Americans and Europeans exchange questions for fun :)

[UnnamedPlayer]

Rail is fairly widespread in most states, and round-a-bouts are becoming more common now. 🔄

As a french, i reject any responsabilities for round-abouts. I know it comes from my country, we're the ones with the most round-about in the world, and even the universe. But i have nothing to do with it.

And i fucking hate round-about.

And it's called rond-points, non mais !

 

[Angry_Panda]

how many EUs could survive navigating their way through RABs in the US
where we drive on the correct side of the road.

All of them. The Continent also drives on the correct side of the road.

The Commonwealth (or at least the parts in the Eastern Hemisphere) would be screwed, however.

 

[Ivegotnolife]

Though I do have to admit they are preferable to 4 way stops where everyone sits and stares at the others till a chicken match is arranged....

 

[Angry_Panda]

Though I do have to admit they are preferable to 4 way stops where everyone sits and stares at the others till a chicken match is arranged....

Funny, I never have this problem. I just go.

 

[Ivegotnolife]

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"?

I suppose Autism could be more of a issue with all the crap they put in the happy pills, jabs, and food supply now-a-days.
That and all the microplastics...

 

[OldVice]

do your balls hang or do they retract ?
I forgot which action is for which climate.
(iirc, they shrink in colder climate)

You've been reported to the RCMP. Should you ever try to enter the country, you will be covered in Maple Syrup and thrown into the nearest water source to be fed to the Beavers.

Though I do have to admit they are preferable to 4 way stops where everyone sits and stares at the others till a chicken match is arranged....

I'll take 4 way stops over roundabouts here. There's less of a chance of me being killed in a car accident in one of those here. No one yields to oncoming traffic and lane changes and turning left in the outer lane happens all the time. I have to go through 2 - 4 of these things going to and from work on the daily (depending on what route I take) and near misses are an every occurrence.

 

[NotGary]

You've been reported to the RCMP. Should you ever try to enter the country, you will be covered in Maple Syrup and thrown into the nearest water source to be fed to the Beavers.

sounds like your balls don't hang.

 

[Ivegotnolife]

You've been reported to the RCMP. Should you ever try to enter the country, you will be covered in Maple Syrup and thrown into the nearest water source to be fed to the Beavers.




I'll take 4 way stops over roundabouts here. There's less of a chance of me being killed in a car accident in one of those here. No one yields to oncoming traffic and lane changes and turning left in the outer lane happens all the time. I have to go through 2 - 4 of these things going to and from work on the daily (depending on what route I take) and near misses are an every occurrence.

so far most of the RABs I have encountered are just a couple 2 way roads meeting, no 3 lane highways slamming into a 3 lane RAB yet....

 

[pandascepter]

I guess this is a game thread now.

 

[OldVice]

so far most of the RABs I have encountered are just a couple 2 way roads meeting, no 3 lane highways slamming into a 3 lane RAB yet....

Those ones are great, the turns are so tight that the city buses can't use them, so they just drive over the middle of it and keep going. I get a pretty good laugh out of it every time I see it.

 

[Madologist]

Im getting more racist everyday.

There is nothing better than hating your neighbours with a deep passion.
It is very European.

 

[UnnamedPlayer]

Wrong. france don't hate its neighbours countries, why would it want to invade them if France really hated them ?

 

[sootesheepy666]

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.

A lot of times researching and coming up with conclusions is a good idea. saying i think i have blank is ok (given that you acgtually put time into it) I began to suspect i had bipolar and researched for 2 months before saying anything and as i turns out, i have such severe bipolar that it took nearly no time to be diagnosed. Saying i think i have blank isnt the issue, its people who are uneducated, do it for attention, or take resources away from those who need it.

 

[sootesheepy666]

meow

 

[Greenfrost]

A lot of times researching and coming up with conclusions is a good idea. saying i think i have blank is ok (given that you acgtually put time into it) I began to suspect i had bipolar and researched for 2 months before saying anything and as i turns out, i have such severe bipolar that it took nearly no time to be diagnosed. Saying i think i have blank isnt the issue, its people who are uneducated, do it for attention, or take resources away from those who need it.

No, only a psychiatrist can properly diagnose someone. You could make an appointment with one or go to a hospital and get an evaluation. The problem today is people watch tiktok videos of (sometimes) actual mentally disabled people who, for a lack of a better word, romanticize mental health problems and viewers they're cool and quirky to have. As someone who actually has Tourettes, I can say it is not quirky or fun, despite tiktok making it out to be. Though I mostly have the OCD side of it now. Ticks have lessened over the years.

