• 0 Posts
  • 9 Comments
Joined 10 days ago
cake
Cake day: February 13th, 2025

help-circle
  • I’m afraid so. There are a lot of people still fighting our Civil War, the one that supposedly ended over 150 years ago. Even without those troglodytes, there is a distinct cultural difference between the North and South, as I think there is in many countries. We tend to rub each other the wrong way sometimes.

    Old joke about the difference. Walk up to a Southerner’s house, and they say, “can I help you?” Walk up to a Yankee’s house, and it’s, “whaddya want?”



  • Texan here. Yankee is definitely not a neutral word to refer to everyone from the USA. Some people down here will fight you over it, but most would just give you a confused look.

    I’ve always understood gringo to mean white person, especially one who can’t speak Spanish. The term is sometimes used in Mexican restaurants to let the staff know that you can’t deal with too many jalapeños.


  • It’s possible that you have what is called delayed phase sleep disorder, although I’m not sure it really is a disorder except socially. Some people are just genetically wired to be night owls, and there really isn’t any way to change it. It’s not a character defect, or insomnia. I’ve struggled with this my whole life. People don’t understand, and they keep suggesting the same old things that I already know don’t work.

    It’s hard to fit into the world with this kind of difference, but if you can rework your schedule, you will probably feel better. My sympathies, I know firsthand what it’s like.