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re: Hilarious phenomenon of people who travel and think the whole country is like their vacay
Posted on 1/15/25 at 1:37 am to Tiger1242
Posted on 1/15/25 at 1:37 am to Tiger1242
I visit my relatives and friends in Italy evry other year. (Tuscany on Dad's side, Napoli, Abruzzo and Puglia on Mom's side). They always say the same thing when I tell them how much I love being in Italy and how great it is.."You don't have to live here. There's a reason your grandparents moved your parents to America."
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Posted on 1/15/25 at 2:23 am to tide06
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Go visit a bank in Madrid. Or a lawyers office in Italy. Or an accountant in Greece. They stress out just like we do.
In Greece or Spain? Not in my experience. Those guys would laugh with pity and derision when I started talking about deadlines on projects
Those countries (and many other developed nations not named America) average something like 6 or 8 weeks of paid vacation each year .. please dont quote me on these exact figures, but it’s not far off… but hey, at least we can brag that we work ourselves to death- b/c everyone knows that people on their deathbeds pine for their cubicles and their shitty coworkers, and wish that they’d put in more time in front of their office computers .
Posted on 1/15/25 at 3:29 am to Tiger1242
I'd like to give a big frick you to the middle aged white American couple on my flight today to Germany who used Priority boarding because they had a damn cat with them. They even went so far as to be ahead of every one of us with kids.
This post was edited on 1/15/25 at 3:30 am
Posted on 1/15/25 at 4:11 am to LordSaintly
quote:I temporarily lived in France a couple of years ago and while this is true for more upscale/tourist areas, there are 100% a lot of fatties in poorer/rural areas. Reminded me of home to be honest.
quote:nobody is fat This part is probably true
Posted on 1/15/25 at 7:31 am to Tiger1242
I've never been asked if I had alligators in my backyard, but I did have an Australian ask me if we still had the KKK and lynch mobs.
I told him yes.
The best encounter I ever had with a foreigner was a conversation with an old gentleman from Bulgaria who had immigrated to Australia in the late 1970's. He had heard my accent and started asking me questions about the United States. At one point he just blurted out in his thick Eastern European accent "I love America! I love Australia! I come here, own business, make money, raise family. Back in old country, communism was shite!"
I told him yes.
The best encounter I ever had with a foreigner was a conversation with an old gentleman from Bulgaria who had immigrated to Australia in the late 1970's. He had heard my accent and started asking me questions about the United States. At one point he just blurted out in his thick Eastern European accent "I love America! I love Australia! I come here, own business, make money, raise family. Back in old country, communism was shite!"
This post was edited on 1/15/25 at 7:41 am
Posted on 1/15/25 at 7:34 am to Tiger1242
Everyone thinks Europe is some classy romantic place when in reality it is New Jersey with older churches and better scenery
Posted on 1/15/25 at 7:48 am to Tiger1242
I've been over most of Italy. They are not fat, drink lots of wine and eat great food.
It's not hilarious it's freaking awesome actually.
It's not hilarious it's freaking awesome actually.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 7:48 am to Tiger1242
My favorite are the rich white people who drop in on Cuba or other repressed, poverty stricken countries and return with tales of how amazingly “ simple “ life is there. I have a special place in my heart for these dip in and dip out tourists.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 7:51 am to Tiger1242
I dunno.
When I visited Paris, I stayed in a friend's apartment on Rue De Cler in the 7th arrondissement. Got a pretty good glimpse of every day French people and their lives. They were somewhat like us, just better behaved and stricter on their kids. And yes, they really were thinner. Friend was a six 6 and a good looking size 6 at that. She was pudgy compared to the rest of them. They smoke and drink coffee. They either ride the metro or WALK everywhere.
When I visited Paris, I stayed in a friend's apartment on Rue De Cler in the 7th arrondissement. Got a pretty good glimpse of every day French people and their lives. They were somewhat like us, just better behaved and stricter on their kids. And yes, they really were thinner. Friend was a six 6 and a good looking size 6 at that. She was pudgy compared to the rest of them. They smoke and drink coffee. They either ride the metro or WALK everywhere.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 7:52 am to Tiger1242
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It’s hilarious to me
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Cracks me up
Sounds more like you’re bitter bc you don’t get to travel as much as other?!
Posted on 1/15/25 at 7:57 am to Tiger1242
It kills me how Montana is romanticized in film and TV but Idaho....right next door and just as scenic.... Is the boogeyman.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:24 am to prplhze2000
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Friend was a six 6 and a good looking size 6
There are rules sir!
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:32 am to redstick13
quote:It was their Unterstützen Sie die Katze (support cat).
I'd like to give a big frick you to the middle aged white American couple on my flight today to Germany who used Priority boarding because they had a damn cat with them. They even went so far as to be ahead of every one of us with kids.
Glad you got where you were going!
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:59 am to Tiger1242
I get you, OP. People say these things all the time. I see it all over social media. Also lots of American culture bashing and derogatory remarks in general about living in America…by Americans.
This post was edited on 1/15/25 at 9:01 am
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:06 am to GreenRockTiger
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I didn’t want to dig up peat or milk goats while I was in Ireland
That’s why my ancestors left
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:20 am to Tiger1242
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- nobody is fat
You have to walk a lot in other parts of the world, dumb arse. Not every place is like America with a parking lot for every store.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:24 am to Tiger1242
When you live in a really shitty place, you get the urge to move to about any other place you travel.
It happens to me a lot.
It happens to me a lot.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:32 am to Y.A. Tittle
Meh maybe but also people have their vacation glasses on.
I pondered this after an awesome Costa Rica trip a while back.
Thinking yeah, get the fam and/or friends and take a week off work, stay local but go and do cool day trips every day, nice dinners, much drinks and talking, and you’d probably have a similar effect, especially if your head was into it. Maybe not though We live in a nice enough area with things to do we just…don’t very often.
I pondered this after an awesome Costa Rica trip a while back.
Thinking yeah, get the fam and/or friends and take a week off work, stay local but go and do cool day trips every day, nice dinners, much drinks and talking, and you’d probably have a similar effect, especially if your head was into it. Maybe not though
We live in a nice enough area with things to do we just…don’t very often. 
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:35 am to TigerRoyale
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I've been over most of Italy. They are not fat, drink lots of wine and eat great food.
It's not hilarious it's freaking awesome actually.
They aren't fat.
I want to point out theres a reason none of these countries are fat and it isnt because they exercise more than we do.
These are just pure and unadulterated facts. You cant get fat if you dont have the ability to get fat. Its very easy to figure out.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:36 am to Havoc
My urge is not so much with international travel, and not everywhere. But, it's a lot of places.
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