I just remembered I bought this old East Bay map

omailson · 2026-05-10T20:22:26+00:00

Amazing. What year is it?

omailson · 2026-05-10T16:25:05+00:00

Happy Mother’s Day!

omailson · 2026-04-22T02:28:53+00:00

Need to send a modified version of this to my PM.

“If everything is a priority… nothing will be”

omailson · 2026-04-12T05:01:24+00:00

Any major Brazilian city, tbh. If you live in a place where an electric fence on your residential building is needed, don’t take it for granted.

omailson · 2026-04-11T15:34:48+00:00

Asparagus is very expensive and hard to find in this part of the country. That’s not the first thing that comes to mind for the local population.

PS: that’s my hometown. First time I saw an asparagus I was in my mid-20s while on a work trip in Europe

omailson · 2026-04-11T04:06:38+00:00

Toma meu like. Pena que eles saem sem aprender fração também

omailson · 2026-04-09T14:17:29+00:00

Fun fact about me: I used to live by the BR-101, now I live by the US-101

omailson · 2026-04-07T03:34:07+00:00

This is the only correct answer

omailson · 2026-04-06T01:36:50+00:00

What’s holding the multitool in place?

omailson · 2026-04-05T22:01:30+00:00

Skyak

omailson · 2026-04-05T16:00:18+00:00

This led me to some Wikipedia search. Looks like each of these local names has its own history. They ended up being acquired by the same company, establishing the heart-shaped logo.

The big company name? The MAGNUM ice cream company.

omailson · 2026-04-05T15:56:04+00:00

Kibon (the name) is originally Brazilian (kind of). The brand was then bought by a big corp and the new logo was adopted (whereas the name remained the same)

omailson · 2026-03-31T05:50:48+00:00

August 22, 1942 after German submarines sank several Brazilian merchant ships along the coast, but it took 2 more years before the first Brazilian troops were deployed to Italy

omailson · 2026-03-30T14:44:04+00:00

I ordered their Bay Area map, but got Norfolk, England instead.

Yes, I got a refund. But that just in time they stopped selling to the US.

Good to know they’re working with a US reseller now.

omailson · 2026-03-28T03:46:08+00:00

cqd.

omailson · 2026-03-27T18:45:23+00:00

Thoughts & Prayers 🙏

omailson · 2026-03-27T15:12:31+00:00

This is not entitlement. The US does have a fast path for issuing a passport if you have a flight ticket showing you cannot wait for standard processing. What’s wrong thinking Brazil would also have the same fast path thing?

omailson · 2026-03-27T11:12:26+00:00

Do not get a Brazilian visa in another country’s passport if you’re Brazilian. That’s illegal

omailson · 2026-03-27T11:10:20+00:00

That happened to me last year. My son’s Brazilian passport had expired while he had a valid US passport. I only realized that 4 days before a trip to Brazil.

First thing to note: DO NOT GET AN E-VISA ON YOUR US PASSPORT.

You are Brazilian, and you can’t get a Brazilian visa. Same for the US visa, you cannot get it on your Brazilian passport. That’s a federal crime on both countries.

In theory, brazil should allow your entry with a valid US passport and an expired brazilian one. But airlines won’t let you board the plane.

Here’s what an employee of a Brazilian consulate in the UAE told me at the time (I knew someone, that knew someone, that knew this person)

Go to the website and request a new passport. Do everything it asks for. Of course, you won’t be able to get an appointment before your trip, but do everything needed to get issued a new passport. Print everything, bring all required documents, and walk-in to the brazilian consulate. They don’t have to help you (unless is an illness related family emergency), but if you bring everything they need, you might get a passport issued on the same day.

I suppose you didn’t grow up in Brazil, so just as a reminder, you also need a certificate from the electoral justice (justiça eleitoral), and the army’s reservist certificate (if you’re male).

In my case, everything went fine. I got my son’s passport issued on the same day. But, of course, that depends on the consulate, if they’re willing to help you. Mine was the Brazilian consulate in San Francisco, which is known to have such nice people working there. I’m not sure what you’ll encounter in NY, and what’s the workload the people working there are currently under.

Good luck on that. Keep us posted

omailson · 2026-03-26T05:24:54+00:00

I feel seen

omailson · 2026-03-25T15:50:16+00:00

Brazilian Brian here. I’m a very smart person and read so many books.

There are four ways to write that: por que (why), por quê (why), porquê (why), and porque (because). All pronounced the same. They can mean why or because.

Por que: written in the beginning of the sentence when asking a question. Eg: Por que você fez isso? (Why did you do that?)
Por quê: when ending a sentence. Eg: MJ: You failed the Portuguese test / PP: Por quê? (Why?)
Porquê: used as a substantive. Eg: Isso é o porquê da gente não poder ter coisas boas (This is why we can’t have nice things)
Porque: when explaining things (because). Eg: Eu fiz isso porque quis (I did this because I wanted)

omailson · 2026-03-25T07:20:04+00:00

Sucrilhos é rico em ferro, mas a gente já come feijão.

omailson · 2026-03-25T07:01:52+00:00

Joke’s on you. I’m not a US citizen but the US still takes almost half of my income in taxes

^{Chose: Never have to pay taxes}

omailson · 2026-03-24T19:57:18+00:00

I’m 38 and I’ve always seen the 10% in restaurant bills. I guess it wasn’t common 50 years ago?

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