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On April 16 2009 18:48 Darrun wrote:
Even though I haven't experienced much of it, I guess the US' diversity is still something that you probably can't find anywhere else. Big plus.
Authentic foreign food. If you've got everyone here, you can probably find authentic food from any given culture here.
I think that goes for pretty much every western european country.
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Germany
Likes:
- free university system, allowing you to make many choices
- no prestige attached to certain universities, no ranking of any sorts
- no pressure to finish your degree as fast as you can, people focus more on self development
- relatively open and tolerant society
- beer
- clean cities, low crime rate
- good public transport system
- social security
- lots of green areas in cities, beautiful scenery in the countryside/alps
Dislikes:
- boring
- nightlife is just crap
- germans have no fashion sense whatsoever
- stores close at 20:00, closed on sundays
- food is okay but no variety
- german music sucks
- german entertainment/TV is the worst
- trying to americanize the university system
Korea
Likes:
- amazing nightlife
- amazing food
- passionate, hard-working people
- good sense of fashion (compared to germany at least)
- family values, respect for parents (as long as it doesn't get abused by parents)
- pretty girls
Dislikes:
- if you're not a pretty girl, you're pretty much screwed for life. (resulting in plastic surgery galore)
- it's all about image, not actual skill
- people going crazy about what university you attend, what degree you have
- many taboos
- people working hard but often horribly inefficient
- two-facedness in many areas, especially sex morals
- archaic junior/senior system, which gets abused a lot
- people focus on money too much
- the way the entertainment industry and the netizens treat their 'stars'
- everything feels very confined, no real freedom to make many choices, you live your life according to the plan laid out by society
there's more but i think that's enough for now
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On April 16 2009 19:01 jello_biafra wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2009 18:48 Darrun wrote:
Even though I haven't experienced much of it, I guess the US' diversity is still something that you probably can't find anywhere else. Big plus.
Authentic foreign food. If you've got everyone here, you can probably find authentic food from any given culture here. I think that goes for pretty much every western european country.
Well...we don't have huge population densities!
jk. I guess the melting pot isn't as true as it used to be?
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On April 16 2009 19:20 Darrun wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2009 19:01 jello_biafra wrote:On April 16 2009 18:48 Darrun wrote:
Even though I haven't experienced much of it, I guess the US' diversity is still something that you probably can't find anywhere else. Big plus.
Authentic foreign food. If you've got everyone here, you can probably find authentic food from any given culture here. I think that goes for pretty much every western european country. Well...we don't have huge population densities! jk. I guess the melting pot isn't as true as it used to be?
I guess it's still true, it's just that Europe has had huge levels of immigration too.
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Just diffrent immigration from country to country depending on it's colonial history and so on.
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u gotta skate8152 Posts
On April 08 2009 08:29 MuR)Ernu wrote:
-People look all moody all the time. People usually don't go around with a smileyface here.
-many people are depressed around here.
Wouldn't surprise me if that was because of the weather. Is it true that it's quite dark often there? The weather can have enormous effect on people.
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On April 16 2009 19:30 KizZBG wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2009 08:29 MuR)Ernu wrote:
-People look all moody all the time. People usually don't go around with a smileyface here.
-many people are depressed around here. Wouldn't surprise me if that was because of the weather. Is it true that it's quite dark often there? The weather can have enormous effect on people.
Yeah I'm pretty sure that's the cause, I've heard there's a large sitting alone in your house drinking vodka because it's fucking freezing outside culture.
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Uhm, we're an archipelago, and it's fucking our StarCraft community real good. If we were one island it would be so easy to organize meet ups, and it's really painful that most of the good players here are from the southern islands..:|
Weather's fucked up too, I think the sky wants to rain but it's summer so it doesn't rain. God I can already feel the heavy storms in July/August....
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I like the food here ^^
I like the studentlife here
I dislike all the conflicts between north and south but ah well, they've always been there so...
can't think of something else :p
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On April 15 2009 22:22 omG.[RaYnE] wrote:
Philippines
Likes:
-Ice COLD beer
-Sex
-Drugs
-Hiphop
-rock
-boxing(no one can beat us in boxing) *please don't get insecure you f*ck
Dislikes
-corruption
-gay americans that live here(imo theres like 90% american gay lives here)
Rayne, rayne, rayne, shua's brother? Anyway...I didn't quite like the way you put up boxing there, it wasn't safe to say that we're unbeatable in boxing, we're just hella good at it.
