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re: What's the biggest eye opener that you've had while visiting another state/country etc?
Posted on 1/6/22 at 2:55 pm to BOSCEAUX
Posted on 1/6/22 at 2:55 pm to BOSCEAUX
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We have jobs though. We just have a frick ton of lazy motherfrickers that don’t want to work and we make it easy for them not to.
Yeah and these countries that offer shite that Americans crave, like free childcare, usually come with….work requirements. You don’t just get free shite in other places and get to sit on your arse. We have too many not paying in. Plus other countries don’t have open borders.
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Posted on 1/6/22 at 3:10 pm to rocky mountain way
Went to the British Virgin Islands on a family vacation when I was a young teenager, 12 or 13 y/o.
We went to one of the beaches and there were more than a few topless sunbathers.
I think this was my first encounter with live boobies in their natural habitat.
I also remember my mother being in a hurry to leave and my father trying to stall as long as possible.
Might be my favorite family vacation ever.
We went to one of the beaches and there were more than a few topless sunbathers.
I think this was my first encounter with live boobies in their natural habitat.
I also remember my mother being in a hurry to leave and my father trying to stall as long as possible.
Might be my favorite family vacation ever.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 1/6/22 at 3:10 pm to Spawn
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Your average rural baw here in the US has far more in common with their fellow rural Russian baw than they do with their own urban dwelling countrymen. You'll find that's the case in almost all western nations
Baws of the world, unite!
Posted on 1/6/22 at 3:12 pm to frankenfish
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Baws of the world, unite!
da bawrade!
Posted on 1/6/22 at 3:42 pm to 777Tiger
People up north seldom move over to let you merge into traffic. In the south, it's more common, and just considered polite.
My first encounter with this was in Pennsylvania, on a rural interstate. There was was no traffic and one car was going along in the slow lane as I tried to merge. They simply would not move over and let me in. I gave them an annoyed look, and they shot me a bird. lol.
I see it driving around Baltimore too. You hit highway speeds, then have to slow to a crawl at each interchange because no one will move over and let traffic merge. I guess the whole zipper merge concept is not understood by many.
My wife is from that area, but has lived in the South most of her adult life. It bugs her now too.
My first encounter with this was in Pennsylvania, on a rural interstate. There was was no traffic and one car was going along in the slow lane as I tried to merge. They simply would not move over and let me in. I gave them an annoyed look, and they shot me a bird. lol.
I see it driving around Baltimore too. You hit highway speeds, then have to slow to a crawl at each interchange because no one will move over and let traffic merge. I guess the whole zipper merge concept is not understood by many.
My wife is from that area, but has lived in the South most of her adult life. It bugs her now too.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 1/6/22 at 3:48 pm to IceTiger
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Same experience...
A Serb told me it’s a Slavic thing.
Said it’s the same in Serbia.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 5:18 pm to rocky mountain way
My first international flight at 13 years old we landed at the airport and there were guards with guns...
Posted on 1/6/22 at 5:34 pm to madamsquirrel
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Have you ever been around Chinese people? That’s why I’m not sure if I believe your Bangkok story.
having spent time recently in BKK .. it is a very quiet train ride that generally would first be disturbed by a Chinese tourist first. Then americans later. Though very few in the country at the moment.
Worst travelers by far ... no sense of space, always on the facetime call, selfies in front of religious sites. Have seen it all over SE Asia. The thais tolerate us, but are not big fans of the Chinese.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 5:36 pm to rocky mountain way
My biggest observation when out of state is how much less trash there is on the side of the highways. Why Louisiana can’t be more responsible is beyond me.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 7:04 pm to rocky mountain way
Where to start.
China, people smell like garlic arse, very rude, will stare holes through you. The food there was nothing like Chinese restaurants here but was good.
Saudi Arabia, friendly people unless they were in a position of power. They all smell like shite. They basically have slaves from other countries do their hard work and treat them like shite. Hot even at night and food was terrible.
China, people smell like garlic arse, very rude, will stare holes through you. The food there was nothing like Chinese restaurants here but was good.
