Salvatore Sanfilippo, the author of Redis: from Sicily with talent and passion

Re:Salvatore Sanfilippo, the author of Redis: from Sicily wi... by beachstartup on Monday December 22, 2014 @03:14PM (#8784919)

i'm a naturalized us citizen. just a piece of advice:

if you're sick of the jokes, you don't have to tell people where you're really from. just make something up, or say something sort-of true and then change the subject.

i got pretty sick and tired of explaining myself and dealing with stupid jokes. nobody needs to know anything about you except your close friends.

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Re:Salvatore Sanfilippo, the author of Redis: from Sicily wi... by Kurtz79 on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @08:44AM (#8788056)

I know you mean well, but seriously, why should I hide where I'm from ?

Although they tend to be annoying in the long run, these kind of jokes usually are done without any malice.

I just think it's sad how stereotypes tend to be the only things that define a particular place, when there is so much more to be found.

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Re:Salvatore Sanfilippo, the author of Redis: from Sicily wi... by beachstartup on Monday December 29, 2014 @03:56AM (#8809013)

LOL dude. hide where you're from? this is America. what makes you think anything you've heard from anyone about where they are from is the truth?

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Re:Salvatore Sanfilippo, the author of Redis: from Sicily wi... by dennisgorelik on Friday January 02, 2015 @01:16AM (#8825743)

It is much easier to tell the truth than to convincingly fake where you are from.

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Re:Salvatore Sanfilippo, the author of Redis: from Sicily wi... by andrea_s on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @02:18AM (#8787180)

An Italian accent is not so easy to conceal, though :)

I think I've been lucky myself - in 6 years living abroad I was questioned a lot only at the apex of the whole Berlusconi debacle... And even then I think it was more out of curiosity than jest. Ymmv, I guess, depending on the environment...

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