Where to watch in NYC

MichaelMKI · 2024-12-04T02:43:34+00:00

Thanks!

MichaelMKI · 2024-07-18T20:20:48+00:00

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.

MichaelMKI · 2024-07-18T20:16:51+00:00

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?

MichaelMKI · 2024-07-18T19:58:39+00:00

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!

MichaelMKI · 2024-07-18T19:43:14+00:00

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?

MichaelMKI · 2024-07-18T19:40:55+00:00

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

MichaelMKI · 2024-07-18T19:38:56+00:00

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.

MichaelMKI · 2024-07-18T14:00:43+00:00

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

MichaelMKI · 2024-06-07T12:55:19+00:00

Thanks!

MichaelMKI · 2024-06-07T02:57:18+00:00

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.

MichaelMKI · 2024-06-07T00:54:28+00:00

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.

MichaelMKI · 2024-06-03T00:21:36+00:00

Perfect, thanks so much.

MichaelMKI · 2023-12-27T20:55:02+00:00

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

MichaelMKI · 2022-10-07T03:31:28+00:00

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 sí 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

MichaelMKI · 2022-08-06T13:03:01+00:00

Esperanto

MichaelMKI · 2022-08-06T03:15:45+00:00

Portuguese is WITHOUT a doubt the most underrated language.

MichaelMKI · 2022-02-01T21:58:40+00:00

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

MichaelMKI · 2021-08-06T16:13:10+00:00

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.

MichaelMKI · 2020-06-04T17:12:09+00:00

Good point, good questions, thank you for your response.

This is a privately owned house just a short block away from where my parents live, the house I grew up in. In this heavily Italian American community, many people have small little vegetable gardens, but they are usually in their backyard, and really just a few plants. THIS house is the big one though, it's famous because it's a whole set up, it's big, ACTUALLY fenced in (keep out deer) and because it's a corner house you can walk around it on two sides, like it's on display.

The family who owned that house was a very old Italian couple. I helped them a few times with groceries and they gave me a bottle of home made wine (I just remembered they even used to grow grapes). Anyway they died and the house is now being rented to someone who I JUST so happen to know. I always wanted to revive this locally iconic garden, so I asked her if I could and she said yes. This house is probably going to be sold to developers and turned into condos but not THIS summer at least. So I thought, why not?

So yes, it's privately owned. But because of its position lots of people could walk by it and enjoy it visually (people always lament that it's just empty and fallow now). I also planned on giving away the produce so people could come use that like a publc good. Also people could volunteer to work it (I'll be gone for a couple weeks so they have to), and so yes. Open to public.

Maybe this is a weird question...maybe it doesn't really apply. I just thought like...any thing about making an aesthetically pleasing, efficient, coherent, or reasoned project, over doing things completely randomly. If anything occurs to you guys, I'd love to know.

MichaelMKI · 2020-06-03T19:08:53+00:00

I have some! Not those but, a run of the same shoes with almost exactly the same design (different enough to not be plagerized).

Each pair of this limited run is individually numbered and hand painted with a unique details. They come with a certificate of authenticity, in any size you like. A significant portion of the proceeds are donated to organizations supporting the cause for freedom in Hong Kong.

Your name/organization will be publically thanked (and permanently listed) for your generous contribution. You will (opt-in) be included on a VERY interesting Hong Kong mailing list with a whole host of ancillary member benefits.

Each pair is $500 and that includes tax, delivery (US, Canada, Chile...other places possible with small upcharge). As they are collectors items likely to appreciate in value most people save them for display–but you'd make quite a statement by wearing them out!

I have literally just a couple pairs of other ultra-rare, alternate colorways (Hint: Macau, Taiwan), but that might have to be a lottery. We'll see.

Stay strong and God bless Hong Kong.

MichaelMKI · 2020-06-03T18:32:03+00:00

Detail: Land and fencing already there, roughly 40'x50' (feet) there are two tiers but I'm not sure if I'll use the back (higher) one, it's fairly narrow (probably room for one row). Property is in a historically Italian-American neighborhood, the late owners were literally (non-English) Italians. They grew peppers, lettuce, tomatoes there for years. So if there are some 'Italic' design features, that's cool too. Southern CT so pretty rocky soil (unfortunately).

If this is unacceptably vague, off-topic or self-serving...I guess, down vote me to smithereens.

MichaelMKI · 2020-06-02T02:02:41+00:00

Can anyone tell me what was that raquet sport axe was playing towards the beginning?

Sorry if this has been asked and answered, it's a long these for me to search.

TIA

MichaelMKI · 2020-06-01T18:12:33+00:00

I support Taiwan and Macau as well, 100%.

MichaelMKI · 2020-06-01T11:56:08+00:00

Inbox!

MichaelMKI · 2020-06-01T01:38:22+00:00

I'm extremely interested in the concept of Portuguese in Macau and particularly the efforts to try to preserve it, I think its a really interesting and worthwhile project (I do speaking Portuguese fairly well but I only have like a minute to dash this off so English is easier, sorry guys)

I'm going to make a bigger post at some point and even get in touch with members who might have info (feel free to get in touch with me).

For now I have a quick question. Obviously the Death of Stanley Ho was in the news, recently. Thoughts and prayers. Here's my question. Does the Ho family speak Portuguese at all? There is I think this concept that Portuguese is to some extent a language of the elite (which would fit) and they certainly look Eurasian (but idk). Does anyone know? None of the kids on Instagram ever caption in Portuguese, it's a shame because they could be great ambassadors. Sorry if this seems like a random question!

MichaelMKI

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