 

[Angry_Panda]

A lot of times researching and coming up with conclusions is a good idea. saying i think i have blank is ok (given that you acgtually put time into it) I began to suspect i had bipolar and researched for 2 months before saying anything and as i turns out, i have such severe bipolar that it took nearly no time to be diagnosed. Saying i think i have blank isnt the issue, its people who are uneducated, do it for attention, or take resources away from those who need it.

There's a difference between 'I think I'm XYZ and I'm going to go see a doctor to get an opinion before trying to claim I actually am to anyone else' and 'I think I'm XYZ so I'm going to tell all my friends I actually am without attempting to get a diagnosis'. You did the first one, which is the correct approach, as far as I'm concerned.

Having said all that, if someone really thinks they have a condition, etc., please do go talk to a professional. Whether you do or not, either way, you can figure out what resources are available to help you deal with any symptoms.

 

[sootesheepy666]

No, only a psychiatrist can properly diagnose someone. You could make an appointment with one or go to a hospital and get an evaluation. The problem today is people watch tiktok videos of (sometimes) actual mentally disabled people who, for a lack of a better word, romanticize mental health problems and viewers they're cool and quirky to have. As someone who actually has Tourettes, I can say it is not quirky or fun, despite tiktok making it out to be. Though I mostly have the OCD side of it now. Ticks have lessened over the years.

yeah, i have a psychiatrists diagnosis and i agree with what youre saying. i think im just bad at articulating my thoughts. Im saying that i do NOT support self diagnosis but that suspecting an illness is a good first step to diagnosis. People who romanticize it also piss me off but doing real research to figure out whats wrong as long as youre not going around saying you really have it

 

[sootesheepy666]

There's a difference between 'I think I'm XYZ and I'm going to go see a doctor to get an opinion before trying to claim I actually am to anyone else' and 'I think I'm XYZ so I'm going to tell all my friends I actually am without attempting to get a diagnosis'. You did the first one, which is the correct approach, as far as I'm concerned.

Having said all that, if someone really thinks they have a condition, etc., please do go talk to a professional. Whether you do or not, either way, you can figure out what resources are available to help you deal with any symptoms.

of course! i obviously dislike ppl who claim it without actually doing anything. All i was saying that suspecting a disorder based off of research is often the first step to diagnosis.

 

[jecroisenlasuperioritedubel]

please do go talk to a professional. Whether you do or not, either way, you can figure out what resources are available to help you deal with any symptoms.

I Just Gas-light My-self — or as I like to call It : correct My-self — by sꜽing that 'tis Im-poſsible for Me to hꜹe a problem and sꜽ « Stꜽ logical. » , followed by an : « Okꜽ. » , and continuͤ Mine existence —— I'm lazy to wait for a quͤuͤ to see a „ profeſsional „ whose Only job is to get You 'ꝏked up on drugs and get a customer , man up kids : No one can 'elp You unleſs You get Objective facts — e.g./ getting Brain-scan to show Non-normal region to acquire Specific drug tailored to fix That problem only — don't take drugs from strangers and protect Yer self.


P.s.:- These So-called profeſsionals are also on par with Literary analiıts , one even claimed‡ I 'ꜹe aspergers after sꜽing : « I like ambulance's Siren sound & Federal-siren horn. »† , be safe from Them — They turn Most Mundane-matters to get You drugs , I am glad My mother seen through It and didn't blindly trust Them to give Me drugs. 'tisn't even surprising considering the Entire Frame-work on Some-one called freud , a Maſsive pervert , who tꝏk Mind-altering substances and tried to use dreams , which are Inherently Non-sensical∗ , to diagnose people — No wonder Their Entire expertise is rotten to the core.

† He said : « I hate These sounds. » , kind of concerning not wanting people to get Immediate help via a system built for Fast-trꜹel.
‡ I was there after My family saw Me cutting My-self & talking about suicide.
※ Happened years ago ( approx. 8 yrs ) , not sure if It's Still the same.
∗ Not exactly „ Non-sensical „ , It shows Paſsive Memory-record with a chance to show Active Memory-record — e.g./ I saw math when I : spent hours working on Planetary Weather simulations & did math to calculate stuff — combined with Current traits , what happens in dreams are not Re-presentation of Any-thing deeper —— searching for meaning in It is like sꜽing Random scribbles show Your Mental-state , They don't⁑ : They're Random scribbles.
⁑ They can indicate skill , as in : Non-steady Thick lines mꜽ show that person is either : in streſs or Some-one who's a Non-artist.

 

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