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Nindelofocho lemmy.world Nindelofocho@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#52 · Quote Reply

That is one of the things that irks me so much about the lower 48... The farther south you go, the better the food gets, but the worse off people are... I was in El Paso for a wedding last year and even a simple road-side BBQ chain was lightyears better than a fancy steakhouse in New England.

Thats the thing, the roadside BBQs are some of the best BBQs. The crustier and rustier the smoker, the better the flavor.

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village604 adultswim.fan village604@adultswim.fan
Joined: 2025-09-27
#53 · (edited) Quote Reply

As a kid, when I first entered at the Sweden, I didn’t notice any border. It was just a little bridge between Tornio and Haparanda.

Considering the Asian characters on their username, I'm going to assume they arrived by plane. There are actually really good reasons to have customs check points, such as preventing invasive species from entering.

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1dalm lemmy.today 1dalm@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-03-18
#54 · Quote Reply

Texas BBQ embarrasses all other regional BBQ.

You just don't see it as commonly in other parts of the nation because it's so much more difficult to cook. They can't handle it.

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SleeplessCityLights programming.dev SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev
Joined: 2025-10-03
#55 · Quote Reply

Well you can't just lead with that and not tell us the whole thing!

Met a girl playing games, started a relationship, and after 4 months. I flew to visit her.
"Why are you going to the United States" is the only question they asked me.
We had mediocre sex for a weekend and 2 months later we "broke up". It's not a great story.

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mghackerlady leminal.space mghackerlady@leminal.space
Joined: 2026-01-09
#56 · Quote Reply

Go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint and wait for this all to blow over

God I love that movie

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Okokimup lemmy.world Okokimup@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
#57 · Quote Reply

One time I told the customs official that I was going there to hookup with someone I met online as my reason. Response was have fun, no follow up questions. I was ready to have to explain the whole thing, but nope, just sex.

Have fun, and if you cant be careful, name it after me.

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-10-06
#58 · Quote Reply

Yeah, but what you supposed to do if you're visiting England?

Compliment the queen on the taste of her sausage

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-10-06
#59 · Quote Reply

My response is always "white women". Really tests who has a good sense of humor.

"Please proceed over there to the lynching line."

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ContriteErudite lemmy.world ContriteErudite@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-20
#60 · Quote Reply

I'm American, when I first entered Canada the border guard was stunningly handsome and super nice. On the way back the American dude was an absolute dick, and I'm a citizen so I can only imagine what a foreigner may face.

I had the same experience on a trip to Europe. All of the European customs officials were happy, kind, and welcoming, all while still doing their job. When I came back to the states, the customs official was dressed in all black, sidearm clearly visible, and he was mean-mugging and being condescending the entire time. When he asked if I had bought anything while I was overseas, I said yes, and he just stared at me. For 10 to 15 seconds at least. I wasn't sure if he was waiting for me to say something, produce receipts, stop resisting? Eventually he huffed loudly and angrily asked if I had spent more than $10k; no, I did not.

He stamped the things he needed stamp hard enough to shake his little kiosk and gruffly growled for me to move on. If a citizen gets treated like that, I don't want to know what a non-citizen has to go through.

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bdonvr thelemmy.club bdonvr@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2023-06-14
#61 · Quote Reply

I had the same experience on a trip to Europe. All of the European customs officials were happy, kind, and welcoming, all while still doing their job. When I came back to the states, the customs official was dressed in all black, sidearm clearly visible, and he was mean-mugging and being condescending the entire time. When he asked if I had bought anything while I was overseas, I said yes, and ...

Yeah he asked if I brought anything. I said "yeah some souven-" "NO DID YOU BRING ANY DRUGS OR WEAPONS!"

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TheOrcWhoWrites lemmy.world HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-27
#62 · Quote Reply

Eh, more like proof that there are (or were) some reasonable people working in border control. Not harassing people doesn't make you good, it just makes you decent. This kind of behavior should be the low bar, not the high bar.

Yeah you have a good point. It's a bare minimum. Most people should adhere to a higher standard.

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idiomaddict lemmy.world idiomaddict@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-16
#63 · Quote Reply

That is one of the things that irks me so much about the lower 48... The farther south you go, the better the food gets, but the worse off people are... I was in El Paso for a wedding last year and even a simple road-side BBQ chain was lightyears better than a fancy steakhouse in New England.

You gotta go to the sketchy clam shacks in New England, not the steakhouses

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notthebees reddthat.com notthebees@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-06-23
#64 · Quote Reply

That is one of the things that irks me so much about the lower 48... The farther south you go, the better the food gets, but the worse off people are... I was in El Paso for a wedding last year and even a simple road-side BBQ chain was lightyears better than a fancy steakhouse in New England.

That's the problem. You gotta hit up the sketchy places. Nice fancy shawerma place opened up near my college. It packed up after a year. The sketchy places tasted better and were cheaper. I'm in pa.

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