In Germany we have “Mann aus Sachsen”, or man from Saxony. If a news article starts with these words, you instantly know it’s going to be some crazy (or sometimes crazy racist) shit. There’s even a community dedicated to this: !mannaussachsen@feddit.de
I’m from Portugal and we are all crazy in here. Nobody really knows how things get done, nobody really runs the country - but we’re also not willing to allow others to run it! - we pick fights between two sides of the same village over bread, wine or how some dish is prepared and nobody really likes someother part of the country for the exact same reasons they get disliked back but somehow the lights are still on and still haven’t burned the house down.
I was in Elvas a few weeks ago you sure you guys have electricity?
Also went into a bar and there was a gender neutral bathroom, probably just because they couldn’t afford a second one
We’ve heard there were these flameless candles some time ago and just got in the bandwagon. Liked it so much we are even going crazy on making our own electricy at home.
Oh, that’s a feature: one bathroom, everybody uses it. It’s that or go outside. No complaints.
That thing about the bathrooms is really cool and sounds very modern, wish we had that over the border
Aussie here…
Florida just seems to be the Australia of the US. Huntsman spiders are invasive, and there’s lots of snakes and giant reptiles that can kill you.
Bulgaria has Pernik. A declining polluted mining town near Sofia which is infamous for people wearing (counterfeit) Adidas tracksuits, driving VW Golf, and settling their scores with long pieces of metal. Think Russian gopniks.
In Hong Kong, “Hongkongers love working”
There’s a typhoon? We work.
There’s a rainstorm? We work.
There’s a political conflict? We work.
There’s an apocalypse? We’ll probably still go to work.
So whenever people from other countries complain about work hours being too long or retirement age being raised, we just laugh at them. And then continue working.
