UnoriginalPoster2000
“Are we the bad guys?” History says yes.
Cayowin
So straight from the Norman conquest to brexit then? With a highlight reel of ww1 and 2
idontenglishsorry
if you leave the atrocities you did, the fuck do you teach? how to make tea?
inthenameofthemoooon
Yes we're a lot younger than most countries. However much history prior to this "organized" government has been erased.
tiptoeingthru
Erased... that's an unusual way of saying "extremely poorly taught". But, still accurate.
inthenameofthemoooon
Barely even taught at all