Actually fr! Studied a year there and I had no driver license back then… Which was fuckin painful as there was little to no other infrastructure! It was also fun to start uni with a 2 hour consultation about school shootings…
But the worst thing? They fucken start every conversation with a ‘how are you’ and look at you like you are boinkers if you say anything aside from ‘good’! Well I am not fuckin good at most times…
Lived in multiple eu countries as a contrast and its incomparably worse, while there is an amount of money I would go back temporarily but I would never settle down there
Wait, so y’all don’t have to lie and tell people you’re doing good? This is an American thing?
Hell that’s regional even in the US. Most social interactions in the PNW used “What’s up!” in whatever variation to mean “Hi!” and “How’s it going/are you doing?” meant "Tell new how you’re feeling or how your day/task is progressing“. Honest answers were quite normal. The only people who were bothered were the bourgie types, and fuck 'em in any case.
We also just didn’t talk to unfamiliar people outside of social spaces if it could be helped.
Why would you do that ngl. If someone asks how I am, of course I tell the truth. If they don’t want to know, they shouldn’t have asked.
You’ll be at work, walking the opposite direction as a co-worker who you are seeing for the first time that day. “How are you?” You can’t stop to talk, so you only have time for a 1-3 word answer max.
I have a coworker who greets me with “Hi, what’s up? How’s it going?” and then just continue walking without expecting an answer. It’s such a pet peeve of mine, lol. We’re not Americans, we live in Europe, and this person is definitely an exception, but it still catches me off guard every single time.
I’ve even seen it a lot that people don’t even reply to “how are you”, they just start talking about something else. So weird…
They interpreted it as [acknowledgement that they are aware of your presence], which it most likely is.
Thank on your knees to fate that you weren’t born in Egypt
There’s no worse cesspit on earth that isn’t a warzone
Even India is more civilised and even nice folks in comparison
Friend of my friend once said that staying there she will either kill herself, get r**** or join hamas and she eventually joined hamas so yeah
My friend is from Egypt and he says the same but I have no idea what exactly is there that is so bad. Can I elaborate.
Mentality is just merciless and cruel. Years of generational human abuse. Abused become abusers. Corruption, nepotism, patriarchy. On Egypt Facebook your feed is full of videos of animal abuse and laughing smileys in comments. It’s a dark place
Using ‘civilized’ in this context evokes a bit too much Western colonial brain rot for my tastes.
India and Egypt are two very different countries geographically, culturally and politically.
India has its own problems with Hindu fascism.
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Am I allowed to complain since I live in the USA ?
Do what I do. Grit your teeth and avoid the headlines. Check in daily but don’t get sucked in. Check the uplifting news to feel better.
We are so fucked.
If enough locals had their way, we would return to an independent republic
Nothing like the entitled Americans complaining while talking on their $1000 iPhones and their designer jeans about living in America. Having a President like Trump must make things so hard for you.
got license to complain then
Hi America, the people around the world living through famines, wars and genocides would like to have a quiet word with you.
sigh. why have a reddit alternative if its just the same as reddit.
It’s not the same, you don’t get banned for mentioning Luigi or criticizing Musk here
You would never get banned for. Criticizing musk or trump on reddit either.
