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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sarafan on June 03, 2006, 10:09:22 pm
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Out of sheer curiosity and the fact that I'm a brazillian, I would like to know what do you people know and think about Brazil? Also, if you have any doubts about the country please feel free to ask me, I'll try my best to answer them.
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I'd say it's doing really, really well, all things considered. (although what's this about a city taken over by mafia?)
What do you think about the US?
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Actually, iirc you're not our only Brazillian member :) Styxx, one of the Admins is Brazillian too, I think.
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I'd say it's doing really, really well, all things considered. (although what's this about a city taken over by mafia?)
What do you think about the US?
Well, São Paulo (Saint Paul,in english), the biggest and most important city in the country was recently a site of many violent attacks. The violence began after forty police officers were killed by gang violence (mainly the criminal organization Primeiro Comando da Capital - First Command of the Capital, PCC for short). Subsequently, the police officers sought to find the gang members behind the criminal acts. In the process, a violent situation arose, creating a clash between the police and criminals and taking the lives of over 150 people. But honestly, such thing was bound to happen anyway.
I've know and met some americans since I have some relatives in the US, so my opinion about the people is that they're pretty ok. But about your government, no offense, but its just downright ridiculous, altought its nowhere near the level of incompetence of our government.
Really? I didnt knew there might be another brazillian here.
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I don't trust you...murderin' bastards.
And you take too many dives in football. There's a word you use for it, I can't remember it now, which basically means "getting every advantage you can, sportsmanship be damned".
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Don't worry, most Americans think the same thing about our government (really somone needs to get rid of the Democrat / Republican thing).
Last check Bush's popularity was ~30%
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oppionions of Brazilians... don't have much of an oppinion, generaly positive, I've sort of gotten the impression that most Brazilians are pretty good people, seems like your government is a bit screwy at the moment (the whole mob takeing over your main city thing) but I know a thing or two about liveing in a country with a crappy incompetent government.
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Out of sheer curiosity and the fact that I'm a brazillian, I would like to know what do you people know and think about Brazil? Also, if you have any doubts about the country please feel free to ask me, I'll try my best to answer them.
Best football team in the world, rather dodgy internal league though, fair bit of corruption / inequality, nice beaches. Oh, and samba.
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I hear people walk through the streets naked during the big festivals :)
I'm sure people would try and do that here but when is the weather ever that consistently nice!
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Hot girlz, hurrrr ! ;7
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hot girls, good soccer - and no chance in hell COMEBOL is going to host 2016 so hopefully it'll fall to CONCACAF and therefore the USA :D
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The women are beautiful, the food is great and in soccer (altought I dont like it) we're the best.
<------ I don't trust you...murderin' bastards.
And you take too many dives in football. There's a word you use for it, I can't remember it now, which basically means "getting every advantage you can, sportsmanship be damned".
Muderin' bastards? Well, excuse me but just because more people die here any day than in your little war doesnt mean were bastards! :lol:
Unfortunaly,I dont have much knowledge in soccer but I know it tends to be pretty much that. Soccer has a really interesting cultural effect here.
I hear people walk through the streets naked during the big festivals :)
I'm sure people would try and do that here but when is the weather ever that consistently nice!
Only on Carnaval people do that or when there's a reasonable amount of alcohol involved.
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LOL Rictor only said that because his title (as assigned by Styxx, I think) says 'Murdered by Brazillian Phsychopath' ;)
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Only now I noticed that.
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hot girls, good soccer - and no chance in hell COMEBOL is going to host 2016 so hopefully it'll fall to CONCACAF and therefore the USA :D
Not if you keep calling it soccer, you won't :p
EDIT; can't mention Brazil without linking to this; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzmSmfw6WBg
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Incredibly video, aldo_14. :yes:
Just to ask, from what country are you people from?
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Listen and guess: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsgMlEx8jaA&search=flower%20of%20scotland ;)
(I couldn't find a good video of this on the web. This is the best I could do. :ninja:)
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Had to go back a decade or two, but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-gysGFLOro
:)
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HA, the scots and the brits, mere childs compared to us. 5 world cups, people, 5. :drevil:
No offense, really.
