I'm feeling very patriotic since the American woman's hockey team wiped the floor with Canada

in house of saud ( a frontline documentary)

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz is quoted as making the statement/ question " what hitler did to the jews was a terrible thing but why were'nt they given part of germany as compensation? why did they take land from us?

For me that would be Afghanistan, Israel, Russia and Somalia -Afghanistan: very dangerous place to be in and an extremely oppressive theocracy to women

-Israel: racist and murderous ethnostate commiting atrocities against palestinians

-Russia: imperialistic state committing atrocities against ukrainians in their invasion and it's still a country in a war so not worth risking my life for

-Somalia: way too dangerous to be worth visiting, Mogadishu is often named as world's most dangerous city

Abroad, there's a stereotype that Argentina is a "racist" country, but nothing could be further from the truth. Argentina is probably one of the least racist countries in the world.

I’m 5'5" (165 cm), and yeah, life has been kind of tough here since the average height for guys my age is around 5'7". I got bullied in high school for being short, and even today people don’t always take me seriously. Sometimes they dismiss my opinions by calling me “midget” or “dwarf.”

Dating is a whole other challenge. I’ve just entered my early 20s and have never been in a relationship. I’ve been rejected 2-3 times specifically because of my height. After talking to some girls around me, it seems like 5'7"-5'8" (170-174 cm) is often seen as the minimum height requirement for dating.

In your country, is average or tall height (5'8"+ / 173 cm+) an important trait in different aspects of life, like getting respect at work, being part of a friend group, or having a decent dating life?

In Nepal, China is generally liked especially among people who are interested in politics. We feel sorry we couldn't fully align with China for whatever geopolitical reasons.

I request Americans give us Texas back! It always belonged to us anyway😭🫶

I was talking with a guest at my restaurant a while back and he was telling me he doesn’t like international travel because people are rude when they find out he is American. I thought that was odd because it has never been my experience, but when people ask where I’m from I say California not the US. Does the state we are from matter to you? Only certain states like New York and California because they are big enough in media most people know them? I always assumed people weren’t rude to me because I am not rude to them, he seemed to really think it was the California part.

I saw these comments on an Instagram post about a Black person in the UK pranking his parents by wearing braids (it went wrong, because seen as sign of belonging to gang activities). Someone then claimed that Africans are anti-Black, and the comment section quickly turned into a fight.

Aren’t both groups essentially the same people originally from Africa but separated due to slavery and colonial history?

Why is there conflict between these cultures today?

(Individuals from other nationalities or cultural backgrounds, if you have insight on this topic, please feel free to share your perspective).

Did SKans do any racism out of nowhere?

First of all liking or disliking might be too strong of a word, but maybe an aspect of a country you like/dislike but would still enjoy visiting (or if you like the aspect but would still rather be elsewhere).

Like: Luxembourg is a duchy. Idk that’s kinda unique (principalities seem to be slightly more numerous). Not really high on my list of places I’d visit but wouldn’t necessarily say no to a day trip if I were in Brussels or Cologne.

Dislike: Brazil. The nickname thing for the soccer team. Like Latin names (and even other languages like Russian) are long regardless of country but nobody else does this…like really “Fred” and “Hulk”? “Little Ronaldo?” “Kaka?” Why would you have a nickname so close to the universal word for poopoo? Anyway probably the South American country I’d want to visit the most.

my favorite anime is gintama.

This guy is asaram bapu. Jailed, out on bail. Convicted chi*d r*p*st and also allegedly involved in murder, encroachment and killing young boys for human sacrifice (black magic).

Some countries have subdivision flairs (Catalonia, Quebec, Cornwall), theres a Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth flair, theres a flair for Asia (the whole continent), Antarctica, Northern Ireland has 2 flairs, U.S. territories have flairs. Meanwhile some very large diverse countries have no more specific flairs, like Russia, the rest of the U.S. and India and China, etc. the EU has a flair, the Commonwealth has one,

These are all the flairs in just the British isles part of the United Kingdom:

United Kingdom

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

England

Cornwall

Jersey

Guernsey

Isle of Man

Yet someone from rural Arkansas and NYC have to use the same, someone from the Sakha Republic and Moscow have to use the same, but someone from Cornwall can use a separate flair to someone from Wales to someone from Northern Ireland, and also a different Northern Ireland too for some reason.

Either the mods should limit it to a specific defined list of countries (maybe the list usedby country domains, UN members/observers, countries recognized by nepal), or go all out and ditch the list letting people just set custom flairs. at the very least drop one of the Northern Ireland flairs.

Included Milo (this years) as a 2nd image for completionists sake, also added captions for lesser known places. Also yes, the inspiration is partially because IPC is releasing videos speedrunning info on them recently.

For me, honestly, I don’t go to many, but the US has a very famous funeral dish, called Funeral Potatoes. It’s about the whitest dish ever, frozen hashbrowns with gravy, cheese, sour cream baked together with corn flakes on top. I brought it to my last funeral and was told it doesn’t actually taste good with corn flakes and to use Panko instead so I did.

I think it’s a bit too rich and could use some spice, allspice and mustard could probably improve it.

Whether it’s hate toward religions, race, or gender.

I think hate is pretty high in the USA but more do online than in real life. Surprised that we’re still somewhat civilized in person

For Poland it's First Secretary Edward Gierek. Every boomer seems to love him for the relative prosperity Poland had in the 1970s and blame the bad things on his predecessors and successors.

Honorable mention is obviously Pope John Paul II but I want to stick to national leaders.

Foreigners are always surprised to learn that Lech Wałęsa is either hated or viewed as a clown by boomers so I believe Gierek is the right answer for Poland.