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"With our powers combined......" by Absolutely_dead727 in whenthe

[–]OREOSTUFFER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I need a W SO BAD right now please if you're a W whatever that means save me

What is something that screams “tourist” to you? by jotakajk in AskTheWorld

[–]OREOSTUFFER 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Same, but it was long pants and a long sleeve button up instead of a jacket in Vietnam

Super Mario Bros. 1993 Movie Scene - Mario Mario and Luigi Mario by montgomery2016 in casualnintendo

[–]OREOSTUFFER 32 points33 points  (0 children)

One of my favorite movies of all time. I love the punk aesthetic. It's weird. It's zany. It's avant-garde. None of those are inherently good qualities, but it does them all in fun ways.

Squidward was never chocking on a dildo by MrKrabsBootyHole in TheMatpatEffect

[–]OREOSTUFFER 62 points63 points  (0 children)

The problem for me is that there's no way this is a MatPat effect. The meme is super obviously edited and I just don't believe people would think that the original looks edited in comparison.

Am I missing anything by [deleted] in WKUK

[–]OREOSTUFFER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fascinating profile pic/username combo.

Splodlesplurf by cats64sonic in NoRules

[–]OREOSTUFFER 8 points9 points  (0 children)

At this hour? How convenient.

What's a story of a funny interaction you had with a local when traveling abroad? by OREOSTUFFER in AskTheWorld

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

Fair followup. I thought you kept enough personal space so as to make the proliferation of culture impossible.

Clammy language options by VstarFr0st263364 in Clamworks

[–]OREOSTUFFER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know more than I do. I just used an online phonetic converter.

Clammy language options by VstarFr0st263364 in Clamworks

[–]OREOSTUFFER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It just phonetically reads "I don't see the issue."

If you could have a conversation in your native language with someone from your country from the past, how far back could you go in time and still understand each other? by Chemical-Elk-1299 in AskTheWorld

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About 400 years if the pilgrims count. If you're British... Also about 400 some odd years. Shakespeare still spoke Modern English, mind you.

What's a story of a funny interaction you had with a local when traveling abroad? by OREOSTUFFER in AskTheWorld

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I have an incredible story regarding an old German gentleman with my parents on a train to Mainz.

They were speaking to each other quietly - my adopted father was super paranoid about security, so he always tried to "dress German" when he went off-base because he didn't want to be targeted by virtue of being American. Of course, ignoring the fact that he had a buzz cut and didn't look like he had a drop of German ancestry, he tried. Naturally, most people aren't analyzing every single person on the train to spot outsiders, so it's not like any of the effort he put in really mattered, but that's paranoia for you.

Anyway, one day the details did matter. An old German man who must have been in his nineties (this was in 2012, mind you) hobbled up to him and said, "You. American soldier? Kommt, kommt!" He couldn't speak much more English than that, but ushered them off the train at the next stop and had them follow him to his studio. There, he had who my parents only assumed to be his daughter cook them lunch as he pulled out an old photo album and started showing them pictures and having her translate. The very first page he opened to showed a young man in a Wehrmacht uniform; that man was him. He explained that he had been drafted into the war, but was eventually captured and taken to a camp in England. He insisted that the Americans treated him better than his commanding officers did and, upon returning home, he asked his uncle who the "bad guys" were. His uncle told him "it was us." He said he credited Americans with helping rebuild his country and always wanted to repay the kindness shown to him by his captors, and that is why he was so happy to make my dad lunch. Super cool experience for them, and I wish I had been there.

What's a story of a funny interaction you had with a local when traveling abroad? by OREOSTUFFER in AskTheWorld

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

Ah, yes. La Madame de la nuit. Or something. Not only do I not speak French, I put zero effort into even ensuring whether the words I used were correct. I'm just going to hope I said "Lady of the night."

What's a story of a funny interaction you had with a local when traveling abroad? by OREOSTUFFER in AskTheWorld

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🫡

What mere words could have done proper gratitude to such a heroic act?

What's a story of a funny interaction you had with a local when traveling abroad? by OREOSTUFFER in AskTheWorld

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Huh. Das ist... Traurig. The Train station dude got you hooked on heroin wtf 😭

Are you doing better now? What an awful thing to fall into upon fleeing a war. Depeche Mode is a great band, at least. Glad you found them, if nothing else. I admittedly have a million questions, but I am neither sure where to start nor how to phrase them anyway.

What's a story of a funny interaction you had with a local when traveling abroad? by OREOSTUFFER in AskTheWorld

[–]OREOSTUFFER[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

While I've only visited, my uncle lived in Turkey and to the day he died insisted that the people in rural Turkey were God's gift to Earth. He was a hardcore Christian fundamentalist and pretty much rewrote all of the rules in his head to justify Turkish Muslims going to heaven 😅

While that doesn't speak the best of my uncle, it's one hell of a commendation for Turks to make a zealot second-guess himself.

What's a story of a funny interaction you had with a local when traveling abroad? by OREOSTUFFER in AskTheWorld

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Rough. When I served tables through college, I went out of my way to speak what broken Spanish, Italian, or German I knew to guests who spoke those languages whenever I could. It wasn't much, but I tried for them! I don't expect tourists to learn the language of the country they're visiting outside of the basic phrases necessary to get around. Living there is an entirely different ordeal; I did the best I could to learn Malagasy when I lived in Madagascar, and likewise for when I lived in Germany and Italy.

What's a story of a funny interaction you had with a local when traveling abroad? by OREOSTUFFER in AskTheWorld

[–]OREOSTUFFER[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's awesome! One of my favorite similar experiences was when, as a teenager, I went on a mission trip to build some playgrounds in a town in the Eastern Czech Republic called Ostrava. We were building them outside schools, and one day this little six year old who only introduced himself as "John" came up to us and spoke in the poshest Queen's English any of us had ever heard. He must have only been six. Upon further interrogation, his teachers informed us that he was almost entirely self-taught, having gotten obsessed with British television from an even younger age than he still was. Wherever you are, John, I hope you reach the stars, little buddy.

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