wait... they dont have biscuits there????



savages

4/17/2006 2:46:57 AM

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" Is that why the guy laughed at them and thanked me? And is that why the guy was calling them worse things in German? Seriously pull your head out of your ass."

yeah he sounds like a class act himself.


once i heard a white guy tell a horribly degrading racist joke, but a guy nearby laughed. that means it was in good taste, right?

4/17/2006 2:48:16 AM

apples oranges

learn the difference Smath

just because you have a hard-on for 15 year olds does not mean I have to repsect them when they are acting like Stupid Cunts.

4/17/2006 2:54:48 AM

same ballpark. and don't go into a fucking pulp fiction quote in response to that.

4/17/2006 2:57:33 AM

not the same ballpark at all. and i hated pulp fiction.

4/17/2006 2:58:31 AM

haha god damn you suck dude.(no offense) that was a good movie.


i think it's just that you hate EVERYTHING. you are like that smurf who was grumpy all the time... what was his name?

4/17/2006 3:01:30 AM

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"what was his name?"

i dont know but he was probably the only straight smurf.

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"Jules: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... stop right there. Eatin' a bitch out, and givin' a bitch a foot massage ain't even the same fuckin' thing. Vincent: It's not. It's the same ballpark. Jules: Ain't no fuckin' ballpark neither. Now look, maybe your method of massage differs from mine, but, you know, touchin' his wife's feet, and stickin' your tongue in her Holiest of Holies, ain't the same fuckin' ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fuckin' sport. Look, foot massages don't mean shit."

4/17/2006 3:29:13 AM

I'm all about improving our image, but none of that advice will get us anywhere.

Walking too fast is supposed to be one of the big things tarnishing our image in the world? Give me a break. You want to not be an ugly American? Here's your guidelines:

1) Act like you know you should around a host.
2) Don't talk about shit you know nothing about.

How fast you walk or talk doesn't matter for shit. We do talk louder than many people, and we do operate faster. Everyone knows this; they'll be prepared for it. If that's the sort of thing causing someone to think less of America, well, I don't really care too much what they think, then, now do I?

4/17/2006 11:12:28 AM

there is no reason to talk as loud as americans do.

4/17/2006 8:00:41 PM

lets go to teddy on this one.

4/17/2006 8:06:19 PM

I see what you did there.

4/17/2006 8:07:21 PM

^^^^

3. Don't call little girls cunts.

4/17/2006 10:51:21 PM

i am studying abroad in brazil and i got the "don't be an asshole" booklet as i like to call it.

it is basically everything you are supposed to learn in kindergarten or from your mother.

listen to others
accept other's differences
be honest, nice, and polite.


the wierd thing is i had just read this thread before getting the booklet in the mail.

4/17/2006 11:05:20 PM

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"there is no reason to talk as loud as americans do."

There's no reason to do a lot of things that a lot of people do. You don't see me telling other people to speed up or talk louder when they come over here, even though slow walking is viewed as lazy and soft talking is odd enough to be a Seinfeld joke.

4/17/2006 11:08:22 PM

I personally look down on fast walkers.

4/17/2006 11:18:14 PM

because the level at which they talk is not irritating. Americans talk at irritatingly loud decibals. It's called being polite and respecting other cultures.

^same here.

[Edited on April 17, 2006 at 11:18 PM. Reason : .]

4/17/2006 11:18:22 PM

I didn't know it was a cultural thing to call little 15 yr old girls cunts in Vienna.
I'm glad I learned before going there. I could have really embarrassed myself.

4/17/2006 11:20:15 PM

^^It's just as irritating when I can't hear somebody, especially when English isn't their first language.

And I respect other cultures just fine. That doesn't mean I have to assimilate myself into them every time I go to visit. By your logic, everyone who comes over here should be a screaming speed-walker, because that would be respecting our way of doing things.

4/17/2006 11:23:04 PM

^^Strawman

^they don't speak at an unhearable decibal. They speak normal. American's tend to shout and be noisy in general. If you speak in a normal tone of voice (in door voice) you'll be fine. The problem with Americans is that they have no in door voice and like to shout across the trains or shout 30 feet ahead of themselves.

4/17/2006 11:39:38 PM

I'm not seeing this very much, and, though my international experience is fairly limited, I haven't seen terribly much difference in the amount of yelling elsewhere. If someone is out of normal-talking range and it isn't practical to run up to them, you yell, here as in everywhere.

4/18/2006 12:02:38 AM

dude has anyone ever been to Japan. Bastards yell all the time.

4/18/2006 12:05:27 AM

That's because they have slitty eyes

^^I guess I have more international experience. I've witnessed the arrogant american, loud at dinner, loud on the train, loud in the hotel, loud everywhere. It's attrocious and any self respecting individual would respect their host countries culture and customs.

4/18/2006 12:23:41 AM

are we just talking about europe? b/c if so fuck that.

white people need to stop their bitchin.

4/18/2006 12:29:22 AM

I've seen loud assholes of many national origins. Could it be that maybe Americans just stick out more because it would be so easy to recognize them and you are so sensitive to them?

I understand that there are people out there making us look bad. But the normal American mode of talking hardly seems like a big threat to our national image.

Although I would admit that I'd like it if some Eastern Europeans, especially Russians, would start "respecting our culture" by recognizing the concept of personal space.

4/18/2006 12:32:19 AM

i would like it if the lady who works and wendys would respect my culture and stop getting my orders wrong.

DAMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNn

4/18/2006 12:39:50 AM

^^^ hillarious!
are you doing it on purpose?

4/18/2006 12:40:44 AM

It's not that I'm looking for Americans, they just stick out like a sore thumb.

4/18/2006 12:50:32 AM

I like how when Spaniards or Irish or Italians are loud as fucking hell, it's "cultural". When we're loud, it's that we're being obnoxious americans.

I've never heard a louder group of people in my life than the tours of Spaniards I saw all around. They were louder than american black women.

4/18/2006 10:08:04 AM

I didn't say you were "looking for them."

If an Albanian makes an ass of himself on a train, you're not immediately going to go, "Oh, that's an Albanian yelling." You might not immediately recognize that he's Albanian; if you do, you have no particular reason to care unless he's close enough to be getting on your nerves.

But if an American does it, you'll recognize him instantly as an American -- that stands to reason. Not only that, even if his volume isn't bothering you directly, it is more likely to get to you because you're sensitive to other people's opinions of Americans and, therefore, the things that affect those opinions.

4/18/2006 10:23:26 AM

I always do my part by calling little girls cunts

4/18/2006 10:32:03 AM

It's the only way to let everyone around you know that you respect their culture.

4/18/2006 5:31:28 PM

I hate albanians almost as much as I hate croats.

^and dude you have no room to talk

you had to mail order your girlfriend.

4/18/2006 7:54:25 PM

her family has more $$ than mine numbnuts.

and stop calling little girls cunts.

[Edited on April 18, 2006 at 10:54 PM. Reason : and]

4/18/2006 10:50:55 PM