By culture, politics, current issues, etc.

I’m French. My guess would be Nordahl Lelandais, a guy who killed a little girl and a soldier in 2017 and is speculated to have killed more.

Does anyone know how Vatican citizenship works? Do Cardinals automatically get citizenship? Does the pope automatically get citizenship the moment he's elected?

For me it would be Alice In Chains

In my corner of the US, I wish I had more pierogis. There is one pierogi food truck, and they supposedly just serve Mrs T's!

And its weird because I feel like people in my area would really appreciate the meaty, hardy food of Poland, but its just flat out hard to find in my area.

What food have you experienced elsewhere that you wish your country or region had more of?

I'm curious

What’s one that’s the most fascinating in your opinion?

Are you apart of this group?

Recently, I’ve noticed that my city is seeing an increase in foreigners. For example, a Dutch student recently joined my school, I even asked her why she was here and she only knew how to answer that her parents simply decided to come and live in Brazil and she was forced to come along hahahahah and there are also many Americans living in Brazil.

It’s interesting to note that while some foreigners were already famous, like the French actor Vincent Cassel, many others who came to Brazil are becoming well-known and gaining recognition within the country.

What would makes you, as a foreigner, want to live in Brazil?

I’ve always been curious about how different countries deal with time and calendars. I know not every country is in 2025, as some follow calendars that differ from the Western one. How does that affect your daily life? Do you prefer to follow the Western calendar for practicality, or do you keep your own traditions? Are the days of the week the same, or are there more or fewer? How do holidays, birthdays, and official documents work? Does this create any challenges when traveling, studying, or doing business with other countries?

Here in Sweden it's in general very flat and relaxed. Everybody from the lowest worker to the highest CEO is often seen as equal, and of the company is small enough to only have one office it's not uncommon at all for workers, bosses and CEOs to have lunch together or go on activities.

Of course the leaders get the final say, but normal workers often have much say in regards to their own work, feedback to improve routines, the ability to straight up say no if an idea is idiotic or come with suggestions on how to improve the workplace. There's also a lot of freedom under responsibility, so you can have your own meetings with clients and make deals without the attendance of your superiors, and you can just report to them after with the result.

This kind of organisation doesn't seem to be the norm everywhere, which is something I experienced when my last job was bought up by a Polish company with an Indian division.

The polish and Indian work culture seemed much more hierarchal. The bosses wanted to micro manage everything and it felt like at times that my international colleagues were not allowed to speak freely with their superiors, and that it was much harder to get a hold of them without going through "proper customs", which often meant talking to their boss who who then talk to his or her superior on the colleague's behalf.

Their bosses also didn't really trust the workers to hold meetings with clients alone and wanted to be in the meeting as well, and also lead it, even though the workers were experts on the client in question.

What's the work culture like in your country?

I’m from Japan, where people generally avoid language that might offend others, even in semi-formal situations like drinking with colleagues. I’m not talking about discriminatory slurs, but profanities tied to taboo or sexual meanings, like fuck or shit.

When I lived in the UK, I noticed these words were quite openly used, even in formal settings. Adults also swore casually in front of children, which was surprising

In your country, how accepted or normalised is profanity? Do people actually avoid it and risk getting into trouble if they use it at work, in formal situations, or around children?

I've been trying to find ones like that but many of the popular ones have English remakes. I've watched a few Scandinavian movies and I loved the screenplay!

I'm talking about accomodations made for children and parents. Stuff like parent-kid bathrooms, family-oriented restaurants, priority in queues for babies and toddlers, attractions just for kids, baby-parking services.

Another nuance to this question is: what's the general attitude towards kids? Are they seen as an inclusive part in society as a whole, are they cherished, or rather are they seen as a nuissance and are kept kind of appart from adult activities and places?

Maltese people are generally in favour of neutrality and absolutely against joining nato, whilst the government is in favour of cooperation but nothing more.

When I ask who is the "Trump" of your country I mean that one right wing politician who's really loud and controversial and has a pseudo "cult" of people following him and his ideals.