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boxing sucks
produce more mma 
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Norway28667 Posts
On April 16 2009 19:30 KizZBG wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2009 08:29 MuR)Ernu wrote:
-People look all moody all the time. People usually don't go around with a smileyface here.
-many people are depressed around here. Wouldn't surprise me if that was because of the weather. Is it true that it's quite dark often there? The weather can have enormous effect on people.
its not darker there, the light is just distributed in different ratios
like, during winter, its really dark, but during summer its really bright
I'd trade a norwegian winter for many other winters, but a norwegian summer beats any other. =P
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Dude, your Summers are cold :p
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I was listing my likes and dislikes but then I saw this.
On April 08 2009 08:29 MuR)Ernu wrote:Likes: -Beautiful nature -The fact we have 4 different seasons(winter, summer, spring and autumn). Cold winters and warm summers (warm to us >_<) -The extreme stuff we do: Sauna (over 100c or its pussy) and "avantouinti" which is basically that we swim in a hole in a frozen lake/sea. Yes we actually do that. Its combined with a sauna too. We go from sauna to swim and back and forth  Good for your health. -The fact that we are so badass we didnt lose to russia. -Free health care. -High standards of living. -Free school, and free food and books in school. (after high school you have to buy hte books though if you want education  ) -Finnish art (music, paintings, movies, literature etc). -The finnish language. -Beautiful cities like helsinki and many more. Dislikes -Alcoholism. Its everywhere. -People look all moody all the time. People usually don't go around with a smileyface here. -many people are depressed around here. -Boring food. I like it though but it is very plain usually. -Many people are stupid fat beer drinking racists etc. Much like rednecks would be for americans.
These are almost exactly my thoughts. Just couple things to correct:
The food is not boring, imho it depends where you live (south/north) what kind of food you eat.
It's up to yourself that is the food boring or not ^^
I'm not racist, but too many of the immigrants are actually very rude and breaks the law, that's why there are those "fat beer drinking racists". It's bad thing for those immigrants that actually are hard working and very polite 
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like: a lot of cultural freedom. you can be whoever you want to be here because theres about a million different cultures and a pretty good social climate to operate, tolerance is promoted etc. good weather most of the time and generally people are pretty friendly and outgoing. we have pretty high standard of living which is so easy to take for granted, also theres access to many of the worlds cultures due to immigrant populations so you can get lots of awesome food. AFL is the world's greatest sport. tbh the things i like about australia way outweigh the bad and i could go on forever but who wants to hear about that?
dislike: lack of cultural identity and the flipside of people taking it too far like the dumbasses you hear about in the cronulla riots. sometimes i think it'd be cool to live in a country where theres a greater sense of singular culture like places in europe and asia where you know your ancestors lived in the same spot for 1000s of years. its tough to get patriotic about australia as a whole for me even though theres a lot of great things about this country, mostly because its really multicultural and a super young country, seriously australian history is probably the worlds most boring subject
kinda makes it tough with global english media, we're becoming more and more USA's little brother in terms of culture and that's lame because australian culture is cool but lots of people in the big cities don't get behind it and just do whatever people in UK/USA are doing
also australian infrastructure and social support is on the decline due to retarded politicians, more public services being privatized and public transport is getting fucked up, socially it seems like we are getting more conservative which isn't a good idea for australia speciafically. crappy planning policies too.
i think australia's stock is falling tbh due to dumbass leadership but i'll still probably live here my whole life. there's always a place for anyone in australia no matter what which is why it's cool. also every foreigner i've met goes on about how great this place is so go us!
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On April 16 2009 19:34 jello_biafra wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2009 19:30 KizZBG wrote:On April 08 2009 08:29 MuR)Ernu wrote:
-People look all moody all the time. People usually don't go around with a smileyface here.
