I've never actually seen milk bags in Canada.
Then you need glasses.
I've never actually seen milk bags in Canada.
Tulips?
Where young people do drink, they tend to do so at home ('pre-loading' before going out somewhere more specific like a restaurant, club etc, I'm informed by the office twenty-somethings) rather than in the pub as the price of buying four beers in a supermarket is about the same price as buying one in a pub these days. The price of a round of drinks can be a bit unfair amid a group where some aren't drinking, and queueing up to buy individual drinks can be a pain in a busy place.British people drink a lot. It is true to some extent but the younger people are drinking less and less compared to previous generations.
Also that we drink tea all the time. I believe tea consumption is going down quite a lot in the UK and coffee is way more popular.
The main one about the US just reading NeoGAF is that nobody really acknowledges that the the country is fucking gigantic and has as many variations in culture between Jersey and Long Beach as the difference between Wales and Bucharest.
-- there are regional cultures
-- there are city-by-city differences
-- there are state-to-state differences
and we're not just talking accents, though those are the primary identifier. we're also talking about regional foods, personal identity and outlook, consumed media, and on and on.
yes, what unites Americans is typically more than what divides us, but outsiders looking in should know that texas is as different from new york as ireland is from spain.
British people drink a lot. It is true to some extent but the younger people are drinking less and less compared to previous generations.
Also that we drink tea all the time. I believe tea consumption is going down quite a lot in the UK and coffee is way more popular.
I agree, there are huge differences in culture in different areas of some European countries too. While I take the thrust of PantherLotus's point that the US is huge and diverse, the example given that the states of Texas and New York have less in common that Wales and Romania, two countries with cultures rooted thousands of years ago that rarely met and developed along very different lines, is very silly. Even next-door neighbours like England and France, technically only 20 miles apart, are probably further apart culturally than any two states, and that's following a thousand years of diplomacy, trade, migration, royal marriage, warfare, alliances, annexed chunks of land moved back and forth etc. A common language, country, relatively short history and unified federal government goes a long way towards making cultural gaps easier to navigate, different food and the minor social niceties is small fry in comparison.OTOH Americans constantly don't realise the there are huge differences within other countries as well..
I live in Northern Canada.
I have had several people from middle and southern USA ask if its always cold or frozen here. A very small few asked if we actually live in igloos or travel by snowmobile or dogsled daily.
It actually only snows here about 5 months of the year. Starting in late November and warming in about March sometime. Gets fairly warm too. In the 30s (Celsius).
that's very ignorant and stupidA very small few asked if we actually live in igloos or travel by snowmobile or dogsled daily.
Apparently a LOT of Americans still think Turks are desert-dwelling, camel-riding savages.
That we all like, or care about:
-Harry Potter (It's for kids, grow up)
Apparently a LOT of Americans still think Turks are desert-dwelling, camel-riding savages.
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.
The main one about the US just reading NeoGAF is that nobody really acknowledges that the the country is fucking gigantic and has as many variations in culture between Jersey and Long Beach as the difference between Wales and Bucharest.
-- there are regional cultures
-- there are city-by-city differences
-- there are state-to-state differences
and we're not just talking accents, though those are the primary identifier. we're also talking about regional foods, personal identity and outlook, consumed media, and on and on.
yes, what unites Americans is typically more than what divides us, but outsiders looking in should know that texas is as different from new york as ireland is from spain.
Okay tough guy.
You're saying this on a games board, where virtually every game made prior to the end of the 90s (and a good chunk of what are called classics of game design) were pretty much also made for children, and a good chunk of them even now are aimed squarely at adolescents too. Imagination, entertainment and enjoying play shouldn't solely be the preserve of kids, that seems like something only the most dour of minds would think.It's literally a book series written, per the words of the author, for children as they grow up.
