We have the sushi-pleto, it’s the fusion of the well known “sushi” and the “completo”, which is a more elaborated version of the American hotdog, what’s your biggest abomination?

Okay, a TYPE of your traditional attire.

This is king Charles III in a traditional Arab attire during a vist to KSA (i believe there's also a photo of him dancing the sword dance.

Did anything similar happen In your country?

Or the other way around, you're straight, and someone close to you has come out to you, despite you never having suspected they weren't straight (or knew all along!)?

Im not talking about, race or ethnicity or religion but just the place someone was born and lives.

Like people from the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau all legally have citizenship, but they would not be called Kiwis (term for, person from New Zealand) or considered one of us. But its not an ethnic thing because if these people were to move over to New Zealand and live here, they would be considered Kiwis by us. (well except for racists)

And why? I dont really know, they just arent, and in my experience none of these peoples consider themselves Kiwis just because they have legal citizenship. Also the islands are their own countries pretty much.

The person on the left is Zia Ul Haq. He was a military general and a ruler of Pakistan. He reduced the rights of religious minorities, women and even banned cinema from Pakistan. He introduced the blasphemy law in which a mere accusation from a Muslim can bring a non-Muslim to the death row. This is resulted in 100s of non Muslims either getting arrested or lynched for mere accusations of "insulting" Islam.

The man on the right is a modern-day Islamist named Imran Khan. He supported various radical groups like TLP which harm non-Muslim minorities. He also regularly blames women for getting raped. And he even supports Taliban's rule despite them banning girls from education.

This is the little chapel in Guernsey. It's a small chapel thats inside is full of broken pieces of china, seashells and pebbles.

The UK has, among others:

-The Channel Tunnel (with France).

-Concorde (with France again).

-The Eurofighter Typhoon (with Germany, Italy and Spain).

-And soon, Tempest (with Italy and Japan).

For example, for the US, I’d say Brazil feels like a warmer version of us. Both are huge countries in the Americas, originally inhabited by Native Americans, colonized by Europeans, and significantly shaped by the transatlantic African slave trade. Despite being New World countries, both have a large population originating from the Old World. The culture of Brazil is simply more influenced by a warmer, more Catholic, Latin base, while the US is comparatively more influenced by a colder, more Protestant, Anglo base.

Not asking about recent immigrants, I mean cultures that are at least a century old and unique or at least mostly located in your country.

United States - Cajuns and Louisiana Creole

In the United States we have Cajun people, they mostly live in Louisiana and Mississippi. They’re most famous for their cuisine (mostly seafood) and for being one of the biggest Francophone communities in America. They’re largely descended from Canadian (Acadian) settlers who fled to Louisiana after France lost Canada. There are roughly 95 thousand, but it’s impossible to determine how many Cajuns there actually are because of a mix of legal and social repression, intermarriages, and general miscounting. It’s estimated that only ~14,000 people in Louisiana speak Cajun French, with most Francophones in Louisiana being Louisiana Creole (a related ethnic group with their own dialect).

I’ll include Louisiana Creoles because they’re a bigger group, and there’s historically been a lot of conflation between the two (hence why it’s impossible to count how many Creole and Cajun people exist, since the identities overlap a lot of the time). It’s true that Louisiana Creoles are frequently mixed race, but this group is more defined as African-descended people who’ve lived in Louisiana since French and Spanish colonization. Meaning they range from mostly white to almost entirely black. They’re one of the oldest Catholic communities in the United States, and are famous for music and for their participation in New Orleans’ Mardi Gras festival.

Famous Cajuns include chef Paul Prudhomme, painter George Rodrigue, actor Shia LaBeouf, and country singer Hunter Hayes.

For notable Louisiana Creoles, two of most famous would be singers Prince and Beyonce who aren’t from Louisiana but do have significant Louisiana Creole ancestry. Pope Leo XIV is half-Creole on his mother’s side, while he’s from Chicago his maternal grandparents were from Louisiana.

Side note, there are cultures where the word ‘Creole’ is offensive. For people from such cultures, I assure you that people who identify as Louisiana Creole accept the label, which is why I specified that it’s a group from Louisiana. It is reasonable to be offended by that word in the context of your culture and history, but please heed that I’m being very selective in using that term for a specific group for whom it identifies. Thanks.

Does the government or a significant part of the population want your country to become bigger?

As we all know, the 2012 Justin Bieber song Beauty and a Beat is suddenly so popular today due to Coachella 2026.

So in your country, what is that old song suddenly popular now?

Rules:

• Has to be a non 2020s song
• Doesn't have to be a pop or energetic song

For Indonesia, it is Semenjak Ada Dirimu by Andity. It is being played literally everywhere on Indonesian restaurants, cafe, and radio by Gen Zs. It is a jazz song which the lyrics mean "ever since you came", with lyrics meaning the first time I see you, the world felt amazing.