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LOL No worries here, I'm not actually a big football fan, something that's probably as rare in Brazil as it is in the UK ;)
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I'm not a football fan too and yes, that is incredibily rare here. ;)
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:) I spent like 4 months studying Brazil.
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Why?
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HA, the scots and the brits, mere childs compared to us. 5 world cups, people, 5. :drevil:
No offense, really.
Hey, who do you think introduced the passing game to Brazil? A Paisley lad, that's who :D
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Such lie. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Never heard of Archie McLean aka O Veadinho? For shame.
Hell, we invented the passing game in the first place......at one point Scots dominated the english league teams for that reason, they were known as the 'Scotch professors'.
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Out of sheer curiosity and the fact that I'm a brazillian, I would like to know what do you people know and think about Brazil? Also, if you have any doubts about the country please feel free to ask me, I'll try my best to answer them.
Just wanted to say thanks for the hairstyle, My wife loves it ;7
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what can i say about brazil... Football: Ronaldinho best damn football player in the world, exotic people and of course the rainforest.
I also like that dance/matrial arts that is popular there, can't remeber the name though.
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Kapareira? (spellings $h1t) apologies, ITs the martial aret that the guys in red shirts do on top of a building on BBC1 between progs. Other Engligh/brits know what i mean.. ;7
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Capoeira? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira)
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Thats the juan........ ;7
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Capoeira is amazing, every now and then you find a group of people doing it on the street around here.
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Thats what brazilians do when you're not beating the schnizzle out of us during the world cup?
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Yeah. And dont even try to imagine what happens at carnaval.
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Fiesta!!!!!!! moi bien! ;)
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The year here doesnt actually start until Carnaval is over.
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Fiesta!!!!!!! moi bien! ;)
More than brazillian portuguese, I dislike people who confuse either portuguese with spanish/french. :p
I'll therefore start confusing english with german.
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hey now.. no brits *****ing at us for using the term they invented for Soccer!
that's right you limey bastards! you invented the term "soccer" - short for Association Football - ie disambiguation when there are other sports around refered to as football (such as Armored Wankball)
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hey now.. no brits *****ing at us for using the term they invented for Soccer!
that's right you limey bastards! you invented the term "soccer" - short for Association Football - ie disambiguation when there are other sports around refered to as football (such as Armored Wankball)
Actually, it was a shorthand for the Football Association from when the Rugby code split. So it's only an abbreviation of the rules of one country - England - and even then only really applies to when the sport is played under a specific set of rules rather than in general. i.e. 5-a-side is not 'soccer', because it's not FA rules. Neither is playing wally or world cuppie - but all are unquestionably football.
And we invented the sport, so we pick the name. Plus FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Even CONCACAF uses Football for the sport.
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Neither is playing wally
Memories...
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It's kind of sad to see that Brazil is mostly know only for the soccer or the women, there's a lot more to the place than it seems.
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It's kind of sad to see that Brazil is mostly know only for the soccer or the women, there's a lot more to the place than it seems.
Hey, look on the bright side; Scotland is only known for rain and kilts.
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Ireland is known for beer, redheads and tempers
The US is known for idiots and fundis
China is known for cheap labor and bad products
Japan is known for short people
Australia is known for the Crocidile Hunter
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This is totally random, but my sister went to Brazil a few years back, and she said that the people there liked to give the thumbs up. I'm not sure which part of Brazil she went to though.. *shrugs*
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In Iraq thumbs up = ****ing off
The soldiers apperently didn't know that
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The UK tends to be only remembered for bad weather and football hooligans ;)
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It's kind of sad to see that Brazil is mostly know only for the soccer or the women, there's a lot more to the place than it seems.
Hey, look on the bright side; Scotland is only known for rain and kilts.
And lets not forget... the Highlander!! :D
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Ireland is known for beer, redheads and tempers
The US is known for idiots and fundis
China is known for cheap labor and bad products
Japan is known for short people
Australia is known for the Crocidile Hunter
Canada is known for hockey and snow
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Japan is also known for robots!
Germany is known for beer and cars.
New Zealand is known for movies and not being Australia.
Korea is known for crappy cars and Starcraft.
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Russia is my favorite: eternal suffering and despair.
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Colombia is know for the drugs and rebels.
Russia is my favorite: eternal suffering and despair.
