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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I wonder what country this is that has conscription, speaks English and uses meters.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It might come as a surprise to you, but quite a lot of people in the world learn English as a second language, and terminally online 4chan anons tend to get quite good at it, so this doesn't narrow it down much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Yes that's why the drill instructor yells in English too. Come on now friend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Spongebob gets dubbed in many languages. Makes sense anon would translate it back to English for posting on 4chan.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hmm, that's a good point.

Alright, which country would you suspect then? Because outside of the US, every other English speaking country uses the metric system (but I'm not sure if any of them still have mandatory conscription).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think anon just made up a funny story.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, it wouldn't be the first time, would it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hah, no. I just enjoy finding this sort of mistakes in the stories.