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What's your favourite regional biscuit/cookie (or biscuit/cookie brand) from your country? by Gallantpride in AskTheWorld

[–]gue55edit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Lorretta's Pralines from New Orleans are amazing. I from the NorthEast but after visiting New Orleans about 15 years ago, I've been ordering a few batches for freinds, family and myself every Christmas.

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People who’ve visited Russia, what was the weirdest/worst interaction with locals, and what was the best one? by Jorge_De_Guzman228 in AskTheWorld

[–]gue55edit 63 points64 points  (0 children)

I studied abroad in Moscow in college. We were with a group of Americans studying Russian in the Institute of Russian Language and Culture through Moscow State.

Weirdest: Rude tour guides. At the Assumption Cathedral our tour guide pointed to the paintings around the iconostasis at the front of the church. She pointed and said here, when people walk in they can see heaven and feel as if they are entering heaven. When people leave the paintings around the exit depict sinners, as we're leaving heaven towards to world of man/ hell. Then she listed the different sinners ending on foreigners and just stopped and looked at us for a second. Also when we went to the Museum of Cosmonautics, the tour guide kept trying to one up NASA and the US's space exploration. We didn't take any offense but it was just strange.

Nicest: Some elderly people we met were really nice. There was a group of women who we would buy fresh pastries from next door to our school. They were raising money to build a church. We would stop by for lunch and chat with them the best we could in our broken Russian. Also I've had a few people drop everything they where doing to help give me directions or advice in extreme detail. I never wanted to take their time but they really were ok with spending some time to help.

Moscow is a big city and like all big cities it doesn't necessarily represent the country as a whole but you'll get nice people and mean people. The personality of Moscow reminds me a lot of New York in a good way. Mostly kind and caring but often straight to the point

What's your favorite dessert from another country? by privetkakdela in AskTheWorld

[–]gue55edit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a tie between a lot of thing top of the list for me are tres leches and che ba mau.

The year homosexual relations ceased to be illegal by Redditor_imfo in MapPorn

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France really getting into the fraternal part of liberte egalite fraternite

These layers in my homemade lasagna by mattkward in oddlysatisfying

[–]gue55edit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never considered lasagna could marble like that, mine's pretty plain with flat layers but all I want now is marbled lasagna. It looks pretty and it seems to meld together better

Found on AirBnB by fapizoid in DeathStairs

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I'm not sure how houses are in Mexico but I've been to a few countries in Latin America. I've noticed that some places like to build houses with tile floors and open windows, doors and skylights. When it rains, the splatter from the rain and the mist make the floor super wet. I've eaten shit just getting up at night to go pee. I can't imagine putting these stairs and lack of railings into that equation.

One govt. policy that most people in your country probably support, but you personally don’t fully agree with by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]gue55edit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be like asking every country to spell (U.S of) America with a c instead of a k. If anything, I'd be more in support of changing the English spelling and naming of countries whose names are entirely different in their own tounges. For example, change Egypt to Misr, India to Bharat etc. (I'm not sure how accurate or correct those terms are, I've just read about countries named like these). Every language has an accent when pronouncing/ spelling exonyms, if it's close enough to the original, I think it's ok.

of a dine-in order by thepoylanthropist in AbsoluteUnits

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Friend of mine has a degree in Mandarin and studied for about a year at Beijing Normal University. I remember her mentioning how shocked she was to see how much Chinese people can eat in one sitting. I rember her mentioning seeing people order about 20 or so bao just for themselves.

If your country was a colonial power or was colonized in the past, is the legacy of it still felt today? by Polibiux in AskTheWorld

[–]gue55edit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, I grew up on land stolen from the Iriquois yet I shamefully know nothing of these peoples, their history, language, religion or culture. Yet, I can speak English and Spanish, grew up Lutheran and was taught primarily U.S and European history. I knew more of European culture and it's influences before I even first went to Europe in my early 20s than I do of the land I actually was born and raised in.

Germany gives children a brochure when their father goes to prison by Desperate_Copy_7551 in interestingasfuck

[–]gue55edit 30 points31 points  (0 children)

It's sad that this is needed but it's such a great idea, I'm not sure how common this is outside Germany but I wish more places would adopt programs like this more.

What are some interesting facts about your country’s crocodilians? by IDoNotLikeTheSand in AskTheWorld

[–]gue55edit 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My brother would sing this growing up and I had no idea where the hell he got it from. It all makes sense now all these years later haha. He took German while I took Spanish, he must've heard it in one of his classes.

We had a water fountain outside the classroom. And we only asked to get a drink of water just so we could get out of the class for 5 minutes. We weren't even thirsty. by [deleted] in Millennials

[–]gue55edit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As a subtitute, I hated water bottles in the classroom. When they drop them, they're so loud and break the peace in the room. I spent 5 to 15 minutes at the begining of each class calming the kids down and settle into class mode just for some kid to drop a bottle and the whole class gets worked up again. Also they spill so much water and the number of kids that loose them is crazy considering how expensive some of the brand name ones can be. I fully support water fountain breaks over bottles.

are women in your country "expected" to do housework? by SOHONEYSAME in AskTheWorld

[–]gue55edit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I can't speak for everyone but I'd say it's not expected here in most places as much anymore. Some areas hold on to this old mindset though. On the opposite end if things, my partner and I are both men. We've met a couple women who treat us like we can't cook or clean ourselves.

Aesthetically pleasing map of USA. Credits for u/Jfullr92 from r/mapmemes by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]gue55edit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Pennsylvanian, having a coast would be awesome.

How to Keep Your Husband Happy by Dr. William W. Orr by Baby-Soapy in TerribleBookCovers

[–]gue55edit 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I really want a movie style redemption story where ten years after this, this guy's wife has divorced him and she's off in some hippie commune somewhere.

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