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What nationality are you?

United States Of America 24 22.43%
 
United Kingdom 14 13.08%
 
Japan 2 1.87%
 
European (please state) 41 38.32%
 
Asian (please state) 5 4.67%
 
Other (please state) 21 19.63%
 
Total:107
vlad321 said:
sapphi_snake said:
vlad321 said:

Man, I really don't have a specific nationality, I have lived as long all over Europe as I have lived all over in the US.

 

P.S. The Basque Country is not  country, it just happens to be a regino whose name has the word "country" in it. Same as Catalunia and Galicia.

Where were you born? What nationality did your parents have?


That's not exactly what nationality is. Nationality is something you identify with and consider your own nation. Plenty of Europeans can be of American nationality, in fact some immigrants are more nationalistic than some natural born Americans.

As it stands any country I have been in has its down falls and upsides, in some one outweight the other. I only put myself as European because I find that Europeans have far, FAR, more practical culture than Americans. For example, Why the hell do I have to shower if I never left my house for 3 straight days due to finals? Americans will be shocked, even when I show them beyond any reasonable doubt what a downright retarded idea that is. Most Europeans will agree with me.

You're right about the whole "nation" thing. Must be weird to not identify with any nation. Do you feel all empty inside?

As for the bolded, WTF dude???!!! That's just gross. What Europeans have you been talking to? The French?



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sapphi_snake said:
vlad321 said:
sapphi_snake said:
vlad321 said:

Man, I really don't have a specific nationality, I have lived as long all over Europe as I have lived all over in the US.

 

P.S. The Basque Country is not  country, it just happens to be a regino whose name has the word "country" in it. Same as Catalunia and Galicia.

Where were you born? What nationality did your parents have?


That's not exactly what nationality is. Nationality is something you identify with and consider your own nation. Plenty of Europeans can be of American nationality, in fact some immigrants are more nationalistic than some natural born Americans.

As it stands any country I have been in has its down falls and upsides, in some one outweight the other. I only put myself as European because I find that Europeans have far, FAR, more practical culture than Americans. For example, Why the hell do I have to shower if I never left my house for 3 straight days due to finals? Americans will be shocked, even when I show them beyond any reasonable doubt what a downright retarded idea that is. Most Europeans will agree with me.

You're right about the whole "nation" thing. Must be weird to not identify with any nation. Do you feel all empty inside?

As for the bolded, WTF dude???!!! That's just gross. What Europeans have you been talking to? The French?

Empty? I have taken all the positives of every culture I have lived in and avoided as many negatives as I could. I also value people based on their ideas, and really can't give a damn about their place of origin. If anything this has made me a far better human than if I had just 1 place to call home. I have no attachment towards any country so when it comes to world events I don't get clouded judgement due to my feelings for a nation.

As for the shower thing. You do realize that it is highly impractical? Unless you shower with antibacterial soap (which you should not do under any circumstance) then you barely wash off the bacteria sticking to you, and the rest ends up travelling all over your body. So you end up with bacterial from your foot on your chest. Furthermore showering where you scrub and use soap, is extremely damaging to your skin. Lastly, the reason you do shower is to get any dirt you brought from the outside off you so it doesn't stick to your home. If you never left home the purpose is gone. That is also another retarded thing Americans do wrong, they shower in the morning, not when they come home for the day, completely defeating the point of showering.

As to who, some spaniards and italians, as well as eastern europeans. To be honest, the biggest reason I have heard for showering, and I agree with it, in Europe is to get all the tar off your clothes after you have been to a bar or a club.



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Well I was born in Canada so I guess that would be my nation of origion. However you mention USA and not North America so I had to say other.

Also ancestry would be Europe. My family is dutch but my dad's side if traced back as far as we can go I would be German because I am traced back to the germanic tribes which fought the romans. But I'm guessing by nationality you weren't refering to our roots rather what nation we were born in!



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vlad321 said:

Empty? I have taken all the positives of every culture I have lived in and avoided as many negatives as I could. I also value people based on their ideas, and really can't give a damn about their place of origin. If anything this has made me a far better human than if I had just 1 place to call home. I have no attachment towards any country so when it comes to world events I don't get clouded judgement due to my feelings for a nation.

As for the shower thing. You do realize that it is highly impractical? Unless you shower with antibacterial soap (which you should not do under any circumstance) then you barely wash off the bacteria sticking to you, and the rest ends up travelling all over your body. So you end up with bacterial from your foot on your chest. Furthermore showering where you scrub and use soap, is extremely damaging to your skin. Lastly, the reason you do shower is to get any dirt you brought from the outside off you so it doesn't stick to your home. If you never left home the purpose is gone. That is also another retarded thing Americans do wrong, they shower in the morning, not when they come home for the day, completely defeating the point of showering.

As to who, some spaniards and italians, as well as eastern europeans. To be honest, the biggest reason I have heard for showering, and I agree with it, in Europe is to get all the tar off your clothes after you have been to a bar or a club.

Your experiences with all those cultures make me kinda envy you. They sound really cool. 

The shower thing is insightful. I do hope you shower at least sometimes though.



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

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"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)

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I am Australian but I more English with Most my family and my mum from the England, but i am born here in Oz so yep. 



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sapphi_snake said:

Your experiences with all those cultures make me kinda envy you. They sound really cool. 

The shower thing is insightful. I do hope you shower at least sometimes though.


Any time I go outside the house for a longer period of time.



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trashleg said:

Other - Scottish.


I'm a white guy from America. You like American guys trashleg. lol



sapphi_snake said:
Airas said:
sapphi_snake said:

I'm not rude. I'm trying to prevent terrorism.

You know, Spain has other two historical nationalities besides the Basque Country (Catalonia and Galicia), and funnily enough, they don't have any terrorist nutjobs.

Yep, but there is a Basque terrorist group (I think it's called ETA). Just trying to keep Troll_Whisperer from being recruited.


Hahahahaha, this guy  is incredible



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