I try to chat up every European I meet, as I'm fascinated with what's going on there, and I hope to feed them information that they might not get at home. Last night a fit, neatly-dressed Euro of about sixty sat down at the poker table.
"Where are you from, friend?"
"Sweden."
"Ah! I didn't know there were still white people there."
"I don't understand."
I rephrased so he would understand the joke. "Oh I'm just surprised to see a white person from Sweden."
"Would it be bad if it were otherwise?" Now he seemed very serious and on the verge of offense.
"I'm not expressing an opinion one way or the other. Just pointing out what I see."
"Well I have an opinion."
"Oh? What's that?"
"White people are the problem. They're ruining the world."
"Is that right?"
"Yes. Blacks are the original homo sapiens. Whites have neanderthal DNA, which makes them degenerate."
"That's an interesting theory." As I usually do in the real world, I kept a straight face and let the laughing happen inside my head. Here was this blue-eyed boomer Swede apologizing for his existence, all the while hanging out in the whitest, wealthiest spot in town. I'd happily go drop him off where the original homo sapiens hang out. Fucking tragic. Unfortunately, he left quickly, before any questioning or trolling could happen.
Sorry Europe, your elders may be as cucked as your millennials.
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[–] Mr_Woodblock 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Can't tell if fake, or more likely, if the Swedish guy was also cracking a joke at your expense, like Bill Burr's bit about laughing at the racist white guy at a bar in Nashville who was getting pissed every time Terrell Owens was on the TV making millions but still complaining about something.
[–] oldzeke [S] ago (edited ago)
I can submit a slice-of-life story about the most pedestrian interaction, and reliably a couple people will say "fake!" As though it's my great ambition to sit and type up a fiction about a random Swedish tourist.
Anyway in the footnotes to this Short Story of 2018 nominee, you could see that the guy was uptight as hell, and it was sanctimony rather than humor that drove him.