War Room Lounge v92: The amount of strange s%#! on the internet that we can't share here is amazing

[Gregolian]

You should really travel sometime if you ever get any money. France, Germany, Spain, anywhere in Asia... They just look at you if you try to speak in English to them. The French will actually roll their eyes in disgust and walk away loudly swearing.

The French are cunts though so.



And in Japan if you are noticeably a non-native Westerner they will attempt to speak English with you, especially teenagers as they all take it in high school as a requirement and see it as an opportunity to practice.

Not notably. Still waiting on a bunch of tests. Off all the pain killers and anti-inflammatory drugs though (still on antibiotics).
Slowly just regaining strength and mobility now after what was initially fast improvement. I'm even back doing some light training with free weights and the banana heavy bag (admittedly I've given it a miss when the temperature tops 45 degrees).
I did decide that discretion was the better part of valour when it came to joining the nieces and nephews on the slip and slide for Christmas day.

Good to read/hear you are on the mend (slowly but still)

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Some people just beg to be ignored

Annnnnnnndddd you officially just made the list!

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

 

[tonni]

You should really travel sometime if you ever get any money. France, Germany, Spain, anywhere in Asia... They just look at you if you try to speak in English to them. The French will actually roll their eyes in disgust and walk away loudly swearing.

Hahaha you fucking liar.

 

[tonni]

The French are cunts though so.



And in Japan if you are noticeably a non-native Westerner they will attempt to speak English with you, especially teenagers as they all take it in high school as a requirement and see it as an opportunity to practice.


Good to read/hear you are on the mend (slowly but still)

Have you been to France? I've lived there. Southern France. Friendly people, they will try to help you out no matter what language you ask in. They're pretty chauvinistic about their language, but they won't walk away loudly swearing. Spain doesn't have a lot of English speakers, but you'll get more luck in Portugal for example. Northern/Western Europe? A large percentage of people will speak English and nobody will look at you strangely for speaking English, even in Germany. Eastern Europe depends on where you go, it's not a monolith. They'll speak good English in the Czech Republic, but you'll have a harder time in a Slovenian mountain village for example.

@Cunningham bringing up Germany lets me know with 100% certainty he's either never been to Europe, or is lying out of his ass to make some weird point nobody cares about.

 

[Deleted member 539235]

You should really travel sometime if you ever get any money. France, Germany, Spain, anywhere in Asia... They just look at you if you try to speak in English to them. The French will actually roll their eyes in disgust and walk away loudly swearing.

Travel is important. It will open your eyes to what a big world it is and what an ignorant little rube you actually are. You should go to Eastern Europe and see what your preferred brand of politics leads to as well.

what you're describing is just a little bit different from being told not to speak your own language in a conversation between yourself and a travelling companion

i've had people not bother to attempt to help me due to the language barrier and some very patient ones accomodate me in some hilarious exchanges while i talk with my hands in foreign countries, but not once have i been told to speak spanish/french/portugese by a local, let alone when i'm not speaking to them

maybe try faking being friendly and you'll have better experiences with strangers

 

[Gregolian]

Have you been to France? I've lived there. Southern France. Friendly people, they will try to help you out no matter what language you ask in. They're pretty chauvinistic about their language, but they won't walk away loudly swearing. Spain doesn't have a lot of English speakers, but you'll get more luck in Portugal for example. Northern/Western Europe? A large percentage of people will speak English and nobody will look at you strangely for speaking English, even in Germany. Eastern Europe depends on where you go, it's not a monolith. They'll speak good English in the Czech Republic, but you'll have a harder time in a Slovenian mountain village for example.

@Cunningham bringing up Germany lets me know with 100% certainty he's either never been to Europe, or is lying out of his ass to make some weird point nobody cares about.

Was mostly tongue in cheek for an opportunity to post The Rock talking shit. I've looked into it as I have family ties to the Czech Republic and Romania and my dad seems completely uninterested in finding out if we still had family over there that survived WWI, WWII and the purges and revolutions. Thank God the Romania side is from Bucharest and at the most remote the area near where Vlad the Impaler had his castle. The Czech side is harder to know cause the family moved out when it was still one country with Slovakia and my dad has no idea where his dad was actually born. As there's one birth certificate rolling around saying he was born in Hungary and came in through Vermont or some shit and another one that says he came in through Czechoslovakia by way of like German/France.

Quebec is the exception though, those dude's are pompous fuckbois.

