> It's funny how we can't be celebrate a European achievement without trying to interpret it into relationship to the US.

It's because Europe is absolutely obsessed with the United States and obsessed with Americans.

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noir_lord 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, in the same way that as a home owner I’d be “obsessed” with my neighbour if he was showing a predilection towards arson.

I’d love to be able to go a day without having to see whatever the latest stupidity we’ll have to deal with the fallout from is, I really would.

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petcat 4 hours ago | parent [-]

This obsession started decades ago. Long before any recent politics. It's only gotten deeper and more intense recently.

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smcin an hour ago | parent | next [-]

In what ways are you saying "Europe is absolutely obsessed with the US": politics, tech, capital markets, defense, economics, culture, cultural trends, unpredictability, something else? And how is that "obsessed" rather than "paying attention to"? Without you giving any specifics, can't tell if that is good-faith comment or trolling. For example US audiences are obsessed with Downton Abbey, or the Titanic, or the 15-minute city proposal, and Tarantino was obsessed with French names of McDonald's hamburgers, but noone built a broader claim on top of those.

What specific event and year were IYO the onset of what you're claiming?

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kspacewalk2 42 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In fact, until Trump 2 they rarely thought about you at all.

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noir_lord 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You folks over the pond really do think we think about you that much don’t you, prior to Trump I didn’t give much of a shit what the US did (except when you were destabilising the Middle East but I guess everyone needs a hobby), was literally none of my business and I didn’t have to live there (fortunately).

Now we have to pay attention because what you always where in part is in full control and it’s essentially impossible to ignore.

I long for the days when we can go back to the happy place of ignoring your government day to day until it’s time for another Middle East intervention.

Til then and for the avoidance of any doubt, I loathe Trump, I don’t like the people in his government, I don’t like the people who voted for him and the ones who didn’t vote and could have, the only people in America I have any sympathy for is the ones who voted for anyone but him/this shit show, the rest of you got what you deserved and will continue to do so.

So with that as your president if you still believe in American Exceptionalism you can shove it.

Hope that was clear enough.

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rootusrootus 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> You folks over the pond really do think we think about you that much don’t you

Yes? You talk about us waaaaay more than we talk about you. And not just since Trump.

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ulfw 28 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Hackernews is slowly turning into the same primitive social networking shit as X, Threads, insta, Linkedin. Time to get off of it I suppose