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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
my name is not ferry :o |
Hahahah...he's not my papa...he's my daddy...ya baby :stongue: |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
Hahahah...he's not my papa...he's my daddy...ya baby :stongue: |
daddy or papa, same thing
btw I dunno how we went so offtopic, this thread was originally about 14 asians that look the same |
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| crazedcanuck |
There are a lot of factors in how welcome, or @ home you feel in a particular city.
#1. First off it starts with you. Each situation is different.. the environment (club, bar, work, school), the expecetd social norms regarding approachability, decorum, etc.
If you are on the recieveing end of hositility I think it's arrogant to simply assume it's everyone else around you
#2. Locals saying their home city is worse then where they visit. Wow, what a surpise, you enjoy places that are free of the stresses of home more than you enjoy your normal dreariness and routine/environment. Certainly your attitude is has a little more joi d'vivre when you are on vacation, so your experience is likely elevated, as is your more coirdial interactions with people under thes circumstances.
#3. Newcomers who whine that the new city is terrible and cold. Gee, could this be due to the fact that you are relatively alone, and without the comforts that familiarity of friends, family, your old routine.
Any new begining is harsh, and those early social interactions can suck. Perhaps a better way to get started is be choosier in who you approach, and next time you might not want to preface that interaction by staring at drunk girls misbehaving. I don't care where you are, two drunk girls catching a guy staring @ them being stupid are either going to laugh @ or with you, or flip you off. |
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| Zeidoo |
| quote: | Originally posted by crazedcanuck
There are a lot of factors in how welcome, or @ home you feel in a particular city.
#1. First off it starts with you. Each situation is different.. the environment (club, bar, work, school), the expecetd social norms regarding approachability, decorum, etc.
If you are on the recieveing end of hositility I think it's arrogant to simply assume it's everyone else around you
#2. Locals saying their home city is worse then where they visit. Wow, what a surpise, you enjoy places that are free of the stresses of home more than you enjoy your normal dreariness and routine/environment. Certainly your attitude is has a little more joi d'vivre when you are on vacation, so your experience is likely elevated, as is your more coirdial interactions with people under thes circumstances.
#3. Newcomers who whine that the new city is terrible and cold. Gee, could this be due to the fact that you are relatively alone, and without the comforts that familiarity of friends, family, your old routine.
Any new begining is harsh, and those early social interactions can suck. Perhaps a better way to get started is be choosier in who you approach, and next time you might not want to preface that interaction by staring at drunk girls misbehaving. I don't care where you are, two drunk girls catching a guy staring @ them being stupid are either going to laugh @ or with you, or flip you off. |
I so agree with you in most cases.
For the starts with you part.
Fact is, I'm not saying only what happens to me. I'm looking around how stragers behave towards each other. And surprizingly, I don't see any improovement in attitude.
Arrogant... the Habs flag on stuck in my car's window while driving in TO is arrogant. Telling you my observations is far from it.
For point 2. I think you are 50% right 50% wrong. Some people have lived (not only vacation) in other cities and say they are nicer than TO. And if you put the numbers togheter, people who have travelled seem to have the same opinion. Toronto is cold. People who lived in TO all their lives have the same opinion, Toronto is the best.
Of course as I said, that one was only an example, and I would have rather they laugh at me rather than being rude. There are lots of other examples.
As you might have read, people sitting is elderly reserved seats, rude answers when people want to talk to you, etc...
For point 3, I've been here for about 8 months. I'm way past being alone, that lasted... one week. If there's one thing that Toronto has done to me is learn how to make lots of friends, and fast.
I wasn't like that, I alway prefer Quality over Quantity, that includes friends. |
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| Irishaddict |
| quote: | Originally posted by crazedcanuck
There are a lot of factors in how welcome, or @ home you feel in a particular city.
#1. First off it starts with you. Each situation is different.. the environment (club, bar, work, school), the expecetd social norms regarding approachability, decorum, etc.
If you are on the recieveing end of hositility I think it's arrogant to simply assume it's everyone else around you
#2. Locals saying their home city is worse then where they visit. Wow, what a surpise, you enjoy places that are free of the stresses of home more than you enjoy your normal dreariness and routine/environment. Certainly your attitude is has a little more joi d'vivre when you are on vacation, so your experience is likely elevated, as is your more coirdial interactions with people under thes circumstances.
#3. Newcomers who whine that the new city is terrible and cold. Gee, could this be due to the fact that you are relatively alone, and without the comforts that familiarity of friends, family, your old routine.
