Interesting Links for 28-03-2021

[andrewducker]

Did Boris Johnson Once Liken Gun Control Measures to Compulsory Vasectomies?

(tags:BorisJohnson guns OhForFucksSake )

Kenny MacAskill defects to the Alex Salmond Is Awesome Party

(tags:politics scotland )

Seems like twelve year old girls are better at dating than I ever was.

(tags:dating girls )

Tears flow for Brits as they head home to avoid being deported as illegals in Spain

(tags:Spain UK immigration Europe )

What you get from a healthy relationship (and should leave if you don't)

(tags:relationships )

This High Schooler Invented Color-Changing Sutures to Detect Infection

(tags:infection surgery healthcare technology )

Comments

[andrewducker]

I do think that sometimes people make an effort to deliberately not fit in, because the locals are somehow not as good as the people at home.

And I'm not in favour of that. I just don't like feeling pressure to fit in at all.

[cmcmck]

It's more that being able to walk into a shop or restaurant and ask for what you want and to know that people know your face is such a big thing.

I'm certainly not into little Englanderism!

[andrewducker]

It also really helps to let locals know you're making an effort.

Not bothering to learn the language even enough to say good morning really is sending a signal!

[cmcmck]

Isn't it though?

Even in countries we've visited like Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic where we'd no idea of the language (we can muster French, German, Italian and a bit of Flemish between us) we tried to learn 'please', 'thank you' and good 'morning/evening'.

As you say, it's called making an effort!