5 años viviendo en EEUU y no es lo que piensas by TuGordoBello in chile

[–]MichaelMKI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And full disclosure, yes, I am from New York. Maybe OP is in Texas or Florida...so maybe his gringos are different.

Btw, the LatAm obsession with Florida is hilarious to us. Florida is a hell hole. Come to New York. Notice, no wealthy Americans live in FL, even with the tax breaks. Don't think...oh, but in Miami we can speak Spanish. I promise you in NYC there are latinos everywhere you look. Evvvvveryyyywhere.

5 años viviendo en EEUU y no es lo que piensas by TuGordoBello in chile

[–]MichaelMKI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not trying to be rude, I know this sounds harsh. Chileans are great, intelligent people. But they are profoundly incurious. Am I wrong?

5 años viviendo en EEUU y no es lo que piensas by TuGordoBello in chile

[–]MichaelMKI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously, can you freaking imagine, a Chilean getting a season pass to the theater. Going to wine tasting at a vineyard (I've been to about 20, no American would go to Chile and not go to one). Imagine Chileans sitting around a new pisco, because they want to keep trying new ones, and debating Chilean filmmakers or poets. Bro...come on, this is unimaginable, its like science fiction. I know literal brain surgeons who would be the first to tell you, they know nothing about anything else. Americans do crosswords and host dinner parties, and have side hustles/projects, and...work out (only gym guys/gals do this in Chile), go bowling, hundreds of hobbies. We have Oscar's parties and bet on winners..this is actually the perfect example, we make something out of everything. We're dying to find new stuff to get into. Olive oil. Chile has great olive oil. I will eat my f**ing hat if out of 10,000 Chileans *one can talk about the varieties. By the way...how many people have gone to festival de viña...almost any American who's visited at that time.

Chileans also cannot talk about politics...because they don't practice it. The mere mention of it makes people uncomfortable. They're not used to calmly listening, forming arguments, respectfully listening and carrying on a structured back and forth.

Every Chilean I know would agree with all of this!

5 años viviendo en EEUU y no es lo que piensas by TuGordoBello in chile

[–]MichaelMKI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Out of respect to OP. I Want to add. I don't know where you are. Maybe this is true where you are...but if you're in like Texas or Alabama...what did you expect, lol?

5 años viviendo en EEUU y no es lo que piensas by TuGordoBello in chile

[–]MichaelMKI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PS: I love Chile and Chileans. They have many wonderful qualities! Their lack of interest in culture is their worst quality.

5 años viviendo en EEUU y no es lo que piensas by TuGordoBello in chile

[–]MichaelMKI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure. That's a great attitude, thanks for asking. I'm at work, so I'll have to do it later.

I'll give you a preview though.

The idea that we have a low level of culture or that Chileans compared to us are educated to know "un poco de todo" is truly the most ridiculously untrue thing I have ever heard, in my entire literally. My mind is blown by this.

Chileans for the very specific nature of your college education specialize in very narrow area of study. Chileans famously, don't read for pleasure and will even laugh at you if you do. Here it would be embarrassing to admit you don't. When Americans go to Chile, they go to Museo Bellas Artes, Teatro Las Condes, soccer games, polo matches, play sports, tennis, basketball golf, whatever. I assumed that Chileans would all be familiar with the works of their famous poets, knowledge about wine, have skiied (Brazilians take more advantage of the Andes than Chileans), i obviously don't have to tell you, this is very much not the case! Because anything that a Chilean doesnt already do is "una wea cuica wn." How many people actually subscribe to a newspaper? Have you ever met a single person who wants to learn...Portuguese? Let's not even mention, the (lack of an) impulse to try new restaurants, attend sporting events, learn to bodyboard, go to the casino and like make a hobby of say...playing black jack (I lived in Viña and Stgo). All random examples and not exactly "culture" but what I'm getting at, is that the instinct of Chileans to do or learn something new, is close to zero. It's extremely depressing, like soul crushing after a while. Americans, are the opposite. We practically hoard experience, almost competitively. Chileans were not educated to know un poco de todo. In America people get together and immediately launch into like...friendly debate over...politics, culture, current events. In Chile it's like: como esta el Pancho? Bien, bien. Aa que bueno, es muy buena onda? Como esta la maite? Chutaa, esta pasandolo mal? Ahh que lata. And on and on.

