Culture exchange thread

[Murphy]

Biscuits = squeamish around biscuits and sausage gravy

 

[Murphy]

which is weird for a southern Baptist/catholic eschatological hybrid

 

[Murphy]

Atlantic City = like a shittier version of Blackpool without the charm. Possibly the most depressing part of the US, worse if you go during winter’s cold grey flatlands. Hotel rooms full of despair. A veritable ecosystem of dealers and concierges and even the steakhouse maitre-d‘s is selling

Certain parts of Baltimore and Philadelphia get all the attention, particularly with YT drive by poverty porn diaries but PG County or southern MD? Oooph, sketchy places where the tide’s gone permanently out but humidity and proximity to DC give a confused sense of negligible advantages

 

[mixed_biscuits]

i had the same experience the one time i was in england, people stepping aside for you when you walk into them on the sidewalk (sorry sir!), people letting you jump the queue (go ahead pal), people thanking you (thank you sir!) in every little conversation and transaction. i thought it was amazing to be honest, felt like a prince.

That's because you're Dutch and probably about 8 feet tall.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

@mixed_biscuits No it was mostly the part where you copied and pasted mine. But then also said the thief would be shot. You’re a little all over the place. I’ve just come into some inheritance and am considering partially funding a trip to America for you. You can even stop in Cleveleand and Omaha first

Hold on, just realised your bookshop scenario played out on a national scale in the US when, on the occasion of the ascension of St George of Floyd, half the US was inspired to go on a shopping-but-not-spending spree while the other half held open doors for them and made sure that the shelves were fully stocked.

 

[Murphy]

Atlantic City = like a shittier version of Blackpool without the charm. Possibly the most depressing part of the US, worse if you go during winter’s cold grey flatlands. Hotel rooms full of despair. A veritable ecosystem of dealers and concierges and even the steakhouse maitre-d‘s is selling

Certain parts of Baltimore and Philadelphia get all the attention, particularly with YT drive by poverty porn diaries but PG County or southern MD? Oooph, sketchy places where the tide’s gone permanently out but humidity and proximity to DC give a confused sense of negligible advantages

and the boardwalk is bollocks too

 

[Murphy]

seen better piers this side of the pond but I miss the humidity

 

[other_life]

You seem to be confused as to whether I'm a quintessentially English repressed gentleman or a bully - you've accused me of both within the space of the same page.

you're not thinking dialectically!

 

[other_life]

Hold on, just realised your bookshop scenario played out on a national scale in the US when, on the occasion of the ascension of St George of Floyd, half the US was inspired to go on a shopping-but-not-spending spree while the other half held open doors for them and made sure that the shelves were fully stocked.

fah! tedious!

 

[dilbert1]

Took him an hour and a half to come up with that, too

 

[line b]

Great song

 

[ghost]

want to share the Philadelphia dialect, maybe the weirdest American regional dialect. The first minute or so of this clip is a perfect example


the weird ass affect there is also part of the regional culture, impossible to explain why they're like this

 

[other_life]

they some babies fr. always want their gd WaWa

 

[ghost]

one more great vintage example, the bizarre placement of emphases is really the cornerstone of this one

 

[Murphy]

I take your hoagies and raise you the God of the Phils

 

[Murphy]

onions and peppers wit’

 

[other_life]

"another philadelphias sports fan"
"this time it's gone too far"

 

[other_life]

 

[mixed_biscuits]

you're not thinking dialectically!

What does that even mean?!

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Took him an hour and a half to come up with that, too

But you haven't managed to top it. Yanks are the true do-gooders. Case closed!