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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] miked@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I found this to be true in almost anyplace I have traveled. Try to learn a few common words and be polite. If the locals know English they will switch to that because it makes things faster.

The only exception I can think of is Puerto Rico outside of the tourist zones. They acted like jaded New Yorkers when I couldn't speak fluent Spanish.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Half of them probably were jaded (ex-)New Yorkers

[–] miked@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

I met a few ex-NYers that lived/worked in PR. A couple of them were very jaded.