@RealBlackIrish@Selene_Mariposa My country has so much history and depth. Historic town centers, small fishing villages, great natural parks. But people want to act like the rot (Walmarts, goyslop, congested highways) are things to be proud of.
@BandogBite@RealBlackIrish@Selene_Mariposa Frankly if I were guiding European and Asian tourists around America I would try my best to convince them that America isn't just ranch and parking lots. There's so much history and depth to our country that you just don't see if you spend all your time at walmart
America is great because of our gun rights, friendliness, and nature. No, our parking lots, congested highways, ranch dressing, and free goyslop aren't things to be proud of.
The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world.
And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.
Here is what they are discovering:
Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
Free refills. Coffee. Sodas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s.
Then they found the grocery stores.
Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.
The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.
They finally understand why we do not have trains.
We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.
Why would we need trains.
The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.
Welcome to America.
Everything is free, enormous, air conditioned, comes with chips, and has five grocery stores within a mile that will sell you any cut of any animal you have ever imagined.
Write that down. 🦋
@Selene_Mariposa Come on. I love America, and there's a lot of great things here, but I seriously don't think Europeans are impressed by our free chips, ice water, and parking lots. I would much rather they enjoy historic town centers, gun rights, and hospitality.
@LumbridgeMeth@LargestLad Rockstar animating NPCs scratching their balls: 👍👍✅☺️☺️
Rockstar creating combat that is more in-depth than point and make guy die: ❌❌😡😡👎👎
@Anitude@LumbridgeMeth This is very true. Not only are half the videos in my "liked" playlist from 5+ years ago gone, but I will verbatim look up the title of a video and just find trash. It's especially bad if it's even tangentially political. I will look up "Alex Jones I'm a human" and just find CNN
@LumbridgeMeth@Anitude The YouTube app genuinely sucks now. It's constant double unskippable ads that cause my video to stop buffering and bug out. Also it's crazy to me how half the videos I watched from 2012-2020 just disappeared from the website
@Nektarius_ I've dealt with this too. My dad was like "why do you want to marry a Russian, just go on tinder and find an American woman" I tried explaining hypergamy and the dating market and he didn't understand.
@Pockit_7@RabbiGroyper1@hayasaka_aryan Croissants and German bread are definitely better than bagels. I like German Laugeneck with camembert cheese and cucumbers. But you still must admit that NY/NJ bagels are really good.
@Pockit_7@hayasaka_aryan An artesian bagel is perfect for piling cream cheese. Crunchy crust and doughy interior, I think it's especially delicious. Especially when you have salt and seasonings on the outside.
@9mmsmg Another way to put this is that if you ran into 20 black people in a day (which happens pretty quickly if you visit the wrong neighborhood) one of them has likely murdered but you would need to run into more than 300 whites for the same risk.
@Pockit_7@hayasaka_aryan A store bought bagel versus one made at a local shop in NY/NJ are totally different things. Some random bagels I found on my camera roll.
@Nektarius_@matthewforreall I wanna start a comedy podcast where we give Orthodox dating advice but it's akin to a Sam Hyde sketch where we give people the worst advice possible