I know hahaha if one day I see stinkles in the streets I would Chase him to get a photo.
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MexicoERA |OT| Bad hombres allowed
- Thread starter FernandoRocker
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Here's the deal, México is a pretty huge place, and it does have its dangerous areas.
However it also has incredibly beautiful and super calm areas. Why do you think so many American retirees move over here?
Imagine if I told you that America scares me shitless because all the news I hear. If I imagine America to be one gigantic Florida I would never step foot in there.
However you, as an American, would tell me "Don't be silly, America has a ton of great places, not everyone here is Florida Man".
Same with Mexico. Not every place is Michoacan.
Come to visit one day. I promise you will love it.
Video game preference? My wife is Mexican and I've met hundreds of different people from Mexico during our relationship and there is nothing unique about their video game preferences. Unless you include soccer video games but that's nearly country outside of the US.
It's just an odd thing to bring up is all.
Nobody thinks that Mexico is a world powerhouse in football. Like no one. Best on Concacaf? Maybe.
But we do. It's a national holiday. It's not, however, our Independence Day as some people think, nor a day to get completely wasted.
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I really love my country. I really do. But the cartels are out of control. It would me an almost perfect country without the violence that we are suffering.
And the problem will take decades to get fixed. Drugs need to be legalized. But then the cartels would start doing some other business... kidnapping, extortions... it will be hard, but believe me, there are more good people here in the country than bad people.
And the problem will take decades to get fixed. Drugs need to be legalized. But then the cartels would start doing some other business... kidnapping, extortions... it will be hard, but believe me, there are more good people here in the country than bad people.
Only good thing about Trump, he has put the fear of God on our less-well-behaved-Mexican-American-no-papers-let-me-brag-about-all-the-shit-I-buy-with-my-credit-card-and-a-big-useless-truck cousins
We do. It's just not an endless party
pretty much this, I've even told my American boyfriend that he should come live over here because Florida(where he lives) sounds 300 times more dangerous than Monterrey, haha.
Live in Mexico too, Guadalajara specifically.
Short answer, yeah.
I work for an american company, from time to time we can travel to the US for work, training, etc. a couple months ago they asked me if I wanted to go to a training to LA and I say no. I know LA is one (if not) the most diverse city in the US but I don't want go regardless.
I know is my fault too, because I'm watching news, reading stuff, watching videos, etc about this whole mess all time (I like to understand both point of view, far left and far right). In general I feel (yeah from here) an hostile environment. I'm going to Thailand in a couple of months and I have one stop in LA and I hate it lol...
BUT! I know not everybody is racist, I like to go to the beach at least one time per month. I meeting people from the US all time, we always end talking about Trump, racism, etc. and they always say that they feel shame because of that, and not everybody is like that.
No way. We get excited when they seem to be able to reach history, but who wouldn't?
My views on Spain and spaniards as a whole are of a great country in a difficult demographic and economic situation. Spain has great traditions, great food and had great influence over Mexico. Conquista was fucked up, but most Mexicans aren't natives anymore, we are mestizos and a result of that conquer so it's difficult to hate too much.
But being there and knowing and treating with spaniards, I don't think Mexicans have many things in common with Spain. Spain is a European country and Mexico is an American country. We have more in common with south Americans than Spain.
Due to class-ism, people in Mexico like to brag about being descendant from Spaniards, even sometimes idiotically talking like Spaniards.
Not OP:
Personally i love Spain. I think they are so rich in culture and as a society, also 3 of my 4 grandparents are from Spain.
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Well, I was talking about how Xbox is extremely popular here. More than PS4. And the Switch is a huge success despite the price. I don't know a lot of Mexicans who are into indie games. The majority of people I know here who likes videogames are only into EA/Ubisoft/Activison and other mainstream games (Call of Duty, FIFA, Halo, GTA, Madden, Assassins Creed).
Mexico, mostly, admires Spain I would say. People with ties to Spain brag about them, it's seen as a positive thing to have a very Spanish sounding last name. At the same time, we are saddened that our native people and culture we brutalized like they were - but we don't really blame modern day Spaniards.
