In Germany we have "Mann aus Sachsen", or man from Saxony. If a news article starts with these words, you instantly know it's going to be some crazy (or sometimes crazy racist) shit. There's even a community dedicated to this: [email protected]
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I assume that's because most weird shit doesn't even make the news in Berlin anymore.
I'm from Portugal and we are all crazy in here. Nobody really knows how things get done, nobody really runs the country - but we're also not willing to allow others to run it! - we pick fights between two sides of the same village over bread, wine or how some dish is prepared and nobody really likes someother part of the country for the exact same reasons they get disliked back but somehow the lights are still on and still haven't burned the house down.
I was in Elvas a few weeks ago you sure you guys have electricity?
Also went into a bar and there was a gender neutral bathroom, probably just because they couldn't afford a second one
We've heard there were these flameless candles some time ago and just got in the bandwagon. Liked it so much we are even going crazy on making our own electricy at home.
Oh, that's a feature: one bathroom, everybody uses it. It's that or go outside. No complaints.
That thing about the bathrooms is really cool and sounds very modern, wish we had that over the border
It's not modern. It actually echoes a time of poverty and how down to family we are.
Even in a house with more than one bathroom, the notion that one is for boys and the other for girls is very, very rare. Doesn't make sense.
Old restaurants and similar places were usually family owned and even run from a part of the house. The money and/or space to build two bathrooms just didn't exist so sharing was the only available option. And be civil about it. Or get kicked in the ass for being a slob or rude.
I think you might be Spainβs Florida
Not even Spain's Mexico...
Aussie here...
Australia is the UK's Florida.
Florida just seems to be the Australia of the US. Huntsman spiders are invasive, and there's lots of snakes and giant reptiles that can kill you.
Nah. That's Queenslanders, mate.
In Hong Kong, "Hongkongers love working"
There's a typhoon? We work.
There's a rainstorm? We work.
There's a political conflict? We work.
There's an apocalypse? We'll probably still go to work.
So whenever people from other countries complain about work hours being too long or retirement age being raised, we just laugh at them. And then continue working.
Damn... sounds bleak
Bulgaria has Pernik. A declining polluted mining town near Sofia which is infamous for people wearing (counterfeit) Adidas tracksuits, driving VW Golf, and settling their scores with long pieces of metal. Think Russian gopniks.
As a Bulgarian, I definitely did NOT expect to see Bulgaria and Pernik as a top comment.
I'm waiting for an Aussie to enter the chat...
Queensland
Specifically FNQ
FNQ
Case in point: Bob Katter
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Queensland for the red necks or Darwin.
I would suggest that Darwin Man is kind of more similar to Florida man.
The NT News headlines are 50% outlandish 'Florida Man'-type stuff, 50% crocodiles, so it fits pretty well.
See here: 'NT News and crocs: Why we love the Territoryβs best newspaper'
Darwin man for sure
Maybe Liverpool, but that's really just a joke; it's actually a nice city centre with decent folk. More broadly, probably East Anglia, but that's really more our Appalacia.
Which is funny to geology nerds because Scotland is literally Appalachia.
Nah Essex is our Florida.
Maybe Liverpool, but thatβs really just a joke
Calm down.
I've known a few Scousers. They seem hilariously crazy in some ways. Always quick to laugh, always up for anything.
The Florida thing is also just a joke. BTW
Yeah? Seems legitimately insane to me.
That is also true
Newfoundlanders in Canada?
Alberta
Gotta go with Alberta. Even our premier has openly stated that she wants to make Alberta more like Florida.
The rednecks can keep things pretty fucking weird, too.
And so do the Red Greens.
The Canadian Red Green is a national treasure and inspiration to every duct tape toutin' handyman these here parts of the north!
I've been meaning to watch more of the show, since I really love the Handyman Corner segments.
In the Netherlands there's several ones I guess..
Limburgers (in the bit that sticks out down south) are usually seen as reserve-Belgians by the rest of the country. Tukkers are from the border region around Almelo, Hengelo and Enschede. Mostly known for their distinctive accent in which drawn out vowels are very recognisable. Otherwise you tend to get an East-West divide, basically resulting in Countryside vs Cityfolk.
Does that help?
All of it. And barcelona.
Costa Rica here and, while we don't exactly have an "abode of the madmen" like Florida, we do have our particular spots on the map:
- San Carlos on the north is a rural place, and so it has become our Alabama / Monterrey
- Desamparados, Pavas and La Carpio are the epicenters of crime
- Puntarenas (on the Pacific) and LimΓ³n (on the Atlantic) are the main ports of the country. Both of them are attacked severely by poverty and drug lords. LimΓ³n has the particularity of being the place where most African-Americans in the country come from, via Jamaica back in the 1800's and early 1900's.