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re: What's the biggest eye opener that you've had while visiting another state/country etc?
Posted on 1/5/22 at 7:59 pm to rocky mountain way
Posted on 1/5/22 at 7:59 pm to rocky mountain way
First time in Panama ,I went to a wedding that was at a Catholic church in Casco Viejo part of Panama City . Inside the church was a wall of solid gold behind the priest. Immeasurable wealth,I had never seen anything like it before. It was breathtaking.
Outside there was untold poverty across the street. Feral orphaned children that ran in the streets like wildlings. They would bang on your windows in packs . It was heartbreaking. The family told me that the church stayed unlocked and not a thing was ever touched.
Outside there was untold poverty across the street. Feral orphaned children that ran in the streets like wildlings. They would bang on your windows in packs . It was heartbreaking. The family told me that the church stayed unlocked and not a thing was ever touched.
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:02 pm to Spaniard
A lot of honor-based society have rigidly held taboos about desecrating places of worship. The Church/Synagogue/Mosque/whatever may be the only authority anyone respects in such societies. It may be the only thing keeping society from devolving into a Hobbesian nightmare.
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:02 pm to rocky mountain way
That white Americans openly choose to be **** heads
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:03 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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If you had to posit an armchair theory for why Southerners are bigger litterers than the rest of the country, what would be your theory?
My theory: at some point, cops in the South lagged behind the rest of the country in enforcing litter laws an never caught up. The biggest causal factor may be a reluctance to continue to overburden the justice system with non-violent offenders.
The South is much redder, comparatively speaking, on this map:
I don't know that other areas are better at stopping litterers, I think maybe people in other areas just litter less. Not from fear of being caught, but from a respect for their landscapes and maybe fewer poor people who do dumb shite out of anger that they are poor. Landscape might play a part - driving around where I live now, the hills and rocks are beautiful. LA and a lot of the south are a bunch of flat mud and pine. Not much to look at, no one cares to keep it nice.
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:04 pm to rocky mountain way
3 Year old kids playfully swimming, alone, in pure sewage runoff from the shanty town in Luanda, Angola
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:08 pm to Cards Suck
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Texas
That's the place where I encountered this bizarre behavior.
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:09 pm to rocky mountain way
India. I was terrified to eat everything. Breathing sucked and I felt like I had a sinus infection the whole time.
This post was edited on 1/5/22 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:15 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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A lot of honor-based society have rigidly held taboos about desecrating places of worship. The Church/Synagogue/Mosque/whatever may be the only authority anyone respects in such societies. It may be the only thing keeping society from devolving into a Hobbesian nightmare.
I should add this caveat: When you’re the only universally recognized authority in town that is off limits from any sort of attack, you effectively have a monopoly on power, which tends to lead to corruption.
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:18 pm to rocky mountain way
How fat our country is when traveling abroad
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:25 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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If you had to posit an armchair theory for why Southerners are bigger litterers than the rest of the country, what would be your theory?
Not a theory...
Trashy people are trashy. The south is also a party-centric society, where fun is prioritized over just about everything else, including responsibility. That leads to a "someone else will deal with the problem". Mardi Gras is a great example. Broken beads? Empty soda/beer cabs? Leave that shite, the street sweepers will come out later.
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:29 pm to rocky mountain way
The crushing and I mean crushing poverty in India. The first trip I made there I was shocked. The United States, hell the western world doesn’t have poverty. What we call poverty 80% or more of India lives with less than.
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:35 pm to rocky mountain way
First time going to Connecticut: Blew my mind they managed to segregate a whole state in this day and age
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:37 pm to rocky mountain way
Tip culture is out of control in the USA.
Asians generally don’t have a concept of personal space, seem more content with less.
The USA isn’t the center of the universe
Asians generally don’t have a concept of personal space, seem more content with less.
The USA isn’t the center of the universe
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:41 pm to rocky mountain way
Trip to the Netherlands, realized how much slower the pace of life is there, compared to the US.
This post was edited on 1/5/22 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:42 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
That last one might get you a time out.
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:42 pm to rocky mountain way
Subtle, I went to another state, brag
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:43 pm to rocky mountain way
Traveled to Switzerland several times. The country is so clean, no litter or trash anywhere.
This post was edited on 1/5/22 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:45 pm to rocky mountain way
Not so much what I see out of state, country, etc.
When coming back to N.O. after being out of state for a while, all I seem to notice is the filth. Litter in the streets, unfilled potholes, massive water leaks undermining the roads, panhandlers at every red light, etc.
fricking depressing.
When coming back to N.O. after being out of state for a while, all I seem to notice is the filth. Litter in the streets, unfilled potholes, massive water leaks undermining the roads, panhandlers at every red light, etc.
fricking depressing.
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:46 pm to rocky mountain way
The shitters in China that are just a hole in the floor made me go wtf for a while
Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:52 pm to gumbo2176
And people insist on moving back there after God sends a massive storm to try to tell them to leave
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