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OrangeJoe

(562 posts)
74. Gringos in Mexico
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 03:41 PM
Nov 2021

Just got back from 2 weeks in lovely Mexico City. People and the government there take COVID seriously. There are temperature checks every time you enter a building as well as a squirt of hand sanitizer.
EVERYBODY wears masks even outside, well everybody except some gringos. See a couple of hot blond gringa ladies, no masks for them. Buff young gringo wearing a wife beater, shorts and a hat in a church, he doesn't need a mask he's an American!

And the stupid and arrogance extends beyond the stereotypical white American. I saw an African American family in the airport deliberately ignoring the blocked off every other chair, sitting down right next to an older Mexican man, who pointed out the sign directing them to leave an empty chair between others. They sat anyway, he then got up to move and the American dad unit gave him a totally dickish little finger wave. Note my point is not that an African American family behaved badly but that shitty behavior has become the default action for way too many American no matter their melanin count.

No wonder we have the highest COVID death numbers in the world and no wonder we elected Donald Trump. We are getting what we deserve.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 OP
But but ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME!!!!! mnhtnbb Nov 2021 #1
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Baby boomers came long before the me generation randr Nov 2021 #61
No, the Boomers are the original, definitive 'Me Generation', no dodging that one for them Celerity Nov 2021 #66
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Gringos in Mexico OrangeJoe Nov 2021 #74
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Next door is toxic. Maggiemayhem Nov 2021 #17
The ones I was reporting were removed AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #19
As they try to stifle your free speech. LakeArenal Nov 2021 #62
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I feel it's my job to irritate, annoy, Sugarcoated Nov 2021 #51
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Mine's filled with 'lost' pets left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #8
Lol, what a delightful neighbor. Ours are mostly full of lost and found Hortensis Nov 2021 #22
Sounds like our local Nextdoor. calimary Nov 2021 #56
I once read that the person who first established a NextDoor Hortensis Nov 2021 #64
Mine is mostly complaints about brown people wandering around, and homeless "dopers" AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #29
Yep, same here. Iggo Nov 2021 #53
Like a zombie wondering the world looking for a manager, any manager that will listen. Hotler Nov 2021 #21
Set up a private group for Democrats. Our county party did. yellowdogintexas Nov 2021 #59
My question with ""My body My choice!"... what about abortion?? same same?? mitch96 Nov 2021 #6
Yes I saw that.No vax you pay. Maggiemayhem Nov 2021 #20
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