# Odd Feeling **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 16, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934 "2024-06-16T06:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/1 "2024-06-16T06:09:55Z")
Getting an odd feeling about the " [Has any government ever addressed rude behavior by LOCALS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-government-ever-addressed-rude-behavior-by-locals-at-tourist-destinations/1002928)" Dislike foreigners vibe? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/2 "2024-06-16T07:17:46Z")
I’m not seeing that at all. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/3 "2024-06-16T11:37:07Z")
The OP (the person not the posting) is a bit of a Midwestern provincial. Nice fellow overall judging from my recollection of his posting history, but not a world traveler himself. His examples of bad behavior are all foreign. But as he says, he got all that from internet listicles. And yes, the US listicle market itself is real provincial and gets moreso if you hang out even a bit on the right side of the political spectrum. As the thread has developed others have pointed out the connection to the strength of rule of law. With is highly variable in the USA too. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/4 "2024-06-16T13:21:16Z")
“That’s no BBQ Pit… That’s Factual Questions! Chewy, turn this thing around…!” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/5 "2024-06-16T14:15:50Z")
@DaveUnknown: Did you notice this other recent thread from a few days prior? That may have been a trigger for the one you’re concerned about. > [@This is why we can't have nice things: asshole tourists in Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-asshole-tourists-in-japan/1002391): > > Japan is struggling to deal with tourists who know no bounds of propriety. One small town has been overwhelmed with people who come to take a picture of mount Fuji with a specific convenience store in the foreground. The problem is that there are so many people that they’re blocking a sidewalk and making it difficult for patients to get in and out of the nearby dental clinic. In addition, they’re throwing trash everywhere and crossing the road in front of oncoming traffic. The town is trying to… ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/6 "2024-06-16T14:46:59Z")
> [@DaveUnknown](#): > > Getting an odd feeling about the " [Has any government ever addressed rude behavior by LOCALS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-government-ever-addressed-rude-behavior-by-locals-at-tourist-destinations/1002928)" > Dislike foreigners vibe? I’m sorry I’ve triggered yours (or anyone’s) “this doesn’t feel right” vibes. I have let the community down. I’ll admit that I could have phrased my questions better. And I’ll also admit that building my perceptions of various places via listicles is not best practice. I have, in fact, travelled here and there. For whatever it’s worth, the only experiences I’ve had where I’ve encountered behavior mentioned in my OP were Paris (unapologetically hostile locals) and Morocco and Dunn’s River Falls in Jamaica (extremely aggressive vendors). > [@LSLGuy](#): > > The OP (the person not the posting) is a bit of a Midwestern provincial. Nice fellow overall judging from my recollection of his posting history, but not a world traveler himself. Umm, thanks? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/7 "2024-06-16T15:13:14Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Umm, thanks? And I in turn apologize to you. I was offering essentially the same defense of you that you did just above and now in that thread. Inviting this OP to “consider the context of the source” so to speak. But I did it very clumsily. It won’t happen again. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/8 "2024-06-16T15:14:56Z")
It’s all good. I’d shake your hand and buy you a pint but it’s Sunday morning and we’re miles apart. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/9 "2024-06-16T16:00:37Z")
Next time I’m planning a return to St. Louis for a few days I’ll give you some warning. I’m sure there’s a watering hole somewhere out along I-70 between there and you where we could meet for a good time and a great yak. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/10 "2024-06-16T16:26:04Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Dunn’s River Falls in Jamaica (extremely aggressive vendors). Ha! Just chiming in to back you up on this. I took groups up the falls a few dozen times. The vendors there are (as you say) quite aggressive. They finally figured out I was bringing tour groups, so I was left more alone. However there were always a few… One guy in particular never seemed to remember me. I finally said to him “Hey mon, look pon my face! Me live in Ochie!” He was good after that. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/11 "2024-06-16T20:21:26Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Next time I’m planning a return to St. Louis for a few days I’ll give you some warning. I’m sure there’s a watering hole somewhere out along I-70 between there and you where we could meet for a good time and a great yak. 🙂 Seeing all this politeness and apologizing and general bon-hommy happening in the Pit actually _is_ a pretty odd feeling. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/12 "2024-06-16T21:37:38Z")
You’re just pissed because you weren’t f\*\*\*ing invited! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/13 "2024-06-16T22:20:24Z")
I read that Japan-tourist thread. My 'pinion is that Japan wants their best shown to the rest of the world, tad censor-y The LOCALS thing just jumps out, maybe as all-caps, maybe it’s THEY DONT DO THAT WHERE I COME FROM Caveat I don’t know any of you personally (I claimed that in the first names thread) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934/14 "2024-06-16T23:25:24Z")
Here in Discourse there is no way to embed _italics_, **bold** , underline, or bigger in a title. It’s all just plain text and any formatting you attempt will be stripped. The only way to apply emphasis to a word is by Title Case or ALLCAPS. Some of us write our titles in ordinary “Sentence case like this” and others compose something more like a news headline in Title Case: “Gravity: A Law, or Just a Good Idea?” I read that title with one word in ALLCAPs as simply calling attention to the one and only unusual word in it. The one signifying he was writing a “man bites dog” OP that could easily be misread as being a “dog bites man” OP unworthy of bothering to read. YMMV of course.