You absolute muggle
Where young people do drink, they tend to do so at home ('pre-loading' before going out somewhere more specific like a restaurant, club etc, I'm informed by the office twenty-somethings) rather than in the pub as the price of buying four beers in a supermarket is about the same price as buying one in a pub these days. The price of a round of drinks can be a bit unfair amid a group where some aren't drinking, and queueing up to buy individual drinks can be a pain in a busy place.
Tea is still far more popular in terms of consumption by over-25s if you include what people drink at home, but coffee is increasingly popular now too.
https://yougov.co.uk/news/2012/03/27/tea-vs-coffee/
I suppose it's the difference in visible trends. The high street and stations etc are full of coffee shops, that also sell various teas, but people rarely buy tea in them as it's usually just a bag and hot water, and you can do that at home for pence. Most people here have an electric kettle but not a coffee-maker at home. That then gives the impression that nobody is drinking tea, when they are, they have just been conned into thinking that £3 is reasonable for coffee but common sense still wins out over tea.
Personally I've rarely bought either tea or coffee on the go since buying a flask (unless specifically meeting friends at a cafe), but I suppose I'm getting old and that's not very cool for young professionals!
Depends where you live tbh, I'm up North and we get through loads of tea.
We drink a LOT as well, that's statistically true, just not as much as some other countries in Europe, and especially not compared to the world champs of being wasted, Russia
This made me cackle, thanks, hahahahaEvery well traveled soul knows they douse themselves in oil and then slide on their bellies toward their destination, not unlike pinguins. Truly a magnificent people.
I mean, Erdogan..
you can mention the war. That line is bollocks. If all you ever heared about other countries comes from Family Guy, I feel deeply, deeply sorry for you
the Hasselhoff did actually single-handedly bring down the wall, that's fact
The main one about the US just reading NeoGAF is that nobody really acknowledges that the the country is fucking gigantic and has as many variations in culture between Jersey and Long Beach as the difference between Wales and Bucharest.
-- there are regional cultures
-- there are city-by-city differences
-- there are state-to-state differences
and we're not just talking accents, though those are the primary identifier. we're also talking about regional foods, personal identity and outlook, consumed media, and on and on.
yes, what unites Americans is typically more than what divides us, but outsiders looking in should know that texas is as different from new york as ireland is from spain.
Absolutely agree more coffee than tea is sold outside the home- best guess at home is in the tea aisle in the supermarkets, I suppose!Thanks for your reply!
It's quite difficult to get exact figures on coffee vs tea, apart from those made outside of the home. In restaurants and cafes across the country, there are 2.1 cups of coffee sold per cup of tea.
In terms of alcohol, the data I used to make that hypothesis was from a 2016 study that found 25% of 16-24 year olds don't drink at all, up from 21% the year before. and from 18% in 2005.
I'm from Warrington so also a northerner! Yes we do drink more than most other countries but I do think that the reputation is a bit overblown.
That we all like, or care about:
-Dr.Who (It's shit)
-Harry Potter (It's for kids, grow up)
-Benny Hill (Nobody under like 70 remembers this show)
That we all speak like Benedict Cumberbatch (He's posh as fuuuuck)
The whole 'teeth' thing, although I guess we've always thought people bleaching their teeth is insane.
One thing that should be a stereotype, we do absolutely love our universal health care system, even when we bitch about it.
What about shooters, wargame simulations (and the like) and all the adult games?You're saying this on a games board, where virtually every game made prior to the end of the 90s (and a good chunk of what are called classics of game design) were pretty much also made for children, and a good chunk of them even now are aimed squarely at adolescents too.
Well yeah, but the average Canadian is much politer than the average American. Compare the number of times someone holds the door for you or whatever other barometer of politeness and it's really no contestCanada:
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'm an Australian, so basically everything haha.
It's fun though.
I live in a city of 500k, and admittedly when I used to have a property on the outskirts of the city I used to see large or dangerous spiders at least a few times a week and used to have to deal with removing snakes, echidnas, goannas etc. from my property every three or four weeks.
