European types

[Shockwave]

When you are in Europe:

• Don't talk about how you have a driver's license, or can drive a car...(when you talk about the beach...don't say "I like to drive to the beach at 2am"...say "I like to go to the beach at 2 am.")
• Don't talk about how small European living quarters are.
• Don't talk about owning a house.
• Don't talk about how expensive gasoline is there.
• Don't talk about how crowded it is there.
• Don't talk about owning firearms.
• Do talk about how much you are enjoying your stay.
• Do talk about the activities/things you are enjoying there.

Wow, sounds like fun people to have conversations with. /sarcasm

[PJim]

[Shockwave]

#43 Texas for Europeans:

• 1)   Texas/Southwestern USA is big…Mind boggling big.  If you go cross-country using only Interstate Highway #10 to get from Houston to El Paso…It will take you 11 hours non-stop. German Bundeswehr Military members who go to Fort Bliss for training and who drive from Houston to El Paso in order to see the country and who want to drive for the pleasure are almost always astounded at how long the distances are.
• 2)   The Great Southwestern Desert is….big…amazingly beautiful…and potentially dangerous if you go off well traveled roads unprepared.  People have died when they have car trouble and they have no water, are missing a lug wrench, have no signal/no charge on their telephones, etc.
• 3)   Different areas can have different characteristics…Around Schulenburg, which is on IH 10 between Houston and San Antonio you will find third/fourth/fifth generation Texans who can speak an old fashioned sounding German that they learned from older relatives.
• 4)   Around El Campo there are radio stations with Czech language programming.  (My mom had a friend who went to Prague a few years ago and someone went up to him and asked in English, “Where did you learn to speak Czech?…You speak it just like my grandfather would.”…He learned it from relatives.)
• 5)  Many Germans are greatly amused by the versions of celebrations like Oktoberfest that you find in these communities.
• 6)  Houston is unique into itself…very different than most of the rest of the state.  Not that you won’t find some of the Western/Cowboy affectations with some people…Just that Houston has always been a Port city and you will find more Fine visual arts/ classical music/progressive thought than in most other areas of the state.
• 7) You will find many international influences in Houston.

Truth. I just moved from Houston back to the NW, and it took us almost a day just to get out of Texas, almost 1/4 to a 1/3 of our trip.

[sync pulse]

Truth. I just moved from Houston back to the NW, and it took us almost a day just to get out of Texas, almost 1/4 to a 1/3 of our trip.

Unemployed?

[Irongrip400]

Cephissus(sp?), great post, that was very informative.

[Shockwave]

Unemployed?

Just finished school.

[MikMaq]

I`m just gonna do a few of the countries I know from meeting the locals.

Norjway, full of bald people that are obsessed with hair loss.
Sweden, full of short little men lusting over fighting abilities of much larger men.
Finland, full of insecure people who can`t laid irregardless of how good looking they might be.
Germany, agressive types that think Mein Kampf is appropiate literature for a 3 year old. 
France, full of whiney bitches that are obsessed with the relationships they`ve had with their fathers.
Canada, has a surplus of fat friendless internet stalkers who will track down your entire family over a single squabble.
India, a surplus of shitstains.
Egypt people there have really massive noses.
Brazil, the tranny lust is strong.
England full of pedophiles.
Scotland, too many folk that think calories are just a calories.
The netherlands full of people I`m not very fond of.
Taiwan, people that aren`t very good with Ingwish.
American`s are obsessed with black people.

[The Italian Lifter]

I`m just gonna do a few of the countries I know from meeting the locals.

Norjway, full of bald people that are obsessed with hair loss.
Sweden, full of short little men lusting over fighting abilities of much larger men.
Finland, full of insecure people who can`t laid irregardless of how good looking they might be.
Germany, agressive types that think Mein Kampf is appropiate literature for a 3 year old. 
France, full of whiney bitches that are obsessed with the relationships they`ve had with their fathers.
Canada, has a surplus of fat friendless internet stalkers who will track down your entire family over a single squabble.
India, a surplus of shitstains.
Egypt people there have really massive noses.
Brazil, the tranny lust is strong.
England full of pedophiles.
Scotland, too many folk that think calories are just a calories.
The netherlands full of people I`m not very fond of.
Taiwan, people that aren`t very good with Ingwish.
American`s are obsessed with black people.

what about italy mate? 

[mass243]

I`m just gonna do a few of the countries I know from meeting the locals.

Norjway, full of bald people that are obsessed with hair loss.
Sweden, full of short little men lusting over fighting abilities of much larger men.
Finland, full of insecure people who can`t laid irregardless of how good looking they might be.
Germany, agressive types that think Mein Kampf is appropiate literature for a 3 year old. 
France, full of whiney bitches that are obsessed with the relationships they`ve had with their fathers.
Canada, has a surplus of fat friendless internet stalkers who will track down your entire family over a single squabble.
India, a surplus of shitstains.
Egypt people there have really massive noses.
Brazil, the tranny lust is strong.
England full of pedophiles.
Scotland, too many folk that think calories are just a calories.
The netherlands full of people I`m not very fond of.
Taiwan, people that aren`t very good with Ingwish.
American`s are obsessed with black people.

haha 

Getbig is pretty multi-cultural now I think it.

