Not at all. Its 25 right now at 9:30 am where i am.
And im a carpenter. Our build season starts in mid March when the snow starts to melt.
We tend to be more polite, which I think is probably true, since every American comments on it. The "sorry"s and whatnot. Of course we have shitheels.gutter_trash said:Canada:
Americans think that Canadians are polite.
that is a load of horse shit. Canadians can be jerks, cuss, road rage and lose their minds like anybody else.
I'll add:
5) All Italians wave their arms around frantically while speaking.
It may be relatively common in some areas, it's really not in others.
Also, every time I happen to cross some "tutorial" to explain "typical Italian gestures" a lot of people seem to get them wrong, misunderstand their actual meaning, emphasize them to a comical degree or a mixture of all these combined.
I wanna live there 😍😍😍Boy... where to begin.
First, Costa Rica is not a fricking island!!! we are just on the middle (and thinnest) part of the continent.
Also, despite what Jurassic Park tells you, San Jose (Costa Rica's capital city) doesn't look like this:
Heck, San Jose ain't even a coast city.
And no, we don't have dirt roads or animals on the streets.
San José actually looks like this:
Sure, Costa Rica's main appeal are our natural resources, but we aren't that backwards as Hollywood depicts us.
I'll add:
5) All Italians wave their arms around frantically while speaking.
It may be relatively common in some areas, it's really not in others.
Also, every time I happen to cross some "tutorial" to explain "typical Italian gestures" a lot of people seem to get them wrong, misunderstand their actual meaning, emphasize them to a comical degree or a mixture of all these combined.
But we're extremely polite while doing it.Canada:
Americans think that Canadians are polite.
that is a load of horse shit. Canadians can be jerks, cuss, road rage and lose their minds like anybody else.
- There are paved roads in Mexico.- Mexico is not a tiny cartel town south of Texas.
- Mexico is in North America, not South America. Also not Central America.
- I do look Mexican. No one ever tells me I don't look Mexican in Mexico.
- Mexico is not a hot country, Mexico is a country with many hot regions and many cold regions.
- We do eat nachos, but as snacks, they're not a meal.
- Hard tacos are not a thing.
- I have only one brother and that's normal.
- There are a lot of Catholics in Mexico (over 80% of the population), but there's a very strong church/state separation in the country as a result of two wars.
- We don't hate America or Americans, "gringo" is not a bad word in Mexico.
There are more, I'm sure.
Ah, I remember another one kind of prevalent on GAF!- There are paved roads in Mexico.
- Not everyone is brown.
- Soccer isn't the only sport we practice
- No, you won't get killed as soon as you step foot in Mexico.
Ironically Germany is the place least likely to have nazis. The de-nazification was brilliantly done.
The absorption of the East seems to have gone well too?
Boy... where to begin
And no, we don't have dirt roads or animals on the streets.
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I get the sense that GAF thinks Sweden (and rest of the scandinavian countries) is some kind of utopian country. It's expensive, dark and dull for most part of the year, most people seem disconnected and bothered by strangers.
Woah I did no know the Romani were originally from the Indian Subcontinent.Was born and raised in the United States, but my whole family is from Romania.
"Oh, the land of the gypsies?"
The Romani comprise about 3-10 percent of the total population, depending on which source you look at, which is pretty much the same as for surrounding countries like Bulgaria and Hungary. Ethnically speaking, they're pretty different from the "native stock," having originated in the Indian subcontinent.
Honestly, they don't have a very good reputation within the country, at least according to those I've spoken to; but at the same time, they face quite a bit of discrimination, not just in Romania but across Europe.
Maybe you mean San Jose specifically but Costa Rica has fairly significant well trafficked dirt roads including a fifty mile stretch near Arenal I encountered many animals on, including an overweight boa constrictor
Any Canadian who thinks we aren't super polite (for the most part) needs to visit America.
I'm not saying Americans are rude, but compared to Canada I hear far less "please, thank you, excuse me, etc".
I get the sense that GAF thinks Sweden (and rest of the scandinavian countries) is some kind of utopian country. It's expensive, dark and dull for most part of the year, most people seem disconnected and bothered by strangers.
That we are the best country in the world. (American here)
You couldn't be blamed for thinking otherwise though, considering the amount of time those same non-believers spend talking about us.Nobody outside the US believes that any more. Except, I guess, a few neo-nazis.
Wrong. Most people think your country is a part of Scandinavia.Nope. Zero misconceptions about Finland. It's all true.
Not country, but I am from the basque country, region in the north of Spain. Up until a couple of years ago we had this independentist terrorist group called ETA. The attacks around Spain were pretty brutal, with bombings and stuff (glad they disbanded).
Every time we went on a summer camp to other place in Spain we got asked by other kids: "do you carry guns everywhere? do they teach you at school how to make bombs?" They thought our cities were a war-zone.
Bratwurst with Sauerkraut and mashed or fried potatoes is one of my favourite dishes. Probably the most clichéd German aspect of myself, lol.Also Sauerkraut. Noone eats Sauerkraut.
Germany equals Bavaria and we all love the Oktoberfest and run around in lederhosen. (as a northerner, Bavarian culture is completely foreign to me)
Germany is free of nazis because we all learned from history. (the new nazi party is likely to enter the parliament in the upcoming federal elections and they got up to 40% of votes in some parts of the country in regional elections)
Germany is the dominating force in football and will likely win at least the next 2 or 3 tournaments. (wait, that's actually true)
We hosted a German exchange student and I asked her about this.Germany equals Bavaria and we all love the Oktoberfest and run around in lederhosen. (as a northerner, Bavarian culture is completely foreign to me)
Netherlands here:
- Not ALL Dutch men have huge cocks.
We're working on a law though, where any man with a penis under 6 inches won't be allowed to live in the Netherlands.
- We don't all wear wooden shoes. But lots of farmers do.
- No we don't all smoke weed here. It is frowned upon by most people. Yes, you can buy it and grow it (restricted though). Most people experiment with it when they're a teenager.
Oh and Europe is not a country. There are a lot of different countries in Europe and many different cultures.
Nobody outside the US believes that any more. Except, I guess, a few neo-nazis.
Canada:
Americans think that Canadians are polite.
that is a load of horse shit. Canadians can be jerks, cuss, road rage and lose their minds like anybody else.
Not even sure where the first one comes from lol.
Of course there are, but they might not be particularly visible, especially outside of the largest cities. I think I only ever saw people I could definitely identify as homeless in Berlin and Hamburg. Many live in shelters instead of on the streets, I suppose.Her reaction to homeless people was funny though. Is there no homeless people in Germany?
You couldn't be blamed for thinking otherwise though, considering the amount of time those same non-believers spend talking about us.
On topic, mine is the obvious unpopular opinion. That the USA isn't awesome for most. It is. But hey, keep high-horse opining on every little piece of news from us, it's flattering. And you wonder why we have a superiority complex.
"Oh you're from Estonia? What do they speak there, Russian?"
Hard to imagine other countries saving us from Russia if many people I've met don't even realize that we're not Russia already.
People seem to think all we play in here to this day is the Mega Drive (or Sega Genesis if you're from those places).