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There were 6 of them. 3 British, 2 French, and a German. All spoke decent American. The hardest one to understand oddly enough was one of the British dudes. He was pikey as gently caress and mumbled.
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SurfaceDetail posted:We are the world center or at least top 3 for restaurants, fashion, music, finance, industry, technology, movies, sports, museums, zoos, I could go on. We absolutely have a culture. Sometimes it just doesn't seem that way because its so disseminated across the world. Yes, the European cultures are so appealing, even to their own people, that they mandate a certain percentage of movies shown are produced domestically and they get caremad when nobody goes to see them. See, also, use of american english words for basically anything invented post 1900
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Apr 14, 2016 18:33
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SurfaceDetail posted:We are the world center or at least top 3 for restaurants, fashion, music, finance, industry, technology, movies, sports, museums, zoos, I could go on. We absolutely have a culture. Sometimes it just doesn't seem that way because its so disseminated across the world. also our museums (with v. few exceptions) and fashion is poo poo. don't get me wrong, europe sucks but it sucks in different ways which i guess is good enough reason to visit another country where certain aspects suck less so that's the best you can hope for
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Apr 14, 2016 18:35
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I'd take them back to Europe.
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Apr 14, 2016 18:35
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RobattoJesus posted:In my euroland our pharmacies are tiny shops that sell paracetamol and maybe some plasters, everything else needs a prescription, and you can only buy booze at licensed booze stores. Which Euroland is that? I lived in Austria for a couple of years and I could buy booze at any grocery store. Drink it outside too, which was nice.
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Apr 14, 2016 18:37
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Xaris posted:NYC maybe, and I live in SF so some of those apply to varying levels, but not really for like 99% of america. And it's not like you need to visit to experience music or movies that since as you said it's disseminated so sure, we do, but it's not something you really notice or can soak in on a local level. you seem like a well adjusted cheerful person who definitely isnt going to kill you are self
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Apr 14, 2016 18:39
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Mordja posted:Which Euroland is that? I lived in Austria for a couple of years and I could buy booze at any grocery store. Drink it outside too, which was nice. yeah i was going to say, i never experienced that. it owned just walked around the streets with a beer or bottle of wine in hand taking swigs
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Rutibex posted:
What I don't think we have is anything with the sheer insane scale of American wilderness. I'd never seen anything like it when I went TO CANADA SUCK IT USA  Mordja posted:Which Euroland is that? I lived in Austria for a couple of years and I could buy booze at any grocery store. Drink it outside too, which was nice. Dunno, it's kind of true in England but almost all grocery stores are licenced so 
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Mordja posted:Which Euroland is that? I lived in Austria for a couple of years and I could buy booze at any grocery store. Drink it outside too, which was nice. Norway. (Which, when I was in the US someone said "Oh, that's just off the coast of Australia right?") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinmonopolet
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Apr 14, 2016 18:42
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Guns and nature. We have neither.
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Apr 14, 2016 18:44
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Mordja posted:Which Euroland is that? I lived in Austria for a couple of years and I could buy booze at any grocery store. Drink it outside too, which was nice. In the US it varies a lot by state too. here in NYS, you can get beer but not wine at the grocery store, and up until very recently, liquor stores were all closed on Sunday. That's changed now but still can't get wine at the grocery which is loving stupid. Alabama, on the other hand, a much more progressive state than NY apparently, allows wine sales in grocery stores. The real key to success for drinkers is though that booze is cheap in the US. If I don't have any more sophisticated plans, I'll buy a couple tall boys at the local convenience store on my way home from work. decent beer, 99 cents for 24 oz. I happen to like Molson Canadian, but there's a rather bewildering variety for a gas station at the corner of nowhere and BFE
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Apr 14, 2016 18:46
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I would take them to Walmart and that's about it as far as things they wouldn't see in Europe.
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Pick posted:The US has legitimate culture, but the nature's where it's loving at. Same. If you are spending your time on culture in the states you are totally loving up. Ya'll should go gator huntin. Or at least go canoeing in the springs.
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Apr 14, 2016 18:48
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dog buttz posted:I would take them to Walmart and that's about it as far as things they wouldn't see in Europe. sorry you live in a cultural wasteland, maybe move somewhere not terrible?
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Apr 14, 2016 18:49
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RobattoJesus posted:Norway. (Which, when I was in the US someone said "Oh, that's just off the coast of Australia right?") Why are Europeans so sensitive about Americans not knowing where their little tiny country is on the map. HOW DARE YOU NOT KNOW ALL TEH NATIONS BORDERING SLOVENIA? who the gently caress cares we have 10 cities with more people than all of norway, spread out across 5 time zones. I mean, it's not china, but I bet a Chinese tourist from some mid tier city in China wouldnt get all worked up if an american didnt know where that was.
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gobbagool posted:Why are Europeans so sensitive about Americans not knowing where their little tiny country is on the map. HOW DARE YOU NOT KNOW ALL TEH NATIONS BORDERING SLOVENIA? who the gently caress cares we have 10 cities with more people than all of norway, spread out across 5 time zones. I mean, it's not china, but I bet a Chinese tourist from some mid tier city in China wouldnt get all worked up if an american didnt know where that was. I'm going to do this on purpose now you scandinavian fucks can act like your country matters when you have a nuclear missile stockpile but not before
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Apr 14, 2016 18:52
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gobbagool posted:Why are Europeans so sensitive about Americans not knowing where their little tiny country is on the map. HOW DARE YOU NOT KNOW ALL TEH NATIONS BORDERING SLOVENIA? who the gently caress cares we have 10 cities with more people than all of norway, spread out across 5 time zones. I mean, it's not china, but I bet a Chinese tourist from some mid tier city in China wouldnt get all worked up if an american didnt know where that was. We may not know where any of this poo poo is. But our cruise missiles sure as gently caress do.
