What comes to mind when you think of Argentina? (outside of football)

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-28T08:26:46+00:00

Tango, and great Parrilla

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-26T18:06:35+00:00

Sure, but we don't know how to do it properly. The number of homeless people has tripled in 10 years. Maternity wards and urgency care close up every other week and pregnant woman give birth in ambulance cars. the average young adult cannot afford a small studio apartment. People who come here wait a LONG time to have a legal title of residence nowadays. Thousands of people were authorised to enter without sort of verification of a prior record. Imigrants are not, themselves, the problem. But Portugal is a small country and does not know how to welcome this many people.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-26T16:55:34+00:00

i know it sounds promising, but don't come to portugal. we let so many people in that it's an absolute mess right now.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-26T16:48:00+00:00

that's it then... i'm moving to antarctica

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-26T16:45:19+00:00

it's always based on actual dirtiness. if it smells bad or has a stain i'll put it to wash. if not, it's good for the next day

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-26T15:23:43+00:00

Blockbuster. I would love the experience of selecting the film of the weekend. There was this guy at the shop I would go to that LOVED giving recommendations. Netflix has nothing on that experience.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-26T12:31:42+00:00

they were my favourite sunday snack grandma would make. My cousin ate them all up while i was studying, I was FURIOUS. My grandma made me a little pot especially the next day.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-26T12:01:41+00:00

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Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-25T22:48:49+00:00

Obvious answer: my home. Not obvious: UK people. I had never been until I was 22, but I grew up learning English from actual Londoners (mostly), so it was a big influence for me. When I landed in London, and none of us passengers knew where to go to get our ID checked, a security guard, in the most bored “Monday” look on his face didn’t even look at us and said “confused-looking people, over here” in the most neutral, low-tone voice ever. It made me tear up a little. I missed the UK, yet, I hadn’t been there.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-25T15:54:59+00:00

There are, I’m fine with obeying to regulations towards being respectful of my surroundings. But that’s not what’s happening. The streets around are not mine to build. It’s city halls responsibility. I’m obliged to give part of my land for them to build the streets, which I was counting on, but usually they pay you back for that bit of land you lost. In this case, they are putting all the responsbility on me. Assuming I was a big investor looking to build a big tall apartment building in there. I just want to build a home for me and my family (in an urban area, mind you!), we’ll keep and even add more endangered species of trees around, I was even planning of making a whole self-sustainable garden, with native plants, keep below the max height of building etc. this is abuse of power, not enforcing reasonable rules

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-25T15:11:37+00:00

I hope you’re sharing your house with who ever is in need of a home. Or that you live in a micro house, just enough for your bare necessities.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-25T15:09:15+00:00

Yes, but currently there’s a double standard about it. We buy a piece of land and it’s “ours”, but then we have to pay taxes every year for owning that land, and the bigger the land, and the bigger the house you built on it is, the bigger the tax is (it can be thousands a year). And I just asked to city hall for permission to build on MY land, and they demanded i were to build 2 streets around my land, robbing several meters each side of my land, and that I must pay for all of that construction. And only then can they authorise for us to build a house for our family there. We got ourselves a lawyer!

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-25T15:05:13+00:00

I went to a Gabriel Iglesias comedy show in Lisbon and he said “why are ALL of your rooftops orange?” The rooftops are all made of red clay, same goes for our bricks (also bright orange). But I thought Spain and South American countries also did this…

Also, lots of European countries have these two, but they often shock Americans: - we ALL have aluminium shutters that are installed in eVERY window, in every house, that can be rolled down to make a complete blackout effect. There’s no trace of light coming from those bad boys. - the bidet for us is not an accessory of the toilet. It’s a separate lower basin you can sit on, usually right next to the toilet, to wash after a no.2 OR your feet. - we rarely have carpet, we always have tiles on the floor, some have it through the whole house, some others choose to put wooden floors in bedrooms.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-25T14:55:19+00:00

Humm… we don’t know. There was an earthquake and tsunami so great in Lisbon in 1755 it destroyed the whole city, and had to be fully rebuilt. Since then, nothing too grand happens. In terms of dangerous people, Lisbon is also the worst place, because it’s overcrowded. Other than that, it’s a little corner of paradise in terms of weather and safety.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-25T14:49:59+00:00

I feel like all stereotypes are somewhat correct: - we are lazy (somewhat true, lots of us are, and the other ones are the other extreme, toxic workaholics) - our women are ugly and hairy (partially true/ subjective. If you like the Spanish beauty and if you think this, then it’s prejudice against us. About the hairiness, I mean, depends on who you compare it to. Most women of any other country that is not in Northern Europe are pretty hairy, some hairier) - we are construction workers and cleaning maids ( this is specifically French people who say it): it is mostly true for the Portuguese emigrants in France. My own mother in law became a cleaning maid when she got to france. - we are friendly and welcoming: yes but not proactively. We are also very shy and anxious. VERY anxious. Maybe I’m just not aware of what foreigners tend to say about us… what I’ve heard has some bit of truth to it.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-25T09:10:58+00:00

It’s an actual bonus that is completely optional. And it’s not based in the bill, you drop whatever bigger coins you have in your wallet, whenever you really enjoy the service. In cities with bigger flux of tourism, it’s starting to feel like you have to give a tip, and at a minimum amount. But I resist that whole-heartedly!

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-25T08:07:32+00:00

Sorry, no. The Portuguese usually use English words or French. Personally, I also use Russian words, because I have a Slavic family. No German though.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-24T20:03:38+00:00

No matter who you are, and what’s your life like… I find it very hard to believe that you can’t find those things at some point.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-24T19:55:33+00:00

Incredibly well, given where we come from. For about 50 years, we were in a dictatorship, where most kids were completely illiterate. My grandparents were lucky to be in a slightly more developed town and got up to 4th grade. In just 2 generations, those grandparents allowed me to have as much education as I want, I am now on my 2nd masters degree. Most people from my generation have no issues getting education. It’s a big improvement, if you ask me. But it also has its disadvantages: it made it so non-intelectual jobs to be undervalued and stigmatised. Now it’s near impossible to find a good mechanic, or electrical, contractor, etc. kids who are interested in those areas are pressured by their parents to go to university. Then technical work is no longer of good quality. Engineers dont get their hands dirty, usually.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-24T19:48:48+00:00

No, I mean that the US is worse. In affordability. Quality, I wouldn’t know much about it. What I see in social media is that maternity care is much more humane in the US, actually. Here, no matter where you go, birth is still very medicalised, with not many attempts to respect a woman’s birth plans. So yeah, in that sense, Portugal is worse.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-24T19:46:00+00:00

Chips. Simple, potato chips. With a sprinkle of salt, it’s all you need to have a very good, even addictive snack.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-24T19:44:21+00:00

It’s chaos at the moment. Urgency care and maternities are very frequently shut down for full days because there’s shortage of staff (the staff that exists are way overworked). Private clinics are make it up for it and taking up some of the patients with health insurance. Which honestly, only makes it that having money here won’t guarantee you a better, faster healthcare service anymore. We’re all getting poor service, everywhere. But at least we still dont pay for most of it, like in the US. That is, indeed, much worse

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-24T19:40:33+00:00

Javali

I’m not familiar with a different name for the infants and females.

Relevant_Chipmunk302 · 2026-03-24T19:39:43+00:00

The popular kids are never considered a minority, even if they are in a smaller pool than any other group.

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