[Big Chiro Flex]

Truth. I just moved from Houston back to the NW, and it took us almost a day just to get out of Texas, almost 1/4 to a 1/3 of our trip.

LOL @ Texas being "big"....obviously no fellow Alaskans on this board

[Shockwave]

LOL @ Texas being "big"....obviously no fellow Alaskans on this board

A. Alaska doesnt count. You're only part of the US because of your oil.

B.Alaska is huge, yes, but how much of Alaska is actually traveled and inhabited?
Texas is 2nd in actual land mass to Alaska - but its ALL flat and driveable.

[mass243]

A. Alaska doesnt count. You're only part of the US because of your oil.

B.Alaska is huge, yes, but how much of Alaska is actually traveled and inhabited?
Texas is 2nd in actual land mass to Alaska - but its ALL flat and driveable.

Russian Empire sold Alaska to young USA, LOL    
pretty bad decision btw but no one knew back then how valuable that would later appear

True story. Does anyone even know this ?

[Big Chiro Flex]

Russian Empire sold Alaska to young USA, LOL    
pretty bad decision btw but no one knew back then how valuable that would later appear

True story. Does anyone even know this ?

We learn that in elementary school in Alaska 

[mass243]

We learn that in elementary school in Alaska 

Good to know history 

I always found that funny.... They don't sell countries anymore these days like they used to 

[Big Chiro Flex]

A. Alaska doesnt count. You're only part of the US because of your oil.

B.Alaska is huge, yes, but how much of Alaska is actually traveled and inhabited?
Texas is 2nd in actual land mass to Alaska - but its ALL flat and driveable.

A. Oil, and natural gas, and commercial fishing, and mining, and forestry, and tourism, and its geographically advantageous location for missile defense and national security, and the fact that every airliner coming to/from Asia has to refuel in Alaska, and probably the best state economy in the US at the moment, etc.

Also...our king crab legs are to die for.

B. Yes, precisely why 1/10 Alaskans have their private pilots license. My backyard growing up (in a city of 275,000) is a private air strip. We can fly anywhere we want broseph.

Brutal talking about a state you've never been to!

[Big Chiro Flex]

Good to know history 

I always found that funny.... They don't sell countries anymore these days like they used to 

Wish I could remember the exact price but I think it was like a few pennies per acre. Talk about a bargain! Analogous to people selling their Apple/Macintosh stocks before Billy made it big.

[mass243]

Wish I could remember the exact price but I think it was like a few pennies per acre. Talk about a bargain! Analogous to people selling their Apple/Macintosh stocks before Billy made it big.

Yes... 10 cents per hectare. Total 7,2 million dollars, about 120 million with inflation correction.

Russians practiced business there for hundred years but when it came to 1800-era they started thinking to get rid of it due to its weak profits.
They also felt fear of war with UK (which was then the superpower confronting Russia) and possibility to lose that territory to Brits in this conflict so it was better to sell it.
"The Russians in 1859 offered to sell the territory to the United States, hoping that its presence in the region would offset the plans of Russia’s greatest regional rival, Great Britain."


Haha, even UK was da playa back then 

[MikMaq]

Wish I could remember the exact price but I think it was like a few pennies per acre. Talk about a bargain! Analogous to people selling their Apple/Macintosh stocks before Billy made it big.

It should of been sold to canada, if only we were a country back than.

Anyhow the russians would never of been able to keep control of it. The proximity to different interest would of caused it`s independence at best.

[Big Chiro Flex]

Yes... 10 cents per hectare. Total 7,2 million dollars, about 120 million with inflation correction.

Russians practiced business there for hundred years but when it came to 1800-era they started thinking to get rid of it due to its weak profits.
They also felt fear of war with UK (which was then the superpower confronting Russia) and possibility to lose that territory to Brits in this conflict so it was better to sell it.
"The Russians in 1859 offered to sell the territory to the United States, hoping that its presence in the region would offset the plans of Russia’s greatest regional rival, Great Britain."


Haha, even UK was da playa back then 

Are you a teacher by chance?

[Shockwave]

A. Oil, and natural gas, and commercial fishing, and mining, and forestry, and tourism, and its geographically advantageous location for missile defense and national security, and the fact that every airliner coming to/from Asia has to refuel in Alaska, and probably the best state economy in the US at the moment, etc.

Also...our king crab legs are to die for.

B. Yes, precisely why 1/10 Alaskans have their private pilots license. My backyard growing up (in a city of 275,000) is a private air strip. We can fly anywhere we want broseph.

