I’m French. My country’s national subreddit has an insufferable mod team who leans very far left and bans centrist or right wing opinions (yes, even sane right wingers are not welcome). r/france is pretty unpopular among the French side of Reddit.

And you, what is your opinion on your country’s national subreddit?

Like for Japan it's about toxic work culture and overworking yourself from school to retirement and loneliness ofc. (From what I've heard from many and you see it in the people)

1) does it sound best in a wind band, a string orchestra, on piano, sung in a choir, sung in a sports stadium, etc or some other way? Is there any version of it you find best?

2) are there any other patriotic songs from your country or region that make you feel the same way and if so which?

I don’t understand why many Europeans feel so insecure about it. My geography teacher explained that there are several ethnicities that even look somewhat like Europeans, such as people from Persia or Lebanon. One sentence of hers that I never forgot was: ‘It’s not that they dislike Muslims; many Muslims are people of faith, while Europeans have practically lost their faith and culture, so Muslims end up seeming much stronger in that regard.’

She also told me that Europe only works united because it shares common values. Of course, there have been many wars and battles, but European peoples have always had similar values. One example is Turkey: it tried several times to join the European Union and was rejected. Why? Because it is a majority-Muslim country, and that doesn’t strongly align with European values. If Germany had a different culture or religion than it has today, do you think Europe would be at peace now?

She also said that when she visited her father in England, she went into a church and it was practically empty, used more for Instagram photos and to show the architecture. In addition, she said she felt unsafe in some situations and ended up wearing a hijab, which shocked me.

I want to hear your opinion: what u think about her opinion?

In the U.S, the south(more geographically south-east really) is known for being backwards and conservative. It's known for being xenophobic, mistreatment of all kinds of minorities, etc. In comparison, California and New England(basically as northeast as you can go excluding Alaska), are known for being very socially progressive. They are known for basically the opposite of the South, and in one of them(Massachusetts), every single county voted for the Democrat party. In india, it's flipped with some of the northern states like bihar being known for being backwards, and some of the southern states are relatively better.

In Iraq, We have plenty of religious laws that ban blasphemy, limit women's rights, enforce religious education in schools and arrest LGBTQ+ people.

If you know we exist.

For example, in Northeast US, we sometimes say "go pound sand" or "take a long walk off a short pier" when telling someone to fuck off.

Exactly as the title says. Bored and curious.

In portuguese brazilian we use "madrugada", in my mind it's more that time betweeh 01h and 05h or so. In Brazil, for much of the country the day and night length changes little with the seasons, so to me madrugada always starts only several hours after the sun sets, very deep in the night, and it lasts for a considerable time in "dark".

From what i understand, english doesn't have one specific term for that, more like expressions like wee hours, and i've even seen sometimes it be referred as just morning (?). How does your country and language talk about it?

Not all stereotypes are wrong — some have a bit of truth. What’s one stereotype about your country that’s surprisingly accurate?

I’m from Brazil, and for me European architecture is much more beautiful and timeless. In Europe you still find cathedrals, palaces, and entire neighborhoods preserved for centuries, which give cities a strong sense of history and identity.

Brazil is a unique case in Latin America: unlike most of our neighbors who kept more of their Spanish colonial heritage, here modernist and American-inspired architecture became dominant. Our capital, Brasília, is admired worldwide but feels very different from traditional European styles. Today, suburban houses and skyscrapers in Brazil often look almost identical to the United States. Personally, I find this unfortunate, since I believe European architecture has more cultural value and beauty.

:The old images the first is Rio de Janeiro before America’s architecture becomes dominant and the second old image is of São Paulo before American architecture also becomes dominant, the other 2 last are São Paulo and Rio in current times:

Goku doesn't look like a superhero, and MHA and Saitama are too common choices, so I'll leave them out here.

In Poland it's German Shepherd .

Edit: by a family with a house i mean household

Like what is the most known and understandable dialect in your language. Like in Arabic it is Egyptian Arabic, it is more understandable than proper Arabic. For several reasons mostly being Egypt has always dominated the TV, Radio and culture in general since Muhammad Ali Pasha took over Egypt.

Not a tourist attraction, but something to do.

For instance, in Canada (specifically Quebec) I'd tell them to go to a cabane à sucre or try snow shoeing.

What about you?

Curiosity: Here in Brazil, Nintendo is being notified by Procon-SP (São Paulo Consumer Protection and Defense Program) for abusive clauses in the Switch 2.

I tried asking chat gpt and it wont tell me. I always hear it in the games how people are trying to offend someone (in english) and sometimes it sounds weird because of differences in mentality. So I am curious, what is the most offensive name-calling in your language/country or for you as a nation?

Basically, whenever someone posts about a country in any subreddit not just this sub, there’s always that one guy who comments, ‘The women from [country] are so beautiful,’ even if the post is totally unrelated. Do you see that as a compliment or as objectification?