I didn't actually expect people to react so cool to this.
I've done the cheek kiss thing. The puerto ricans did it.
thats so common in brazil, it's so weird to me that it's not common practice for other people. you guys seem to be so private about your own space. it feels depressing, i dunno. i know it's a cultural thing and i should respect it but it's just weird from my point of view. it feels a lot more lively to see people cheerfully greeting eachother with a kiss on the cheek when they haven't ever met before. it instantly creates a positive connection between them... i don't know.
My friend Benyam greets girls like this, he lives in the Dominican but that's not a normal thing in the Dominican. Is that normal in France?
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[QUOTE=MenteR;42184431]thats so common in brazil, it's so weird to me that it's not common practice in the us. you guys seem to be so private about your own space.
i know it's culture and we should respect it but it's just weird from my point of view.[/QUOTE]
Why single out the US? A lot of countries aren't like that.
[QUOTE=FingerSpazem;42184472]My friend Benyam greets girls like this, he lives in the Dominican but that's not a normal thing in the Dominican. Is that normal in France?
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Why single out the US? A lot of countries aren't like that.[/QUOTE]
yeah i know, i fixed my post.
I'm not saying he deserves it or anything but has this guy been knocked on his ass yet?
You can get away with these kinds of things if you are good looking.
first, at least in quebec, it isnt actual kisses. its almost a cheek kiss but it stops before contact.
second, this is only done for people you actually know.
third, if someone backs away you dont continue, even in other cultures.
fourth, this was done in an english speaking country so im pretty sure that dudes just a perv, and punching him in the face after that would not be out of line.
I know greeting anyone from acquaintances to close friends with a kiss (or two, or three) is the norm in a lot of Spanish-influenced countries (Spain itself and most of South America, of course). It seems so odd from a modern American (or non-Spanish European, Canadian, etc.) perspective because we've always been much more reserved and very closed in relation to our personal space.
[QUOTE=willtheoct;42186121]first, at least in quebec, it isnt actual kisses. its almost a cheek kiss but it stops before contact.
second, this is only done for people you actually know.
third, if someone backs away you dont continue, even in other cultures.
fourth, this was done in an english speaking country so im pretty sure that dudes just a perv, and punching him in the face after that would not be out of line.[/QUOTE]
They're not necessarily pervs, they just make videos with experiments involving strangers
[QUOTE=MenteR;42184431]thats so common in brazil, it's so weird to me that it's not common practice for other people. you guys seem to be so private about your own space. it feels depressing, i dunno. i know it's a cultural thing and i should respect it but it's just weird from my point of view. it feels a lot more lively to see people cheerfully greeting eachother with a kiss on the cheek when they haven't ever met before. it instantly creates a positive connection between them... i don't know.[/QUOTE]
People don't even like [I]hugs[/I] in this country. It's odd, conspiring how open most young people are about sexuality.
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;42186569]People don't even like [I]hugs[/I] in this country. It's odd, conspiring how open most young people are about sexuality.[/QUOTE]
In America, everything's sexual.
We made breastfeeding illegal because using breasts for their intended natural purpose is just so goddamn sexy, right?
like ooooo yeah give that baby nourishment
[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;42187019]In America, everything's sexual.
We made breastfeeding illegal because using breasts for their intended natural purpose is just so goddamn sexy, right?
like ooooo yeah give that baby nourishment[/QUOTE]
What the hell are you talking about? Breastfeeding is completely legal in the US. On top of that there's special laws in place to protect mothers who breastfeed their children even in public.
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-Forty-five states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands have laws that specifically allow women to breastfeed in any public or private location. (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.)
-Twenty-eight states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands exempt breastfeeding from public indecency laws. (Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.)
-Twenty-four states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have laws related to breastfeeding in the workplace. (Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.)
-Twelve states and Puerto Rico exempt breastfeeding mothers from jury duty. (California, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon and Virginia.)
-Five states and Puerto Rico have implemented or encouraged the development of a breastfeeding awareness education campaign. (California, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Vermont.)
Several states have unique laws related to breastfeeding. For instance,
-Virginia allows women to breastfeed on any land or property owned by the state. Puerto Rico requires shopping malls, airports, public service government centers and other select locations to have accessible areas designed for breastfeeding and diaper changing that are not bathrooms.
-At least two states have laws related to child care facilities and breastfeeding. Louisiana prohibits any child care facility from discriminating against breastfed babies. Mississippi requires licensed child care facilities to provide breastfeeding mothers with a sanitary place that is not a toilet stall to breastfeed their children or express milk, to provide a refrigerator to store expressed milk, to train staff in the safe and proper storage and handling of human milk, and to display breastfeeding promotion information to the clients of the facility.
-California requires the Department of Public Health to develop a training course of hospital policies and recommendations that promote exclusive breastfeeding and specify staff for whom this model training is appropriate. The recommendation is targeted at hospitals with patients who ranked in the lowest 25 percent of the state for exclusive breastfeeding rates.
-Maryland exempts the sale of tangible personal property that is manufactured for the purpose of initiating, supporting or sustaining breastfeeding from the sales and use tax.
-California, New York and Texas have laws related to the procurement, processing, distribution or use of human milk.
-New York created a Breastfeeding Mothers Bill of Rights, which is required to be posted in maternal health care facilities. New York also created a law that allows a child under one year of age to accompany the mother to a correctional facility if the mother is breastfeeding at the time she is committed.
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[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;42185976]You can get away with these kinds of things if you are good looking.[/QUOTE]
The short, red-headed dude is average at best.
It honestly has more to do with good hygiene than someone's natural looks.
Short ginger dude is lame. Wish they would just keep it on Andrew Hales, since he's such an awkward guy, I find him fucking hilarious.
In Britain greeting people with a kiss on the cheek is fine, but you would get some funny looks if you were walking up to strangers and kissing them like this
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;42186569]People don't even like [I]hugs[/I] in this country. It's odd, conspiring how open most young people are about sexuality.[/QUOTE]
Exactly, young people. They're bringing about the more open culture, [I]now.[/I]
[QUOTE=gbtygfvyg;42187063]What the hell are you talking about? Breastfeeding is completely legal in the US. On top of that there's special laws in place to protect mothers who breastfeed their children even in public.[/QUOTE]
Shouldn't have said illegal, [I]taboo[/I] is a more accurate term.
You can do it, but you'll still get kicked out of restaurants for it.
[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;42191685]Shouldn't have said illegal, [I]taboo[/I] is a more accurate term.
You can do it, but you'll still get kicked out of restaurants for it.[/QUOTE]
depends where and what restaurant, i've seen people breastfeeding at a red robin's before
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