End of the World Party Mafia - Page 7

On February 27 2019 02:04 Vivax wrote:


Proof you've never been to Italy.

The crosswalks there are for decoration, and the horn is a vent for frustration.

On February 27 2019 01:57 Tictock wrote:
I suppose I was unintentionally furthering the stereotype of the bad Asian female driver... I really just wanted to put the reference for the joke I was making. In hindsight, context was probably unnecessary.

Personally I tend to be most bothered by drivers who feel like they own the road. You know the people who bob and weave in and out of traffic playing the “me first” game. Who, despite knowing full well their lane is ending, will zoom as far past as many people as possible before merging over.

I find it odd how there is a thread of thought that gender has any bearing on driving ability, when clearly there is no difference between men and woman drivers. I do have to concede that there are cultural differences in driving. One thing I notice is that in EU drivers tend to use car horns as an alert whereas in the US drivers tend to use it as a shout (usually in anger at traffic or telling someone to go).

On February 27 2019 11:12 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:

I live in New Jersey, our largest ethnic group is Italian (like 18% tbh, but it approaches 100 the farther away from the cities you get), and that last sentence applies to the roads here. The apple doesn't really fall far from the tree.

On February 27 2019 17:52 rsoultin wrote:


This 100%. Nothing angry about the honking in the Netherlands Though of course that's just one country so maybe not 100% lol. But it's definitely a difference I noticed coming here from the States.

Though Lex's insistence that there were no bad drivers in the Netherlands who selfishly do dangerous things was of course a rose-colored glasses statement. To be fair, though, it's the exception. And he said it while I was driving us through Dallas Ft. Worth lol >< (And no, despite Slam's studies - which obviously I know are talking about statistically significant trends - it wasn't actually a critique on my driving. I am the "fortunate" one in the family who after living in San Antonio for years always ends up driving in cities because other people be scary man >< rofl. Poor Lex can barely stand to be in the car when Dad is driving.)

For the uninitiated, Lex is ArtanisXP and is being chicken-shit and not joining us. He blames work. We all know better >> (We also can't play in the same game together 'cause I can't keep a secret but shhh that's not a factor at all.)

On February 27 2019 20:50 Vivax wrote:
Being a half-blood italian-austrian I'll tell you that I literally dislike most Austrians in interpersonal relationships. I don't know if it's the language which is notoriously rigid but when I'd have to rank people by capacity of socializing and just generally having a good time, the US would rank top (the openness of peeps in the southwest left me baffled), followed by Italy (without being able to estimate other cultures, Spain is probably cool too). Austria would rank somewhere at the bottom along with North Korea.

It seems to me that socializing in Austria either comes down to doing sports together, or hammering yourself with alcohol and cigarettes on weekends. Good luck inviting people to dinner around here (it mostly seems inappropriate unless you're related or really close friends), but in Italy it's like the most common thing in the world, just like simply hanging out.

That said, I'd rather live among chaotic, lazy and sometimes ill-tempered, but friendly peeps than super-efficient hobby-alcoholic bores. If you find political correctness you can keep it.