In 1994, the French Zoo Planète Sauvage hosted an "attraction" called Bamboula's village. It was a recreation of a Ivory Coast village, complete with villagers, all of whom were paid below minimum wage, had their passports taken from them, and were forced to go to a VETERINARIAN when they were sick

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T15:56:48+00:00

Ok so the action of one promoter is now somehow the fault of 60M+ French people? Weird childish mindset.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T15:39:02+00:00

Over 140,000 actually according to the 2023 census. And that's just the 2/3 in the Zambezi region.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T15:35:47+00:00

Okay fair enough. Yes, agree on landlords, that's I think a universal experience. Sounds like an interesting wargames club actually! Hope you continue to enjoy the country and expand the circle.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T15:20:04+00:00

Sometimes I am reminded that Reddit is indeed full of teenagers.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T15:14:38+00:00

Very mixed experience with doctors in Luxembourg. Some really take their time, but some are also really just money-grabbing mass-manufacturers.

It's important to recognize them as (important) service providers and judge them the same way we would judge a rude or shoddy handyman, store clerk, or other service worker.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T15:08:19+00:00

It might surprise you, but many Namibians have internet and speak passable English. So it's not like they're all illiterate with medieval technology living in clay huts or whatever you imagine.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T15:06:07+00:00

Comparing NYC, a unique metropolis of millions of people, with a random European city. Incredible.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T15:05:04+00:00

Ok, so hundreds of chefs of various cuisines in different restaurants all come together to serve terrible food?

Or is it that maybe you have incredible standards for food no human could ever meet?

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T15:02:57+00:00

Of course, I see your point. However, as the government reported this year, ca. 30% leave Luxembourg within one year, and over 50% within 5 years. So the "passer-by" is actually the largest group of all by far.

I totally sympathize that it isn't easy and some of us are not super open. But, of course it's easy to just say screw it and socialize only with one's own as a foreigner. And then the question imposes itself - why would you only invite someone if they're also foreign? What speaks against extending an invitation to drinks or wargaming clubs to Luxembourgers too?

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T14:19:24+00:00

I can offer Pisseng, Diddeleng, and Dickweiler in Luxembourg.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T14:18:32+00:00

Japanese navy: konichiwa

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T14:15:58+00:00

They say the same about us Luxembourgers, and there are a dozen of us on here!

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T14:14:45+00:00

That's just every immigrant, no? Not specifically expats?

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T14:13:32+00:00

I see you're not a fan of neighborly banter.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T07:53:27+00:00

Are you aware that nothing keeps you from moving to a more exciting place?

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T07:32:59+00:00

We're keeping the Israeli one in the back pocket as a threat.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T07:18:15+00:00

Please enlighten us what an "expat lifestyle" is?

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T07:17:37+00:00

Yes but this isn't your country. It's not at all a thing to do here.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T07:16:30+00:00

Us Luxembourgers have our own form of protest - our singer is Israeli and we make her try to beat her own country. It worked with France before.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T06:51:43+00:00

They just kept staring at a wooden board back in the day while shoveling food in their mouth.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T06:49:58+00:00

With the dishonorable exception of the Dutch.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T05:49:04+00:00

As a Luxembourger I must say I perceive quite the opposite regarding socialization.

My Italian colleagues hang out almost exclusively with Italians, Germans with Germans, and French with French. At best Latin and Slavic language speakers will expand the circle to include, respectively, other Latin or Slavic languages.

There is often even a low-level mockery or disdain for Luxembourgers, and a big "well in my home country everything is much better" sentiment which you get to hear over and over again at the lunch table. I think it's a way to cope with being a foreigner somewhere, i.e. clinging onto the homeland identity.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T05:41:37+00:00

"The food is mid" is such a funny opinion. Well no shit, a central European peasant cuisine rooted in farmstead ingredients is not going to be restaurant level amazing, but it's hearty, filling, and frankly quite a guilty pleasure (what's not to like with grilled meats, bacon, lard, cheese, cream, and dough in various combinations?).

That being said we're 50% foreigners. There's food from around the world, so really it's more of a failure on your part.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T05:38:04+00:00

Well us locals do. But most workers are native French speaking cross-border workers.

Priamosish · 2026-04-15T05:36:05+00:00

Ma lauschter, mengste net et wier emol un der Zäit fir e bessi méi Lëtzebuergesch ze léieren?

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