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[–] Mantis_Toboggan 61 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I belong to neither of these groups. But here goes it.

Europe: when ordering water, I have to specify for it not to have gas (non-carbonated). Also in places like Germany, people drink those before playing football. I don’t understand how you do it or even like it that way.

People in electric scooters are out of control. Specially in Spain. They’re the most egregious when it comes to disrespecting pedestrian crosswalks, dangerous overtaking in bike lanes and all around assholeness. You shouldn’t ride your fucking patinete in a train station crowded with people.

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People from the US: Your tipping culture is out of control. It’s good for outstanding service on certain scenarios. But not for handing me takeout or pulling out a foamy beer from a cooler.

Also , don’t tell newly-aquatinted people from the south that you’re not religious. They’ll try to tell you it’s their duty to save your soul and try to make you go to their religious services, which antagonizes them if you try to set boundaries on your personal beliefs.

Btw. I still like you both.

[–] FooBarrington 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Europe: when ordering water, I have to specify for it not to have gas (non-carbonated). Also in places like Germany, people drink those before playing football. I don’t understand how you do it or even like it that way.

I like the taste of TV static. Sue me!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude I love seltzer. Especially fruit-flavored seltzer…but club soda is pretty good too. I don’t really like unflavored seltzer though, but it depends on a lot…the brand, the bottle, whether or not there’s a straw…a lot of variance in the bubbles.

[–] FooBarrington 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely! The water flavor by itself is very important, though I've noticed that the carbonation process masks slightly bad flavors pretty well. I make my own seltzer with tap water which is pretty good here luckily :)

One I love is Apfelschorle - apple juice with seltzer. A little juice goes a long way!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you make your seltzer? Soda stream or some other contraption?

Do you use “apple juice” or do you like…make ice cubes out of a can of concentrate and throw a cube into a homemade bottle of seltzer?

[–] FooBarrington 1 points 1 year ago

Soda stream, yep!

And it's literally just one part apple juice to like three parts seltzer, both mixed in a glass of jug. No ice cubes or anything :)

[–] rigamarole 16 points 1 year ago

American here, I saw a tip jar for the cashiers in a flea market yesterday. I completely agree, it's out of control. It would be great if employers would just pay their employees properly instead of asking customers to subsidize wages.