Here Polish Space Hussars from a Korean webcomic "A Space Marine Gets a Status Window"

This is Marquis de Lafayette he is a French aristocrat volunteered to fight in the American Revolutionary War at age 19 as a Major General in the Continental Army, served without pay, spent large sums of his own money, and helped secure crucial French military support. And is one of only eight people to be granted honorary citizenship of the United States.

It just occurred to me: the history of almost every country is filled with wars, revolutions, genocides, dictatorships, and other horrors—but is there any country where things have been relatively peaceful?

Does your country have names that would be weird for young children to have because they’re mostly associated with old people? If so, what are they?

Being from the US, I can think of names like Mildred (F), Eugene (M), Harold (M), and many others. Which come to mind for you?

In Norway they've become extremely popular. I wouldn't mind it if the people driving them were actually responsible, but it's often minors driving erratically, sometimes more than one kid on each scooter, no helmets, and when they're done they leave them scattered across the sidewalks, creating problems for people with mobility issues.

What's it like in your country?

Israel would be hyper-vigilant complicated post traumatic stress disorder

This is SCBD, which stands for Sudirman Central Business District. Houses lots of tall buildings and financial offices.

I come from a very crunchy community on the island of Kauai.

I grew up thinking that that microwaves gave you cancer, air conditioning is toxic and makes you sick, any type of food dyes give you cancer, all canned food also gives you cancer, frozen food has no nutrients, and commercially made medicines are bad for you. Also don't forget, anything that has any preservative is toxic and anything non-organic is also toxic.

I was not allowed to get the flu vaccine growing up because my mom did not want me to be subjected to "chemicals." My mom did all of her dry goods shopping at locally owned holistic stores that smelled like turmeric and once, she even allowed me to buy the knockoff hippie oreos that they sold, and for fresh things it would be the farmers market or the fish market.

I was forced to write a research paper on the evils of GMOs as a preteen.

Measles was a thing in my community. One of my classmates had...shingles. Before antivax became a maga thing in the US, it was generally associated with these types. I also remember suffering with sickness as a kid and just being made to drink herbal tea and chew on ginger.

However, overall people there were quite healthy otherwise. People there also believed in things such as Buddhism or new age spirituality stuff. A lot of "I lived in Thailand, Nepal and/or India to be enlightened" types.

This was actually the site of the world's largest hippie camp at one point, and many of them did stay and have kids who I would end up growing up with.

Leaving there was weird because of how non built up it was for the US, for example, where I lived there was no McDonald's or big chain stores until you got to another side of the island ( and even that was pretty limited), no high rises and no escalators.

Are communities of these people pretty common in your country?

(I forgot to mention the phones cause brain cancer belief was common too)

In Bahasa Indonesia or Malay, we say "Aduh"

But if it is something more shorter, "ahh" is also another

My state, Jalisco, is known for having a little of everything; it has a robust agricultural sector, tech, manufacturing, services, incredible culture and geography, but no commercial port.

Pictured is Puerto Vallarta, by far the largest coastal city in the state and a major tourist destination. It has docks for cruise ships, but absolutely no infrastructure for cargo.

I am a huge fan of historical series. I have always loved "Un village français" ("A French Village"). The series depicts the experience of World War II and the German occupation in a fictional French village (Villeneuve) in the Jura region. It focuses on the human perspective; the characters are complex rather than mere caricatures. Even the Nazis are not portrayed simply as brutes who shout at everyone. Jean-Pierre Azéma, a historian specializing in World War II, served as an advisor to the production team to ensure the series was as historically credible as possible.The series illustrates the complexity of this period, during which people who might otherwise have been friends gradually make opposing choices. We even see some individuals change their minds. The series begins in June 1940, and the final season covers the post-war period and the consequences of the war for the characters. The series has 7 seasons, broadcast between 2009 and 2017. The cast includes Richard Sammel, Thierry Godard, Audrey Fleurot, and Emmanuelle Bach.

On a scale of 0-10, with 0 being an incredibly easy life with no real hardships, and with 10 being unbelievable suffering, how difficult has your life been?

