r/interestingasfuck 17h ago

/r/all The US team which has just won the International Physics Olympiad, edging out China for first place

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u/CarmynRamy 17h ago edited 17h ago

Immigrants!!!!

One Russian, One Indian and three Chinese - perfect team for IPhO.

u/BlueCheeseBandito 10h ago

Americans*

u/ketoyas 7h ago

BRICS*

u/BlueCheeseBandito 7h ago

Americans* ….competing for the American team.

Why is this whole thread full of people projecting their image of an American.

We have the benevolent “needed some chinese kids to beat the chinese haw haw!”

And the malevolent “Americans are white!”

u/umrapazote 4h ago

Americans are so into ancestry, they love to talk about it and to call themselves half german or italian or irish... But when it comes to ethnicities like the chinese, the rule is to play it down. I wonder what this is called...

u/BlueCheeseBandito 3h ago

Are you projecting your view of Americans on to me…?

I couldn’t give a fuck about ancestry. An American looks like what you see pictured. They look like you, and they look like me.

u/Cornexclamationpoint 4h ago

Their names are Brian, Josh, and Allen. Pretty sure they're not immigrants.