I’m in Britain and I really hate the eyelashes, fillers and makeup here for young girls sometimes and the intense pressure I see everywhere to get them. Poor girlies.
I’m in Britain and I really hate the eyelashes, fillers and makeup here for young girls sometimes and the intense pressure I see everywhere to get them. Poor girlies.
Host country: USA
It confuses me how oblivious some people are about the rest of the world. Some people I met don’t know basic geography. I enjoy discussing geopolitics, cultures, learn new languages, etc. I rarely find people who I can have these kind lf conversations.
My sister in law asked me if my family back home is safe (due to the Russian imvasion in Ukraine). My family lives in Brazil.
Edit: I love it here. I just don’t comprehend these aspects yet.
Lmao. I laughed way too hard at the Russia question hahaha.
I’m working on a project to address exactly this. It’s not ready for prime time consumption yet, but getting there.
I’m American and moved to the Netherlands, and my mom and grandmother have, at multiple different times, asked me if Dutch people celebrate Thanksgiving.
There’s a reason I moved here lol
This is hilarious because there is a thanksgiving celebration in Leiden
What’s that? Love Islamophobes like the rest of your adopted country?
I’m American and I have to agree with you. I’m so thankful I was brought by parents that loved to travel and explore. Oftentimes when talking about different countries and cultures to my friends they seem disinterested and I’ve even been called anti-American or snobby. I know many people that say they will never nor do they have any interest in traveling outside of America. My own brother and nephew act shocked when I mention traveling outside the country and they give me this whole “if you don’t like it here then leave” attitude. It’s mind boggling.
Oh god mentioning you’ve traveled = snobby is such a thing in the US. Ironically it’s always among people who are absolutely affluent enough to have done the same. All of my friends with Disneyland annual passes think I’m a snob for having been to countries where a hotel room costs $10/night.
Lol honestly doesn’t really surprise me for the US. I went to college in the neighboring state and you would think I grew up in a different country, so I can only imagine the lack of knowledge of actual other countries for some people.
But to be fair, my extended family that still lived in a small, rural town in Italy is completely flabbergasted by the size of the US. They thought they could go on a week long road trip from NY and visit DC, Orlando, and Las Vegas. We had to break it to them that wasn’t going to happen lol.
Yikes what part of the US are you living in? Edit: yeah midwest tracks. Most of the country isn’t like that. But the Midwest is very…sheltered? They think discussing politics is rude
I’m Norwegian, used to live in the UK. My ex father-in-law asked me if we have trees.
Too many Americans think that there are kangaroos in Austria.
It’s not so confusing when you realize most of these Americans will never leave the US. It costs at least 2k for a round trip flight and can take a full day of travel to cross the ocean. Your have to take at least a full week of PTO to make it remotely worth it.