Yeah, I don't understand beer at all. Or wine. Two of the most popular drinks in the world, and I think they're both horrible! They taste kind of dirty and rotting. I don't drink a lot of alcohol anyway. I do like the cocktails they make at TGI Fridays though...
I will be very interested in the nature of your culture shock! I don't think it'll be that bad, actually, but I am curious. I expect Americans to come over here and think, "hmm, this is just like America but everything's smaller and more crap". The biggest culture shock I get when we go abroad is the food. Every country seems to have different ideas about what simple things like a salad or a sausage is, so you never really know what you're going to get. But everyone knows that our food is rubbish, so you should be prepared for that.
The Symphony X thing, well... I always feel that bands like that make more sense to men than to women. I don't know what it is, maybe the epic/fantasy storytelling approach combined with an element of technicality, it makes it a little bit too Games Workshop for me. Nevermore are broadly within the same genre but they've got a much harder edge that makes them less geeky. Not that there's anything wrong with geeky. I keep a list of aeroplane registrations. Nothing wrong with geeky.
Oh, and I should point out that our willingness to tolerate Psychotic Waltz was largely based on ignorance -- we'd never heard them before! I was definitely more interested in spotting the Dad Jeans though, so I was pretty distracted.
I will be very interested in the nature of your culture shock! I don't think it'll be that bad, actually, but I am curious. I expect Americans to come over here and think, "hmm, this is just like America but everything's smaller and more crap". The biggest culture shock I get when we go abroad is the food. Every country seems to have different ideas about what simple things like a salad or a sausage is, so you never really know what you're going to get. But everyone knows that our food is rubbish, so you should be prepared for that.
The Symphony X thing, well... I always feel that bands like that make more sense to men than to women. I don't know what it is, maybe the epic/fantasy storytelling approach combined with an element of technicality, it makes it a little bit too Games Workshop for me. Nevermore are broadly within the same genre but they've got a much harder edge that makes them less geeky. Not that there's anything wrong with geeky. I keep a list of aeroplane registrations. Nothing wrong with geeky.
Oh, and I should point out that our willingness to tolerate Psychotic Waltz was largely based on ignorance -- we'd never heard them before! I was definitely more interested in spotting the Dad Jeans though, so I was pretty distracted.
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