If AMLO wins he will not do much to be honest. The Congress (PAN and PRI) are going to be against him, so he wont be able to past plenty of his politics. He is not going to be able to fight corruption with his innocent proposals or make Pemex great again q:
Also, his alliance with PES make me dislike him more.
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We see Spain as a distant cousin. A fancy cousin. A lot of people would have prefered Spain to still be ruling the country.
We make fun of their accent.
El Santo could! Hell, El Santo fought against Zombies, Dracula (!), Mummies and won!
Only in some public bathrooms and if you want toilet paper :P
His alliance with PES made sure I will not vote for him in any way or form.
So yeah, fuck them.
Some public places like bus stops and metro stops yes. Most stores will charge you some coin if you are not a customer.
I often joke about how great Mexico would be if it was ruled by a scandinavian nation. And then it makes me sad how such a rich and abundant country can be so broken.
Yeah.
Fuck AMLOve alliance with PES. PES is the evangelical ultra-conservative "we hate single mothers" party of the country
Ugh I would not trade our rich tradition for a norse one. Problems can't be fixed. Warmth can not
Fuck AMLOve alliance with PES. PES is the evangelical ultra-conservative "we hate single mothers" party of the country
Ugh I would not trade our rich tradition for a norse one. Problems can't be fixed. Warmth can not
Really great answers, really interesting!
I like them, but I prefer tacos dorados con carne.
Shrimp torta ahogada is the best, tho.
Nope
Nope but there are some bus stations where you need to pay 5 pesos ( 25 cents) to use it
Nope but there are some bus stations where you need to pay 5 pesos ( 25 cents) to use it
True. I do hear people say they would never visit the USA because of the gun violence. At 47 years old I've never heard a gunshot and I've only seen one person show me a gun(in law psycho Trumper).
At the same time I know it's out of control and we deserve any bad media we get for it.
My parents are from Chapala,Jalisco and they call garbanzos (roasted/steamed and salted) "guasanas".
Is calling them that a regional thing since I ask other people what they call them and they always say "garbanzos".
Is calling them that a regional thing since I ask other people what they call them and they always say "garbanzos".
Why do you think that, rather than the cartels simply going legit at that point? Surely they would realize they are in a unique position to supply a much larger amount of people with the product they're already producing rather than switch to something equally terrible or worse right?
Tacos are life, so yes.
I like more gorditas.
De queso por favor.
De queso por favor.
Yep. For example, I'm 32 years old. I'm from the second biggest city in Mexico and I also lived 16 years in one of the most dangerous cities in the country (Torreón).
During the 32 years of my life I have been mugged once, and had my car's battery stolen (bastards...). And that's it.
Not trying to minimize the issues we have here. We have plenty. But the vast majority of people in Mexico will spend their entire lives with minimal experiences with crime.
I know it's hard to believe, considering what you hear in the news, but sometimes it is easy to forget a country is an enormous place.
Quoting myself because although I've taken the replies from the latino OT into account, I'd like a TV focused approach. Does Roku do the job? Last I read, it was outlawed.
I saw the most preferred food in US and noticed that Italian food is beating us. I must say, the war on food is on.
I saw the most preferred food in US and noticed that Italian food is beating us. I must say, the war on food is on.
Are we going to have a political thread now with the upcoming elections? I believe it will be great.
It does work (and its popularity is rising, along with Android roku-like devices), but I think it will fall anyday. It's still a legit device to Netflix eh.
I really can't comprehend why he made an alliance with PES that party is fucking scum.
Yeah, this is funny - I was talking about crime with other expats here (I've been living in Japan for 2 years) and my British, Canadian, and American friends had been mugged before, but not me, the Mexican. It absolutely depends on where you live, I think. I used public transportation every single day, too.
I'm fascinated by weather and different climates. I know it's not like the US where the lower 48 states can differ in temp by over 100 degrees Fahrenheit but are some areas much different than others?
Could you name 5 movies and 5 tv shows(that have english subtitles) from the past 10 years that you consider to be the crème de la crème of Mexican entertainment?
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Because the guy is fucking scum and he just wants to win at whatever the cost.
Yeah. I went to the one in Satelite, and thought I had stumbled upon a local treasure, but then I was in Pedregal two days later and realized it was a chain. But that shit was tight. I ate maybe three hundred tacos.