-many people are depressed around here. Wouldn't surprise me if that was because of the weather. Is it true that it's quite dark often there? The weather can have enormous effect on people. Yeah I'm pretty sure that's the cause, I've heard there's a large sitting alone in your house drinking vodka because it's fucking freezing outside culture.
Argh, it's not freezing ^^ at least not in the southern Finland. And we who live in northern Finland, have got used to the weather. But yeah, it's kinda dark here, that must be why there are so many depressed people here.
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On April 16 2009 21:32 Piste wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2009 19:34 jello_biafra wrote:On April 16 2009 19:30 KizZBG wrote:On April 08 2009 08:29 MuR)Ernu wrote:
-People look all moody all the time. People usually don't go around with a smileyface here.
-many people are depressed around here. Wouldn't surprise me if that was because of the weather. Is it true that it's quite dark often there? The weather can have enormous effect on people. Yeah I'm pretty sure that's the cause, I've heard there's a large sitting alone in your house drinking vodka because it's fucking freezing outside culture. Argh, it's not freezing ^^ at least not in the southern Finland. And we who live in northern Finland, have got used to the weather. But yeah, it's kinda dark here, that must be why there are so many depressed people here.
Well, I assume it's freezing by my standards
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France:
I like :
- FOOD : best in the world. I really like Italian and all kinds of Asian food, but French cuisine is just another level.
- Wine : No wine in the world compares too a great Bordeaux red wine. Even though South America, Australia, and New Zealand are improving fast, France is still way ahead.
- Nature : mountains, sea, country... We have everything. Even if it really depends on where you live. I personnally live 2h from the best ski resorts in the French Alps and 30 mins away from the sea.
- Health coverage : Pretty good, even though I guess it is not as good as in Scandinavian countries. But way better than in UK or the US.
- Cultural heritage : thinkers, scientists, etc... And lots of monuments, museums... Some countries like Germany and Italy and probably Japan beat us at that anyway.
I dislike :
- People are selfish, self-centered and narrow-minded
- Racism is everywhere
- Our political leaders are really, really lousy. Maybe 2-3 of them really care about public interest. All the others are just hungry for power. Our President (Sarkozy) is the worst in Europe and probably beyond.
- Public transports are lame
- Environmental consciousness is a joke here
- Our cities are dirty, except for a few touristic areas. We are probably #1 for density of dog turds on pavements
- Insecurity in some neighborhoods in all big cities
- Everything that protects the average citizen from big corporations is being dismantled (Sarkozy's work, again).
- Shitty school system
- The country is ruled by old people. Every key job in the county is held by a 60+ guy who has no clue what the modern world is about. "young" CEOs or politicians are 40~45.
- Strikes every other day for whatever reason, that yield no result.
Honestly, I have visited a few other countries, and really loved Canadian (I stayed in Toronto and Vancouver), Norwegian, and Swedish mentalities.
God I would love to live in Sweden.
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On April 16 2009 21:51 Uraeus wrote:
France:
- Our political leaders are really, really lousy. Maybe 2-3 of them really care about public interest. All the others are just hungry for power. Our President (Sarkozy) is the worst in Europe and probably beyond.
He may be an asshole... But no, democratic elected, leader trumps over Berlusconi.
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On April 12 2009 05:29 emucxg wrote:Finland: (Where Im living)Dislikes: Loneliness (Fins are very lonely)
Egoism, Selfishness, Arrogants (Everybody lives in his own world)
Divorcement (In Finland Never belive in marriage)
Drunkard (Disgusting fuckers)
Likes: Good climate (Trees, lakes, snow)
Moralism (Helpful people, no criminals, everyone abides by the law) China: (Where I'm come from)Dislikes: shit climate
ppl have no moral
government corruption
too many ppl !!!
"one child system"
Likes: hard-working young ppl, who have alot passion
friendly ppl
food
cheap staff
Funny, Finland is where I was born and China is where I'm heading(Applied to HKU). Finnish people are hardly that moral, they're just scared to break the law. I've lived in Italy also and it's much better than Finland, although it's still too much Europe. I don't really understand why exactly people want to come to the cold hell that Finland is, cold both in climate and emotion.
Though admittedly the quiet cold people of Finland are preferable to the disrespectful idiots Italy is full of.
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