World's Friendliest Countries - Page 6
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JohnColtrane
Australia4813 Posts
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valaki
Hungary2476 Posts
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JohnColtrane
Australia4813 Posts
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.risingdragoon
United States3021 Posts
I'll stamp it out wherever I go and encounter BS | ||
JohnColtrane
Australia4813 Posts
if must have been a big issue if you are willing to stamp it out | ||
.risingdragoon
United States3021 Posts
it is a big issue cus it concerns everybody. it ain't my prob lol, I'm a part of "it" anyway it's not like call it out takes such a big effort. | ||
Cedstick
Canada3336 Posts
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
On December 11 2009 17:02 .risingdragoon wrote: that's fine, but it's not fine in this instance I'll always remember this quote from Frederick Douglass (I'm sure everyone knows who he is): '' Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and it never will.' just being nice and kind can not fix this mess we're in, you also need power - power to be heard, to be understood, etc. some people will only recognize power, and they gotta understand too. and when you have it, you'll have the choice of not using it. o _O ok well johhn is right about me not arguing much on TL at all lol. anyway i actually didn't really get what you were trying to get at with your original post :/ you felt taht Chill's comment was offensive towards asians, and that it was a myth right? then you said something about white people (halfassed pink piece of shit??) trying to 'strut' around in vietnam or china then you dared Chill to say "Asians are nice to white ppl llololol" to you? lol you then replied "that's exactly what i'm talking about" to my post.. so you're saying that Chill's post was unfriendly? i don't see whats unfriendly about saying Asians are friendly to white people, even if it is a myth. isn't this thread about being friendly to people anyway? and specifically in the OP i think the article was about being and expat in foreign countries lol maybe i'm just slow today could you just be more straightforward instead of implying your message through your posting or whatever o_o | ||
GreenManalishi
Canada834 Posts
On December 11 2009 15:08 .risingdragoon wrote: that's a myth if I've ever heard of one lol at best it's a novelty for ppl who never meet foreigners. as soon as ur understood u ain't shit. well, maybe for countries with US army bases, I dunno. I'd love to see any haflassed pink piece of shits try to strut around in vietnam or china xD here's a clue chill, asian countries are about etiquette. don't mistake that as a weakness. for example me, I'm half asian, and I'd just love to hear you say it to me /drift China IS more friendly if you are white. I guess it is because I am not a half-assed pink piece of shit. Being white is a LOT more then just being a novelty, Chinese feel impelled to be hospitable to you on behalf of their country and I have made almost all of my Chinese friends, at least initially, because I was white. I don't really know why are you trying to pretend you are a nice person because you aren't bullshitting us or something, when in fact you are just spewing out your own biased and uninformed opinion. Have you ever lived in China as a white person? Probably not since you said you are half Chinese. Don't go trashing a country's reputation when you don't know what you are talking about. I lived two years in Shanghai and there aren't many friendlier places to live if you are white. | ||
.risingdragoon
United States3021 Posts
On December 11 2009 17:49 alffla wrote: americans of every descend knows this shit, unless you're asian asian in which case you'll figure it out at some point lol | ||
.risingdragoon
United States3021 Posts
On December 11 2009 17:51 GreenManalishi wrote: China IS more friendly if you are white. I guess it is because I am not a half-assed pink piece of shit. Being white is a LOT more then just being a novelty, Chinese feel impelled to be hospitable to you on behalf of their country and I have made almost all of my Chinese friends, at least initially, because I was white. I don't really know why are you trying to pretend you are a nice person because you aren't bullshitting us or something, when in fact you are just spewing out your own biased and uninformed opinion. Have you ever lived in China as a white person? Probably not since you said you are half Chinese. Don't go trashing a country's reputation when you don't know what you are talking about. I lived two years in Shanghai and there aren't many friendlier places to live if you are white. and who are they less friendly to exactly? you really think it's cus ur white that they're friendly, and not cus US and EU have been prominent in the past 100 years? It's economics and consequently cultural export you idiot. they don't know you, and they certainly don't think you're better just for being you. and as china progresses and they actually get to see more of the world, they'll know better. if you're a friendly caucasian, no problem! if you're a halfassed pink piece of shit who thinks hes better just cus, oh yeah you will know it. GIs act like piece of shits all the time overseas, no they ain't beloved. | ||
DragoonPK
3259 Posts
On December 11 2009 17:37 Cedstick wrote: Stay the fuck out of my country. me? | ||
Air2gear
177 Posts
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Loanshark
China3094 Posts
If you're foreign, and can't speak chinese: the Chinese are friendly and speak to you in whatever English they know and teach you Chinese If you look Chinese, and can't speak Chinese: You get looked down on. If you look foregin, and can speak Chinese: Chinese people get wowed by your bilingual madness So yeah, make your own assumption on whether China is friendly or not. Once you start heading away from the cities into rural areas, Chinese locals get increasingly cold and don't answer questions and pretend you aren't there and shit like that. Whatever you ask them, they always reply I don't know, or I don't comprehend. That really pisses me off sometimes. | ||
disco
Netherlands1667 Posts
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Cedstick
Canada3336 Posts
<3 @loanshark -- so, basically it's exactly what you'd expect from any country where natives are easily discernable? | ||
Cedstick
Canada3336 Posts
On December 11 2009 18:06 disco wrote: France is like the most unfriendly country out there. They don't bother to speak to you in english if you don't know french, even though they know english. They're like, speak french or fuck off. Uh, they don't all know English, though. And who're you to walk in to their country and expect them to speak a language YOU know? If you're going to a country, you learn THEIR language. | ||
GreenManalishi
Canada834 Posts
On December 11 2009 17:58 .risingdragoon wrote: and who are they less friendly to exactly? you really think it's cus ur white that they're friendly, and not cus US and EU have been prominent in the past 1-200 years? It's economics and consequently cultural export you idiot. they don't know you, and they certainly don't think you're better just for being you. and as china progresses and they actually get to see more of the world, they'll know better. I never said they are less friendly to anyone specifically, only that they are more polite and friendly to white foreigners. It is because of this 'cultural export' that they do treat white foreigners better, I don't really know what you are arguing. Being white in China makes the Chinese more interested and polite to you, often it is because you look like a walking dollar sign, but just as often they are genuine and actually want to get to know you. I have made several really good friends in China and I only met them because I am white and they were curious and friendly. I never said anything about being better, I only said that being white makes Chinese people more friendly. | ||
disco
Netherlands1667 Posts
On December 11 2009 18:15 Cedstick wrote: Uh, they don't all know English, though. And who're you to walk in to their country and expect them to speak a language YOU know? If you're going to a country, you learn THEIR language. So you learn the language of every country you visit on holidays? | ||
.risingdragoon
United States3021 Posts
On December 11 2009 18:18 GreenManalishi wrote: I never said they are less friendly to anyone specifically, only that they are more polite and friendly to white foreigners. It is because of this 'cultural export' that they do treat white foreigners better, I don't really know what you are arguing. Being white in China makes the Chinese more interested and polite to you, often it is because you look like a walking dollar sign, but just as often they are genuine and actually want to get to know you. I have made several really good friends in China and I only met them because I am white and they were curious and friendly. I never said anything about being better, I only said that being white makes Chinese people more friendly. you're the one who replied to me saying this and that, and I filled you in on what I was telling other people. I never said you thought you were better. This whole thing is basic PR. China's like US to EU decades ago. They think the other side's all good, the culture, the fashion, cus that's all they see right now. As Chinese actually sees more of the world and gets a real cross-section, they'll learn like Americans have learned. | ||
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