Americans and Europeans exchange questions for fun :)

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Asian, you are not invited.
Me & Edo-san in the corner :
"Edo-san, this is fun to watch, why didn't you calling me earlier? Yea, maybe we're not invited, but they forgot to lock the door." 😋
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What is rarer in USA, a roundabout or a railroad?
Freight rail is reasonably healthy in the US, but it's mostly between larger cities. Passenger rail works in the northeast (Washington DC to Boston, roughly), but is much less viable outside of that with the exception of a few isolated lines (Southern California, maybe around Chicago). So where I am, for instance, there's a smaller (Class II) regional line that handles freight, but the major railroads have lines north and south of here that handle much more freight, and what little Amtrak traffic there is runs on the southern line (no passenger service here - you have to drive about an hour south for the nearest Amtrak station).

Roundabouts are gradually showing up here. (Having grown up without them, I hate them - put in stop signs or a signal.)

I don't have either of these on any normal daily drive, but it would be easier for me to find a rail line (but not a train) than a roundabout. There are some places where roundabouts have been built (either new development or revision to existing roads), but none are particularly close. I suspect this is generally the case over much of the US - while a lot of rail has been removed since the late 70's/early 80's, it's still more common than roundabouts, but that may flip before much longer.
 
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sometimes i wonder

why do European chicks wear such exposing and showy garbage?

And then I remember that black chicks exist in America.

I guess we're even, Europe.
 
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Since many people from the States on the Internet describes themselves as autists (many times as a general excuse to behave stupidly) I normally misread "Austin" as "autism". Is it that common IRL for your neighbours/acquaintances/coworkers/etc. to say "I have auto-diagnosed myself with autism"?
 
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Since many people from the States on the Internet describes themselves as autists (many times as a general excuse to behave stupidly) I normally misread "Austin" as "autism". Is it that common IRL for your neighbours/acquaintances/coworkers/etc. to say "I have auto-diagnosed myself with autism"?
Anyone who says "I took an online test/read this article/was talking with people on social media and I think I'm XYZ mental condition" is a fucking idiot. No one I hang out with says shit like that. If you really believe that, go to an actual doctor and get an actual diagnosis (or, more likely, have them tell you to stop self-diagnosing based on bad online information). Just because you saw a list of symptoms and think you have two or three does not mean you have a 'condition' or a 'syndrome' or whatever. Get a professional opinion or GTFO.

The definition of 'the autism spectrum' seems to keep getting wider, so I'm not sure what it actually means anymore. 'I saw three cans of peas on a shelf, and one had the label rotated 5 degrees to the left, and it bugged me. Am I autistic?' No, I just like order and organization and tidiness.

When I was in elementary school in the 80's, there was no 'autism spectrum' - there was a slow special needs class, and since those kids were all in there, they didn't distract the rest of us during the day. I don't think this is a good solution in milder cases, but in others....

:haa:

On the other hand, Austin (Texas) might actually be an autistic city. It's a weird place.
 
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The definition of 'the autism spectrum' seems to keep getting wider, so I'm not sure what it actually means anymore. 'I saw three cans of peas on a shelf, and one had the label rotated 5 degrees to the left, and it bugged me. Am I autistic?' No, I just like order and organization and tidiness.
It don't seem to keep getting wider. It is getting wider ! Even in the medical setting, criteria for autism have been loosened with time. The DSM-3 was quite strict, the DSM 4 was a bit looser, the DSM-5 is the less strict of the three. An article about that : What's the deal with autism rate. Yes, i'm answering with science, that's fine, it won't kill you, just making you more intelligent.
 
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sometimes i wonder

why do European chicks wear such exposing and showy garbage?

And then I remember that black chicks exist in America.

I guess we're even, Europe.
we have those, we just publicly don't talk about them, unless it's time for a certain political faction to push for more foreigners inside our countries (we even have muttslims now, I guess we don't have somalians, except for the UK)
that being said, I have started to see an uptick in fat chicks.
at least one of them goes to the gym and on a threadmil though. so that's good.
 
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Actually the round-a-bout question makes me curious
how many EUs could survive navigating their way through RABs in the US
where we drive on the correct side of the road. :smugnako:
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