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Apr 14, 2016 18:53
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i want to visit the USA but I don't know where to start
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BelgianWaffle posted:i want to visit the USA but I don't know where to start California or New England
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gobbagool posted:Why are Europeans so sensitive about Americans not knowing where their little tiny country is on the map. HOW DARE YOU NOT KNOW ALL TEH NATIONS BORDERING SLOVENIA? who the gently caress cares we have 10 cities with more people than all of norway, spread out across 5 time zones. I mean, it's not china, but I bet a Chinese tourist from some mid tier city in China wouldnt get all worked up if an american didnt know where that was. im sorry about you being stupid as gently caress lol
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ANIME IS BLOOD posted:I'm going to do this on purpose now yes, there's nothing I enjoy more than a lecture from a Scandinavian person about some topic. The same people that have to pay $15 for a glass of wine or a $20 hamburger shouldn't be bragging about anything
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Apr 14, 2016 18:55
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gobbagool posted:Why are Europeans so sensitive about Americans not knowing where their little tiny country is on the map. HOW DARE YOU NOT KNOW ALL TEH NATIONS BORDERING SLOVENIA? who the gently caress cares we have 10 cities with more people than all of norway, spread out across 5 time zones. I mean, it's not china, but I bet a Chinese tourist from some mid tier city in China wouldnt get all worked up if an american didnt know where that was. To be fair I'm not scandinavian, I was just able to move there because I could find it on a map. 
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Florida loving rules.
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gobbagool posted:k edgelord, what godforsaken dying european country are you whiteknighting here? Tell us about having a cup of lovely coffee sitting outside at a cafe then going to see a silent black and white movie and how that is the height of culture to you Many French people I have met unironically believe they brought civilization to Africa. They are full blown White Man's Burden believers.
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Xaris posted:NYC maybe, and I live in SF so some of those apply to varying levels, but not really for like 99% of america. And it's not like you need to visit to experience music or movies that since as you said it's disseminated so sure, we do, but it's not something you really notice or can soak in on a local level. What no our museums are filled with all the good poo poo stolen from europe and the redt of the world during the wars. And lol fashion is dumb poo poo for gays, not having to give a poo poo about fashion is a good thing
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BelgianWaffle posted:i want to visit the USA but I don't know where to start Mange Mite posted:What no our museums are filled with all the good poo poo stolen from europe and the redt of the world during the wars. And lol fashion is dumb poo poo for gays, not having to give a poo poo about fashion is a benefit Xaris fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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RobattoJesus posted:To be fair I'm not scandinavian, I was just able to move there because I could find it on a map. It is some poo poo country where a bunch of white moved away from and now reside in Minnesota. Who the gently caress cares lmao
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ANIME IS BLOOD posted:I'm going to do this on purpose now Also you can laugh at them about how they are intentionally ruining their peaceful socialist countries by filling them full of violent third-world migrants on welfare (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Apr 14, 2016 19:01
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cool another loving worthless post by surfacedetail. looking forward to your next stellar emulation of dgsw's poo poo posting style gracing the overflowing toilet that is gbs, surface. you do us proud.
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Sestze posted:cool another loving worthless post by surfacedetail. How dare you dgsw is a treasure There's hidden depths to his posting
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SurfaceDetail posted:We are the world center or at least top 3 for restaurants, fashion, music, finance, industry, technology, movies, sports, museums, zoos, I could go on. We absolutely have a culture. Sometimes it just doesn't seem that way because its so disseminated across the world. haha ^
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Also, first clicked expecting another terrorist attack / mass sex assault. Happy to be disappointed well played goon sire
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Snatch Duster posted:It is some poo poo country where a bunch of white moved away from and now reside in Minnesota. Who the gently caress cares lmao Well the only thing more awkward than people not knowing where Norway is, is when we mention the fact that we get 30 days of paid holiday a year and an entire year of maternity leave and free health care and are the 2nd richest country per capita in the world (the US is #10 lol) and then the american person tells us they get one week of unpaid holiday a year and we're all "well that sounds bad"
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I fed some men a burger. Culture! Also I misread the OP as saying "the museum of ham" which is something we do not have.
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Snatch Duster posted:Many French people I have met unironically believe they brought civilization to Africa. They are full blown White Man's Burden believers. Belgians too. King Leopold did nothign wrong! But Bush and Cheney, those guys are assholes
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RobattoJesus posted:Well the only thing more awkward than people not knowing where Norway is, is when we mention the fact that we get 30 days of paid holiday a year and an entire year of maternity leave and free health care and are the 2nd richest country per capita in the world (the US is #10 lol) and then the american person tells us they get one week of unpaid holiday a year and we're all "well that sounds bad" wow your little botique country built on oil wealth and 100% protected by the US military can afford to sit around and do nothing while you listen to awful death metal bands singing about how norway has 1000 words for snow but none for love
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gobbagool posted:Belgians too. King Leopold did nothign wrong! But Bush and Cheney, those guys are assholes if only more than one person could be an rear end in a top hat. alas
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gobbagool posted:wow your little botique country built on oil wealth and 100% protected by the US military can afford to sit around and do nothing while you listen to awful death metal bands singing about how norway has 1000 words for snow but none for love Don't worry if trends continue theyll be majority muslim in another 10 years and their economy will be destroyed by massive influxes of cheap labor and right wing politics
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RideTheSpiral posted:if only more than one person could be an rear end in a top hat. alas As a historian, I suspect you have some insider info on that
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American: Look at the ruins of this fort! It's over FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OLD! European: That's adorable  Take them on a cross country road trip across I-10 all the way to LA because Euros lack comprehension of vast distances like Americans lack comprehension of vast times
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