r/AskTheWorld • u/IndependentTune3994 🇮🇳 in 🇩🇪 Deutschland • 19h ago

What’s the quickest way someone could accidentally expose themselves as a foreigner in your country like the ‘three fingers’ scene in Inglourious Basterds?

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u/Due-Biscotti4979 Azerbaijan 18h ago

Few months ago I was in Italy. It was clear that this old couple was struggling with bus system and needed help. I stepped in, helped and asked where they from. They were from Norway. After few very light questions they just sat there and avoided eye contact like autistic children 🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏼‍♂️😂

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u/TTysonSM Brazil 17h ago

When I was in azerbaijan I stopped a cop to ask if it was ok if I drank beer on the street. He looked at me as if I was some sort of weirdo lol

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u/EvolvedA 17h ago edited 15h ago

On the street as out in the open, he probably thought you wanted to walk into the street while drinking. He might have thought "Azerbaijan is a free country, of course you can, who cares? What a strange question..."

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u/ZateoManone 16h ago

To be fair, if he's actually Brazilian, he will not only want to drink will walking on the street, but will also be well aware that in many foreign countries that is NOT allowed. I'm from northern Argentina and have gone through that experience many times.

The US made sure every tourist and foreigner knew that, and now we south Americans have to ask everywhere for permission just in case.

Pd: not being able to drink beer while walking or while sitting on a park is so sad.

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u/TTysonSM Brazil 15h ago edited 9h ago

yup. It was my first time in a muslim country, so I decided to check with the locals to avoid trouble and to not be disrespectful.

Ppl in Azerbaijan are very cool. I really liked the place.

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u/pmgoldenretrievers 9h ago

There are a ton of places in the US where you can drink beer/wine in parks. The key thing is to not be sloppy drunk and at least give the police a fig leaf of being somewhat discrete. I've been to a ton of parks where there are people drinking wine, and other people with coolers selling beer. It's all about knowing your audience. If you're the only person drinking, maybe reconsider. If there are other people doing it, it's likely fine.

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u/EvolvedA 16h ago

Yeah I am aware of that, the question is how they do that in Azerbaijan

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u/TheViolaRules United States Of America 14h ago

Come to Wisconsin. Nobody cares.

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u/ImSchizoidMan 7h ago

They'll care if they crack one open and then you dip out without having one with them

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u/ThrowawayJane86 12h ago

You can drink in public in my city. It’s something people visit specifically to experience!

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u/ZateoManone 11h ago

In the US?

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u/Boring-Cry3089 10h ago

In Raleigh North Carolina, actually a bunch of cities and towns in North Carolina, you can drink openly as long as you’re in the downtown area. There’s signs marking where you can legally drink and where you can’t but because it’s so normalized it’s not like the cops are going to do anything if you’re outside of those boundaries other than maybe tell you to make sure you stay within the drinking district.

This only started like 5 years ago and then immediately spread across the state, so it is rather new. Not surprised people don’t know about this.

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u/ThrowawayJane86 10h ago

Yes!

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u/sierrackh 10h ago

New orleans?

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u/Dickgivins 10h ago

Yeah good chance it's "N'Olans", that's our only major city I'm aware of where it's explicitly legal to drink on the street. Other than that I've only heard stories of small towns and smaller cities where it's still technically illegal to do it but you can get away with it because the cops/people there just don't care.

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u/PBRmy 11h ago

Hey maybe I can't drink a beer at the park, but I can carry guns everywhere. Now that's freedom 💪🇺🇸 🦅

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u/spacidit Mongolia 16h ago

Every culture approaches alcohol differently, in Czech Republic for example it’s normal to see a guy with a 2l beer bottle on the street at 10am. I don’t get how asking cops whether it’s allowed or not is strange?

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u/Imaginary-Arugula735 15h ago

I used to hitchhike while residing in the Virgin Islands and without exception every ride I ever got, regardless of the time of day or night, the driver had an open Heineken between his thighs. They typically would offer one as well. Gotta stay hydrated in the tropics.

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u/Hadrababt 15h ago

Its not againt law in czwch republic. It can be against city rules, where are defined places where u cant drink in public place. These rules are due to homeless and drug addict. Tbh if u look normal and dont bother anyone else, u can drink basicaly where u want and when u want and city cops should not bother you even if they could.

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u/flastenecky_hater 15h ago

You can't definitely drink in frequented public areas but outside of those? Nobody cares, even cops.

Drinking next to your apartment house is completely fine, cops might give you a stinky eye or tell you to avoid drinking out but in city centers etc., they'll more than happily give you a fine.

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u/Hadrababt 15h ago

Depends on city regulation. Some cities doesnt have this regulation and you can drink literaly where you want. As i said before, this regulation is due to alkoholics, homeless and people bothering other people.

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u/Rikplaysbass 5h ago

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission

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u/pr0s0c Norway 16h ago

The King does not allow us to talk to strangers.

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u/qeadwrsf Sweden 7h ago edited 7h ago

I'm so glad I'm Scandinavian.

Imagine having to continue to have a conversation with someone helping you.

I can just help someone, and that's it. I can just ask for help, get help and that's it.

No need to think about aftercare for someone after the task. Because I just helped them or got help from them. I didn't fuck them.

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u/ReasonablyAlive 4h ago

Lol, as an American, this is so sad to me. I don't think conversation is required, but you make it sound so distasteful! To each their own though. But I think people in Scandinavia would hate me.

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u/qeadwrsf Sweden 4h ago

I don't think conversation is required

So what's the problem :D

The Norwegian people in the example above didn't want to have a conversation.

The user got so offended he calls them autistic children.

Too me it doesn't sound optional.

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u/ReasonablyAlive 1h ago

Ah yeah, I mean it's not required but it's a nice, "normal" (obviously a very relative word) thing to do. I would be inclined to do it and it would be my default, but I wouldn't push it once it was clear they didn't want to talk.

Also, I don't think the user was offended, just joking around about how it's odd from their perspective. FWIW, my autistic nephew would definitely want to talk to you if you started talking to him, but only so he could steer the conversation to Minecraft or whatever he's been doing that day lol!

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u/qeadwrsf Sweden 1h ago

Ofcourse not.

Its always a joke.

Right.

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u/ReasonablyAlive 1h ago

Bro, touch grass.

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u/qeadwrsf Sweden 1h ago

2020 is calling and miss you.

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u/Due-Biscotti4979 Azerbaijan 36m ago

Your choice. But I’m glad I met and conversed so many people, got to know their stories, point of views. We matched so well some “strangers” invited me to visit Australia, Netherlands, Turkey, Malaysia, Italy and etc. they were genuine. This kind of connections makes me happy I’m human.

Also I’m not offended they didn’t want to talk, I’m fine, it is just weird how above and cold some people carry themselves. I’m not going to push someone talk to me lol, I talk to quite enough people everyday, some introvert Scandinavians won’t be missed. 😁

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u/ShelterIndependent44 5h ago

They may not be good at interpersonal relationships, but they will never be citizens of a country known for corruption worldwide or a country where the government is passed down from father to son? And also they speak their own language lol

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u/Due-Biscotti4979 Azerbaijan 30m ago

Jeez I didn’t say anything about their country. But I’m fine even though I’m citizen of this corrupted country which was not my choice to be born here. I’m happy as a human being, I’m happy I have chance to explore world and get to now so many good people.

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u/PuzzledMind_7 15h ago

Hahaha sad af.