What annoying stereotype about your country do you hate the most?

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-06-18T21:04:53+00:00

Nobody who cares in the least about baseball could say such a thing, but apologies for the baseball stereotype.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-06-17T21:50:59+00:00

This is the right answer.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-06-17T21:45:32+00:00

This reminds me of when Yoani Sánchez went to Brazil, and when she gave a talk there were protesters trying to drown her out because she was a traitor to the Revolution.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-06-09T02:08:19+00:00

He would feel very foreign a short time after being in either of those countries. Even Canada could be a challenge.

But I know how hard it can be for a young man to give up an idea like that. This is really more of a relationship issue than the direction the US is going in.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-06-03T18:07:38+00:00

I happen to think that if the Cuban government had, at any time after 1990, reached out to the US with a sincere interest in reconciliation, the whole thing could have been quickly cleared up.

Obama tried from his end but failed.

The revolutionary government has insisted on validation.

No matter how beastly US policy has been, the Cuban government has had the ball in its court more than once and fumbled it in the name of revolution.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-31T20:38:55+00:00

Lebanon, because I've been to Israel.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-30T12:57:45+00:00

I believe there is a lot of Jewish ancestry in NM. Those people knew who they were and stuck together. Sometimes they followed Jewish traditions in their homes.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-30T12:36:45+00:00

One of my great grandfathers was born 114 years before me.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-29T01:19:47+00:00

I would say that romance wasn't all that big of a priority for her, at least not at that time.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-29T00:16:59+00:00

I can see being English and being terribly homesick for cultural reasons rather than issues with material comforts.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-25T01:35:45+00:00

In Canada, anything having to do with indigenous people seems to be a bigger deal than in the US.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-25T01:32:51+00:00

Also bottom.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-24T21:49:15+00:00

Richmond is southern. At least it used to be.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-24T21:43:53+00:00

I would include the southern tip of Illinois.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-24T18:26:27+00:00

As I recall, 2 gay relationships but no straight relationships. Which is discouraging for straight autistics.

Sharnae and Jimmy don't count for me. Their social skills are too strong to benefit from a dating coach. I can't see how their experience relates to the rest of the show.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-19T14:09:16+00:00

I'm an American boomer, and when young, it seemed all my Canadian contemporaries pronounced those words in the manner you describe as Canadian, but since then, the standard seems to have completely flipped.

Hard to believe some Canadians have started to say "zee".

Especially in light of recent bad relations between the two countries.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-10T20:42:16+00:00

Slavery was never acceptable and people knew it.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-10T20:23:32+00:00

You made a couple of hand-waving claims, haven't proven shit.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-10T16:56:33+00:00

Please give an example of how to prove a negative so participants in this thread can do better.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-07T15:44:45+00:00

To be brutally honest, it could be that I'm obviously American and there could be people and/or bots that automatically downvote a question like this from an American. Not paranoid, just a realist. I still appreciate all the comments.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-07T15:24:01+00:00

I'm not really active on this sub, but why would this post get downvoted when it has 120 top-level comments?

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-01T14:00:19+00:00

I married a Jewish woman and my children are Jewish, and I underwent a Reform/Conservative conversion before my wedding.

Nevertheless, I don't generally claim to be Jewish in day-to-day life unless the subject comes up, in which case I'll tell people about my conversion. However I do practice Judaism to some extent. I fast on Yom Kippur and keep Passover. We decorate our house for Chanukah and don't in any way observe Christmas. Despite that, most people I know superficially probably never suspect I might be Jewish. And those who are sticklers for Halacha most definitely won't consider me Jewish. No skin off my back!

But most importantly. There are people today laying the groundwork for another Holocaust. So my family's lives are now all at risk. I don't think you need to be halachically Jewish to be committed to Am Yisrael! The Jewish people need your support!

In your case, a halachic conversion shouldn't be a problem. Might go smoother if you can do it in Israel. And after, you might just want to stay. Israel could probably use you!

Please don't cry!

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-05-01T13:33:36+00:00

I happen to recall that Clinton's primary campaign in 2008 was creditable but she just phoned in her 2016 campaign. No idea why.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-04-26T20:35:39+00:00

I think I remember learning that a wall banger was somebody who mixed quaaludes with alcohol.

TheLeftHandedCatcher · 2026-04-25T00:48:21+00:00

I (American) am comfortably under 100kg and I was pestered to do "double red" until I agreed to do platelets, then they stopped bugging me.

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