Why do people from shitholes feel such an exaggerated sense of pride for their place of origin?

Wow. Just wow...

It's the GARDEN STATE!

You're asking why poor people are more nationalistic than rich people? It's because that's all they have, OP.

Switzerland is a passive aggressive libertarian shithole of Western Europe.

When I was high school. So I’m a black kid from DC but I went to high school in the Lower East Side. And all the West Indians used to swear their home countries, granted they were born in America, used to swear how great in various aspects their home counties were compared to America. I used to argue with them: well then why fuck did your parents migrate here then lol. I don’t know if OP is trolling but it is kind of a thing. And I love my West Indians. Caribbean America stand up. Its funny because my boriquas and Dominicans, also in the Caribbean never used to swear their home countries were so much better than America.

It depends on the person. I worked with a Filipino immigrant years ago who referred to The Philippines as a "shithole".

Op why disrespect their countries though by calling them shitholes?

[quote]Why do people from shitholes feel such an exaggerated sense of pride for their place of origin?

It would be nice if some New Yorkers could reply with why they have that exaggerated sense of pride.

R6, he is right. And Filipino food is also shitty.

I haven't been, but I love Filipinos. They're so damn nice

They’re awful. I guess you haven’t worked with a gang of them.

The USA is a shithole these days that only it’s citizens love.

There are 115 million people in the Philippines and God knows how immigrants living elsewhere, r11. You sound genuinely stupid. Baboy!

Futbol

I live in an area with a large Puerto Rican population. They are insufferable about how great P.R. (of course, they've left it, to live here). Puerto Rican parade, they're the loudest during Hispanic Heritage Month, Puerto Rican flags hanging from the rearview mirrors or on bumper stickers. Murals/graffiti on the sides of buildings... man it goes on and on and on.

P.R. is a poorly governed dump...

THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS!

I bet OP thinks Switzerland and Norway are next to each other on the map.

How many people from Norway do you meet OP?

If PR were so great, they wouldn't have left. They deserve paper towels thrown at them.

DjT

[cough]America[/cough]

R15 = Ben Affleck

Why do Americans cling to the belief that it's the land of opportunity?

Economic mobility functions better in many other countries. USA isn't in the top 20.

R21 Who said that it is? I’m planning my exit strategy.

Making up trump like nonsense just to have a thread to post.

DL the land of total bullshit and EST

R17 I met two Norwegians in the MBA program. One was a professor and the other was student. Both were very nonchalant about their home country.

And I myself have some Swiss ancestry. Met some distant relatives and they also had the same attitude about Switzerland.

Had the misfortune of dating a Filipino. Complete opposite attitude. The Philippines is the greatest place on earth once you don’t live there anymore apparently. They use America for a higher salary and then take their retirement back to their shithole so they can have a maid and a driver and eat deep fried pig testicles all day.

Oklahoma people are the most baffling becaiuse it is a living museum of human evil.

And in South America, shit poor Argentineans take the cake for their unwarranted national pride.

It's how the dictators keep the masses inline.

I was born in Texas and raised in Mississippi. I don't have a sense of pride in either of those states, nor do I have a desire to visit either one (now that my MS grandmother is dead).

Is there a bigger shithole than California though, OP? It has bigger GDP than most European states, but it has more homeless than some any third world country.

THEY'RE EATING THE KATZ!

Biggest shithole I’ve ever seen is the one between OP’s fat MAGA ass cheeks

In my experience, the state with the residents who have the absolutely greatest amount of misplaced pride is Connecticut. They truly believe that CT is the center of the known universe, and if you want something that's not in your town of four houses and a stop sign, you shouldn't want it in the first place.

I could write a book about CT and the weirdness of the culture. When I went there for grad school, it was like being slapped across the face with a wet towel -- no, no -- a [italic]frozen[/italic] towel for three straight years, the people were so cold and insular.

Fifty bucks some Nutmegger will be here momentarily to make some snotty and effete remark about how CT is the best place in the world, and how if I didn't see how wonderful it is, it's my own fault.

Another “question” thread filled with racism.

Gee, who could it be 🤔?

THEY’RE EATING THE PETZ!

Here in Florida, transplanted New Yorkers are insufferable about how magnificent NYC is and how it's the greatest place in the world, better than Florida. When asked why they moved here, they respond with a combination of weather, cost of living, and crime. But, it's still the greatest place on earth. Don't bother to ask them; they will tell you every chance they get.

Californians are among the most annoying.

OP = MAGA.

Who also is so uneducated she doesn't know about the anti-Swede and anti-Norwegian sentiments during early 20th century immigration to the US.

Desperation. Let them have it - what else have they got?

r32 I was seriously going to say Connecticut, and I can tell you why - I was born and raised there. My mother is still there. People really do behave in the way you've described. I hated growing up there, because it was a weird Children of the Corn state. Yes, much of it is physically beautiful. I love much of the weather (but I hate snow and cold). I got out as soon as I could. I do love visiting during Spring and Fall. That's it.

All my family that's still there, really constantly say things like "I can't believe you left CT, so weird. Don't you miss it? Oh my god, I would miss it." etc.

It's all matter of perspective

Where I live, it's Americans who have the exaggerated sense of pride of place of origin.

Americans are not hated or disliked here, rather they seem a bit disappointed not to be received as very special visitors. This country receives twice it's population in tourists every year, so it's just that foreign visitors are not an extraordinary experience.

