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what is that you usually do or see in your country or area but is weird to do in other area you have traveled or vice versa?? like it is unusual to wear footwear indoors in asia.

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Civilians openly carrying handguns

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago
[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Wearing tracksuits in Ireland as regular day clothing. They are not nearly as common now as they were before, but many young people still wear them because they're comfortable and cheap. I remember German foreign exchange students asking the teacher why do Irish people always go to gym because of the tracksuits.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Do old people just stop right in a doorway blocking everyone behind them outside the US? I've been to other countries (specifically Ireland, Germany and Mexico), and didn't experience this but I spent much less time there than I have here.

[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Farofa is a type of meal made from toasted cassava. It is eaten mainly in Brazil. It can be found commercially produced and packaged but can also be prepared at home based on family recipes. Most recipes will also contain varying amounts of salt, smoked meat, and spices.

I don't feel like I learned much by looking up what that is.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Hearing gunshots in the wild and not giving a shit. I came straight out the woods, not even off a trail, and there was a young couple by the creek. Having a .22, though really wimpy, didn't want to frighten them. Not the sort of place you typically see other humans. Also, I look like a well-outfitted homeless guy when hiking. I waved and smiled, walked up to introduce myself.

The were super nice. "Sorry if I worried you. I was popping beer cans down the creek and I never fire any other direction." "Oh! That must have been you we heard!" Given how sound carries over water, I must how sounded like I was very close. No worries.

LOL, how many non-Americans would hear gunfire in some lonely woods and not run like hell? :) We're rednecks, or redneck adjacent, so it's plenty safe to assume we know how to be safe. Shooting is a brutally Darwinian sport for dumbshits.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I live in City/Suburban (its like within a city but no tall buildings), and I hear what sounds like fireworks all the time and nobody gives a shit. And sometime I hear "fireworks" going off in rapid succession like pop pop pop like idk maybe its fireworks, maybe its gunshot, who knows. Just another day. 🤷‍♂️

(Yes, this is USA, its a liberal city, so its not the hillbillies)

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's this raygun looking contraption?

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Any Vietnamese photos of people doing weird things

Look up cursed images Vietnam and you'll find some good ones I swear

Sorry but here is a reddit post of some of them:

https://old.reddit.com/r/VietNam/comments/18q72y7/vietnams_cursed_images_113/

Not reddit:

https://saigoneer.com/saigon-culture/16779-the-discomforting-poetry-of-vietnamese-cursed-image

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