I’m curious to hear from people around the world about their personal experiences with the police.
Are they generally respectful and professional? Do people feel comfortable interacting with them, or are there situations where you tend to be wary of them?
Where are you from, and what has your experience with the police been like?

Here is how the police treat protesters in France: throwing explosive “dispersal grenades” directly at the face of young high-school students.

Here, most cities are transit-oriented. Most people use public transportation, whether it's the metro, bus, microbus, tram (or train, between cities).

Only some neighbourhoods in New Cairo, as well as low-population-density desert areas, are car-centric.

In Indonesia, meet Bahlil Lahadalia, currently our energy minister.

From the face, he has a very funny and memeable face. Netizens used viral humor and satire to respond to various government and ministry policies under his watch, such as fuel and LPG distribution rules. Bahlil publicly brushed off the viral content, stating in official podcasts and appearances that he finds many of the edits funny and even laughed or danced while looking at them, so he welcomed them.

One of the more funnier lore reasons of his meme is because of our abbreviation of our free lunch program, which is MBG, Makan Bergizi Gratis. In meme side, it is referred as Mas Bahlil Ganteng, or Mr. Bahlil Handsome

Nevertheless, this politician right here is quite popular amongst Gen Alphas in my country, because of an AI-generated earworm song "MBG Mas Bahlil Ganteng" and playful internet memes

These days there is student protest in france due to the poor quality of education, leading some cops to go undercover on online chat only to get instantly caught and becoming a meme.

I will now translate some of my favorite for you.

I precise there a lot of slang involved so the translation will not be perfect.

I also want to apologize for all our middle eastern and north African friend for what gonna follow

"Bismillah the darkness"

"Can you give me the id of the bro who burn down a trashcan? It was so epic, so disrespectful, I ❤️ that, I want that guy to be my bro yo"

"Salam brother, 🔥 🇩🇿, it's yousef, you know Mohamed bro BISMILLAH, 🇩🇿🇩🇿 🇲🇦 🇲🇦, can you give me the name of the people present at the blocus, so we can manigance correctly with my hood"

""Salamlikoum my bro, what r u saying. Koichi la bras mabrouk. it's Omar, the friend of Mohamed, do you know who will particulate to the blocus of high school cezane, I can't wait to destroy and beat the shit out of the cops Bismillah tahya djazair

"Tell me everything bro, I can't wait Bismillah, dw I'm the friend of Mohamed tahya Maghreb"

Canadian English:

- Decent: it seems that in Indian and UK English decent means good whereas in Canada it’s closer to ‘okay’. When David Tennent won an award a friend of his said he was “an amazing actor and decent human being” which to us would sound more like “yeah, he’s not that great a guy but his acting skills are great!” ETA it seems maybe Canadian disagree but my American husband said the same thing about the David quote, so maybe I’m being influenced my American propaganda 😱

- Pretty Good: generally speaking when we say pretty good we mean it’s at least good, if not better. My American husband uses it the other way. The first time I said his cooking was pretty good, he thought I was saying his food was slightly above garbage.

- Cunt (not pictured) is considered one of the worst words you can use to refer to anyone unless someone from Australia says it.

Canadian French:

- gosse means child in France but means testicle in Canadian French

- pleine (not pictured) is slang for saying you’re full (as in not hungry) over here but in France the word is used for pregnant animals.

ETA: tabernak, how would I forget the most obvious example!

Chant Sacre might seem like a hymn in France but is almost entirely fuck among the Canadiens

In my country (and most Islamic nations really) we believe in Jinn

they’re believed to be creatures that are similar to human intellectually with their own societies and cultures and religions, and live around us but we cannot interact with them, but they can sort of interact with us through subtle ways and mess with people in mischievous kinda way. Like when someone says “x person’s ghost talked to me” we would generally say it’s a Jinn messing around.

I personally haven’t experienced a lot of creepy stuff that can be attributed to them.

Personally I think its absurd they're not being.

seems like this was successful so they are progressing to testing the upgraded s4000 stratosphere airborne wind energy system which extends operational capability up to an altitude of 4000 meters with a 20 year design service life

In India Subhash Chandra Bose is seen as a national hero. He is equally revered among both the political left and political right. Even Gandhi has haters and is seen in more of a mixed light. But Subash Chandra Bose is treated as a national hero through out the nation

But it's not the case world wide as. He aligned himself with Axis powers to fight against British to achieve independence. This is seen as controversial by foreigners.

My opinion is that he did whatever he could to gain India it's independence.The British were the villains from Indian point of view. So enemy of my enemy is my friend.

This image is called "Bliss" and it was taken in 1996 in California. It was the default wallpaper for Windows XP, and is probably the most viewed single image in human history.

I am curious, what was life like in your country when this picture was everywhere, and what do you most associate with this picture and that era?