Any new begining is harsh, and those early social interactions can suck. Perhaps a better way to get started is be choosier in who you approach, and next time you might not want to preface that interaction by staring at drunk girls misbehaving. I don't care where you are, two drunk girls catching a guy staring @ them being stupid are either going to laugh @ or with you, or flip you off. |
Thank you. |
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| Zeidoo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Irishaddict
Thank you. |
Here I'll be arrogant for a second.
Here's a Teddy, just for you. :happy2:
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| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by crazedcanuck
There are a lot of factors in how welcome, or @ home you feel in a particular city.
#1. First off it starts with you. Each situation is different.. the environment (club, bar, work, school), the expecetd social norms regarding approachability, decorum, etc.
If you are on the recieveing end of hositility I think it's arrogant to simply assume it's everyone else around you
#2. Locals saying their home city is worse then where they visit. Wow, what a surpise, you enjoy places that are free of the stresses of home more than you enjoy your normal dreariness and routine/environment. Certainly your attitude is has a little more joi d'vivre when you are on vacation, so your experience is likely elevated, as is your more coirdial interactions with people under thes circumstances.
#3. Newcomers who whine that the new city is terrible and cold. Gee, could this be due to the fact that you are relatively alone, and without the comforts that familiarity of friends, family, your old routine.
Any new begining is harsh, and those early social interactions can suck. Perhaps a better way to get started is be choosier in who you approach, and next time you might not want to preface that interaction by staring at drunk girls misbehaving. I don't care where you are, two drunk girls catching a guy staring @ them being stupid are either going to laugh @ or with you, or flip you off. |
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| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
Hahahah...he's not my papa...he's my daddy...ya baby :stongue: |
Gross he's your father |
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| preppie chick |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Gross he's your father |
you're missing the point.
go back to the asian kids pic. it will make sense. I was gonna do 3 out of the 14, then lisa had to pee and somehow she decided to start callinhg people papa/daddy/papi/(insert here a name you would call your father)... |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| quote: | Originally posted by preppie chick
you're missing the point.
go back to the asian kids pic. it will make sense. I was gonna do 3 out of the 14, then lisa had to pee and somehow she decided to start callinhg people papa/daddy/papi/(insert here a name you would call your father)... |
haha it's b/c geroin told us to go to bed :( |
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| Truepioneer |
| quote: | Originally posted by crazedcanuck
There are a lot of factors in how welcome, or @ home you feel in a particular city.
#1. First off it starts with you. Each situation is different.. the environment (club, bar, work, school), the expecetd social norms regarding approachability, decorum, etc.
If you are on the recieveing end of hositility I think it's arrogant to simply assume it's everyone else around you
#2. Locals saying their home city is worse then where they visit. Wow, what a surpise, you enjoy places that are free of the stresses of home more than you enjoy your normal dreariness and routine/environment. Certainly your attitude is has a little more joi d'vivre when you are on vacation, so your experience is likely elevated, as is your more coirdial interactions with people under thes circumstances.
#3. Newcomers who whine that the new city is terrible and cold. Gee, could this be due to the fact that you are relatively alone, and without the comforts that familiarity of friends, family, your old routine.
Any new begining is harsh, and those early social interactions can suck. Perhaps a better way to get started is be choosier in who you approach, and next time you might not want to preface that interaction by staring at drunk girls misbehaving. I don't care where you are, two drunk girls catching a guy staring @ them being stupid are either going to laugh @ or with you, or flip you off. |
Ah, I jus luv talking bout this stuff:
1. A great city will reach out and grab your atttention without you having to search for it. Those who've lived in different ones will know what it's about. In many places no matter how "positive" you act it will not make a difference to the majorities attitude.
I think hostility might be too harsh a word for it. Obiviously alot of people are recieving this attitude cause I've heard Zeiboo's opinions from others for years. I didn't fully understand it until I started living and travelling overseas.
2. Iam comparing Toronto to another city I lived and worked in so are Jayx1 and Zeiboo. So, were not really comparing holiday life to
9-5 working life.
3. I've lived in Toronto 22 years, yet I find this the hardest place to socialize and meet people then anywhere else I've been. Too much of an exclusive circle attitude.
It's not exaclty a new beggining in Toronto for me and I still find the place rude. I don't think we need people being even more choosier about who they approach in Toronto. It's sad that we expect that people should flip others off just for a glace:(
Your points arent applicable to many of us.
Call me old fashion but, I think manners and courtesy are just a little bit important.
Hey, different strokes for different folks I guess??? |
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