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AcceptablePool8990 t1_itv1cu0 wrote

I assume Italians use hand gestures while talking🤔. Otherwise this went over my head

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Vana92 t1_itv2818 wrote

>ff. The others hear him scream. It goes on all day and all night. Finally as the sun rises, he is thrown back in the cell. The other two look at him with new found respect, but he says
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>I wanted to tell them everything! But they wouldn't u

Yeah it's a common stereotype. Italians are very animated with their hands when they talk.

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Waitsfornoone t1_itvc1om wrote

Not just a stereotype ... a lot of them (us) do it.

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Dicho83 t1_itwd0x7 wrote

That's what a stereotype is...

A portrayal of a group of people with common characteristic and subsequent behaviours.

Whether factual or not, it's still a stereotype.

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RollerDude347 t1_itwwlz9 wrote

That's why it's a stereotype. Sometimes you have them put on you... Sometimes you earn them.

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