What do you know about Brazil ?

On June 19 2009 10:37 D10 wrote:
Brasil has some interesting buildings

On June 19 2009 10:41 VIB wrote:
Like the Casa do Caralho.

On June 19 2009 10:43 D10 wrote:


Hey yo, ever heard that phrase "you dont need to post of you are going to post shit"

If you are not gonna add anything other than bad language and rants just dont post, no one is making you read content you dont enjoy

On June 19 2009 10:46 falls wrote:
Brazil speaks Portuguese, not Brazilian! Some people I know thought that the official language was Brazilian.

I know that Brazil is really different depending on which region you are talking about. The eastern areas are modernized with all the famous cities and northern area is poor and dominated by the Amazon rainforest.

On June 19 2009 10:51 VIB wrote:
It's a famous place, people keep telling me I should visit it It's right between the Casa da Mãe Joana and the Puta que o Pario.

But don't get mad, I <3 you too

On June 19 2009 10:56 D10 wrote:


Lets drink some caipirinha and solve this like true brazilians, on the soccer field!

On June 19 2009 10:55 Cloud wrote:
Bleh if you dont say anything about your country this thread is useless, because your question is almost as egotistical as saying 'what do you know about me?'

On June 19 2009 10:51 Railz wrote:


Most Americans also think the main language of America is...American!
I don't try to talk to my friends about geo-politicals or anything foreign for that matter.

On June 19 2009 12:50 broz0rs wrote:
that girls there love anal sex.

On June 19 2009 12:50 broz0rs wrote:
that girls there love anal sex.

On June 19 2009 13:00 foeffa wrote:
Cidade de Deus?

On June 19 2009 11:38 disciple wrote:
I know about Brazil , the movie

On June 19 2009 13:44 Etherone wrote:
this is ridiculous.

what do you want a list of all the things i know about Brazil?

Or do you want to know the generalized idea someone gets from you're country? if it is, then how are you going to expect anything other than a severely generalized answer, mostly consisting of the things Brazil makes it's self famous for?
is the fact that Brazil makes it's self famous for these things what makes you angry?

Before you start ranting on about my ignorance etc, know that I lived in Brazil for about 5 years, speak fluent Portuguese, have been to quite a few regions of Brazil, and have a lot of close family there.

lol also if the mods knew what ViB has been saying he would warned at the very least.

On June 19 2009 14:17 HSV210 wrote:
Capeoira

On June 19 2009 10:43 psion0011 wrote:
You guys love to get free heals in ragnarok online?

On June 19 2009 14:33 Freyr wrote:
They have a part one of the coolest environments on the planet (the Amazon) - not for long though.

On June 19 2009 14:19 iPF[Div] wrote:


is the worst martial art ever

On June 19 2009 13:58 genryou wrote:
This lead me to a question, especially to the OP

What do you know about other country? For example, my country, Malaysia.

On June 19 2009 13:30 Ingenol wrote:
I know there are significant problems with drug trafficking which results in a lot of violence in "favelas," which are extremely poor urban slums. I'm also told by Brasilians I've spoken to that there is a lot of government corruption.

On June 19 2009 17:16 omninmo wrote:
best porn outside of japan comes from brazil

On June 19 2009 12:36 Ret. wrote:
As a brazilian that have visited once every single "important" country, at least over america and europe + japan, i have to say, i hate how people worldwide describes my country.
Yes, I hate it... but I know it's not their fault, it's ours, at least from the past generations. Every single brazilian movie that becomes famous is about either poverty, soccer, women or natural things, and it's not only the movies, it seems like the most of brazilian people being so ignorant as our poor educational system allows them, love this image.
Once I was talking about this with some friends from my college, and a couple of them had hosted foreigns from US and Canada, and all they shown to them was Maracanã and Copacabana beach, and their excuse was that these are the only things that make them feel pride for living in Rio.
Some of the brazilians from tl.net just seem to think exactly as my friends, and this hurts me soo much, cause there are really lots of stuff other than this stereoptical shit...
And for all the Americans who thinks Brazil is a poor country with only poor people living eith monkeys... you should know that we are the 3rd country in number of international turists, brazilians only visit less countries then Japaneses ans Americans. You also should know that our taxes are the highest around the world, I don't leave in a poor country (as a country), but in a country that doesn't know how to use money, a country where corruption is so intense that an ex-president who has been kicked from the presidency for being accused of corruption,has now returned to the ministery...
Concluding, I blame it all on our political faillure that lasts more than 30 years, and finally I blame all the brazilians that seems to ignore the static situantion of our beloved country. We need a revolution, no more false democratic governors, no more fake presidents, no more public money stealing !!