:wtf: Why?
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We all know the stereotypiccal views of countires / home cities, but lets give a residential view so we really know whats its all about, EG
In London (central) everyopne does not talk like mary poppins or the queen. We dont stop for crumpets and tea at eleven, (although an oily rag doesnt go amiss me old china). The trains are packed andd when we do get a bit of sun the few green places (on the south bank) get snapped up by tourists with bloody cameras :D, THere is not a bobby on every corner and we dont all have bad teeth. ;7
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So be it, a more residential view of here:
In Brazil, most people struggle to survive, most jobs dont pay well and what you win is really not enough to last till the en of the month. Bad mouthing the government and other people is a national passtime for everyone, most people have no respect for others and lack much education altough if you're a tourist most people will treat you like a king. And we dont have monkeys running on the street like a certain Simpsons episode shows altough our money its quite colorful.
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In America we're not all fat, lazy... oh wait.
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In Colorado anyway, we're all thin and lazy most of the time, when fall comes we're all in the gym getting in shape, then when winter hits, we're all in the mountains with our skis and snowboards. That just about sums up Colorado, and I don't know enough about the US at large to try and figure out what's true and what's not about them.
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In London we don't all wear Bowler hats and talk in a camp manner.
Slagging off the government is pretty much a national pastime here as well, or, failing that, slagging off everyone elses government.
Most Londoners do not think that the weather is actually all that interesting.
We are very multi-cultural, and being an island culture, and therefore slightly xenophobic, yes, we do struggle with it slightly.
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:wtf: Why?
Russia's history has earned it a reputation as a tortured land. (Although I think Indonesia really wins the "most ****ed" award.)
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Oh, I forgot to mention that we all hate our government in the US too.
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Hmm... Australia is... well, the most common description I hear from foreigners is "laid back". My perspectives from Western Australia rather than Sydney, which everyone assumes is all of Australia, but it really, really isn't. In a nutshell:
The weather's beautiful the majority of the time, Jobs are plentiful, crime is low. We drink lots of beer, eat lots of steak. Wrestling Crocodiles isn't the national passtime, but surfing, cricket, AFL and sport in general are probably as popular as they are perceived - i.e. very. There aren't kangaroos hopping about the city streets, but if you head out of the city you do have a decent chance of hitting one. Of course, most people never do head out of the cities, but, well, screw them, their loss. The government pretends we're an all embracing, multicultural society, but really, we're not - there is still a lot of racism in Australia. Everyone thinks Steve Irwin is a dickhead.
Oh, I forgot to mention that we all hate our government in the US too.
Based on the statements of people on this board, I've gotta suspect that's not exactly a representative viewpoint for the whole populaion :p
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Other than racism and Steve Irwin I like the sound of Australia
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Personally, one day I'd love to move there were it not for the skin-cancer risks. But then, simply covering up and wearing a hat is not really that high a price to pay. I'd even buy my own corks ;)
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/me ignores the corky hats comment. (Only things wearing cork hats down here are the stuffed animals in tourist shops :p)
Is there really that great a perception of skin cancer overseas? I mean, we're all aware of it, and most people are fairly sunsmart (Slip, slop, slap is, well, burned into us from earliest education and government campaigns), but really I've never known anyone, nor ever heard of anyone actually dying of skin cancer. people know what to look for and get them treated early, as a general rule.
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Out of sheer curiosity and the fact that I'm a brazillian, I would like to know what do you people know and think about Brazil? Also, if you have any doubts about the country please feel free to ask me, I'll try my best to answer them.
So, where in Brazil are you from anyway? 'Tis a big place, y'know.
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Oh, I forgot to mention that we all hate our government in the US too.
Based on the statements of people on this board, I've gotta suspect that's not exactly a representative viewpoint for the whole populaion :p
Yeah, for a while there I was convinced that the US government sucked but that it was the best one out there, and that all the problems were Bush's fault, but then I realised that Bush would have never come to power if the government was any good at all, and at the same time I started researching other governments. Conclusion = wow... the US sucks, if I were in Mexico, I'd sneak over two borders into Canada. (well, not really)
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/me ignores the corky hats comment. (Only things wearing cork hats down here are the stuffed animals in tourist shops :p)
Is there really that great a perception of skin cancer overseas? I mean, we're all aware of it, and most people are fairly sunsmart (Slip, slop, slap is, well, burned into us from earliest education and government campaigns), but really I've never known anyone, nor ever heard of anyone actually dying of skin cancer. people know what to look for and get them treated early, as a general rule.