Visitors from some countries are perhaps quicker to identify their place of origin than those from others, bit it's usually a lesser point in the conversation.

Plymouth Rock Pilgrims.

They're eating the cats. They're eating the dogs.

If they were so great they wouldn't have been chased out of whatever backwoods, shithole shire they came from to squat their useless asses here.

- Native Americans, Fighting Illegal Migrants Since 1492

R10, except when you have to work with a bunch of female ones.

R35, they are insufferable when they come back for a visit, too...."It's too cold, too crowded, too filthy, no fucking parking...how the fuck can you still live here?"

A lot of Filipino gay men are great in bed but they may just be white man crazy. I liked to think it was me.

r44 "I liked to think it was me. "

It wasn't.

R44 They do have very clean buttholes. Great for eating.

R40 what a crock of shit. I have been reading travel blogs and forums for decades not one American, Canadian, NL, Brit, or anyone else has ever once complained that they were not treated as a special visitor. Or that they should have been treated as a special visitor based on their home country.

Here at DL you seem to see it regularly if not daily

I have never seen so much making up shit, lying, and nonsense as I have seen on DL. It’s an epidemic of est and bullshit as I have seen.

[quote]They use America for a higher salary and then take their retirement back to their shithole so they can have a maid and a driver and eat deep fried pig testicles all day.

So in other words, they pay into the system for years and then take nothing back in terms of Medicare and Social Security in their elder years.

What monsters.

Over Nationalism has scared me every since the Vietnam War, when pro-war people didn't want any criticism of the US involvement in that war. It was a constant "Love It or Leave It." You can love your country and not wanting it to be involved in stupid wars.

There is an employee at a local store I shop at that has a van with a Mexican flag painted on the hood of the van and flying two Mexican Flags on the van. I can't imagine moving to another country and doing that in another country. If you love that country so much, you should live there.

What makes R48 think they can't collect SS? If they become US citizens, they can, and they can take it back to their home country.

Non-U.S. citizens may be subject to different rules depending on their citizenship, where they live, and the type of benefits they claim. These rules are often based on "totalization agreements" between the U.S. and other countries. These agreements aim to eliminate dual Social Security coverage and taxation while maintaining coverage for as many workers as possible.

Op we all have our likes and dislikes. One man's shack is another man's palace. Don't ever look down on anyone because they prefer something you don't. Just be happy with what you have (if it's what you want) and don't worry about what kind of life others enjoy.

"I have been reading travel blogs and forums for decades not one American, Canadian, NL, Brit, or anyone else has ever once complained that they were not treated as a special visitor"

r47 You sound like an idiot, seriously.

[quote] There is an employee at a local store I shop at that has a van with a Mexican flag painted on the hood of the van and flying two Mexican Flags on the van. I can't imagine moving to another country and doing that in another country. If you love that country so much, you should live there.

This is such a weird, paranoid attitude.

What high school did you go to?

Ramblin' boy why don't you settle down? Boston's not your kind of town. There ain'int no gold and there aint nobody like me.

Believe it or not OP it’s because they are happier. No worries about that asshole at work that will snitch on them about the smallest things, no worries about that insurance or utility bill, no worries about over eating. No worries about that upcoming deadline or that wedding you don’t want to go to.

Overall they are prideful because they are happy despite being dealt a terrible hand, I admire that and wish I was more like them and not stuck in a first world country that will shoot each other because they saw someone else do something they don’t like.

Russians.

Thread closed.

DFW is the poster child for this, they think they are the center of the world, it's nothing but 50 miles or more of strip centers and parking lots, then people want to water their grass in a semi arid area, and try to steal water from other states, they don't get away with it.

That's exactly wrong R57 Oh if they belong to a cult like LDS they will tell you they are hapy when they aren't, but in general their worlds are so narrow and limited that they are continually obsessed with minutiae of their small circle and know nothing about what exists elsewhere. And they are in fact quite miserable, but they won't admit it for fear of being abandoned.

Yes bc being from another country is the same as belonging to a cult.

Mafuckin!’

I wuz razed rite

[quote]They use America for a higher salary and then take their retirement back to their shithole so they can have a maid and a driver and eat deep fried pig testicles all day.

Admit it - you were the cunt who started the whole " They're eating the dogs...." crap. Scum MAGAt.

I can smell your nappy pussy all over this thread, Teacake.

Canadians should top this list. Smug and self-righteous.

“These people invade our country and take away jobs from meth addicts that couldn’t keep them anyway. They spend money and that’s horrible, these places should just rot. They’re eating the DAWGS… I have no proof but I just want to scare you for votes.”

See the problem with being stupid is you never know why anything happens so everything that happens comes as a surprise. That leaves these morons with excessively high cortisol. They may move like overweight cows who have been chewing cud all day for their four stomachs, but that doesn't mean they aren't high strung.

On Edge. Unhappy.

[quote] Same with states. People from California are pretty relaxed and don’t make a big deal about it.

Three guesses where OP is from.

you can be proud of where you come from and acknowledge it’s impoverished and hard to live a good life. And why pick on Filipinos? They’re great people and most come here for skilled jobs.

[quote]Torontoians should top this list. Smug and self-righteous.

FIFY r65 (unless you were being sarcastic then I take it back).

Why aren't Canadian houses larger? They have so much space up there.