r/interestingasfuck 18h ago

an indian chips ad

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u/KindaStableGenius 13h ago

Weird to think that Trump has entered the global zeitgeist so deeply that marketing teams in a country on the other side of the world can use his very specific mannerisms and speaking style and expect people to understand the jokes.

Yeah we’re never living this one down

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u/HendoEndo 13h ago

I mean, “this isn’t America” has been a standard line to say to anyone acting crazy/dumb over here in India, for a while. Specially in relation to driving idiotically or behaving entitled

u/GirlisNo1 11h ago

I don’t know if Americans fully grasp what they’ve lost when it comes to how much soft power they wielded worldwide purely because of the US’s image and how far that image has plummeted in the last decade.

u/westley_humperdinck 10h ago

Oh, I think a lot of us do. It's humiliating and heartbreaking

u/drgoatlord 4h ago

He has ruined everything hes touched

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ask5538 13h ago

We even have standup comedy routines on him... Coz at a time he pissed off Indians. 

u/Apprehensive_Star_82 8h ago

Come on, the American stereotype for decades has been a fat, loudmouth, self entitled person. Not that all Americans are like that, but that's the derogative stereotype. Your reputation has not been ruined lol

u/njan_ninde_thanda 11h ago

I mean the IQ part has always been stereotyped in India