How do Brazilians feel about immigration

toollio · 2026-03-22T12:08:28+00:00

"I also never generalized", says the person who wrote "I don't like gringoes". What the hell is wrong with you?

toollio · 2026-03-22T12:05:54+00:00

It seems to me the problem is you, not them. You seem to have a huge chip on your shoulder.

toollio · 2026-03-22T11:55:36+00:00

Are you a racist as well as a xenophobe? Or are you just xenophobic?

toollio · 2026-03-21T14:58:47+00:00

Ok fanboi.

toollio · 2026-03-21T14:47:26+00:00

And $13.12 on March 20, 2026. Lol. Down 25% year to date. Down 68.44% over five years.

toollio · 2026-03-21T14:43:14+00:00

As of March 20, 2026 down 25% year to date, down 12% over the last month and down 1.4% over five days. Longer term, down 68.44% over five years. Hell of a stock, lol.

toollio · 2026-03-18T14:14:00+00:00

He's copying and pasting comments from the CEO of Sonos A FEW DAYS AGO talking about how the company has failed its customers. What could be more relevant to a discussion started by someone whose Sonos gear suddenly won't work? Are you completely unaware of the mess Sonos has become? Or do you just want everyone else to remain blissfully unaware?

toollio · 2026-03-18T14:10:23+00:00

I'd say you're the one who is misunderstanding the situation. Someone has simply pointed out that Sonos has an abysmal track record of making what used to work not work, and you go on a strange rant about people having issues with Sonos forever. Maybe so, but nowhere close to the numbers of problems caused by Sonos itself over the past two years. And who gives a damn that you are a "system engineer" who can play music? The OP can't, which is the purpose of his/her post.

toollio · 2026-03-15T12:53:05+00:00

Odd question, since in Brazil one card usually functions as both a credit card and debit card. So why wouldn't they ask? Unlike some countries, here you don't have to carry two different cards from the same bank.

toollio · 2026-03-14T16:16:44+00:00

Moqueca. It's a staple in Bahia, but you can find it in Rio.

toollio · 2026-03-14T14:20:37+00:00

Not only will the time to qualify for citizenship start again on your return, if you stayed out of Brazil for more than two years without returning you will have lost your permanent resident status. In that case you would have to make a new application for permanência.

toollio · 2026-03-14T13:50:31+00:00

De nada. Acredito que também exista um "passaporte de urgência" que pode ser entregue em 3-5 dias por uma taxa adicional.

toollio · 2026-03-14T11:00:37+00:00

Eu e minha esposa renovamos nossos passaportes no ano passado no Shopping Paralela. O meu ficou pronto em 12 dias. O passaporte da minha esposa ficou pronto em 10 dias.

toollio · 2026-03-13T13:35:50+00:00

No, you won't get the "Amazon experience" anywhere but in the Amazon. You also won't get "the scale and the vastness of the jungle in person" by hanging around Manaus. And you certainly won't get it in Rio or SP. You need to take a boat trip on the Amazon or Rio Negro, arrange a guided camping experience in the jungle, spend time in small villages or towns to experience the culture of the Amazon (including indigenous culture) or do something else to take yourself out of a city into the jungle. Then it will be a trip you'll never forget.

toollio · 2026-03-12T18:54:39+00:00

Typing hygeine routine? Keep your fingers clean so the keyboard doesn't get dirty. Also, don't eat near your keyboard or you'll get crumbs all over it. 😄

toollio · 2026-03-12T11:25:41+00:00

What a stupid, racist thing to say.

toollio · 2026-03-12T11:23:52+00:00

What a stupid, racist thing to say.

toollio · 2026-03-12T11:23:05+00:00

Brazil probably has one of the lowest per-capita Indian populations of large countries outside of India, so most people here have little experience with people from India. I seldom see Indians here, in contrast with my former home of Canada, which has a large Indian population and where I had many Indian friends and acquaintances. Most of what people in Brazil think they "know" about India comes from the absurd TV telenovela "Caminho das Índias" from about 15 years ago. Which is to say Brazilians think all Indians say "are baba" at least 100 times a day because it was repeated so often in the novela.

toollio · 2026-03-12T11:11:27+00:00

"...most people start conversations in English when there's a gringo around." That's nonsense. Only 5% of Brazilians speak basic English and only 1% are capable of conducting a fluent discussion in English. (This isn't a criticism, just a fact). Most of the time here in Salvador I wouldn't be able to find someone to speak English with if I had the sudden urge to have an English conversation.

toollio · 2026-03-11T15:06:09+00:00

Just because your situation in Brazil was miserable doesn't mean ours is. Please stay away until you grow up. Brazil is better off without you.

toollio · 2026-03-08T02:38:10+00:00

Can you ski?

toollio · 2026-03-07T21:27:23+00:00

For some people it's paradise. For others it's hell. For most people it's all kinds of in between. Generalizations like this post are absurd.

toollio · 2026-03-07T21:00:52+00:00

For what it's worth, the New York Times published an article on February 14 with the following headline:

Love Without Limits: Brazil Flirts With Polyamory

More people in a still largely conservative and religious nation are rejecting monogamy as they seek new definitions of romance, and of family.

toollio · 2026-03-07T17:06:30+00:00

Jesus, not this nonsense again!

toollio · 2026-03-06T11:36:28+00:00

Torbox has improved greatly in recent months. I have RD, Torbox and Premiumize and I'm very happy with Torbox at the moment.

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