Yeah, it's mentioned a lot over here, if I can afford it in a few years, I am definately going there, even if it's just for a holiday, it's been one of my big plans for a long time. I think the Skin Cancer risk is bought up frequently simply because if they didn't we'd only have about 50% of our retired folk left, the rest would have buggered off somewhere better years ago ;)
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The weather's beautiful the majority of the time, Jobs are plentiful, crime is low. We drink lots of beer, eat lots of steak.
Now considering that Australia = near Heaven. Is the racism really a problem there?
Out of sheer curiosity and the fact that I'm a brazillian, I would like to know what do you people know and think about Brazil? Also, if you have any doubts about the country please feel free to ask me, I'll try my best to answer them.
So, where in Brazil are you from anyway? 'Tis a big place, y'know.
Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte. And you?
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I, too, have something I would like to add in this discussion. A lot of people in the world seem to be under the impression that New England is part of the United States. I understand that it's usually out of innocent ignorance, but it still offends me deeply.
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In Southern Ontario Canada we don't see all that much snow but when we do its lots of it, quality of life is pretty good, there is an even mix between city and country life (usually the transitions are rapid from one area to the next), Al Qaeda is not hiding around every corner like certain US politicians would like you to believe, smog is a major problem, people tend to be quite diverse or strictly homogenous depending on the area, summers are hot, winters are unpredictable and fall and spring are confused. Thats about it :)
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Now considering that Australia = near Heaven. Is the racism really a problem there?
A problem, no. Its not apartheid, or anything like it. But when were the last rascist riots in, say, america or england or new zealand? Ours were last year. They're hardly common, of course, but I think its indicative of the presence of an undercurrent of racism, built, to an extent, into the nation's history and national character.
I guess it's kind of hard to explain. Hell, maybe it's the same everywhere in the world, and I've just never lived anywhere else. I dunno.
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We also have racism here (mostly against the black population wich is the majority here) but its more of a thing that people pretend that it doesnt exist, a taboo really, you wouldnt see or hear it much but its there.
The weather here is good, mostly hot the whole year tough but in other areas of the country its more diverse.
I, too, have something I would like to add in this discussion. A lot of people in the world seem to be under the impression that New England is part of the United States. I understand that it's usually out of innocent ignorance, but it still offends me deeply.
Out of said innocent ignorance, where is New England?
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Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte. And you?
Porto Alegre, RS.
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We also have racism here (mostly against the black population wich is the majority here) but its more of a thing that people pretend that it doesnt exist, a taboo really, you wouldnt see or hear it much but its there.
The weather here is good, mostly hot the whole year tough but in other areas of the country its more diverse.
I, too, have something I would like to add in this discussion. A lot of people in the world seem to be under the impression that New England is part of the United States. I understand that it's usually out of innocent ignorance, but it still offends me deeply.
Out of said innocent ignorance, where is New England?
Built on the ruins of Old England, which is on top of the ruins of Ye Olde England, which sits on top of the ruins of Troy.
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Out of said innocent ignorance, where is New England?
New England is a region consisting of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, and we really wish the rest of the country would stop including us in their vile schemes.
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Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte. And you?
Porto Alegre, RS.
Meio longe, heim? :)
We also have racism here (mostly against the black population wich is the majority here) but its more of a thing that people pretend that it doesnt exist, a taboo really, you wouldnt see or hear it much but its there.
The weather here is good, mostly hot the whole year tough but in other areas of the country its more diverse.
I, too, have something I would like to add in this discussion. A lot of people in the world seem to be under the impression that New England is part of the United States. I understand that it's usually out of innocent ignorance, but it still offends me deeply.
Out of said innocent ignorance, where is New England?
Built on the ruins of Old England, which is on top of the ruins of Ye Olde England, which sits on top of the ruins of Troy.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Oh, I forgot to mention that we all hate our government in the US too.
Except for about 50 million people. But they don't really count. Because they voted for Bush.
