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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
On July 30 2016 18:31 OtherWorld wrote: The Welsh seems to be much more nationalist/proud of their culture and heritage than the Scots (daily use of a language radically different from English, Welsh flags literally everywhere, etc), yet I don't get the feeling that Welsh independance is knocking at the door, unlike the Scottish independance. Why is that? Wales was last independent in the 11th century. The act of union was in 1707. So that's part of it. But a lot of it is political. Wales and England each have their own political landscapes and different regions/ideas, but the gap is much wider between them and Scotland. Scotland has a very distinctive set of ideas about many things, to a large extent more uniform than what one finds in either Wales or England. This is a profoundly unifying trait. What would an independent Wales be like? You could have the argument for a while. But an independent Scotland? Anyone can tell you the basic characteristics that state would have. | ||
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
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nobodywonder
United States848 Posts
On August 04 2016 12:42 Epishade wrote: How do strip clubs work in a country that uses coins as the dollar equivalent instead of bills? Do you just pelt the strippers with coins? Not Canadian, but I have heard that Canadians of Alberta use the loonie coins to basically pelt strippers. It's kinda weird and I don't get it. Here's a link. ""The funny thing about being a stripper in Alberta is that when a coin hits your body you can tell, oh, that's a quarter," Arabella Allure, an Australian stripper now working in Canada, told VICE. "Once you've had several thousand dollars of change thrown at you, believe me, when a coin hits you that isn't the right weight, you fuckin' know about it." But the loonie game is not only gross, it's also dangerous. The coins can easily cause a dancer sporting heels to take a nasty fall if a customer gets a little worked up and blows his loonie wad all over the stage before the strippers initial dance ends. Moreover, some people use the game to intentionally hurt strippers." www.reddit.com For my question: how do I not choke in life? I always stress out and procrastinate especially a few days off a test or event. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18292 Posts
On August 04 2016 12:42 Epishade wrote: How do strip clubs work in a country that uses coins as the dollar equivalent instead of bills? Do you just pelt the strippers with coins? I dunno. I am currently in Ecuador, that uses USD, but mostly coins for 1 dollar, rather than bills. They also have separate Ecuadorian coins for quarters, dimes and nickels. It's a bit bizar. Anyway, do you feel like convincing my fiancé about the fact that I need to go to a strip club for this incredibly important research? | ||
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
On August 05 2016 09:00 Acrofales wrote: I dunno. I am currently in Ecuador, that uses USD, but mostly coins for 1 dollar, rather than bills. They also have separate Ecuadorian coins for quarters, dimes and nickels. It's a bit bizar. Anyway, do you feel like convincing my fiancé about the fact that I need to go to a strip club for this incredibly important research? Start off the proposal with questions about how much she values scientific progress and move on from there. | ||
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TMagpie
265 Posts
On August 05 2016 09:00 Acrofales wrote: I dunno. I am currently in Ecuador, that uses USD, but mostly coins for 1 dollar, rather than bills. They also have separate Ecuadorian coins for quarters, dimes and nickels. It's a bit bizar. Anyway, do you feel like convincing my fiancé about the fact that I need to go to a strip club for this incredibly important research? Easy dude. "If a woman took her clothes off in front of me would you rather I touch her or throw hard objects at her? Small ones, no bigger than a quarter, just until she walks away from me. Thanks honey you're the best! I'll be at the strip club!" | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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zatic
Zurich15365 Posts
On August 04 2016 12:42 Epishade wrote: How do strip clubs work in a country that uses coins as the dollar equivalent instead of bills? Do you just pelt the strippers with coins? You buy the club's monopoly money at the door which you can then give the strippers. | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On August 06 2016 18:59 zatic wrote: You buy the club's monopoly money at the door which you can then give the strippers. What if people bring their own monopoly money? | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
And I'm wondering like are those $1200-$3000 rugs legit works of art or are they just bullshit that locals can buy for $8? | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18292 Posts