On June 19 2009 13:58 genryou wrote:
This lead me to a question, especially to the OP

What do you know about other country? For example, my country, Malaysia.

On June 19 2009 17:24 exeprime wrote:


Petronas towers? Also lots of electronics get manufactured there or something.

About Brazil... aa... Tropa de Elite?

On June 19 2009 17:16 omninmo wrote:
best porn outside of japan comes from brazil

On June 19 2009 10:40 Xusneb wrote:
Dude, Americans don't even know anything about Canadians and we're right next to them. How can you expect to know anything about Brazil?

On June 19 2009 16:18 VIB wrote:
Yea tell us what you know about his country D10

On June 19 2009 23:20 D10 wrote:
Wow we never got a Nobel prize ? Now I feel like I dont know shit.

On June 19 2009 23:29 aqui wrote:

richard feynman said your higher education system suxx
he lectured there for a time and was very frustrated with the approach of people to science.

On June 19 2009 22:40 Leath wrote:

-Blanka, from Street Fighter, doesnt look like the typical Brazilian.

On June 19 2009 23:31 Hawk wrote:
you guys take soccer really, really seriously, but you're not as good as italy

On June 19 2009 23:41 D10 wrote:


Our approach to science is "lets export the scientists"

Skill wise I think Brazil got the best soccer team, but our coach is a monumental failure.

No team and withstand the assault of constant bad decisions

On June 20 2009 01:34 MoltkeWarding wrote:
Top tourist destination for perverts along with Thailand.

On June 19 2009 23:41 D10 wrote:


Our approach to science is "lets export the scientists"

Skill wise I think Brazil got the best soccer team, but our coach is a monumental failure.

No team and withstand the assault of constant bad decisions

On June 20 2009 04:37 cava wrote:
Most people don't know much about other countries other than their own. I don't see what the OP expects. Does he know random things about random countries in africa or europe?

On June 20 2009 05:44 Amber[LighT] wrote:
hot women come from Brazil. There's two Brazilian girls that moved into my neighbors house a few years back... hot hot hot

On June 19 2009 23:29 aqui wrote:

richard feynman said your higher education system suxx
he lectured there for a time and was very frustrated with the approach of people to science.

On June 19 2009 23:31 Hawk wrote:
Women are hot
for some reason, there's a lot of brazilian girls in nj who come here to work as nannies
steakhouses are badass (at least the American ones)
some pornstar got AIDS in your country and spread it throughout the industry
Christ the REdeemer
Edward Norton hid in your country in THE HULK
it's supposed to be an awesome place to party
you guys take soccer really, really seriously, but you're not as good as italy
i'd like to visit some day
for some reason, a lot of nazis hid in brazil and other SA countries post WWII
crazy rain forrests
you speak portugese

On June 19 2009 23:41 D10 wrote:


Our approach to science is "lets export the scientists"

Skill wise I think Brazil got the best soccer team, but our coach is a monumental failure.

No team and withstand the assault of constant bad decisions

On June 20 2009 06:03 Hawk wrote:
Baggio the great just choked at the worst time ever

God, that was an incredibly disappointing day

On June 20 2009 04:37 cava wrote:
Most people don't know much about other countries other than their own. I don't see what the OP expects. Does he know random things about random countries in africa or europe?

On June 20 2009 06:03 Hawk wrote:
Baggio the great just choked at the worst time ever

God, that was an incredibly disappointing day

On June 20 2009 06:12 VIB wrote:
I don't really understand why you guys care so much about what people know about you lol I personally am ashamed that
- my country tops every international corruption rank.
- That all famous international election pooling companies officially quit making election pools in Brazil because every election is rigged and their pooling results are always inaccurate.
- That our "democracy" makes Iran look like an utopia. lol
- That our crime rates shocks any tourists from the first world.
- That we use the word "smart" as an synonym to "dishonest".