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Yeah, for a while there I was convinced that the US government sucked but that it was the best one out there, and that all the problems were Bush's fault, but then I realised that Bush would have never come to power if the government was any good at all, and at the same time I started researching other governments. Conclusion = wow... the US sucks, if I were in Mexico, I'd sneak over two borders into Canada. (well, not really)
A residential view of Canada: we like to plot the beheading of our Prime Minister. It's sort-of a national pasttime.
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Actually the other day (some 2 days ago) there was an ''protest'' in our capital, a moviment called MLST tried to break in the congress altought they didnt manage to go too far they did much damage to the place, there were some 500 people triyng to storm the place. A shame they didnt manage to get their hands on any politician. :( They wouldnt be just beheaded.
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Trouble with the US is that, everytime I write about killing the President, I worry the FBI, CIA, or NSA is preping a SWAT team to take me out, I don't think that's as much of a problem in Brazil
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Now theres an interesting social commentary for you...
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Now theres an interesting social commentary for you...
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Another social commentary, then:
Here if I saw an criminal, I would run, if I saw the police I would run faster, much, much faster.
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A residential view of a US-owned Carribbean island (the USVI):
We're not hula girls and grass skirts. We have electricity. Our government is corrupt and innefective. Our police don't do jack. We basically fend for ourselves, except when it comes to tax time. We have nice beaches, but don't go to the really lonely ones at night - bad things will happen. There's not much to do here other than go to the beach, and that gets really boring after a short time. The girls here are mostly ugly, not pretty. We don't have many chain stores, our biggest department store is K-Mart. There are more islands than St. Thomas (the tourist depot). Living here is pretty uneventful. Everything is laid back and moves very slow (i.e. if you ask for someone to meet you at 2, be prepared to meet him at 3). A lot of people here are ignorant, low-income housing (i.e. ghettos) are right next to major roads and built up areas, racism is pretty widespread (hah, just try to be a white guy and run for a seat in the government) - except it's reversed. I've heard that if you're white and apply for food stamps, they won't give it to you. I mentioned that we're ignorant; we truly are. Our public schools are overcrowded and are not even accreditated (although this may have been fixed). We have a massive teen pregnancy problem; out of a class of four hundred high school freshmen, half of them were pregnant. We have a vibrant night life, bars close at 2 AM, it's easy to get alchohol at any age (easy as in walk into the shop and buy it). Late at night there's street racing, as everything closes down around midnight onwards.
It is pretty though.
I think that's it. Come visit! We need your tourist dollars!
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A residential view of a US-owned Carribbean island (the USVI):
We're not hula girls and grass skirts. We have electricity. Our government is corrupt and innefective. Our police don't do jack. We basically fend for ourselves, except when it comes to tax time. We have nice beaches, but don't go to the really lonely ones at night - bad things will happen. There's not much to do here other than go to the beach, and that gets really boring after a short time. The girls here are mostly ugly, not pretty. We don't have many chain stores, our biggest department store is K-Mart. There are more islands than St. Thomas (the tourist depot). Living here is pretty uneventful. Everything is laid back and moves very slow (i.e. if you ask for someone to meet you at 2, be prepared to meet him at 3). A lot of people here are ignorant, low-income housing (i.e. ghettos) are right next to major roads and built up areas, racism is pretty widespread (hah, just try to be a white guy and run for a seat in the government) - except it's reversed. I've heard that if you're white and apply for food stamps, they won't give it to you. I mentioned that we're ignorant; we truly are. Our public schools are overcrowded and are not even accreditated (although this may have been fixed). We have a massive teen pregnancy problem; out of a class of four hundred high school freshmen, half of them were pregnant. We have a vibrant night life, bars close at 2 AM, it's easy to get alchohol at any age (easy as in walk into the shop and buy it). Late at night there's street racing, as everything closes down around midnight onwards.
It is pretty though.
I think that's it. Come visit! We need your tourist dollars!
You, sir, have just described the whole situation here (except the racism here is the normal way, that just sounded so wrong, huh?), now imagine that in one of the biggest countries in the world (4th, actually) and on a population of 185 million.
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I think my associations with Brazil are corruption, soccer, hyperinflation, and "The Girl from Ipanema."