On August 07 2016 03:48 Djzapz wrote: I've heard a lot of stories from people who have gone to some middle-eastern countries, I think many of these come from Egypt more specifically, that are about haggling with a carpet salesman in those crowded marketplaces where people are selling just about everything. I've seen pictures of these shops which seem to be a single room with hundreds of carpets or rugs (whatever the difference is) stacked on one another, and tourists go there and they have stories about haggling the price down from like $3000 to $1200 after a very friendly chat with a very nice shopkeep with a lot of stories and whatnot. And they say they yapped for 2 hours before striking a deal. And I'm wondering like are those $1200-$3000 rugs legit works of art or are they just bullshit that locals can buy for $8? Obviously depends on the carpet store. But generally speaking they are legit works of art. Of course, the salesman is willing to sell the carpet at $1200, so he bought it from the maker for less than that. The reason it depends on the carpet store is because of course, in countries with fairly lax quality control, scams abound. In similar news: Alpaca jerseys from Peru are almost all acrylic. One doesn't get Alpaca wool for 10 USD. Real Alpaca wool jerseys cost ~75 USD upwards in Peru, which is still a fraction of the cost of the same material/quality in the US or Europe, but not what street vendors claim when trying to sell their jerseys to the hordes of tourists in Cusco (or anywhere else, really). | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On August 07 2016 09:14 Acrofales wrote: Obviously depends on the carpet store. But generally speaking they are legit works of art. Of course, the salesman is willing to sell the carpet at $1200, so he bought it from the maker for less than that. The reason it depends on the carpet store is because of course, in countries with fairly lax quality control, scams abound. In similar news: Alpaca jerseys from Peru are almost all acrylic. One doesn't get Alpaca wool for 10 USD. Real Alpaca wool jerseys cost ~75 USD upwards in Peru, which is still a fraction of the cost of the same material/quality in the US or Europe, but not what street vendors claim when trying to sell their jerseys to the hordes of tourists in Cusco (or anywhere else, really). I probably couldn't tell the difference  | ||
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JumboJohnson
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Oshuy
Netherlands529 Posts
On August 07 2016 03:48 Djzapz wrote: I've heard a lot of stories from people who have gone to some middle-eastern countries, I think many of these come from Egypt more specifically, that are about haggling with a carpet salesman in those crowded marketplaces where people are selling just about everything. I've seen pictures of these shops which seem to be a single room with hundreds of carpets or rugs (whatever the difference is) stacked on one another, and tourists go there and they have stories about haggling the price down from like $3000 to $1200 after a very friendly chat with a very nice shopkeep with a lot of stories and whatnot. And they say they yapped for 2 hours before striking a deal. And I'm wondering like are those $1200-$3000 rugs legit works of art or are they just bullshit that locals can buy for $8? Depends on the rug. Main reason a rug used to be costly was the time needed to create it. On average 3 months work to make one, a few years for some. However, manual production is almost non-existant nowdays. Machine production of the same rug takes about 1h. What you want to buy is a traditional rug, which has retained its initial value. 1200$ is legit, unless you are given an industrial production for the cost. Then there are rugs with historical/artistical value that can be sold for a few millions. | ||
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greenelve
Germany1392 Posts
No matter what i do, i cant find it. :/ So, with all bravery, im asking here. | ||
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Laserist
Turkey4269 Posts
If you are really that much of a "Rug Freak" , I'd recommend you to find someone literally doing those rugs by hand and let them ship it to you. Some villages in Turkey for example doing similar stuff albeit very rare. I'd be really surprised if you find a hand made precious carpet in touristic places. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18292 Posts
On August 08 2016 21:28 Laserist wrote: If you are really that much of a "Rug Freak" , I'd recommend you to find someone literally doing those rugs by hand and let them ship it to you. Some villages in Turkey for example doing similar stuff albeit very rare. I'd be really surprised if you find a hand made precious carpet in touristic places. Morocco is fantastic for that. | ||
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
On August 08 2016 21:07 greenelve wrote: This might be a stupid question, but do you remember this picture of a hallway with stickman, who are in fear because of forum admins and know the link to it? If i remember it correctly, it had searchlights on it too. No matter what i do, i cant find it. :/ So, with all bravery, im asking here. Is this what you're looking for? ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/cSJI4sE.jpg) | ||
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