• Fmstrat@lemmy.world
      47·
      20 days ago

      It was the quick shift to “very handsome” without a pronoun modifier.

      Linguistics ftw!

    • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works
      20·
      20 days ago

      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.

      Of course I say this as an American assuming every random stranger on the internet I see commenting on a post I’m reading to be an American as well, so I’m not entirely sure if this idea holds up in other countries as well.

      If it is true I’d be curious to know the reason why the demographic exists, specifically what it is that attracts non-native citizens

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
        10·
        20 days ago

        Do Americans say “corner shop”? Corner shops are usually UK thing because they are shops that are on the corners of residential streets, hence the name. When the houses were built it was thought that people would need access to convenient shops so they built the street with a shop on it.

        • lillardfair@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          20 days ago

          Sure. In the bigger cities sometimes. More often we’ll say convenience stores, bodegas or just use the chain store name like 7-11. But corner store gets used often enough even if the stores aren’t actually on corners

      • Danquebec@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        20 days ago

        In my city, the overwhelming majority of convenience store owners are Chinese.

        I should ask the ones near my house how they started.

    • fenrasulfr@lemmy.world
      8·
      20 days ago

      The shop owner, in the village I moved to, has this awful accent. Something about baguettes and croissants. Indiciferable as a someone from the Netherlands.

    • phx@lemmy.world
      1·
      20 days ago

      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.

    • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
      1·
      20 days ago

      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

      • FinishingDutch@lemmy.world
        4·
        19 days ago

        I have one of those at work 😀 6’2” / 190 cm. Black hair, skinny, looks like a tall forest elf.

        Poor girl is on her third girlfriend in as many months. No doubt she’s just a tad intimidating to other lesbians. It’d be like climbing a tree.

        I’ve had success finding nice matches for some of my LGBTQ friends, but there most certainly is a challenge in finding ‘tall attractive lesbians’ as a category 😂

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
      32·
      20 days ago

      I mean the thing that’s stopping us most at this point is the fear of getting accused of sexual harassment for wanting to put women (assuming OP is a woman) into relationships.

      • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        19 days ago

        ???

        Suggesting potential matches for people is extremely common. Especially among people who are already friendly. If you are afraid of being accused of sexual harassment for trying to set up two friends… you need to touch grass

          • saigot@lemmy.ca
            1·
            19 days ago

            If you are a random stranger then probably best not to. If you have built a rapport like in the post above then you should know how they will react and do it if you think it won’t cause offence.