my favorite thing in the whole wide world is when white people try to give interesting facts about themselves and try to make themselves sound worldly
and the best they can come up with is "I studied Japanese in college" or "I lived in China...for two months."
like IDK I lived in Japan for a year on my own where I had to work and pay rent and get healthcare but it doesn't feel like something to brag about so much as a fact of life that usually gets dragged out of me unless it's relevant to the conversation
like you want a cookie for venturing outside the US to some ~exotic foreign land~?
@guerrillarain this feels like it must be a fairly american thing. like, there's definitely annoying clueless white guys who do this here too, but most people have the good sense to realize it's not a huge deal. but I get the impression most people in the US don't even have a passport?
@nergdron Maybe. For the people who can afford it, we are indoctrinated with the logic that "so many people want to come here so clearly nowhere on this planet is as good as here".
Also, since the country is so big, any and all climates can be experienced in-house. :/
But my major thing is nobody brags about exotic Paris or exotic Toronto lmao
@guerrillarain hahahahaha yeah the "exotic" tag tends to be extended only to really gross asian fetishization, for sure. been a long time since I heard someone use it IRL though, at least around here.