I don't really want people to know more about Brazil, they would just laugh more at me

On June 20 2009 00:13 Purind wrote:


What?! You just changed my life with this tidbit of knowledge

On June 19 2009 11:07 ninjafetus wrote:
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, soccer, surfing, Portuguese is the language, Acai (with an accent somewhere) berries, Rio de Janero, Brasilia is the capital... that's about it.

On June 20 2009 09:46 Z-BosoN wrote:
I lived in the US for a while and here are the things americans LOVE to say about brazil:

The capital is São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro.
a) It's a all forest // b) All beaches and hot ladies
They think we speak spanish or brazilian. Actually they don't think, they are pretty sure.
I have been asked if I knew anyone who lived in a treehouse.

That's the basic shit a regular brazilian has to deal with in ignorant US. There's also the shit hollywood helps us with, like slums, drug traffic, organ traffic, etc.

gringo lesado pra kct

On June 19 2009 13:18 stafu wrote:

I remember hearing about this too.. something to do with saving their 'virginity' for their husband?

On June 20 2009 10:02 oSS-Zarathustra wrote:
If i make a post "what do you know about Bolivia" i think it wouldn't fill the first page.

On June 22 2009 01:34 D10 wrote:
The average Brazilian player takes pride in being a unsociable douchebag that creates a pattern of behavior that drives anyone who is not a stupid kid with poor english skills away.

the 5% that dont act like that are usually really really cool

On June 22 2009 04:55 ydg wrote:
I learned that Brasilia was designed based on Le Corbusier's plans of a model city and that it sucks ass layoutwise and leads to people feeling dehumanized.

Of course if this is true I don't know..

On June 19 2009 10:41 VIB wrote:
Like the Casa do Caralho.

On June 22 2009 05:20 bigsack wrote:
I know that Blanka in street fighter is from Brazil.

On June 22 2009 05:20 bigsack wrote:
I know that Blanka in street fighter is from Brazil.

On June 22 2009 01:23 NonFactor wrote:
The most annoying group of people I've met in the internet come from there. Them or Greeks, anyone who's played WoW / or L2 should know what I'm talking about, damn BRs and GRs. It's funny, some people get offended if called a BR. ''You play like a BR.'' ''No way dude, I'm not THAT bad.''

Jajajajajaaj, xaxaxaxaxaxaaa, u is noob xaxa.

About the country itself: Coffee, that Jesus statue (I think.) Them football players and umm yeah, a lot of jungle.

Oh and, not all Brazilians are like I mentioned above with broken english, I once played a BR server and I met a lot of nice people. It's just that a huge amount of them are total douches to everyone who doesen't speak their noble language.

On June 19 2009 10:19 D10 wrote:
I realize this is average than normal, but still, what do you know ?

What comes to mind beyond carnaval, samba and soccer ?

On June 19 2009 13:56 Terranfan wrote:
Italy>Brazil when it comes to soccer (Lol)

Now guess where my family is from!

Anyway I know nothing about brazil, cept the duh stuff like the size and rainforests.

On June 24 2009 07:37 {ToT}Strafe wrote:
shes not the sexiest woman by far idiot :D

Sorry for calling you an idiot, but you just have a horrible taste.

nah im not sorry at all actually!

On June 24 2009 07:15 InfeSteD wrote:
D10 I only read the first page of the thread since im at work.. cant go through all the pages...

Like some North Americans said in this thread, it's an unfair question cuz to be honest I dont know much about Brasil either and Im from Venezuela right next to u guys...and Im the type of person thats really into knowing geographics and knowing other cultures...

Ignorant Stuff I believe about Brasil:

- You mentioned something about having hydro power in brasil (is that the form of making electricity out of a water dam?) if so I thought Venezuela provided a big majority of electricity to Brasil? from "Del Guri" Water Dam.

