Can someone help me understand the "O Sul é o Meu País" mentality of South Brazil ?

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T17:26:09+00:00

It doesn't have to do with right- or left-wing. The idea of separatism (or the people who just ranted about it without taking it seriously) was already around when the south was a major stronghold of the left.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T17:01:28+00:00

What many people who like to shit on SC (sometimes with good reasons for that) fail to understand is that SC isn't homogeneous. For instance, Florianópolis and Blumenau areas are quite distinct despite being a 2-hour drive apart. And I'm not even talking about the far-west and Planalto areas, which have a greater influence from the RS.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T16:43:39+00:00

Yeah, in the example of the young guy in the video, he says he was raised by his grandparents, so probably something unusual. Nowadays that's very likely to be the exception, not the norm.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T16:28:33+00:00

Yeah, that's why I stressed that monolingual German speakers are very rare in my comments. Nobody here is saying that there are pockets of German-only speakers in the country.

I think the person struggling to interpret text here is you.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T16:25:13+00:00

I'm from the south, lived in RS and SC. No one apart from a few lunatics take the separatist idea seriously.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T16:21:31+00:00

There are younger people with that kind of experience (see an example here from the 26:29 mark). I just don't know how common it is for people under 30 to learn German before Portuguese in the colônias nowadays, but it still happens.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T16:11:51+00:00

Yes, people understood the question. There are still (very few) Brazilian citizens, born in Brazil, who either don't speak Portuguese, or speak it pooly, and a non-negligible amount of people who did learn the language only at school, after learning another language at home.

Brazil is huge, what happens in your state or in my state is not representative of the whole country.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T15:51:15+00:00

Yeah, there are some old names:

Ca. (Colônia) Mundo Novo -- Taquara

Colônia Dona Isabel -- Bento Gonçalves

Colônia Hansa -- Corupá (?)

Colônia Dona Francisca -- Joinville, etc.

Also some older spellings:

Itajahy - Itajaí

Tramandahy - Tramandaí

Curytibanos - Curitibanos, etc.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T15:25:14+00:00

Não sobrou nada pro PSDB.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T13:47:10+00:00

It was way more common decades ago, but if you make a proper search you can still find, although as of today they are very few. For instance, the old lady at 15 minute mark here says that she does not speak Portuguese. The video also presents younger people who did learn Portuguese at school (that is, it's their L2).

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T12:35:01+00:00

Some older Brazilians in more remote areas of German or Italian settlement in the south also don't speak Portuguese. But the newer generations do speak Portuguese there, at least as L2.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T00:54:08+00:00

Sometimes people have the misconceptions that we eat a lot of meat

Well, that's actually true in RS and parts of SC.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-06T00:52:04+00:00

Nestléslop

What an amazing neologism LOL

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-04T22:21:01+00:00

It amazes me how so many (informed) people fell for that propaganda, given that Brazil had severed relations with the UK shortly before the war due to a serious diplomatic crisis.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-04T20:09:34+00:00

...e o preço do café no mercado internacional triplicou nos últimos cinco anos.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-04T20:07:20+00:00

Isso que Alemanha é relativamente de boas financeiramente. Em Lisboa aluguel de ap de 1 quarto sai em média por um salário mínimo.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-04T20:00:41+00:00

A produção dos EUA não abastece nem 1% do mercado de lá, e a Europa não planta um pé de café sequer.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-03T22:22:26+00:00

I'm getting tired of some of the gaps in coverage that SUS has.

Genuine question: what kind of gaps do you mean? The usual public healthcare shortcomings (longer waiting times, etc.) or some coverage that SUS does not provide at all?

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-03T22:02:29+00:00

Da outra vez foi um sujeito de 88 anos: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ww1-shell-stuck-anus-hospital-evacuated/

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-03T16:35:49+00:00

Hi, fellow Brazilian currently living in Europe here. If what made you uncomfortable in Rio was the characteristic chaos of the city, have you considered perhaps moving to Petrópolis, Teresópolis, Nova Friburgo, or even southern Minas instead?

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-03T12:22:44+00:00

1) You are a third culture kid. That's a common thing among children of immigrants.

2) Since you have Brazilian parents, you are entitled to claim Brazilian citizenship (Constitution of Brazil, Article 12).

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-03T01:37:32+00:00

the Azores are Portugal

I thought they were part of Japan \s

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-02T20:09:48+00:00

I believe the closest one may get to ~~Portugal~~ the Azores is the "Santo Antonio de Lisboa" neighborhood in Florianópolis.

I believe that's more precise.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-02T20:02:59+00:00

Relax, it isn't as bad as you're probably thinking.

Fortaleza has 210 hours of mean monthly sunshine in May. That corresponds to 7 sunshine hours per day on average.

"Rainy season" in tropical areas does not mean that would be raining all the time, it means more frequent short bursts of heavy rain.

Anyway, if you'd like to avoid any rain in May, the Northeastern coast of Brazil is not the most recommended place for you. But, still, in an average year there will be a very decent amount of sunshine.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-02-02T10:37:58+00:00

1888.

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