That's why I said 'virtually all' and not 'all', of course games aimed at older people existed. However, I'd argue even most of the shooters throughout the 80s and early 90s were still aimed at kids despite the gore etc on the basis that kids like 'mature' content, same goes for Mortal Kombat. MK vs Street Fighter was a playground argument rather than a discussion in the pub Stuff on consoles and handhelds was almost invariably aimed at kids by definition in the 80s and early 90s. Even on home computers here in the 80s, when I looked at the games for sale on the c64/spectrum/Amstrad, it was obviously aimed largely at kids buying games with pocket money, the magazines knew who the audience was and were pitched that way too. PC gaming traces its history back a long way, and I was playing wargames on a PC in the mid-90s in my late teens, but the bulk of games sold prior to then ended up in the sweaty paws of children.What about shooters, wargame simulations (and the like) and all the adult games?
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From my understanding it's just a dumb catchphrase. The creation of the character as I understand it is basically 'Swedes sound funny when they talk, let's have a character that talks like my racist impression of Swedish!'
You're saying this on a games board, where virtually every game made prior to the end of the 90s (and a good chunk of what are called classics of game design) were pretty much also made for children, and a good chunk of them even now are aimed squarely at adolescents too. Imagination, entertainment and enjoying play shouldn't solely be the preserve of kids, that seems like something only the most dour of minds would think.
Can we be friends? We're identical.
Yea I was going to say you're pretty ignorant about your neighbors if you think that we claimed fries. Everyone in France think they are Belgian.
That we all like, or care about:
-Dr.Who (It's shit)
-Harry Potter (It's for kids, grow up)
-Benny Hill (Nobody under like 70 remembers this show)
That we all speak like Benedict Cumberbatch (He's posh as fuuuuck)
The whole 'teeth' thing, although I guess we've always thought people bleaching their teeth is insane.
One thing that should be a stereotype, we do absolutely love our universal health care system, even when we bitch about it.
New Zealand does actually exist.
I'm not judging anyone for reading childrens books at any age. I'm just not trying to pretend they aren't books written for children.
Personally I think the books are crap for completely different reasons, but that's by the by, Dr.Who is still worse.
Common misconceptions about Italy:
1) Our first language is Italian. That's incorrect. Our first language is whatever dialect we speak in our hometown, and THEN Italian.
2) I keep hearing people being surprised when they learn about the population numbers. FYI, it's about 60 mln.
3) Our politicians are massively corrupt. Wrong: it's worse than you think. However, it's not much different, qualitatively, than the corruption you see in the US or anywhere else.
4) Berlusconi is out. I fucking wish that was the case.
There's of course more, but that's all I can think of.
You're giving the misconception. By large, the majority of people born after the 70s hardly speak any dialect on a daily basis. Knowledge of dialects is especially weakening in Northern Italy, which by itself holds 50% of the population, having been target of mass migration from the South and Centre.
I was shocked by the politeness of Southerners in the North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.Well yeah, but the average Canadian is much politer than the average American. Compare the number of times someone holds the door for you or whatever other barometer of politeness and it's really no contest
Oh okay. Yeah this girl was from a small town so her reaction threw me off.To become homeless as a German is quite hard. The social security system here guarantees every German an appartment and money to live.
Probably already mentioned, but everyone I talk to that's from across the ocean thinks that Canada is freezing cold year round. Not only does Canada have different climates depending on where in the country you are, but most of the big cities here have all 4 seasons, which does include bitterly cold winters but also burning hot summers.
Netherlands here:
- Not ALL Dutch men have huge cocks.
- There are no toreros walking down the streets. Nobody dresses like that unless they ARE a torero and are performing. And most of the population hates corridas and bullfighting in general, it's seen as backwards and barbaric
- Flamenco is a thing of the south. Actually, pretty much most of the common stereotypes of spanish people come from people from the south, and even then, that's more or less a minority there. The south of Spain is huge, wonderful and full of diversity.