RE: More oddities spotted in the news
11-16-2022, 06:11 PM (This post was last modified: 11-16-2022, 06:36 PM by Dartz.)
11-16-2022, 06:11 PM (This post was last modified: 11-16-2022, 06:36 PM by Dartz.)
Mahogany Hurls. Africa goes hard
Ireland is, of course, exporting it's culture. By exporting cultural touchstones such as the GAA it establishes a memetic foothold. Soon, there will be St Patrick's days and Irish Dancing and shebeens. (Edit: There are already shebeens in South Africa)
But generally, culture is one of those exportable things that gives people positive impressions which makes the governments of those people more amenable to dealing with you on friendly terms and makes diplomacy so much easier.
Not being assholes is our international schtick.
Ireland is, of course, exporting it's culture. By exporting cultural touchstones such as the GAA it establishes a memetic foothold. Soon, there will be St Patrick's days and Irish Dancing and shebeens. (Edit: There are already shebeens in South Africa)
But generally, culture is one of those exportable things that gives people positive impressions which makes the governments of those people more amenable to dealing with you on friendly terms and makes diplomacy so much easier.
Not being assholes is our international schtick.
I love the smell of rotaries in the morning. You know one time, I got to work early, before the rush hour. I walked through the empty carpark, I didn't see one bloody Prius or Golf. And that smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole carpark, smelled like.... ....speed.
One day they're going to ban them.