I don't believe in races or ethnicities. Only individuals. That's not to say that ethnicities don't matter - they do in medicine or on public policy grounds in terms of cultural traits (since they cluster with ethnicity). And there may or may not be genetic components to intelligence and behavioral traits that cluster by ethnicity. We won't know for sure until we've mapped it all; culture is powerful.

That said, I've had more Greek girls want to **** me and more Greek guys want to punch my lights out than any other ethnicity, exposure time adjusted, across multiple countries. You're another data point it seems.

I pretty much never find myself on the side of TS bc he's a constant liar, the fact that we agree here should tell you something.

Go ahead! Europe would be enormously better off if Greece stopped getting massive handouts and slid backwards into third-world status.

lol wut? Greece got loads of money from the Marshall Plan during the Cold War. Y'all can return the money back to the US if that's how you feel about it.

If you think this through, it means you agree with what you think is my genuine position.

I haven't lied about anything on these forums, everything I post I believe and the little I've said about where I live and what I've seen and experienced is true.

I love this sentence so much. The true ethical value of the debt. I'm going to try this on my loan shark.

"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." — Jonathan Swift

I would have enjoyed meeting Johnathan Swift. And I defiantly would have played a practical joke on the man. He was hard of hearing. And, apparently, an Irishman of sorts.

I'll give the Greeks this much: They are the best cooks/restauranteurs in the world. Anybody from the North East will know this bec the ubiquitous Greek diner will have something for everyone. We are lucky enough to have one such in my town and it's the town's best over-all eatery. Something for everyone, all of it good. God Bless the Greeks, that's what I have to say about the matter.

I don't mean the ones who stay at hostels when they travel, who I imagine are the bogans. Of the ilk that could best be asked "are you going to brush your tooth before bed?" Our equivalent is called a "meth addict."

I mean the ones who stay in reasonable accommodations. They seem to mostly be on some sort of quest of oat gathering. They are, I admit, very civilized about it. They tend to approach in herds, which is disconcerting, but then directly ask in a quite innocent way about the local customs about how one goes about getting dicked.

Overall, the herds seem to be quite unsustainable from a Darwinian perspective. There is no culling of the un****able. They offer the first man who doesn't run away to their most thickly thighed beast.

Yeah. You all pretty much sound like drunken Brits when you are sober. A lot of vowels punctuated by spittle in place of the normal consonants.

Bogan doesn't mean poor, although it overlaps of course. It's more a subculture of complete classlessness, style, or redeeming features.

"Herd" is a good word. I call these girls heifers.

The whole place appears to be a sort of 'shadow politics' forum these days, so what would one thread do?

This is supposed to be the oasis.

Would take Italian food or Lebanese/Syrian over Greek food any day. Ofc Greek cuisine is miles ahead of their neighbors like Romania.

Greek diners have plenty of Italian cuisine choices. I'd bet they could do any cuisine that they wanted to do if there was a demand for it.

Baklava please, and thanks.

Greek and Italian are basically the same thing, with an Ottoman influence thrown in for the Greeks. All the good stuff in Greek cuisine (like Baklava) seems to be more related the when the Muslims overran then and brought wonderful foods like Baklava.

Most Mediterranian cuisine runs together, but Italian really stands out.

mediterranean food is the best. I agree with Trolly though, Italian is a step above. Italian cuisine absolutely needs to be distinguished from Greek. for me, the neapolitan pizza is the world's best dish

croatia has some brilliant stuff as well, especially the peka

I like Moussaka.


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it does sound like the sort of place that if carpet bombed, we would talk about it causing millions of dollars worth of improvements.

We don't mock Pittsburger King over here.

Sorry, meant Pittsburgh. We don't mock Pittsburgh, ugh ugh!

The same could be said for many cities - Detroit immediately comes to mind as does Los Angles. Bracknell and Birmingham and, of course, Maidenhead in the UK also top the list.

Italian cuisine is distinctive and marvelous, and also varied as each region has local favorites or unique dishes. True of many countries but Italy stands out as the best IMO. The silly French think they are the best but that is nonsense. Way too many elaborate sauces and fancy twists that take away the essence of clean, wholesome and simple food/recipes. This actually detracts from enjoyment of a meal, instead of enhancement.

Italian #1.

French is somewhere just above Eskimo cuisine, sans blubber.

Thai

There are two great cuisines in the world: French and Chinese.

It's funny, the average kitchen in Paris is the size of a cupboard.

We can make as good cheese as them, but we don't give a ****.

They know on some rational level that other countries make wine, but they would never consider drinking it.

The French are deeply conservative and atheistic.