I'm going to go to England and open a gas station chain with American snacks and free refills at the soda fountain 🤣

One video I saw put a lot of this positivity from other countries into perspective and that there are people who are traveling thousands of miles to visit our country and they will be here a few days or weeks and leave with a greater appreciation and gratitude for our country than some of us who were born here... They are absolutely correct about that

This thread and all of the world cup activities show awesome people can be. It's our governments that suck.

Yeah, the experience of Americans being really friendly is the real deal. Some of the food reactions seem real but some seem way over the top. 90% of the people visiting for the World Cup are big sports fans and one thing the US does very well is sports so it doesn't surprise me one bit that the match works really well.

17 hours ago, paco said:

The last one sticks with me just because of my few experiences over in Europe. Either it was a limey just MFing us for no reason on a water bus in Venice (wasn’t directed at us, they didn’t know we were American, just having a conversation amongst themselves) or just being told how my being nice breaks an American stereotype, it just felt like we are viewed like dogs to them. So seeing them being welcomed, enjoying there time here, and expressing genuine love is so heartwarming.

I never really had that stereotypical experience in my travels. In the large cities they are used to tourists coming in from all over. They'd recognize me as American because I am the one looking happy all the time. Or else I'd go somewhere in the backcountry and they were glad I brought some money with me, eating in their restaurants and buying things in their shops.

Few more thoughts

The reaction to things like free refills and free salsa/chips is real. That kind of thing doesn't exist over here.

I can assure you there are people over here talking crap about you if you travel over here whether you detect it or not. If you understand the language you'll certainly pick up on it. The most common situation has to do with how loud we are overall. Most Euro cultures are much quieter when they speak and especially in public in places like a restaurant or a bus. You can here the Americans every single time and yes I'm loud myself despite living over here for 25 years.

1 hour ago, DrPhilly said:

Few more thoughts

The reaction to things like free refills and free salsa/chips is real. That kind of thing doesn't exist over here.

I can assure you there are people over here talking crap about you if you travel over here whether you detect it or not. If you understand the language you'll certainly pick up on it. The most common situation has to do with how loud we are overall. Most Euro cultures are much quieter when they speak and especially in public in places like a restaurant or a bus. You can here the Americans every single time and yes I'm loud myself despite living over here for 25 years.

Y’all want me to pay for ketchup and ice on my European travels. Makes zero sense. That’s why America is the greatest country on earth. We do more logical things over here like give you complimentary ice then charge you $3.29 for a fountain drink made from concentrate.

Just now, Dave Moss said:

Y’all want me to pay for ketchup and ice on my European travels. Makes zero sense. That’s why America is the greatest country on earth. We do more logical things over here like give you complimentary ice then charge you $3.29 for a fountain drink made from concentrate.

Ice and ketchup is free you lowlife.

4 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Ice and ketchup is free you lowlife.

Don’t even get me started on charging a Euro (or 2) to use the WC. Our public bathrooms are free and the cities still smell like piss

1 hour ago, DrPhilly said:

Few more thoughts

The reaction to things like free refills and free salsa/chips is real. That kind of thing doesn't exist over here.

I can assure you there are people over here talking crap about you if you travel over here whether you detect it or not. If you understand the language you'll certainly pick up on it. The most common situation has to do with how loud we are overall. Most Euro cultures are much quieter when they speak and especially in public in places like a restaurant or a bus. You can here the Americans every single time and yes I'm loud myself despite living over here for 25 years.

Germans are also very loud. I've been told that by Europeans from several different countries.

4 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

Don’t even get me started on charging a Euro (or 2) to use the WC. Our public bathrooms are free and the cities still smell like piss

You Fing hippy lowlife. Sheet in your own toilet you stinky F.

2 minutes ago, Gannan said:

Germans are also very loud. I've been told that by Europeans from several different countries.

Yeah but they don’t touch our levels. Maybe when they are drunk, then yeah.

3 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Yeah but they don’t touch our levels. Maybe when they are drunk, then yeah.

There’s no way you know you’re loud. You have zero self-awareness

8 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

There’s no way you know you’re loud. You have zero self-awareness

Lmfao, I do forget quite a bit

This conversation reminded me of a minor league baseball game we went to a couple years back with some international students. One of the Germans got piss drunk and was doing the two classic drunk moves 1) talking too loud 2) getting all up in people’s personal space

3 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

This conversation reminded me of a minor league baseball game we went to a couple years back with some international students. One of the Germans got piss drunk and was doing the two classic drunk moves 1) talking too loud 2) getting all up in people’s personal space

The personal space thingy especially in Northern Europe is horrible in bars. They go from leaving a huge amount of space in regular settings to leaning and nudging into everyone around them in bars.

5 hours ago, Gannan said:

This thread and all of the world cup activities show awesome people can be. It's our governments that suck.

Yep. Saw a meme today, not in this thread. It said the world cup is like a giant sleepover with the cousins you never see because your parents hate each other.

5 page thread on the US hospitality during the World Cup. Barely a page in Other Sports on the actual games.

3 minutes ago, Seventy_Yard_FG said:

5 page thread on the US hospitality during the World Cup. Barely a page in Other Sports on the actual games.

Too early

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Norway to bring 300 kilograms of salmon and 6,000 oranges...

Scandinavians prioritize familiar nutrition as part of their tournament preparations in the United States

I haven't watched any games, but I am enjoying local news coverage of both Philly and I also watch Abc 7 in New York. Lemon Hill looks like a great place to watch for fans that couldn't get tickets. Shutting down city blocks while teams arrive, and all of the teams have been going to see Rocky and the Art museum.

33 minutes ago, Seventy_Yard_FG said:

5 page thread on the US hospitality during the World Cup. Barely a page in Other Sports on the actual games.

Messi is the goat, that's all you need to know

Today's game was fairly dull but the Messi stuff was great. Ronaldo sucks so it is really nice that at least one of the GOAT candidates is doing well especially for the young kids watching their first cup or two.

Nailed it