I ended up giving my kid a lesson on it last week after watching Mary Poppins (she has a carpetbag, kiddo wondered about it, and I am a former US historian, so)
I have a very expansive view of who can be a Texan.
But that's how I feel every dang time someone like Dan Patrick shows up and starts cosplaying as a Texan and talking about don't bring those liberal values here.
it is very normal for ppl in big cities to hate interacting with strangers in public, ppl from toronto are allergic to it. seems strange that this guy thinks it’s about an inherent lack of friendliness and not that high population density and reliance on public transit makes ppl feel rushed.
This!
I'm a southerner, and an introvert. I'm not against small talk if something occurs to spark it, but I damned sure don't care to hear all your private life and opinions. 🙄😁
It's a stereotype of every single metropolis lol, whether it's New York, London, São Paulo, what have you. The only difference in that stereotype between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro is that people from São Paulo are passive-aggressive while people from Rio will tell you to go fuck yourself.
Many southerners seem to think smiling and saying hi to everyone makes up for the raft of other egregious shit that has gone on down there since the first slave ships docked.
there's always like one person who is like endearingly and annoyingly pleasant at grocery stores and it weirds me out but i'd rather people be pleasant than rude if they're going to ignore that social rule, i guess.