Saudi Arabia, friendly people unless they were in a position of power. They all smell like shite. They basically have slaves from other countries do their hard work and treat them like shite. Hot even at night and food was terrible.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 7:06 pm to JW
There’s a pretty funny subreddit dedicated to Chinese tourists being POS
Posted on 1/6/22 at 7:12 pm to rocky mountain way
First time in Paris and the amount of minorities there and that was in 1992. It's worse today but I did not realize how much the demographics mirrored that of many US cities.
Naples. How dirty and rundown most of the city was.....and really poor once you left the city center
Naples. How dirty and rundown most of the city was.....and really poor once you left the city center
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:12 pm to MoarKilometers
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I remember my 3rd world shanty town, bunch of lean tos... without windows to put bars on.
Overpass by Lee Circle.
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The nice homes in the outskirts had tall block walls around them, with chunks of broken glass embedded in the top couple inches of concrete.
Lower Garden District.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:16 pm to rocky mountain way
It ain’t much. But seeing elevation of any kind. I remember seeing a mountain for the first time in Tennessee and I was in awe.
Living in Louisiana and South Texas most of my life I didn’t think how cool it was to see something as simple as a big hill or any elevation shift.
Living in Louisiana and South Texas most of my life I didn’t think how cool it was to see something as simple as a big hill or any elevation shift.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 1/7/22 at 5:33 am to Tactical1
Brazil is nothing like you would think. When you fly into Rio you can smell it before the plane lands, pollution and trash everywhere. On one of our crew changes the AC went out in our bus. We are stuck in traffic having to smell the sewage infested water of Rio bay. Water is black and full of trash and all of it flows into the ocean. All the towns have a sewer river that flows into the ocean, usually close by where people swim.
Cabo Frio was the nicest place I visited. Sand on the beaches were like sugar and snow white.
Cabo Frio was the nicest place I visited. Sand on the beaches were like sugar and snow white.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 6:31 am to offshoretrash
Driving in Latin America, I found that I had to wait at least 5—sometimes 10—seconds after the stoplight turned green to go, because people just run right through red lights for several seconds after they turn red.
This post was edited on 1/7/22 at 6:36 am
Posted on 1/7/22 at 6:37 am to MoarKilometers
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The nice homes in the outskirts had tall block walls around them, with chunks of broken glass embedded in the top couple inches of concre
Quezon City?
Posted on 1/7/22 at 7:41 am to Hangit
When I visited Dubai a couple of years ago for work, I noticed the city had a very plastic and phony feel. I was also taken aback by how none of the locals worked and how it was all foreigners that did everything. I was talking to a nurse and apparently a lot of medical and educational field folks move over there to work because the pay is really good and supposedly companies pay for your housing.
Before I took a trip to Hollywood years back, I was expecting it to be glamorous and glitzy because that's how it was portrayed on TV. Nope. Couldn't be further from the truth. That place (and Los Angeles in general) is a toxic wasteland full of rude people. I went once and never plan on going back.
Before I took a trip to Hollywood years back, I was expecting it to be glamorous and glitzy because that's how it was portrayed on TV. Nope. Couldn't be further from the truth. That place (and Los Angeles in general) is a toxic wasteland full of rude people. I went once and never plan on going back.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 7:43 am to csorre1
Going to Ireland at 22 and these stuck out to be huge
1. They don’t have huge grocery stores where they go load up on 1,000 things that are packaged and processed that they load up in a giant pantry. Instead, local markets and they get fresh food and such to last them for 2-3 days at a time
2. Bread isn’t supposed to be this sugary shite we eat here in America. Our bread tastes like cake compared to what they have
1. They don’t have huge grocery stores where they go load up on 1,000 things that are packaged and processed that they load up in a giant pantry. Instead, local markets and they get fresh food and such to last them for 2-3 days at a time
2. Bread isn’t supposed to be this sugary shite we eat here in America. Our bread tastes like cake compared to what they have
This post was edited on 1/7/22 at 7:44 am
Posted on 1/7/22 at 7:44 am to JW
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The thais tolerate us, but are not big fans of the Chinese.
Do Thai folk look that different from Chinese folk?
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