 

[tonni]

what you're describing is just a little bit different from being told not to speak your own language in a conversation between yourself and a travelling companion

i've had people not bother to attempt to help me due to the language barrier and some very patient ones accomodate me in some hilarious exchanges while i talk with my hands in foreign countries, but not once have i been told to speak spanish/french/portugese by a local, let alone when i'm not speaking to them

maybe try faking being friendly and you'll have better experiences with strangers

I have to sign language when talking to Spanish tourists but they never seem to want to reciprocate, they just keep speaking Spanish, very quickly too.

 

[tonni]

Was mostly tongue in cheek for an opportunity to post The Rock talking shit.

Quebec is the exception though, those dude's are pompous fuckbois.

Gotcha, it depends where in France you go. Paris are bunch of assholes tbh, Northern France is pretty shitty mostly due to its proximity to Belgium.

 

[Deleted member 539235]

Paris are bunch of assholes tbh

that's weird, they smell like pissholes

 

[Gregolian]

Gotcha, it depends where in France you go. Paris are bunch of assholes tbh, Northern France is pretty shitty mostly due to its proximity to Belgium.

I have a friend that lives/works in Chamonix. Always wanted to go there to visit her/see the area being a big fan of ski videos from like Grand Teton and Matchstick Productions among others. She says given it's such a huge tourist destination almost everyone speaks French, German, and English figuring if they know those languages they can speak to any tourist.



I need to get in shape again given I live so close to Park City, Alta, and Snowbird now.

 

[JDragon]

Have you been to France? I've lived there. Southern France. Friendly people, they will try to help you out no matter what language you ask in. They're pretty chauvinistic about their language, but they won't walk away loudly swearing. Spain doesn't have a lot of English speakers, but you'll get more luck in Portugal for example. Northern/Western Europe? A large percentage of people will speak English and nobody will look at you strangely for speaking English, even in Germany. Eastern Europe depends on where you go, it's not a monolith. They'll speak good English in the Czech Republic, but you'll have a harder time in a Slovenian mountain village for example.

@Cunningham bringing up Germany lets me know with 100% certainty he's either never been to Europe, or is lying out of his ass to make some weird point nobody cares about.

Thanks for writing this so I did not have to. The France thing is the only part even close to truth and even there, it's grossly exaggerated.

 

[JDragon]

As there's one birth certificate rolling around saying he was born in Hungary and came in through Vermont or some shit and another one that says he came in through Czechoslovakia by way of like German/France.

Sounds like he was born in Austria-Hungary.

 

[tonni]

Thanks for writing this so I did not have to. The France thing is the only part even close to truth and even there, it's grossly exaggerated.

I'd concede if he said "Parisians", but the whole of French? Please.

And most every German I've ever met was very friendly and polite, but strangely cold and with scheming eyes.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

You should really travel sometime if you ever get any money. France, Germany, Spain, anywhere in Asia... They just look at you if you try to speak in English to them. The French will actually roll their eyes in disgust and walk away loudly swearing.

Travel is important. It will open your eyes to what a big world it is and what an ignorant little rube you actually are. You should go to Eastern Europe and see what your preferred brand of politics leads to as well.

When I was in japan a few years ago, I gotta say...the locals were incredibly polite and courteous, and went above and beyond trying to help my lost, stupid ass with my primitive attempts to speak Japanese. Most were flattered that I was attempting to speak their language.

Thailand was interesting, especially Phuket. Had no idea Thai folk hate Chinese tourists so much, and that Russian is one of the most common spoken languages on that small island.

still haven't ventured to Europe. only heard stories about rude french folk are.

 

[JDragon]

I'd concede if he said "Parisians", but the whole of French? Please.

And most every German I've ever met was very friendly and polite, but strangely cold and with scheming eyes.

 

[tonni]

I bet you're very punctual

 

[Gregolian]

Sounds like he was born in Austria-Hungary.

Maybe? My last name I am pretty sure is 100% Czech though is the thing.

And most every German I've ever met was very friendly and polite, but strangely cold and with scheming eyes.

 

[tonni]

Maybe? My last name I am pretty sure is 100% Czech though is the thing.

I think Germans have the same problem as the Japanese. They're so rigid and a bit stuck up tbh so when they lose control they go to the other extreme, e.g. cannibalism and shit

 

[Gregolian]

I think Germans have the same problem as the Japanese. They're so rigid and a bit stuck up tbh so when they lose control they go to the other extreme, e.g. cannibalism and shit

I think you're right but the source of the rigid-ness differs.

In Japan it's constant pressure from your family to not bring shame, your work to be available to work 100 hours a week, and shit like that that causes them to snap and then hang themselves in their micro apartments and shit.

All I know about German rigid-ness is jokes from Top Gear:


When Clarkson did the Audi R8 vs Corvette, Clarkson made a comment about not knowing what a button in the R8 did and he finished by going "I just got an engineer murdered for this... but I have no idea what it does"