- Brasil = Futebol Penta-Campeon

- Brasil = Portuguese language in crack

- Brasil = Big as Fuck, geographically

- Brasil = Pele, Ronaldo, Kaka

- Brasil = Amazon shared with Venezuela

- Brasil = this is what my girl friend from work said "they are all black LOL" we know that aint true (but ppl do look at it that way lol) she also said they have a big ass and they can hella dance lol

And last all the Brasilians Ive met are really humble... like really .. they enjoy life to the fullest and dont give a fuck about anything lol..

On June 20 2009 03:29 patochaos wrote:

Even though in Brazil they speak portuguese, it's quite hard for a Portuguese and a Brazilian to understand each other.

On June 24 2009 10:09 XYoonZ wrote:
For me, Brazil = Ayrton Senna

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Brazil has produced more F1 world champions than they have World Cups.

On June 24 2009 07:37 {ToT}Strafe wrote:
shes not the sexiest woman by far idiot :D

Sorry for calling you an idiot, but you just have a horrible taste.

nah im not sorry at all actually!

On June 24 2009 10:09 XYoonZ wrote:
For me, Brazil = Ayrton Senna

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Brazil has produced more F1 world champions than they have World Cups.

On June 24 2009 09:28 leandroqm wrote:
Brazilians are humble? YES!

On June 20 2009 07:29 danieldrsa wrote:
Also i would like to se the source to this:
"- That all famous international election pooling companies officially quit making election pools in Brazil because every election is rigged and their pooling results are always inaccurate."

Seriously, never heard of it, i would like to see it myself.

On June 24 2009 09:28 leandroqm wrote:


Not true.
Portugal has a lot of brazilian soap operas, so they understand us just perfectly.
Most brazilians don't understand portuguese from Portugal quite so well, but I do! :D

Brazilians are humble? YES!
But we are also veeeeeeery critic.
Just think about what MOST brazilians talk about their country...
"We" only see the bad part as we want it better and better everyday.

Also, we understand spanish better than spanish speaking ppl understand our version of portuguese! :D

On June 24 2009 09:28 leandroqm wrote:


Not true.
Portugal has a lot of brazilian soap operas, so they understand us just perfectly.
Most brazilians don't understand portuguese from Portugal quite so well, but I do! :D

Brazilians are humble? YES!
But we are also veeeeeeery critic.
Just think about what MOST brazilians talk about their country...
"We" only see the bad part as we want it better and better everyday.

Also, we understand spanish better than spanish speaking ppl understand our version of portuguese! :D

On June 19 2009 17:33 Mista wrote:
I know cogu,btt,fnx,kiko and mibr and g3x =p

On June 24 2009 07:16 InfeSteD wrote:
notice I spelled Brasil with an S.. cuz of english but I know its Brazil lol

On June 24 2009 10:30 VIB wrote:
Not sure if you even deserve me, replying to you, since you make some really really dumb senseless accusations out of nothing. (no, I'm not a FHC supporter.... ¬¬) Normally I would just say "google it you worthless ignorant" and ignore it. But this link was bookmarked anyway, so lucky you:
http://www.cic.unb.br/docentes/pedro/trabs/entrevistaTP.html

- That all famous international election pooling companies officially quit making election pools in Brazil because every election is rigged and their pooling results are always inaccurate.

On June 25 2009 05:23 D10 wrote:
On the other hand, at least its damn fast =p

On June 25 2009 04:52 VIB wrote:
danieldrsa, read it, google it, etc. Our electronic voting machines have been proven fraudulent since it's conception. Contrary, to what you believe, our elections are joked about anywhere else in the world and our machines have already being banned from all the 40 countries that experimented it. Actually the company that manufactors it (DIEBOLD) have even been sued for it in the US. It have been on the media. There's info about it all around the internet. Just look it up yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CFFogJqeKU
http://votoseguro.org/

On June 25 2009 05:49 VIB wrote:
The last presidential election in Paraguay has had it's final result out faster than ours does. (granted it's a much smaller pool of voters, but you get the idea, our elections were only so slow before because of bureaucracy in most part) And it's done using traditional method. Because they tried our machines once, found flaws on it, and banned it for being bad. This video shows an underground test done by them to prove the brazilian voting machines are easily fraudable:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO5o6fObHYQ
And that's a country that brazillians loves to mock, because of their high corruption

Many brazillians political parties have asked TSE to allow for third parties to do this same test or similar to prove our machines are actually safe. But they deny it. Doing such is against the brazilian law. And as I said in my first post in this thread. Some parties tried to change those laws because they deem it unfair. But the ones who judge rather those are fair or not are the same ones who created those laws in the first place. Which is against the tri-partition of power that is the core of what a modern democratic republic is. This doesn't happen anywhere else in the world.