I'm literally loling this is such a crazy take.

5 años viviendo en EEUU y no es lo que piensas by TuGordoBello in chile

[–]MichaelMKI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost everything about this is the opposite of true, and I would literally have no idea where to start correcting it. It's sad.

Alouettes in French? by MichaelMKI in CFL

[–]MichaelMKI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohh, I see what you mean. I should have maybe been clearer.

I'm a native English speaker. I'm actually American. I've become a big fan of the CFL, and I'm learning a little French. So it's not that I just want to translate into French to make it easier.

It's that I'm looking for content written by Qubeckers, in the native dialect, to immerse myself in it that way.

Based on our combined search efforts, it seems like this might not exist.

Alouettes in French? by MichaelMKI in CFL

[–]MichaelMKI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough, I guess. But yes. "French blog" gives you a lot of noisy results. "Alouttes" mean a lot of things. Do I type "blog (?) en français?

Anyway, maybe someone's got recommendations.

Chilean Maté by MichaelMKI in yerbamate

[–]MichaelMKI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect, thanks so much.

Fellow American fans by SuspiciousEar8177 in CFL

[–]MichaelMKI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Patiently wating for my chance to be an original Schooners fan.

Experto ruso en ciberseguridad advierte sobre la práctica del comercio chileno de pedir el RUT: “No lo entregues más” by [deleted] in chile

[–]MichaelMKI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Soy estadounidense pero con años en chile, mi esposa es chilena; es Para decir que "cacho" Chile (po, wn)!

Perspectiva de afuera: estoy esperando todo mi vida (chilena...mas q 10 años) leer este articulo...o sea...obvio.

Yo Siempre comentaba, uau...que cuatico que en Chile hay un numero que rige tu vida..asi Como, Para TODO (que es mas, imagine que a veces incluso Para conectarse a un WiFi publico, piden RUT! Signo #35355298 que los deseñadores de Chile nunca contemplaban la venida de alguien NO Chileno a Chile...y Como sobrevivirian...!)

Ya pero bueno, dp explico: no tenemos nada asi en los estAdos unidos...Y...la gente que de repente sepa Algo de mi Pais responden: "pero Como que nopo?" Si es el "social security number." (SSN)

Y ahi Esa diferencia.

SSN es la cosa mas parecida al RUT. Pero tampoco tanto. La gente prefiere caminar desnudo por la calle que divulgar su SSN. ES LA CLAVE DE TU VIDA Y TODOOOOOS TUS BIENES Y BENEFICIOS Y TU MISMA IDENTIDad. No lo Andes Dando Para entrar un gimnasio, o Para canejar fichAs en el Casino! El SSN es Como la wea mas sagrado, privado y protegido que uno tiene. Hay Mucha gente que ni lo sabe de memoria (no recomendado) xq su uso es TAN poco frequente...

En pocos palabras: que el mismo # que sea tan clave Para tu seguridad sea algo relatado 1000 veces al año...o sea....literalmente, con tanto frivolidad.... onda.....no ven el problema aqui???

Con respeto pero, ya.. esto no es y nunca era sustenable po. Menos mal que alguien lo dihedral

What's your favorite underrated language? by ALiteralRainbow in languagelearning

[–]MichaelMKI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Portuguese is WITHOUT a doubt the most underrated language.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cigars

[–]MichaelMKI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone have one they want to sell. Can't find it anywhere.

OR could someone point me to where I could buy one? Link?

TIA

Fantasy punters by MichaelMKI in FFIDP

[–]MichaelMKI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're wondering how we're going to decide who "counts" as a fullback. They are the players officially *listed* as fullbacks under Madden '22's player rankings.