GreyRiver Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 I'm from the US, specifically southern California. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgenfluss Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 I'm from Germany. We're mostly known for our history (WWI, WWII, Nazis...) but nowadays Germany's a great country. Most people are very accepting and open-minded. A weird thing Germans do is that we don't show any national pride (Nationalstolz) except for sports events. This is mainly because of our bad past with being proud of Germany (*cough* WWII *cough*). It also means that Americans are just plain weird to Germans. Life as a German is fairly easy but also stressful. Easy because we're a pretty free country with good healthcare and schools and all that. Stressful because the most common German values include punctuality ("Fünf Minuten vor der Zeit, ist des Deutschen Pünktlichkeit"/Five minutes early is a Germans punctuality), order and fast quality work. Something you should know is that not all Germans wear Lederhosen. That's just the south. As a person living in the north of Germany, I've almost never seen anybody wearing them. Most German stereotypes are about Bavarians. Still, most Germans like to drink, eat sausage and potatoes and drive faster than 130 km/h on the Autobahn (the German highway). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frutiger aro Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 i'm from washington state. i like it here except it rains a bit too much lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaerySilverwings Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I'm originally from Texas! It is a big place. I grew up on a farm in the flat mostly-empty part in the northwestern end of the state (as in "flat enough you can see thunderstorms from almost a hundred miles away"). 78 miles to the nearest actual "big city" (Lubbock, slightly more than that to Amarillo) and 15 to the nearest "town"... so pretty much the middle of nowhere? It's the part of Texas where a lot of the big ranches were back in the day, and there weren't enough people in the county for it to even be considered "rural" (In my childhood geography textbook, there was a map with all the counties color coded so you could see whether they were "urban" or "rural" or whatever... and the one I lived in was genuinely listed as "frontier". And the population has decreased considerably since I lived there...) [and yes, I do introduce myself as being "from Texas" rather than "American" most of the time. ?] And then I lived in the UK for the last three years, which was lovely. And now I'm back in the USA in Tennessee, which is where my mother's family was from to begin with (although I'm on the other end of the state from them at the moment) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kharina Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Yorkshire, England. Any other UK aros out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nora_9 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 10:08 AM, Morgenfluss said: Most German stereotypes are about Bavarians. Still, most Germans like to drink, eat sausage and potatoes and drive faster than 130 km/h on the Autobahn (the German highway). Another German here, though the only stereotype of those that fits me is that I like to eat potatoes ? As you said culture is very different in all parts of the country. I live in the centre close to Frankfurt. What I like about that is that it is very convenient location to travel all over Germany and Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Native Manitou Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) If you think Washington is too rainy, try Ketchikan where it rains every day. If you think the American South is conservative, Alaskans actually elect nutjobs like Sarah Palin & Wally Hickel. I was born in Ketchikan, Alaska; raised in The Kenai National Moose Range & later Aumsville, Oregon; I'm now in Salem, Oregon. I have pictures of these places on my profile page under "about me." Edited October 11, 2020 by 2 Spirit Cherokee Princess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeepsInTheChiliPot Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I’m from the Midwest, USA. Yes, there’s a lot of corn. I live on my family’s farm somewhat in the middle of nowhere. While it might not have the best landscapes in the USA, there are beautiful forests, prairies, and creeks around. We definitely have problems but, I’m happy to live here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagito Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I’m from Poland. There’s a stereotype saying Polish people are drinking a lot of alcohol, especially vodka. I personally don’t like alcohol in any type. Other stereotype is Poland being full of people who tolerate diversity. The fact is many people here are xenophobic, rasist and queerphobic. I think a part of you already heard what is happening since last year. I’m living in a small city and I was working in a shop where one black woman was frequently doing shopping with her daughter and every time she entered I was worried about them or something like this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylord Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) I'm from Arizona in the US, but I'd love to live somewhere with more rain. Temporarily, of course, I could never truly abandon AZ, monsoon season is too beautiful. And the sunsets! *chefs kiss* Edited November 27, 2020 by Skylord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Veet-Voojagig Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Rhode Island (origin). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a star Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 moon ... I live in south-eastern Australia, where's its not hot much unless summer and not deserty at all. The weather can be so changeable that in the early morning is might be foggy, then its sunny when it clears up, raining in the afternoon and clear again in the evening. That kind of thing happens more often in spring. Christmas in the middle of summer is kind of a trip, though. Mythologising about snow and cold and warm hearthfires while the aircon's blasting because its 37C out. On the other hand, for family gatherings you can have people outside as well as inside. A lot of the native birds are very pretty and a lot of them are kept as pets - I've seen people on tiktok with pet cockatiels, but they call them parakeets. That felt weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble_Bee_ Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 I live in California, specifically in San Diego 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyBlood Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Im from Islamic Republic of Iran, for Short Iran, a country u can get jailed for being lgbtq or if u do same sex as male u can get X-x , though transgender people , aromantic and asexual people in my country way safer also u have do to Hijab and if u dont u get in trouble u should belive in god or u get in trouble anything u do u get in trouble such nice country nah great for going insane X0 On 1/26/2022 at 12:34 AM, Aya said: I'm from Malaysia, a country where you can be jailed for being LGBT+ or killed for being an Atheist. Don't think I could be jailed for being Aromantic though, but I could be jailed(maybe killed) for being an atheist. ? rip its same here tbh- 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAro Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Wouldn’t have guessed there was anyone in Iran who knows obscure micro-labels like “soft-romo”. 22 hours ago, BloodyBlood said: such nice country nah great for going insane X0 I like the Iranian domes, they’re nice… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyBlood Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, DeltaV said: Wouldn’t have guessed there was anyone in Iran who knows obscure micro-labels like “soft-romo”. I like the Iranian domes, they’re nice… aww well, im complaining about government- who that ruined whole country and mess with people in country sadly... situation here is hell :] and well im somehow into micro labels specially cause of my OCD wich make me get obsessive over anything ... Edited February 24, 2022 by BloodyBlood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAro Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 On 2/24/2022 at 9:53 PM, BloodyBlood said: aww well, im complaining about government- who that ruined whole country and mess with people in country sadly... situation here is hell :] I guess that I’m living in Hell World now anyway. There’s still a pandemic raging. And ~1000 km from where I live, there’s heavy fighting. A mad megalomaniac pushes the world to WW3 (what an irony that Soviet leaders – except the worst of the worst, i. e. Stalin – were more sane)… oh God … But all this is still pretty abstract. I never even knowingly contracted COVID-19. And it’s still peace here, aside from a few Ukrainian refugees, completely normal. So Iran is perhaps one of the inner circles of Hell of this Hell World now … 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alto Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 My Dad's side of the family is from Colombia. I am not keen on them, but I am keen on Colombia. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelyleaf Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Oregon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nix Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) On 9/10/2020 at 8:11 PM, tempesta said: Dutch people tend to be really, really, REALLY direct, to the point of rudeness. At least that's how others see us. We see it as just being concise and clear, what more do you want? You can beat around the bush in your own time ?. I’m from the south part of the Netherlands, bordered by Belgium and Germany. We are generally considered to be a lot less direct/rude then the northern part of the Netherlands, but also a lot more reserved and wary of ‘strangers’. I am a pretty direct person myself though. Something else the Netherlands are famous for is the flat land everywhere (except where I live) and the bicycles. The average amount of bikes a Dutch person owns is 2.5 That seems about right as I own 3 bikes myself. One city bike for groceries, one race bike and one folding bike for vacations. Edited March 18, 2022 by Nix Typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96Neko Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 I'm from Germany which is for all others countrys only Bavarian yes we like beer but lederhosen und trachten saufen nur am October suff. Oh and we are the inventors of throwing you towel on something to make it your own! (Good for Vaccations) On 10/10/2020 at 9:27 AM, Nora_9 said: I live in the centre close to Frankfurt. I live next to Frankfurt more like between Frankfurt and mainz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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