Brutal talking about a state you've never been to!

Clearly your sarcasm detector is slightly broken.

[PJim]

Russia has been changing- fast.
I've been to St. Petersburg... let's say it's a city that can satisfy every desire.

Hint: the more you treat them like shit, the more they'll like you.

Most Eastern Europe is the same... massive appartment blocks, de-industrialisation, a people who don't know who they are after coming out of the soviet area.

What every country should be like

Alcohol, fantastic looking women, one of the best public transport systems in europe... and expensive.

More like a poor man's Sweden (just not that poor). Most of the fuckers there are gloomy and depressed, those that are not are maniacally happy.

This country boasts the most uninteresting capital in Western Europe.

The people I met there all had facial hair, drank like there's no tomorrow, rarely smiled and carried knives.

see: Ukraine

Northern: Coolest area in the world, affluent, with a fantastic blend of the modern and the traditional, the people there are open, friendly and accomodating but can play insane machiavellian games behind your back.

Southern: See Greece

An oddity in Europe as it's not European. A country in massive cultural shock due to the loss of the Empire - until the 1990s.

After the 90s it became a place where you can call everyone by their first name. Prime Minister included. Although him you should probably call a cunt.

All the Balkans look similar. 95% of the residences are appartments, the cities are extremely dirty, there are loads of stray animals, lots of immigrants, etc etc, yet somehow the people act like they don't have a care in the world.

Greece has the distinction of having gorgeous islands with very cheap accomodation.


I would say like Spain, except with ruder people.

It's changing slowly after a very brutal history. People are incredibly friendly.

Carinthia is probably the most interesting place because of the mountains and the traditional places. I'd like to go some day.

Prettiest women in Europe. They drink a lot, smoke a lot, eat a lot of meat, get philosophical, so they age fast. You'll see supermodel-class women there and everybody acts like it's totally ordinary. Very few munters to be found.

I'm going to Dublin this October (touch wood).

Lived there for six months, have a ton of stories to tell.

People there speak like they have a rock in their mouth. And they do it fast.

There are only two reasons to go there

Welcome to the Stone Age.

An unmitigated mess. I'm not going there again if you put a gun to my head

Here live the richest people of the world.

This is pretty fucking accurate tbf. Can't fucking stand the Turks.

[Big Chiro Flex]

Clearly your sarcasm detector is slightly broken.

Clearly....I won the battle, but you won the war my friend. Well played.

[cephissus]

thanks for all the responses everyone!

as far as US states, all i can talk about is:

washington: the rain is always mentioned, but really its very dark in the winters as well -- this is the worst part imo.  eastern side is a desert, western side very beautiful, lush forests, mountains, etc.  on the east side you have rednecks, and on the west you have fags.  nobody knows how to have a good time (least of all me ).

minnesota: much like a flat version of washington, as far as scenery.  i've found the minnesotan accent thing to be quite exaggerated in popular knowledge.  brutally cold winters with neverending piles of snow.  decent place.

arizona: hell on earth, for someone of my temperament.  blisteringly hot and arid at all times, i can't understand why anyone would ever want to live here.  only good thing about it is the cacti, as far as i'm concerned.  the most ironic part, is that while you're parched at all times, the water here tastes like ABSOLUTE SHIT.  it's like a sick, sick prank.

[Natural Man]

people nowadays are the same everywhere on the planet. Wearing nikes, driving suv to impress people on the road when they have huge mortgages, drinking coca cola, watching american soaps and reality tv, playing video games... France, germany, italy, spain, england, ireland, danes, or english, french canada and US, china japon australia and so on... we re all living the same way and running after the same stuff. We live in a globalized, standardized world. Minor "cultural exceptions" are dying everywhere for good. Backgrounds change, characters are all the same.

[Irongrip400]

thanks for all the responses everyone!

as far as US states, all i can talk about is:

washington: the rain is always mentioned, but really its very dark in the winters as well -- this is the worst part imo.  eastern side is a desert, western side very beautiful, lush forests, mountains, etc.  on the east side you have rednecks, and on the west you have fags.  nobody knows how to have a good time (least of all me ).

minnesota: much like a flat version of washington, as far as scenery.  i've found the minnesotan accent thing to be quite exaggerated in popular knowledge.  brutally cold winters with neverending piles of snow.  decent place.

arizona: hell on earth, for someone of my temperament.  blisteringly hot and arid at all times, i can't understand why anyone would ever want to live here.  only good thing about it is the cacti, as far as i'm concerned.  the most ironic part, is that while you're parched at all times, the water here tastes like ABSOLUTE SHIT.  it's like a sick, sick prank.

I've been to Arizona a few times and liked it. Scottsdale is cool. If I lives there I would be active as hell. But, I live at the beach and don't use that amenity, so maybe I wouldn't. Either way, to visit it was fun.