Ask anyone here what they would think if their election system was run and administered by the judiciary power. That would be ridiculous and would turn into a media scandal. But here in Brazil, you prolly never even heard about it

On June 25 2009 10:33 danieldrsa wrote:
Being a lawyer i must say i dont see any problem in the election system being run by the judiciary. And no, this is not the motive of a media scandal.

On June 25 2009 15:45 VIB wrote:
I'm not gonna respond to the rest because it's completely irrelevant if you don't understand this. Look it is really really simple:

- Separation of powers were created so one power can audit the other
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers
as a lawyer, you know this and agree with this up to this point right?

- ok, so in Brazil the election is run by one of the 3 powers: the judiciary
- which one of the 3 powers can audit them? According to brazilian law: the judiciary
- the judiciary audits: themselves
- therefore, our elections are legally: unverifiable, not auditable

You understand this, right? You still cannot see anything, possibly, wrong with this?

On June 26 2009 09:11 {ToT}Strafe wrote:
If I want to go on vacation to Brazil, where should I go and what should I do? :D

On June 26 2009 07:34 VIB wrote:
Daniel, I'm saying the current law does not allow for verification. Then you reply saying "but the senators can change the law". There is the whole point, That is where I'm trying to get at. We should change our laws, because the current one is bad. That is what the PDT are trying to accomplish since year 2000 and failed so far:
http://www.pdt.org.br/diversos/acaourna.htm

But guess what. Our elections have are not and have not been run under a law that we-might-change-to-someday. Our elections are run under the system described in the current law. As a lawyed, you know this right? And according to our current law: Our electoral system is unverifiable, TODAY. Because the TSE have both judiciary and legislative power in this country. "Lei 4.737/65 " Art. 152. As a lawyer, do you know that one?
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- http://www.brunazo.eng.br/voto-e/textos/poderes1.htm

On June 20 2009 05:51 VarsityUser wrote:


any races girls can be hot.

The only two things i've learned in this thread is that brazil has a crappy government and that they are only known for the same thing every other spanish country is, soccer. /nutshell

On June 25 2009 04:52 VIB wrote:
Shuray, do you live at liberdade? That is my girlfriend's dream. She makes me take her there from Santos (where we live) about one Sunday per month just for having lunch in one of the japanese restaurants. She is constantly looking for a job that is close to it, so we can move together there, just so we can eat there everyday. But so far no luck

danieldrsa, read it, google it, etc. Our electronic voting machines have been proven fraudulent since it's conception. Contrary, to what you believe, our elections are joked about anywhere else in the world and our machines have already being banned from all the 40 countries that experimented it. Actually the company that manufactors it (DIEBOLD) have even been sued for it in the US. It have been on the media. There's info about it all around the internet. Just look it up yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CFFogJqeKU
http://votoseguro.org/

On June 27 2009 01:19 Telemako wrote:
I like how you get rid of medical patents.

On June 19 2009 10:27 VIB wrote:
I know that it's the only "democratic" country on planet earth where the elections are run by the judicial system. Because of that they implemented a fraudulent and legally unverifiable electronic election system where it is technically impossible to recount votes. Which only exists in their country because if you try to sue them, those judging it are the same ones who built it.

And 99.9% of the brazilians actually think they're electoral system is so technological advanced and that all other countries envy them. When in reality, the brazilian voting machines got banned in all of the 40 countries that tried it.

Other than that there is that Ronaldo guy everyone keeps talking about.