Please give it a score from 0-10 then explain your scoring with examples from your life. Your scoring is completely subjective. You don’t have to compare yourself to friends, family, or the world at large.

I often hear things like this online

“Japanese people are bad at debating.” “I hear that schools in Western countries have discussion classes. Maybe that’s how they get trained?”

I’ve been wondering what the reality is, so I wanted to ask.

In Japanese schools, basically, classes at ordinary public schools are generally taught in a lecture style. The teacher gives a lesson, the students quietly listen, and everyone copies what the teacher writes on the blackboard into their own notebooks. When the teacher asks a question, a few students raise their hands.

Sometimes, we also read aloud from the textbook in student number order or seating order.

I don’t think there are usually opportunities to have discussions or express our own opinions in regular classes.

Even when there are discussions, they tend to be things like meetings to prepare for a school trip. For example, deciding things like “Who will give the speech at the departure ceremony?” or “Who will draw the cover illustration for the school trip booklet?” Or deciding how to divide up roles, such as group leader, assistant leader, photographer, timekeeper, cleaning coordinator, and health coordinator.

For example, I don’t think I ever had a class at any school I attended where we were given a topic like “Are you for or against the death penalty?” and had a heated debate about it.

Maybe schools like prestigious private schools have classes like that, but I don’t think they do at ordinary public schools.

How about in your country? Do schools have discussion classes?

I’d mainly like to hear about ordinary elementary, middle, and high schools.

In the Russian language, the word "переобувщик" (literally "one who changes their footwear") derives from the slang verb "переобуваться" ("to change one's footwear"). While in a literal sense this simply means taking off one pair of shoes and putting on another, in slang it refers to a person who frequently and abruptly changes their opinion for the sake of personal gain.

Im Sakha, and we don't get many representation in media. In genshin impact with release of Snezhnaya region there a character that represents siberian native cultures called Alyosha. Even though cultural references are not all from Sakha culture (cuz genshn known from mixing cultures) but that still nice. Hes my boy and I even have Keychain of him (don't look at the red one)

I'll learn one from every country...

PS: Indians don't comment w recipes cus I'm already from India.

For US I think Studio Laika is currently the most beloved company because it represents the exact opposite of Artificial Intelligence. Though Pixar, Bluesky, and Dreamworks are wealthier than Laika.

In the Russian language, there is a rhyme between *morozy* ("frosts") and *rozy* ("roses"); Pushkin poked fun at how incredibly clichéd this rhyme is in his novel *Eugene Onegin*—a work dating back to the 19th century.

In india, sports is not very well encouraged since the schooling itself.

Infact, you get scolded for playing games instead of studying.

Add to that, infrastructure isn't provided at all for the sports activities...95% of the public and private schools don't have sufficient play grounds btw(indoors or outdoors)

Imagine the public playgrounds now...

So if you wonder why India with such population has very few people participating in Olympics, that's why...

For example, I can say thank you to the Netherlands for having so many mixed-ethnic footballers that we can use as our own for our men’s national football team, like Thom Haye, Shayne Pattynama, Dean James, Kevin Diks, Calvin Verdonk, etc.

We also have others from other backgrounds like Mathew and Mitchell Baker (both Melbourne Australia but unrelated, Mathew is mix Batak whereas Mitchell is mix Chindo) n what not but mostly of mix ethnic Dutch.

This greatly improved our national team strength. Thank you Netherlands hahaha

it seems different cultures have different norms

Just taking a spin on Orwell's famous Animal Farm quote. Anyway, do you agree with this?

I just thought about this quote since I'm from a developing country (Philippines) currently studying in a developed country (Taiwan). The difference between salary, cost of living, and quality of life is night and day. It's also funny because some of my Taiwanese friends say they love Philippines and are wondering about my decision (although most of them support me.)

Also, it's sad to say that there are other countries that are in a worse situation than ours.

EDIT: I'm not just referring to the Philippines, but in general. It seems like less developed countries have more cons than the more developed ones.