r/nextfuckinglevel • u/bendubberley_ • 1d ago

A police officer in Mexico prevents someone's suicide attempt, on a bridge, with no safety equipment.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

103.9k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

1.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/Plonka48 1d ago

Maybe in the 1850s I’d agree with you but “America” (specifically non-plural form) has been synonymous with the USA for a long time and everybody here knows that

2

u/screechypete 1d ago

Lord have mercy... did he actually try to use the "North/South America" argument here to shift the blame off of the United States?

2

u/Plonka48 1d ago

He did

1

u/screechypete 1d ago

You know you've got a solid argument when you have to pull that one out!

/s