On June 27 2009 01:56 D10 wrote:


I do too, its one of the few areas where I think goverment should really be active, it did wonders to the cost of our health care and it helps millions of sick poor people get cheap medications.

its sad that, the USA capitalism is the place that created the best enviroment for lab research, because if it wasant for that, no one would be able to make an argument against making pharmaceutics about government policy instead of a business.

On June 27 2009 07:46 MamiyaOtaru wrote:

And if companies get no return on their investment what is their incentive for doing the (expensive) research? I know, you think the government should do it, but as you yourself point out "the USA capitalism is the place that created the best enviroment for lab research". Keep trying to tear it down. And you're proud of being a freeloader :-/

Anyway, I already knew Brazil hates Turistas (thanks to that eye opening documentary) and now I know you hate our economic system as well. That's more than enough. Debauched street parties aren't a sufficient offset.

On June 19 2009 10:37 D10 wrote:
Cristo Redentor

On February 16 2011 03:25 PacketOverflow wrote:
Great thread guys! I've been planning on visiting Rio and hearing facts and opinions from natives was an interesting read. Gotta love international communities like TL

However, I only ever hear about tourism, the poor, crime, and corruption. Is it really so bad outside the tourist areas? Are there no comfortable middle class areas? I also hear about how poor the education system is. Are there no real jobs outside of tourism then? Also, how would a middle class american with a college education and several years experience in an IT related field do there? I guess I'm just trying to get a better understanding of things there besides all the topics that get hyped. I don't want to wander around with a head full of stereotypical information. I want to know how the Brazilian equivalents of myself live over there. Sorry if these sound like stupid questions to anyone.

On February 16 2011 03:33 Elegy wrote:


My limited knowledge of Brazil tells me that wealth is extremely concentrated, as it often is, in the hands of a select group of elite landowners who own vast tracts of land, both developed and underdeveloped. President Lula da Silva's policies aided in the development of a Brazilian "middle class", but from what I know, it's not exactly what Westerners would consider a comfortable life...to my knowledge, only the wealthy in Brazil have a comparably Western lifestyle.

Naturally, I could be completely wrong.

I believe there were some Brazilian members who posted in the thread during the favela incidents last year, they'll be able to provide a better picture.

Are you looking to live in Brazil permanently or merely visit for an extended period?

On February 16 2011 03:33 Elegy wrote:


My limited knowledge of Brazil tells me that wealth is extremely concentrated, as it often is, in the hands of a select group of elite landowners who own vast tracts of land, both developed and underdeveloped. President Lula da Silva's policies aided in the development of a Brazilian "middle class", but from what I know, it's not exactly what Westerners would consider a comfortable life...to my knowledge, only the wealthy in Brazil have a comparably Western lifestyle.

Naturally, I could be completely wrong.

I believe there were some Brazilian members who posted in the thread during the favela incidents last year, they'll be able to provide a better picture.

Are you looking to live in Brazil permanently or merely visit for an extended period?

On June 19 2009 10:19 D10 wrote:
I was talking with a friend of mine that came back from a season at the states and he says that 99% percent of americans dont know anything at all about Brazil, he even said that a few friends he made back there still believe today that he has a monkey servant.

I realize this is average than normal, but still, what do you know ?

What comes to mind beyond carnaval, samba and soccer ?

Sorry if this feels like a useless thread.

On February 16 2011 04:22 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
I know that I wouldn't mind living there. Women, the economy, beaches, Soccer, soccer women.

On February 16 2011 04:16 fabiano wrote:


No. There are a lot of dangerous places, but usually they are near the poor areas. What you probably see on TV is the extreme side, but Brazil is a violent country yes if you compare to Germany for example.



Of course there is lol?



The public education system overall is bad indeed. However, it is not true for a huge amount of schools/universities.

Here I am, a guy who studied in public school in the 1st, 5nd series and the whole highschool. I must say that I always had good dedicated teachers.

Rightnow I'm 22 and completing my degree in Computer Science in a federal university and I have nothing to complain about.



IT jobs are plenty here due to the lack of capacitation. You would certainly have no trouble at all in finding a job, and depending on your experience, the companies might actually fight fiercely for you lol


How much does a middle class american make per month? Because I'm almost sure the american middle class is much different from a brazilian middle class.